Most Popular Tony Benn Trailers
Total trailers found: 36
17 November 2001
A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers - including Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher and John Major - have run their cabinet, the highest decision-making body in the land.
17 June 2012
The true life story of Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972) is in fact much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played: Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth.
01 January 1997
Like many women active during the miners' strike, May Murton (Charlie Hardwick) has been left to clean up the mess.
25 May 2011
Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they were the political titans of the era in which Britain changed for ever.
24 February 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic champion of the rights of the poor working man, the disfranchised and people of color.
13 January 1989
From political conferences to the George Formby Society's annual bash, and Pleasure Beach to the weather, an Arena documentary on the seaside town of Blackpool and its history.
22 September 1996
It begins with cheers but almost always ends in tears. Yet, as the election looms, competition for the top job grows ever more intense.
15 March 2013
How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.
18 May 2007
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives.
16 October 2002
Intercuts dramatic photographic stills from the clashes in 1984 with footage of the clashes re-enacted in 2001, together with moving and powerful testimonies, to tease out the complexities of this bitter struggle.
08 June 2014
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
01 October 1983
Ken Loach documentary, contrasting the 1982 Labour and Conservative Party conferences.
26 June 2014
Tony Benn (87), the longest serving Labour MP in history, looks back over his life and career.
04 July 1984
Documentation of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election, which saw Tony Benn returned to parliament, and the early days of the Miners’ Strike which began shortly after.
14 March 2014
Obituary film of the lifelong Labour politician, Tony Benn, who was an MP for over 50 years. Born the son of a viscount, Benn was elected Labour MP for Bristol South East at the age of 25, and in his political career became a champion of the working class.
11 November 1995
A film portrait of Former Conservative and Unionist Party Politician, Enoch Powell.
20 April 2011
In this documentary, experts dissect the Battle of Britain, which took place on Sept. 15, 1940 — a day that determined the fate of the nation.
10 February 2011
Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in almost every aspect of our lives; from the environment to democracy and our own personal liberty: From terrifying conflicts of interests in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a media in the hands of massive conglomerates, and a military industrial complex that virtually owns our representatives.
03 August 2012
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
18 May 2011
A documentary about the allegedly conspiratorial killing of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.
01 January 1983
Combines footage of the 100th Durham Miner's Gala held in 1983, with extracts from a miners' weekend school held two months later, to raise the central issues that were of concern to the mineworkers' union during the lead up to the national strike of 1984.
01 January 2007
Taking Liberties Since 1997is a documentary film about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and increase of surveillance under the government of Tony Blair.
20 September 2011
Documentary telling the story of the ENSA performers who kept up the troops' morale during World War II, with contributions from Dame Vera Lynn, Eric Sykes and Tony Benn.
21 June 2013
THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH is the first in a three-part documentary series entitled 'Creating Freedom' exploring the relationship between freedom, power and control in Western democracies.
15 September 1995
Celebrities beware, Dennis Pennis is on the loose and getting right in your face. Dennis holds nothing back, daring to ask the question no other interviewer would.
08 February 2003
Last December's "Cheriegate" affair did little to abate the rampant public cynicism reserved for politicians - a mistrust evidenced in the turnout at the 2001 general election, which was the lowest for more than 80 years.
10 April 2012
Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady is the first major documentary to look back on the development and impact of this remarkable woman, whom commentators of both the political left and right agree changed the face of 20th Century politics forever.
30 January 2015
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.
31 October 2019
With a wealth of fantastic archive footage and a series of revealing interviews with those who had first-hand experience, filmmaker Vicki Lesley tells the turbulent story of the West’s love-hate relationship with a nuclear power over the past seventy years.
11 May 1982
1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience (often pornographic) virtual reality-style fantasies by donning the titular ‘shades’, until a 1980s theme party (they predicted that right, at least) leads to ideology and political thought seeping in under the dazed lifestyle.
03 September 2009
In a programme broadcast 70 years to the day after the outbreak of WWII, people who were alive at the time speak of their memories.
11 December 1995
To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Parliment, Tony Benn has been taking his video camera around the Palace of Westminster.
24 January 2003
Twenty years ago, Britain went to war - with itself. In March 1984, Mrs Thatcher's government announced plans to close 20 coal mines, with the loss of 20,000 jobs.
01 January 2013
Margaret Thatcher arrived in power and Britain changed forever. Her policies polarised the nation and the mention of her name still provokes feelings of both admiration and anger.
28 December 2001
Documentary about the lost episodes of Dad's Army (1968) and their recovery and restoration.
24 May 1995
BBC obituary documentary written and presented by Anthony Howard. Broadcast on the day of the death of Harold Wilson, May 24th 1995.