Episode 1
Times of Change
2013-05-27
The Rank Organisation's Look at Life shorts document the profound shifts across Britain's political, economic and cultural landscapes in the 1960s.
TV season
2013-05-26
Episode 1
2013-05-27
The Rank Organisation's Look at Life shorts document the profound shifts across Britain's political, economic and cultural landscapes in the 1960s.
Episode 2
2013-06-03
Using the Rank Organisation's Look at Life documentaries, a look at how childhood was transformed by sweeping changes to the British educational system in the 1960s.
Episode 3
2013-06-10
Britain on FilmSeries 2 Episode 3 of 10 Using the 1960s Look at Life films to examine the implications of Britain's identity as an island nation, a geographical reality that influences its national psyche.
Episode 4
2013-06-17
Using the Rank Organisation's short colour films to document British working lives in the 1960s, a period when new technology was transforming our factories.
Episode 5
2013-06-24
Charting the upheavals in the UK's transport systems at a time when the popularity of air travel soared, rail networks were dismantled and the car was king.
Episode 6
2013-09-10
Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals.
Episode 7
2013-09-17
Series on 1960s British life continues by looking at how we tackled housing shortages, rebuilt cities and met the expectations of an increasingly affluent nation.
Episode 8
2013-09-24
1960s short films made by the Rank Organisation on foreign excursions, including the reindeer herders of Lapland and the young Dalai Lama in India following his exile.
Episode 9
2013-10-01
1960s short films reflecting our national preoccupation with a range of competitive sports, ranging from golf and cycling to skiing and stock car racing.
Episode 10
2013-10-08
1960s short films capture the post-war emergence of dynamic youth cultures and celebrate an age when creativity was flourishing in the music industry.