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2008
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2007
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Bridget Jones's Diary screenwriter Andrew Davies adapts John Clelend's controversial 18th Century novel for the screen in...
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2007
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Three couples endure the living hell that is the happiest day of their lives in this comic mockumentary. Confetti is the...
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2006
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The often-troubled life of one of the greatest comic actors in the history of the British cinema provides the basis for this...
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2004
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2004
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New wrinkles are added to an old crime when a spitting image of the victim shows up in this dark comedy. Pen-y-wig is a small...
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2001
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The line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred as an ailing screenwriter struggles with a story that seems...
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Mrs Haynes
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1996
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A family is forced to confront the personal issues they've been avoiding for years in this powerful, realistic drama. Cynthia...
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1996
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Jane Austen's classic novel is brought to the screen once again in this intelligent and witty romantic drama. Elizabeth...
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1995
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This two-part British miniseries chronicled the misfortunes of meek solicitor Henry Farr (Robert Lindsay), trapped in...
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Elinor Farr
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1994
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Brevity may be the soul of wit, but that doesn't make the 79-minute Blame It on the Bellboy any funnier. Orton (Dudley Moore)...
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1992
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Eva Wilt
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1990
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Tartuffe, French playwright Moliere's 16th-century satire of religious quackery, is given right and proper treatment by the...
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1990
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Mike Leigh's situation comedy about a lower middle-class family in the London suburbs is a slice-of-life chronicle that...
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Wendy
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1990
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Since its London and Broadway stage debut, playwright Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine has proven an excellent showcase for...
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Jane
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1989
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Director Terry Gilliam adroitly applies his Monty Python sensibilities upon the "career" of famed German prevaricator Baron...
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1989
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British character actor Alfred Molina contributes another top-rank characterization in Virtuoso. Molina essays the role of...
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Brenda Ogden
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1989
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Stormy Monday is a four-person character study in which style is all that matters. This tautly constructed, deftly executed...
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1988
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John Cleese's knack for mining hilarity from the growing frustration of a dignified gentleman is fully exploited in the...
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Swenda Stimpson
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1986
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With the notable exception of Pennies From Heaven, The Singing Detective was the best-known TV miniseries project of the...
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Lili,Mrs. Marlow
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1986
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1985
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John Hurt plays the British jockey Bob Champion in this true story of how Champion overcame cancer and the rigors of...
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1984
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In this conventional, formulaic tale about a nonchalant snooker (pool, British style) hustler who is conned into competing in...
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Doreen
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1984
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A British couple's attempts to circumvent local food-rationing regulations trigger a chaotic series of events in this...
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1984
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The romantic hurdles experienced by the teen set at a British school are juxtaposed with the same type of difficulties...
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Miss Land
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1982
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Abigail's Party originally aired as part of the BBC's influential Play for Today series. Writer/director Mike Leigh was...
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1977
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1976
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Ken Jones starred in this British sitcom as ne'er-do-well Billy Clarkson who, after being released from jail, returned to his...
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Bernadette Clarkson
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1975
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Mrs. Thornley (Liz Smith) leads a rather miserable existence in Salford. She lives with her husband, Jim (Clifford Kershaw),...
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Veronica
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1973
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The incredibly durable cop show Z Cars (pronounced "Zed Cars") was one of the great guilty pleasures of British television --...
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1962
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