James Allen

The bodies turn out to be very radioactive. A sheriff and reporter start to investigate ...

A BAFTA award winning short film

Join the festive cheer all over the country in this short film showing how Christmases past were celebrated in London, the countryside and at home.

This is an entertaining lesson about the history of British pubs as discovered by time-travelling warriors from the battle of 1066. It then jumps to 1166 and examines ale houses, before moving onto 1366 and looking in on a monastery where they brew their own ales. Our time travelling guides then jump forward to 1539 to the dissolution of the monasteries and then onto 1601 when pubs first have to be licensed, during the Elizabethan era. It continues on through the ages, with funny vignettes right up to the 1970s where pubs have gone back to serving food with their alcohol. It all ends in a sing-a-long, strangely reminiscent of something you would later see during a ‘Horrible Histories’ programme.

Bernard Cribbins appears as himself, and various characters in the brewing trade, in a lighthearted look at the beer making (and drinking) process, from the picking of hops and barley to the various different kinds of pubs.

A round-the-world, round-the-clock picture of the activities of the RAF in the mid-1960s.

The bodies turn out to be very radioactive. A sheriff and reporter start to investigate ...

A BAFTA award winning short film

A BAFTA award winning short film

Join the festive cheer all over the country in this short film showing how Christmases past were celebrated in London, the countryside and at home.

This is an entertaining lesson about the history of British pubs as discovered by time-travelling warriors from the battle of 1066. It then jumps to 1166 and examines ale houses, before moving onto 1366 and looking in on a monastery where they brew their own ales. Our time travelling guides then jump forward to 1539 to the dissolution of the monasteries and then onto 1601 when pubs first have to be licensed, during the Elizabethan era. It continues on through the ages, with funny vignettes right up to the 1970s where pubs have gone back to serving food with their alcohol. It all ends in a sing-a-long, strangely reminiscent of something you would later see during a ‘Horrible Histories’ programme.

Bernard Cribbins appears as himself, and various characters in the brewing trade, in a lighthearted look at the beer making (and drinking) process, from the picking of hops and barley to the various different kinds of pubs.

A round-the-world, round-the-clock picture of the activities of the RAF in the mid-1960s.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."