Jane Bertish

Dance with a Stranger (1985)

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Newell
CAST:  Miranda Richardson  •  Rupert Everett  •  Ian Holm  •  Stratford Johns

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Newell
CAST:  Miranda Richardson  •  Rupert Everett  •  Ian Holm  •  Stratford Johns

Bodywork (2001)

Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead prostitute is discovered in the trunk, and Virgil is accused of her murder. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gareth Rhys Jones
CAST:  Hans Matheson  •  Charlotte Coleman  •  Peter Ferdinando  •  Beth Winslet

Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead prostitute is discovered in the trunk, and Virgil is accused of her murder. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gareth Rhys Jones
CAST:  Hans Matheson  •  Charlotte Coleman  •  Peter Ferdinando  •  Beth Winslet

Sword of Honour (2001)

Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. Instead he finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Anderson
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Nicholas Boulton  •  Richard Coyle

Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. Instead he finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Anderson
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Nicholas Boulton  •  Richard Coyle

Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley (2007)

When Julie Bottomley discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian by faking her own death and framing him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dearbhla Walsh
CAST:  Suranne Jones  •  Rachel Leskovac  •  Dean Lennox Kelly  •  Helen Baxendale

When Julie Bottomley discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian by faking her own death and framing him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dearbhla Walsh
CAST:  Suranne Jones  •  Rachel Leskovac  •  Dean Lennox Kelly  •  Helen Baxendale

Paperhouse (1988)

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Rose
CAST:  Charlotte Burke  •  Glenne Headly  •  Elliott Spiers  •  Gemma Jones

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Rose
CAST:  Charlotte Burke  •  Glenne Headly  •  Elliott Spiers  •  Gemma Jones

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)

An aging actress' husband dies of a heart attack en route to Rome, where they'd planned to holiday. There, she rents an apartment and, through the Contessa, she meets a young man, with whom she begins an affair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Allan Ackerman
CAST:  Helen Mirren  •  Olivier Martinez  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Rodrigo Santoro

An aging actress' husband dies of a heart attack en route to Rome, where they'd planned to holiday. There, she rents an apartment and, through the Contessa, she meets a young man, with whom she begins an affair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Allan Ackerman
CAST:  Helen Mirren  •  Olivier Martinez  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Rodrigo Santoro

The Quatermass Conclusion (1979)

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  John Mills  •  Barbara Kellerman  •  Simon MacCorkindale  •  Margaret Tyzack

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  John Mills  •  Barbara Kellerman  •  Simon MacCorkindale  •  Margaret Tyzack

Wonka (2023)

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul King
CAST:  Timothée Chalamet  •  Keegan-Michael Key  •  Olivia Colman  •  Rowan Atkinson

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul King
CAST:  Timothée Chalamet  •  Keegan-Michael Key  •  Olivia Colman  •  Rowan Atkinson

Seeing in the Dark (1989)

Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship with Judith. One day, he starts to be plagued by a series of mysterious phone calls and letters. Tony becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gareth Jones
CAST:  David Threlfall  •  Sylvestra Le Touzel  •  Greg Hicks  •  Jane Bertish

Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship with Judith. One day, he starts to be plagued by a series of mysterious phone calls and letters. Tony becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gareth Jones
CAST:  David Threlfall  •  Sylvestra Le Touzel  •  Greg Hicks  •  Jane Bertish