Movies: Maxine Peake

Two women sit in a barren dystopian wasteland discussing the best way to die....

In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and some women thought that their genitalia were vanishing, while schoolgirls in Belgium thought that the...

A moving depiction of the alternative human and animal perspectives on the implications of climate change....

Every summer, the sheep on Scafell Pike are gathered down to the farm for shearing. On this epic journey, a shepherd reflects on life while caring for his flock in this rugged landscape....

A single mum looks for love in the lonely-hearts pages, but someone has already decided to play cupid - her eight year-old son…...

Maxine Peake's exploration of the true story of Lillian Bilocca, a largely forgotten but formidable figure in the fight for safer trawlers. The programme explores Lillian Bilocca's fight at the time through archive and dramatic reconstructions based ...

Documentary which uses the latest, most detailed imagery to reveal the monthly life cycle of the moon. From Wales to Wyoming, Hong Kong to Croydon, the programme finds out how the moon shapes life on Earth, as well as exploring its mysterious dark si...

While caring for their dying mother, a child finds solace in a group of friends, but begins to encounter violence at every turn....

Short film starring Maxine Peake and written by actor Reece Dinsdale...

A specially commissioned animation inspired by Barbara Hepworth's art and life....

Following the artist Phil Collins' search for a decommissioned statue of German philosopher Friedrich Engels in eastern Ukraine, and documenting its journey and arrival to a homecoming party in Manchester....