6.8 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 16 Original network BBC One Final episode date 5 November 2007 Narrated by Ashley Jensen Genre Documentary film | 6.8/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Running time 40 minutes First episode date 10 September 2007 Number of episodes 16 Producer BBC Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original release 10 September 2007 (2007-09-10) – 25 February 2009 (2009-02-25) Similar Comedy Connections, The Scheme, A Picture of Britain, Trawlermen, Planet Earth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Movie Connections is a BBC One documentary series which looks at the stories behind the production of popular British films, showing how they tie in with the production of other movies through the actors or actresses. The shows feature interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject film, as well as classic footage.
Contents
The series follows Comedy Connections (2003) and Drama Connections (2005), which used the same format to look at the history of popular television comedies and dramas respectively.
The series consist of eight episodes each, all of which are narrated by Ashley Jensen.
Series one (2007)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (10 September)
- The Commitments (17 September)
- Billy Elliot (24 September)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1 October)
- Bend It Like Beckham (8 October)
- Shakespeare in Love (15 October)
- Brassed Off (22 October)
- Gregory's Girl (5 November)
Series two (2009)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (7 January)
- Summer Holiday (14 January)
- Sliding Doors (21 January)
- Trainspotting (26 January)
- Shirley Valentine (4 February)
- Buster (11 February)
- Local Hero (18 February)
- Calendar Girls (25 February)
References
Movie Connections Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA