Movies by David Blair

Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

Computer programmer/beekeeper Jacob gets a "television" implanted in his brain by a race of telekinetic bees, which causes him to experience severe hallucinations.

Bert & Dickie

Bert & Dickie

Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) defied all the odds and made history in the double sculls. This is the story of how they did it - not only by pushing physical and emotional limits, but also by overcoming their vast professional and personal differences.

Whatever Love Means

Whatever Love Means

Strap in for a rollercoaster ride through the emotional worlds of love and royalty in an original WE Channel movie exploring the enduring, 30-year romance shared between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. Decades before the fairy tale wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, the young prince and his longtime sweetheart found their growing love tragically clipped by the many demands of royalty and the sometimes rough waters of romance. Though he had previously exchanged vows with the glamorous Diana, Prince Charles never truly forgot ...

Storm Witch

Storm Witch

In the 17th century, long before modern science and in a time of great fear of the unknown, the villagers of a small coastal community find themselves drawn to, and suspicious of, Morag, a remarkable but mysterious woman who is uniquely connected to the nature that surrounds her. Survival is a daily and all-consuming struggle that is thinly forged from an inclement sea and pushed to the edge of the land by merciless feudal landowners. But it is Morag's passionate relationship with John Tullock, who is unwittingly pledged to marry Sinéad, tha...

Away

Away

A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.

Giselle

Giselle

The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle whose ghost, after her premature death, protects her lover from the vengeance of a group of evil female spirits called Wilis

Hurricane

Hurricane

The story of the Polish fliers who found themselves fighting for the freedom of their own country in foreign skies. Seen through the eyes of a Polish fighter ace and adventurer, it tells how the Poles—driven across Europe by the German war machine—finally make their last stand. Flying Hurricanes for the RAF over Britain, they became a key component in the legend of ‘The Few’. Up against the might of the Luftwaffe they hoped that, by saving Great Britain from Nazi invasion, they were keeping the dream of a free Poland alive.

Common

Common

Multi-award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern's brand new film based on the UK's controversial joint enterprise law. Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars Nico Mirallegro as guileless 17 year old Johnjo O'Shea, who goes from innocent bystander to accessory to premeditated murder after giving a few friends a lift.

The First Movie on the Internet: Volumes [A] [B] [C] [D]

The First Movie on the Internet: Volumes [A] [B] [C] [D]

On May 23rd, 1993, "Wax or The Discovery of Television Among The Bees" entered the internet, projected by a cable into a wall. Inside that internet, there are no movies there, and so Wax, waiting until the last frame enters the wall, then begins The First Movie on the Internet, to continue forever, for that is how The First Movie on the Internet begins, at the first frame after the last frame. A true story! And this is that movie, and in reverse. Initially announced as 4 individual movies in an email, but since announced as a single 6:45 fea...

Beyond the Pale

Beyond the Pale

Mr. Whicher is hired by former Home Secretary Sir Edward Shore to investigate the violent threats made against his son Charles, who has recently returned from India with his family.

Snodgrass

Snodgrass

In 1991 50-year old John Lennon, living on the dole in Birmingham and following the moderate success of the Beatles, recalls how he left the band in 1962 after they were persuaded to release 'How Do You Do It?' as a single, rather than 'Love Me Do'.