Ken Russell Movies

A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

Subtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.

A short directed by Ken Russell.

A short musical directed by Ken Russell.

An exploration of composer Anton Bruckner's numeromania during a nervous breakdown and stay at a sanatorium.

A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.

In 1960, Ken Russell visited Bedlington Colliery, Northumberland to make one of his first documentary films, following life in the mining community.

Utilising the music of eminent composer Arnold Bax, this biographical docudrama focuses on Bax's complex relationships with pianist Harriet Cohen and...

Arrigo Boito's most known work is Il Mefestefele, first performed in 1868. Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera has Faust...

Also known as Guitar Craze and the more evocative Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts, this Monitor item (Ken Russell's third for the pioneering BBC arts...

On-set footage of the film The Devils (1971) with commentary by editor Mike Bradsell

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

One of the most conceptually original of all the films that Ken Russell made for Monitor, this imagines an expedition of alien archaeologists...

Ken Russell's engrossing examination of the great 20th-century composer tells Williams' story through the eyes of his widow, Ursula, with personal...

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

Mrs Wilhelmina Sterling shows her vast collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings, pottery and other artefacts at her home in Battersea.

An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers...

A parable made in the manner of an old silent comedy about artistry and illusion.

A cine-opera retelling of the legend of Boudica, warrior queen and her uprising against the Roman occupiers of Britain.

Documentary shows Ken Russell at work on various BBC TV documentaries, with clips from Diary of a Nobody, The Debussy Film, Always on Sunday, Don't...