John Barrett Movies

Episode of The Frighteners: It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon became savage...

An elderly recluse dies in the process of changing her will. The change would have meant that the servants would continue to live in her house - now...

The first Play for Today is the story of one man's obsession (to win the world long distance piano playing record) and the battle for good (his wife)...

A dramatised documentary about the lives and work of the performers and administrators of a local orchestra. With the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra.

Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky,...

An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.

A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell...

Two incidents in a young actress's life have their effect on each other - a dinner date with a film producer, and attendance at the funeral of a...

A man abducts a boy after his son is taken from him by social services.

Billy is his own boss. But Darkly has plans for him ...

A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port,...

Grand Challenge pie-eating contest : ' Winner finishes most whole pies off the belt in half-an-hour. Ties decided on a raw cabbage '. The Bedworth...

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when...

Three children rejuvenate an old traction engine and enter it for the County Championship.

An old man travels to London from the North Country, accompanied by his son, in order to find the truth about his daughter's suicide.

Ben Packman leaves an old people's home to return to the Welsh mountains.

When Eli and Nellie Pledge's father dies, the duo are left in charge of his pickle empire. The two siblings are complete opposites and Eli wants out,...

An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel

When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to...