Thora Hird Movies

A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

A series of monologues.

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...

A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and...

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor...

The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.

Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is...

When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in...

BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.

Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one. But her appointment of Ex-Warrant Officer Higham as...

Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in...

A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.

An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”, but ends up learning just as much about...

A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London...

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced...

A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...