Hollywood (British TV series)
Hollywood (also known as Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film) is a British television documentary miniseries produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV in 1980. Written and directed by film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, it explored the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and their cultural impact during the silent film era of the 1910s and '20s. At the 1981 BAFTA TV Awards, the series won for Best Original Television Music and was nominated for Best Factual Series, Best Film Editing and Best Graphics.
| Hollywood | |
|---|---|
Thames Video Collection VHS 1 of 13 | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Kevin Brownlow David Gill |
| Directed by | Kevin Brownlow David Gill |
| Narrated by | James Mason |
| Theme music composer | Carl Davis |
| Composer | Carl Davis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kevin Brownlow David Gill |
| Editors | Dan Carter Trevor Waite Oscar Webb |
| Running time | 49-52min per episode (ex. commercials), ~11h14m in total |
| Production company | Thames Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | January 8 – April 1, 1980 |
The series has seldom been released on home video formats, apparently due to the complexity of obtaining home video rights to all of the film clips used. As of early 2024 it remains unavailable.
In 1995, Brownlow and Gill produced the followup series, Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood, which explores the rise of the silent film industry in Sweden, Germany, France and Great Britain.