Joan Plowright Movies

  • 1988
    The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

    41988HD

    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...

    The Dressmaker
  • 1999
    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

    5.91999HD

    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...

    Tom's Midnight Garden
  • 1994
    A Place for Annie

    A Place for Annie

    A Place for Annie

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    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...

    A Place for Annie
  • 1980
    The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

    5.51980HD

    The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.

    The Diary of Anne Frank
  • 1987
    The Birthday Party

    The Birthday Party

    The Birthday Party

    6.71987HD

    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.]

    The Birthday Party
  • 2018
    Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

    6.92018HD

    BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen...

    Nothing Like a Dame
  • 1989
    And a Nightingale Sang

    And a Nightingale Sang

    And a Nightingale Sang

    4.51989HD

    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...

    And a Nightingale Sang
  • 1995
    Hotel Sorrento

    Hotel Sorrento

    Hotel Sorrento

    71995HD

    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...

    Hotel Sorrento
  • 2009
    Knife Edge

    Knife Edge

    Knife Edge

    4.52009HD

    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...

    Knife Edge
  • 2018
    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    02018HD

    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...

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
  • 2001
    Scrooge and Marley

    Scrooge and Marley

    Scrooge and Marley

    102001HD

    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...

    Scrooge and Marley
  • 1982
    A Dedicated Man

    A Dedicated Man

    A Dedicated Man

    01982HD

    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...

    A Dedicated Man
  • 2001
    Bailey's Mistake

    Bailey's Mistake

    Bailey's Mistake

    52001HD

    "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...

    Bailey's Mistake
  • 1970
    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    6.41970HD

    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...

    Twelfth Night
  • 1973
    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

    71973HD

    An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.

    The Merchant of Venice
  • 1995
    A Pin for the Butterfly

    A Pin for the Butterfly

    A Pin for the Butterfly

    61995HD

    Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .

    A Pin for the Butterfly
  • 2006
    Goose on the Loose

    Goose on the Loose

    Goose on the Loose

    5.42006HD

    Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the...

    Goose on the Loose
  • 1991
    The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba

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    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...

    The House of Bernarda Alba
  • 1988
    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    4.71988HD

    Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary...

    The Importance of Being Earnest
  • 1978
    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

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    One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday