Joyce Grenfell

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sun...

Legends

The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n'...

The Million Pound Note

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conc...

Stage Fright

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a...

The Belles of St Trinian's

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But gr...

The Americanization of Emily

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous...

The Old Dark House

An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his...

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves unde...

The Magic Box

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome...

The Galloping Major

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the ho...

Genevieve

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arriv...

Laughter in Paradise

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect th...

Alice in Wonderland

This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters a...

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best yet – they have burned down the school! As the girls stand...

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted...

The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the...

Happy Is the Bride

In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortun...

Forbidden Cargo

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister dr...

The Lamp Still Burns

A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.

The Good Companions

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

While the Sun Shines

Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fia...

Poet's Pub

A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story...

The Demi-Paradise

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working...

Letter from Home

Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them o...

A Run for Your Money

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a news...

Scrapbook for 1933

A BAFTA nominated documentary reviewing news, sporting and royal events from 1933.

To See Such Fun

Compilation of classic British comedy moments

Joyce Grenfell

Designing Women

Part of BFI collection "Design for Today."