Ian McKellen

biography:
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is regarded as a British cultural icon and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. He has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Emmy Awards.

McKellen made his stage debut in 1961 at the Belgrade Theatre as a member of its repertory company, and in 1965 made his first West End appearance. In 1969, he was invited to join the Prospect Theatre Company to play the lead parts in Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II. In the 1970s, McKellen became a stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has earned five Olivier Awards for his roles in Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984), and Richard III (1995). McKellen made his Broadway debut in The Promise (1965). He received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1980). He was further nominated for Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). He returned to Broadway in Wild Honey(1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013), and Waiting for Godot (2013), the latter two being a joint production with Patrick Stewart.

McKellen achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III (1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies. Other notable film roles include A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Restoration (1995), Flushed Away (2006), Mr. Holmes (2015), and The Good Liar (2019).

McKellen came out as gay in 1988, and has since championed LGBT social movements worldwide. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in October 2014. McKellen is a cofounder of Stonewall, an LGBT rights lobby group in the United Kingdom, named after the Stonewall riots. He is also patron of LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation and FFLAG.

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Français

biography:
Ian McKellen, né le 25 mai 1939 à Burnley (Lancashire), est un acteur britannique. Actif tant dans le théâtre classique et contemporain qu'au cinéma, il est également connu pour son militantisme en faveur des droits des personnes LGBT.

Malgré une carrière plutôt éclectique, il est surtout connu du grand public pour le rôle de Gandalf dans les trilogies Le Seigneur des anneaux et Le Hobbit de Peter Jackson, ainsi que pour celui de Magnéto dans les films X-men.

Il est chevalier commandeur dans l'ordre de l'Empire britannique et membre de l'ordre des compagnons d'honneur.

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Deutsch

biography:
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (* 25. Mai 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.  Als Theaterschauspieler in London und am Broadway wurde er mit sechs Laurence Olivier Awards und einem Tony Award ausgezeichnet. Als Filmdarsteller erlangte er ab den 2000er Jahren größere Bekanntheit, unter anderem in der Rolle des „Gandalf“ bei den Trilogien Der Herr der Ringe und Der Hobbit sowie als „Magneto“ in der X-Men-Reihe.

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Magyar

biography:
Cambridge-ben tanult irodalmat, itt kezdett el egyetemi előadásokban játszani, majd 1961-ben minden előképzettség nélkül professzionális társulathoz szerződött, sőt 1964-ben már Laurence Olivier meghívta a National Theatre Companybe. A hatvanas években II. Richárd, II. Edward (Marlowe darabjában) és Hamlet szerepét játszotta el. 1974-től a Royal Shakespeare Company tagja lett, itt Rómeó, Macbeth és Jágó szerepében lépett színpadra. 1980-ban a Broadway-n aratott nagy sikert Peter Schaffer Amadeus című darabjában, ahol Salierit játszotta. Az egész világon vendégszerepelt mint III. Richárd, majd a Shakespare-darab modern filmváltozatában is eljátszotta a szerepet.

1991-ben lovaggá ütötték művészi érdemeinek elismeréseképpen, mint nemzedékének egyik legsikeresebb színészét. Több mint negyven díjból álló gyűjteményéből semmi sem hiányzik: Oscar-díj, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Satellite Award, Tony Award, Emmy Award.

普通话

伊恩·麦克莱恩

biography:
伊恩·麦克莱恩出生在英国北部的米尔敦。其父是当地的一名土木工程师。二战爆发前，他们全家搬到了南兰开夏的维根。伊恩对戏剧的喜爱得益于父母的鼓励与支持。在他3岁的时候，父母就带他到曼彻斯特观看了名剧《彼得·潘》。他7岁那年的圣诞礼物是一个可以折叠的维多利亚风格的木制剧院模型。他的姐姐还经常带他去维根的小剧院观看业余演员表演的莎翁剧《第十二夜》、《麦克白》等。

中学时代，伊恩积极参加学校的业余表演。他就读的伯尔顿学校每年春天都要上演一些经典剧目，伊恩经常参加演出。每年夏天，他都要随学校的夏令营到离皇家莎士比亚剧院半小时船程的蒂丁顿去，晚上就到莎士比亚剧院观看劳伦斯·奥立佛、费雯·丽和保罗·罗宾逊等人的表演。丰富的演出经验使他中学毕业后理所当然地获得了一份奖学金，到圣凯瑟琳学院学习英文。但两年之后，他的奖学金就被撤消了，因为他要参加21个剧目的演出，无暇顾及学业。此时，他已开始受到新闻界的注意。

1961年，他取得了文学士学位。但此刻他已离不开舞台和银幕了。30多年以来，无论是在舞台上还是银屏上，他出演的莎翁作品总是精妙绝伦。除此之外，他在现代作品中表现出的多才多艺为他赢得了英国，欧洲和美国的30 多个奖项。他除了活跃在世界各地的戏剧舞台，在电影、电视和广播业均有上乘表现。在同时代的英国演员中可谓头号“大腕”。

伊恩·麦克莱恩1971年被选为英国演员公会委员。1979 年被授予“不列颠帝国指挥官”荣誉称号，之后又在1990 年受封大英帝国爵士。1996年因《理查德德三世》获第9届欧洲电影奖上最佳男演员奖，1999年因《诸神与野兽》获第71届奥斯卡奖最佳男主角提名，2002年因《指环王》获第74届奥斯卡奖最佳男配角提名。

Pусский

Иэн МакКеллен

biography:
💥Иэн Мюррей МакКеллен. Родился в 1939-ом году в Бёрнли, Великобритания. Рос в семье со старшей сестрой. Отец работал инженером-строителем, а мать была домохозяйкой. Учился в колледже Святой Екатерины Кембриджского университета. Работает актёром. Иэн открытый гей, но личную жизнь предпочитает держать в тайне

🏆Главные награды🏆: BAFTA (1999) [Боги и монстры], Золотой глобус (1999) [Боги и монстры], Тони (1984) [Дикий мёд]

🎬Главные проекты🎬: «Властелин колец: Братство кольца» (2001), «Хороший лжец» (2019), «Мистер Холмс» (2015), «Люди Икс» (2000), «Хоббит: Нежданное путешествие» (2012), «Боги и монстры» (1998)

⭐Интересный факт⭐: Иэн является одним из самых уважаемых шекспировских актёров современности и способен одинаково мощно работать как в масштабных блокбастерах, так и в камерных театральных постановках

ελληνικά

Ίαν ΜακΚέλεν

biography: Ο Σερ Ίαν Μάρεϊ ΜακΚέλεν είναι Βρετανός ηθοποιός. Έχει κερδίσει πολλαπλά Βραβεία Λόρενς Ολίβιε, ένα Τόνυ, προτάθηκε για δύο Όσκαρ και για πέντε Έμμυ. Η δουλειά του έχει κυμανθεί από Σαιξπηρικό και μοντέρνο θέατρο μέχρι δημοφιλείς ταινίες φαντασίας και επιστημονικής φαντασίας.

Español

biography:
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (25 de mayo de 1939) es un actor británico de cine y teatro. Es ganador de seis premios Laurence Olivier, un Globo de Oro, un Tony, un premio del Sindicato de Actores, un BIF, y dos premios de la Crítica Cinematográfica; y candidato al Óscar, al BAFTA y al Emmy. Su labor interpretativa ha abarcado desde Shakespeare y el teatro popular contemporáneo hasta la fantasía y la ciencia ficción. La BBC declaró que «sus interpretaciones le han asegurado un nicho en el canon del teatro inglés y dentro del gremio cinematográfico». Es uno de los actores teatrales más notables del Reino Unido y es considerado comúnmente como un icono de la cultura británica.

Comenzó su carrera profesional en 1961 como parte del selecto elenco del Belgrade Theatre. En 1969, fue invitado a formar parte de la compañía de teatro del Prospect Theatre y encabezó el elenco de las obras Ricardo II de Shakespeare y Eduardo II de Marlowe, consagrándose firmemente como uno de los actores clásicos más importantes del país. Durante los setenta, McKellen fue miembro de la Compañía de teatro de Shakespeare y de la Compañía nacional de teatro. Logró el reconocimiento internacional por sus destacados papeles como Gandalf en la trilogía de El Señor de los Anillo y El hobbit; y como Magneto en la saga X-Men, cintas que también lo hicieron conocido para las audiencias más jóvenes.

En 1979 fue condecorado con la Orden del Imperio Británico, fue nombrado Caballero por la reina Isabel II en 1991 por su servicio en las artes interpretativas y fue hecho Compañero de honor de la reina por sus servicios en las artes dramáticas y a la igualdad en 2008. McKellen es abiertamente gay desde 1988 y un conocido activista en favor de los derechos de los homosexuales, a la vez que el cofundador de Albert Kennedy trust (organización), una de las organizaciones de derechos LGBT más influyentes del Reino Unido, de la cual sigue siendo un portavoz destacado.

Português

biography: Ian Murray McKellen, (Burnley, Lancashire, 25 de maio de 1939) é um ator britânico. Tornou-se especialmente conhecido pelo grande público após atuar como Gandalf nas franquias O Senhor dos Anéis e O Hobbit e como o vilão Magneto em X-men. O ator foi eleito o homossexual mais influente do Reino Unido em pesquisa publicada pelo jornal The Independent. A lista marcava o final do Europride, um festival anual do orgulho gay que, neste ano, reuniu 40 mil pessoas em duas semanas de eventos. McKellen assumiu sua homossexualidade no final da década de 1980, e é co-fundador do grupo de Stonewall.

Český

biography: Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (narozen 25. května 1939) je anglický herec. Je držitelem šesti cen Laurence Oliviera, ceny Tony, Zlatého glóbu, ceny Screen Actors Guild, ceny BIF, dvou cen Saturn, čtyř cen Drama Desk a dvou cen Critics' Choice. Získal také dvě nominace na Oscara, osm nominací na filmovou a televizní cenu BAFTA a pět nominací na cenu Emmy. McKellenova tvorba zahrnuje žánry od shakespearovského a moderního divadla až po populární fantasy a sci-fi. Mezi jeho významné filmové role patří Gandalf v trilogiích Pán prstenů a Hobit a Magneto ve filmech X-Men.

Polski

biography:
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (ur. 25 maja 1939) jest angielskim aktorem. Z karierą trwającą ponad sześćdziesiąt lat, znany jest ze swoich ról na ekranie i scenie w gatunkach od dramatów szekspirowskich i współczesnego teatru po popularną fantastykę i science fiction. Jest uważany za brytyjską ikonę kultury i został pasowany na rycerza przez królową Elżbietę II w 1991 roku. Otrzymał wiele wyróżnień, w tym nagrodę Tony, sześć nagród Olivier i Złoty Glob, a także nominacje do dwóch Oscarów, pięciu nagród BAFTA i pięciu nagród Emmy.

McKellen zadebiutował na scenie w 1961 roku w Belgrade Theatre jako członek jego zespołu repertuarowego, a w 1965 roku po raz pierwszy pojawił się na West Endzie. W 1969 roku został zaproszony do Prospect Theatre Company, aby zagrać główne role w Richard II Szekspira i Edwardzie II Marlowe'a. W latach 70. McKellen stał się filarem Royal Shakespeare Company i National Theatre of Great Britain. Zdobył pięć nagród Olivier Awards za role w Pillars of the Community (1977), The Alchemist (1978), Bent (1979), Wild Honey (1984) i Richard III (1995). McKellen zadebiutował na Broadwayu w The Promise (1965). Następnie otrzymał nagrodę Tony Award dla najlepszego aktora w sztuce za rolę Antonia Salieriego w Amadeus (1980). Został dodatkowo nominowany za Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984). Powrócił na Broadway w Wild Honey (1986), Dance of Death (1990), No Man's Land (2013) i Waiting for Godot (2013), przy czym te dwa ostatnie były wspólną produkcją z Patrickiem Stewartem.

McKellen zyskał światową sławę dzięki rolom filmowym, w tym tytułowemu Królowi w Ryszardzie III (1995), Jamesowi Whale'owi w Bogowie i potwory (1998), Magneto w filmach X-Men, Trybikowi w Pięknej i Bestii (2017) i Gandalfowi w trylogiach Władca Pierścieni (2001–2003) i Hobbit (2012–2014). Inne godne uwagi role filmowe to A Touch of Love (1969), Plenty (1985), Szósty stopień oddalenia (1993), Czas przemian(1995), Pan Holmes (2015) i Kłamstwo doskonałe (2019).

McKellen ujawnił się jako gej w 1988 roku i od tego czasu wspiera ruchy społeczne LGBT na całym świecie. W październiku 2014 r. przyznano mu tytuł Freedom of the City of London. McKellen jest współzałożycielem Stonewall, grupy lobbingowej na rzecz praw LGBT w Wielkiej Brytanii, nazwanej na cześć zamieszek w Stonewall. Jest również patronem LGBT History Month, Pride London, Oxford Pride, GayGlos, LGBT Foundation i FFLAG.

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العربية

إيان ماكلين

biography:
السير إيان موراي ماكلين (وُلد في 25 مايو 1939) هو ممثل إنجليزي. قدّم أدوارًا على الشاشة والمسرح في أنواع متنوعة من الدراما الشكسبيرية والمسرح الحديث إلى الفانتازيا والخيال العلمي. يُعتبر من الرموز الثقافية البريطانية، وقد حصل على وسام الفروسية من الملكة إليزابيث الثانية عام 1991. نال العديد من الجوائز، منها جائزة توني، ست جوائز أوليفييه، وجائزة غولدن غلوب، كما تم ترشيحه لجائزتي أوسكار، وخمس جوائز بافتا، وخمس جوائز إيمي.

بدأ ماكلين مسيرته المسرحية عام 1961 في مسرح بلفراد كعضو في فرقة التمثيل، وظهر لأول مرة في ويست إند عام 1965. في عام 1969، انضم إلى فرقة "بروسبيكت" المسرحية للعب الأدوار الرئيسية في "ريتشارد الثاني" لشكسبير و"إدوارد الثاني" لمارلو. خلال السبعينيات، أصبح من أعمدة المسرح الملكي الشكسبيري والمسرح الوطني البريطاني. فاز بخمس جوائز أوليفييه عن أدواره في Pillars of the Community (1977)، The Alchemist (1978)، Bent (1979)، Wild Honey (1984)، وRichard III (1995). شارك لأول مرة في برودواي عبر مسرحية The Promise (1965)، وحصل على جائزة توني لأفضل ممثل عن دوره في Amadeus (1980). كما رُشّح مجددًا عن عرضه Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1984)، وعاد إلى برودواي في Wild Honey (1986)، وDance of Death (1990)، وNo Man’s Land وWaiting for Godot في 2013، بالتعاون مع باتريك ستيوارت.

نال ماكلين شهرة عالمية من أدواره السينمائية، مثل الملك ريتشارد الثالث في فيلم Richard III (1995)، وجيمس وايل في Gods and Monsters (1998)، و"ماجنيتو" في سلسلة أفلام X-Men، و"كوجسوورث" في Beauty and the Beast (2017)، و"غاندالف" في ثلاثيتي The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) وThe Hobbit (2012–2014). من أدواره السينمائية البارزة أيضًا: A Touch of Love (1969)، Plenty (1985)، Six Degrees of Separation (1993)، Restoration (1995)، Mr. Holmes (2015)، وThe Good Liar (2019).

普通话

伊恩·麥基倫

biography:
伊恩·麥基倫出生在英國北部的米爾敦。其父是當地的一名土木工程師。二戰爆發前，他們全家搬到了南蘭開夏的維根。伊恩對戲劇的喜愛得益於父母的鼓勵與支持。在他 3 歲的時候，父母就帶他到曼徹斯特觀看了名劇《彼得·潘》。他 7 歲那年的聖誕禮物是一個可以摺疊的維多利亞風格的木製劇院模型。他的姐姐還經常帶他去維根的小劇院觀看業餘演員表演的莎翁劇《第十二夜》、《馬克白》等。

中學時代，伊恩積極參加學校的業餘表演。他就讀的伯爾頓學校每年春天都要上演一些經典劇目，伊恩經常參加演出。每年夏天，他都要隨學校的夏令營到離皇家莎士比亞劇院半小時船程的蒂丁頓去，晚上就到莎士比亞劇院觀看勞倫斯·奧立佛、費雯·麗和保羅·羅賓遜等人的表演。豐富的演出經驗使他中學畢業後理所當然地獲得了一份獎學金，到聖凱瑟琳學院學習英文。但兩年之後，他的獎學金就被撤消了，因為他要參加 21 個劇目的演出，無暇顧及學業。此時，他已開始受到新聞界的注意。

1961 年，他取得了文學士學位。但此刻他已離不開舞台和銀幕了。30 多年以來，無論是在舞台上還是銀屏上，他出演的莎翁作品總是精妙絕倫。除此之外，他在現代作品中表現出的多才多藝為他贏得了英國，歐洲和美國的 30 多個獎項。他除了活躍在世界各地的戲劇舞台，在電影、電視和廣播業均有上乘表現。在同時代的英國演員中可謂頭號“大人物”。

伊恩·麥基倫 1971 年被選為英國演員公會委員。1979 年被授豫“不列顛帝國指揮官”榮譽稱號，之後又在 1990 年受封大英帝國爵士。1996 年因《理查德德三世》獲第 9 屆歐洲電影獎上最佳男演員獎，1999 年因《魂斷夢工場》獲第 71 屆奧斯卡獎最佳男主角提名，2002 年因《魔戒》獲第 74 屆奧斯卡獎最佳男配角提名。

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Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen
Ian McKellern

title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

overview: Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

original_title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

title: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

overview: Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

title: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

overview: As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.

original_title: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

title: The Da Vinci Code

overview: A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

title: Gods and Monsters

overview: It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.

title: The Golden Compass

overview: In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

title: Stardust

overview: In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

title: Swept from the Sea

overview: The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.

title: Jack & Sarah

overview: Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. However, when Sarah goes into labour, he takes a tumble down the stairs and lands on his head. When he comes around he discovers he is the proud father of a baby girl, but deficient in the spouse department to the tune of 1.

title: And the Band Played On

overview: The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

title: Six Degrees of Separation

overview: The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.

title: Neverwas

overview: Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.

title: Richard III

overview: Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.

title: Flushed Away

overview: London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.

title: Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

overview: One-man stage performance by English stage and screen actor Sir Ian McKellen. McKellen reprises roles over his career in the theatre (such as the works of William Shakespeare) and on film (such as Gandalf in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings film series), while discussing anecdotes throughout his life and career.

original_title: Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

title: The Scarlet Pimpernel

overview: During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin

title: Doogal

overview: An adorable candy-loving mutt goes on a mission to save the world.

title: Asylum

overview: A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

title: The Shadow

overview: Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.

title: Scandal

overview: An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.

title: Cold Comfort Farm

overview: In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

title: Apt Pupil

overview: One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

title: Last Action Hero

overview: After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

title: The Keep

overview: Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.

title: Macbeth

overview: Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson.  The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background  changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

title: Plenty

overview: David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

title: Hamlet Within

overview: A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare's creature; his origins and his unending influence on many diverse cultures.

title: Emile

overview: In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.

title: X-Men

overview: Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

title: X2

overview: Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

title: X-Men: The Last Stand

overview: When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men led by Professor Charles Xavier, and Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants.

title: The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

overview: An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarming agenda.

original_title: The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

title: An Evening with Lily Savage

overview: Enjoy the outrageous and flamboyant First Lady of British Comedy, Lily Savage, as she performs her incredibly hysterical live show before a star-studded audience.

title: King Lear

overview: An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

title: The Magic Roundabout

overview: A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee's evil twin). As the world is placed in mortal danger Zeebad who wants to turn the world to ice. Doogal and his friends must recover 3 diamonds that are needed to stop him.

title: Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

overview: A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

title: Rasputin

overview: Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

overview: Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

title: Priest of Love

overview: Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

title: Gladio

overview: In three programmes shown over consecutive weeks in BBC2's Timewatch strand, Allan Francovich interviewed key Gladio players such as Propaganda Due head, Licio Gelli, Italian neofascist and terrorist Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Venetian judge Felice Casson, Italian Gladio commander General Gerardo Serravale, Belgian Senator Roger Lallemand, Belgian gendarme Martial Lekue and former CIA director William Colby. Also included was "hoaxer" Oswald LeWinter.

title: Bent

overview: Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.

title: The Ballad of Little Jo

overview: After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.

title: Alfred the Great

overview: While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English Christians to fight for their country. Alfred soundly defeats the Danes and becomes a hero. But now, although Alfred still longs for the priesthood, he is torn between his passion for God and his lust for blood.

title: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

overview: The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

title: Walter

overview: A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him.  A sequel to this film, titled "Walter and June", was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title "Loving Walter".

title: Richard II

title: Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

overview: A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.

original_title: Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

title: Saint of 9/11

overview: Saint of 9/11 presents the turbulent, restless, spiritual and remarkable journey of Father Mychal Judge. Compassionate champion of the needy and forgotten, a beloved Fire Department Chaplain, rousing Irish-American balladeer and iconoclast, Father wrestled with his own private demons while touching others in powerful and miraculous ways. Mychal Judge knew the pain of loss and suffering. He struggled with alcoholism and was an outspoken AA advocate. Father Judge was a gay man who loved his priestly work. Saint of 9/11 portrays Mychal's life as a spiritual adventure and an honest embrace of life, where alcoholism and sexuality were acknowledged. Saint of 9/11 is the story of a life's journey interrupted. Inspired by his life, the documentary embraces Mychal's full humanity.

title: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

overview: Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

original_title: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

title: Schadenfreude

overview: Jeremy O'Reilly, the self-important presenter of a TV news show, returns to a clueless East End community where a prank leads to the murder of a beautiful local actress and a savage Press that demands to know, "Who killed Paige Boston?"

title: X-Men: Days of Future Past

overview: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

title: London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony

overview: The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic games.

original_title: London 2012: Paralympics Opening Ceremony

title: A Touch of Love

overview: Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best friend, Lydia, Rosamund chooses to keep the baby and adjusts her life to include both her studies and her pregnancy. However, when the baby is born, an unforeseen complication threatens the self-sufficient life Rosamund plans for herself.

title: Theatreland

overview: 8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Ronald Pickup and Simon Callow. Also covers the early stages of Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Anna Friel and Joseph Cross.

title: To Die For

overview: Simon and Mark live together in London. When Mark dies of AIDS, Simon gets on with his life rather quickly, too quickly to suit the ghost of Mark, who reappears to disrupt Simon's cruising and then moves back into their flat to prompt Simon to experience and express feelings. Simon is adamant that feelings, especially love, are not for him. Subplots develop as Mark and Simon observe their neighbor Siobhan's love life and as Simon spends his days as a satellite-TV installer partnered with Dogger, a homophobe ignorant that Simon is gay. Is there any key that can unlock Simon's feelings and allow Mark to rest in peace?

title: Surviving Friendly Fire

overview: In the early 90's seventy youth from a Hollywood homeless shelter started a theatre project encouraging them to tell their stories.. The youth ran the gamut of racial, cultural and sexual identities. Only ten completed the project and became performers. This film documents the process. The resulting play, Friendly Fire, was performed at the prestigious Los Angeles Festival before going on to tour high schools throughout the city.

title: Walter and June

overview: Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".

title: Muse of Fire

overview: This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s work for everyone: from actors, directors and students of all disciplines, right through to the "man on the street".  Think Shakespeare is boring? Think again!

title: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

overview: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977. The play criticizes the Soviet practice of treating political dissidence as a form of mental illness. Its title derives from the popular mnemonic used by music students to remember the notes on the lines of the treble clef.  The filming was undertaken at a live performance at Wembley Conference Centre in April 1978, conducted by Previn.

