Movies: Tim Brooke-Taylor

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner....

Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days....

A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people....

Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip...

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball se...

The Goodies finally return to television after nearly 25 years with a compilation of classic clips, interviews and new material....

Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's ...

A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)....

As part of BBC Two's 50th birthday celebrations, this programme pulls from the shelf some rare and previously unseen comedy moments from some of the greatest names in comedy....

Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two....

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening ...

Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years)....

Five comedy vignettes: 1) Churchill, 2) Swinging London, 3) Four Clubmen, 4) Stately Homes, 5) Tailors....

A documentary about the legendary and influential comedian, actor and writer, who went out from the BBC to conquer Hollywood, but sadly the system quickly withdrew its support when they couldn't contain his talents. This portrait is spiked with many ...

A young girl kicks all of her rubbish under her bed creating a monster which she and her brother must fight....

The Goodies reunite on stage for a very special one-night-only event. Recorded 8th June 2018 at the Leicester Square Theatre. Talking to writer & comedian Stewart Lee and writer & archive television expert Dick Fiddy, the three Goodies discuss their ...

The Goodies bookend the sixth season of their successful television show with a specially taped concert special, featuring live studio performances of songs from The New Goodies LP and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again....

Documentary about Cambridge Footlights presented by Tim Brooke-Taylor...