Simon Callow Movies

A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.

This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical...

A woman sets out a well-intentioned plan of bringing her dysfunctional family together in the wake of the family's matriarch, her mother-in-law.

A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to...

Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the...

A broke and frustrated IT technician decides to embark on a one woman heist to steal valuable data worth millions on the black market.

A love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.

Charting the evolution of public and political attitudes to homosexuality over the last four decades, from decriminalisation in 1967 to today's...

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his...

An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in...

Our hero Adam gets drawn into a web of intrigue as evidence is planted on him of a gay royal affair.

Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...

A shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.

A diverse collection of horror shorts by several different film makers. A few are presented as trailers.

One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it...

Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and...

British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel

A Claymation version of the classic story of Don Quixote.