Stephen Frears Movies

Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. His family gather at the family home.

Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and...

Documentary on the history of gay and lesbian film.

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British...

Documentary about Hans Zimmer.

French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their...

Documentary - Alan Clarke's films exposed a real, raw world as no other films have. Works such as "Scum," "Made in Britain," "The Firm," "Rita, Sue...

She's chic, slim and sexy like Brigitte Bardot. She's French. But she's not all French women, right?

Kevin's wife walked out and left him holding the baby – no sleep, dirty nappies, and a career in pop music at risk. And ahead lies a visit to...

British film-maker Alan Clarke was championed by the likes of Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Ray Winstone - Stephen Frears even called him the best. And...

Documentary about the beginnings and the Channel 4 years of the Comic Strip.

A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.

A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute.

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey....

Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.

The tragic true story of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent Brazilian shot dead by British police in 2005 at the height of the London terrorist...

Episode of the BBC Scotland television series focusing on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film "If...", featuring interviews with star Malcolm McDowell,...

The first episode of a new arts documentary program from BBC Scotland was dedicated to Michael Powell in his centenary year. The program interviews...

A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature...