Alan Plater Movies

What was it like to go to school 100 years ago?

Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young...

Spoof story, set in the 1950s, about espionage in a humberside village.

Biopic of Arthur Lucan, who portrayed Old Mother Riley for over twenty years on stage and screen.

The new owners of a Manor House discover a legend that whoever is carried across the threshold shall unleash unknown forces...

An appreciation and retrospective look at the songs and humour of Leeds folk singer/songwriter Jake Thackray, including performances of some of his...

A city planner puts his breinchild into operation without considering the heartbreak it causes to the people affected.

Alan Plater looks at the various adaptations of J.B. Priestley's 'The Good Companions', in the company of the author himself.

Two incidents in a young actress's life have their effect on each other - a dinner date with a film producer, and attendance at the funeral of a...