In the last of the present series, Paul Gambaccini looks back to the 7th Academy Awards in 1935 where for the first time one film took all five top prizes: It Happened One Night. Show more

This week, Paul Gambaccini remembers how, as war raged in Europe, Gone With the Wind collected 9 statues for one of the movies’ eternal classics Show more

Murder, celebrity and All That Jazz - Paul Gambaccini tells the story of the Oscar success of the 2002 musical film Chicago. Show more

David Lean’s classic, with the irritating theme tune - the Colonel Bogey March, that drove the audience crazy on Oscar night - played over 7 times to a no doubt jealous audience! Show more

Bette Davis as Margo Channing may have been her best performance - but she still failed to win Best Actress. Paul Gambaccini tells the story behind this 1950's classic. Show more

Paul Gambaccini on 12 Years A Slave, the unflinchingly brutal film about American slavery which produced the first ever black director to win a Best Picture Oscar. Show more

How can the most horrifying inhumanity be portrayed on screen? Paul Gambaccini on Steven Spielberg's struggle to bring the nightmarish reality of the Holocaust to millions. Show more

Paul Gambaccini hears from the director, producer, cinematographer and composer of the epic which opened up the recent history of China to the west and swept the Oscars in 1988. Show more

Paul Gambaccini assesses The French Connection, the first R-rated movie to win the Best Picture Oscar and an early example of the new wave in American Films. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Paul Gambaccini tells how the Gallic charm of Gigi, starring Maurice Chevalier, won 1959's Best Picture Oscar. From 2010. Show more

Paul Gambaccini tells how the 1992 Western, Unforgiven, starring Clint Eastwood, won the Best Picture Oscar. From 2010. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Nazis, Hollywood, Dunkirk and roses. Paul Gambaccini on the story behind Best Picture winner for 1942, Mrs Miniver. From 2015. Show more

Dustin Hoffman as a sleazy pimp? Paul Gambaccini on the story behind Best Picture winner for 1969, Midnight Cowboy. From 2015. Show more

Race, class, religion and Vangelis. Paul Gambaccini on the story behind 1981 Best Picture winner, Chariots of Fire. From 2015. Show more

Paul Gambaccini returns with a new series celebrating Oscar-winning Best Pictures, opening with Peter Jackson's Return of the King, winner of an astonishing 11 Academy Awards. Show more

Paul Gambaccini examines Moonlight, the coming-of-age movie set in Miami and featuring an all black cast Show more

Paul Gambaccini explores the real story behind the film of two children in the Mumbai slums that won 8 Oscars. From 2016. Show more

Wartime Warner Brothers capture a moment in history, while a dewy-eyed Ingrid Bergman wins the on-screen heart of Humphrey Bogart (if not the off-screen!). Show more

By the time Sean Connery took the stage at the 70th Academy Awards, the creators of Titanic found themselves hauled back from the brink of disaster, to savour Oscar greatness. Show more

From events classified for 17 years to Oscar success in 2013: Paul Gambaccini tells the story of Argo, and the part that Hollywood played in the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-80. Show more