Bbc Movies

In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay throu...

A climb to mark the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, live on TV. The program, a co-production of the Swiss, French, Italian an...

Brass Tacks was a current affairs programme shown on BBC2 between 1977 and 1988. On this episode called Punk Rock, broadcast on 3rd August 1977, it fo...

This animation takes place in a ravaged London street in the midst of war. Between mounds of rubble and bomb craters stands the house of a lonely old...

Jacques Peretti sets out to find out what happened to the game that obsessed him as a kid. In this documentary, he presents an eye-opening account of...

A biopic of Czech composer Martinu in two parts: the first part is a recurring dream; the second, a Freudian analysis of the dream.

Mr Mockler and Mrs Acland have never met, but gradually Mrs Acland 's ghosts begin to take over Mr Mockler 's life.

Six former friends reunite eight years after their houseshare ended in acrimony and recrimination. But is newly-engaged Martin playing with fire by se...

A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.

Having already achieved the chart double in 2025, star of the moment Olivia Dean has enjoyed an incredible start to the year. She swept the Brit Award...

Series of unique concerts featuring musicians from around the world at St Luke's in London. Nick Cave and his band perform a set drawn from their late...

Bev, a happily-married primary school teaching assistant, bumps into her childhood sweetheart, Billy; now a successful fashion photographer. After spe...

Following the legendary and irrepressible jazz man George Melly through his last months as he shrugs off dementia and double lung cancer and continues...

Over an extraordinary acting career spanning a decade, Stephen Rea has shown himself to be a versatile, prolific and mercurial talent. With unpreceden...

In 2007 Amy was crowned Best British Female at the Brit awards and this exclusive show which followed her award made it clear why. Set in London's pre...

Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.

Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.

A contemporary retelling of the Mary Shelley story, produced as a tribute to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley on the 150th anniversary of his death.

All kinds of misfortune befall Moll Flanders in 18th-century England; but she's a great survivor.

A brief history of the Cuban capital of Havana, backed by a vibrant soundtrack of son cubano, salsa, jazz, rumba, mambo and hip hop. Drawing on archiv...