Joan Plowright Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 1994
A Place for Annie
A Place for Annie61994HD
Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just...
- 1980
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank5.51980HD
The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
- 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.]
- 2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Nothing Like a Dame6.92018HD
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2009
Knife Edge
Knife Edge4.52009HD
A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son, but their new start together turns into a nightmare...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1973
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice71973HD
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
- 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 .
- 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...
- 1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
The House of Bernarda Alba01991HD
A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have...
- 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...
- 1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday01978HD
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...