Thora Hird Movies

  • 1999
    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    71999HD

    Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her...

    Lost for Words
  • 1993
    Wide-Eyed and Legless

    Wide-Eyed and Legless

    Wide-Eyed and Legless

    61993HD

    Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty...

    Wide-Eyed and Legless
  • 1988
    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    51988HD

    Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...

    Talking Heads
  • 1990
    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    01990HD

    Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher who fools Robinson into...

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
  • 1978
    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    01978HD

    A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
  • 1954
    Don't Blame the Stork

    Don't Blame the Stork

    Don't Blame the Stork

    01954HD

    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
  • 1989
    The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

    01989HD

    An ill tailor is trying to finish a coat for a wealthy man. He is hindered by his cat and helped by some grateful mice.

    The Tailor of Gloucester
  • 1977
    The Mayor's Charity

    The Mayor's Charity

    The Mayor's Charity

    01977HD

    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
  • 1949
    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    01949HD

    Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he...

    The Cure for Love
  • 1967
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    01967HD

    BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.

    Romeo and Juliet
  • 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
  • 1999
    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    01999HD

    Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men...

    Julie and the Cadillacs
  • 1982
    Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

    01982HD

    When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be...

    Intensive Care
  • 1957
    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    01957HD

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

    The Good Companions
  • 1958
    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    01958HD

    George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.

    A Clean Sweep
  • 1971
    The Fox Trot

    The Fox Trot

    The Fox Trot

    01971HD

    The first in a series of new plays. Arthur and Gwen, a cosy middle-aged couple, remember with nostalgia the pre-Motorway Britain of their youth. When...

    The Fox Trot
  • 1970
    Emma and Grandpa

    Emma and Grandpa

    Emma and Grandpa

    01970HD

    Filmed in rural Sussex in 1982 and re-edited in 2008 with a new sound track, the charm of this period piece does not date. Each month there is a...

    Emma and Grandpa
  • 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
  • 1961
    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    01961HD

    A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

    Over the Odds
  • 1982
    Say Something Happened

    Say Something Happened

    Say Something Happened

    01982HD

    An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”, but ends up learning just as much about...

    Say Something Happened