Ian McKellen Movies
- 2014
Miss in Her Teens
Miss in Her Teens32014HD
An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in...
- 1970
Edward II
Edward II4.81970HD
The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
- 2005
Eighteen
Eighteen4.52005HD
Pip, a street kid just turning 18, receives his grandfather's World War II-era memoirs and discovers parallels to his own life.
- 2025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness02025HD
A star-studded documentary revealing the private man behind one of Britain’s greatest comic geniuses, using home movies and extracts from...
- 1965
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne01965HD
An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarming agenda.
- 2013
The Egg Trick
The Egg Trick62013HD
Do you know the joke about the broken egg?
- 2009
Theatreland
Theatreland02009HD
8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen,...
- 2010
Lady Grey London
Lady Grey London72010HD
Starring Marion Cotillard as Lady Grey, a burlesque artist with magical healing powers, the unshakable Sir Ian Mckellan as her crippled fan and...
- 1970
Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude01970HD
Jeremy O'Reilly, the self-important presenter of a TV news show, returns to a clueless East End community where a prank leads to the murder of a...
- 1993
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up01993HD
An affectionate portrait of San Francisco, and of the man whose Tales of the City have inspired thousands to go there. Maupin relates a life story...
- 1997
A Bit Of Scarlet
A Bit Of Scarlet4.61997HD
A Bit of Scarlet excavates clips from Britain's cinema archives to create a moving and humorous testament to the closeted gay and lesbian images from...
- 2023
The One Note Man
The One Note Man72023HD
A musical man lives a careful life. Each day is like the next, just how he likes it. One day, however, misfortune and fate collide, breaking his...
- 1982
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare01982HD
A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.
- 2017
How a Kite Flies
How a Kite Flies02017HD
Sir Ian McKellen voices an alcoholic kite. A down-and-out who prefers to hang around his dingy local strip joint rather than get out into the blue...
- 2016
Shakespeare on Film
Shakespeare on Film62016HD
Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in conversation about Richard III.
- 2016
The Roof
The Roof6.32016HD
A brief comedy about a visit from a legendary theatre maker and his legion of fans.
- 1969
The Promise
The Promise01969HD
Set in Leningrad. Follows the lives of three young Russians from the terror of the German siege of Leningrad through the uncertainty of the postwar...
- 2005
The Hobart Shakespeareans
The Hobart Shakespeareans42005HD
Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at...
- 1992
Gladio
Gladio71992HD
In three programmes shown over consecutive weeks in BBC2's Timewatch strand, Allan Francovich interviewed key Gladio players such as Propaganda Due...
- 2016
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film02016HD
An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day featuring archive interviews with movie directors...