Philip Jackson

British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.

On her 18th birthday, headstrong and artistic Charlie makes a startling discovery—the man married to her mother, isn't her father. Recruiting Oz, a rough sleeper whose only possession is his driving licence, she embarks on an epic road trip from Margate to the Isle of Skye to track down her biological father. On the journey they both learn more than they bargained for.

A young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal air hostess but his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.

A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.

In 1973 Ricky Tomilinson was imprisoned for unlawful assembly and conspiracy when picketing for support in Britain’s first National Building Strike a year earlier. During the course of Ricky’s sentence when he refused to conform, wear prison clothing, work and suffered on hunger strike he met a sympathetic and wise prison governor who introduced prisoner Tomlinson to Tressell’s great novel.

최고가로 미술품을 낙찰시키는 세기의 경매사이자 예술품의 가치를 알아보는 완벽한 감정인 올드먼. 고저택에 은둔한 여인으로부터 감정 의뢰를 받으면서 예상치 못한 인생의 변화를 맞이하게 되는데…

Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.

Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more.

1956년, ‘세기의 섹스 심볼’로 불리우며 전세계의 사랑을 한 몸에 받고 있던 ‘마릴린 먼로’는 영화 의 촬영 차 영국을 방문하게 된다. 언론과 대중들의 뜨거운 관심 속에 촬영은 시작되지만, ‘마릴린’은 감독이자 남자 주인공인 ‘로렌스 올리비에’와의 잦은 의견 충돌과 낯선 곳에서의 외로움으로 점점 지쳐간다. 그런 그녀를 위로해준 사람은 조감독 ‘콜린’ 뿐. ‘마릴린’은 한결같이 친절하고 따뜻하게 대해주는 ‘콜린’에게 점차 끌리게 되고, ‘콜린’ 역시 예민하지만 사랑스러운 ‘마릴린’의 매력에 흠뻑 빠지게 된다. 결국 두 사람은 숨막히는 촬영장을 벗어나 일주일간의 달콤한 시간을 보내게 되는데…

A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.

FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more importantly life long friendship. The twelve-minute tale tells the story of Mary (Judi Dench) and Linda (Penny Ryder) who spend an afternoon discussing the pleasures, pitfalls and problems with using social networking to try and woo the local choirmaster Trevor (Philip Jackson).

Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.

A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.

A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing her early relationship and marriage to oil millionaire Denis Thatcher.

Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, in-living, on gentlemen.

A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years

조와 배기는 그들의 첫 번째 영화가 엉망이 되어버린 영화 학교의 왕따 학생이다. 그들은 영화 자금 조달을 위해 캔디라는 반 은퇴한 성인 영화 배우를 캐스팅하는 조건으로 포르노 제작자에게서 필요한 돈을 조달받기로 한다. 캔디는 거래에 동의하지만, 교외에 사는 조의 부모 집을 야한 쇼 세트장으로 변화시켜 버리는데...

Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred -- the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy -- he begins to suspect that something is amiss.

When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start to look up when Olly's college pal James asks him to be the best man at his wedding. Prior to the nuptials, Olly is drawn to a woman whom he thinks is the bride's sister -- only she turns out to be the bride, Sarah. Can Murray, who dislikes James, help get Sarah and Olly together?

Hairdresser Maria is fixated by The Sound of Music - it was the film she saw the night she was jilted 18 years ago. In a bid to confront her demons, Maria decides to travel to Salzburg, but with her mother and teenage offspring in tow she gets more than she bargained for.

Video diary from behind the scenes of 2002's "Cruise of the Gods."

The former stars of a TV sci-fi series are reunited for a cruise with members of their fan club.

A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.

John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.

After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup.

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

라우라 호프(제인 홀록)는 아버지가 죽은 후 아버지가 수집한 유명 여가수들의 노래만 들으며 산다. 어느 날 라우라는 자신이 주디 갈랜드, 마릴린 몬로, 시를리 바시 등의 노래를 똑같이 부른다는 것을 알게 된다. 제인의 노래를 들은 엄마의 남자 친구 레이는 라우라의 재능으로 돈을 벌고자 한다. 레이의 강요로 라우라는 나이트 클럽에서 노래를 부르기 시작하는데...

Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas. They buy two tickets and fly there...

Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.

A parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come to terms with the disappearance and death of their only son. Woody, Sonia and their son, Lee, live contentedly in West Ham, London. When Lee is killed in a hit-and-run everyone grieves but Woody’s grief has no limit. His best friend, Phil, counsels revenge, while in the view of the ambitious Detective Constable Spence, Woody himself is the prime suspect. Woody searches for a way to react with extraordinary and touching results. Features award-winning performances by Ray Winstone and Pauline Quirke.

1839년 어느 봄날, 광주 주강변 영국대사관 앞에 교수대가 세워지고 유죄선고를 받은 사람들이 교수형에 처해진다. 광장에 몰려든 수만여 백성들과 영국 상인들. 바로 청조 도광제(소민 분)의 특명 하에 조정대신 임칙서의 아편 금지령에 따라 아편판매상들을 처벌 하는 것이다. 당시 중국에서는 아편이 크게 유행했고, 공직자들은 영국 상인들의 아편밀수를 눈감아주는 대신 거액의 뇌물을 챙기고, 중국인들은 아편을 구하기 위해 온갖 수단을 가리지 않았다. 임칙서는 아편 근절의 강력한 정책의 일환으로 아편상들에게서 아편을 전부 몰수하기에 이른다. 1839년 6월, 임칙서는 거둬들인 2만여 개의 아편 상자를 호문에서 모두 소각시킨다. 이것은 세계 역사상 최초로 정부차원에서 마약을 금지하는 처분이었다. 이에 분노한 중국에 주둔해 있던 영국인들은 청정부가 영국 정부의 재산을 없앤다는 이유로 영국정부에 출병을 요청한다. 빅토리아 여왕의 후원아래 영국의회는 271표 대 262표의 미세한 차이로 중국 침략 허가서를 승인한다. 해상강국 영국함대는 중국 근해를 거쳐 북경까지 들어오게 된다. 사건이 이렇게 되자 임칙서는 전쟁의 빌미를 제공했다는 모함을 받게 되고 도광제는 그의 관직을 박탈, 대신 기선(임연곤 분)을 사령으로 임명하게 된다. 영국 군함과 대포를 본 기선은 중국이 패할 것이라 생각해 영국과 협상하려 하는데...

1992년 북부 요크셔의 작은 탄광촌, 보수당 정부가 전격적인 폐광 정책을 준비하고 있을 때, 그 지방의 탄광 밴드는 다가오는 전국 대회를 위해 연습하고 있다. 마을 사람들의 마음 깊은 곳엔 언제나 밴드가 있고, 특히 밴드 리더인 대니의 밴드에 대한 애정은 각별하다. 대니에게 있어 음악이란 탄광이 정신을 구현해 주는 것이며 그 마을 사람들의 생명력을 대변하는 것이다. 그러나 폐광으로 인해 실업이 널리 확산됨에 따라 그의 동료들은 밴드에 대한 열정을 잃게 된다. 그러던 중 금발의 글로리아가 탄광촌에 도착, 밴드에 가담하자 그들은 다시 활기를 찾게 된다. 사실 그녀는 그 밴드의 전설적인 지휘자였던 아더 멀린즈의 손녀이자 밴드 멤버 앤디의 어린 시절 연인으로, 밴드가 아니라 직업 때문에 10년 만에 고향을 찾은 것이다. 글로리아의 재능과 아름다움에 압도되어 순회 경연대회가 시작될 무렵 밴드에는 새로운 열정이 물결치게 된다. 그러나 그러한 열기는 글로리아가 영국 광산 협회가 경제성 조사를 위해 파견한 감정사였다는 사실이 드러나면서 급격히 식어버리고, 앤디와 글로리아의 관계 역시 위태로와 진다. 이런 긴장 속에서도 그림리 브라스 밴드는 전국 준결승전에서 우승을 하고 마을로 돌아온다. 그러나 그들 앞에 펼쳐진 것은 폐광이 결정된 충격으로 열패감에 쌀에 움츠러든 마을 사람들의 모습이었으며, 그러한 상황에서 평생을 탄광에서 일한 대니는 진폐증으로 쓰러져 건강이 위대롭게 되고, 1984년 광부들의 파업으로 수감됐던 그의 아들 필은 가족, 가정, 일, 살아겠다는 의지 등 거의 모든 것을 잃게 된다. 그러나 진폐증으로 급격히 무너져 가는 대니를 바라보는 단원들은 그로인해 음악을 계속할 자극을 받게되고 반항정신을 회복한다. 게다가 뜻밖의 후원자의 도움을 얻게 된 광부들은 대니의 꿈을 실현시키기 위해 런던에서 열리는 전국대회에 참가하가로 하고 다시 모인다. 마침내 그들은 마을을 대표하는 대서로서 자신들의 사정을 대외에 알릴 승리의 대장정을 시작한다.

