The British television series Brookside was the first of a breed of new-look soap operas to eschew purely domestic drama and tackle contemporary social problems in a realisitc way. Major figures in the television industry, members of the Brookside production team and Phil Redmond, who devised the series, discuss wether this popular form of entertainment can make a meaningful impact through its presentation of serious issues.
Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Novelist Anthony Burgess presents a personal appraisal of D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930). The portrait he paints is of a polemicist against his country and his age: against petty materialism and class conflict, against militarism and the prevailing sexual repressiveness. The film uses locations in Nottinghamshire and Cornwall, extensive period documentation of Lawrence’s work and times, and includes readings from his novels, essays and poems.