Michael Pennington Movies

  • 1981
    A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

    A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

    A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

    01981HD

    In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason

    A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
  • 1994
    Degas and Pissario Fall Out

    Degas and Pissario Fall Out

    Degas and Pissario Fall Out

    01994HD

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

    Degas and Pissario Fall Out
  • 1985
    Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

    Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

    Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

    01985HD

    As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal involving Lord Alfred Douglas and his lordship's...

    Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
  • 1991
    Henry IV: Part 1

    Henry IV: Part 1

    Henry IV: Part 1

    01991HD

    Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete...

    Henry IV: Part 1
  • 1982
    Outside Edge

    Outside Edge

    Outside Edge

    01982HD

    The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good...

    Outside Edge
  • 1991
    Henry V

    Henry V

    Henry V

    01991HD

    Shakespeare's Henry V, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Henry V
  • 1986
    The Marlowe Inquest

    The Marlowe Inquest

    The Marlowe Inquest

    11986HD

    In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th century in order to determine what...

    The Marlowe Inquest
  • 1991
    Henry VI: House of York

    Henry VI: House of York

    Henry VI: House of York

    01991HD

    Second part of an adapted version of Henry VI as performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Henry VI: House of York
  • 1978
    Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

    Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

    Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

    01978HD

    Behind the façade of form-filling at the Department of Something-or-Other, careers fall and rise at the drop of an apostrophe. Will HIB's...

    Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
  • 1986
    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    21986HD

    Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king...

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
  • 1991
    Henry IV: Part 2

    Henry IV: Part 2

    Henry IV: Part 2

    01991HD

    Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Henry IV: Part 2
  • 1991
    Richard III

    Richard III

    Richard III

    01991HD

    Shakespeare's Richard III, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Richard III
  • 1984
    The Mayor of Montemilone

    The Mayor of Montemilone

    The Mayor of Montemilone

    51984HD

    Dino Labriola runs the small town of Montemilone in the deep south. He was elected the first Communist mayor. Now he faces the problems of a town...

    The Mayor of Montemilone
  • 1970
    Mad Jack

    Mad Jack

    Mad Jack

    01970HD

    Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War

    Mad Jack
  • 1968
    The Tycoon

    The Tycoon

    The Tycoon

    01968HD

    When millionaire businessman Guy Taylor takes up with the beautiful Rachel Bell, two years married to a struggling sculptor, he starts to question...

    The Tycoon
  • 2008
    Airborne: The RAF at 90

    Airborne: The RAF at 90

    Airborne: The RAF at 90

    02008HD

    The RAF sprang to life during the First World War. It took off into a dangerous adulthood during the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Germany,...

    Airborne: The RAF at 90