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Object of the week: Pre-Python promotional shots for 60s ITV sketch show Do Not Adjust Your Set

Before revolutionising TV comedy with Monty Python, many of the same team formed the gang behind Do Not Adjust Your Set, a madcap sketch show that blazed a trail of satire and silliness. These promotional shots capture youthful Pythons alongside David Jason and Denise Coffey.

By Lisa Kerrigan

Object of the week: Pre-Python promotional shots for 60s ITV sketch show Do Not Adjust Your Set

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Inside a 1959 fan magazine for Marilyn Monroe

By Tamar Jeffers-McDonald

Inside a 1959 fan magazine for Marilyn Monroe

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Emeric Pressburger’s screening room pass for the UFA film studios in pre-Nazi Germany

By Melanie Williams

Emeric Pressburger’s screening room pass for the UFA film studios in pre-Nazi Germany

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When Brighton Rock was called ‘The Worst Sin’ – the rare original poster

By Alex Prideaux

When Brighton Rock was called ‘The Worst Sin’ – the rare original poster

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Object of the week: Sight and Sound’s Festival of Britain special from 75 years ago

By Alex Prideaux

Object of the week: Sight and Sound’s Festival of Britain special from 75 years ago

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Object of the week: the 1930s publicity ‘song book’ for the Hindi romance Jeevan Naiya

By Jesse Woodd

Object of the week: the 1930s publicity ‘song book’ for the Hindi romance Jeevan Naiya

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Michael Ffolkes’s Punch illustrations for This Sporting Life and other 1960s British classics

By Melanie Williams

Michael Ffolkes’s Punch illustrations for This Sporting Life and other 1960s British classics

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Object of the week: The retro-futuristic poster for The Man Who Fell to Earth

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: The retro-futuristic poster for The Man Who Fell to Earth

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Object of the week: David Lean’s unmade Nostromo – the production designs

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: David Lean’s unmade Nostromo – the production designs

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Object of the week: Costume designs for the 1970s swashbuckler The Man in the Iron Mask

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: Costume designs for the 1970s swashbuckler The Man in the Iron Mask

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Object of the week: Modernist brochure for the Film Society revealing its historic first 100 screenings

By Bryony Dixon

Object of the week: Modernist brochure for the Film Society revealing its historic first 100 screenings

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Object of the week: The state-of-the art scanner transforming the art of film preservation

By David Jones

Object of the week: The state-of-the art scanner transforming the art of film preservation

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Object of the week: The Academy Cinema’s bespoke posters for Seven Samurai and other arthouse classics

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: The Academy Cinema’s bespoke posters for Seven Samurai and other arthouse classics

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Object of the week: Derek Jarman’s workbook for Blue

By Tabitha Austin

Object of the week: Derek Jarman’s workbook for Blue

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Object of the week: Signed cast and crew photo from 1940s hit melodrama The Seventh Veil

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: Signed cast and crew photo from 1940s hit melodrama The Seventh Veil

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Object of the week: An unscreened TV interview with 1960s women’s tennis champion Ann Jones

By Lisa Kerrigan

Object of the week: An unscreened TV interview with 1960s women’s tennis champion Ann Jones

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Object of the week: The film that launched Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

By Steven Foxon

Object of the week: The film that launched Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

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Object of the week: Douglas Slocombe’s home movie from the making of Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt

By Josephine Botting

Object of the week: Douglas Slocombe’s home movie from the making of Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt

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The mystery 1967 ‘music video’ for The Beatles’ ‘Penny Lane’

By William Fowler

The mystery 1967 ‘music video’ for The Beatles’ ‘Penny Lane’

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Object of the week: Behind-the-scenes shots from the making of the first British Asian feature film

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: Behind-the-scenes shots from the making of the first British Asian feature film

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Object of the week: Ealing’s poster for the classic police drama The Blue Lamp

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: Ealing’s poster for the classic police drama The Blue Lamp

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Object of the week: 97-year-old footage of a Man Utd vs Man City clash

By Ros Cranston

Object of the week: 97-year-old footage of a Man Utd vs Man City clash

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Object of the week: Original budget breakdown for Black Narcissus – who got paid what

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: Original budget breakdown for Black Narcissus – who got paid what

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Object of the week: Lotte Reiniger’s cut-out figures and backgrounds for Cinderella

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: Lotte Reiniger’s cut-out figures and backgrounds for Cinderella

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Object of the week: Mid-century Christmas card designs by Ealing Studios

By Kay Eldridge

Object of the week: Mid-century Christmas card designs by Ealing Studios

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Object of the week: Haunting photos of empty sets for Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: Haunting photos of empty sets for Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps

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Object of the week: Cecil Beaton’s costume design for Vivien Leigh as Anna Karenina

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: Cecil Beaton’s costume design for Vivien Leigh as Anna Karenina

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Object of the week: Dirk Bogarde’s annotated script for classic blackmail drama Victim

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: Dirk Bogarde’s annotated script for classic blackmail drama Victim

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Object of the week: Production design for The L-Shaped Room

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: Production design for The L-Shaped Room

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Object of the week: A hand-painted still for Michael Powell’s Hebridean romance The Edge of the World

By Alex Prideaux

Object of the week: A hand-painted still for Michael Powell’s Hebridean romance The Edge of the World