Arthur Askey Movies

  • 1941
    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    5.91941HD

    Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...

    The Ghost Train
  • 1959
    Make Mine a Million

    Make Mine a Million

    Make Mine a Million

    7.21959HD

    Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his...

    Make Mine a Million
  • 1955
    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    The Love Match

    7.81955HD

    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
  • 1941
    I Thank You

    I Thank You

    I Thank You

    7.41941HD

    Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded...

    I Thank You
  • 1940
    Band Waggon

    Band Waggon

    Band Waggon

    51940HD

    A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

    Band Waggon
  • 1944
    Bees in Paradise

    Bees in Paradise

    Bees in Paradise

    5.31944HD

    Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.

    Bees in Paradise
  • 1940
    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

    51940HD

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. ...

    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
  • 1942
    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    5.21942HD

    Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman
  • 1943
    Miss London Ltd.

    Miss London Ltd.

    Miss London Ltd.

    5.21943HD

    Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers'...

    Miss London Ltd.
  • 1978
    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

    31978HD

    Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands...

    Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
  • 1956
    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    01956HD

    Bill Ramsbottom sells his English pub and drags his family off to Canada where he has inherited a ranch from his grandfather Wild Bill Ramsbottom. He...

    Ramsbottom Rides Again
  • 1942
    Back-Room Boy

    Back-Room Boy

    Back-Room Boy

    6.41942HD

    Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up...

    Back-Room Boy
  • 1959
    Friends and Neighbours

    Friends and Neighbours

    Friends and Neighbours

    71959HD

    During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a...

    Friends and Neighbours
  • 2007
    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    52007HD

    A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

    Hitler: The Comedy Years
  • 1976
    The Birth of Television

    The Birth of Television

    The Birth of Television

    01976HD

    In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

    The Birth of Television
  • 1982
    Desert Island Discs

    Desert Island Discs

    Desert Island Discs

    01982HD

    Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor...

    Desert Island Discs
  • 1957
    Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

    01957HD

    The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

    Lancashire Coast
  • 1968
    Vive Torbay

    Vive Torbay

    Vive Torbay

    01968HD

    A little travelogue feature presenting Torbay - new resort along the 20 mile stretch of South Devon coast.

    Vive Torbay
  • 2011
    Funny Up North

    Funny Up North

    Funny Up North

    62011HD

    Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more....

    Funny Up North
  • 1977
    To See Such Fun

    To See Such Fun

    To See Such Fun

    01977HD

    Compilation of classic British comedy moments

    To See Such Fun