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- South East
- South West
- London
- North
- Midlands
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Abergavenny U3A
09/11/2017
- 09/11/2017
Abergavenny
Arts Picturehouse
15/03/2018
- 15/03/2018
Cambridge
Ashford Carbonell Village Hall
19/05/2017
- 19/05/2017
Ludlow
Avebury Social Centre Committee
30/03/2017
- 30/03/2017
Avebury
Barn Cinema
26/03/2017
- 29/03/2017
Excluded Dates: 27 & 28
Totnes
Barton upon Humber Civic Society
16/02/2018
- 16/02/2018
Barton upon Humber
Battle U3A
21/01/2019
- 21/01/2019
Bexhill on Sea
Belford Community Cinema
30/07/2017
- 30/07/2017
Waren Mill, Belford
Belper Leisure Group
23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
Nr Belper
BFI Southbank
10/07/2017
- 10/07/2017
Lambeth,
London
Brewery Arts Centre
11/09/2019
- 12/09/2019
Kendal
Broadway Cinema
25/05/2017
- 25/05/2017
Nottingham
Butterleigh Village Hall
14/10/2017
- 14/10/2017
Cullompton
Carlton & Chellington Historical Society
15/03/2018
- 15/03/2018
Carlton
Carlton on Trent Village Hall
16/07/2017
- 16/07/2017
Newark on Trent
Carn to Cove
26/01/2018
- 26/01/2018
Redruth
Carn to Cove
27/01/2018
- 27/01/2018
Redruth
Carn to Cove
31/01/2018
- 31/01/2018
Redruth
Cheshunt U3A
03/10/2017
- 03/10/2017
Chichester Cinema at New Park
19/02/2017
- 22/02/2017
Excluded Dates: 20, 21
Chichester
Cinema Corsley
19/04/2018
- 19/04/2018
Warmister
Cleethorpes Library
04/07/2018
- 04/07/2018
Cleethorpes
Coddington History Group
19/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Newark
Cranbrook U3A
19/01/2018
- 26/01/2018
Cranbrook
Crowborough Festival Association
11/05/2017
- 11/05/2017
Crowborough
Crowborough Festival Association
22/10/2018
- 23/10/2018
Crowborough
Culmstock Village Hall Committee
13/05/2017
- 13/05/2017
Culmstock
Curzon Cinema & Arts
08/09/2017
- 08/09/2017
Clevedon
Deptford Cinema
23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
Lewisham,
London
Derby QUAD
23/04/2017
- 25/04/2017
Excluded Dates: 24/04
Derby
Devon Federation of Women's Institutes
26/09/2017
- 26/09/2017
Exeter
Eden Court Theatre
08/04/2017
- 09/04/2017
Electric Picture House (Wotton)
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Wotton-under-Edge
Eltisley History Society
24/05/2017
- 24/05/2017
Eltisley
English Bicknor Local History Group
08/03/2018
- 08/03/2018
English Bicknor
Faringdon and District U3A
17/01/2019
- 17/01/2019
Faringdon
Film@Fram
25/07/2018
- 25/07/2018
Framlingham
Films at Shadforth
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Shadforth
Friends of Newbold Verdon Library
26/01/2018
- 26/01/2018
Newbold Verdon
Friends of St George's Church
09/05/2017
- 09/05/2017
Maldon
Hannington Heritage Group
25/10/2017
- 25/10/2017
Northampton
Harraby Community Theatre
12/03/2018
- 12/03/2018
Carlisle
Hartley Wintney U3A
07/11/2017
- 07/11/2017
Hartley Wintney
Haselbury Plucknett Women's Institute
09/10/2017
- 09/10/2017
Crewkerne
Haverhill Arts Centre
27/06/2017
- 27/06/2017
Haverhill
Hemyock History and Archiving Association
10/05/2018
- 10/05/2018
Hemyock
Hickling Village Hall
21/11/2017
- 21/11/2017
Melton Mowbray
History Group of Banbury and District U3A
17/10/2017
- 17/10/2017
Oxfordshire
Kimbolton Local History Society
07/11/2018
- 07/11/2018
Kimbolton
Lakes Alive
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Kendal
Laxton History Group
21/03/2018
- 21/03/2018
Laxton
Leeds Young Film Festival
19/04/2017
- 19/04/2017
Leeds
Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre
02/10/2017
- 02/10/2017
Lingfield
Long Sutton Market House
21/01/2019
- 21/01/2019
Long Sutton
Lonsdale Alhambra - Penrith
07/05/2017
- 07/05/2017
Penrith
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Ludlow
Malvern Theatres
21/03/2017
- 21/03/2017
Malvern
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
14/11/2018
- 14/11/2018
Falmouth
Newnham Film Club
29/06/2018
- 29/06/2018
Newnham on Severn
North Petherton Women's Institute
08/01/2018
- 08/01/2018
North Petherton
Northern Light Cinema
06/02/2019
- 06/02/2019
Wirksworth
Number 8 Community and Arts Centre
28/07/2017
- 28/07/2017
Pershore
Oakridge History Group
28/11/2018
- 28/11/2018
Stroud
Oakridge History Group
27/11/2019
- 27/11/2019
Stroud
Overton Library
28/06/2018
- 28/06/2018
Basingstoke
Oxen Park Cinema Club
25/03/2017
- 25/03/2017
Ulverston
Pendon Museum
12/05/2018
- 12/05/2018
Nr. Abingdon
Pocklington Arts Centre
03/02/2017
- 03/02/2017
Pocklington
Pomegranate Theatre
23/02/2018
- 23/02/2018
Chesterfield
Queen's Film Theatre
23/04/2017
- 23/04/2017
Belfast
Rayleigh Town Museum
11/01/2018
- 11/01/2018
Rayleigh
Redlake Valley Village Hall Committee
23/05/2017
- 23/05/2017
Bucknell
Regather Co-Op Ltd
23/03/2017
- 23/03/2017
Sheffield
Rural Arts (The Courthouse)
22/09/2017
- 22/09/2017
Thirsk
Saddleworth Civic Trust
15/11/2018
- 15/11/2018
Manchester
Saffron Walden U3A
15/01/2018
- 15/01/2018
Saffron Walden
Salisbury Arts Centre
22/11/2017
- 22/11/2017
Salisbury
Salisbury Civic Society
07/11/2018
- 07/11/2018
Salisbury
Skipton Civic Society
04/04/2018
- 04/04/2018
Skipton
Somerset Film
23/05/2019
- 23/05/2019
Bridgwater
Somerton Local History Group
27/10/2017
- 27/10/2017
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
11/08/2018
- 11/08/2018
Leyland
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
23/08/2018
- 23/08/2018
Leyland
South Yardley Library
19/01/2019
- 21/01/2019
Excluded Dates: 20th
Birmingham
Southgate District Civic Trust
14/11/2017
- 14/11/2017
London
Southgate District Civic Trust
14/05/2019
- 14/05/2019
London
Southwater Village Hall (Welcome Club)
08/03/2017
- 08/03/2017
Horsham
St Nicolas Community Centre
09/11/2017
- 09/11/2017
Guildford
St. Mary's Retired Group
22/02/2017
- 22/02/2017
Nr Belper
Stamford Arts Centre
16/03/2017
- 16/03/2017
Stamford
Stansted Local History Society
04/10/2018
- 04/10/2018
Stansted
Stoke St Gregory WI
13/06/2017
- 13/06/2017
Taunton
Stoodleigh Parish Hall
24/11/2017
- 24/11/2017
Tiverton
Strode Theatre
14/05/2017
- 14/05/2017
Street
Strode Theatre
26/05/2017
- 26/05/2017
Street
Takeley Local History Society
06/02/2018
- 06/02/2018
Takeley
Tarvin Civic Trust
12/12/2017
- 12/12/2017
Tarvin
Thanet U3A
08/11/2017
- 08/11/2017
Ramsgate
Thatcham Town Council
13/10/2017
- 13/10/2017
Thatcham
The Courtyard
12/03/2017
- 12/03/2017
Hereford
The Film Place
06/10/2017
- 06/10/2017
Buckingham
The Forum (Hexham)
28/03/2019
- 28/03/2019
(Screening as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival)
Hexham
The Keep Archives
14/08/2019
- 14/08/2019
Brighton
The Leyburn Arts Centre Ltd
02/05/2017
- 02/05/2017
Leyburn
The Ritz Cinema - Belper
15/10/2017
- 15/10/2017
Belper
The Roses Theatre
26/06/2017
- 28/06/2017
Tewkesbury
The Stowmarket Society
12/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Stowmarket
The Watermark
08/02/2017
- 08/02/2017
Ivybridge
Three Holes Village Hall
13/08/2017
- 13/08/2017
Three Holes
Tipton St John Community Hall Trustees
18/03/2018
- 18/03/2018
Devon
Tonbridge U3A
16/04/2018
- 16/04/2018
Hildenborough
Ugborough History Group
28/02/2018
- 28/12/2017
Ivybridge
Ugborough History Group
25/05/2018
- 25/05/2018
Ivybridge
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
25/01/2017
- 14/01/2017
Holywood
Upton Pyne Village Hall
02/09/2017
- 02/09/2017
Exeter
Upton Village Hall Management Committee
20/10/2017
- 20/10/2017
Upton
Waltham Library
11/01/2019
- 11/01/0201
Waltham
Washfield Memorial Hall
29/09/2017
- 29/09/2017
Tiverton
Watershed
16/04/2017
- 19/04/2017
Bristol
Wells Film Centre
27/04/2017
- 27/04/2017
Wells
Wem Town Hall
21/11/2017
- 23/08/2017
Excluded Dates: 22
Wem
Westfield Women's Institute
01/10/2018
- 01/10/2018
St Leonards on Sea
Woolsery West W.I
26/03/2019
- 26/03/2019
Bideford
Abergavenny U3A
09/11/2017
- 09/11/2017
Abergavenny
Ashford Carbonell Village Hall
19/05/2017
- 19/05/2017
Ludlow
Avebury Social Centre Committee
30/03/2017
- 30/03/2017
Avebury
Barton upon Humber Civic Society
16/02/2018
- 16/02/2018
Barton upon Humber
Battle U3A
21/01/2019
- 21/01/2019
Bexhill on Sea
Belford Community Cinema
30/07/2017
- 30/07/2017
Waren Mill, Belford
Belper Leisure Group
23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
Nr Belper
Butterleigh Village Hall
14/10/2017
- 14/10/2017
Cullompton
Carlton & Chellington Historical Society
15/03/2018
- 15/03/2018
Carlton
Carlton on Trent Village Hall
16/07/2017
- 16/07/2017
Newark on Trent
Carn to Cove
26/01/2018
- 26/01/2018
Redruth
Carn to Cove
27/01/2018
- 27/01/2018
Redruth
Carn to Cove
31/01/2018
- 31/01/2018
Redruth
Cheshunt U3A
03/10/2017
- 03/10/2017
Cinema Corsley
19/04/2018
- 19/04/2018
Warmister
Cleethorpes Library
04/07/2018
- 04/07/2018
Cleethorpes
Coddington History Group
19/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Newark
Cranbrook U3A
19/01/2018
- 26/01/2018
Cranbrook
Crowborough Festival Association
11/05/2017
- 11/05/2017
Crowborough
Crowborough Festival Association
22/10/2018
- 23/10/2018
Crowborough
Culmstock Village Hall Committee
13/05/2017
- 13/05/2017
Culmstock
Devon Federation of Women's Institutes
26/09/2017
- 26/09/2017
Exeter
Electric Picture House (Wotton)
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Wotton-under-Edge
Eltisley History Society
24/05/2017
- 24/05/2017
Eltisley
English Bicknor Local History Group
08/03/2018
