Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

60 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 2017

A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the British Library as they search to tell that story through objects in their collection, in an ambitious new exhibition: Harry Potter: A History Of Magic. J.K. Rowling, who is lending unseen manuscripts, drawings and drafts from her private archives (which will sit alongside treasures from the British Library, as well as original drafts and drawings from Jim Kay) talks about some of the personal items she has lent to the exhibition and gives new insight into her writing, looking at some of the objects from the exhibition that have fired her imagination.

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

60 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 2017

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the British Library as they search to tell that story through objects in their collection, in an ambitious new exhibition: Harry Potter: A History Of Magic. J.K. Rowling, who is lending unseen manuscripts, drawings and drafts from her private archives (which will sit alongside treasures from the British Library, as well as original drafts and drawings from Jim Kay) talks about some of the personal items she has lent to the exhibition and gives new insight into her writing, looking at some of the objects from the exhibition that have fired her imagination.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers BBC Studios Documentary Unit
Original title Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Directors Alex Harding, Jude Ho
Writers

Cast

Imelda Staunton

as Narrator

J.K. Rowling

as Herself

David Thewlis

as Himself

Warwick Davis

as Himself

Evanna Lynch

as Herself

Mark Williams

as Himself

Miriam Margolyes

as Herself