John Fortune Movies

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Brenda Blethyn

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the...

Genre: History

Cast: Paul Rhys

The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes....

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Cast: John Fortune

Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenny Everett

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums –...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rowan Atkinson

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Clare Holman

A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Joan Sims

Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers

British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Janet McTeer

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jonathan Pryce

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helen Mirren

Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rory Bremner

The story of Henry Purcell.

Genre: History

Cast: Michael Ball

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ken Jones

A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: George Cole

Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hugh Laurie

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pierce Brosnan

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Clare Holman

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Stacy Dorning

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tom Wilkinson

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Oliver Reed

An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...

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Cast: Leo McKern

"1975 was the year of the disaster movie, yeah? So what stops 1976 being the year of the disastrous disaster movie?"

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Cast: James Grout

When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Dorothy Tutin

TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Cook