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  • 2022
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    The Phantom of the Open

    The Phantom of the Open

    6.71 2022 HD

    Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and...

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  • 1913
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    Fire Engine of 1788

    Fire Engine of 1788

    1 1913 HD

    All hands to the pump! This demonstration of a 125 year old fire engine shows it can still be useful when the need arises.

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  • 1982
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    The Draughtsman's Contract

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    7.08 1982 HD

    A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

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  • 1925
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    Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton

    Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton

    1 1925 HD

    The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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  • 2012
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    Broken

    Broken

    6.90 2012 HD

    Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.

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  • 2020
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    Eternal Beauty

    Eternal Beauty

    6.14 2020 HD

    When Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and normality collide with humorous consequences.

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  • 1936
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    British Paramount News No. 588

    British Paramount News No. 588

    6.00 1936 HD

    Defiance is in the air in this evocative newsreel footage of anti-fascist solidarity rallies, after the Battle of Cable Street.

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  • 2013
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    Sunshine on Leith

    Sunshine on Leith

    6.60 2013 HD

    Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life...

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  • 2021
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    The Power

    The Power

    5.97 2021 HD

    London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling...

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  • 1933
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    British Paramount News No.251

    British Paramount News No.251

    1 1933 HD

    We Protest: 80,000 descend on Hyde Park to demonstrate against Hitler’s antisemitism.

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  • 2020
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    Zappa

    Zappa

    7.27 2020 HD

    With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life...

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  • 2014
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    Cuban Fury

    Cuban Fury

    6.09 2014 HD

    Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite...

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  • 1914
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    Christmas Church Parade

    Christmas Church Parade

    1 1914 HD

    Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.

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  • 2013
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    The Selfish Giant

    The Selfish Giant

    7.30 2013 HD

    A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.

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  • 2021
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    Martyrs Lane

    Martyrs Lane

    6.09 2021 HD

    Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon...

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  • 2015
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    The Falling

    The Falling

    5.13 2015 HD

    England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they...

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  • 2020
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    Limbo

    Limbo

    7.00 2020 HD

    An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician...

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  • 2012
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    Song for Marion

    Song for Marion

    6.80 2012 HD

    Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional...

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  • 2022
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    Brian and Charles

    Brian and Charles

    6.33 2022 HD

    An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head,...

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  • 2013
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    Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

    Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

    6.64 2013 HD

    When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan...

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