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Inside Cinema

Series 1

Guilt-Free Pleasures

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

What’s your favourite cinematic guilty pleasure? And why the guilt? An hour-long celebration of trashy films from Showgirls to Love Actually to Cats. Comedian Mae Martin narrates. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Catherine Bray
Narrator:
Mae Martin
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Producer:
Anthony Ing
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Production Company:
Loop

Inside Cinema

Series 1

Meet the Family

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Meet the Family looks at the depiction of families in cinema, in all their maddening, dysfunctional glory. From Home Alone to Tokyo Story, and from Pan's Labyrinth to Gosford Park - it's all relative. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Kathy Burke
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy
Producer:
Anthony Ing
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios

Inside Cinema

Shorts

The Sixth Sense Untwisted

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

In 1999, no one saw M Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense coming. Here's how an unknown filmmaker delivered an unexpected horror hit and redefined the twist ending forever. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Leigh Singer
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

Fears of a Clown

Duration: 6 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

A peek behind the makeup as we find out what makes cinematic clowns so scary. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Mike Muncer
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

Hollywood Action Figures

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

What does the size of an action star's biceps say about cinema and society at large? Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Robbie Collin
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

Women in Red

Duration: 4 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

The scarlet seductress. The crimson temptress. The woman in red. We take a look at this visually arresting fixture of film culture since the dawn of cinema. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

Spacesuit Style

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

The astronaut’s spacesuit has been a repository for the imagination for a century of cinema -- how has it been presented and dreamt up by the movie industry over the years? Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

Nixon's America: A Country Divided

Duration: 6 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

During Nixon's turbulent presidency American cinema fiercely questioned the status quo. But how close did it come to pinpointing the troubling truths behind the 'silent majority'? Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

When Meg Met Nora

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

Celebrating the big-screen collaborations of writer-director Nora Ephron and actress rom-com queen Meg Ryan: When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless In Seattle and You've Got Mail. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Simran Hans
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

The Menace of Miniature

Duration: 4 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

Why we're drawn to and repelled by the metaphorical, miniature world of the doll's house. Show more

Contributors

Writer:
Grace Lee
Narrator:
Grace Lee
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Shorts

Burton's Gotham

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

How Batman's moody metropolis set the standard for three decades of superhero cinema. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Researcher:
Jamie Maisner
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer:
Lamia Dabboussy

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Critic Anna Smith introduces the British film premiere of Apostasy.

Contributors

Presenter:
Anna Smith
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer

Inside Cinema

Black History Month

Ryan Coogler

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Documentary from Kambole Campbell, exploring the work of Ryan Coogler, director of Fruitvale Station, Creed and billion-dollar-grossing box-office sensation Black Panther. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Producer:
Mike Muncer

Inside Cinema

Black History Month

Ava DuVernay

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Documentary from Corrina Antrobus that explores the work of Ava DuVernay, the first black female film director to direct a $100-million film. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Producer:
Mike Muncer

Inside Cinema

Black History Month

Barry Jenkins

Duration: 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Documentary from Grace Barber-Plentie on trailblazing film director Barry Jenkins, whose Best Picture winner Moonlight made Oscar night history in 2017. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Producer:
Mike Muncer

Inside Cinema

Black History Month

Jordan Peele

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Documentary from Ellen E Jones exploring the work of Jordan Peele, the TV comedian-turned-film director who captured the zeitgeist with his Oscar-winning horror Get Out. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ellen E Jones
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Producer:
Mike Muncer
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Series Editor:
Michael Leader
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones