Arthur Askey Movies

  • 1941
    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    5.91941HD

    Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...

    The Ghost Train
  • 1942
    Back-Room Boy

    Back-Room Boy

    Back-Room Boy

    6.41942HD

    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...

    Back-Room Boy
  • 1942
    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    5.21942HD

    Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman
  • 1976
    The Birth of Television

    The Birth of Television

    The Birth of Television

    01976HD

    In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

    The Birth of Television
  • 1955
    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    7.81955HD

    After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his...

    The Love Match
  • 1941
    I Thank You

    I Thank You

    I Thank You

    7.41941HD

    Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded...

    I Thank You
  • 1959
    Friends and Neighbours

    Friends and Neighbours

    Friends and Neighbours

    71959HD

    During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a...

    Friends and Neighbours
  • 1957
    Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

    01957HD

    The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

    Lancashire Coast
  • 1959
    Make Mine a Million

    Make Mine a Million

    Make Mine a Million

    7.21959HD

    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...

    Make Mine a Million
  • 1943
    Miss London Ltd.

    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'...

    Miss London Ltd.
  • 2007
    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    52007HD

    A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

    Hitler: The Comedy Years
  • 1940
    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    51940HD

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. ...

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
  • 1978
    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    31978HD

    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...

    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
  • 1937
    Calling All Stars

    Calling All Stars

    Calling All Stars

    01937HD

    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....

    Calling All Stars
  • 1956
    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    01956HD

    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...

    Ramsbottom Rides Again
  • 2011
    Funny Up North

    Funny Up North

    Funny Up North

    62011HD

    Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more....

    Funny Up North
  • 1977
    To See Such Fun

    To See Such Fun

    To See Such Fun

    01977HD

    Compilation of classic British comedy moments

    To See Such Fun
  • 1944
    Bees in Paradise

    Bees in Paradise

    Bees in Paradise

    5.31944HD

    Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.

    Bees in Paradise
  • 1940
    Band Waggon

    Band Waggon

    Band Waggon

    51940HD

    A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

    Band Waggon
  • 1968
    Vive Torbay

    Vive Torbay

    Vive Torbay

    01968HD

    A little travelogue feature presenting Torbay - new resort along the 20 mile stretch of South Devon coast.

    Vive Torbay