Ken Russell Movies

Scientist Joe Hartman introduces self-proclaimed Middle Eastern psychic Uri Geller to America.

Ken Russell's engrossing examination of the great 20th-century composer tells Williams' story through the eyes of his widow, Ursula, with personal...

An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers...

A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

Ken Russell revisits the location of his 1960 documentary about coal mining in Northumberland and catches up with some of the people who appeared in...

Also known as Guitar Craze and the more evocative Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts, this Monitor item (Ken Russell's third for the pioneering BBC arts...

Subtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

Explores the worldview of A.W. Chesher, who has a special interest in painting steam traction engines.

In 1960, Ken Russell visited Bedlington Colliery, Northumberland to make one of his first documentary films, following life in the mining community.

In his hometown of Southampton, Ken Russell takes his young son and his aunts out to dinner, but the new traffic restrictions mean he can't get near...

A cine-opera retelling of the legend of Boudica, warrior queen and her uprising against the Roman occupiers of Britain.

A short musical directed by Ken Russell.

A double portrait of the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, seen at work in their Suffolk studio while discussing their paintings.

A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version...

Filmmaker Ken Russell poses the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an indifferent response from...

Arrigo Boito's most known work is Il Mefestefele, first performed in 1868. Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera has Faust...

A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.

A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.