Ian McKellen Movies
- 2005
The Hobart Shakespeareans
The Hobart Shakespeareans42005HD
Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at...
- 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC7.52016HD
From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th...
- 2011
Looking for Lowry
Looking for Lowry02011HD
Looking for Lowry is an entertaining documentary film about the life and work of the much loved British artist L.S. Lowry (1887 – 1976). This...
- 2020
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet102020HD
Sir Ian McKellen reads the poetry, Michael Wood traces the journey on the ground. Together they conjure up the extraordinary life, times and words of...
- 1970
Edward II
Edward II41970HD
The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
- 1970
The Tragedy of King Richard II
The Tragedy of King Richard II01970HD
The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The actions and repercussions of a proud King, whose vanity and selfishness lead to his...
- 2016
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage7.8332016HD
This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.
- 1982
Walter
Walter5.21982HD
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what...
- 1970
Hamlet
Hamlet01970HD
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide...
- 2010
Lady Grey London
Lady Grey London92010HD
Starring Marion Cotillard as Lady Grey, a burlesque artist with magical healing powers, the unshakable Sir Ian Mckellan as her crippled fan and...
- 1970
Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude01970HD
Jeremy O'Reilly, the self-important presenter of a TV news show, returns to a clueless East End community where a prank leads to the murder of a...
- 2006
Saint of 9/11
Saint of 9/115.72006HD
Saint of 9/11 presents the turbulent, restless, spiritual and remarkable journey of Father Mychal Judge. Compassionate champion of the needy and...
- 1994
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest01994HD
Finished a quarter century after the earth-shaking protests that forever altered the public perception of LGBTQ people in America, Stonewall 25:...
- 1970
Marley
Marley01970HD
A musical re-imagining of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, told from the perspective of Ebenezer Scrooge'a business partner Jacob Marley.
- 1992
Gladio
Gladio71992HD
In three programmes shown over consecutive weeks in BBC2's Timewatch strand, Allan Francovich interviewed key Gladio players such as Propaganda Due...
- 2016
Shakespeare on Film
Shakespeare on Film62016HD
Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in conversation about Richard III.
- 2017
How a Kite Flies
How a Kite Flies02017HD
Sir Ian McKellen voices an alcoholic kite. A down-and-out who prefers to hang around his dingy local strip joint rather than get out into the blue...
- 1978
The Vanishing Army
The Vanishing Army01978HD
Career army man Bill Paterson faces discharge in this examination of the harsh treatment of British NCOs.
- 1993
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up01993HD
An affectionate portrait of San Francisco, and of the man whose Tales of the City have inspired thousands to go there. Maupin relates a life story...
- 2014
Miss in Her Teens
Miss in Her Teens32014HD
An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in...