Movie critic Ian Nathan goes in search of the cinematically sublime and explores the ingredients that went into making a classic. With each episode devoted to a single film, their story will be told with detail, affection, looking for the truth behind the myth, and all the trials and triumphs that went into forging the classic.
May 1, 2025 - 44m
One of the greatest spy films ever made, The Ipcress Files begins with a kindap, a killing and a cup of coffee.
May 8, 2025 - 44m
Kind Hearts and Coronets is one of a kind, a superb pitch-black comedy about gentle serial killing.
May 15, 2025 - 44m
The Dam Busters begins in 1942, where a bespectacled man plays marbles with his children under a silver sky.
May 22, 2025 - 44m
From Charles Frend, this 1948 drama tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott’s failed attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.
May 29, 2025 - 44m
As Mike Hodges’ flamboyant science fiction epic and Queen’s iconic rock song declares, Flash Gordon will be the saviour of the universe.
Jun 5, 2025 - 44m
Directed by John Schlesinger in 1963, Billy Liar is one of the signature films of the British New Wave, the dynamic naturalism of the sixties.
