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As You Like It (BBC)
(1978) [G]

This is one of Shakespeare's great comic triumphs; an exhilarating and joyful tale of love and harmony set in a mythical forest - the perfect romantic comedy. Filmed on location at Glamis Castle.  More

Monty Python's The Life Of Brian
(1979) [M]

Monty Python delivered a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical with their third film The Life of Brian. The setting is Judea 33 A.D., a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them, and...  More

Carry On Sergeant
(1959) [G]

Drill Instructor Sergeant Grimshawe is retiring. Before he does, he is determined to lead the Star Squad of recruits. But with soldiers consisting of a hypochondriac, a girl-mad private and a rock 'n' roll singer, things aren't really as simple as one would expect. With the day drawing near,...  More

Carry On Nurse
(1958) [G]

The men's surgical ward of the Haven Hospital is staffed by efficient and hardworking nurses. The patients are full of practical jokes and visiting hours provide the only time for a semblance of law and order. But one evening a visitor brings some champagne into the ward, culminating in a riotous...  More

The Lavender Hill Mob
(1951) [PG]

Sir Alec Guinness received his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor for his delightful performance as Henry Holland, a meek clerk who devises an ingenious plan to rob a fortune in gold bullion from his own bank. But when Henry and his odd accomplice (Stanley Holloway) melt the gold into souvenir...  More

Kind Hearts And Coronets
(1949) [PG]

Set in the stately Edwardian era, Robert Hamer's Kind Hearts And Coronets is black comedy at is best, with the most articulate and literate of all Ealing screenplays. Sir Alec Guinness gives a virtuoso performance in his Ealing comedy debut, playing all eight victims standing between a...  More

The Young Ones
(1961) [G]

Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with ?1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless property tycoon Hamilton Black. To help raise the cash, Nicky records a song and his friends broadcast it via a...  More

Summer Holiday
(1963) [G]

Four London Bus mechanics strike up a deal with London Transport. They do up a double decker London Bus, drive it around Europe as a hotel and if they make it, they will own and be in charge of a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up three ladies whose car breaks down and offer to...  More

Secret Agent
(1936) [G]

Alfred Hitchcock filmed Somerset Maugham’s WWI spy story 'Ashenden' with his typical mix of ironic humour and suspenseful set pieces. Novelist Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) has his death faked by British Intelligence. Giving him a new identity as Richard Ashenden, they persuade him to undertake...  More

A Stitch In Time
(1963) [G]

Butcher's assistant Norman is banned from entering a hospital to visit little orphaned Lindy. But he must get in somehow...  More