Series 1

Season 1 episodes2011-09-03

Series 1

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

Birth of the Cinema

1h 3m

Episode 2

The Hollywood Dream

1h 3m

Episode 3

The Golden Age of World Cinema

1h 3m

Episode 4

The Arrival of Sound

1h 3m

Episode 5

Post-War Cinema

1h 3m

Episode 6

Sex & Melodrama

1h 3m

Episode 7

European New Wave

1h 3m

Episode 8

New Directors, New Form

1h 3m

Episode 9

American Cinema of the 70s

1h 2m

Episode 10

Movies to Change the World

1h 3m

Episode 11

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

1h 3m

Episode 12

Fight the Power: Protest in Film

1h 3m

Episode 13

New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America

1h 3m

Episode 14

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

1h 4m

Episode 15

Cinema Today and the Future

1h 4m