Joan Plowright Movies
- 2005
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont6.72005HD
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
- 1982
Brimstone & Treacle
Brimstone & Treacle61982HD
A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
- 1970
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night6.41970HD
Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John...
- 1989
And a Nightingale Sang
And a Nightingale Sang4.51989HD
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over...
- 1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden5.91999HD
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs...
- 1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest4.71988HD
Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary...
- 2001
Bailey's Mistake
Bailey's Mistake52001HD
"Bailey's Mistake" is the name of a cold, dreary island that a bitter widow finds herself stuck on. Seems Liz Donovan got cut out of her husband's...
- 1995
Hotel Sorrento
Hotel Sorrento71995HD
Meg, Pippa, and Hillary are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, a small seaside town in Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for 10 years has just...
- 1963
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya01963HD
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
- 1978
Daphne Laureola
Daphne Laureola61978HD
A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.
- 2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life02018HD
Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience...
- 1988
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker41988HD
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional...
- 1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
A Pin for the Butterfly61995HD
Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .
- 1994
On Promised Land
On Promised Land61994HD
In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the...
- 2001
Scrooge and Marley
Scrooge and Marley102001HD
Ebenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The ill-tempered miser is played by skilled Christian actor Dean...
- 2000
Frankie & Hazel
Frankie & Hazel5.32000HD
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton...
- 1987
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party6.71987HD
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
- 2006
Goose on the Loose
Goose on the Loose5.42006HD
Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the...
- 1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within5.71998HD
Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history
- 1982
A Dedicated Man
A Dedicated Man01982HD
Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes...