Joanna David Movie Trailers

Dear Brutus Trailer (1981)

27 January 1981

"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for – a second chance." J.

The Dark Room Trailer (1999)

02 April 1999

In hospital, photographer Jinx Kingsley wakes from a coma after a car crash - a failed suicide attempt, prompted by her fiance Leo jilting her to elope with Jinx's lifelong best friend, Meg.

Sleepwalker Trailer (1984)

05 July 1984

Saxon Logan's extraordinary 49 minute featurette pitches four people into a class war situation with a vicious sting in the tale.

During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.

Sympathy for the Devil Trailer (1968)

01 December 1968

While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture through five different vignettes.

Comrades Trailer (1987)

23 August 1987

The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

Letters from Baghdad Trailer (2017)

21 April 2017

Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.

Working Surface: A Short Study (with Actors) in the 'Ways' of a Bourgeois Writer Trailer (1979)

07 January 1979

Bill Douglas plays a writer struggling with a script about the interior lives of two women (played by Joanna David and Heather Page).

The Mill on the Floss Trailer (1997)

12 October 1997

Lawyer Wakem takes the mill on the river Floss away from Edward Tulliver (whose ancestors have owned it for 300 years) and becomes the worst enemy of Tulliver's family.

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Trailer (1974)

05 November 1974

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.

Paying Guests (Part 2) Trailer (1986)

02 October 1986

Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold.

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington Trailer (1987)

25 December 1987

Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?

Falling Trailer (2005)

06 March 2005

Television drama based on the novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Author Daisy Langrish buys a tranquil country cottage as a bolt-hole from the pressures of her busy London life, but doesn't expect her new home to come complete with a would-be suitor.

Paying Guests (Part 1) Trailer (1986)

01 October 1986

Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Trailer (2010)

22 September 2010

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl.

Monster Party Trailer (2018)

02 November 2018

Three teenage thieves infiltrate a mansion dinner party, unaware that it is secretly being hosted by a serial killer cult for the social elite.

Unexplained Laughter Trailer (1989)

25 April 1989

Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds its own humour and passion.

Affront Trailer (1978)

17 October 1978

A car mechanic faces prejudice at work because of his ethnicity.

The Cleansing Hour Trailer (2019)

25 October 2019

Two millennial entrepreneurs stage elaborate fake exorcisms on social media until one of their girlfriends becomes possessed by a demon.

Arthur's Whisky Trailer (2024)

19 September 2024

When Joan’s husband dies, she is shocked to discover he had invented an elixir which makes the drinker look young again.

The Debutante Trailer (2022)

13 June 2022

A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance held in her honour.

Anna Karenina Trailer (1985)

26 March 1985

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted.

Another Mother's Son Trailer (2017)

24 March 2017

The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian prisoner of war.

The Soul Keeper Trailer (2003)

17 January 2003

Zurich, 1905. Nineteen-year-old Russian Sabina Spielrein is put by her parents in a psychiatric hospital, suffering from a severe form of hysteria and refusing to eat.

The Lady's Maid's Bell Trailer (1983)

27 May 1983

Based on a short story by Edith Wharton. A lady's maid named Hartley finds employment with Mrs. Brympton, a lady who is confined to her country estate because of delicate health.

Deep Murder Trailer (2019)

14 June 2019

Set in an alternate reality in which everyone is a cliché from a tacky porn film, a group of increasingly self-aware stock characters are up against a mysterious killer offing them one by one.

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story Trailer (2003)

18 July 2003

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Trailer (1989)

19 November 1989

Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams about the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers in Cair Paravel.

One of Those Days Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

We've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be dealing you one poor hand after another.

The Brides in the Bath Trailer (2003)

31 December 2003

Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.

Kat and the Band Trailer (2020)

13 January 2020

Seventeen year old, music obsessed school girl Kat Malone tricks her way into managing struggling band Dollar Days, pretending to be a band manager in her twenties.