A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.

此片纪录详尽，建立在与麦克莱恩的14小时采访基础上。片中含有盖大量未曝光的档案资料，包括电影、舞台剧幕后，他的早年生活、日记、私人相册，他的演艺生涯和他在同性恋权力运动中扮演的角色。
在此片中，麦克莱恩深入研究了他在《X战警》系列电影中扮演的万磁王、在《指环王》系列电影中扮演的甘道夫等角色，也描绘了卢克·伊万斯、弗兰西斯·巴贝、亚当·布朗、斯科特·钱伯斯、米洛·帕克、Edward Petherbridge等合作演员“戏剧性的再创作”。

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

Tchaikovsky’s musical scores are lyrical, romantic and deeply emotional. This film endeavours to put the composer in context alongside Tolstoy as one of the most celebrated Russians of his time, examining his continuing significance in Russia today, and visiting locations which were important in Tchaikovsky’s life. His life is scoured to reveal an abortive marriage, his true feelings about homosexuality and how this may have been expressed in his music. Contributors include pianists Mikhail Rudy and Yevgeni Kissin, violinist Maxim Vengerov, conductor Valery Gergiev, ballerina Natalia Makarova, opera director Graham Vick and the Tchaikovsky-loving tram driver, Valentina.
GREAT COMPOSERS – THE SERIES
This landmark series presents the lives and works of seven musical giants from the Baroque era to the twentieth century. It examines the backgrounds, influences and relationships that make these seven composers part of the very fabric of the history of western music. Each composer’s life and work is presented through extensive performance sequences, and through interviews and comment from some of today’s greatest artists and most respected authorities.

遗腹子大卫·科波菲尔（丹尼尔·雷德克里夫 Daniel Radcliffe饰）从小在母亲克拉拉（艾米丽雅·福克斯 Emilia Fox饰）和女仆佩葛蒂（波林·夸克Pauline Quirke饰）的照看下长大。然而不久母亲改嫁，继父凶狠贪婪，婚前就把大卫送到佩葛蒂的哥哥辟果提（艾伦·阿姆斯特朗 Alun Armstrong饰）家里。辟果提是个正直善良的渔民，收养一对孤儿相依为命。念母心切的大卫，回到继父家中，却受尽继父虐待，生活苦不堪言。他历尽艰辛，终于找到了姨婆贝西小姐（玛吉·史密斯 Maggie Smith饰）。心地善良的姨婆贝西收留了大卫，然后他的坎坷命运才刚刚开始。
由BBC电视台制作，于1999年12月上映的电视电影《大卫·科波菲尔》，根据英国小说家查尔斯·狄更斯经典同名小说改编。这部由多位著名巨星精心演绎的故事，荣获2000年第52届黄金时段艾美奖-迷你剧/电视电影最佳女配角提名，2000年第53届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖-电视奖最佳女演员提名及2000年第53届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖-电视奖最佳剪辑提名。

The National Theatre is 50 in October 2013 and has given the BBC unprecedented access to make two Arena documentaries for BBC Four.
The films ask why it took until 1963 to create a National Theatre, and Dame Joan Plowright talks frankly to director Adam Low about the appointment of her husband Laurence Olivier, the greatest actor of his generation, as the National's first artistic director. The films uncover the life of the Theatre's early golden period at the Old Vic, the National's first home, under the towering presence of Olivier; the commissioning and construction of the controversial and now iconic Denys Lasdun building on the South Bank; and the turbulent succession of Peter Hall at the end of Olivier's reign.
Through the personal anecdotes of those who wrote, directed and performed on the National's many stages the films reveal the stories behind the greatest hit productions, from Olivier's Othello to War Horse, under artistic directors Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and up to and including the latest great successes under Nicholas Hytner. Other contributors include Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, Alan Bennett, Judi Dench, Francis de la Tour, David Hare, Alan Ayckbourn and Adrian Lester.

这部由埃尔顿·约翰及其伴侣大卫·弗内什担当监制的纪录片讲述了英国人权斗士彼得·塔切尔的故事。多年来，塔切尔通过一系列极具争议的公民抗争，不仅向英国的建制派发起挑战、走在改变大众对同性恋者的态度的第一线，还致力于曝光世界各地的独裁统治者。随着同志权益受到越来越多的认可和保障，塔切尔也逐渐被视为英国的英雄人物。影片包含了珍贵的历史影像，塔切尔和著名演员伊恩·麦克莱恩的精彩对谈，以及同志平权活动家、前英国石墙组织主任安杰拉‧梅森，还有著名演员斯蒂芬·弗雷等人的采访片段。此外，镜头更是跟随塔切尔来到莫斯科，记录下了他在2018年世界杯期间发起的抗议活动，这场抗议旨在让更多人了解到俄罗斯和车臣政府针对性少数的迫害。

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

An affluent New York couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.