- 08/03/2018
English Bicknor
Faringdon and District U3A
17/01/2019
- 17/01/2019
Faringdon
Film@Fram
25/07/2018
- 25/07/2018
Framlingham
Films at Shadforth
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Shadforth
Friends of Newbold Verdon Library
26/01/2018
- 26/01/2018
Newbold Verdon
Friends of St George's Church
09/05/2017
- 09/05/2017
Maldon
Hannington Heritage Group
25/10/2017
- 25/10/2017
Northampton
Hartley Wintney U3A
07/11/2017
- 07/11/2017
Hartley Wintney
Haselbury Plucknett Women's Institute
09/10/2017
- 09/10/2017
Crewkerne
Haverhill Arts Centre
27/06/2017
- 27/06/2017
Haverhill
Hemyock History and Archiving Association
10/05/2018
- 10/05/2018
Hemyock
Hickling Village Hall
21/11/2017
- 21/11/2017
Melton Mowbray
History Group of Banbury and District U3A
17/10/2017
- 17/10/2017
Oxfordshire
Kimbolton Local History Society
07/11/2018
- 07/11/2018
Kimbolton
Lakes Alive
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Kendal
Laxton History Group
21/03/2018
- 21/03/2018
Laxton
Leeds Young Film Festival
19/04/2017
- 19/04/2017
Leeds
Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre
02/10/2017
- 02/10/2017
Lingfield
Lonsdale Alhambra - Penrith
07/05/2017
- 07/05/2017
Penrith
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
14/11/2018
- 14/11/2018
Falmouth
Newnham Film Club
29/06/2018
- 29/06/2018
Newnham on Severn
North Petherton Women's Institute
08/01/2018
- 08/01/2018
North Petherton
Number 8 Community and Arts Centre
28/07/2017
- 28/07/2017
Pershore
Oakridge History Group
28/11/2018
- 28/11/2018
Stroud
Oakridge History Group
27/11/2019
- 27/11/2019
Stroud
Overton Library
28/06/2018
- 28/06/2018
Basingstoke
Oxen Park Cinema Club
25/03/2017
- 25/03/2017
Ulverston
Pendon Museum
12/05/2018
- 12/05/2018
Nr. Abingdon
Pocklington Arts Centre
03/02/2017
- 03/02/2017
Pocklington
Rayleigh Town Museum
11/01/2018
- 11/01/2018
Rayleigh
Redlake Valley Village Hall Committee
23/05/2017
- 23/05/2017
Bucknell
Regather Co-Op Ltd
23/03/2017
- 23/03/2017
Sheffield
Rural Arts (The Courthouse)
22/09/2017
- 22/09/2017
Thirsk
Saddleworth Civic Trust
15/11/2018
- 15/11/2018
Manchester
Saffron Walden U3A
15/01/2018
- 15/01/2018
Saffron Walden
Salisbury Arts Centre
22/11/2017
- 22/11/2017
Salisbury
Salisbury Civic Society
07/11/2018
- 07/11/2018
Salisbury
Skipton Civic Society
04/04/2018
- 04/04/2018
Skipton
Somerset Film
23/05/2019
- 23/05/2019
Bridgwater
Somerton Local History Group
27/10/2017
- 27/10/2017
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
11/08/2018
- 11/08/2018
Leyland
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
23/08/2018
- 23/08/2018
Leyland
South Yardley Library
19/01/2019
- 21/01/2019
Excluded Dates: 20th
Birmingham
Southgate District Civic Trust
14/11/2017
- 14/11/2017
London
Southgate District Civic Trust
14/05/2019
- 14/05/2019
London
Southwater Village Hall (Welcome Club)
08/03/2017
- 08/03/2017
Horsham
St Nicolas Community Centre
09/11/2017
- 09/11/2017
Guildford
St. Mary's Retired Group
22/02/2017
- 22/02/2017
Nr Belper
Stansted Local History Society
04/10/2018
- 04/10/2018
Stansted
Stoke St Gregory WI
