Joan Plowright Movies

  • 1970
    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    6.41970HD

    Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John...

    Twelfth Night
  • 1994
    A Place for Annie

    A Place for Annie

    A Place for Annie

    6.21994HD

    Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just...

    A Place for Annie
  • 2005
    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    6.7222005HD

    All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
  • 1963
    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

    01963HD

    Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

    Uncle Vanya
  • 1999
    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

    5.91999HD

    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...

    Tom's Midnight Garden
  • 1994
    The Return of the Native

    The Return of the Native

    The Return of the Native

    6.51994HD

    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...

    The Return of the Native
  • 1991
    The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    01991HD

    A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have...

    The House of Bernarda Alba
  • 1994
    On Promised Land

    On Promised Land

    On Promised Land

    61994HD

    In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the...

    On Promised Land
  • 1995
    A Pin for the Butterfly

    A Pin for the Butterfly

    A Pin for the Butterfly

    61995HD

    Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .

    A Pin for the Butterfly
  • 2001
    Bailey's Mistake

    Bailey's Mistake

    Bailey's Mistake

    52001HD

    "Bailey's Mistake" is the name of a cold, dreary island that a bitter widow finds herself stuck on. Seems Liz Donovan got cut out of her husband's...

    Bailey's Mistake
  • 1989
    And a Nightingale Sang

    And a Nightingale Sang

    And a Nightingale Sang

    4.51989HD

    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...

    And a Nightingale Sang
  • 2006
    Goose on the Loose

    Goose on the Loose

    Goose on the Loose

    5.42006HD

    Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the...

    Goose on the Loose
  • 1988
    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    4.71988HD

    Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary...

    The Importance of Being Earnest
  • 1998
    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    5.71998HD

    Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history

    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
  • 1982
    A Dedicated Man

    A Dedicated Man

    A Dedicated Man

    01982HD

    Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes...

    A Dedicated Man
  • 2018
    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    02018HD

    Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience...

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
  • 1973
    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

    71973HD

    An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.

    The Merchant of Venice
  • 1987
    The Birthday Party

    The Birthday Party

    The Birthday Party

    6.71987HD

    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.]

    The Birthday Party
  • 1978
    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    01978HD

    One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday
  • 2001
    Scrooge and Marley

    Scrooge and Marley

    Scrooge and Marley

    02001HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The ill-tempered miser is played by skilled Christian actor Dean...

    Scrooge and Marley