Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World 1989

6.20

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.

1989

The Secret of the Forest

The Secret of the Forest 1956

1

Two children dig up an old Viking treasure ship and become involved with crooks who have buried their loot on the site. Specially made for children.

1956

Daylight Robbery

Daylight Robbery 1964

1

Three children are locked in a store by accident. They help catch a gang who break into the store the same day in order to get to the bank next door.

1964

Sammy's Super T-Shirt

Sammy's Super T-Shirt 1978

6.30

A young boy's lucky t-shirt is transformed through a power surge and gives its wearer super-powers.

1978

The Monster of Highgate Ponds

The Monster of Highgate Ponds 1961

5.00

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

1961

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

The Boy Who Turned Yellow 1972

5.30

John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back in school, he is not very attentive and falls asleep during a lesson about electricity so his teacher sends him home. On the 'tube' there is a sudden flash, and John, the train and all of the passengers turn yellow. With the help of Nick (short for 'Electronic') John learns about electricity, invades the Tower of London and saves his pet mouse ... or was it a dream. This is the Powell & Pressburger touch applied to children's films.

1972

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek 1972

4.90

A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.

1972

Runaway Railway

Runaway Railway 1965

7.00

A group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying to raise money to buy it and the steam engine "Matilda." They get help from a pair of men claiming to be enthusiasts but who turn out to be robbers who plan to hold up the mail train

1965

Crime Doesn't Pay

Crime Doesn't Pay 1970

1

Compilation film made from extracts, "Headline Hunters", the Christmas Tree", "Operation Third Form", and "The Runaway Railway".

1970

The Missing Note

The Missing Note 1961

5.50

Three children track their lost piano with one note missing through London.

1961

The Battle of Billy's Pond

The Battle of Billy's Pond 1976

6.70

A huge chemical company pays illegal dumpers for disposal of chemical waste dangerous to the environment.

1976

Masters of Venus

Masters of Venus 1962

4.00

A spaceship from Earth lands on the planet Venus, and encounters a race of beings that the crew begins to suspect are descended from the lost city of Atlantis.

1962

A Hitch in Time

A Hitch in Time 1978

5.60

Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine.

1978

Johnny on the Run

Johnny on the Run 1953

7.50

A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.

1953

The Cat Gang

The Cat Gang 1959

6.00

The Cat Gang is a group of precocious British kids. They have a habit of hanging around a grown-up customs official who wishes that they'd beat it. But the Gang comes in handy when a smuggling gang arrives on the scene.

1959

Mr. Horatio Knibbles

Mr. Horatio Knibbles 1971

5.70

Mary Bunting is sitting alone when to her surprise and delight a rabbit six foot tall - elegantly dressed in frock coat and fancy waistcoat - appears. As he is a magic rabbit, he can be seen only by Mary, which naturally creates great confusion and misunderstanding.

1971

Anoop and the Elephant

Anoop and the Elephant 1972

6.00

Two English kids meet their friend Anoop Singh and his baby elephant Ranee. The nasty circus owner wants the elephant for his circus and the children decide that they must prevent this.

1972

Friend or Foe

Friend or Foe 1982

1

Two evacuated children in wartime rural England find two German airmen hiding out in the woods. An adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 1977 novel from writer/director John Krish .

1982