Movies

To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the...

Adapted from the acclaimed short story by Man Brooker Prize Nominee Sarah Hall. The Agency is a modern and stylish take on middle class female...

On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A young local wants to encourage tourism, so he...

Midwinter Break follows Stella and Gerry, a long-time married couple who reach a crossroads in their relationship when they take a trip to Amsterdam.

Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.

This year's great performers striking some of the classic attitudes of cinema.

Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy farm all his adult life. When Lucy unexpectedly...

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living...

Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a...

A look at the daily life of an English brothel.

Drama set in 1911 about a love triangle concerning a father, his son and their maid, Jane.

A young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent.

A woman tells her daughter about every man she’s ever been with – in the hope her daughter won’t make the same mistakes.

A group of six friends, who have known each other since childhood, find their friendship tested when one of their number is found dead, leading to...

A Christmas black comedy based on the tradition in Hammond's Bank that a member of the board should take a turkey and 6 pence to a deserving poor...

In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about...

A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and producers.

After a violent incident in Lucy's public school, her atheist parents Stuart and Alison decide to find her a safe 'traditional' school. The only one...

Middle-class parents face difficult decisions if they want their sons to go to the “right” school.

Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.