Robert Powell Movies

The life of the Virgin Mary from the Crucifixion (33AD) till her miraculous departure/death (44AD). It also describes the early years of the...

The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers,...

An experimental, autobiographical documentary presented by Alan Garner

Journey back in time to a different age, when the sun never set on the British Empire and her armies were great in number. The Boer War: 1899-1902...

A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century Italy and France when the artistic style,...

The ancient Aztec world inadvertantly welcomes its doom in the form of the Conquistadors.

The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground...

Jim Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the riches awaiting on Treasure Island. An animated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic...

A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.

The tragedy of Gallipoli is exposed

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

Documentary in which the late impressionist's daughters get to the truth about their father's rise to fame and record-breaking success, and his...

Robert Powell narrates this engrossing exploration of one of France and Britain's most thrilling and decisive conflicts: the Battle of Trafalgar. The...

Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce...

A young woman quits her dull job in the typing pool, and goes off on a search for personal freedom.

The story of the Earl of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck, during the reign of King Henry VII.

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a...

Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in 1982's Imperative. The story...

A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.