Classic Movies: The Story Of – Series 3
2025
6 Episodes
Episodes
S03E01
The Ipcress Files
One of the greatest spy films ever made, The Ipcress Files begins with a kindap, a killing and a cup of coffee.
01 May 202544m
S03E02
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets is one of a kind, a superb pitch-black comedy about gentle serial killing.
08 May 202544m
S03E03
The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters begins in 1942, where a bespectacled man plays marbles with his children under a silver sky.
15 May 202544m
S03E04
Scott of the Antarctic
From Charles Frend, this 1948 drama tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott’s failed attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.
22 May 202544m
S03E05
Flash Gordon (1980)
As Mike Hodges’ flamboyant science fiction epic and Queen’s iconic rock song declares, Flash Gordon will be the saviour of the universe.
29 May 202544m
S03E06
Billy Liar
Directed by John Schlesinger in 1963, Billy Liar is one of the signature films of the British New Wave, the dynamic naturalism of the sixties.
05 Jun 202544m