Michael Pennington Movies
- 1985
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie01985HD
As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal involving Lord Alfred Douglas and his lordship's pol...
- 2003
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death7.22003HD
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a gladiator...
- 1981
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter01981HD
In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason
- 2024
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas and Pissario Fall Out02024HD
A forgotten gem made for the British arts anthology series Without Walls, this half-hour drama imagines the two 19th century impressionist painters on...
- 2021
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali02021HD
A biographical documentary film about the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, to commemorate Ray's centenary year. The film covers Ray's life an...
- 2005
Fragile
Fragile6.52005HD
Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost that...
- 1986
The Marlowe Inquest
The Marlowe Inquest11986HD
In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th century in order to determine what re...
- 1993
The Last Bolshevik
The Last Bolshevik7.41993HD
A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's str...
- 1983
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi7.8981983HD
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion onc...
- 1969
Hamlet
Hamlet5.61969HD
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed),it is shot almo...
- 2008
Airborne: The RAF at 90
Airborne: The RAF at 9002008HD
The RAF sprang to life during the First World War. It took off into a dangerous adulthood during the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Germany, and...
- 2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters52002HD
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific...
- 1968
The Tycoon
The Tycoon01968HD
When millionaire businessman Guy Taylor takes up with the beautiful Rachel Bell, two years married to a struggling sculptor, he starts to question wha...
- 1970
Mad Jack
Mad Jack01970HD
Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War
- 1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll01977HD
A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive?
- 1978
Danton's Death
Danton's Death01978HD
Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794 when...
- 1991
Richard II
Richard II01991HD
Shakespeare's Richard II recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historica...
- 1991
Henry IV: Part 1
Henry IV: Part 101991HD
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete His...
- 1991
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry IV: Part 201991HD
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.
- 1991
Henry V
Henry V01991HD
Shakespeare's Henry V, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.