Best Of British: 101 The Heroes

also available:
Episode 103 I Spy
https://youtu.be/J1NujOtk1P0
Episode 104 The English Roses
https://youtu.be/s5ZAIl-Y908

Best Of British is a TV series celebrating the history of British films from the 1930s to the 1980s. Designed as entertainment for a broad audience, each episode examines a different theme or genre through extensive use of clips and minimal narration.

Narrated by John Mills and Anthony Quayle, 5 seasons of 67 episodes were produced, and provide a comprehensive and unique look at the creative vitality of British film heritage.

SEASON ONE, EPSIODE ONE – THE HEROES

Narrated by
Sir John Mills

From Tom Brown to Bulldog Drummond, from Biggles to Bond, the 20th Century British hero was represented as schoolboy, sleuth, soldier, sailor, sky-pilot and spy, and film portrayed them in all their different personalities – romantic, gritty, superior, gutsy, charming, and even with a tongue-in-cheek humour.

Films featured: 49th Parallel (1941), The Black Tent (1956), Caravan (1946), The League Of Gentlemen (1960), The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Malta Story (1952), The Man In Grey (1943), A Matter Of Life And Death (1946), A Night To Remember (1958), North West Frontier (1959), Reach For The Sky (1956), Sea Of Sand (1958), A Tale Of Two Cities (1958), Waterloo Road (1944), The Way To The Stars (1945)

Stars featured: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, John Mills, Joy Shelton, Kenneth More, Herbert Lom, Leslie Howard, John Gregson, Anthony Steel, Douglass Montgomery, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Marie Versini

BEST OF BRITISH

Written & created by
Ashley Sidaway
Robert Sidaway
and
Maurice Sellar
Lou Jones

Produced by
Robert Sidaway
Maurice Sellar

Find out more about Best Of British:

Friendship Films website https://bit.ly/BOB-ff
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Best Of British playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK4RsnIVzQW4fva0s2vQV7DyqdxDtkAy

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