Simon Callow Filmes

In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...

An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career and her way of working.

A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.

The documentary film Art of Freedom answers the most poignant questions on the phenomenon of Polish expeditions to the Himalayas. Poles have reigned...

The story of an honest Lincolnshire farmer, hit hard by the credit crunch, squeezed by a greedy supermarket and struggling to survive. All his...

Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist...

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen,...

A diverse collection of horror shorts by several different film makers. A few are presented as trailers.

A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.

In the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales. From the stage of the...

An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in...

The story of Henry Purcell.

After a series of bad relationships, a man orders a mail order bride and receives more than he bargained for.

Charting the evolution of public and political attitudes to homosexuality over the last four decades, from decriminalisation in 1967 to today's...

Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

Told with the help of some of his most famous comic characters including Cupid Stunt and Quentin Pose, the story of pioneering radio DJ and...

Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.