John Bird Movies

A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident.

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the...

A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...

A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he...

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she...

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums –...

When DC Denis Deacey finds himself surprisingly transferred to Belfast he gets digs in a most unusual boarding house called The Crumlin View where no...

Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with secrets.

The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes....

A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...

On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around,...