Movies: Simon Callow

The story of an honest Lincolnshire farmer, hit hard by the credit crunch, squeezed by a greedy supermarket and struggling to survive. All his fortunes lie in the farm's one remaining pig, and a rather dubious plan to cross it with an earthworm....

British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel...

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

Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution....

BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT....

Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles....

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

Simon Callow's one-man show about Charles Dickens....

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 and deceit....

When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films, television, theatre and bullfighting. Simon Callow trails the complex actor-director....

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A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens....

A Claymation version of the classic story of Don Quixote....

Featuring a tour de force performance from Simon Callow, Being Shakespeare is a one-man show about the life and work of the world’s greatest playwright. Written by the renowned scholar Jonathan Bate, and taking its cue from Jacques’ famous ‘Seven Ag...