British TV shows that made it to the BIG Screen
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- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsLeonard RossiterFrances de la TourDon WarringtonBased on the British situation comedy Rising Damp, which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. Stingy landlord Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) manages to scam his lodgers, arts student John Cooper(Christopher Strauli) and medical student Philip (Don Warrington) making both pay for a room they must share. Rigsby's favourite lodger, Miss Jones (Frances de la Tour) flirts with Philip much to Rigsby's annoyance and when new upper crust lodger Seymour (Denholm Elliott) arrives she falls completely under his spell. It seems Rigsby's love for her will forever be unrequited.
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsMark TandyRussell BaloghAndrew HavillThe Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
- DirectorCliff OwenStarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettCarolyn SeymourAlbert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers. Harold meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert, of course, is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.
- DirectorPeter SykesStarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettDiana DorsFather and son London junk dealers must buy a replacement horse for them to stay in business. Instead they buy a greyhound, confident they will earn a fortune on the race track.
- DirectorDick ClementStarsRonnie BarkerRichard BeckinsaleFulton MackayFletcher is ordered to arrange a prisoner vs celebrity football game, unaware it's a diversion for an escape. Fletcher and cellmate Lennie accidentally discover the plan and must break back into prison to avoid punishment.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsJohn InmanMollie SugdenFrank ThorntonThe staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBrigit ForsythBob and Terry find their lifelong friendship beginning to change as Terry becomes involved with a new woman. Bob is dismayed, but his wife sees the opportunity to get Terry married off and put a wedge between the friends.
- DirectorSteve BendelackStarsMark GatissSteve PembertonReece ShearsmithThe notorious fictional town of Royston Vasey is under threat and its inhabitants are forced to leave.
- DirectorJohn RobinsStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettA property developer wants to flatten the street to make new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.
- DirectorTom BussmannStarsStuart SaundersGraeme GardenMarc SmithA British satire on the beginning of WWIII.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsJason WatkinsSherrie HewsonJohn ChallisA reboot of the classic sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972).
- DirectorGarth JenningsStarsMartin FreemanYasiin BeySam RockwellMere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
- DirectorPeter Frazer-JonesStarsYootha JoyceBrian MurphyStratford JohnsMildred decides that she and George will celebrate their anniversary at a posh London hotel - whatever the cost. However, a shady businessman mistakes George for a hit man.
- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael PalinBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
- DirectorIan MacNaughtonStarsJohn CleeseMichael PalinGraham ChapmanAn anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsJohn CleeseTerry GilliamEric IdleThe comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
- DirectorPeter RichardsonStarsPhil CornwellJohn SessionsRonni AnconaAs the Beatles did in the 1960s, Michael Caine convinces Jack Nicholson, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to move to Stella Street, an unassuming residential area of Surrey. But along with the new neighbors come hoods and thieves, all determined to make off with the stars' cash. Based on the BBC sketch comedy series.
- DirectorNick LoveStarsRay WinstonePlan BHayley AtwellA hardened detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. Based on the '70s UK TV show.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingBernard CribbinsRay BrooksDr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingRoy CastleJennie LindenAn eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsChristopher WittyRupert DaviesDorothy AlisonA new registrar, with a revolutionary heart lung machine he has bought from America, joins a small county hospital, and has to win over his colleagues, including the senior house surgeon, and the doctor who had anticipated getting the registrar's appointment. In a series of operations, an older patient, dies on the table, and a young boy has to undergo a urgent hole in the heart operation.
- DirectorDeclan LowneyStarsSteve CooganColm MeaneyTim KeyWhen famous DJ Alan Partridge's radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
- DirectorMandie FletcherStarsJennifer SaundersJoanna LumleyJane HorrocksAfter attracting both media and police attention for accidentally knocking Kate Moss into the River Thames, Edina and Patsy hide out in the south of France.
- DirectorGeoffrey SaxStarsPaul McGannEric RobertsDaphne AshbrookThe newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.
- DirectorHarry BoothStarsReg VarneyDoris HareMichael RobbinsWhen the bus company finds itself short-staffed, Inspector Blake comes up with the brilliant idea of employing female drivers. The company is delighted, but the bus crews are horrified and try to get rid of the women.
- DirectorBryan IzzardStarsReg VarneyStephen LewisDoris HareAfter being fired from the bus company for crashing two buses, Stan and Jack seek bus-driving work at a holiday camp - only to find that Inspector Blake too now works there.
- DirectorHarry BoothStarsReg VarneyDoris HareMichael RobbinsLondon bus driver Stan Butler wants to get married and takes his chance to earn more money when he is given a new job driving a tour bus on a safari park.
