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History

The National Health ServiceThe cornerstone of Britain's new 'Welfare State', now 60 years oldNEW
 

Film

Beside the Seaside (1936)Delightful, evocative documentary about a favourite British holidayNEW
Blood is Life (1957)Documentary about the NHS Blood Transfusion ServiceNEW
Chinese Whispers (2000)Memories of Liverpool's Chinese community, past and presentNEW
Computer Doctor (1974)Short documentary about an innovation in doctor-patient careNEW
Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1961)Alarmingly prescient sci-fi thriller about nuclear-triggered global warmingNEW
Doctor's Dilemma, The (1948)Promotional film for the introduction of the National Health ServiceNEW
Dr. No (1962)James Bond goes on a mission to Jamaica... and a legend is bornNEW
Health Services in Britain (1962)A GP explains how the new NHS has helped an ordinary familyNEW
Kes (1969)Masterly Ken Loach film about a lonely Barnsley boy adopting a kestrelNEW
King George V (1970)A tribute to a much-loved steam locomotive as it enjoys its retirementNEW
Knack ...and How to Get It, The (1965)Archetypal 'swinging London' film which won the Palme d'Or at CannesNEW
Life In Her Hands (1951)Fascinating dramatised documentary describing a new career in nursingNEW
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (1962)Tom Courtenay in the classic Alan Sillitoe adaptation about a Borstal boyNEW
Look Back in Anger (1959)John Osborne's era-defining play brought to the big screenNEW
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)George Lazenby plays Bond in one of the series' most underrated entriesNEW
Red (1995)A young Chinese woman emigrates to Britain in search of her familyNEW
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)Groundbreaking Northern drama that made Albert Finney a starNEW
Something to Offer (1969)Rose-tinted recruitment film for mental health nursesNEW
Taste of Honey, A (1961)New Wave classic about a pregnant teenager facing an uncertain futureNEW
Thunderball (1965)James Bond goes to Miami in search of stolen nuclear bombsNEW
Twilight City (1989)Experimental documentary about a fractured mother-daughter relationshipNEW
Way to the Sea, The (1936)Unusual documentary inspired by the London-Portsmouth railway lineNEW
Wind of Change (1961)Cheap and exploitative but powerful melodrama about racist violenceNEW
You Only Live Twice (1967)James Bond goes to Japan to investigate the theft of spacecraftNEW
Your Very Good Health (1948)The animated Charley learns the benefits of the new NHSNEW
 

Television

Great Philosophers, The (1987)Bryan Magee's matchless 15-part history of Western philosophyNEW
Lakes, The (1997-99)John Simm stars as a young Scouser adrift in the Lake DistrictNEW
This Week 446: Nation's Teeth, The (1964)An in-depth investigation into Britain's dental careNEW
 

People

Anwar, Tariq (1945-)Editor who moved from TV to major features and an Oscar nominationNEW
Audsley, Mick (1949-)Editor who regularly works with Stephen Frears, Neil Jordan and Mike NewellNEW
Baird, StuartEditor who graduated from Lindsay Anderson to Hollywood action moviesNEW
Bloom, JohnThe brother of actress Claire, who won an Oscar for editing GandhiNEW
Clark, Jim (1931-)John Schlesinger's favourite editor, who later worked with Mike LeighNEW
Hambling, Gerry (1926-)Industry veteran who went on to become Alan Parker's preferred editorNEW
Kwouk, Burt (1930-)One of Britain's best-known Chinese faces - and voicesNEW
Lawson, Tony (1944-)Editor who regularly worked with Sam Peckinpah, Nicolas Roeg and Neil JordanNEW
McGovern, Jimmy (1949-)Combative, passionate writer of Cracker, Hillsborough and The StreetNEW
Morris, JonathanEditor who has worked with Ken Loach for three decadesNEW
Rawlings, Terry (1933-)Editor who has worked with Ken Russell, Ridley Scott and Michael WinnerNEW
Reid, Beryl (1919-1996)Much-loved comedy actress with an underrated serious sideNEW
Walker, LesleyEditor who has worked with Mike Leigh, Derek Jarman and Terry GilliamNEW
Whicker, Alan (1925-)British television's near-ubiquitous "Englishman abroad"NEW