Films
Russell
others |
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Television, books, history
etc
others Russell |
Voyage to the Moon, Georges
Melies |
1900 |
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1910 |
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1911 |
The Lair
of the White Worm, Bram Stoker, novel
Ronald
Reagan born |
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1912 |
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1913 |
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1914 |
First
World War |
Orson
Welles born
Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith
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1915 |
The
Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence, novel |
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1916 |
Women in
Love, D.H. Lawrence, novel |
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1917 |
John F.
Kennedy born USA |
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1918 |
First
World War ends |
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1919 |
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1920 |
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1921 |
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1922 |
Ulysses by James Joyce, novel
BBC founded (radio) |
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1923 |
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Siegfried,
Fritz Lang |
1924 |
Franz Kafka
dies |
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1925 |
Margaret
Roberts (Thatcher) born |
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1926 |
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Metropolis, Fritz Lang
The Jazz Singer, Alan Crosland |
1927 |
Ken
Russell born |
Stanley
Kubrick born |
1928 |
Lady
Chatterley´s Lover, D.H. Lawrence, novel |
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1929 |
BBC
experiments with television |
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1930 |
D.H. Lawrence dies |
M, Fritz
Lang
Frankenstein, James Whale |
1931 |
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Richard
Lester born |
1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
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Bride of
Frankenstein, James Whale |
1935 |
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Glenda
Jackson born |
1936 |
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1937 |
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Oliver
Reed born
Georges Melies dies |
1938 |
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Melvyn
Bragg born |
1939 |
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1940 |
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Citizen
Kane, Orson Welles |
1941 |
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Derek
Jarman born |
1942 |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
Second
World War in Europe over |
Beauty and
the Beast by Jean Cocteau |
1946 |
Second
World War in Asia over
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1947 |
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D.W.
Griffith dies |
1948 |
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Orpheus by Jean Cocteau |
1949 |
Nineteen
Eighty-Four George Orwell, novel |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1952 |
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1953 |
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1954 |
The Boyfriend, Sandy Wilson
(stage musical) |
Richard
III by Laurence Olivier |
1955 |
BBC
experiments with colour television
Independent television in Great Britain|
in competition
with the BBC |
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1956 |
Peepshow, amateur film
Marries
Shirley Kingdom |
James
Whale dies |
1957 |
Knights on
Bikes, amateur film |
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1958 |
Amelia and
the Angel, amateur film
Lourdes, amateur film |
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1959 |
Poet´s
London, television
Gordon Jacob, television
Guitar Crazy, television
Variations on a Mechanical Theme, television
Two Painters, television
Portrait of a Goon, television |
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1960 |
Marie
Rambert Remembers, television
Architecture of Entertainment, television
Cranks at Work, television
The Miners´ Picnic, television
Shelagh Delayey´s Salford, television
A House in Bayswater, television
The Light Fantastic, television |
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1961 |
London
Moods, television
The Light Fantastic, television
Antonio Gaudi, television
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill, television
Old Battersea House, television
Portrait of a Soviet Composer, television |
Dr. No,
Terence Young |
1962 |
Pop Goes
the Easel, television
Preservation Man, television
Mr Chesher´s Traction Engines, television
Elgar, television |
Summer
Holiday, Peter Yates
French
Dressing
Jean Cocteau dies |
1963 |
Watch the
Birdie, television
John F. Kennedy assassinated USA |
A Hard
Day´s Night, Richard Lester |
1964 |
Lonely
Shore, television
Bartok, television
The Dotty World of James Lloyd, television
Diary of a Nobody, television |
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1965 |
The
Debussy Film, television
Always on Sunday, television
Don´t Shoot the Composer, television
War Game,
Peter Watkins, banned on BBC |
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1966 |
Isadora
Duncan, television
Cathy Come Home, Ken Loach
Billion Dollar Brain, Len Deighton, novel |
Billion
Dollar Brain |
1967 |
Dante´s
Inferno, television |
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1968 |
Song of
Summer, television |
Women in
Love |
1969 |
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M*A*S*H,
Robert Altman |
1970 |
The Dance
of the Seven Veils, television |
A Clockwork Orange, Stanley
Kubrick
The Music
Lovers
The Devils
The Boyfriend |
1971 |
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Savage
Messiah |
1972 |
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Mahler
The
Exorcist, William Friedkin
The Wicker Man, Robin Hardy
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1973 |
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1974 |
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Tommy
Lisztomania |
1975 |
Pol Pot
regime and the killing Fields in Cambodia |
Fritz Lang
dies
Sebastiane, Derek Jarman
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1976 |
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Valentino |
1977 |
Stephen
Biko dies |
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1978 |
Melvyn
Bragg´s South Bank Show starts (television)
William and
Dorothy, television
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, television
Divorce of
Shirley Kingdom |
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1979 |
Margaret
Thatcher elected prime minister, Great Britain |
Altered
States |
1980 |
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1981 |
Ronald
Reagan elected President, USA |
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1982 |
The
Rake´s Progress (opera)
Die Soldaten (opera)
Falklands
War
General Belgrano sunk |
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1983 |
The
Planets, television
Madame Butterfly (opera)
Marries
Vivian Jolley |
Crimes of
Passion |
1984 |
Italian
Girl in Tangiers (opera) |
Orson
Welles dies |
1985 |
La Bohema
(opera)
Faust (opera) |
Gothic |
1986 |
Vaughan
Williams, television |
Aria
(short) |
1987 |
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The Lair
of the White Worm
Salome´s Last Dance |
1988 |
A British
Picture, television
She´s so Beautiful. Cliff Richard video |
The
Rainbow |
1989 |
Mefistofeles
(opera) |
The Russia
House (acting role) |
1990 |
The
Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner, television
Stories of Seduction
Nelson Mandela released from
prison |
Whore |
1991 |
Prisoners
of Honor
Citizen Kane: A Critical Analysis
(Ken appears but does not direct)
Divorce of
Vivian Jolley |
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1992 |
The Secret
Life of Sir Arnold Bax, television
Princess Ida (opera)
Marries
Hetty Baynes |
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1993 |
The
Mystery of Dr Martinu, television
Lady Chatterley, television |
Derek
Jarman dies |
1994 |
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Mindbender |
1995 |
Classic
Widows, television
Alice in Russialand, television
Treasure Island, television
Empire of the Censors
(Ken appears but does not direct), television
I Camcorder
(Ken appears but does not direct), television
Death of Scriabin (radio) |
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1996 |
Tales of
Erotica
A History of British Art
(Ken appears but does not direct), television |
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1997 |
In Search
of the English Folk Song, television |
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1998 |
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Oliver
Reed dies |
1999 |
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2000 |
Weil and
Lenya (theatre) |
Lion´s
Mouth (short) |
2001 |
Marries
Lisi Tribble |
The Fall of the Louse
of Usher |
2002 |
Brighton Belles, television
Elgar 2, television |
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2003 |
Brahms Gets Laid (novel) |
Revenge of the Elephant Man (short)
The Devils uncut premiere
The Murder of Mata Hari |
2004 |
Colour me Kubrick (Ken
acts but does not direct), film |
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2005 |
Edmund Dane (Ken does the
voiceover but does not direct), film |
Trapped
Ashes |
2006 |
Ken's house destroyed by fire
The Moving Finger (Ken acts but does not direct), television
Brothers of the Head (Ken
acts but does not direct), film |
Kitten for
Hitler |
2007 |
Ken appears on 24 hour
television reality show Celebrity Big Brother
Major British Film Institute retrospective of early television work |
Boudica
Bites Back |
2008 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2011 |
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