title: A Bit Of Scarlet

overview: A Bit of Scarlet excavates clips from Britain's cinema archives to create a moving and humorous testament to the closeted gay and lesbian images from filmmaking's earliest days.

title: Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

overview: A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.

title: The Critic

overview: Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

title: Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

overview: A portrait of the 30 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. With comments by their friends and family.

title: Miss in Her Teens

overview: An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in order to find true love.

title: Othello

overview: Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out of balance when secretly jealous, scheming confidante Iago begins an insidious campaign of lies and treachery.

title: Zina

overview: Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in Prinkipo having been driven from power by Stalin. The Nazis rise to power in Germany and Austria and Zina commits suicide.

title: For the Love of God

overview: 'For the Love of God' is the wickedly irreverent tale of Graham (Coogan); an over-grown man-child still living at home under the suffocating glare of his elderly Mother, in her dusty and forgotten Christian bookshop.  Graham has a terrible secret - an unholy fantasy - which only he and his Mother's pet Jackdaw (McKellen) know about.  Spurred on by the sinister bird and the possibility of consummating his perverse desire, will Graham do the deed before his Mother uncovers the awful truth?

title: The One Note Man

overview: A musical man lives a careful life. Each day is like the next, just how he likes it. One day, however, misfortune and fate collide, breaking his routine and rocking his world forever.

title: All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

overview: An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day featuring archive interviews with movie directors including Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh and more.

original_title: All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

title: Hamlet

overview: A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller! Transcending the confines of the stage, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre Royal Windsor to transform it into the immortal Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlement.

title: Mr. Holmes

overview: In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.

title: Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?

overview: Profile of the life, work and ethos behind one of Britain's most controversial and prolific human rights campaigner: gay UK activist Peter Tatchell.

original_title: Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?

title: Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

overview: An affectionate portrait of San Francisco, and of the man whose Tales of the City have inspired thousands to go there. Maupin relates a life story more bizarre than his fictional characters(including a meeting with Nixon), while local eccentrics and ex-colleagues dish and praise lavishly.

title: Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

overview: Finished a quarter century after the earth-shaking protests that forever altered the public perception of LGBTQ people in America, Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest, produced by the gay news program “In the Life,” took the measure of what’s changed for the Queer community since 1969—and what hasn’t. Captures a million-strong anniversary march in NYC, fanfare around Gay Games IV, a visit to the historic Stonewall Inn, and testimony from prominent gay and lesbian figures and allies, including Sir Ian McKellen, Harvey Fierstein, and Joan Rivers.

original_title: Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

title: I'll Do Anything

overview: Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.

title: The Wolverine

overview: Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

title: The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

overview: With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?

title: Animal Crackers

overview: A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

title: Hamlet

overview: Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

title: The Hobart Shakespeareans

overview: Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at a school in a dangerous, poor, drug-infested 100% Latino/Asian neighborhood in Los Angeles.

title: Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

overview: Anthony Hopkins has confirmed that his wife is working on a documentary about his life.

title: Quintessentially British

overview: This unique and cheeky documentary explores Britain and what makes our country great from our traditions to our self-deprecating sense of humour.

title: Nelson Mandela Redrawn

overview: This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from storytellers from every corner of the globe, we gain a unique insight into why Mandela was so loved and revered. Mandela's unique way of handling the challenges of life range from his relationship with the British Royals and the attempted suicide of a South African rugby hero, to epic political strategies that clinched a World Cup, and single-handedly averted civil war. Beyond the media hype was the political genius who could manipulate the press, inspire awe in celebrities, politicians and superstars alike and managed to shape a country from inside a prison cell. For the first time, his genius as a political strategist is laid bare and we discover the seminal moments that transformed a man into a hero.

title: Looking for Lowry

overview: Looking for Lowry is an entertaining documentary film about the life and work of the much loved British artist L.S. Lowry (1887 – 1976). This contemporary new film illuminates Lowry’s extraordinary vision for the first time in high definition, as we meet those who knew him and those who have been inspired in our post-industrial age by his unique observations of our country and his powerful artistic legacy.  Manchester-born rock star Noel Gallagher describes how Lowry’s life chimes with his own: “…for me it’s like when did you first hear the Beatles? Lowry has always been there… I guess all the people Lowry ever met are there in his paintings…”

title: Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

overview: The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentative steps on the road to success. Long before they were knighted for their services to drama, we see early appearances from Michael Caine in a rare Shakespearean role, Ben Kingsley, Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon. Featuring unique behind-the-scenes footage alongside a wealth of classic British productions like War and Peace, the Mayor of Casterbridge and the Singing Detective, it reveals many career-defining moments from the first generation of acting talent to fully embrace television drama.

title: The Life and Death of Lily Savage

overview: Intimate documentary exploring how Paul O'Grady's creation, Lily Savage, took mainstream TV by storm. Unravel the real story of Lily with insights from Paul's daughter and famous pals.

title: The Dresser

overview: One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.

title: Doctor Who: The Snowmen

overview: The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess named Clara has stumbled upon a plot which only the Doctor can unravel, involving the death of her predecessor in ice and the sinister Dr. Simeon, who controls monsters made of sentient snow. And there is another mystery afoot: Clara is the spitting image of Oswin Oswald, whom the Doctor saw die in the Dalek asylum...

title: Beauty and the Beast

overview: A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

title: Edward II

overview: England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power...

title: The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

overview: Produced over four years with full access from Ken’s widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth look into Doddy’s private world, exploring the many secrets of his comic talent, revealing never-before-seen home-videos, stage performances and extracts from some of the thousands of Ken’s diary notebooks which he’d asked his wife to burn after his death. Wrestling with her conscience for quite some time, Lady Dodd, finally agrees with entertainment historians, museum curators and many of Ken’s admirers like Stephen K Amos, Harry Hill, Shaparak Khorsandi, Lee Mack, Paul O’Grady, Johnny Vegas, and Sir Ian McKellen to preserve Doddy’s notebooks for posterity. These stars explore their passion and memories of Ken in this candid, insightful film which takes you backstage behind the red curtain to reveal a far more intriguing man than the public or even his wife ever realised.

