Derek Jacobi Movies

Luca is the pre-eminent artist of his generation and at the peak of his career, lauded, feted and collected by all. He is the ultimate showman...

Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe...

John is a special forces operative who retires after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing, but his former bosses have other plans. He is...

The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK and Canada. A small group of professional actors...

An eccentrically-dressed stranger gets off a train and within a few days has endeared himself to the citizens of the town with his jovial behaviour...

We've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be dealing you one poor hand after another. Unfortunately...

Follow the breathtaking adventures of divers looking for pearls in the Persian Gulf and learn how the gems brought fortune to the islands of Bahrain.

This film explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HDTV. The works are complemented solely with Bacon’s own words,...

A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". The Chimes was a short novel by...

Supermodel Kate Moss embarks on a journey of self-discovery when acclaimed artist Lucian Freud offers to paint her portrait.

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...

Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels...

Imagining the unimaginable through the eyes of Wilfred Owen, combining reconstructions of Owen’s war experiences with animation and readings...

A talented young violinist enrols at an isolated music school. But when he begins having visions of the other students dead, he realises there is a...

The film looks at the places Charles Dickens lived and worked and how he used them in his novels and stories.

Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."

Over a million people a year are injected with animal venom, and many thousands die. We see how the nine main types of venom work their damage in the...

The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.

A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a...