The Bookshop

The Bookshop 2017

6.50

Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

2017

Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General 1968

6.43

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

1968

The Dig

The Dig 2021

6.90

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.

2021

Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers 1988

7.05

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.

1988

Constable: A Country Rebel

Constable: A Country Rebel 2014

1

The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a revolutionary painting, but in this film, made in conjunction with a landmark exhibition at the V&A, Alastair Sooke discovers that Constable was painting in a way that was completely new and groundbreaking at the time. Through experimentation and innovation, he managed to make a sublime art from humble things and, though he struggled in his own country during his lifetime, his genius was surprisingly widely admired in France.

2014

Akenfield

Akenfield 1974

7.20

As a young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it.

1974

The Crying

The Crying 2022

1

Imagine a world where the witch trials persisted under everyone's noses. Josafine, a young lady, is on the run from a sadistic soldier who thinks she is a witch. She must protect her baby and herself out in the wild.

2022

Old Suffolk Boy

Old Suffolk Boy 1970

1

An in-depth look at the life and career of veteran illustrator and bluegrass musician John Holder.

1970

A Day on the Broads

A Day on the Broads 1929

1

With their gramophone perched on the back of their launch, the family set off for a day of rest and relaxation on the Broads and Suffolk coast.

1929

With Love From... Suffolk

With Love From... Suffolk 2016

7.00

A compilation of stories about the unique bonds between characters living in Suffolk.

2016

David Copperfield

David Copperfield 1999

7.10

Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.

1999