Ken Russell Movies

Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of unconventional interconnected episodes –...

Gangsters run rampant until they encounter a gutsy minister.

Also known as Guitar Craze and the more evocative Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts, this Monitor item (Ken Russell's third for the pioneering BBC arts...

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers...

On-set footage of the film The Devils (1971) with commentary by editor Mike Bradsell

The work of professional photographer David Hurn, shown tackling a wide range of subjects from fashion to photojournalism to candid paparazzo shots.

In his hometown of Southampton, Ken Russell takes his young son and his aunts out to dinner, but the new traffic restrictions mean he can't get near...

The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into...

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.

A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version...

Mrs Wilhelmina Sterling shows her vast collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings, pottery and other artefacts at her home in Battersea.

John Betjeman reminisces on Britain's great historical exhibitions since the 1870s: including Alexandra Palace, the Empire Exhibition at Wembley and...

A double portrait of the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, seen at work in their Suffolk studio while discussing their paintings.

A short musical directed by Ken Russell.

Explores the worldview of A.W. Chesher, who has a special interest in painting steam traction engines.

A short directed by Ken Russell.

PUZZLEFACE - 18min short film (CAN) Episode #7 from Spookey Ruben's Dizzy Playground TV series starring: Denis 'SNAKE' Belanger & VOIVOD, Ken...

Ken Russell revisits the location of his 1960 documentary about coal mining in Northumberland and catches up with some of the people who appeared in...