Virginia McKenna Movies

  • 1955
    Simba

    Simba

    Simba

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    A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the...

    Simba
  • 1996
    Rosamunde Pilcher: September

    Rosamunde Pilcher: September

    Rosamunde Pilcher: September

    7.81996HD

    Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending, with all...

    Rosamunde Pilcher: September
  • 1998
    The Scold's Bridle

    The Scold's Bridle

    The Scold's Bridle

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    Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.

    The Scold's Bridle
  • 1974
    The Gathering Storm

    The Gathering Storm

    The Gathering Storm

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    Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.

    The Gathering Storm
  • 1961
    Two Living, One Dead

    Two Living, One Dead

    Two Living, One Dead

    71961HD

    Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one...

    Two Living, One Dead
  • 2019
    Widow's Walk

    Widow's Walk

    Widow's Walk

    4.42019HD

    Eve's husband has been killed in Afghanistan. She takes her young son to a Suffolk beach house on the edge of the North Sea to grieve. But someone...

    Widow's Walk
  • 1994
    Staggered

    Staggered

    Staggered

    5.31994HD

    Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil...

    Staggered
  • 2013
    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    7.52013HD

    A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's...

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
  • 1968
    The Admirable Crichton

    The Admirable Crichton

    The Admirable Crichton

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    A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs aground on a South Pacific island. The usual hierarchy in an upper-class British family...

    The Admirable Crichton
  • 2001
    The Whistle-Blower

    The Whistle-Blower

    The Whistle-Blower

    82001HD

    A bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregularities in the firm's overseas accounts to the...

    The Whistle-Blower
  • 1979
    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    8.51979HD

    The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

    Julius Caesar
  • 1992
    The Lady in Waiting

    The Lady in Waiting

    The Lady in Waiting

    6.31992HD

    In 1970s New York, a drag queen and elderly woman meet during a blackout. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

    The Lady in Waiting
  • 2010
    Love/Loss

    Love/Loss

    Love/Loss

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    A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apart, is there still love between them? How have...

    Love/Loss
  • 1965
    A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    01965HD

    The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard,...

    A Passage to India
  • 1957
    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    6.21957HD

    Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street
  • 1952
    Father's Doing Fine

    Father's Doing Fine

    Father's Doing Fine

    6.31952HD

    Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The...

    Father's Doing Fine
  • 1990
    Have a Nice Night

    Have a Nice Night

    Have a Nice Night

    6.51990HD

    Movie star Barbara Jenkins arrives in Cannes to host an auction of her costumes, under protection of Tom Lepski. She is under surveillance of a...

    Have a Nice Night
  • 1970
    Echoes of Camusfearna

    Echoes of Camusfearna

    Echoes of Camusfearna

    01970HD

    This fascinating and haunting wildlife program is narrated by Virginia McKenna and centers on the West of Scotland not far from the Isle of Mull, the...

    Echoes of Camusfearna
  • 1983
    The Case of the Frightened Lady

    The Case of the Frightened Lady

    The Case of the Frightened Lady

    01983HD

    A woman tries to protect her family's name when one relative becomes a murderer.

    The Case of the Frightened Lady
  • 1976
    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    61976HD

    A beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save her father's life.

    Beauty and the Beast