Thora Hird Movies

  • 1950
    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    6.41950HD

    A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

    The Magnet
  • 1977
    The Mayor's Charity

    The Mayor's Charity

    The Mayor's Charity

    91977HD

    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...

    The Mayor's Charity
  • 1956
    Sailor Beware

    Sailor Beware

    Sailor Beware

    7.51956HD

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

    Sailor Beware
  • 1952
    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    6.51952HD

    Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

    The Frightened Man
  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    01979HD

    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested...

    Afternoon Off
  • 1942
    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    6.71942HD

    Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

    The Big Blockade
  • 1949
    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

    6.21949HD

    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...

    Boys in Brown
  • 1956
    Blonde Bait

    Blonde Bait

    Blonde Bait

    5.81956HD

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

    Blonde Bait
  • 1972
    The Villa Maroc

    The Villa Maroc

    The Villa Maroc

    01972HD

    A stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in Morocco, where things befall them.

    The Villa Maroc
  • 1952
    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    6.71952HD

    A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare,...

    Emergency Call
  • 1948
    The Blind Goddess

    The Blind Goddess

    The Blind Goddess

    5.81948HD

    Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael...

    The Blind Goddess
  • 1949
    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    6.71949HD

    Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul...

    Fools Rush In
  • 1992
    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

    6.31992HD

    Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

    Memento Mori
  • 2003
    Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

    02003HD

    Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron and Victoria Wood, pay tribute to Dame Thora Hird,...

    Thora Hird Tribute
  • 1986
    Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride

    Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride

    Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride

    01986HD

    In the second TV movie outing for Roy Clarke's beloved characters, Wesley and Edie's daughter Glenda is getting married to hapless Barry, and Clegg...

    Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
  • 1950
    Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

    7.11950HD

    Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections...

    Once a Sinner
  • 1954
    Don't Blame the Stork

    Don't Blame the Stork

    Don't Blame the Stork

    91954HD

    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...

    Don't Blame the Stork
  • 1998
    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    Talking Heads 2

    8.51998HD

    A series of monologues.

    Talking Heads 2
  • 1956
    Home and Away

    Home and Away

    Home and Away

    71956HD

    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...

    Home and Away
  • 1957
    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    71957HD

    The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

    The Good Companions