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Features

Britain’s first blonde bombshell: celebrating the centenary of Christine Norden

Born in Sunderland 100 years ago, Norden is little known today, but she exuded glamour and confidence in a string of ‘bad girl’ and femme fatale roles in post-war British cinema.

By Josephine Botting

Britain’s first blonde bombshell: celebrating the centenary of Christine Norden

Obituaries

Malcolm Le Grice obituary: influential British artist and experimental filmmaker

By William Fowler

Malcolm Le Grice obituary: influential British artist and experimental filmmaker

Lists

The best British television of 2024

By Josephine Botting, Ros Cranston and others

The best British television of 2024

Features

World TV Day 2024: how archive TV provides a portal to the past

By Lisa Kerrigan

World TV Day 2024: how archive TV provides a portal to the past

Features

Archiving Netflix: how and what we preserve from the streamer’s programming

By Lisa Kerrigan, Michael Norman and others

Archiving Netflix: how and what we preserve from the streamer’s programming

News

Tilda Swinton presents the BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards 2024

News

How a new moving image conservation research laboratory will help safeguard our cultural heritage

By Kieron Webb

How a new moving image conservation research laboratory will help safeguard our cultural heritage

News

Restoration of Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases to premiere at the 68th BFI London Film Festival

News

Heritage Open Days 2024: Go inside the archive at the BFI Conservation Centre

Features

Stop motion shorts: 7 of the best on BFI Player

By Jez Stewart

Stop motion shorts: 7 of the best on BFI Player

All about...

All about... film sound and how we restore it

By Mike Kohler

All about... film sound and how we restore it

Features

Blue Gene: Tierney in the UK

By Josephine Botting

Blue Gene: Tierney in the UK

Features

New ways to grab the attention: the year’s best charity films

By Patrick Russell and Rebecca Vick

New ways to grab the attention: the year’s best charity films

Interviews

“I love any animation style that’s got a tactile feel to it”: talking to Harry Plowden, a new voice in British animation

By Jez Stewart

“I love any animation style that’s got a tactile feel to it”: talking to Harry Plowden, a new voice in British animation

Obituaries

Glynis Johns obituary: veteran British star of Mary Poppins and Miranda

By Josephine Botting

Glynis Johns obituary: veteran British star of Mary Poppins and Miranda

The NHS at 75

How a 1965 documentary captured changing ideas about mental health

By Rebecca Vick

How a 1965 documentary captured changing ideas about mental health

Features

EVCOM awards 2023 and the year in communications filmmaking

By Patrick Russell

EVCOM awards 2023 and the year in communications filmmaking

Features

The Red Shoes: Moira Shearer’s ballet shoes and other artefacts from the making of Powell and Pressburger’s classic

By Claire Smith

The Red Shoes: Moira Shearer’s ballet shoes and other artefacts from the making of Powell and Pressburger’s classic

The NHS at 75

“Unless you’re Adam Curtis, the pictures have to fit the words”: talking to NHS England’s in-house filmmaker, Thomas Randall

By Patrick Russell

“Unless you’re Adam Curtis, the pictures have to fit the words”: talking to NHS England’s in-house filmmaker, Thomas Randall

Lists

The best British TV of 2023, as picked by BFI curators

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai, Josephine Botting and others

The best British TV of 2023, as picked by BFI curators

The NHS at 75

Behind the curtain on the modern public health film: “They’re rooted in the power of storytelling to help people walk in others’ shoes”

By Patrick Russell

Behind the curtain on the modern public health film: “They’re rooted in the power of storytelling to help people walk in others’ shoes”

The NHS at 75

Making films for the NHS: the story behind the Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton training film The Strange Case of Penny Allison

By Patrick Russell

Making films for the NHS: the story behind the Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton training film The Strange Case of Penny Allison

All about...

All about... how we archive television

By Lisa Kerrigan, Charles Fairall and others

All about... how we archive television

The NHS at 75

Nurses on film: a story of unequal representation

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

Nurses on film: a story of unequal representation

The NHS at 75

The NHS on the box: in praise of the great British hospital soap

By Mandeep Kaur-Lakhan

The NHS on the box: in praise of the great British hospital soap

Features

The Black Pirate: how we restored Douglas Fairbanks’ early colour swashbuckler

By James Layton and Bryony Dixon

The Black Pirate: how we restored Douglas Fairbanks’ early colour swashbuckler

The NHS at 75

Your Very Good Health: how a cartoon helped launch the NHS

By Jez Stewart

Your Very Good Health: how a cartoon helped launch the NHS

All about...

All about... videotape

By Mark Duguid, Charles Fairall and others

All about... videotape

Obituaries

Keith Learner obituary: unsung wizard of British animation

By Jez Stewart

Keith Learner obituary: unsung wizard of British animation

Features

360 classic feature films: how an archive project sought to show the canon, all year round

By Josephine Botting

360 classic feature films: how an archive project sought to show the canon, all year round