Tony Garnett Movies

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy,...

The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live...

A liberal white man becomes a Muslim to promote racial harmony.

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

As the Nazis grow ever more powerful in Germany, Werner grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in...

A man on crutches bumps into an old acquaintance who relentlessly bombards him with small talk.

Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad...

When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.

In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

The life and passions of a speaker at Hyde Park Corner.

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man...

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as...

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper...