Mr Hedges puts his neck on the line when he pleads the case for his unruly class 5C to be allowed to go to summer camp for the first time. He's soon regretting his faith in his pupils as chaos reigns right from the start...
TVH Plus
Sid just wants to get on with building his illegal whiskey still. But when a new couple move in next door, and he's an officer at Customs and Excise - garden-fence shenanigans are about to begin
Although it was one of Britain's most enduring sitcoms, no one expected the movie version of 'On the Buses' to make much of an impact at the box office. Up against the latest James Bond film and the much anticipated return of Sean Connery - it didn't stand a chance...
When his partner in crime is murdered, Charlie Tully has no idea what the Swiss bank account number is of their ill-gotten gains. But his partner has left a record tattooed on a certain area of four young women's anatomy. There's £500,000 to be had. But how is he going to find those numbers?
In this full-length feature, Fletcher is ordered to arrange a prisoner vs celebrity football game. But by the time he and Godber learn that it's a ruse to cover a break-out, they are unwittingly forced to go on the run
Nellie and Eli Pledge are in a right old pickle in this big screen version of the hit British sitcom
This big screen transfer of a British sitcom was more of a risk than others of its type as it had only been on television for one season
Eddy is on the hunt for a big new client as her PR firm runs out of money, but a setback sees her and Patsy on the run in the south of France... Absolutely Fabulous returns for a movie outing that features a host of guest stars
Writer and producer David Croft had the Midas touch when it came to comedy and the shows that he created and wrote with alternating creative partners Jimmy Perry and Jeremy Lloyd were comedy gold for the decades. But how did two of the most popular fare on the big screen?
In a time of knights, nuns, and naughty innuendos, one bumbling hero dares to unzip medieval modesty—brace yourself for Up the Chastity Belt, where history gets hilariously unhinged!
"Nay, nay and thrice nay!" Frankie Howerd in an orgy of an historical and hysterical romp as his Roman slave character Lurcio is coerced into a plot to assassinate Emperor Nero. "Ooh-er, missus!"
One of Britain's best loved sitcoms by Britain's best loved scriptwriters was given the big screen treatment in the 1970s. Not once, but twice
After four hugely successful and audience pleasing seasons, Edward Woodward's down-at-heel British Secret Service assassin, David Callan, got the big screen treatment
When simultaneous American and Soviet nuclear tests knock Earth from its orbit, a group of London journalists uncover a government cover-up as rising temperatures, climate chaos and social collapse threaten humanity's survival in this haunting and timeless science-fiction thriller
When a mysterious artifact is unearthed in a London underground excavation, famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in. What he uncovers goes back to the very beginnings of mankind and could now lead to its ultimate destruction
Dr. Who is not a mysterious, somewhat sinister alien, but a genial old human gent with a passion for invention.”
Two astronauts are dispatched to explore the mysteries of a duplicate Earth located on the opposite side of the Sun. Their mission is cut short by three weeks, plunging them into a perilous quest to discover if they've returned home or landed on the mirror planet
Andrew Cobby recalls a classic British wartime movie which saw the early appearance of an actress who would go on to be a much loved and ever-present star of the small screen
A humble stockroom worker aspires to be a window dresser at a top London store. His efforts cause calamity and mayhem. Norman Wisdom's screen debut almost single-handedly saved the Rank Organisation from financial ruin
A very British film with very British attitudes - Andrew Coby's notes on the film he always watches when it's on television
Crooks, coppers, and chaos collide as rival gangs team up to stop police impersonators, with Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries gleefully trying to outdo each other in a fast-moving, distinctly British comic caper
In Blake Edwards’ sparkling comedy, Peter Sellers first bumbled his way to brilliance as Inspector Clouseau. Elegant, witty and utterly timeless, with Henry Mancini’s iconic jazzy score still purring like the panther itself
When Cockney sailor Charlie returns home after two years away, he discovers that his wife Maggie has moved on—and in with another man. This bittersweet drama, full of colourful and unforgettable characters made a star out of Barbara Windsor
Bursting onto cinema screens in 1964 with the same energy that propelled them to global fame, A Hard Day’s Night isn’t just a film—it’s a riotous, sharp-witted snapshot of The Beatles and the madness of Beatlemania at full tilt
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong. Payroll is a cautionary tale of dishonour among thieves, adultery, deception, murder and all the other things we’re taught not to do at school
A recently released convict takes a driving job at a haulage company only to become unwittingly involved in violence and corruption
US actress Barbara Bates, who appeared in a 1962 episode of 'The Saint' had a short, troubled and tragic life which she ended herself. Andrew Cobby looks back on two of her later movies which often get an airing on British television
Based on the hit US TV series from the 1980s, Denzel Washington plays a man with a mysterious past who is living a quiet life until he associates with a young girl who is under the control of local gangsters, and realises he can't stand idly by
In the early 1960s, during the Cold War, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin put aside their differences to participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons
Once upon a time there was a very successful TV series about three female private detectives. The movie version raked in over $264 million worldwide, solidifying the notion that female-led action films could thrive and succeed
