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TV 8.2 A Woman of Substance

A Woman of Substance

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the twentieth century, to respected business woman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.

NR Channel 4
8.2
1985 Drama 95 min Play
7.1 Cats

Cats

Cats is a pop-cultural phenomenon that has been performed on stage for more than 50 million patrons in 26 countries for almost 18 years, resulting in more than two billion dollars in ticket sales. Now that Cats has finally made it to the small screen, attention must be paid not just by fans of this critic-proof show, but also by those entertainment mavens who have somehow avoided it until now.

NR
7.1
1998 Music 116 min Play
7.3 When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

NR
7.3
1986 Animation 81 min Play
3.9 The Quatermass Conclusion

The Quatermass Conclusion

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.

NR
3.9
1979 Drama 102 min Play
6.8 The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps

The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to ...

NR
6.8
1978 Mystery 102 min Play
0 The Devil’s Advocate

The Devil’s Advocate

A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if he truly is worthy of being canonized.

NR
0
1977 Drama 109 min Play
6.7 The ‘Human’ Factor

The ‘Human’ Factor

After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.

NR
6.7
1975 Action 95 min Play
6.1 Chuka

Chuka

A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.

NR
6.1
1967 Action 105 min Play
6.5 The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

NR
6.5
1966 Adventure 105 min Play
6.9 The Family Way

The Family Way

Following the wedding of young Jenny Piper and Arthur Fitton (Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett), a rowdy reception is held at a local pub where the newlyweds are subjected to much well-meaning but vulgar ribaldry. The couple returns to the Fitton home to spend their first night together before leaving for a honeymoon in Majorca, but they are followed by some of the wedding guests who keep the party going until early morning. Worse yet, when the youngsters finally are permitted to retire, ...

NR
6.9
1966 Comedy 115 min Play
8.1 The Truth About Spring

The Truth About Spring

Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton turns out to be handy when they encounter dangerous rivals. Tommy also tries to play match maker between Ashton and Spring – a difficult task indeed.

NR
8.1
1965 Adventure 102 min Play
6.7 The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden

A grandmother seeks a governess for her 16 year old granddaughter, Laurel, who manages to drive away each and every one so far by exposing their past, with a record of three in one week! When an applicant with a mysterious past manages to get the job, Laurel vows to expose her. Meanwhile, Laurel's married-divorced-married mother tries to get her back.

NR
6.7
1964 Drama 105 min Play
7.3 The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

NR
7.3
1961 Drama 132 min Play
5.8 Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.

NR
5.8
1961 Drama 93 min Play
7.1 Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.

NR
7.1
1960 Drama 106 min Play
7 Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates. A rousing adventure suitable for the whole family, this Disney adaptation of the classic Johann Wyss novel stars Dorothy McGuire and John Mills as Mother and Father Robinson.

G
7
1960 Adventure 126 min Play
7.4 Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

NR
7.4
1959 Drama 105 min Play
6.9 I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

NR
6.9
1958 Drama 101 min Play
7.3 Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

PG
7.3
1958 Adventure 125 min Play
6.7 Dunkirk

Dunkirk

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

NR
6.7
1958 Drama 134 min Play
6.2 The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.

NR
6.2
1956 Comedy 96 min Play
6 Escapade

Escapade

An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.

NR
6
1955 Comedy 87 min Play
6.8 The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

NR
6.8
1955 Drama 94 min Play
6.1 Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.

NR
6.1
1955 War 99 min Play