John Thomson

A frustrated office worker finds himself caught between the realms of his deranged imagination and the mundane reality of his everyday existence.

When successful 80s nightclub manager Tony Towers boards a magical train at Christmas, he discovers that each carriage harbours a different stage ...

Alan leaves behind his comfortable existence and heads to the north to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a ‘schasm’ has ...

The story of Len, who made a billion dollars from inventing a new toilet roll, and his 12-year-old son Joe who appears to have everything he ...

The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché head, and the secretive life of Chris Sievey, ...

Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.

The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking UK TV series Coronation Street.

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park’s animated adventure, in which the ...

In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine ...

Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite ...

A celebration of the much-loved holiday camp sitcom, featuring classic scenes and interviews with members of cast and crew including Su Pollard, ...

This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom’s extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families ...

This one-off documentary goes deep inside the Willie Wonka world of Cadbury, Britain’s biggest and best-loved chocolate maker. Behind ...