Acknowledgements Introduction: England, their England Chapter One: The Uses of Literature: Adaptation and Englishness in the 1930s 'Sound, Censorship and 'Better Pictures' 'Properly English and Properly Dickensian': David Copperfield (1935) 'The Best Possible Literature': A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) Literature at War: Wuthering Heights (1939) and Pride and Prejudice (1940) Chapter Two: Abstractions of Empire: Filming British Imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s 'Ruling and Protecting These Countless Millions': Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) 'One of the Most Distinguished Events in History': The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) 'Delightfully Evil in the Fascist Sense': Gunga Din (1939) Empire Films and World War II Chapter Three: Ideology and Adventure: the post-war Swashbuckler Film 'A Nation Divided': Ivanhoe (1952) 'Under Banners Unknown': Knights of the Round Table (1953) Chapter Four: Cosmopolitanism and the Cold War: Historical Epics in the 1950s and 1960s 'A Show on Film': Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 'The Magic of Distant Places': Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Chapter Five: Boom and Bust: The English Past in the Swinging Sixties 'A Living Past': Tom Jones (1963) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) 'Intimate Spectacle': Becket (1964) and Anne of the 1000 Days (1969) Manhattan Transfer: My Fair Lady (1964) and Camelot (1967) Chapter Six: Intimations of Quality: English Heritage and the 'Specialty' Film the 1980s and 1990s 'A Holiday Out of Time': Heritage Film and American Indies 'Films of Consequence': Heritage Goes to Hollywood 'An Emotional Event': the Rise of Miramax Chapter Seven: Pirates, Wizards and Wardrobes: The English Past in the Contemporary Family Film Licensing the Past: Intellectual Property, Conglomeration and the Franchise Boom Fantastic Rebates and Where to Find Them: Global Production and Incentive Schemes Conclusion: An Available Past Bibliography Index.