Blackpool, a dancing contest, a dead woman. This is the opening scene of this movie, which then continues by telling us the story preceding this sad accident - or is it a murder? We will get to know the tensed relationship of the dancing contestant couple Tove and Claes, and see how there lives are affected by Liselott and Lennart, their opponents and friends.

A teen, jailed in an adult prison in Britain, takes his own life in July 1990.

The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the stage where reason cannot be heard above the ticking clock of experience and ambition. When temptation comes, how will they react?

A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.

런던의 셰릴과 사이릴은 행복한 노동자 커플처럼 보인다. 그들의 창백한 이웃들과 함께 중간 계급으로 보이는 나이 탓인지 건망증이 심한 사이릴의 엄마, 그리고 허영심 많은 사이릴의 여동생과 그녀의 남편이 함께 살고 있다. 셰릴은 아이를 원하지만 사이릴은 그렇지가 않다. 자주 열쇠를 두고 밖에서 문을 잠그는 엄마와 놀기 좋아하는 여동생 발레리와 그녀의 남편을 돌보는 것만으로도 끔직하기 때문이다.

Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome change from the dole. Until he finds himself digging dirt on an old friend....

68년 소련, 영국, 미국의 핵무기 확산 금지 조약으로 체결된 4개의 의정서는 현재 제4의정서만 존재한다. KGB의 최고 책임자 고보신 장군은 냉전 심화를 유도, KGB를 주무르기 위해 제4의정서 파기 계획을 시행한다. 그는 소련 정보부의 페트로프스키 소령을 차출, 영국으로 파견한다. 그의 임무는 소형 원폭을 제작, 폭파시켜, 영국에서 미군기지를 축출하는 것이다. 그런데 뇌관으로 쓸 리치움 원판이 항만청출입국의 프레스톤의 눈에 뜨이고, 그는 중대한 음모가 있다는 보고서를 제출한다. 고보신의 음모를 달가와하지 않는 소련 정보부는 윙클러를 페트로프스키와 접선시킨다. 프레스톤은 윙클러를 쫓다가 페트로프스키의 은신처를 찾아 위기를 막는다. 그러나 모든 사건이 양국 고위 정보책임자들의 게임이었음을 알고 허탈감에 빠진다.

In a cell in a London police station, a suspected I.R.A. bomber, Roche, has been detained for questioning. To help them in the interrogation, the London coppers have summoned Nelson, a detective from Northern Ireland's predominantly Protestant police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.

When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath.

While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from the past being mirrored in his own life.

Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.

Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory. [This is the feature film version Alan Clarke made after the BBC banned the original before its scheduled TV broadcast (see Scum (1977)].

Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.

Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.

Early 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 and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Miss Shepherd of the registry office is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected.

Pubs, pigeons, weight-lifting - that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But now Terry's best mate, Albert, is on leave from the Merchant Navy, and Albert knows how to treat a lady. 'Fireworks assured,' says the wrestling poster.

"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets his hero.

An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.

Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon.

When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him.

True Love (Once Removed) is a British drama directed by Director, Kevin Thomas. The film is about the belief in a fated destiny vs. the free will to form a future. Steven is a fish gutter who lives in an isolated fishing village. He appears at the docks every morning where gutters are selected according to the day's need. He spends what little money he has on viewing his future through time machines. These time machines have been banned by the government due to the unintended consequences they have. Steven lives alone, but by looking at the time machine he knows someday he will be loved and who that woman will be, a psychiatric nurse called Bryony in his future. However presently Bryony Lafferty is an 8-year old girl so Steven must wait for his future to come true.