John Standing Movies

London 1939. In the weeks before the beginning of the Second World War, the Say When jazz club keeps London's Shoreditch swinging. Run by Thomas...

Drama-documentary exploring the life of Jane Austen. Actor Anna Chancellor, a distant relative of Jane Austen, discovers the woman behind the...

In the year 2050, advances in medicine have resulted in a need for population control. People reaching the age of 100 must submit to a government...

Based on a Court Martial held aboard HMS Hibernia in Malta in 1893. The court endeavours to determine why, during fleet manoeuvres, HMS Victoria is...

It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the...

By order of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Captain Strong is given a dangerous assignment to deliver a delicate communication to the British...

A woman makes a powerful connection with a surprising stranger on her 30th birthday.

Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important...

1956/57 - This episode reflects the Kim Philby spy affair.

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months'...

A vaudeville star struggles with her addiction to pancakes.

At their isolated hotel in the Canadian Rockies, a pair of teenage twin girls need to get over themselves and work together in order to defeat the...

Adaptation of the play by Brandon Thomas.

The Backstory of the Original Dancing Queen... as told by Sir John Standing.

Jean Hobley has a problem, trying to hold down a job that allows her to pick up her child from school.