Movies: Bryan Pringle

The young druid Imp y Celyn comes to Ankh-Morpork to become a famous musician, but a new guitar from a mysterious shop possesses him with a new kind of music - the Music with Rocks In. To make matters worse, Death, saddened by the death of his adopte...

There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen is a natural winner. But Joe's lucky streak with the birds has gone on a bit too long for the comfort of his competitors. It's time someone else had a turn...

Inspired by true events. Billy (Phil Daniels) comes home on shore leave from the Royal Navy, and discovers that his brother Michael has died two weeks prior to his leave. Trying to piece together what happened, Billy becomes enamoured with Myra (Joan...

In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a child by the Chairman of the Line, also her godfather. With her assistance, Ruben plots murder on the Brighton Express....

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter....

Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been educated in cultural and political matters by her boyfriend Ronnie. Through trying to pass on what she has learned, she discovers her o...

On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled. There was a luncheon voucher scheme, a pension fund, paid holidays - and (apparently) nothing much doing between the hours of nine to five. Then his...

Steve Deakin teaches history and is a foot soldier in the Sealed Knot Society. In a fortnight between two English Civil War battles he finds he faces challenges, both personal and professional....

A white bus conductress is attracted by one of her regular passengers, a black serviceman, but then tires of him....

A moving and unusual film about a young man who returns to his Liverpool roots for his father's funeral....

A BAFTA award nominated black comedy about life and death in a London tower block....

Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away....

"When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. The play moves through the prison of the mind, to that of the outside world in a search that leads ...

What would happen if the nation’s criminals decided to go on strike? A comedy drama based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek....

Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril Elgar and Murray Melvin. Adapted by Ken Russell and John McGrath. First shown on BBC2 at 10.10pm on Satur...

A middle-aged couple who are fairly tired of each other go out on a picnic for the day. However, they row, and Maud wanders off and talks to other people she meets. Eventually, the couple come together again, and the day has helped them to understand...

A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' night." One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder....

A TV play by Jim Andrew. Directed by Harley Cokeliss...

Comedy in which a young Geordie, Peter, is put under pressure by his fiancee who wants him to name the wedding day. Enough pressure to make him consider jumping off the Tyne Bridge. Peter tells the story to a lass he meets at a club....

An elderly man with failing eyesight attends his brother funeral. He discovers a lottery ticket in his dead brothers possessions. Will his luck change or will fate deal a more spiteful blow....