Movies: Martin Jarvis

A quarter of classic horror stories presented by actor Martin Jarvis....

The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of Monmouth. On the k...

Tensions mount in the TV studio when a take-charge anchor is reunited with a man she has a "history" with....

Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure....

A writer begins to discover that his femme fatale character has come to life in the real world....

A look into the natural world of the butterfly and the reasons for the apparent shortage of them....

Emily, a young Edwardian girl stifled by the constraints put on the women of her time, moves with her family to the ancestral home in the country, and begins to see the ghost of another girl....

A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers....

The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain present an abridged version of Shakespeare's play, with explanatory links and introductions by Martin Jarvis. Following the presentation of the play, members of the company are shown in a workshop with acto...

Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickl...

Adaptation of the classic novel. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close t...

A look at the increasing mechanisation of hop picking....

An on-set interview is quietly absurd....

A look at the efforts being made to prevent Venice from sinking into the mud....

A visit to the Isle of Man to discover why it wants greater independence....

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election....

Dietrich Bonhoeffer , theologian, academic and pastor, was convicted and hanged for being implicated in plots against Hitler. He was hanged in April 1945, one month before the end of the war in Europe....

An adventure of the hapless Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman about town with a penchant for getting himself into personal difficulties, particularly with women. It is inevitable left to his unflappable manservant Jeeves to provide tidy and elegant r...

An innocent game during an opulent weekend at a Scottish castle annoys the sinister housekeeper and causes several family skeletons to rattle in their cupboards....

Look at life in an estate of tower blocks in Bristol where the city council have built over a hundred in recent years....