Arthur Askey Movies

The Ghost Train

64/100

High jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.

Band Waggon

56/100

A plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

61/100

Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.

Bees in Paradise

52/100

During World War II, a plane crashes on an island full of dominating women.

Miss London Ltd.

62/100

Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall) travels to England to take over her half of her late fathers dating service run by Arthur Bowman (Arthur Askey). An enjoyable musical comedy.

Make Mine a Million

68/100

Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak... See full summary »

Ramsbottom Rides Again

52/100

A Yorkshire publican comes into an inheritance, but when he goes to Canada to claim it, he runs into trouble.

Friends and Neighbours

Back-Room Boy

65/100

A lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship ... See full summary »

I Thank You

61/100

Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.

The Love Match

74/100

Two football-loving railway workers get into trouble after racing their engine home to get to a match on time.

King Arthur Was a Gentleman

57/100

Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasising about King Arthur and his knights.

The Love Match

An excerpt from the popular farce before an invited audience live from the stage of the Grand Theatre, Blackpool.

A Santa for Christmas

Bet Your Life

Ninety Years On

A live variety show on the eve of Winston Churchill's Ninetieth birthday, comprising of music and comedy sketches from the past 90 years and a look at Churchill's life.

Television Christmas Party

No Strings

Second Honeymoon

Extracts from a stage comedy before an invited audience.

Fifty Bighearted Years: The Variety Club of Great Britain's Tribute to Arthur Askey

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

First Night