OUR PEOPLE: MOLLY DINEEN TO FRONT NEW BBC TWO DOCUMENTARY

One of our most unique documentarians, Molly Dineen has been filming all her life, sometimes for broadcast, often just for herself – and crucially always in Britain.

Her work has taken us into communities, workplaces and institutions and shown us how our country has been shaped by the past and adapted to the present. Using her extensive archive of hitherto unseen footage, Our People will present a very personal portrait of Britain from the 1980s to now.

We’ll meet an extraordinary diversity of people, from Black Rod to Blacker Dread, from road diggers to Tony Blair, in a series of behind the scenes encounters with shot over 40 years.

Throughout the footage, there is a clear thread, both in the endless ways we separate but also in the ways we come together, how our connections and alliances define our way of life, and how our identity and sense of belonging – behind the scenes in the House of Lords, embedded in the Brixton Jamaican community, or in the East Sussex village where her mother ran the local Post Office — can lead us into the future.

Working closely with award winning editor, Ollie Huddleston, this feature documentary will help us understand the profound changes in the psychology of the country during a period of political, economic and demographic ferment - a privileged insight into how Britain works and how we got here.

Our People will be broadcast on BBC Two and iPlayer in 2026, preceded by a release in selected UK cinemas.