Maxine Peake Movies

Maxine Peake's exploration of the true story of Lillian Bilocca, a largely forgotten but formidable figure in the fight for safer trawlers. The...

A single mum looks for love in the lonely-hearts pages, but someone has already decided to play cupid - her eight year-old son…

Narrated by Maxine Peake, this feature documentary explores the failures and deception that have caused a chronic shortage of social housing in...

Short film starring Maxine Peake and written by actor Reece Dinsdale

Lola's sister has stopped eating. Lola treats her with the scorn she deserves - she'll snap out of it soon, won't she? Adapted from Booker Prize...

Set in Royton, Manchester, Judy is the uplifting story of a mother struggling to come to terms with her cancer diagnosis. The debut film of acclaimed...

Versatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional obligations - a gig at a care home - with domestic, namely his...

Set over the course of an evening, a mother remembers moments from a game she played with her son throughout his childhood. Tragedy strikes when he...

Every summer, the sheep on Scafell Pike are gathered down to the farm for shearing. On this epic journey, a shepherd reflects on life while caring...

A documentary exploring the life of British cyclist Beryl Burton, who won seven world championships and broke men's records while working on a...

Comedy-drama featuring a group of inept constables who are relegated to the embarrassing "Bike Squad", a new police scheme intended to serve as a...

In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and...

On his way to a Make Poverty History gig in Scotland, Bob Geldof is accidentally stranded by an incompetent chauffeur in a run-down motel in Northern...

A specially commissioned animation inspired by Barbara Hepworth's art and life.

A moving depiction of the alternative human and animal perspectives on the implications of climate change.

Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. ...

Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates...

'The Butternut Squash Gang' always stumble upon a criminal rouse that is passed off by adults as overactive minds. From their clubhouse in the woods,...