Robert Paynter Movies

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Chanticleer is a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without...

Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.

Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made...

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the...

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country...

George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

Get Back is a 1991 concert film starring Paul McCartney that documents The Paul McCartney World Tour of 1989–1990. The film was directed by...

Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find...

A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.

A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced •...

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a...

Documentary about the anti-nuclear demonstration staged in Trafalgar Square on 17 September 1961.

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow...