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Do you love director Jack Gold, who was responsible for – among many other things – The Naked Civil Servant? Then I have got the season for you at the BFI in July, with everything from documentaries to plays.

Do you want to watch something other than Jack Gold’s directorial work? Then sorry, nothing for you here. Move along. Although you might want to try this week’s Wednesday Play (on Thursday) first – Stocker’s Copper, a neo-realist dramatisation of the Cornish China Clay workers strike of 1913, starring Gareth Thomas (Blake’s 7), written by Tom Clarke (Muck and Brass) and directed by Gold. Or you might not.

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