Tony Garnett

Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life. In this documentary, Greg goes in search of the book's enduring appeal, travelling to Barnsley, where the book was set and where Ken Loach's famous adaptation, Kes, was filmed.

This unique interactive film puts you on set with Ken Loach in production on his latest film, I, Daniel Blake. Throwing us into life on location and during pre-production, it enables you to change the course of your viewing experience by selecting inserts in which Loach and some of his key collaborators – past and present – give fascinating insights into his creative practices. (The version released on the Criterion Collection edition is only 38 minutes and doesn't include the interactive parts with interviews and illustrative scenes from previous Loach films.)

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.

A documentary on the making of Kes, produced by the Criterion Collection.

A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing actors a wide range of freedom.

Картина основана на реальных событиях, имевших место в 1986 году, незадолго до известной встречи Горбачева и Рейгана в Рейкьявике. Советская подводная лодка с шестнадцатью ядерными боеголовками на борту зашла в территориальные воды США, где столкнулась с американской субмариной. В результате полученных повреждений на лодке начался пожар, возникла угроза взрыва. Ядерный груз в случае детонации мог бы разрушить половину всего восточного побережья Штатов. Капитану нашей подлодки надо принять решение, единственно верное решение.

Жаркий летний день в спальном районе Южного Лондона. Джеми, тихий, забитый парень, периодически сбегающий с уроков от издевательств одноклассников. Его мать, Сандра, мечется между повышением по службе и своим приятелем Тони. Его сосед и одноклассник Сти, нормальный, увлекающийся спортом парень, не хочет возвращаться домой, где его избивают отец и брат. Сти находит пристанище в квартире Сандры и однажды обнаруживает, что любит Джеми.

Private investigator Nick Sharman accepts a case which at first seems intriguing, but ends up causing him bitter regret.

Фильм знаменитого режиссёра Роланда Джоффе расскажет Вам об истории создания самого страшного оружия на Земле. Ньюман играет сурового генерала Лесли Гроувза, который руководит совершенно секретным проектом «Манхэттен».

Несколько отчаянных ребят с другой планеты заблудились в космосе и попадают на землю. В этой фантастической комедии им предстоит испытать все прелести земной жизни.

Большая Птица много лет жила размеренной жизнью на Улице Сезам. Однако социальная служба решила что птица должна жить среди птиц. Большую Птицу направляют в другой дом, в странную птичью семейку. В скором времени жизнь в новой семье стала для Птицы невыносимо тоскливой. Никому не сообщив, она сбежала из нового дома и направилась обратно на Улицу Сезам. Её друзья с Улицы Сезам (как маппеты, так и люди), которые тоже тосковали по своей любимой подруге, узнают по новостям, что Большая Птица пропала. Они собирают несколько групп и отправляются на её поиски. А в это время Птица попадает в руки двух гастролирующих артистов, которые также занимаются мошенничеством. Они сажают её в клетку, перекрашивают в синий цвет и заставляют работать на себя. Друзья с Улицы Сезам находят Птицу, но им ещё надо суметь освободить её…

Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.

Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.

Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.

A couple of old friends drown their sorrows together while reveling in the naivety of a young newly-wed.

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

A man relentlessly bombards another man with small talk, while the other man tries to fend for himself while using crutches.

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

The tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hope of securing wealthier patrons, and Louise, her social worker friend, who is fighting to change the antiquated and hypocritical prostitution laws. As both strive to achieve their goals, a cold dose of reality dashes their hopes, and the built-in biases against women in society are unmasked.

The tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hope of securing wealthier patrons, and Louise, her social worker friend, who is fighting to change the antiquated and hypocritical prostitution laws. As both strive to achieve their goals, a cold dose of reality dashes their hopes, and the built-in biases against women in society are unmasked.

The tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hope of securing wealthier patrons, and Louise, her social worker friend, who is fighting to change the antiquated and hypocritical prostitution laws. As both strive to achieve their goals, a cold dose of reality dashes their hopes, and the built-in biases against women in society are unmasked.

In this fascinating adventure of the England of the 1750s, the huge Frenchman Black Jack (Jean Franval) miraculously survives a hanging by the British authorities in Yorkshire and escapes from the grim jaws of "justice." He takes to the countryside in the company of Tolly, a teenaged boy who is able to translate Black Jack's odd speech into something comprehensible. They join up with Belle, an aristocratic teenager who has escaped from the madhouse her family imprisoned her in when she grew troublesome. Together, the three join a carnival. However, as it becomes clear that the girl is far from crazy, love between Tolly and Belle grows. This story, set in the mid-18th century, is based on a novel by Leon Garfield.

Four-part drama serial about the British juicidal system, dealing with an investigation presented from the perspectives of the police force, the criminal, the solicitor and the prison system.

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

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

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

Young Socialists from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea march to London and discuss their economic struggles en route. Supporting them are Ken Loach, Corin Redgrave, Arnold Wesker and other leading cultural figures of the left of British politics. The march is intercut with scenes dramatising parallel injustices in the English Civil War era and earlier - featuring Frances de la Tour in queenly mode as Elizabeth I. The film's unconventional structure also features frequent extracts of the rousing pop concert, with the band Slade, which culminated the epic march.

Главная героиня, девятнадцатилетняя Дженис, всеми силами пытается вырваться из своей семьи и не стать такой, как ее родители. Типичные “продукты” мидл-класса и строгие хранители фиктивной “нормы”, они лишь умеют делать вид, что у них все хорошо, хотя оба несчастливы и несвободны, а главное – не имеют права даже заикнуться об этом. На попытку дочери жить своей жизнью они, естественно, отвечают карательными мерами. А когда узнают, что она беременна, то заставляют дочь сделать аборт и даже пытаются запихнуть в психиатрическую лечебницу...

Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is something of a neglected, social realist masterpiece that focuses on two brothers, brought together by the death of their father, reflecting on his life of militancy and political activism. At the time critic Nancy Banks Smith called it ‘brilliantly funny, and moving with a sort of subterranean rage’. Smith himself plays the older brother with a brilliant, raw emotion.

A psychedelic documentary of the body electric, with music by Pink Floyd. The film was directed and produced by Roy Battersby. The film's narrators, Frank Finlay and Vanessa Redgrave, provide commentary that combines the knowledge of human biologists and anatomical experts. The film's soundtrack, Music from the Body, was composed by Ron Geesin and Roger Waters.

Ken Loach's production for Save The Children, withheld from public view until 2011.

История 12-летнего тинэйджера Билли Каспера, у которого нет друзей, над которым в школе издеваются сверстники и учителя. Он находит утешение, только когда обнаруживает сокола и решает заняться воспитанием ловчих птиц.

История 12-летнего тинэйджера Билли Каспера, у которого нет друзей, над которым в школе издеваются сверстники и учителя. Он находит утешение, только когда обнаруживает сокола и решает заняться воспитанием ловчих птиц.

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves.

The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live up to their expectations.

A reluctant teenager accompanies his family on a day out to a local beauty spot.

Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad Kate” who commits immoral acts. Could the hypocrisy, selfishness and weakness of those around her have led to this state of mind or can Kate simply be diagnosed and dismissed as a schizophrenic?

The Lump is an uncompromising exploration of exploitation and resistance within the building trade.

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins a scholarship to Oxford University. The villagers accuse him of snobbery, while the rich University students treat him like a peasant. Uncertain of which sphere he should be moving in, Nigel tries to reconcile himself with his proud but stubborn father, and also succeed at University, despite its pretentions which apall him.

A pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and when they find the note, they decide to take advantage of the situation and collect the money.

In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.

A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.