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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017 · 59m · Documentary

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.

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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

Details

Director

Jude Ho and Alex Harding

Released

October 28, 2017

Runtime

59m

Genres

Documentary

Studio

BBC Studios Documentary Unit

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.3 / 10 from 95 votes