Thora Hird Movies

  • 1949
    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    4.91949HD

    The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
  • 1953
    Background

    Background

    Background

    71953HD

    Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the...

    Background
  • 1954
    The Crowded Day

    The Crowded Day

    The Crowded Day

    5.81954HD

    One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

    The Crowded Day
  • 1951
    The Galloping Major

    The Galloping Major

    The Galloping Major

    6.11951HD

    A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they...

    The Galloping Major
  • 1956
    Sailor Beware

    Sailor Beware

    Sailor Beware

    7.51956HD

    Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor...

    Sailor Beware
  • 1971
    The Fox Trot

    The Fox Trot

    The Fox Trot

    91971HD

    The first in a series of new plays. Arthur and Gwen, a cosy middle-aged couple, remember with nostalgia the pre-Motorway Britain of their youth. When...

    The Fox Trot
  • 1992
    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

    6.31992HD

    Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

    Memento Mori
  • 1955
    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    7.71955HD

    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
  • 1963
    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    6.21963HD

    A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London...

    Bitter Harvest
  • 1952
    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    6.71952HD

    A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare,...

    Emergency Call
  • 1950
    Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

    7.11950HD

    Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections...

    Once a Sinner
  • 1956
    Home and Away

    Home and Away

    Home and Away

    71956HD

    When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in...

    Home and Away
  • 1999
    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    6.51999HD

    Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her...

    Lost for Words
  • 2003
    Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

    02003HD

    Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron and Victoria Wood, pay tribute to Dame Thora Hird,...

    Thora Hird Tribute
  • 1956
    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    71956HD

    A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and...

    Now and Forever
  • 1989
    The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

    01989HD

    An ill tailor is trying to finish a coat for a wealthy man. He is hindered by his cat and helped by some grateful mice.

    The Tailor of Gloucester
  • 1949
    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    6.71949HD

    Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul...

    Fools Rush In
  • 1950
    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    6.41950HD

    A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

    The Magnet
  • 1952
    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    6.51952HD

    Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

    The Frightened Man
  • 1961
    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    Over the Odds

    101961HD

    A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

    Over the Odds