Jonathan Miller Movies
- 1969
The Evacuees
The Evacuees01969HD
In a programme first broadcast in 1969, some of the four million people evacuated as children from British cities during the Second World War look...
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- 1968
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Whistle and I'll Come to You6.5561968HD
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during...
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- 1965
The Drinking Party
The Drinking Party01965HD
An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...
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- 1981
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale9.51981HD
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter...
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- 1987
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado01987HD
A chance to see director Jonathan Miller at work on his acclaimed staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic opera.
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- 1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook81995HD
A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook.
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- 1964
Beyond the Fringe
Beyond the Fringe7.51964HD
A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway...
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- 1983
The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera5.51983HD
A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.
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- 1971
West Side Stories
West Side Stories01971HD
Two impressions of New York - a city of dreams or nightmares. The Outsider: Jonathan Miller 'If you enter New York in the first place in a show...
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- 2009
Ghosts in the Machine
Ghosts in the Machine02009HD
Documentary charting the history of the supernatural on British TV, revisiting classic ghost stories and controversial shows. Contributors include...
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- 1987
The Mikado
The Mikado7.51987HD
Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The...
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- 1994
The Saint Matthew Passion
The Saint Matthew Passion01994HD
Paul Goodwin conducts a specially assembled "Passion Band" performing on period instruments, who are joined by two young choirs and a cast of...
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- 1966
The Death of Socrates
The Death of Socrates01966HD
A modernized depiction. In his last few hours alive, Socrates discusses life, death, and the soul.
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- 1969
The Zoo in Winter
The Zoo in Winter101969HD
Jonathan Miller visits the Regent's Park Zoo and gives his personal opinions on the animals and their enclosures.
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- 1989
Dialogue in the Dark
Dialogue in the Dark01989HD
A summer evening in Edinburgh, 1776. The ailing philosopher David Hume has an unexpected visitor.
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- 2005
La Clemenza di Tito
La Clemenza di Tito02005HD
This is an effective staging, though the set looks medieval and the costumes are modern. It’s well paced, well played, well sung. Jonas...
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- 1991
La Fanciulla Del West
La Fanciulla Del West101991HD
Live from La Scala Sunday 03 February 1991
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- 1986
Prisoner of Consciousness
Prisoner of Consciousness01986HD
Jonathan Miller's acclaimed documentary on Clive Wearing - the man with the ten-minute memory.
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