Simon Callow Movies
- 2010
Save Our Bacon
Save Our Bacon02010HD
The story of an honest Lincolnshire farmer, hit hard by the credit crunch, squeezed by a greedy supermarket and struggling to survive. All his...
- 2008
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait02008HD
An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career and her way of working.
- 2014
The First Silent Night
The First Silent Night02014HD
Join renowned actor Simon Callow as he uncovers the moving origins of the song Silent Night that has been two hundred years in the making. A story...
- 2018
The Dead Room
The Dead Room6.32018HD
Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and...
- 2000
Around The World In 80 Days
Around The World In 80 Days02000HD
Travel back in time to a scene set in London in 1872, where a young Phileas Fogg is about to wager a fortune in the hope of completing an impossible...
- 2011
Art of Freedom
Art of Freedom9.22011HD
The documentary film Art of Freedom answers the most poignant questions on the phenomenon of Polish expeditions to the Himalayas. Poles have reigned...
- 2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure82022HD
A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determination to make it as a thespian. There's also a...
- 2022
American: An Odyssey to 1947
American: An Odyssey to 194702022HD
In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...
- 2014
Miss in Her Teens
Miss in Her Teens32014HD
An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in...
- 2012
Acts of Godfrey
Acts of Godfrey02012HD
At a two-day business conference, God (Simon Callow) decides to romantically pair Terry, a moral crusader, with his "win-at-all-cost" antithesis,...
- 1998
The Scarlet Tunic
The Scarlet Tunic4.51998HD
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...
- 2006
The Madness of Boy George
The Madness of Boy George3.52006HD
Documenting the days and weeks preceding Boy George's appearance in a New York courtroom in June 2006 for cocaine possession and his subsequent...
- 2007
How Gay Sex Changed the World
How Gay Sex Changed the World5.52007HD
Charting the evolution of public and political attitudes to homosexuality over the last four decades, from decriminalisation in 1967 to today's...
- 1979
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT4.51979HD
BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.
- 1985
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
Honour, Profit & Pleasure01985HD
British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel
- 2017
50 Years Legal
50 Years Legal7.22017HD
Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the...
- 1987
Cariani and the Courtesans
Cariani and the Courtesans01987HD
When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...
- 2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story52012HD
Schoolboy Maurice Cole, growing up in 1960s Liverpool, is picked on for being effeminate but is already making his own comedy tapes, one of which...
- 2023
Dodger Special: Coronation
Dodger Special: Coronation102023HD
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.
- 2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening02002HD
This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical...