James Wilby

The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against the cold waters of the Channel.

Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Margot, who lives off scams and amorous manipulations.

James Wilby (Godford Park), Hugh Grant (Notting Hill) and Rupert Graves (V for Vendetta) star in this 1987 drama about a young man attempting to come to terms with his sexuality while living in an oppressive Edwardian society.

Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for Best Picture, director James Ivory's 1992 period romance depicts a battle of the classes during Edwardian England. 

The lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.

From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional.