Lesley Manville Movies

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living...

A young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent.

Drama set in 1911 about a love triangle concerning a father, his son and their maid, Jane.

In the communal area of a block of temporary accommodation, the residents go about their day-to-day routines in the run-up to Christmas. The bonds of...

Middle-class parents face difficult decisions if they want their sons to go to the “right” school.

After a violent incident in Lucy's public school, her atheist parents Stuart and Alison decide to find her a safe 'traditional' school. The only one...

This year's great performers striking some of the classic attitudes of cinema.

A look at the daily life of an English brothel.

An alcoholic falls in love with a Salvation Army captain who is trying to help him.

Midwinter Break follows Stella and Gerry, a long-time married couple who reach a crossroads in their relationship when they take a trip to Amsterdam.

A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.

Mr Brittain is determined that this year the school will do a really different Christmas show. Unfortunately Miss Jarvis has always organised the...

A woman tells her daughter about every man she’s ever been with – in the hope her daughter won’t make the same mistakes.

Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.

Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy farm all his adult life. When Lucy unexpectedly...

A teacher has a titillating experience after accepting an unusual gift from a friend.

Mitchel, a mild-mannered suburban stockbroker spirals out of control after losing his job, finding his wife in flagrante with a sleazy neighbour, and...

A group of six friends, who have known each other since childhood, find their friendship tested when one of their number is found dead, leading to...

Warsaw, December 13th 1981. Martial law shuts down the country. Overnight, a country turns into a prison. Taxis have been replaced by tanks. Citizens...

In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about...