Film historian Charles Barr looks back at the comedy heritage of the world-famous Ealing Studios. A further Irish connection had been shrewdly pointed out by the Irish critic Anthony Roche, author of ...

Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood in The Man in the White Suit - Alamy Stratton feels he has done the world a serious favour: clothes now won’t wear out, and will never need to be washed. But as ...

Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) lives alone in a rickety Victorian house near London’s King’s Cross railway station. She rents a room to Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness), who claims to be a musician, ...

Few names are more notorious in the annals of railway history than that of Lord Beeching (1913-85). As the author of the legendary Beeching Report of 1963, he was responsible for the dramatic and wide ...

British comedies hold a special place in the hearts of many, and distinguish themselves even among countless other beloved comedy movies. While there are plenty of quintessential British comedies that ...