First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
Classic Ealing comedy. His imagination fired by adventure stories, young Joe believes he has stumbled on a criminal conspiracy, but the police will not listen. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD
As unrest in France builds toward bloody revolution, cynical Sydney Carton becomes involved with a young woman and a French aristocrat in a deadly chain of events.
First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
One of the most famous of the 1950s Ealing comedies. An unassuming bank clerk, in charge of gold bullion deliveries for almost 20 years, hatches a plot to steal a consignment. Show more
Ealing comedy about a group of villagers who battle to preserve the local railway line by running it themselves, until they are sabotaged in a midnight raid by a rival bus company. Show more
In 1949, a group of Londoners discover an old royal treaty suggesting that Pimlico is legally a part of Burgundy. They declare Pimlico's independence to avoid postwar rationing. Show more
