Christopher Frayling Movies

The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British company's finest films.

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished...

Documentary on the Mummy film(s) by Universal Studios.

Documentary from Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn tracking the career of director Jimmy Sangster.

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contributions to director Roland Joffé's...

A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s.

How the gothic film by british production company Hammer Films helped in shaping the horror genre for audiences worldwide.

Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman... A host of more and more bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in...

Richard E. Grant looks at the history of Sherlock Holmes, including the many movie and TV adaptations.

Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification....

In this interview, conducted in 2013, writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling discusses the groundbreaking design of THINGS TO COME.

Christopher Frayling's in-depth analysis, a behind-the-scenes study of Leone's deepening artistic maturity, as manifested in Duck You Sucker's...

A completely fantastic programme, charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock...

The writer and cultural historian discusses the work of the great director.

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.