title: Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

overview: From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

title: The Promise

overview: Set in Leningrad. Follows the lives of three young Russians from the terror of the German siege of Leningrad through the uncertainty of the postwar years to the space age.

title: A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

overview: A documentary about the making of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.

original_title: A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

title: Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

overview: Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.

original_title: Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

title: Restoration

overview: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.

title: Hedda Gabler

title: Dragfox

overview: Sam's search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.

title: The Roof

overview: A brief comedy about a visit from a legendary theatre maker and his legion of fans.

title: Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

overview: A four part documentary on the making of the first X-Men film, from pre-production, to principal photography, to post-production, and reflections on the film before production commenced on the sequel.

title: The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

overview: Documentary on the making of 'X2: X-Men United'.

original_title: The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

title: The Art of Breaking Character

overview: The cast of Extras talking about corpsing on set.

title: Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

overview: This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.

title: National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

overview: One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby.  As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

title: X-Men: Premieres Around the World

overview: We find notes from Singer, Stan Lee, Stewart, McKellen, Berry, Mane, Davison, Romijn-Stamos, Paquin, Jackman, Janssen, and Marsden.

title: Quest for the Ring

title: Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

overview: The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.

original_title: Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

title: A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

overview: When his father dies unexpectedly, a young man seeking to cope with his grief goes on a powerful emotional journey through time and space.

title: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

overview: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to reclaim their lives.

title: The Good Liar

overview: Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been another simple swindle takes on the ultimate stakes.

title: The Betty Driver Story

title: The Paul O'Grady Story

overview: A razor-witted entertainer who found fame as two people - first his drag queen alter ego, Lily Savage, and then as himself. This documentary film charts the unique career of a working class Merseysider whose life away from the spotlight has often been far more dramatic than the consistently successful career he has enjoyed on stage and screen.

title: McKellen: Playing the Part

overview: Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part is a unique journey through the key landmarks of McKellen's life, from early childhood into a demanding career that placed him in the public eye for the best part of his lifetime. Using an abundance of photography from McKellen's private albums and cinematically reconstructed scenes, a raw talent shines through in the intensity, variety and devotion to that moment in the light.

title: Cats

overview: A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

title: National Theatre Live: King Lear

overview: Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them.  Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

title: Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

overview: The documentary looks at the rise to celebrity status of NZ actor and musician Bret McKenzie, who appeared for 3 seconds as an extra in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", during the Council of Elrond scene. His brief appearance sparked a huge internet fan-base dedicated to his "brooding pout" and "elvish good looks". McKenzie has been dubbed "FIGWIT", an acronym of "Frodo is Great; Who is That!!?"

title: All Is True

overview: London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.

title: David Macaulay: Roman City

overview: The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul.  A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.

title: The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

overview: Making of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

original_title: The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

title: Edmund the Magnificent

overview: When news breaks that the county pig fete's being revived, the once-legendary Farmer decides to make one final roll of the dice - and invest his life savings in a thoroughbred piglet with which to breed new life back into his now dilapidated farm. But when he puts young Edmund out to breed and the lad abstains, the Farmer's forced on a journey that will challenge everything he thought he knew about pigs, love and the true value of life.

title: How a Kite Flies

overview: Sir Ian McKellen voices an alcoholic kite. A down-and-out who prefers to hang around his dingy local strip joint rather than get out into the blue sky. But when memories of happier times come back to haunt him, he decides to take action and try one last flight.

title: Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

overview: A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting experience from WWI, and closing with a look at the Finnish inspiration for the scholar's self-invented languages of Elfish. In between are interviews with the cast of the films and some clips, by far the most from "The Fellowship of the Ring", but a few glimpses of Rohan riders (from "The Two Towers") are provided. Also, there are interviews with a range of the filmmakers.

original_title: Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

title: The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale

overview: Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle of the making of the 1998 Academy Award-winning film GODS AND MONSTERS starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. Narrated by author/ filmmaker Clive Barker, the documentary interweaves the life and career of James Whale, director of the original FRANKENSTEIN, with the making of the acclaimed biopic. Interviewees include writer/director Bill Condon (Oscar winner for best adapted screenplay), Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, and Christopher Bram, author of the novel FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN, on which the film was based.

original_title: The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale

title: The Egg Trick

overview: Do you know the joke about the broken egg?

title: Hating Peter Tatchell

overview: The powerful and inspiring true story of the controversial human rights campaigner whose provocative acts of civil diso bedience rocked the British establishment, revolutionised attitudes to homosexuality and exposed world tyrants. As social attitudes change and history vindicates Peter's stance on gay rights, his David versus Goliath battles gradually win him status as a national treasure. The film follows Peter as he embarks on his riskiest crusade yet by seeking to disrupt the FIFA World Cup in Moscow to draw attention to the persecution of LGBT+ people in Russia and Chechnya.

title: Eighteen

overview: Pip, a street kid just turning 18, receives his grandfather's World War II-era memoirs and discovers parallels to his own life.

title: Small-Time Revolutionary

overview: England, 1988. Thatcher, New Order, Section 28, The Kants. Russell finds himself caught between two opposing worlds and needs to decide whether to keep up the appearances or stand up for who he is.

title: Ringers: Lord of the Fans

overview: 'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over the past 50 years.

title: The Tragedy of King Richard II

overview: The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The actions and repercussions of a proud King, whose vanity and selfishness lead to his downfall.

title: Countdown to War

overview: Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.

title: The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

overview: A nice exploration of the samurai-ninja aspect of the story, including its roots in the actual Marvel comic books. There are the requisite interviews with the principal cast and crew along with copious clips from the film as well as some behind the scenes footage (including a look at that supercool metallic bed that the elderly Yashida lies on in the lab in his fortress).

title: Play the Devil: Making Richard III

overview: Sir Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine talking about making the film.

