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A person in a grey suit sits behind a desk on a television studio set, with wood-panelled walls and a large blue screen in the background.

Network (50th Anniversary, 4K Restoration)

Duration: 2h2m
Dates: Sat 11 - Thu 16 Jul 2026

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Sidney Lumet's scathing satire returns to the big screen with this new 4K restoration. 

 

See our other 50th anniversary screenings here. 

 

Howard Beale, a veteran newscaster, is informed by his ratings-driven network executives that he is about to be dumped because he "skews old" - in turn, he uses his next broadcast to announce that he is going to commit suicide on his final programme. An ambitious programming executive convinces her superiors to let the broadcast go ahead, hoping that the final event will give the network its greatest ratings ever.