索尼经典拿下莎士比亚历史剧情片《都是真的》(All Is True)的全球版权，肯尼斯·布拉纳执导并与朱迪·丹奇、伊恩·麦克莱恩主演。该片将于12月21日在纽约和洛杉矶上映一周，确保能参与颁奖季角逐，明年正式上映。
设定在1613年，莎士比亚被公认为是最伟大的作家，但在他著名的环球剧场被夷为平地后，被压垮的莎士比亚回到了斯特拉特福德，他必须面对一个麻烦的过去和一个被忽视的家庭。他唯一的儿子哈姆内特去世，他挣扎着修补与妻子和女儿破碎的关系，被迫审视自己作为丈夫和父亲的失败，他对真相的个人探索揭示了家庭内部的秘密和谎言。

The Simpsons' fifteenth season began on Sunday, November 2, 2003, with "Treehouse of Horror XIV". The season contains five hold-over episodes from the season 14 (EABF) production line. The most watched episode had 16.2 million viewers and the least watched had 6.2 million viewers.

1. 驯悍记
2. 安东尼与克里奥佩特拉
3. 罗密欧与朱丽叶
4. 仲夏夜之梦
5. 奥赛罗
6. 李尔王

这是一部充斥着荒诞幽默并且酒精味儿十足的话剧作品：一个夏夜，两个老作家，赫斯特和斯普纳在汉普斯特德的一个酒吧里相遇，意犹未尽的他们又跑到附近赫斯特的家里继续边喝边聊。当这一对儿老伙计越喝越醉，他们的故事也变得越来越不可信，生动的谈话很快变成了一个揭示权力的游戏，事情随着两个年轻人的返家变得更加复杂……
作为诺贝尔文学奖得主、当代荒诞派剧作家哈罗德·品特的心爱之作，《无人之境》于1975年在伦敦老维克剧院首演，后来亦曾邀请到作家本人首次登台饰演自己作品中的主人公。
此次《无人之境》复排由西恩·马提亚斯（Sean Mathias）担任导演，自在西区上演以来，两位年龄加起来超过150岁的英伦老戏骨便博得满堂彩。“揭露了日常闲谈掩盖下的危局，直闯压抑的密室”，诺奖授辞这样形容品特式语焉不详中的真谛，《每日电讯报》和《旗帜晚报》则对这版《无人之境》给出了五星好评，称四人之间“紧张与冲突暗流涌动”、“不可错过”，而Time Out称这是伊恩·麦克莱恩和帕特里克·斯图尔特两位最伟大的演员和最伟大的戏剧的相遇，“演活了他们的传奇”。

罗伯特（小罗伯特•唐尼Robert Downey Jr. 饰）是一名年轻的医生，在1660年的英国，医生这一职位总是受众人敬仰被碰上神坛。受到了查理二世（山姆•尼尔Sam Neill 饰）的邀请，罗伯特决定放弃在医学领域的深造，进入皇宫成为了一名御医，不仅如此，查理二世还将西莉亚（波利•沃克Polly Walker 饰）嫁给了罗伯特，虽然西莉亚根本对罗伯特没有任何的感情，但她最终还是屈服于了这场政治联姻之中。
在皇宫里，罗伯特结识了宫廷画家费恩（休•格兰特Hugh Grant 饰），这个热情奔放的男人一直都在鼓励罗伯特去追寻自己心中真正所想。罗伯特发现自己深深的爱上了西莉亚。

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, hosts David Tennant and Catherine Tate are joined by Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Dame Helen Mirren, Meera Syal, David Suchet, Rufus Wainwright, Tim Minchin, Gregory Porter, Joseph Fiennes, English National Opera, The Royal Ballet and Akala for a very special evening.
Together they mark the life and work of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death. This unique event takes place in the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and celebrates Shakespeare's extraordinary legacy and his enduring influence on all performance art forms - from opera to jazz, dance to musicals.

李尔王（伊恩·麦克莱恩 Ian McKellen 饰）年事已高，他决定将广袤的国土分给自己的三个女儿科迪莉亚（萝玛拉·嘉瑞 Romola Garai 饰）、格纳利尔（弗兰西斯·巴贝 Frances Barber 饰）和里根（莫妮卡·杜兰 Monica Dolan 饰）。李尔王让三个女儿说出各自心中对父王的爱戴，格纳利尔和里根极尽花言巧语之所能，得到了李尔王的赞赏，小女儿科迪莉亚质朴而诚实，反而遭到了无情的驱逐。
失去了家园的科迪莉亚成为了法国的王后，而得到了父亲大片疆土的大女儿和二女儿则将李尔王赶出了家门。直到流落荒野无处可去，李尔王才明白自己犯了天大的错误，他一边责怪自己的愚昧，一边心痛科迪莉亚的遭遇。得知了李尔王的境遇，科迪莉亚组织了军队准备向老家进攻，不幸的是，军队遭遇惨败，科迪莉亚也遭到了逮捕。最终，科迪莉亚被处死，年迈的李尔王在痛苦中亦追随而去。

1997 film by Sean Mathias