Thora Hird Movies

  • 1949
    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    4.91949HD

    The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
  • 1952
    Time, Gentlemen, Please!

    Time, Gentlemen, Please!

    Time, Gentlemen, Please!

    81952HD

    Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The...

    Time, Gentlemen, Please!
  • 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
  • 1952
    The Big Frame

    The Big Frame

    The Big Frame

    3.81952HD

    An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into...

    The Big Frame
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1953
    Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly

    6.21953HD

    A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

    Turn the Key Softly
  • 1953
    A Day to Remember

    A Day to Remember

    A Day to Remember

    7.1671953HD

    A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get...

    A Day to Remember
  • 1942
    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    101942HD

    Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

    Go to Blazes
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1953
    Background

    Background

    Background

    61953HD

    Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the...

    Background
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1966
    Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

    Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

    Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

    01966HD

    The uneasy relationship between elderly couple Thora Hird and Ron Moody and a cheerful stranger who moves in with them (Ronald Lacey). Written by...

    Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!