Movies: Andrew Sachs

A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book....

Satirical drama by Evelyn Waugh, adapted by Sam Hobkinson. Visiting her father Lord Moping in the county asylum, Angela meets a fellow inmate who appears far too sane to be locked up in an institution. She manages to get him released, but he returns ...

The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double for him and thereby draw attention to North Afric...

Fawlty Towers Revisited features the 80-minute, 30th anniversary retrospective TV special on one of the world’s funniest and best-loved comedies, as well as an additional 10 minutes of behind-the-scenes stories and recollections from recent interview...

A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Jimmy Edwards, Irene H...

Ricky Gervais meets one of his comedy heroes, Larry David, much-lauded writer and co-creator of the huge hit series Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm....

An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her....

Robin Hood Junior helps Maid Marion to escape from her wicked uncle....

Go behind the scenes with one of London's most important musical institutions....

Documentary on the species of lemur to be found on the island of Madagascar....

Play based on a story by Chekhov. For Gromov, behind the bars of a mental ward, the railway is the one hope of escape. For the doctor in charge, Andrei, it is the link with civilisation which alone could rose him from the lethargy of life in provinci...

Which is the deadliest monster of all, real or imaginary? This video explores monsters of myth and movies and real-world animals that scare us....

NOVA biography of Albert Einstein, covering his early years, relativity research and personal life....

The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African state, or referring the matter to the United Nations....

In 1930s Germany, a young boy attempts to steal the original manuscript of Hitler's Mein Kampf in the hope that it will end the suffering of his family....

A pair of space travellers arrive on Earth to study the planet's lifeforms, landing in an English garden. However, on Earth they are about three quarters of an inch tall and therefore find themselves encountering its natural and giant indigenous life...

Dramatization of the great discoveries of ancient Egypt, from the exploration of tombs in the early 1800s, to the unraveling of the Rosetta Stone to translate the ancient language on the tombs, to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb....