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1. Hippie Hippie Shake

R | Comedy, Drama | Abandoned

An account of counterculturalist Richard Neville's misadventures in London at the end of the 1960s.

Stars: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Lee Ingleby, Chris O'Dowd

2. Verona (V)

PG-13 | Musical, Romance | Completed

Based on the real story that inspired Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, follows the greatest love story of all time, set as an original pop musical.

Director: Timothy Scott Bogart | Stars: Rebel Wilson, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Everett, Rupert Graves

3. Blood & Ink

Drama | Pre-production

Blood and Ink follows John William Polidori as he writes 'The Vampyre', confronts inner demons and descends into madness. We learn that his obsession with Lord George Byron is to prove his nemesis and lead to suicide.

Director: Trisha Ward | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Derek Jacobi, Amelia Gething, Amelia Clarkson

4. Genuine Fakes

Drama | Pre-production

In the 80s-90s, art prices skyrocketed, increasing fraud potential. The film recounts the story of two men from different backgrounds who crossed paths unexpectedly and orchestrated one of the 20th century's biggest art frauds.

Director: Pat Holden | Stars: Tara Fitzgerald, Alex Kingston, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie

5. The Two Wolves

Drama | Announced

History of Rome's origins unfolds again - but in modern times.

Stars: James Cosmo, Derek Jacobi, Frances Barber, Micheál Neeson

6. Gladiator 2 (2024)

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

Follows Lucius, the son of Maximus's love Lucilla, after Maximus's death.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Paul Mescal

7. Dark Gallifrey (2024 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

When things turn dark, and you're all alone, there is one traveller of time and space... a wanderer in the fourth dimension... a renegade Time Lord... who will always be there to bring back... See full summary »

Stars: Samuel West, Mina Anwar, Rachel Atkins, Derek Jacobi

8. Siân Phillips at 90 (2024 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

Acclaimed actress Dame Siân Phillips, still working at 90, speaks openly about her life and career.

Director: Caryl Ebenezer | Stars: Siân Phillips, Eileen Atkins, Rakie Ayola, Ricci Burns

9. Extraordinary (2023– )
Episode: Meet the Parent (2024)

TV-MA | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Jen's attempt at Happy Families proves a disaster, while Kash proves a terrible wingman.

Director: Jennifer Sheridan | Stars: Máiréad Tyers, Sofia Oxenham, Bilal Hasna, Luke Rollason

Votes: 160

10. Dark Gallifrey (2024– )
The War Master Part One (2024 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

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Director: Scott Handcock | Star: Derek Jacobi

11. Dark Gallifrey (2024– )
The War Master Part Two (2024 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

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Director: Scott Handcock | Star: Derek Jacobi

12. Dark Gallifrey (2024– )
The War Master Part Three (2024 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

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Director: Scott Handcock | Star: Derek Jacobi

13. Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (2020– )
Episode: Episode #8.13 (2024)

Talk-Show

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Stars: Alan Titchmarsh, Derek Jacobi, Lesley Joseph, Jack Savoretti

14. Extraordinary (2023– )

TV-MA | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Jen is a self-aware young woman who lives in a world where everybody except her has a superpower.

Stars: Máiréad Tyers, Sofia Oxenham, Bilal Hasna, Luke Rollason

Votes: 16,041

15. The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023– )

300 min | Drama, Thriller

Two very different women, Alice, a would-be designer, and Cheryl, a best-selling fantasy author, become trapped in a triangle of epic proportions with Rob, a conman posing as an ecopreneur who may or may not be trying to destroy them both.

Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton, Julian Barratt

Votes: 1,100

16. The American Buffalo (2023– )

Documentary, History

A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Tantoo Cardinal, Michael Punke, N. Scott Momaday

Votes: 538

17. The Martini Shot (2023)

Drama

This existential drama follows an ailing movie director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as a normal movie, ends up being an exploration of mortality and one's profound effect on the world.

Director: Stephen Wallis | Stars: Matthew Modine, John Cleese, Derek Jacobi, Stuart Townsend

Votes: 236

18. Inventing the Future (2023)

30 min | Short, Drama

Travel back in time to the year 1723 to learn how three men from very different backgrounds would go on to shape and structure Freemasonry to promote the virtues of democracy, civic duty, and education.

Director: Nick Cohen | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Sam Callis, Tristan Langlois, Chris Porter

19. Sir Derek Jacobi Remembers... I, Claudius (2023 TV Special)

14 min | Documentary, Short

Derek Jacobi looks back on the landmark drama series I, Claudius (1976).

Star: Derek Jacobi

20. Good Omens (2019– )
Episode: Chapter 6: Every Day (2023)

TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Crowley becomes a Heavenly bee and learns the truth about the Armageddon sequel. Aziraphale defends his bookshop from Shax's army. Maggie and Nina become warriors. Crowley and Aziraphale get to the bottom of the mystery of the Matchbox.

Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Jon Hamm, Nina Sosanya, Michael Sheen

Votes: 5,283

21. The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2023)

Drama, Thriller

Alice invested thousands in Robbie's dodgy property scam before he disappeared. When she sees him again for the first time in 15 years, she's determined to get to the truth.

Director: Robert McKillop | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton, Donald Sage Mackay

Votes: 64

22. The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2023)

Drama, Thriller

Alice befriends Cheryl as a way of getting closer to Rob. He continues to charm Cheryl, and as she begins to fall for him, he cleverly aligns himself with her charitable trust.

Director: Robert McKillop | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton, Karl Johnson

Votes: 58

23. The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2023)

Drama, Thriller

Alice discovers new evidence in her case against Rob, which unbeknownst to her forces Rob's hand. Cheryl is driven into a rash decision that will have life-long implications.

Director: Robert McKillop | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton, Liz Crowther

Votes: 58

24. The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2023)

Drama, Thriller

Alice hopes she's found a way to get justice, but the system is rigged against her. Cheryl's scholarship suffers a loss that she struggles to put right.

Director: Nicole Charles | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton, Julian Barratt

Votes: 58

25. The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2023)

Drama, Thriller

Cheryl and Alice discover that in order to challenge Rob, they have to stop playing by the rules. But will they be forced to give away too much of their own humanity to stop him?

Director: Nicole Charles | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton, Julian Barratt

Votes: 68

26. The American Buffalo (2023– )
Episode: Into the Storm (2023)

Documentary, History

By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Adam Arkin, Gerard Baker, Tokala Black Elk

Votes: 56

27. The War Master (2017– )
The Walls of Absence (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

The Code Purgers of Chift have made a fortune cleaning up the galaxy's code: subroutines assessed, and errors repaired. So when the Master loses his mind, quite literally, there is only one place he can turn.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Lois Chimimba, Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips

28. The War Master (2017– )
The Long Despair (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

On the ocean world of Mehr Kee, the Master enlists the help of a captain to voyage across its seas. Their target: a beacon on a distant isle, shining across the waves. But what deadly trials await?

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Lois Chimimba, Jason Flemyng, Derek Jacobi, Neve McIntosh

29. The War Master (2017– )
The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

Alexander Bennett lives a normal life. He has a job, a girlfriend, a plan for the future...and a new home assistant - Maisu - that offers all the advice he could ever need - whether he wants it or not.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Kae Alexander, Lois Chimimba, Jacob Dudman, Derek Jacobi

30. The War Master (2017– )
The Kicker (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

When a member of the Temporal Inquisition arrives at the Drane Institute, they discover more to the Master's madness than meets the eye - and his secrets now threaten them all.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Silas Carson, Lois Chimimba, Jack Forsyth-Noble, Derek Jacobi

31. The War Master (2017– )
Runtime (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

When the Daleks threaten to alter the course of history, the Master has no choice but to save a world - and he only has an hour to do it.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Nicholas Briggs, Jordan Broatch, Derek Jacobi, Nisha Nayar

32. The War Master (2017– )
Manhunt (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

After her boyfriend disappears on an American road trip, Alison Walker instantly becomes the prime suspect. But are the abductors from further afield than Earth?

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Ayesha Antoine, Scott Haran, Loreece Harrison, Derek Jacobi

33. The War Master (2017– )
The Sublime Porte (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

Hijacking an archaeological dig, the Master excavates the mythical Sublime Porte. But he also unleashes a far more ancient force with it - and its name is Bilis Manger.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Ayesha Antoine, Samuel Barnett, Jordan Broatch, Nathaniel Curtis

34. The War Master (2017– )
Alone (2023 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

As the human race dwindles against the encroaching night, one man strives to find a solution to their plight. But can Professor Yana save the future when a dark past threatens his present?

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Ayesha Antoine, Jordan Broatch, Nathaniel Curtis, Scott Haran

35. The Sandman (2022– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.

Stars: Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong

Votes: 170,870

36. Allelujah (2022)

99 min | Drama

The story of a geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital threatened with closure.

