Best of British (1987)

Narrated by Sir John Mills /// From Tom Brown to Bulldog Drummond, from Biggles to Bond, the 20th Century British hero was represented as schoolboy, sleuth, soldier, sailor, sky-pilot and spy, and film portrayed them in all their different personalities - romantic, gritty, superior, gutsy, charming, and even with tongue-in-cheek humour. /// Films featured: 49th Parallel (1941), The Black Tent (1956), Caravan (1946), The League Of Gentlemen (1960), The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Malta Story (1952), The Man In Grey (1943), A Matter Of Life And Death (1946), A Night To Remember (1958), North West Frontier (1959), Reach For The Sky (1956), Sea Of Sand (1958), A Tale Of Two Cities (1958), Waterloo Road (1944), The Way To The Stars (1945) /// Stars featured: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, John Mills, Joy Shelton, Kenneth More, Herbert Lom, Leslie Howard, John Gregson, Anthony Steele, Douglass Montgomery, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Marie Versini