Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Kim Newman Mark Kermode |
Directed by | Nick Freand Jones |
Presented by | Mark Kermode |
Theme music composer | Neil Brand |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 (inc. specials) |
No. of episodes | 14 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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Executive producers | Richard Bright John Das |
Producer | Nick Freand Jones |
Editors | Jude Suggett Beth Hourston Steve Miller |
Running time | 60 |
Production company | BBC Studios |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Four |
Release | 17 July 2018 25 January 2021 | –
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Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema is a British TV documentary series on BBC Four. Presented by the film critic Mark Kermode, each 60-minute episode examines the tropes which come together to make a particular genre of cinema. An initial series of five episodes aired in 2018. A Christmas special was broadcast later that year, followed by two further specials in 2019. Series two and three, each consisting of three episodes, aired in 2020 and 2021 respectively. The programme has attracted positive reviews from TV critics.