Alan Clarke Movies

Max Glanville, a judge whose attention wanders throughout a trial for criminal assault, makes an error in the sentence - which he has to correct. The...

When it's time to wet the baby's head, it's surprising the secrets that emerge...

Unemployed youngsters spend their days at the roller disco, circling round and round, before being called to take up low-paid jobs as they become...

Sovereign's Company is the story of a boy from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction, who goes to a military academy as an...

A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned tunnel. During his trip, he encounters a series of...

A lady catches the attention of a compulsive gambler.

An intense court case involving divorce proceedings is adjourned for lunch. Husband and wife then discover they are both going to be eating in the...

A film by Alan Clarke for the 'A Man of Our Times' anthology series.

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements,...

A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.

Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794...

A film by Alan Clarke for the 'Sunday Night Theatre' anthology series.

The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.

Teenager Diane Weaver lives in a small council flat with her brooding father, the groundskeeper of a local church. What no one realises, is how close...

Soviet writer and dissident Vladimir Bukovsky leaves the Soviet Union in 1976 after years spent in their prisons and psychiatric wards.

A woman seeks shelter from the rain in a park conservatory but is forced into conversation with a man who wants to know what else she is sheltering...

Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day...