British Film Forever - Hard Luck, Humor and Heroes: The Story of Social Realism

Series examining the history of British film. There was a revolution in British film at the end of the 1950s as the lives of the working class were projected on the big screen. The evolution of British Social Realism is traced from Billy Liar to Billy Elliot via Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Kes and Trainspotting. Featuring interviews with Ewan McGregor, Jamie Bell, Rita Tushingham, Malcom McDowell, Phil Daniels, Danny Boyle and Johnny Vegas, as well as directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh.