Inside CinemaShortsEpisodes Episode guide
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Coming Out
How 'coming out' scenes on screen reflect changing social attitudes towards sexuality
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Famous Last Words
That's all, folks! Celebrating the greatest final lines in film history
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Jewels on Film
Are diamonds truly a girl's best friend, or are there deeper pearls of wisdom to mine?
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Breaking Up
No one loves love as much as Hollywood, but what happens in cinema after the romance ends
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Making Movies
Lights, camera, action! Investigating the films that turn the camera on filmmaking itself
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British Baddies
James King celebrates the British actors who are the best at being bad
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Marilyn Monroe
Celebrating the multi-talented and multi-faceted icon of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Martin Scorsese
How a kid from the mean streets of New York became one of cinema's greatest filmmakers
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Will Smith
From West Philadelphia to Hollywood Royalty Rhianna Dhillon charts the rise of Will Smith
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Olivia Colman
From sitcom star to screen royalty, Anna Smith charts the rise of Olivia Colman
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Hugh Grant
From Notting Hill to Paddington 2, Tim Robey celebrates the evolution of Hugh Grant.
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Star Trek
A deep dive into the big screen adventures of the crew of the Starship Enterprise.
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Carry On
Matron! Mike Muncer examines a series that epitomised British comedy for a generation
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David Bowie
How the Starman himself looked to the silver screen to inspire his greatest creations
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Merry Christmas
How cinema has brought Christmas cheer to our screens, from It's A Wonderful Life to Elf
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Roll Credits
This is the end, or is it? Celebrating the teasers and outtakes found in a film's credits
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The Lord of the Rings
One franchise to rule them all... How Peter Jackson crafted his epic Tolkien trilogy
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Cary Grant
How a working class boy from Bristol became an icon of the Golden Age of Hollywood
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Pregnant Cinema
What to expect when you're expecting on the big screen...
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Dinner Tables
Bon Appétit! How the humble dinner table never fails to serve up delicious movie moments
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Akira Kurosawa
From Seven Samurai to Rashomon, Jasper Sharp celebrates the films of Akira Kurosawa
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The B Word
The B in LGBTQ+ sometimes gets shortchanged in cinema - Catherine Bray asks why.
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Welcome to Jackass
Do not try this at home! Charles Bramesco digs into the cultural phenomenon of Jackass.
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Winona, Interrupted
How very! Charting the spectacular rise, fall and comeback of Gen-X icon Winona Ryder
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The Gay Best Friend
The GBF: limiting, outdated, stereotype - or potentially empowering representation?
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Boss Ladies
What does it take to shatter the glass ceiling and rule the boardroom on the big screen?
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Hollywood's Eastern Futures
Zing Tsjeng asks why does Western cinema's vision of the future look so East Asian?
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The MacGuffin
These objects really tie a film together, but what precisely is a MacGuffin?
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Heavyweight Drama
Championing the big screen fight, what exactly makes boxing films such a knock-out?
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All About Bette
Fasten your seatbelts: how iconic Hollywood trailblazer Bette Davis broke the mould.






























