Virginia McKenna Movies

  • 1957
    The Smallest Show on Earth

    The Smallest Show on Earth

    The Smallest Show on Earth

    6.6061957HD

    Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died...

    The Smallest Show on Earth
  • 2019
    Widow's Walk

    Widow's Walk

    Widow's Walk

    4.22019HD

    Eve's husband has been killed in Afghanistan. She takes her young son to a Suffolk beach house on the edge of the North Sea to grieve. But someone...

    Widow's Walk
  • 2001
    The Whistle-Blower

    The Whistle-Blower

    The Whistle-Blower

    82001HD

    A bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregularities in the firm's overseas accounts to the...

    The Whistle-Blower
  • 1998
    Sliding Doors

    Sliding Doors

    Sliding Doors

    6.5681998HD

    London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens when she does or does not catch a train back to her...

    Sliding Doors
  • 1974
    Swallows and Amazons

    Swallows and Amazons

    Swallows and Amazons

    7.71974HD

    On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set...

    Swallows and Amazons
  • 1970
    Waterloo

    Waterloo

    Waterloo

    7.11970HD

    After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the...

    Waterloo
  • 2010
    Love/Loss

    Love/Loss

    Love/Loss

    02010HD

    A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apart, is there still love between them? How have...

    Love/Loss
  • 1977
    Holocaust 2000

    Holocaust 2000

    Holocaust 2000

    5.9061977HD

    An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.

    Holocaust 2000
  • 1953
    The Cruel Sea

    The Cruel Sea

    The Cruel Sea

    6.9451953HD

    At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training....

    The Cruel Sea
  • 2016
    Ethel & Ernest

    Ethel & Ernest

    Ethel & Ernest

    7.42016HD

    This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and...

    Ethel & Ernest
  • 1966
    Born Free

    Born Free

    Born Free

    6.81966HD

    At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are...

    Born Free
  • 1959
    The Wreck of the Mary Deare

    The Wreck of the Mary Deare

    The Wreck of the Mary Deare

    6.31959HD

    A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a...

    The Wreck of the Mary Deare
  • 1965
    A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    01965HD

    The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard,...

    A Passage to India
  • 1969
    Ring of Bright Water

    Ring of Bright Water

    Ring of Bright Water

    5.6741969HD

    Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set...

    Ring of Bright Water
  • 1979
    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    8.51979HD

    The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

    Julius Caesar
  • 1996
    Rosamunde Pilcher: September

    Rosamunde Pilcher: September

    Rosamunde Pilcher: September

    7.8331996HD

    Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending, with all...

    Rosamunde Pilcher: September
  • 1976
    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    61976HD

    Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark...

    Peter Pan
  • 2013
    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    8.32013HD

    A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's...

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
  • 2016
    Golden Years

    Golden Years

    Golden Years

    6.32016HD

    Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and...

    Golden Years
  • 1955
    The Ship That Died of Shame

    The Ship That Died of Shame

    The Ship That Died of Shame

    6.91955HD

    After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a...

    The Ship That Died of Shame