Best Of British - The Heroes (trailer)

See the full episode of The Heroes on YouTube at:

https://bit.ly/BOB-101-Heroes-s or

https://youtu.be/uFq61UsX9o4

Best Of British is a TV series celebrating the history of British films from the 1930s to the 1980s. Designed as entertainment for a broad audience, each episode examines a different theme or genre through extensive use of clips and minimal narration.

Narrated by John Mills and Anthony Quayle, 5 seasons of 67 episodes were produced, providing a comprehensive and unique look at the creative vitality of British film heritage.

SEASON ONE, EPSIODE ONE – THE HEROES

Narrated by

Sir John Mills

From Tom Brown to Bulldog Drummond, from Biggles to Bond, the 20th Century British hero was represented as schoolboy, sleuth, soldier, sailor, sky-pilot and spy, and film portrayed them in all their different personalities – romantic, gritty, superior, gutsy, charming, and even with a tongue-in-cheek humour.

Films featured: 49th Parallel (1941), The Black Tent (1956), Caravan (1946), The League Of Gentlemen (1960), The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Malta Story (1952), The Man In Grey (1943), A Matter Of Life And Death (1946), A Night To Remember (1958), North West Frontier (1959), Reach For The Sky (1956), Sea Of Sand (1958), A Tale Of Two Cities (1958), Waterloo Road (1944), The Way To The Stars (1945)

Stars featured: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, John Mills, Joy Shelton, Kenneth More, Herbert Lom, Leslie Howard, John Gregson, Anthony Steel, Douglass Montgomery, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Marie Versini

BEST OF BRITISH

Written & created by

Ashley Sidaway

Robert Sidaway

and

Maurice Sellar

Lou Jones

Produced by

Robert Sidaway

Maurice Sellar

Find out more about Best Of British:

Friendship Films website https://bit.ly/BOB-ff

Wikipedia https://bit.ly/BOB-wiki

IMDb https://imdb.to/38hwgvx

Further videos at:

Best Of British playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK4RsnIVzQW4fva0s2vQV7DyqdxDtkAy