Shooting The Past
Non notée
Année : 1999
Nombre de saisons : 1
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 60 minutes
Genre(s) : Drame, Histoire, Mini-série
When the Fallon Photo Library curator and an American developer go head to head, 10 million unique pieces of British history hang in the balance. An ancient mansion on the outskirts of London is home to a rare and sprawling collection of twentieth century black and white photographs featuring every aspect of human activity imaginable. Also indigenous to the library is a small and eccentric staff, insulated from the outside world and sustained by their passion for the visual treasures they meticulously maintain. But their peaceful livelihood is shattered when their new owner from across the pond arrives and announces his plans to convert the building into an American business college. The collection, an inconvenient obstacle, must be dismantled, sold, and largely destroyed.
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Épisode 1 - Episode 1
10 janvier 1999
A three-part drama serial by Stephen Poliakoff about a picture library facing closure. When an American property developer arrives in London he is perplexed at the warm welcome he is given by the employees of a vast photographic archive. It seems there has been a misunderstanding and he tells the head of the collection that the ten million pictures will have to be sold or destroyed.
Épisode 2 - Episode 2
17 janvier 1999
Curator Marilyn has to sack the library's resident expert Oswald and begin the task of finding a buyer for the whole collection. After several rejections, she meets the head of an advertising agency who is interested. Oswald, meanwhile, has been investigating the American property developer Anderson.
Épisode 3 - Episode 3
24 janvier 1999
Following a strange telephone call in the middle of the night, Marilyn rushes to Oswald's house to find that he has taken an overdose. Looking through Oswald's possessions, she discovers key clues to Anderson's past.
Épisode 4 - Stephen Poliakoff Remembers... Shooting the Past
13 août 2025
Having forged a reputation with films such as She’s Been Away, City Sugar and the Bafta-winning Caught on a Train, Shooting the Past was Stephen Poliakoff’s first three-part series for television. Taking inspiration from the closure of a photo archive, it weaves a tale of the effects of sudden change. The eccentric staff with their own catering, losing all they’d worked for; the revelation through photos of stories both global and intensely personal. Stephen explains how he was given the brief to write something 'totally different from anything seen before', exploring how long he could push the length of scenes, how the cast held real photos in every sequence rather than adding them in after filming and how the casting of Timothy Spall completely changed the perception of that character. And he describes how the core elements of the story, institutions facing sudden closure, the loss of personal knowledge to corporate systems, still has relevance today.
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Shooting The Past - trailer
04/11/2025
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