Alan Plater Movies

Spoof story, set in the 1950s, about espionage in a humberside village.

A writer seeking seclusion takes rooms in a remote farmhouse. Soon his quiet is broken by sounds and then sightings of a small child...

Sam and Ingrid start out with dreams of marrying someone rich who will make life easy. When they find they do not match up to each other's dreams...

Alan Plater looks at the various adaptations of J.B. Priestley's 'The Good Companions', in the company of the author himself.

Casual labour appeals to Wilfred, and the street market is a friendly home until he meets the beautiful Christabel. Her haughty dismissal drives him...

What was it like to go to school 100 years ago?

'I'm unusual. I really want to be an architect. Always have done. Always wanted to build fine buildings and fine cities where people can work and eat...

Documentary film about the musician Jake Thackray

The new owners of a Manor House discover a legend that whoever is carried across the threshold shall unleash unknown forces...