John Gielgud Filmes

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University.

Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie...

Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in...

A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing...

On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and...

A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero...

An old patriarch at the gates of death, who has been married five times, reunites his family and indulges in a sadistic game with them.

David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.

1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon

When a Rolls Royce damages a scooter, the furious owner goes to seek redress, and finds herself face to face with a millionaire capitalist.

BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.

TV adaptation of the play set in a Cambridge School of English for Foreigners in 1962. St John Quartermaine is a rather ineffective but kindly...

Semi-Biographical film documenting the life of The Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of the beloved Thomas The tank Engine Stories

A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos...

Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's...

Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun),...

A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death.

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.