Simon Callow Movies

This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical...

Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744.

Collection of highlights from the first and second series of British comic Sarah Millican's show about television. The programme includes stand-up...

Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the...

Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,

A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.

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

A love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.

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

The story of Henry Purcell.

Simon Callow's one-man show about Charles Dickens.

Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.

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

Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and...

A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.

Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

Passions erupt between a German hussar (Jean-Marc Barr) serving with King George III's personal cavalry and the only daughter of an English solicitor...

Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.

A dying woman recalls the happier days of her past.