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Random Acts explores British Asian stories. This episode follows one woman's journey from an arranged marriage in 1980s India to life on a London council estate raising three children.
10:00Whose Voice Is It Anyway: A new run of the world's best creative short films begins with Kate Caryer's striking modern fable of two women, disability, personal freedom and power.
10:00The short film strand dedicated to the arts returns with exciting works from cutting-edge Black filmmakers. At the beach, a family navigates the bloody legacy of the global slave trade.
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Including five of the strangest animated creations. Plus: Lily Cole and Lily McMenamy in a model utopia. And the series finishes with the end of the world. Expired
A tribute to a teapot turns into a rave, Adjoa Andoh narrates Arctic poetry, and Geoffrey McGivern becomes a new Big Brother. Plus: the ultimate heavy metal knitting circle. Expired
A champagne cork is weaponised in an acute observation of modern relationships. Adham Faramawy gives make-up tutorials an unnerving update. A dance piece syncs up with sunlight. Expired
A trip to the dentist becomes a unique and startling experience, there's a split-screen dance with a selfie twist, and Neil Maskell stars in a heart-breaking drama Expired
A VHS stand-up routine becomes an existential nightmare, a pensioner tries to overcome her past in Newcastle, and some tiny tea cups help a relationship blossom Expired
A sitcom with Asa Butterfield and Adam Buxton turns into a bloodbath, an artist gets a Botox injection in the throat, and a pair of frisky fingers find love Expired
A swimming pool receives some uninvited guests at night. Plus: a romantic dance-off, a surreal animated creature feature, pink balloons in hot pursuit of a young woman, and more. Expired
A magical tapestry comes to life. Animator Qieer Wang provides a champagne bath for our emotions. Plus: a short film made to the sounds of a little-known Cocteau Twins B-side, and much more. Expired
Botis Seva explores parenthood through dance. A teenager confronts her doppelgangers. Bernard Cribbins narrates a visual deep-dive into woodland nostalgia. An impactful artwork examines gun violence. Expired
Bodies collide in new configurations in an elegant movement piece. Social media gives an animator the blues. Plus: a vivid reflection of a fractured mind, and an animation of a gender-neutral plant. Expired
An insta-perfect life is a waking nightmare. Noel Fielding plays a dying angel. A visual artist lights up a ghost town. African folklore meets fashion film. A dance group are animated in stop motion. Expired
A Peckham auntie reclaims the streets on horseback. Plus: opera reimagined as a partially-nude fantasia, internet cats like you've never seen them before, a bird puppet jazz ensemble, and more. Expired
Including Jarman prize-winner Heather Phillipson's love letter to her pet pooch. A teenager finger-swipes her way into digital oblivion. Plus: a sexy doughnut that's just asking to be eaten. Expired
Modern philosopher Alain de Botton explains how to recount your dreams. Plus: the greatest library you've never seen, a gruesome waking nightmare set in a circus, and more. Expired
Misfits charmer Robert Sheehan is down and out in LA, Bafta Award-winner Duncan Cowles flogs stock footage for cold hard cash. And, in a single-take experiment, a Chelsea supporter enters frame left. Expired
Musician Laura Marling catches comedian Tim Key's eye. A performance poet has a stern word with her pelvis pal in Ode to a Fuckboi. And find out exactly how to be rad. Expired
Young people's laureate Caleb Femi smashes preconceptions. Dancing meets architecture at the Barbican. Plus: a kids-only dystopia. And trees fight back in a trippy animation.