Christopher Frayling Movies

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than...

The shocking true story behind the making of Hammer Films notorious vampire saga.

The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action,...

Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi.

Documentary on the Mummy film(s) by Universal Studios.

From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contributions to director Roland Joffé's...

A completely fantastic programme, charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock...

The making of Quo Vadis (1951).

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The...

Christopher Frayling's in-depth analysis, a behind-the-scenes study of Leone's deepening artistic maturity, as manifested in Duck You Sucker's...

Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman... A host of more and more bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in...

How the gothic film by british production company Hammer Films helped in shaping the horror genre for audiences worldwide.

Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification....

In this interview, conducted in 2013, writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling discusses the groundbreaking design of THINGS TO COME.

The writer and cultural historian discusses the work of the great director.

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.