Search results for "Frances Barber"
The Fattest Man in Britain

The Fattest Man in Britain

The Fattest Man in Britain
IMDb: 7
90

Georgie Godwin is the fattest man in Britain. A tourist attraction, thanks to greedy ‘agent, cabbie Morris. Devoted neighbour Janice is Georgie’s only other regular outside contact until he meets…

The Queen and I

The Queen and I

The Queen and I
IMDb: 5.4
90

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband
IMDb: 7.1
141

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured smooth ascent to the top. Until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of…

Genre: Comedy
May I Kill U?

May I Kill U?

May I Kill U?
IMDb: 5.5
87

A PC becomes a vigilante after a head trauma.

Evilenko

Evilenko

Evilenko
IMDb: 6.2
111

For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union,…

Esther Kahn

Esther Kahn

Esther Kahn
IMDb: 6.8
142

A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Love in a Cold Climate

Love in a Cold Climate

Love in a Cold Climate
TMDb: 7.7
75 min

Dramatization of Nancy Mitford’s novel about three aristocratic young girls’ adventures in love.

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
The Spa

The Spa

The Spa
TMDb: 6
30 min

The Spa is a sitcom created, written and starring Derren Litten. It is set in a health spa in Hertfordshire and follows the daily goings-on of the business.

Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy
Whitstable Pearl

Whitstable Pearl

Whitstable Pearl
TMDb: 6.6
48 min

With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family’s restaurant in the…

Status: Returning Series
Genre: Mystery
Five Guys a Week

Five Guys a Week

Five Guys a Week
IMDb: N/A
45 min

The dating show that puts the woman in charge. One single girl invites five guys who are looking for love to move into her home and live with her for…

Status: Returning Series
Genre: Reality
Mapp and Lucia (2014)

Mapp and Lucia (2014)

Mapp and Lucia (2014)
TMDb: 6
60 min

1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson’s novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.

Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy, Drama
McKellen: Playing the Part

McKellen: Playing the Part

McKellen: Playing the Part
IMDb: 7.4
92

Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part is a unique journey through the key landmarks of McKellen’s life, from early childhood into a demanding career that placed…

The Bookshop

The Bookshop

The Bookshop
IMDb: 6.5
110

Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

Genre: Drama
Blue Iguana

Blue Iguana

Blue Iguana
IMDb: 5.6
100

He’s a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She’s a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their anger…

Monkey Dust

Monkey Dust

Monkey Dust
TMDb: 8.1
29,30 min

Monkey Dust is a British satirical cartoon, notorious for its dark humour and handling of taboo topics such as bestiality, murder, suicide and paedophilia. There were three series broadcast on…

Status: Ended
Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat
IMDb: 4.8
84

Greg Kielty’s life is turned upside down when his estranged brother Dan turns up, claiming to have drunkenly run someone over. But has Dan just murdered a gangster’s son? Or…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Secret Friends

Secret Friends

Secret Friends
IMDb: 4.9
97

During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Castaway

Castaway

Castaway
IMDb: 5.8
117

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on…

Giorgino

Giorgino

Giorgino
IMDb: 7.4
177

October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world…

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
IMDb: 6.2
95

Eight years ago, Gavin, artistic son of an Scots/Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children’s books. Now, frustrated…

A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts
IMDb: 7.2
115

Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears
IMDb: 7.2
111

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the…

Genre: Drama
Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels
IMDb: 6
105

Young Soul Rebels is a 1991 film by Isaac Julien which examines the interaction between youth cultural movements in Britain. Skinheads, Punks & Soulboys along with the political and cultural…

Goal! II: Living the Dream

Goal! II: Living the Dream

Goal! II: Living the Dream
IMDb: 5.8
115

Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet – personally as well as professionally. He…

Genre: Drama
The Escape

The Escape

The Escape
IMDb: 5.9
102

An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.

Genre: Drama
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
IMDb: 6.7
105

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Shiner

Shiner

Shiner
IMDb: 6
99

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You
IMDb: 5.9
92

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of…

Genre: Drama
King Lear

King Lear

King Lear
IMDb: 7.5
150

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly…

Genre: Drama