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Pennies From Heaven (BBC) (1978)

6.5/10
Director: Piers Haggard
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell, Gemma Craven

The original, groundbreaking BBC mini-series from "The Singing Detective" writer Dennis Potter stars Bob Hoskins as an unhappily married sheet music s... Read more

The Last Bus Home (1997)

5.4/10
Director: Johnny Gogan
Starring: Anthony Brophy, Brian O'Byrne, Annie Ryan, Gemma Craven

Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawn... Read more

Catherine Cookson: The Man Who Cried (1993)

7.5/10
Director: Michael Whyte
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Root, Daniel Massey, Gemma Craven

Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates him and beats their son Dick. When the one woman he love... Read more

Wagner (1983)

7.9/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Gemma Craven, Joan Plowright, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Richard Burton, Va...

Historical dazzler stars Richard Burton as the notorious composer, philosopher and scoundrel Richard Wagner. His exploits were the talk of Europe; his... Read more

The Slipper and the Rose (1975)

7.1/10
Director: Bryan Forbes
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Edith Evans, Christopher Gab...

"The Slipper and the Rose" is a grand musical adventure in the tradition of "The Sound of Music" and "My Fair Lady". This lavish production features R... Read more

Fortunes Of War (1987)

8/10
Starring: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Charles Kay, Rupert Graves, Alan Bennett

Guy Pringle and his new wife, Harriet, are members of the English community in Bucharest, Romania on the eve of World War II. After the war begins, th... Read more