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Shooting the Past is a television drama by Stephen Poliakoff, produced by TalkBack Productions for BBC Two and first shown in 1999. It was TalkBack's first drama production, the company being mainly known for its television comedy work.
- Stephen Poliakoff
A US developer faces resistance from a library staff when he tries to renovate a building with a huge photographic collection. Based on the BBC Hulton Picture Library, the series stars Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall and Liam Cunningham.
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- 1999-11-21
- Drama, History
- 182
A London library faces extinction and its librarians fight to save its rare photographs. Shooting The Past is a 1999 series of linked plays by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall and Liam Cunningham.
Episode 1. 1/3 When an American property developer arrives in London he is perplexed by the warm welcome. Similar programmes. By genre: Drama. Home. All episodes of Shooting the Past.
Garnett. Advertise With Us. A photo librarian (Lindsay Duncan) and her staff resist the efforts of their building's new owner (Liam Cunningham) to disperse their collection.
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- Stephen Poliakoff
- TV-G
- Lindsay Duncan
S1.E1 ∙ Part One. The staff of the Fallon Photo Library and Collection are left reeling when their new Americn owners decide to break up the archive and sell off the cherished Man Ray photographs. Archivist Oswald Bates is determined to fight to the end.
Nov 19, 1999 · A British picture library faces closure and a new owner who wants to turn it into a business school. The drama explores the power of photography and its stories through two sequences that reveal the fate of a Jewish girl and a grandmother.
