BBC Arena Popular Movie

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lili Taylor

A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Guillermo Díaz

An exploration into the history of Shakespeare's plays, from the silent era to the modern day featuring archive interviews with movie directors...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Penelope Wilton

An affectionate portrait of San Francisco, and of the man whose Tales of the City have inspired thousands to go there. Maupin relates a life story...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Armistead Maupin

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and mayhem that erupted behind the respectable facade...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ian Holm

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Chabon

Rob Lemkin’s harrowing yet urgent documentary shines a lens on the trauma and legacy of colonialism in one of Africa’s poorest nations,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Femi Nylander

Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Phil Spector

Bernhard, an actress-comedienne whose brassy humor attracts a cult-like following, here offers a semiconfessional view of her life's landscape....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sandra Bernhard

In June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Harold Pinter

Ike White was a musical prodigy who recorded a funk and soul classic album inside a Californian prison in 1974. Then he disappeared. 30 years later,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ike White

Documentary about the life of Frankie Howerd, with help from friends and colleagues and including highlights from his TV and film career.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Frankie Howerd

A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alexei Sayle

For the first time since his release from 27 years of imprisonment Nelson Mandela opens up about his life and the turbulent times he's faced in this...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nelson Mandela

A documentary about and an interview with Hollywood actress Bette Davis about her life and career from the late 1920s to the 1980s on stage and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bette Davis

Beryl Bainbridge on Samuel Johnson and her novel According To Queenie - Johnson through the eyes of Queenie Thrale, the eldest daughter of Henry and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Beryl Bainbridge

Two-part Arena special celebrating the life and distinguished career of one of Britain's best-loved public figures. Lord Attenborough's film CV as...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Richard Attenborough

Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roy Plomley

Documentary on the life of Brian Epstein, the man who brought The Beatles to fame. A Documentary examining the turbulent life and career of Beatles...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Brian Epstein

Documentary exploration of Dirk Bogarde's private life and long-term affair with manager, Anthony Forwood, seen through home movies and excerpts from...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dirk Bogarde