FRANCIS HANLY

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2018/02/arena-painter-stanley-spencer-s-daughters-rarity-among-modern-bbc

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/feb/05/endeavour-review-as-comforting-as-cheese-on-toast

Compelling and poignant documentary on BBC4 now about Stanley Spencer through the eyes of his two surviving daughters. Must be one of our greatest artists – at his best easily upstaging Freud. #wantone pic.twitter.com/H0K9H5NbIG — Philip Mould (@philipmould) February 4, 2018 Brilliant … #bbc4 Stanley and his daughters … — Brydon (@Brydon_N) February 4, 2018 […]

‘Stanley And His Daughters’ transmits on BBC 4 on Sunday 4th February at 10pm Critics Choice – Saturday Times “It takes a while to adjust to the spare feel of this poignant, minor key Arena exploring the sisters’ relationship, as Unity, 87, boxes up her life in London and moves to Wales to be close […]

The first in a series of short films inspired by the poetry of John Donne. This is based on the famous Holy Sonnet X “Death Be Not Proud”, a meditation on overcoming the fear of death.

This is a trailer I made for the forthcoming documentary feature ‘Stanley and his Daughters’ which will be broadcast early in 2018. It was edited by Isobel Goodrich and exec produced by Anthony Wall. It is an Arena production for the BBC.

Quite why it's taken me nearly six months to see needn't detain us. Bravo and thank you @Howard_Goodall – the best, most revealing music documentary I have ever seen. https://t.co/Uq4jMPtjDK — Danny Baker (@prodnose) November 13, 2017 Sgt Peppers musical revolution documentary on the iplayer is fookin brilliant, only 9 days left get on it! […]

Both Magical Mystery Tour Revisited and Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution form the centrepieces of a Beatles evening on BBC4 on the 10th November 2017.