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The Essay Heffer on Film - Kitchen Sink Cinema Episodes

    Billy Liar

    5/5 Simon Heffer explores Billy Liar, the 1963 British New Wave film starring Tom Courtenay.

    This Sporting Life

    4/5 Simon Heffer examines the powerful 1963 film version of This Sporting Life.

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    3/5 Simon Heffer explores the 1962 film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    2/5 How Alan Sillitoe's novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was made into a film.

    Room at the Top

    1/5 Simon Heffer re-examines the 1959 British New Wave film Room at the Top.