Tim Pigott-Smith Movies

When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up...

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

The evolution of Holmes on screen, from silent movies to new TV versions, with contributions from Sherlock's past and present.

Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The...

Drama about journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses.

An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how...

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who...

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and...

Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed...

Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia, and the U.S. tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of...

A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.

This landmark documentary film by Paul Elston tells the incredible story of how it was the British who gave the Japanese the knowhow to take out...

On August 22, 1962, Michael Gregsten was murdered, and his lover Valerie Storie raped and shot on the A6 at Deadman's Hill in Bedfordshire. James...

After giving birth to her second boy, Jodie recognises a growing dissatisfaction in all areas of her life.

One day in the near future, a rail strike, traffic congestion and a mid-air plane collision bring the UK's transport system to a halt.

A making of featurette about the translation of the classic Jane Austen-novel into a screenplay, filled with interviews with the director, the...

The Gospel of Mark filmed by The Lumo Project which brings the original Jesus narrative to the screen using the Gospel text as its script, word for...

Tim Piggot-Smith investigates the famous sleuth of 221b Baker Street.

Award-winning filmmaker, Marina Willer (Cartas da Mãe), creates an impressionistic visual essay as she traces her father’s family journey...

The story of the 1983 America's Cup challenge, where the Australian team financed by business tycoon Alan Bond, finally wrests the cup from the New...