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Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema
Mark Kermode reveals the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres, from romcoms to horrors.
Series 2: 3. Spies (59 mins)
- In ConversationKen Loach talks about a career dedicated to documenting social and political injustice.58 mins
- An Art Lovers' GuideDr Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke discover Amsterdam through its art and design.
- Metalworks!Dan Cruickshank looks at silver artefacts in country houses, museums and factories.
- JLB: The Man Who Saw the FutureProfile of John Logie Baird, the man who invented television, presented by his son Malcolm1h 14m
- Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was BornAn attempt to restage the first official broadcast on British television 80 years later.1h 29m
- Shakespeare: Rise of a GeniusThe greatest writer who ever lived – and the changing world that ignited his creativity
- The Story of Scottish ArtScotland's earliest art, from the ancient sites of the Neolithic era to the Reformation.
- Playing the DaneStars of theatre, television and film describe the challenge of playing Hamlet.49 mins
- Remembers...Jeanette Winterson looks back on the iconic drama series Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.8 mins
- Building SightsPosy Simmonds discovers a remarkable police station in the City of London. (1996)9 mins
- OmnibusPeter Ustinov examines the early career of Russian impresario Diaghilev. (1968)54 mins
- Television Comes to LondonA short film from 1936 that documents how television came to Alexandra Palace.19 mins