13/06/2017
- 13/06/2017
Taunton
Stoodleigh Parish Hall
24/11/2017
- 24/11/2017
Tiverton
Strode Theatre
14/05/2017
- 14/05/2017
Street
Strode Theatre
26/05/2017
- 26/05/2017
Street
Takeley Local History Society
06/02/2018
- 06/02/2018
Takeley
Tarvin Civic Trust
12/12/2017
- 12/12/2017
Tarvin
Thanet U3A
08/11/2017
- 08/11/2017
Ramsgate
Thatcham Town Council
13/10/2017
- 13/10/2017
Thatcham
The Film Place
06/10/2017
- 06/10/2017
Buckingham
The Keep Archives
14/08/2019
- 14/08/2019
Brighton
The Ritz Cinema - Belper
15/10/2017
- 15/10/2017
Belper
The Roses Theatre
26/06/2017
- 28/06/2017
Tewkesbury
The Stowmarket Society
12/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Stowmarket
Three Holes Village Hall
13/08/2017
- 13/08/2017
Three Holes
Tipton St John Community Hall Trustees
18/03/2018
- 18/03/2018
Devon
Tonbridge U3A
16/04/2018
- 16/04/2018
Hildenborough
Ugborough History Group
28/02/2018
- 28/12/2017
Ivybridge
Ugborough History Group
25/05/2018
- 25/05/2018
Ivybridge
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
25/01/2017
- 14/01/2017
Holywood
Upton Pyne Village Hall
02/09/2017
- 02/09/2017
Exeter
Upton Village Hall Management Committee
20/10/2017
- 20/10/2017
Upton
Waltham Library
11/01/2019
- 11/01/0201
Waltham
Washfield Memorial Hall
29/09/2017
- 29/09/2017
Tiverton
Wells Film Centre
27/04/2017
- 27/04/2017
Wells
Wem Town Hall
21/11/2017
- 23/08/2017
Excluded Dates: 22
Wem
Westfield Women's Institute
01/10/2018
- 01/10/2018
St Leonards on Sea
Woolsery West W.I
26/03/2019
- 26/03/2019
Bideford
Arts Picturehouse
15/03/2018
- 15/03/2018
Cambridge
Chichester Cinema at New Park
19/02/2017
- 22/02/2017
Excluded Dates: 20, 21
Chichester
Barn Cinema
26/03/2017
- 29/03/2017
Excluded Dates: 27 & 28
Totnes
Curzon Cinema & Arts
08/09/2017
- 08/09/2017
Clevedon
The Watermark
08/02/2017
- 08/02/2017
Ivybridge
Watershed
16/04/2017
- 19/04/2017
Bristol
BFI Southbank
10/07/2017
- 10/07/2017
Lambeth,
London
Deptford Cinema
23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
Lewisham,
London
Brewery Arts Centre
11/09/2019
- 12/09/2019
Kendal
Harraby Community Theatre
12/03/2018
- 12/03/2018
Carlisle
Long Sutton Market House
21/01/2019
- 21/01/2019
Long Sutton
The Forum (Hexham)
28/03/2019
- 28/03/2019
(Screening as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival)
Hexham
The Leyburn Arts Centre Ltd
02/05/2017
- 02/05/2017
Leyburn
Broadway Cinema
25/05/2017
- 25/05/2017
Nottingham
Derby QUAD
23/04/2017
- 25/04/2017
Excluded Dates: 24/04
Derby
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Ludlow
Malvern Theatres
21/03/2017
- 21/03/2017
Malvern
Northern Light Cinema
06/02/2019
- 06/02/2019
Wirksworth
Pomegranate Theatre
23/02/2018
- 23/02/2018
Chesterfield
Stamford Arts Centre
16/03/2017
- 16/03/2017
Stamford
The Courtyard
12/03/2017
- 12/03/2017
Hereford
Eden Court Theatre
08/04/2017
- 09/04/2017
Queen's Film Theatre
23/04/2017
- 23/04/2017
Belfast
The second programme from Britain on Film on Tour is an evocative exploration of the countryside of the UK, taking in the diverse and beautiful landscapes of all our home nations.
