Alison Steadman Movies

A drama about a couple on the edge of divorce, their solicitors, their daughter and of course, their dog.

In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about...

In 1962, the young pianist, John Ogdon wins international success in Moscow and embarks on a whirlwind career. Ten years later he suffers the onset...

When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of...

A look at the production of Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977).

A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.

Written by Raymond Briggs, this beautifully animated film tells the story of ten-year-old John. After being woken up early one morning. John finds a...

A high-living property developer whose world unravels under a mountain of debt, forcing him to move in with his parents.

Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her widowed mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after...

Every cub reporter wants a front page 'splash' and the journalists from The Brit, a top-selling daily tabloid, are no exception. They're on the trail...

A camping trip seems like the perfect way for a group of friends to spend a vacation they will never forget. Unfortunately, no one will be left alive...

Danny Duggan runs a failing building contractors, and resorts to sub-gangster thuggery to keep the business afloat. However, with the bottom falling...

Fitness fanatic, Donald Leek, indulges in a monthly Chunky Monkey experience with, someone vaguely resembling movie-songstress, Julie Andrews, who...

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop...

A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.

Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.

The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of...

A colourful trip back in time, as Debbie McGee hosts a 1970s-style dinner party.

About a personal experience of claustrophobia and how to deal with it. When you can't have another cup of coffee or another brandy because you just...

A forgotten gem made for the British arts anthology series Without Walls, this half-hour drama imagines the two 19th century impressionist painters...