Simon Callow Movies

A look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood. Starring in more than 60 films and 70 plays across her...

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

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...

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

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

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

The story of Henry Purcell.

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

A dying woman recalls the happier days of her past.

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...

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

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

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

Our hero Adam gets drawn into a web of intrigue as evidence is planted on him of a gay royal affair.