The Essex Island That Won the Lottery

The uplifting story of a seaside town transformed by a £17.3M lottery win. Meet the working-class community of Canvey Island, who won a fantastic opportunity to improve their lives.

Joey Essex vs. Dapper Laughs

Joey Essex returns to the ring as he faces comedian Dapper Laughs.

Russell Kane - The Essex Variant

The Essex Variant toured from 2021 to 2023 culminating in this recording at the historic London Palladium. It's belly-laugh comedy from the heart - starting with raucous improvisation and continuing into a whirlwind come

Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

Electric Blue Special: Essex Girls

They're Rude Crude and Nude... Essex Girls

The Domestication of Vampires in Essex

A trio of Essex girls offer their special brand of hospitality to a morose mysterious stranger.

Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac

Video performance of poetry by Essex Hemphill in performance with Larry Duckette, Brenda Files & Cordell Credle

David Essex: The Secret Tour

This spectacular live DVD concert shows David s performance at Bournemouth s BIC at the end of his Secret Tour in 2010. He performs a string of hits, including Stardust, Silver Dream Machine and Imperial Wizard as well a

Joey Essex Grief and Me

After ten years in the reality TV spotlight, it might appear that everything in Joey Essex’s life is ‘reem’. But fame and a luxury lifestyle haven’t been able to heal the grief he has kept inside for 20 years. Now, as he

A Floral Tribute for Essex Road

A short study of the interior of amaryllis flowers, shot on 16mm film. The central pistol, the stamens and the anthers, which produce the yellow pollen, are set against the colour field of the petals.

Michael Landy's Welcome to Essex

Travelling from Colchester to Southend, Tilbury to Romford Market, artist Michael Landy talks ‘Essexism’ with comedian Russell Kane, artists Elsa James and Maria Anastassiou, Professor Pam Cox (Head of the Department of

Murder of the Essex Boys: Blood and Betrayal

On 6th December 1995, Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe were notoriously murdered in a Range Rover on a quiet country lane in Essex but 26 years, two convictions and countless conspiracies later, questions remain una

Black Girl Essex: Here We Come, Look We Here

The title of this work turns the historically 'white' stereotype of the Essex girl, which characterises women from Essex as unintelligent, promiscuous and materialistic on its head. It centres the implications of identit

David Essex - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook, 23 July 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK (including two number ones), and sixteen T

Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre

Between 2014 and 2017, McClodden revived the work of deceased Black queer artists who were active during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, including the poet and activist Essex Hemphill. Here, McClodden remakes a scene from Marlo

We're Not in Essex Anymore

'We're Not in Essex Anymore' is a journey film, following the classic story of the Wizard of Oz in order to highlight this experience of travelling from the Suburbs of London into the City. Exploring themes of female fri

One of the things I'm most grateful to Paul for is telling me about the half sunken concrete barges lying in the Thames mud at Rainham, Essex

Peter Cusack is one of ninety collaborators that have been commissioned by Matt's Gallery, London, to contribute a film to TAPS: Improvisations with Paul Burwell. Concrete Barges in Rainham was one of the sites Cusack us

My Son, My Son!

A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.

New Town Original

Elliott Jordan stars as a white collar button pusher whose life gets turned upside down when he gets involved with Nicki (Katharine Peachey), one-time girlfriend of local psycho Si Naylor (Paul McNeilly) This low budget