Movies: John Bird

  • 1977
    Jabberwocky

    Jabberwocky (1977)

    Jabberwocky

    6.01977HD

    A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis ...

    Jabberwocky
  • 1976
    The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

    The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

    The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

    6.21976HD

    Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solvi...

    The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
  • 1985
    Blue Money

    Blue Money (1985)

    Blue Money

    4.91985HD

    Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash....

    Blue Money
  • 1966
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland (1966)

    Alice in Wonderland

    7.21966HD

    Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe....

    Alice in Wonderland
  • 1980
    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew (1980)

    The Taming of the Shrew

    7.81980HD

    Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the su...

    The Taming of the Shrew
  • 2003
    Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice (2003)

    Winter Solstice

    6.72003HD

    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 Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes re...

    Winter Solstice
  • 1973
    Yellow Dog

    Yellow Dog (1973)

    Yellow Dog

    2.21973HD

    A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation....

    Yellow Dog
  • 1982
    King Lear

    King Lear (1982)

    King Lear

    61982HD

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and t...

    King Lear
  • 1991
    Bejewelled

    Bejewelled (1991)

    Bejewelled

    4.41991HD

    An American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up with a private investigator-in-training to try and recover them....

    Bejewelled
  • 1969
    The Best House in London

    The Best House in London (1969)

    The Best House in London

    3.61969HD

    In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel....

    The Best House in London
  • 1980
    High Tide

    High Tide (1980)

    High Tide

    81980HD

    Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last words lead him on a frantic quest for answers in the tidal estuaries of the West of England, where he fi...

    High Tide
  • 1999
    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    01999HD

    In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina...

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
  • 1969
    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here (1969)

    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

    71969HD

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

    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
  • 1982
    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    61982HD

    Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening ...

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
  • 1983
    The Falklands Factor

    The Falklands Factor (1983)

    The Falklands Factor

    01983HD

    Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is...

    The Falklands Factor
  • 1969
    A Promise of Bed

    A Promise of Bed (1969)

    A Promise of Bed

    2.21969HD

    Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner whose suicide attempt is interrupted by the arrival of a hippy girl.An avid sex film fan and taxi driver,...

    A Promise of Bed
  • 1995
    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995)

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    01995HD

    A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison Pearson, The Observer “painstakingly constructed.. sharp yet sensitive” Victor Lewis-Smith...

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
  • 1970
    Take a Girl Like You

    Take a Girl Like You (1970)

    Take a Girl Like You

    5.51970HD

    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, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys ...

    Take a Girl Like You
  • 1989
    The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

    The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)

    The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

    7.51989HD

    After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976-1981 er...

    The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
  • 1981
    Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens (1981)

    Timon of Athens

    71981HD

    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 misanthropic hermit....

    Timon of Athens