Tony Garnett Movies

Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man...

The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days...

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

Private investigator Nick Sharman accepts a case which at first seems intriguing, but ends up causing him bitter regret.

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...

When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.

As the Nazis grow ever more powerful in Germany, Werner grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in...

In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.

Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is...

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

A liberal white man becomes a Muslim to promote racial harmony.

Director Ken Loach explores the politics of race, class and charity in a capitalist society in this documentary funded by the Save the Children...

The tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hope of securing wealthier patrons, and...

The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live...

Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper...

The Lump is an uncompromising exploration of exploitation and resistance within the building trade.

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.