All articles by Simon McCallum
Beyond the tombstone: how British TV responded to the AIDS crisis
Forty years after the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, curator Simon McCallum charts the unfolding of the crisis through the (mis)information spread by – and challenged on – our television screens.
By Simon McCallum
How to dramatise a plague: a brief history of Aids on screen
By Simon McCallum
The best British TV of 2020, picked by BFI curators
By Robin Baker, Josephine Botting and others
Queer stories: Play for Today and LGBTQ+ drama
By Simon McCallum
The best British TV of 2017
By Bryony Dixon, William Fowler and others
5 free films about Jewish Britain to watch online
By Simon McCallum
Five free films about Jewish Britain to watch online
By Simon McCallum
10 great lesser-known British LGBT films
By Simon McCallum
10 great but forgotten TV documentaries of the 1950s and 60s
By Lisa Kerrigan, Steve Bryant and others
Late Liz: 10 forgotten Elizabeth Taylor films
By Simon McCallum
WTF?! 10 of the best from BFI Player’s Box of Odd
By Simon McCallum
The North West on film celebrated at new BFI Mediatheque in Manchester
By Simon McCallum
Top 10 of 2013: BFI archive on YouTube
By Simon McCallum