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Jesse Akele, Lorraine Ashbourne, Nivedita Bhargava, David Bradley

Votes: 1,701

37. Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)

90 min | Documentary

Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Anthony Hopkins, Brian Cox

Votes: 163

38. War Gamers (2022)

History

In the Second World War, German U Boats became a threat to all Allied shipping. By using under utilised resources like the WRENS and other experienced Naval staff, a solution was developed.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Iszi Lawrence, Alexandra Richie, Craig L. Symonds

Votes: 100

39. The Sandman (2022– )
Episode: Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope (2022)

TV-MA | 64 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In this two-part story collection, a Siamese cat dreaming of a new world and a writer in desperate need of inspiration cross paths with Morpheus.

Directors: Louise Hooper, Hisko Hulsing | Stars: Tom Sturridge, Sandra Oh, Rosie Day, David Gyasi

Votes: 5,782

40. War Gamers (2022)
Episode: The Mastermind (2022)

History

When WW2 breaks out, an elite force of German U-boat Commanders attempt to starve Britain into submission. Vera Mathews heads the reformed WRENS.

Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Alexandra Richie, Marc Milner, Jann Witt

Votes: 9

41. War Gamers (2022)
Episode: False Dawns (2022)

History

Dönitz's U-boats continue to terrorise the transatlantic routes; in Britain, the WRENS prepare to frustrate his plans, while the Royal Navy turns to a retired war gamer.

Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Tessa Dunlop, Paul Edward Strong, Craig L. Symonds

Votes: 7

42. War Gamers (2022)
Episode: The WRENS (2022)

History

The WRENS finally get the break they have been looking for and are posted to the newly formed war gaming room, to work out and develop tactics for the Navy.

Director: Justin Rickett | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Iszi Lawrence, Lena Andrews, Tessa Dunlop

Votes: 7

43. War Gamers (2022)
Episode: The Game (2022)

History

Roberts and Laidlaw have uncovered a flaw in the Royal Navy's anti U Boat tactic called 'Buttercup'. They then set about modelling a counter tactic, by wargaming various scenarios, and finally develop 'Operation Raspberry'.

Director: Justin Rickett | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Iszi Lawrence, Lena Andrews, Alexandra Richie

Votes: 7

44. War Gamers (2022)
Episode: Stalemate (2022)

History

Frustration rise on both sides. For every new tactic, the enemy comes up with a countermeasure. This places ever more pressure on Roberts and Laidlaw to ensure that their gaming produces the best tactics for the Navy.

Director: Mary Downes | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Roman Toeppel, Alexandra Richie, Paul Edward Strong

Votes: 7

45. War Gamers (2022)
Episode: The End Game (2022)

History

WATU faces a crucial encounter for ONS.5 in the battle of the Atlantic. Donitz unleashes the new torpedo targeting on escort ships. Roberts and Laidlaw must again develop new tactics to retake the advantage.

Director: Mary Downes | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Tessa Dunlop, Paul Edward Strong, Jann Witt

Votes: 8

46. The War Master (2017– )
The Forest of Penitence (2022 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

Waking in an unusual forest with no memory of how he arrived there, the Master has little choice but to seek help from other survivors. But what is it they've all survived?

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Cecilia Appiah, Phil Dunster, Tomiwa Edun, Derek Jacobi

47. The War Master (2017– )
The Players (2022 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

On the planet Trabus, the Master discovers a society where nobody is innocent and the only true crime is to be a less successful villain than those around you.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Robyn Addison, Ariyon Bakare, Josh Berry, Tomiwa Edun

48. The War Master (2017– )
Boundaries (2022 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

As his companion Cole attempts to save a world, the Master discovers an extraterrestrial entity that threatens to spread across the globe.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Phil Dunster, Jonny Green, Derek Jacobi, Jo Joyner

49. The War Master (2017– )
The Last Line (2022 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

At the mercy of an ancient and powerful race, the Master calls upon his oldest friend in his hour of need. The problem is he doesn't recognise this incarnation of the Doctor - while the Doctor knows this Master all too well.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Steven Flynn, Derek Jacobi, Sophie Shad, David Tennant

50. The War Master (2017– )
The Wrath of Medusa (2022 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

Crashing into a universe of fiction, the Master finds himself lost in a world of Greek mythology...with a Dalek assault squad close behind.

Director: Scott Handcock | Stars: Greg Austin, Nicholas Briggs, Safiyya Ingar, Derek Jacobi