Stephen Armstrong

Several people walk into a bar... The funniest comedians of our time stand up to be counted down in our exhaustive look at who really has funny bones. Boom boom

Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a figure who resonates with audiences across the literary, art, mythological and historical worlds.

For this inform­at­ive new one-off, film writer Ian Nathan focuses on the first 60 years of British film, from the inven­tion of cinema and the trans­ition from stage to screen, to the emer­gence of the stu­dios and the first pop­u­lar idols. Nathan takes us through the work of lead­ing Brit­ish film-makers — a tal­ent pool that, like Hol­ly­wood’s, benefited from the influx of refugees flee­ing Europe — includ­ing Alfred Hitch­cock, Pow­ell and Press­bur­ger, and many more besides.

Counting down the 100 greatest stand up comedians.

Gathering for a Christmas lunch, the film critics and writers of Discovering Film discuss the merits of 20 films from Bill Murray's star turn in Scrooged, the James Stewart classic It's a Wonderful Life, Ingmar Bergman's Fanny & Alexander, to Bruce Willis' memorable Die Hard.

A celebration of extraordinary choreographed moments in a countdown of TOP 25 of the most memorable dances in cinema history.

Dès l'apparition du cinéma, la science-fiction a été un genre majeur de ce nouvel art, comme le montre ce documentaire illustré de nombreux extraits de films ; Métropolis, La guerre des mondes, 2001 l'Odyssée de l'espace ... De Fritz Lang à Stanley Kubrick, Histoire TV vous propose un voyage de découverte de la science-fiction à travers le cinéma. Entre de multiples extraits de films, une discussion passionnante s'engage avec Bonnie Greer, dramaturge et romancière, Stephen Armstrong du "Sunday Times" et le critique de cinéma légendaire Derek Malcom.