Arthur Askey Movies
- 1941
The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train5.91941HD
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...
- 1942
Back-Room Boy
Back-Room Boy6.41942HD
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up...
- 1942
King Arthur Was a Gentleman
King Arthur Was a Gentleman5.21942HD
Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.
- 1976
The Birth of Television
The Birth of Television01976HD
In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
- 1955
The Love Match
The Love Match7.81955HD
After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his...
- 1941
I Thank You
I Thank You7.41941HD
Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded...
- 1959
Friends and Neighbours
Friends and Neighbours71959HD
During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a...
- 1957
Lancashire Coast
Lancashire Coast01957HD
The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.
- 1959
Make Mine a Million
Make Mine a Million7.21959HD
Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his...
- 1943
Miss London Ltd.
Miss London Ltd.5.21943HD
Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers'...
- 2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Hitler: The Comedy Years52007HD
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
- 1940
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt51940HD
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. ...
- 1978
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse31978HD
Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands...
- 1937
Calling All Stars
Calling All Stars01937HD
Musical review. The messenger carrying the master discs of a season drops them, so Flotsam and Jetsam are sent out to collect the stars concerned....
- 1956
Ramsbottom Rides Again
Ramsbottom Rides Again01956HD
Bill Ramsbottom sells his English pub and drags his family off to Canada where he has inherited a ranch from his grandfather Wild Bill Ramsbottom. He...
- 2011
Funny Up North
Funny Up North62011HD
Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more....
- 1977
To See Such Fun
To See Such Fun01977HD
Compilation of classic British comedy moments
- 1944
Bees in Paradise
Bees in Paradise5.31944HD
Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.
- 1940
Band Waggon
Band Waggon51940HD
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.
- 1968
Vive Torbay
Vive Torbay01968HD
A little travelogue feature presenting Torbay - new resort along the 20 mile stretch of South Devon coast.