BFI Screenonline: Tours

Tours

BFI Screenonline Tours offer an introductory guide to a particular area of British film or television history. They include video clips and other media materials as well as education resources and suggestions for classroom work. More recent tours feature specially-made short videos including interviews with filmmakers, actors and film experts.

You can find further lesson ideas and other resources aimed at students and teachers in the Education section.

BT/BFI Screenonline Archive Interactives

And don't forget the BT / BFI Screenonline Archive Interactives - take an entertaining and informative tour in the company of Derek Jacobi, Malcolm McDowell, Paul Merton, Jonathan Ross and Julie Walters.

A series of films celebrating the golden years of Britain's favourite film studio.	Hitchcock's newly restored debut film is explored in a new series of films.	A revealing series of films gets inside over a century of adaptations.	A provocative TV work is the subject of an insightful series of films.	What's it like to work on a Ken Loach film? Find out in this series of short films.
A series of short films exploring the restoration of a silent masterpiece.	A series of short films investigating film representations of a great industry.	A series of short films exploring and explaining the golden age of the newsreels.	The art of British cinematography, with examples from some of its most illustrious exponents.	What does it mean to be British? Explore the layers of meaning in a deceptively simple word.
The extraordinary transformation of women's roles and status during World Wars I and II.	A ten-point guide to 60 years of programming for the small and not-so-small.	In the first of a series examining film marketing, we look at the use of pressbooks to market to cinemas.	From Bond to Billy Liar, Brief Encounter to Bridget Jones... what makes a British hero?	British comedy reflects our love of the absurd, dislike of pomposity and predilection for dark, dry wit.
The distinctive style of the celebrated 'master of suspense' as it developed in his early career.	A workshop for would-be film writers, illustrated with successful short films from recent years.