Christopher Frayling Movies

Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification....

The making of Quo Vadis (1951).

The shocking true story behind the making of Hammer Films notorious vampire saga.

Documentary about Sergio Leone

From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contributions to director Roland Joffé's...

A look back on A Clockwork Orange

Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman... A host of more and more bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in...

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

A completely fantastic programme, charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock...

In this interview, conducted in 2013, writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling discusses the groundbreaking design of THINGS TO COME.

First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released...

The writer and cultural historian discusses the work of the great director.

How the gothic film by british production company Hammer Films helped in shaping the horror genre for audiences worldwide.

Bauhaus - The Face of the 20th Century, written and narrated by Frank Whitford, is an art documentary depicting the visual science generated from the...

Christopher Frayling's in-depth analysis, a behind-the-scenes study of Leone's deepening artistic maturity, as manifested in Duck You Sucker's...

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.