Movies: Robert Paynter

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance....

Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy the sea and the sands, the funfair and the ballroom: for a row or romance, there's something for each!...

A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores....

The people of the Scottish Highlands live in small communities set in landscapes of unsurpassed beauty....

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."...

Politically passionate and one of the first working class reporters at the BBC, Jack Ashley wanted to show the suffering caused by high unemployment in Hartlepool. With no work, no prospects, and little money, Ashley asked how the unemployed reacted ...

This short, evocative account of the poet's life is set among contemporary scenes of the people of south-west Scotland as they grow from children to manhood. A representative selection of his songs takes on fresh significance when heard against a bac...