John Laurie Movies

A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.

Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues.

David Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of...

Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes...

A dramatised account of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, performed and broadcast live on Scottish Television on 29th November 1967 to mark STV's...

A young lad attempts to climb Eagle Rock by himself and learns the hard way that sometimes teamwork is the best way to do things.

Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention

An illustrated version of Twa Corbies made as the BFI’s contribution to the Festival of Britain. Enlivened by the distinctive voice of John...

A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.

Michael Powell makes a moving return trip to the remote island of Foula, forty years after he shot his first major feature there - 'The Edge of the...

Dramatised account of the achievements of Glasgow's William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

An amateur detective investigates a string of acid bath murders while on holiday.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at how Myron Kinley and his team extinguished an out of control oil installation fire at Naft Safidi in...

The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.

Edward Potter, a meek clerk at Scotland Yard hunts down an escaped criminal.

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".