British Cinema in the 60s
Five programmes that trace a remarkable decade in British film-making through interviews with its stars and directors. Northern Lights. The first programme looks at the cinematic birth of a new working-class hero in the north of England. John.Schlesinger, Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall , Alan Sillitoe , Richard Harris and Tom Courtenay revisit the locations of their early films, while
Rita Tushingham and Julie Christie talk about the new kind of girl who came on to the scene.
Presented by Richard Lester , who directed two of the Beatles' hit films of the 60s.
To accompany the series,
BBC2 will also be showing a series of classic British films from the period. The first,
Blow-Up, is at 10.10pm tonight. Producers Charles Chabot and Rosemary Wilton