BFI Mediatheques

There are currently six Mediatheques around the UK.

An extensive collection to immerse the viewer in life north of the border.

Marking 80 years since her record-breaking solo flight to Australia, we salute Britain’s legendary aviatrix.

As part of the Mayor’s Story of London project we explore two vibrant boroughs on BFI Southbank’s own doorstep.

Home movies, documentaries, dramas and comedies exploring how life was (and sometimes wasn’t) lived in British India.

Sample the small-screen work of one of Britain’s greatest film stars, Dirk Bogarde.

Hanif Kureishi’s semi-autobiographical exploration of race and sexuality on the fringes of 70s London.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Elizabeth Gaskell’s final Cranford-set work, we focus on one of her most beloved novels.

Discover the 80s TV adaptation of Angela Carter’s enchanting novel – 40 years since it was first published.

Revisit Daphne du Maurier’s masterpiece on the small screen.

An essential guide to Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights as seen on screen.

A special collection for younger audiences (and nostalgic grown-ups).

Voyage through decades of artists’ film with this meditation on who we are and where we live.

A collection charting the BFI’s legacy of innovation in British cinema.

Some truly exotic and barely known Ealing fare, released by the studio between 1939 and 1946.

What is being British all about? Over 100 films and TV programmes taking us from Glasgow to Stonehenge, hockey sticks to the hijab.

100 of the best and the rarest feature films from the many thousands preserved in the BFI National Archive.

Watch out! It’s Britain’s answer to the femme fatale…

Unique perspectives on Britain’s social history, we celebrate the work of non-professional filmmakers.

Our second collection celebrating Charles Dickens’ bicentenary features television adaptations of his work.

A retrospective of television adaptations of Terence Rattigan’s work.

A survey of sex education through the ages.

Our celebration of Ken Russell brings together a rich selection of television titles spanning five decades.

From Alf Garnett to London Zoo, this is an unrivalled guide to the capital for Londoners and visitors alike.

We pay homage to Lewis Carroll’s fantastical creations and their more benign bunny brethren.

Over 100 films and television programmes from the BFI National Archive and the Northern Region Film and Television Archive.

A dip into the world of the odd, the esoteric, the delightful and the downright dangerous.

A survey of domestic architecture in Britain since the 1930s, shaped by turbulent times and interpreted by our filmmakers.

We look at some joys – and miseries – of the festive season.

An insight into life in Tibet before the Chinese occupation.

Take a trip back to a time before ‘talkies’.

With the greatest Games in the world descending on dear old Blighty, it’s time to get physical and embrace the sporting life.

We go underground to explore a century of coal mining on screen, looking at Britain’s mining history from multiple perspectives.

A major celebration of our shipbuilding heritage on screen.

We delve into the life and work of the bestselling author.

We examine the portrayal of disability on British screens across the last century.