Tony Garnett Movies

Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper...

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days...

The Lump is an uncompromising exploration of exploitation and resistance within the building trade.

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

A man on crutches bumps into an old acquaintance who relentlessly bombards him with small talk.

Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a...

A psychedelic documentary of the body electric, with music by Pink Floyd. The film was directed and produced by Roy Battersby. The film's narrators,...

A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of...

Private investigator Nick Sharman accepts a case which at first seems intriguing, but ends up causing him bitter regret.

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...

When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two...

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

A couple of old friends drown their sorrows together while reveling in the naivety of a young newly-wed.

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.

Director Ken Loach explores the politics of race, class and charity in a capitalist society in this documentary funded by the Save the Children...

The tale of two women: Sandra, an ambitious but naive Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hope of securing wealthier patrons, and...

An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.