British fiction

Of Time and the City

Terence Davies’s ode to his native Liverpool wowed audiences and critics alike after being hailed as the highlight of the 2008 Cannes Film Fe

The Other Side of the Underneath

Jane Arden’s violent and powerful adaptation of her work with The Holocaust women’s theatre troupe looks into the mind of a woman label

The Party’s Over

The original uncensored director’s cut of this controversial film is brought to DVD for the first time.

Penny Points to Paradise / Let’s Go Crazy

Two valuable early Peter Sellers performances, rescued from obscurity and restored by the BFI National Archive.

Penny Points to Paradise / Let’s Go Crazy

Two valuable early Peter Sellers performances, rescued from obscurity and restored by the BFI National Archive.

Permissive

When Suzy arrives in London to visit an old school friend, she is unwittingly plunged into the ruthless world of the ‘groupie’.

Piccadilly

One of the pinnacles of British silent cinema, Piccadilly is a sumptuous showbiz melodrama seething with sexual and racial tension.

The Pleasure Garden

Filmed among the ruins of the Crystal Palace terraces, The Pleasure Garden is a playful and poetic ode to desire, and winner of the Prix de Fantasi

The Pleasure Girls

When Sally (Francesca Annis) moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela (Anneke Wills, Doctor Who) and Dee (future Hamm

Pressure / Baldwin’s Nigger

Horace Ové’s landmark films Pressure (1975) and Baldwin’s Nigger (1969), presented together on one disc, form the third DVD released in

Primitive London

The sensational follow-up to London in the Raw sets out to reflect society’s decay through a sideshow spectacle of 1960s London depravity – and manages to outdo its predecessor.

Private Road

BFI Flipside presents Private Road, a film by Barney Platts-Mills.

Privilege

Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) plays Steven Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, whose endorsement influences the actions of the masses.

Prostitute

Tony Garnett, one of British television’s most critically acclaimed figures, has been responsible for producing some of the most radical and

Quay Brothers – The Short Films 1979-2003

Since the late 1970s, the identical twin Quay Brothers have made a unique contribution to animation in general, and the puppet film in particular.

Requiem for a Village

The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard, in this extraordinary,

Revolution

The definitive version of Hugh Hudson’s powerfully unsentimental film set during the American War of Independence.

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

In the industrial streets and factories of Nottingham, Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) spends his days at the factory bench, his evenings in the local pubs and his nights in the arms of Brenda (Rachel Roberts), the wife of a fellow factory worker.