Chris Durlacher

Movies

The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden
Director
Using modern technology and esteemed historians, The People's Piazza tells the story of the iconic Covent Garden Piazza, through stories of it's residents and the ever changing landscape.
Peter: The Human Cyborg
Director
Peter: The Human Cyborg is the extraordinary journey of super-scientist Peter Scott-Morgan as he turns himself into a cyborg in an attempt to overcome the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) that will otherwise kill him.
The Massacre That Shook the Empire
Director
On 13 April 1919, British troops shot hundreds of peaceful protesters dead in India. Writer Sathnam Sanghera retraces the build-up to the massacre and examines its legacy.
WWI: The Final Hours
Director
The final hours/days, events and people leading up to the end of WWI.
Hitler The Junkie
Director
This hard-hitting and in-depth special examines the medications Hitler was taking, how much he took and how often, and whether drugs played a role in his behavior and actions.
Murder on the Victorian Railway
Screenplay
Part documentary, part recreation, this movie is an exploration of Britain's first railway murder. Based on the book by Kate Colquhoun.
Murder on the Victorian Railway
Director
Part documentary, part recreation, this movie is an exploration of Britain's first railway murder. Based on the book by Kate Colquhoun.
Britain Through a Lens - The Documentary Film Mob
Director
My Father, the Bomb and Me
Producer
Academic and broadcaster Lisa Jardine turns detective on her famous father, Jacob Bronowski. Through his personal and professional dilemmas she reveals the story of science in the 20th century, from Einstein to the atom bomb.
My Father, the Bomb and Me
Director
Academic and broadcaster Lisa Jardine turns detective on her famous father, Jacob Bronowski. Through his personal and professional dilemmas she reveals the story of science in the 20th century, from Einstein to the atom bomb.
The Yellow House
Director
John Simm stars as Vincent Van Gogh in The Yellow House, a feature-length drama that tells the moving human story of the most influential and explosive housemates in art history. For just nine weeks, in late 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin share a home, The Yellow House, in Arles, southern France.
The Haunted Airman
Producer
An injured RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to loose his mind.
The Haunted Airman
Writer
An injured RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to loose his mind.
The Haunted Airman
Director
An injured RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to loose his mind.
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
Director
In 1963, flamboyant, eccentric English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan is made 'literary manager' of London's National Theatre. His views on censorship (can't stand it) and sexuality (as much of it onstage as possible) set him on a collision course with the NT's Chair, Sir Oliver Lyttelton. Demoted after becoming the first person to drop the F-bomb on British TV, Tynan struggles to stage his 'erotic entertainment' "Oh Calcutta" in the face of opposition from friends, family and colleagues, and in spite of his own deteriorating health.
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Writer
Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Director
Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.
Frankel: Superhorse
Director
The story of Frankel, the world’s most famed racehorse, and the 14 victories that made him a legend and confirmed his aristocratic trainer’s genius
The Stolen Maharajah: Britain's Indian Royal
Director
Documentary about the last Maharajah of the Punjab, Duleep Singh, who was wrenched from his mother's arms as a child in the 1840s and put into the care of an official of the British Empire.