Maureen Lipman Movies

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...

A dark and delicious foray into Angela Carter's extraordinary life with animation by Peepshow Collective, rare archive and family photos, and...

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and...

When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend...

When Lydia's grandma bestows a precious gift upon her, she knows it's going to be memorable - 'This is something to treasure your whole life. Happy...

Doting parents must adjust to life without their children as their offspring leave for college and form relationships.

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the...

A story about a Jewish girl and a Palestinian guy on their wedding day. But this is not a standard Romeo & Juliet story of forbidden love - there is...

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo...

British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special....

A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

A young woman trades her upper-class existence for a new life in an economically depressed suburb of London.

A dark-themed and redesigned West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's seminal Broadway musical tells the story of farm girl Laurey and her...

Hull is the UK's City of Culture for 2017. In this BBC Arts documentary, the wonderful Hull-born comedian Lucy Beaumont, writer and star of the Radio...

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

Based on the story of Nina Voronel's husband, a physics professor and Jewish "dissident" in the Soviet Union.

This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical...

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly...

On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the...

Rebellious and irreverent, Captain Jack is a man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he's determined to follow in the footsteps of Whitby's unsung...