ChannelHopper.org > British biographical films
British biographical films
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
The story of the last years of Handel.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
Stevie
For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively conventional life. Sheltered in a London suburb, she spends her days engaged in tedious housework, crafting verse...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Stevie
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired m...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Veronica Guerin
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible....
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Veronica Guerin
Florence Foster Jenkins
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Florence Foster Jenkins
Billie
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Before her mysterious death...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Billie
One Chance
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent One Chance
The Special Relationship
A dramatisation that follows Tony Blair's journey from political understudy waiting in the wings of the world arena to accomplished prime minister standing confidently in the spotlight of centre stage...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Special Relationship
China Cry: A True Story
Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new society", but s...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent China Cry: A True Story
Young Winston
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Young Winston