– Do you realise what today's date is, Rex? – April the, er, 29th, why?The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, 1968)
Apr
29

The menacing Mocata (Charles Gray). DP: Arthur Grant.
– Do you realise what today's date is, Rex? – April the, er, 29th, why?The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, 1968)
Apr
29

The menacing Mocata (Charles Gray). DP: Arthur Grant.
“Sir Thomas Sheridan, Jacobite military secretary. Suffering advanced debility and loss of memory. Former military engagement, 56 years ago. Sir John MacDonald, Jacobite captain of cavalry. Aged, frequently intoxicated, described as 'a man of the most limited capacities.' John William O'Sullivan, Jacobite quartermaster general. Described as 'an Irishman whose vanity is superseded only by his lack of wisdom.' Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite commander in chief. Former military experience: 10 days at a siege at the age of 13.”Culloden (Peter Watkins, 1964)
Apr
16
1746

One of the clansman. The look in his eyes foreshadows the Vietnam War this films comments on. DP: Dick Bush.
– narrator
“Stand by, there's trouble coming soon.”The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934)
Mar
21

Abbott (Peter Lorre). DP: Curt Courant.
– Bob Lawrence
“In an urban society, everything connects. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in a fabric. But the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable.”Threads (Mick Jackson, 1984)
Mar
5
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A caption superimosed over the city of Sheffield: SHEFFIELD SATURDAY MARCH 5TH. DPs: Andrew Dunn & Paul Morris.
– Narrator
– Burn witch, burn witch, burn! – Dig that crazy beat, man.The City of the Dead (John Llewellyn Moxey, 1960)
Mar
3

Nan Barlow (Venetia Stevenson), exploring. DP: Desmond Dickinson.
“The conquest of new worlds always makes demands of human life. And there will always be men who will accept the risk.”First Man Into Space [Satellite of Blood] (Robert Day, 1959)
Feb
28
1958

A newspaper headline for February 28, 1958 reading THE HIGHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. DP: Geoffrey Faithfull.
Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964)
Feb
2
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A man mostly off screen carves meat of some sort. Surely it's symbolic. DP: Freddie Francis.
“So, this month becomes the month of Scrawdyke.”Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (Stuart Cooper, 1974)
Scrawdyke
2

Malcolm Scrawdyke (John Hurt), disgruntled art student. DP: John Alcott.
– Malcolm Scrawdyke
“If the halo fits, put it on. And don't pretend you don't love winding people up like little toys.”The Sleeping Tiger (Joseph Losey, 1954)
Jan
14
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A cheque dated January 14. DP: Harry Waxman .
– Glenda Esmond
Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man (John Reardon, 1978)
Jan
10

Tarry-Dan (Paul Curran) observing kids at the school's gate. DP: Peter Bartlett.