Cast: Maxine Peake

Direction Charlie Brooker · Owen Harris · Carl Tibbetts · Otto Bathurst

Cast Rory Kinnear · Lindsay Duncan · Lydia Wilson · Tom Goodman-Hill

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2019). 5 Seasons. 22 Episodes. A television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology.

Direction Adam Smith · Dearbhla Walsh · Diarmuid Lawrence

Cast Claire Foy · Matthew Macfadyen · Tom Courtenay · Alun Armstrong

Synopsis An adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 'Little Dorrit'. It tells the story of the Dorrit family and the rich array of characters they encounter on their way from rags to riches and back again.

Direction Joshua Zetumer · Anthony Byrne · Michael Lennox · Mary Nighy

Cast Lola Petticrew · Hazel Doupe · Anthony Boyle · Josh Finan

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2024). 9 Episodes. Through the eyes of various Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, explore the extremes some people will go to in the name of their beliefs, the way a deeply divided society can suddenly tip over into...

Direction Nicholas Hytner · Marianne Elliott · Jeremy Herrin · Jonathan Kent

Cast Jodie Comer · Monica Dolan · Martin Freeman · Tamsin Greig

Synopsis Widely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return to BBC One. Filmed during lockdown under social distancing guidelines, a new generation of Britain's finest actors star in 10 of Bennett's classic scripts, alongside two brand new Talking...

Direction Paul Abbott · Paul Walker · Lawrence Till · David Threlfall

Cast David Threlfall · Rebecca Atkinson · Alice Barry · Nicky Evans

Synopsis Paul Abbott's critically acclaimed, offbeat drama about the rollercoaster lives and loves of the dysfunctional Gallagher clan. This is one family where father definitely does not know best... This is the story of a young group of siblings pretty much...

Direction Philippa Lowthorpe

Cast Maxine Peake · Lesley Sharp · Molly Windsor · Ria Zmitrowicz

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2017). 3 Episodes. Based on three young girls who were groomed, sexually abused and trafficked by British Pakistani men in Rochdale and of the failure of the authorities to do anything about it.

Direction Antonia Bird · Gillies MacKinnon · Dominic Leclerc · Luke Watson

Cast Maxine Peake · John Simm · David Ryall · Nico Mirallegro

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2014). 2 Seasons. 12 Episodes. Follows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.

Direction Richard Eyre

Cast Simon Russell Beale · Jeremy Irons · Tom Hiddleston · Julie Walters

Synopsis In the aftermath of the Battle of Shrewsbury, Northumberland learns of the death of his son. The Lord Chief Justice attempts on behalf of the increasingly frail King to separate Falstaff from Prince Hal. The rebels continue to plot insurrection....

Direction Peter Moffat · Catherine Morshead · Michael Offer · Peter Hoar

Cast Maxine Peake · Rupert Penry-Jones · Neil Stuke · Theo Barklem-Biggs

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2014). 3 Seasons. 18 Episodes. Silk follows a group of barristers from a chambers in London. The series' main focus is on Martha Costello (Maxine Peake) and her ambition to become Queen's Counsel as well as on her...

Direction Richard Eyre

Cast Simon Russell Beale · Tom Hiddleston · Jeremy Irons · Joe Armstrong

Synopsis The heir to the throne, Prince Hal, defies his father, King Henry, by spending his time at Mistress Quickly's tavern in the company of the dissolute Falstaff and his companions. The King is threatened by a rebellion led by Hal's...

Direction David Yates

Cast David Suchet · Matthew Macfadyen · Shirley Henderson · Cillian Murphy

Synopsis TV miniseries. 4 episodes. At the center of the story is Augustus Melmotte, a European-born city financier, whose origins are as mysterious as his business dealings. Trollope describes him as 'something in the city', but the "something" part is not...

Direction James Marsh

Cast Eddie Redmayne · Felicity Jones · Charlie Cox · David Thewlis

Synopsis The Theory of Everything (2014) is a biographical drama that chronicles the extraordinary life of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. The film explores his groundbreaking work in cosmology, his passionate romance with Jane Wilde, and his resilience after being diagnosed with...

Direction Desiree Akhavan · Rowan Riley

Cast Desiree Akhavan · Maxine Peake · Brian Gleeson · Saskia Chana

Synopsis TV Series (2018). 6 Episodes. Dramedy series examining the life of a woman who breaks off with her long term girlfriend and tries having a straight relationship for a change. Premiere: November 16 on Hulu.

Direction James Marsh

Cast Warren Clarke · Paddy Considine · James Fox · David Calder

Synopsis Police corruption interferes with the search for a killer in Yorkshire, England. Based on David Peace's novel "Nineteen Eighty".

Direction Steph Green

Cast Maxine Peake · Edward MacLiam · Will Forte · Sharon Horgan

Synopsis Run and Jump is an unconventional love story and authentic portrait of a happy-go-lucky Irish family.

Direction Bruce Goodison

Cast Maxine Peake · Bobby Schofield · Rob Jarvis · Stephen Walters

Synopsis TV Series (2022). 4 Episodes. Devastated by the loss of her fifteen year old son, Kevin, at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, Anne Williams fights for the truth about the tragedy. Standing along side other...

Direction James Kent

Cast Maxine Peake · Anna Madeley · Susan Lynch · Christine Bottomley

Synopsis In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully - unaware that she is a lesbian. Anne is recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary....

Direction Andy Wilson

Cast Julia McKenzie · Elliot Cowan · Emma Griffiths Malin · Joan Collins

Synopsis A reformatory for delinquent boys run by Miss Marple's philanthropic friend becomes the scene of arson and poisoning, and ultimately murder.

Direction Mike Leigh

Cast Rory Kinnear · Maxine Peake · David Bamber · Marion Bailey

Synopsis The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

Direction James Marsh

Cast Gabriel Byrne · Aidan Gillen · Sandrine Bonnaire · Maxine Peake

Synopsis Literary genius Samuel Beckett lived a life of many stages: Parisian bon vivant, Resistance fighter in World War II, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse. But for all the adulation he received, he was a man well aware of...