shore seasons on particular subjects,
interest, a5 well 2s older fms and foreign language films. The
major terrestrial television channels also offer a wide range of fils
‘channels such a Lovefilm, Netflix of Nickeledenn also offer re
offs
‘cinemas are licensed by the local authorities. These have powers (0
showing of picture if they believe
2 line’ betwicen the traditional moralists on the politcal right and progressive
ports ace made available to the public on its website
cach year
Blu-ray and video films as follows: "
suggest parental guidance, as some soe
ent/buy an ‘18 rated file
some films, which can only be shown in.
Ins to licensed sex shops
one of the most resected institutions and is financed by the goverment, ate eee
-with the film, video and celeision industries. The British Fike Insite in Britain bogan towards the end of the nineteenth century. But
encourages the ars of film and television. I uns the BF Southbank as its origins in the mid-1920s when, after interruption dusing
2 necwork of regional makers appeared. These inchaded
snes around Batain. The organisations Creative Sestland, Film Cymeu cock, procer Michael Balcon and‘ures a mild-mannered bank clark who plans a gold-bullion robbery, evencually
cosy celebration of English individuality.
Documentary film-making
types of British film is the document
youth club.
Social realism
Interest in making more honest and open representations of social life was also
faichfal to the novels, with filme see in.
1. They focus on the lives of ordinary142 Cinema
accents and spoke in
‘Saturday Night ad Sunuday Morning was adapted from anovel by Alar
and remains one of the most typical of the genre. It is set tna small Nottingham-
i he new sles were not popular with he olde
industry depended on the profits Fem populae domestic ge
quickly and chesply made to attract the new teenage marker
Film goes pop
By the mid-1950s a new generation of teenagers and young single aduks was
and vio-
rs argued that their works needed to
ve society. Increased levels. of affluence,
ality, and rising rates of erime and vio-
the pada emancipation of
ipported their case.
lowing its arcval in the mid-1950s, rock ‘a’ roll music was also heavily
shythms in the American Rock Anco the Clace
“The mid-1960s was a turbul
and becoming eroded. Traditional ideas ofthe ol
tics, drugs, sexualicy and che place of women were
(1968) sugge
fan old-fashioned,
films, comedy and horror were among
films proving to be ane af the most