Britain on Film: Rural Life takes audiences down the country lanes of the past, meandering through the dwindling customs of another era. Relive the work of the local blacksmith preparing shoes for the horses that will plough the fields, and the shepherd’s trials as he protects his flock from an encroaching storm. Be swept up in the homemade entertainment and giggles of children at the country fair and the joyful freedoms of the dance in the village hall.
Touching on all the technological, industrial and social changes that affected our countryside throughout the 20th century, these films evoke and encourage not only nostalgia, but also broader and more meaningful reflections on the nature of rural life and village communities in the UK today.
There are a limited number of opportunities to have an archive film specialist introduce your screening of Britain on Film: Rural Life, please ask when booking about their availability.
Machynlleth (In the Heart of Cambria) (1929)
A beautiful, Pathécolor vision of the Powys market town of Machynlleth, famous as the location where the rebellious Owen Glendower was crowned Prince of Wales in 1404 (Cambria is the classical name for Wales).
O'Er Hill and Dale (1932)
Filmed by Basil Wright in the Cheviot Hills bordering Scotland, O’er Hill and Dale depicts a day in the life of a shepherd, Mr Martin. Wright worked without a crew, lugging his Newman Sinclair camera, tripod, lenses and film stock across the hills as he followed the shepherd and his flock.
Great Hucklow Jubilee (1935)
These gorgeous scenes of Great Hucklow capture the Derbyshire village’s preparations for the celebration of King George V’s Silver Jubilee. Shot by one of its most famous residents, British screenwriter L. du Garde Peach, it’s a charming portrait of life and laughter in the Pennine village.
The "Dry Village" (1964)
Enjoy James Boyce’s cautionary tale of two villages; one with no pub, the other with six. Hear what the residents of model Quaker village Bessbrook think of their founder John Grubb Richardson’s social experiment. Do the beautiful surroundings compensate for the lack of drink?
The Village Pet (1931)
This heart-warming newsreel item shows Billy, the ‘pet’ seal, tentatively accepting a fish supper from his adoptive family – the good folk of Warham in Norfolk.
West of England (1951)
Glorious Technicolor casts a dreamlike spell over Gloucestershire’s Stroud valleys in this gorgeous short film. Author Laurie Lee, whose 1960 book Cider with Rosie drew on childhood memories of the area, contributes the script for a narration which accompanies painterly images of evergreen scenery, people and industry.
Cold War Villages (1981)
In 1981, with no freeze in the Cold War in sight, plans are afoot to build a nuclear bunker for 400 people. A good idea perhaps, but perhaps not at Morcott in Rutland, which only has a population of 300? Meanwhile, at Monyash in Derbyshire, landlord Decio Tettanni explains to Terry Lloyd how his pub has become the village’s early warning nerve centre.
Any Man's Kingdom (1956)
One of many Technicolor travelogues highlighting the attractions of individual English counties, Any Man’s Kingdom took British Transport Films’ cameras to Northumberland, the northernmost part of England. As the commentary makes clear, it’s a turbulent part of the country in climate, geography and history alike.
The Blacksmith (1941)
‘Things aren’t what they used to be’: Mr Bosley, village blacksmith at Corfe, near Taunton, is the subject of this informative yet quietly elegiac study of ancient craftsmanship. The commentary talks us through the process of shoeing a horse, seen in spare, patiently composed images gracefully evoking an ageless sunlit Somerset day.
Eardisland Village (1978)
Eardisland, a picture postcard Herefordshire village, was about to be given conservation status by Hereford and Worcester Council when ATV Today visited in 1978. But local people fighting to save their village school were not happy as it would curtail new development. How can a village thrive with an ageing population and no new blood?
Day in the Hayfields (1904)
This gorgeous bucolic film made by the Hepworth Company in 1904, blends two of the most popular non-fiction genres of early cinema – the industrial and the scenic. Look out for the shots of children playing in the fields with abandon and chucking hay at each other.
Skating on Lough Neagh (1963)
As the Big Freeze plays havoc with the working life of Northern Ireland, there is plenty of time for play. The frozen lough is call to the adventurous and the ridiculous and dogs, dancers and even drivers take to the ice!