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Often caricatured as no more than stiff upper lips and starched bonnets, British film actually offers some of the most vibrant and exciting movies there are. It's not just the acknowledged classics crafted by the likes of David Lean, Powell and Pressburger or Ealing studios: DVD and Blu-ray are introducing us to forgotten treasures that show just how passionate British film can be.

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The Devils

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The Devils

1971, Ken Russell, DVD

Ken Russell's controversial film based on the exorcisms of Loudun, The Devils sees Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) and his entourage seeking to take control of 17th century France - but first they need to get rid of the promiscuous and divisive Urbain Grandier (Olivier Reed), the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from ...

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Far from the Madding Crowd (Schlesinger, 1967)

1967, John Schlesinger, DVD

 

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Recommended Far from the Madding Crowd (Schlesinger, 1967)

Julie Christie stars in this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 19th century tale of a ...

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The Proposition

2005, John Hillcoat, DVD

 

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A stylish western set in the Australian outback, from an original screenplay by musician Nick Cav...

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The Diary of Anne Frank (BBC 2008)

2008, Jon Jones, DVD

 

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Recommended The Diary of Anne Frank (BBC 2008)

This five-part BBC drama presents an intimate portrayal of the tragically short l...

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The Strange World of Gurney Slade

1960, Various (TV), DVD

 

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Recommended The Strange World of Gurney Slade

Both firmly of its time and spectacularly ahead of it, The Strange World of Gurne...

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Harnessing Peacocks

1992, James Cellan Jones, DVD

 

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Sir John Mills, Peter Davison and Serena Scott Thomas star in this warm, funny and romantic story...

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The Queen

2006, Stephen Frears, DVD

 

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Stephen Frears' fictionalised account of the events that followed in the wake of Princess Diana's...

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The Escort

1999, Michel Blanc, DVD

 

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The Escort

Literature professor Pierre wants to write a novel. Decamping to London, he becomes a sex worker ...

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The Alcohol Years

2000-2004, Carol Morley, DVD

 

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The Alcohol Years

The Alcohol Years is a poetic retrieval of the drunken and promiscuous life Carol Morley spent in...

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Unrelated

2007, Joanna Hogg, DVD

 

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Emotional drama starring Kathryn Worth as Anna, an upper-middle class English woman who feels she...

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The Line of Beauty

2006, Saul Dibb, DVD

 

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Recommended The Line of Beauty

BBC adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning novel. A handsome cast enact the exper...

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Portraits of Railwaymen

1941 - 1959, Various (Documentary), DVD

 

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Portraits of Railwaymen

Four films about jobs on the railways in the 1940s and 1950s. Features Shunter Bl...

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Talking Heads: Complete

1988, Stuart Burge, Alan Bennett, Giles Foster, Tristram Powell, DVD

 

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Talking Heads: Complete

Alan Bennett's brilliantly natural monologues are brought to life by some of the ...

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