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Royal Mail has today launched its Great British Film Special Stamp issue to celebrate six key British movies produced since the Second World War.
Accompanying the set is a four-stamp Miniature Sheet focusing on the work of the GPO Film Unit, which produced ground-breaking documentaries, animations and information films for the General Post Office in the 1930s and 1940s.
Royal Mail consulted film experts, public polls and the British Film Institute to arrive at key films from the 1940s to the 2000s.
The films featured include A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Chariots of Fire (1981), Secrets and Lies (1996) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
Andrew Hammond, Royal Mail spokesperson, said: “This stamp issue takes in landmark films, epics and influential movies that evoke the distinctiveness and quality of British film and story-telling across key genres.
"We hope they are enjoyed by anyone who has a love of Great British filmmaking at its very best.”