title: Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen

overview: Acting legend Ian McKellen discusses his impressive range of Shakespearean performances. Since playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night at 12 years old, Ian McKellen has acted in more than half of Shakespeare’s canon on stages worldwide and screens large and small. In a one-man performance filmed at BFI Southbank McKellen offers his unique insights into the problems and joys of interpreting Shakespeare for the theatre, television, radio and cinema.

original_title: Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere with Ian McKellen

title: Shakespeare on Film

overview: Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in conversation about Richard III.

title: X-Men: The Mutant Watch

overview: While Senator Kelly addresses a senate committee about the supposed mutant menace, we learn about the making of the movie, X-Men (2000)

title: Infinitum: Subject Unknown

overview: Jane is the subject of a twisted science experiment where she is placed in a parallel world and is forced to find a way to either alter her reality or be stuck in a time-loop, destined to repeat the same test over and over again, with no memory of her doing it before. But with each 'reset' she starts to retain fragments of memory. With clues pointing to the mysterious Wytness Quantum Research Centre, she tries to find a way out.  (The film was shot entirely on an iPhone during the UK’s first lockdown.)

title: Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

overview: Sir Ian McKellen reads the poetry, Michael Wood traces the journey on the ground. Together they conjure up the extraordinary life, times and words of China’s greatest poet, Du Fu. In this film, the first to ever be made about Du Fu in the west, Michael follows his tracks by road, train and riverboat. Along the way, he meets ordinary people, dancers and musicians, who help to tell the amazing story of a poet whose words have resonated through the centuries, describing the experiences of ordinary people caught up in war, corruption, famine and natural disasters. "I am one of the privileged. If my life is so bitter, then how much worse is the life of the common people?"

title: On Broadway

overview: An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.

title: Scarfe's Follies

overview: Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe looks at that most English of things - the folly.

title: Camp Christmas

overview: Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.

title: The Christophers

overview: The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be "discovered" and sold after his death.

title: The Making of 'The Two Towers'

overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of 2002's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, personally selected by director Peter Jackson, this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the greatest adventure film franchise was born.

title: The Making of 'The Return of the King'

overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of  2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, personally selected by director Peter Jackson, this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the greatest adventure film franchise was born.

title: Süleyman the Magnificent

overview: Süleyman (or Süleiman) the Magnificent was the longest-reigning emperor of the Ottoman empire. Known for his military campaigns spanning three continents, as well as his religious tolerance and masterful diplomacy, he was also a poet, goldsmith, and dedicated patron of the arts. His rule brought a golden age of artistic and literary production to the Ottoman empire, exemplified by richly patterned textiles, pottery, calligraphy, and several monumental buildings by the architect Sinan. Shot on location in Istanbul, Edirne, and the Turkish countryside.

title: Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

overview: This documentary reveals the surprising and overlooked history of Pride: its origins, its struggles and its triumphs.  Made in creative and editorial collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Daldry and playwright Joe Robertson, it tells the story of Pride primarily through first-person testimony and archive footage.

title: Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

overview: A star-studded documentary revealing the private man behind one of Britain’s greatest comic geniuses, using home movies and extracts from notebooks that he wanted to be burnt after his death.

title: Avengers: Doomsday

overview: Beloved heroes from three distinct universes are set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they've ever encountered.

title: Dragged Through Time

overview: Touching on major moments for the LGBTQ community throughout history.

title: After Stonewall

overview: This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.

title: No Man's Land

overview: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in this glorious revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic.  One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversations turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

title: Dying Day

overview: A lonely man with punctilious habits listens to a tape cassette of ambient barroom sounds, which include the hushed tones of two men plotting to kill him; but when a policeman listens, all the sounds are there except those of the two men. Later, Skipling receives an unwanted visit from a doctor and a welcome visit from his "befriender

title: A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

overview: Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.

original_title: A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

title: Guerrilla Distribution

overview: Back in 2005 two filmmakers tried to defeat their nemesis by making a film about a giant monkey on the cheap and, with the help of a look-a-like, sell it before the New Zealander could. These two con men are not only dangerous, but are notorious for their association with such figures as Ian McKellen (Lord Of The Rings, X-Men) and Brian Sibley (Author of “Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey”).  This comedy follows the exploits of these two thieves and reveals the dark past and sinister secrets shared by them all.

title: The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

overview: Set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, Strider and Gandalf search for the corrupted Hobbit Gollum to learn more information about Bilbo Baggins' ring.

original_title: The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

title: Graceless Go I

overview: Film "Graceless Go I" based of the 1969 novel of the same name by Anthony Storey. A young and crass Yorkshire footballer and teacher embroils himself in a messy tussle with a drug-and-drink-addicted psychologist and his alluring missus. Explores the psychological turmoil of the three deeply troubled and unhinged characters.

title: My First Time

overview: Six young Brits recount their first gay sexual experiences as hot, athletic models recreate those treasured memories! Narrated by Sir Ian McKellen, this video is a fond look back - as well as an informative guide to safe sex issues for young men going forward! This uninhibited and stimulating documentary on the first blush of love and lust will make you smile, reminisce and may even teach you something!

title: Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol

overview: Ebenezer Scrooge embarks on a supernatural journey to face his past, present and future and fight for a second chance at happiness.

title: Frank and Percy

overview: During their dog walks on Hampstead Heath, two older gentlemen find their conversations about everyday aches and weather growing into an unexpected connection.

title: Age of Dissent

overview: Age of Dissent captures the yearlong battle to change British legislation about the gay age of consent. It includes a visit to Russia, where homosexuality was recently legalized.

title: Craven Arms

overview: David Masterman is an artist and a teacher who has the pleasure of teaching an art class to a group of lovely young women. Three in particular are of interest to him.

title: LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes

overview: The story of the 'matchstick man' painter, one of Britain’s most beloved artists, revealed as never before through intimate and previously unheard hidden recordings. Recorded by a young fan, Angela Barratt, in 1972, the tapes uncover much about Lowry's life story and the changing north he captured in his iconic paintings. The voices in this film are real, lip-synced by actors Ian McKellen and Annabel Smith.

