Simon Callow Movies

Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744.

Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,

Documenting the days and weeks preceding Boy George's appearance in a New York courtroom in June 2006 for cocaine possession and his subsequent...

The story of Henry Purcell.

A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.

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.

A look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood. Starring in more than 60 films and 70 plays across her...

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

Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".

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

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

Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

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.

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

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

Featuring a tour de force performance from Simon Callow, Being Shakespeare is a one-man show about the life and work of the world’s greatest...

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...

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...

Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.