Simon Callow Movies

  • 2011
    The British Guide to Showing Off

    The British Guide to Showing Off

    The British Guide to Showing Off

    6.62011HD

    Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a...

    The British Guide to Showing Off
  • 2016
    There's Something About Romcoms

    There's Something About Romcoms

    There's Something About Romcoms

    62016HD

    The inside story of the best modern romcoms with Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Dermot Mulrooney, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander, Stephen...

    There's Something About Romcoms
  • 2010
    The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

    The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

    The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

    8.52010HD

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

    The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
  • 2007
    Surveillance 24/7

    Surveillance 24/7

    Surveillance 24/7

    4.12007HD

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

    Surveillance 24/7
  • 2022
    The Fringe, Fame and Me

    The Fringe, Fame and Me

    The Fringe, Fame and Me

    02022HD

    The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution – a...

    The Fringe, Fame and Me
  • 2005
    Rag Tale

    Rag Tale

    Rag Tale

    3.82005HD

    A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.

    Rag Tale
  • 2012
    Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

    Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

    Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

    52012HD

    Schoolboy Maurice Cole, growing up in 1960s Liverpool, is picked on for being effeminate but is already making his own comedy tapes, one of which...

    Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
  • 2014
    Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

    Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

    Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

    7.52014HD

    Comedian Rik Mayall died suddenly on 9 June 2014. Mayall's blend of rocket-fuelled physical comedy, surrealism, subversive satire and pompous punk...

    Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
  • 2004
    Thank You, Doctor Rey

    Thank You, Doctor Rey

    Thank You, Doctor Rey

    5.72004HD

    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...

    Thank You, Doctor Rey
  • 2017
    50 Years Legal

    50 Years Legal

    50 Years Legal

    7.22017HD

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

    50 Years Legal
  • 1993
    Soft Top Hard Shoulder

    Soft Top Hard Shoulder

    Soft Top Hard Shoulder

    6.21993HD

    Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name...

    Soft Top Hard Shoulder
  • 1993
    Camp Christmas

    Camp Christmas

    Camp Christmas

    3.51993HD

    Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.

    Camp Christmas
  • 2008
    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

    7.6672008HD

    An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career and her way of working.

    Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
  • 2005
    Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

    Revisiting Brideshead

    02005HD

    Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".

    Revisiting Brideshead
  • 2022
    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    82022HD

    A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determination to make it as a thespian. There's also a...

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
  • 1987
    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

    01987HD

    When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...

    Cariani and the Courtesans
  • 2011
    Art of Freedom

    Art of Freedom

    Art of Freedom

    9.22011HD

    The documentary film Art of Freedom answers the most poignant questions on the phenomenon of Polish expeditions to the Himalayas. Poles have reigned...

    Art of Freedom
  • 1995
    England, My England

    England, My England

    England, My England

    51995HD

    The story of Henry Purcell.

    England, My England
  • 1990
    Old Flames

    Old Flames

    Old Flames

    01990HD

    Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and...

    Old Flames
  • 1993
    Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale

    01993HD

    Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempers. She marries, but the lust she inspires in the...

    Femme Fatale