title: A Simple Matter of Justice

overview: A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Washington. Sections on civil rights, AIDS and health care, the military and families are woven together from coverage of the music, comedy, speeches and marchers. Performers include Melissa Etheridge, RuPaul, BETTY, Holly Near and The Flirtations. Martina Navratilova, Sir Ian McKellan, Rev. Ben Chavis and Eartha Kitt are just a few of the speakers. Events include The Wedding, The Dyke March, ACT UP Hands Around the Capitol and a reunion of African-American veterans. A must-see for LGBTQ History.

title: The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

overview: Recounting of the long process of adapting the text of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring for film, a project that had begun in 1997. This involved countless adjustments of scenes, about a hundred screenplay revisions, and constant reordering of key moments from the story to fit the brevity of a film.

original_title: The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

title: The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design

overview: This documentary introduces Wētā Workshop (and its design crew of sculptors and set-designers), renowned artists Alan Lee and John Howe who were brought on to join them in conceptual design, and costume designer Ngila Dickson. Topics covered include the design of Middle-earth cultures portrayed in the film, the making of props and settings for Hobbiton, Rivendell, the Orthanc interior, and Caras Galadhon, and the complexity of prosthetics.

original_title: The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design

title: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

overview: The nine cast members of the Fellowship, other actors, and director Jackson tell of one another, and of their initial meetings and bonding. They introduce the scale-double actors for the four hobbits (mainly Kiran Shah, Elijah Wood's double), who were essential in scenes that displayed the hobbits' height difference.

original_title: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

title: The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

overview: Documentary directed  about the scene rehearsals, set locations, and camera logistics in the production of the Peter Jackson's 2002 film The Fellowship of the Ring.

original_title: The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

title: The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

overview: Behind the scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

title: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..

overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

original_title: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..

title: Double Take: Xavier & Magneto

overview: This making-of piece focuses on the quartet playing these characters at different ages: Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender

title: X-Men: Reunited

overview: This making-of piece looks at the genesis of this project and how Singer wanted to reunite the original cast again.

title: Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

overview: A nine-part making-of documentary that has cast and crew look at story/character areas and the original comics, what Singer brings to the film, cast and performances, costumes, sets and production design, photography and shooting 3D, music, editing, and sound design, various effects, aspects of the "Rogue Cut", the film's reception and what to expect from the next movie.

original_title: Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

title: X-Men: Unguarded

overview: The film's all-star ensemble cast joins director Bryan Singer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg to share their favorite stories from the set.

title: Richard III

title: Richard III

title: The Isle

overview: 1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

title: Cats

title: The Critic

title: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

title: The Da Vinci Code

title: Gods and Monsters

title: The Golden Compass

title: Stardust

title: Swept from the Sea

title: Jack & Sarah

title: And the Band Played On

title: Six Degrees of Separation

title: Neverwas

title: Richard III

title: Flushed Away

title: The Scarlet Pimpernel

title: Doogal

title: Asylum

title: The Shadow

title: Scandal

title: Cold Comfort Farm

title: Apt Pupil

title: Last Action Hero

title: The Keep

title: Macbeth

title: Plenty

title: Hamlet Within

title: Emile

title: X-Men

title: X2

title: X-Men: The Last Stand

title: An Evening with Lily Savage

title: King Lear

title: The Magic Roundabout

title: Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

title: Rasputin

title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

title: Priest of Love

title: Gladio

title: Bent

title: The Ballad of Little Jo

title: Alfred the Great

title: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

title: Walter

title: Richard II

title: Saint of 9/11

title: Schadenfreude

title: X-Men: Days of Future Past

title: A Touch of Love

title: Theatreland

title: To Die For

title: Surviving Friendly Fire

title: Walter and June

title: Muse of Fire

title: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

title: A Bit Of Scarlet

title: Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

title: The Critic

title: Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

title: Miss in Her Teens

title: Othello

title: Zina

title: For the Love of God

title: The One Note Man

title: Hamlet

title: Mr. Holmes

title: Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

title: I'll Do Anything

title: The Wolverine

title: The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

title: Animal Crackers

title: Hamlet

title: The Hobart Shakespeareans

title: Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

title: Quintessentially British

title: Nelson Mandela Redrawn

title: Looking for Lowry

title: Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

title: The Life and Death of Lily Savage

title: The Dresser

title: Doctor Who: The Snowmen

title: Beauty and the Beast

title: Edward II

title: The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

title: Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

title: The Promise

title: Restoration

title: Hedda Gabler

title: Dragfox

title: The Roof

title: Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

title: The Art of Breaking Character

title: Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

title: National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

title: X-Men: Premieres Around the World

title: Quest for the Ring

title: A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

title: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

title: The Good Liar

title: The Betty Driver Story

title: The Paul O'Grady Story

title: McKellen: Playing the Part

title: Cats

title: National Theatre Live: King Lear

title: Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

title: All Is True

title: David Macaulay: Roman City

title: Edmund the Magnificent

title: How a Kite Flies

title: The Egg Trick

title: Hating Peter Tatchell

title: Eighteen

title: Small-Time Revolutionary

title: Ringers: Lord of the Fans

title: The Tragedy of King Richard II

title: Countdown to War

title: The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

title: Play the Devil: Making Richard III

title: Shakespeare on Film

title: X-Men: The Mutant Watch

title: Infinitum: Subject Unknown

title: Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

title: On Broadway

title: Scarfe's Follies

title: Camp Christmas

title: The Christophers

title: The Making of 'The Two Towers'

title: The Making of 'The Return of the King'

title: Süleyman the Magnificent

title: Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

title: Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

title: Avengers: Doomsday

title: Dragged Through Time

title: After Stonewall

title: No Man's Land

title: Dying Day

title: Guerrilla Distribution

title: Graceless Go I

title: My First Time

title: Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol

title: Frank and Percy

title: Age of Dissent

title: Craven Arms

title: LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes

title: A Simple Matter of Justice

title: The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

title: Double Take: Xavier & Magneto

title: X-Men: Reunited

title: X-Men: Unguarded

title: Richard III

title: Richard III

title: The Isle