All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Where It All Began

    • October 1, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.

  • S01E02 Art's Promised Land

    • October 8, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.

  • S01E03 The Unchained Camera

    • October 15, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.

  • S01E04 The Music of Light

    • October 22, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

  • S01E05 Opportunity Lost

    • October 29, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

  • S01E06 End of an Era

    • November 5, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.