Search results for "Matthew Macfadyen"
Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat
IMDb: 6.8
128

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Ambassadors

Ambassadors

Ambassadors
TMDb: 6.6
60 min

Comedy-drama series set in the fictional Central Asian Republic of Tazbekistan where newly arrived British Ambassador Keith Davies is set the task of trying to secure a £2 billion helicopter…

Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy
Enid

Enid

Enid
IMDb: 6.7
82

Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents’ rows before the father deserts the family…

Genre: Drama
Quiz

Quiz

Quiz
TMDb: 7.3
75 min

The story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on…

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
Succession

Succession

Succession
TMDb: 8
65 min

The lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

Status: Returning Series
Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Enfield Haunting

The Enfield Haunting

The Enfield Haunting
TMDb: 6.7
45 min

A three part dramatization of the terrifying and bizarre real events that took place at an ordinary house in Enfield during the autumn of 1977. Adapted from Guy Lyon Playfair’s…

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Howards End

Howards End

Howards End
TMDb: 7.6
55 min

The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families – the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

Ripper Street
TMDb: 7.4
60 min

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the “Ripper” murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct…

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth
TMDb: 7.7
54 min

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th…

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice
TMDb: 7.8
60 min

Thriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen through the eyes of the accused.

Status: Ended
Genre: Crime, Drama
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit
TMDb: 8
30,60 min

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors’ prison in London. Amy and…

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
IMDb: 6.3
98

Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.

Genre: Drama, Music
Churchill’s Secret

Churchill’s Secret

Churchill’s Secret
IMDb: 6.8
101

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that’s kept a secret from the rest of the world.

Perfect Strangers (2001)

Perfect Strangers (2001)

Perfect Strangers (2001)
TMDb: 7.3
60 min

A darkly comic tale of a young man who comes face to face with his huge family – a variety of eccentrics, all of whom are hiding secrets from their…

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
Incendiary

Incendiary

Incendiary
IMDb: 5.8
113

A woman’s life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Robin Hood
IMDb: 6.6
140

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man’s sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert’s identity; romances his widow,…

Genre: Adventure
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral
IMDb: 7.4
90

A myriad of outrageous calamities befall an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets, when its patriarch dies an unexpected death. Soon, every complication imaginable…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
In My Father’s Den

In My Father’s Den

In My Father’s Den
IMDb: 7.5
126

Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Enigma

Enigma

Enigma
IMDb: 6.4
119

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon
IMDb: 7.7
122

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the…

Genre: Drama, History
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
IMDb: 5.7
110

The hot-headed young D’Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing…

The Assistant

The Assistant

The Assistant
IMDb: 6.3
88

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse…

Genre: Drama
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina
IMDb: 6.6
130

Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Middletown

Middletown

Middletown
IMDb: 5.9
88

An overzealous priest returns to his home town and ends up battling against his brother for the heart of the locals.

Genre: Drama
The Current War

The Current War

The Current War
IMDb: 6.5
105

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

Genre: Drama, History
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
IMDb: 5.6
99

When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.