Ken Russell Movies

Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.

Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,

A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.

A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater, where Russell once lived, and about the residents who inhabited it. The...

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

An irreverent survey of British Music.

A partly dramatised account of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar. An episode of the BBC arts series Monitor.

Poet John Betjeman is shown visiting locations including Vauxhall Park, Aldersgate Street station, Camden Town and Hatfield, where he recites a...

An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers...

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and...

DON’T SHOOT THE COMPOSER is far from an ordinary profile of Georges Delerue. It also serves as a calling card for Ken Russell, whose work would...

Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow of famed composer Kurt Weill) Lotte Lenya performing many of Weill's best known...

Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love,...

The result of a challenge from Melvyn Bragg to write a film that Ken Russell himself would be eager to see banned, was A Kitten For Hitler – a...

In 1960, Ken Russell visited Bedlington Colliery, Northumberland to make one of his first documentary films, following life in the mining community.

On-set footage of the film The Devils (1971) with commentary by editor Mike Bradsell

Short documentary about Shelagh Delaney and her hometown Salford.

About modern day pilgrims to Lourdes, France, and Our Lady of Lourdes, that brings out the religious hysteria and the commercialism of the alleged...

Ken Russell is often cited as one of the fathers of the music video, with Tommy (1975) widely recognised as one of the pivotal works in the...