The Dancer Upstairs, 2001. Directed by John Malkovich, starring Javier Bardem, adapted by Nicholas Shakespeare from his novel

The Waugh Trilogy, Arena, BBC2, 1988. This groundbreaking three-part documentary, written and narrated by Nicholas Shakespeare, explores the life and work of one of England’s greatest novelists. It includes Shakespeare’s interviews with Evelyn Waugh’s family and friends, who read from his works. Among the contributors are Graham Greene, [...]

The Private Dirk Bogarde, 2001 (BAFTA Best Documentary, Royal Television Society Best Documentary) With unprecedented access to his family and friends, and featuring home-movies taken by his partner, this two-part portrait of Dirk Bogarde, one of Britain’s best-known movie stars (Death in Venice, Victim, Accident, Doctor in the [...]

In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, BBC2 Bookmark Special, 1999 A major two-part biography filmed across five continents, with Elizabeth Chatwin, Salman Rishdie, Werner Herzog, Thomas Keneally, Murray Bail and many others.

Mario Vargas Llosa, The Novelist Who Would be President, Omnibus BBC2 Nobel prize-winner Mario Vargas Llosa ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru in 1990. This exclusive film follows him through the most turbulent years of his life. From London to Italy and Peru, it weaves together his [...]

For the sake of the children, Granada, 1992 (Winner of The Christopher Award, US) In 1959, Anita Goulden from Manchester was on vacation in the Peruvian desert town of Piura when she came upon a sickly child who had been left in the street to die. She had [...]

Return to the Sacred Ice, BBC 2 Everyman Nicholas Shakespeare follows a group of pilgrims from the village of Chincheros as they make their way to a shrine at 16,000 feet to participate in this extraordinary festival. Supposedly the celebration of a 17th century apparition of Christ to [...]