BFI events

Every month, TMINE lets you know what TV events the BFI is hosting

What TV’s on at the BFI in August 2013

25 June 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of August 2013. This month, the Doctor Who celebrations leap to the ninth Doctor – the eighth Doctor will see his own celebrations in September – with a showing of his last two episodes Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways:

But there’s also a Patrick McGoohan season – when I’m on holiday, of course – as well as a preview of Cillian Murphy’s first major TV role, BBC2’s Peaky Blinders, and an ITV ‘Missing Believed Wiped’.

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What TV’s on at the BFI in July 2013

29 May 2013 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of July 2013. This month, as well as the conclusion of the celebration of Doctor Who, which for some reason ends with the seventh Doctor’s Remembrance of the Daleks…

…there’s a preview of the second series of Toy Boy, as well as a season of TV programmes about film.

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What TV’s on at the BFI in May 2013 + The Wednesday Play (on Thursday): The Spongers (1978)

28 March 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Tony Garnett

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of May 2013. This month, as well as the continuing celebration of Doctor Who, which reaches the Peter Davison years with The Caves of Androzani…

…there’s a Missing Believed Wiped special and the first half of a season of Tony Garnett’s work, that’s partly a Ken Loach season and which also includes Roland Joffé’s directorial debut, The Spongers, which I will arbitrarily declare this week’s Wednesday Play (on Thursday). Set during the 1977 Jubilee celebrations, Jim Allen’s script focuses on the plight of Pauline as she struggles to make ends meet. With a searing contemporary relevance, the film shows the human cost of decisions made by bureaucratic committees as council budgets are put under increasing pressure. Christine Hargreaves’ performance is devastating as we see the full impact of these decision on her children. One of the most important plays of the 70s, it still speaks loudly to our conscience today. Don’t forget to watch it at the BFI if you like it!

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What TV’s on at the BFI in April 2013

28 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of April 2013 (as well a bit more March as well). This month, as well as the continuing celebration of Doctor Who, which reaches the Tom Baker years with Robots of Death, there’s a short season of Jacobean tragedies, including a panel with Dame Diana Rigg, and a season of documentaries and plays made by John Boorman for the BBC.

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