Michael Pennington Movies
- 1983
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi7.8981983HD
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion...
- 2005
Fragile
Fragile6.52005HD
Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost...
- 2011
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady6.3572011HD
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
- 1969
Hamlet
Hamlet5.61969HD
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot...
- 2015
1945: The Savage Peace
1945: The Savage Peace7.52015HD
How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic...
- 1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes5.21987HD
Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically frozen for eighty years.
- 1982
Cymbeline
Cymbeline6.61982HD
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who...
- 2003
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death7.22003HD
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a...
- 2008
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale62008HD
Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale
- 1981
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter01981HD
In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason
- 1968
The Tycoon
The Tycoon01968HD
When millionaire businessman Guy Taylor takes up with the beautiful Rachel Bell, two years married to a struggling sculptor, he starts to question...
- 1991
Henry IV: Part 1
Henry IV: Part 101991HD
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete...
- 2002
Pyramid
Pyramid62002HD
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that even with our 21st-century technology, we could...
- 1991
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry IV: Part 201991HD
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.
- 1976
The Witches of Pendle
The Witches of Pendle01976HD
A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.
- 2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters52002HD
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific...
- 1993
The Last Bolshevik
The Last Bolshevik7.41993HD
A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's...
- 1996
Cracker: White Ghost
Cracker: White Ghost01996HD
A British businessman operating in Hong Kong has feelings of inferiority and turns to murder when he faces bankruptcy.
- 1970
Mad Jack
Mad Jack01970HD
Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War
- 1985
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie01985HD
As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal involving Lord Alfred Douglas and his lordship's...