A complete screening of the 1964 television documentary following the lives of a number of people in Bristol as they try to live and work in the city, writing and participating in the arts. Featuring ACH Smith, Bristol writer and playwright, Derek Balmer, current President of the Royal West of England Academy, and Tom Stoppard among many others, it is a unique view of the city in the early 1960s, brilliantly filmed and edited at a time of social, cultural and economic change.

We’re pleased to add in to this programme Deadly Serious Smith, the follow-up film to The Newcomers. The evening will run as follows:

13.00 Introduction by ACH Smith
13.15-14.45 FILM: First three episodes of The Newcomers
14.45-15.15 Interval
15.15-16.55 FILM: Second three episodes of The Newcomers
16.55-17.05 Interval
17.05-17.35 FILM: Deadly Serious Smith

John Boorman event

John Boorman, producer of The Newcomers, will also appear at an event about his life in film at Watershed Media Centre on 10th May, 18.00-19.30. Click here for more details.