John Castle

Hornblower: Retribution

Andrew Grieve

Ioan Gruffudd, David Warner

Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.

The Lion in Winter

Anthony Harvey

Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn

Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

Geraldine McEwan, John Castle

1978 adaptation of Muriel Spark's classic novel.

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Norman Stone

Joan Hickson, Claire Bloom

A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of the killer before he or she can strike again.

Blow-Up

Michelangelo Antonioni

David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

Charles Jarrott

Ronald Radd, Laurence Hardy

Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Yuri Kulakov

Derek Jacobi, Joseph Fiennes

Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuring the voice of Joseph Fiennes as Beowulf. found.

A Night Out

Christopher Morahan

Tony Selby, Anna Wing

Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for "a night out" with his workmates; it turns nightmarish.

Never Never Land

Paul Annett

Petula Clark, Anne Seymour

Zena has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee Melvin. She is treated poorly by two of her cousins, and taking the lead from the story Peter and Wendy, she runs away from home with her younger cousin.

The Life and Death of King John

David Giles

Leonard Rossiter, Mary Morris

The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are others who seek disputre his authority.

The Wings of the Dove

John Gorrie

John Castle, Suzanne Bertish

Adaptation of the Henry James novel.

The Promise

Michael Hayes

John Castle, Ian McKellen

Set in Leningrad. Follows the lives of three young Russians from the terror of the German siege of Leningrad through the uncertainty of the postwar years to the space age.

A Harlot's Progress

Justin Hardy

Тоби Эдвард Хеслвуд Джонс, Zoë Tapper

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

The Cater Street Hangman

Sarah Hellings

Keeley Hawes, Eoin McCarthy

With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.

The Tractate Middoth

Mark Gatiss

Louise Jameson, Sacha Dhawan

The chilling story of Dr Rant, whose wicked streak continues from beyond the grave. Based on the festive ghost story by MR James. When a relative comes to find a particular book at the university library, young student Garrett is drawn into a family feud over a will and its legacy - with terrifying consequences.

Sparrow

Franco Zeffirelli

Angela Bettis, Johnathon Schaech

Catania, Sicilia 1854. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old novice leaves her convent and returns her home to avoid contamination. Here she finds a difficult situation, in fact her stepmother and her half-sisters prevent Maria to live the normal life of a teenager. In their minds Maria is the promised "bride of God" and a regular life for her is inappropriate. Nino, her handsome neighbor, falls in love for Maria who isn't indifferent to him. But when Maria comes back to her convent the way to become nun is compelled. Now Maria can understand Sister Agata, and realizes she became mad cause a lost and impossible love like the one between Maria and Nino.