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Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

December 2025 •English

Two-part documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of what was once the biggest film production centre outside Hollywood: Elstree.

Tuning In: Fifty Years on the CBC

December 2025 •English

Taking a deliberately post-modern approach to the CBC and Canadian culture, the series raids the bulging vaults of the national broadcaster. Viewers will see images of Canada’s past five decades, ranging from the long-running celebrity quiz show Front Page Challenge through ’70s pop star Rene Simard to stirring footage of legendary hockey icons. Deliberately using a stylistic melange, the series will use contemporary footage shot in Betacam video and Super 8 with old kinescopes from the ’50s, black-and-white footage of the ’60s and the more standard color format from the ’70s through the ’90s.

The Home That 2 Built

December 2025 •English

The series looked back at British lifestyle television programmes shown on the channel from across the decades, with episodes on the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s.

TV o no TV

December 2025 •Spanish

Télévision (histoires secrètes)

December 2025 •French

The behind-the-scenes story of French television… This documentary unveils the lesser-known history of two audiovisual decades that have shaped today's television. To explain from the break up of the French broadcasting service ORTF, in 1974, to the creation of Arte, via the birth of Canal+, the life and death of La Cinq and the privatization of TF1 — the succession of political, economic and cultural decisions that have shaped what is known as the “PAF” (French Audiovisual Landscape).

La Guerre de la TNT

December 2025 •French

La Guerre des télés

December 2025 •French

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

December 2025 •English

A portrait of celebrated filmmaker David Chase: his life, his career and his groundbreaking work on the HBO original series The Sopranos.

The Sound of TV with Neil Brand

December 2025 •English

Three-part documentary series that explores the history and use of music in television.

Talking Film

December 2025 •English

Movie expert Elwy Yost interviews industry people on both sides of the camera, encouraging them to talk about themselves, the state of their art, and its history. The series features many famous film personalities who, along with producers, directors, designers, screenwriters, and critics, offer candid insights into the making of motion pictures.

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

December 2025 •English

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women.

ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision

December 2025 •French

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years

December 2025 •English

The definitive overview of the adventures of the legendary Boys from the Dwarf. This three-part series charts the origins, production and legacy of everything associated with the sci-fi comedy.

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

December 2025 •English

In the '90s, TV's stunt-filled "American Gladiators" thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the show's success — and how it almost ended before it began.

La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé

December 2025 •French

La Télé des années 90

December 2025 •French

TV Revolution

December 2025 •English

By blending history with the portrayal of sex, violence, minorities, women and homosexuality on television, "TV Revolution" touches on some of the greatest and most controversial moments of the small screen.

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

December 2025 •English

Five programmes that trace a remarkable decade in British film-making through interviews with its stars and directors.

TVN - 40 años - Tu historia es mi historia

December 2025 •Spanish

ExpedienTV

December 2025 •Spanish