Simon Callow Movies

BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.

The story of Henry Purcell.

A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.

Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.

Passions erupt between a German hussar (Jean-Marc Barr) serving with King George III's personal cavalry and the only daughter of an English solicitor...

Hidden camera show that sees devious parents subjecting their unsuspecting children to some outrageous pranks.

English National Ballet has been performing a version of Nutcracker every year since 1950. In 2020, the tradition lives on. Join Clara and her...

Simon Callow's one-man show about Charles Dickens.

A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.

British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel

A broke and frustrated IT technician decides to embark on a one woman heist to steal valuable data worth millions on the black market.

A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.

Our hero Adam gets drawn into a web of intrigue as evidence is planted on him of a gay royal affair.

The story of an honest Lincolnshire farmer, hit hard by the credit crunch, squeezed by a greedy supermarket and struggling to survive. All his...

A love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.

Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and...

Renowned actor Simon Callow traces the 200-year history of Silent Night, traveling to Oberndorf and Salzburg to uncover the carol’s humble...

Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist...

A dying woman recalls the happier days of her past.