Peter Wight

Vera Drake is a selfless woman who is completely devoted to, and loved by, her working class family. She spends her days doting on them and caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother. However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies. While the practice itself was illegal in 1950s England, Vera sees herself as simply helping women in need, and always does so with a smile and kind words of encouragement. When the authorities finally find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel. (imdb)

Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend... (imdb)

A look at the life of troubled comic Kenneth Williams, as shown by extracts from his diaries.

The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. CASS grew up in a time before political correctness and was forced to endure racist bullying on a daily basis, until one day when the years of pent up anger came out in a violent burst... (imdb)

A happily married, middle-aged couple are visited by a number of unhappy and lonely friends who use them as confidants. When an unmarried friend falls for their young son, they watch as events unfold. (tiff.net)

A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.

Eddie Brewer is an old-school paranormal investigator, being followed as part of a documentary. (imdb)

A drama series about the family who founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.

Follows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend. (imdb)

An assortment of characters live their lives while working in and around the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events. (imdb)

The Paradise is England's first ever department store and small town Scottish girl Denise Lovett takes a job there. She's soon pulled into the machinations of the people who own, work and shop at the Paradise. Meanwhile, the store itself is becoming the symbol of modernization, strangling the small stores and forever changing the climate of High Street.

BRAKES is a raw, dark and unconventional comedy. Split into two halves it follows the tumultuous stories of nine couples, plunging straight into the brutal and absurd endings of their relationships first, before travelling back to the moments when the spark of love between them first emerged. Using London as their match-maker, each of their stories is unique yet familiar to us all. (brakesfilm.com)

With a teenaged daughter who needs medical care, single mother Sally Wilson is thrilled when lawyer Taylor tells her that a Mr. Smith has left her five million pounds. However, there is a horrifying condition attached.

When Geraldine Bretherick and her five-year-old daughter Lucy are found dead in the bathroom of their luxury home, the case divides new DS Charlie Zailer and her DC Simon Waterhouse.

Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation. (imdb)

The Professor retires and moves back into his state with his young wife, turning the lives of those who have been maintaining it in his absence upside down (IMDb).

In the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families, and community are turned around when they become Ann Summers party plan saleswomen. (imdb)

A supermarket fallen on hard times moves its headquarters to Leeds. (imdb)

Follows the life of Joe Lampton who is recently demobilised from the armed forces. He is an orphan who dreams of having a social status and a job that earns him a thousand a year. (google)