Jonathan Miller Movies
- 1981
Othello
Othello6.11981HD
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides...
- 1981
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale9.31981HD
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter...
- 1966
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland7.31966HD
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...
- 1981
Troilus & Cressida
Troilus & Cressida81981HD
The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal...
- 1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook01995HD
A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...
- 1968
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Whistle and I'll Come to You6.4381968HD
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during...
- 2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages62002HD
Veteran radio, theatre, television and film actor Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts, but beneath that elegant stage presence lies the...
- 1982
King Lear
King Lear61982HD
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...
- 1970
Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You5.41970HD
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,...
- 1980
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew7.81980HD
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista...
- 2011
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet72011HD
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great...
- 1973
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice71973HD
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
- 2010
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge02010HD
Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon...
- 1965
One Way Pendulum
One Way Pendulum5.51965HD
A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to...
- 1989
Dialogue in the Dark
Dialogue in the Dark01989HD
A summer evening in Edinburgh, 1776. The ailing philosopher David Hume has an unexpected visitor.
- 1976
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Pleasure at Her Majesty's6.51976HD
The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at...
- 1975
King Lear
King Lear01975HD
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...
- 1987
The Mikado
The Mikado01987HD
Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The...
- 1964
Beyond the Fringe
Beyond the Fringe71964HD
A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway...
- 2002
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe02002HD
TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his...