Movies: Maxine Peake

John Davidson, diagnosed with Tourette's at 15 and targeted as insane by his peers, struggled with a condition few had witnessed. Campaigning for Tourette's as an adult, he accepted his MBE from the Queen in 2019....

Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut...

Versatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional obligations - a gig at a care home - with domestic, namely his 25th wedding anniversary....

Set in Royton, Manchester, Judy is the uplifting story of a mother struggling to come to terms with her cancer diagnosis. The debut film of acclaimed theatre director Matthew Dunster, Judy stars Maxine Peake and is a Little Brother/ BFI production....

'Ever had that feeling you're being watched?' A Deaf Blind woman has a man living in her house. She doesn't know he's there. What does he want?...

A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone, with her conscience and unable to openly discuss her situation because of society’s stigma surrounding termination and the self- silencing of women concerning...

MP's wife Celia discovers her husband's true colours when she is taken hostage by his criminal business associates....

Short film for Refuge, the national charity for domestic abuse, drawing attention to the shocking rise in violence against women during the 2020 lockdown...

Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career....

Set over the course of an evening, a mother remembers moments from a game she played with her son throughout his childhood. Tragedy strikes when he unexpectedly returns....

Maxine Peake stars in a short film about three fears (birds, falling, sleepwalking) - filmed and edited in a single day on a mobile phone for Cinema Now, a digital conference held at BAFTA....

A politician learns just how quickly things can go terribly wrong when a career-defining live TV interview goes off the rails due to a surprise coughing attack....

Two adult sisters exist dysfunctionally, each limited by illnesses affecting both body and mind — one physically and the other psychologically....

Documentary exploring the key events of 1966, a period when British pop music, fashion and sport was making waves across the globe, but when the nation's upbeat mood was undercut by darker sensibilities....

Lola's sister has stopped eating. Lola treats her with the scorn she deserves - she'll snap out of it soon, won't she? Adapted from Booker Prize Winner Hilary Mantel's short story and featuring BAFTA nominated Maxine Peake....

Narrated by Maxine Peake, this feature documentary explores the failures and deception that have caused a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain....

Johnny Marr has teamed up with the award-winning actor Maxine Peake to create a new project which sets Peake’s spoken word performances to Marr’s instrumental soundscapes. ‘The Priest’ is based upon the characters that Joe Gallagher met on the street...

Two strangers witness a mysterious natural phenomenon that reawaken their senses and draws their fractured lives together....

A woman is moving house and as she is unpacking boxes she finds a long lost letter from her grandfather. As she reads it, his words evoke strong emotive memories and she is transported back into her childhood by her grandfathers words. As he shares h...

'The Butternut Squash Gang' always stumble upon a criminal rouse that is passed off by adults as overactive minds. From their clubhouse in the woods, they must come up with a far-fetched plot to overthrow the baddies and claim victory....