Jonathan Miller Movies
- 1966
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland7.31966HD
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...
- 1982
King Lear
King Lear61982HD
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...
- 2011
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet72011HD
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great...
- 1981
Othello
Othello6.11981HD
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides...
- 2009
Ghosts in the Machine
Ghosts in the Machine02009HD
Documentary charting the history of the supernatural on British TV, revisiting classic ghost stories and controversial shows. Contributors include...
- 1965
One Way Pendulum
One Way Pendulum5.51965HD
A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to...
- 1965
The Drinking Party
The Drinking Party01965HD
An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...
- 1987
The Mikado
The Mikado01987HD
Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The...
- 1981
Troilus & Cressida
Troilus & Cressida81981HD
The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal...
- 1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Antony & Cleopatra6.31981HD
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers...
- 1989
Dialogue in the Dark
Dialogue in the Dark01989HD
A summer evening in Edinburgh, 1776. The ailing philosopher David Hume has an unexpected visitor.
- 1970
Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You5.41970HD
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,...
- 1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook01995HD
A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...
- 1980
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew7.81980HD
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista...
- 1987
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado01987HD
A chance to see director Jonathan Miller at work on his acclaimed staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic opera.
- 1968
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Whistle and I'll Come to You6.4521968HD
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during...
- 1981
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale9.31981HD
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter...
- 2010
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge02010HD
Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon...
- 2019
The Mikado
The Mikado02019HD
ENO revival of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta about a small Japanese town, where Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of...
- 1987
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night6.21987HD
Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and...