Ab Mai 2009 gibt das BFI die neue Reihe Flipside mit schrägen britische Filmen heraus, die bisher nicht angemessen beachtet worden sind. Alle drei Monate sollen drei Titel auf auf DVD und Blu ray erscheinen, deren HD Master von restaurierten Filmelementen hergestellt worden sind. Alle Discs werden mit zahlreichen Extras ausgestattet sein und Booklets mit Essays zu den Filmen enthalten.
„Developed from its popular monthly screening slot at BFI Southbank, the BFI’s Flipside series on DVD and Blu-ray is designed to revisit and reappraise British films that have slipped through the cracks of cinema history – films that were overlooked, marginalised, or undervalued at the original time of release, or sit outside the established canon of recognised classics.“ (BFI)
Das erste Set wird Richard Lesters schwarze Komödie The Bed Sitting Room (1969) über das Leben nach einem (ganz kurzen) Nuklearkrieg und Arnold Louis Millers ‘shockumentaries’ London in the Raw (1964) und Primitive London (1965) umfassen. „The Bed Sitting Room“ ist eine echte Entdeckung:
„This vividly imagined, darkly satirical filmic vision of a post apocalyptic England, directed by Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night, How I Won the War, The Knack), is based on the highly-regarded play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. It also boasts great performances by the cream of ‘60s British comedy and acting talent: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook, Harry Secombe, Dudley Moore, Spike Milligan, Michael Horden, Roy Kinnear, Arthur Lowe, Dandy Nichols and Marty Feldman.
Sam Dunn [ex Tartan], Head of BFI Video Publishing, comments: ‘Lots of people talk about “lost classics”, but The Bed Sitting Room is a film that truly deserves that description. It beggars belief that such a startling piece of British cinema could have remained hidden away for so long.’ (BFI)