Ian McKellen Movies
- 1982
Walter
Walter5.11982HD
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...
- 2003
Émile
Émile5.92003HD
In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
- 1983
Walter and June
Walter and June71983HD
Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".
- 2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn02014HD
This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...
- 1985
Zina
Zina5.41985HD
Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in...
- 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...
- 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:...
- 2016
Play the Devil: Making Richard III
Play the Devil: Making Richard III02016HD
Sir Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine talking about making the film.
- 1988
Scarfe's Follies
Scarfe's Follies01988HD
Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe looks at that most English of things - the folly.
- 2000
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!6.22000HD
A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.
- 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...
- 1965
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne01965HD
An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarming agenda.
- 2016
Shakespeare on Film
Shakespeare on Film62016HD
Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in conversation about Richard III.
- 1996
An Evening with Lily Savage
An Evening with Lily Savage01996HD
Enjoy the outrageous and flamboyant First Lady of British Comedy, Lily Savage, as she performs her incredibly hysterical live show before a...
- 2013
The Egg Trick
The Egg Trick62013HD
Do you know the joke about the broken egg?
- 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...
- 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...
- 2020
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU62020HD
One-man stage performance by English stage and screen actor Sir Ian McKellen. McKellen reprises roles over his career in the theatre (such as the...
- 2011
The Betty Driver Story
The Betty Driver Story102011HD
- 1969
The Promise
The Promise01969HD
Set in Leningrad. Follows the lives of three young Russians from the terror of the German siege of Leningrad through the uncertainty of the postwar...