Classic Movies: The Story Of

Movie critic Ian Nathan goes in search of the cinematically sublime and explores the ingredients that went into making a classic.

2023 HD 60min United Kingdom English

Ian Nathan

Documentary

behind the scenes classic movie filmmaking film critic

S1E1 - The Story of The Third Man 2023-08-31

In this opening episode, movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1949 film noir starring Orson Welles an enduring classic.

S1E2 - The Story of The Ladykillers 2023-09-07

Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1955 black comedy - starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers - a classic.

S1E3 - The Story of Brighton Rock 2023-09-14

Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1948 gangster film noir starring Richard Attenborough, an enduring British classic.

S1E4 - The Story of The Graduate 2023-09-21

Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1967 romantic comedy-drama starring Dustin Hoffman an all-time classic.

S1E5 - The Story of Ran 2023-09-28

Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1985 epic action drama, directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, an enduring classic.

S1E6 - The Story of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 2023-10-05

Movie critic Ian Nathan examines what helped to make James Camerons 1991 sci-fi-action sequel, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, so critically-acclaimed within the genre.

S2E1 - Classic Movies: Brief Encounter 2024-08-08

Ian Nathan returns to cast his eye over more cinematic masterpieces, beginning with David Leans 1945 romantic tragedy starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.

S2E2 - Classic Movies: Whisky Galore! 2024-08-15

Ian Nathan examines Alexander Mackendricks 1949 Ealing comedy, in which Scottish islanders try to salvage 50,000 cases of whisky from a shipwreck.

S2E3 - Classic Movies: The Producers 2024-08-22

Ian Nathan examines Mel Brooks classic 1968 comedy, which stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as two men who set out to make a Broadway flop.

S2E4 - I'm All Right, Jack 2024-08-29

Ian Nathan examines the Boulting brothers 1959 comedy, a satire on British industrial life starring Ian Carmichael Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough and Margaret Rutherford.

S2E5 - The Story of Murder on the Orient Express 2024-09-05

Ian Nathan examines the 1974 adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery, featuring a stellar cast of train-bound suspects and Albert Finney as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

S2E6 - The Story of The Deer Hunter 2024-09-12

Ian Nathan examines Michael Ciminos 1978 Vietnam War drama, which starred Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale and Meryl Streep.

S3E1 - The Ipcress Files 2025-05-01

One of the greatest spy films ever made, The Ipcress Files begins with a kindap, a killing and a cup of coffee.

S3E2 - Kind Hearts and Coronets 2025-05-08

Kind Hearts and Coronets is one of a kind, a superb pitch-black comedy about gentle serial killing.

S3E3 - The Dam Busters 2025-05-15

The Dam Busters begins in 1942, where a bespectacled man plays marbles with his children under a silver sky.

S3E4 - Scott of the Antarctic 2025-05-22

From Charles Frend, this 1948 drama tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott’s failed attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.

S3E5 - Flash Gordon (1980) 2025-05-29

As Mike Hodges’ flamboyant science fiction epic and Queen’s iconic rock song declares, Flash Gordon will be the saviour of the universe.

S3E6 - Billy Liar 2025-06-05

Directed by John Schlesinger in 1963, Billy Liar is one of the signature films of the British New Wave, the dynamic naturalism of the sixties.

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