A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.
The series spans 1 season with 15 episodes in total (avg. 15 per season).
Each episode runs approximately 60 minutes.
Originally aired on Channel 4.
Executive produced by Tabitha Jackson.
2004
2003
2010
2019
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
2007
Running for seven weeks from July 2007, each week focused on a different genre, examining British film by genre. Presented by Jessica Stevenson the series featured over 200 exclusive interviews with leading actors and directors including Sir Michael Caine, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet.
2024
Dive deep into the art of storytelling by examining the defining principles and inner workings of the greatest classic films from the past century.
2025
A journey through the 1980s sci-fi films, exploring the impact and relevance they had and still hold today, as told by the artists that made them as well as those inspired by their works.
2012
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (Released in 2013, edited and abridged, as Trespassing Bergman.)
2019
An eight-part series on the history of French cinema from the postwar era to New Wave and beyond. Unearths the stories behind the films’ creation through live and archival interviews with the producers of the films in the series, as well as colleagues, family members, and experts on French cinema. Interlaced throughout is footage from a wealth of classic French films.
Great
64 votes
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Ended
No
TV-PG
English
United Kingdom
9/3/2011
12/10/2011
