Joan Plowright Movies
- 2002
Global Heresy
Global Heresy52002HD
A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour.
- 1977
Equus
Equus7.11977HD
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was...
- 1994
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native61994HD
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to...
- 1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden5.91999HD
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs...
- 1990
Avalon
Avalon6.71990HD
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a...
- 2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Nothing Like a Dame6.82018HD
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen...
- 1973
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice71973HD
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
- 1989
And a Nightingale Sang
And a Nightingale Sang4.51989HD
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over...
- 2002
Callas Forever
Callas Forever6.42002HD
Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "Carmen."
- 1982
Brimstone & Treacle
Brimstone & Treacle5.91982HD
A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
- 1990
I Love You to Death
I Love You to Death6.4091990HD
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been...
- 1992
Stalin
Stalin5.11992HD
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the...
- 1999
Tea with Mussolini
Tea with Mussolini6.51999HD
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate...
- 2000
Back to the Secret Garden
Back to the Secret Garden6.3092000HD
A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the...
- 1991
Enchanted April
Enchanted April6.81991HD
When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for...
- 1994
A Place for Annie
A Place for Annie61994HD
Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent her from being placed in a home where they'd just...
- 1996
Mr. Wrong
Mr. Wrong3.9181996HD
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and...
- 1987
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party6.71987HD
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
- 1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest4.71988HD
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using...
- 1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
A Pyromaniac's Love Story5.11995HD
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for...