- DirectorClaude WhathamStarsBrenda BruceChristine BuckleyJohn CollinThe story of a young veterinarian's apprenticeship to a somewhat eccentric older vet in the English countryside, and the young man's hesitating courtship of the daughter of a local farmer.
- DirectorNorman CohenStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnThe misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsSidney JamesDiana CouplandTerry ScottNeighborhood tensions arise when rambunctious Baines family moves next door to reclusive Abbots, clashing over home distillery and unruly teens while matriarch tries mediating the feud.
- DirectorLionel JeffriesStarsDavid TomlinsonFrances de la TourBonnie LangfordThe adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter left by the humans. There's always time for a nice song and dance as well. This was a film version of the popular childrens TV show.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsWarren MitchellDandy NicholsAdrienne PostaBased on the BBC television series, and a sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part (1968)', it tells of the family relationship between Alf Garnett, his wife, daughter and son-in-law, all living in a council flat.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsFrankie HowerdPatrick CargillBill FraserRoman slave Lurcio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems small compared to the trouble the scroll brings, but all are in for a nasty shock when Mount Vesuvius decides to erupt.
- DirectorAdrian EdmondsonStarsRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonBill NighyRichie and Eddie, a perverted loser and his alcoholic partner-in-crime, run the worst hotel in Britain: the Guest House Paradiso.
- DirectorChristopher GuestStarsCarrie AizleyPriya AyyarAlex BorsteinA put-upon member of Congress is harassed by inept politicians. Based on the BBC series, "The Thick of It."
- DirectorBen PalmerStarsJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonJoe ThomasFour socially troubled 18-year-olds from the south of England go on holiday to Malia.
- DirectorElliot HegartyStarsJack WhitehallCharlie WernhamNikki RunecklesMr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.
- DirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsRalph FiennesUma ThurmanSean ConneryTwo British Agents team up to stop Sir August de Wynter from destroying the world with a weather-changing machine.
- DirectorSerge DanotEric ThompsonStarsChristian RiehlPaul BiscigliaNadine LegrandLife at the Magic Roundabout is disrupted when a blue cat called Buxton finds his way into town. Everyone loves Buxton except for Dougal, who discovers the cat's mad plan to become the king of blue army and destroy all who are not blue.
- DirectorDave BorthwickJean DuvalFrank PassinghamStarsRobbie WilliamsIan McKellenBill NighyA group of friends embark on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor, the evil wizard Zeebad.
- DirectorMichael KellerStarsJason CastleNina HaradaMichael KellerA geeky pizza boy who always dreamed of being a spy, recruits his loser friends to help him prove that a local dry cleaner is a front for espionage.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsMel GibsonRay WinstoneDanny HustonAs homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
- DirectorJustin HardyStarsDavid MorrisseySamantha BondEmily BruniUsing CCTV footage of the actual riots that bedevilled parts of England in the summer of 2011, allegedly triggered by the shooting of unarmed Mark Duggan, the film omits any real motives beyond greed and vandalism as looters attack the shop to which elderly Duncan has devoted his life, hair-dressers Enzo and Onelia flee for their lives as their salon is attacked, and middle-class Jan and Nick provide a refuge for their neighbours. Gerry Campbell, the police district commander for Wandsworth, and his female assistant look on helplessly on their monitors as, due to being deployed in other areas, only eight riot officers are available to face a baying crowd of over three hundred, and a frustrated policeman attacks a young boy who is trying to defend, rather than loot, his father's record store. The film ends with statistics regarding the cost of the riots and how the victims have subsequently fared.
- DirectorMark StuartStarsJohn AldertonDeryck GuylerNoel HowlettIn this spin-off from the ITV television series "Please Sir!" which ran from 1968 to 1972, Mr Hedges takes his class on a field trip, with disastrous consequences.
- DirectorMichael EnglerStarsStephen Campbell MooreMichael FoxLesley Nicol1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsHarry EnfieldKathy BurkeRhys IfansTwo inseparable, hormonal, English BFF teen boys, avoided by all others, head to Ibiza with Kevin's parents. Will they lose their virginity there?
- DirectorPaul KingStarsBen WhishawHugh GrantHugh BonnevillePaddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.
- DirectorPaul KingStarsHugh BonnevilleSally HawkinsJulie WaltersA young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
- DirectorRonnie BaxterStarsIrene HandlWilfred PicklesBarbara MitchellSpin-off from the television series For the Love of Ada 1970. Walter and Ada Bingley are celebrating their first wedding anniversary unaware that their friends and family are planning a surprise party for them.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsMel GibsonRay WinstoneDanny HustonAs homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.