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A Sense of History (1992)

Thin Man/Film Four International. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, directed by Mike Leigh, written by Jim Broadbent, photography by Dick Pope, edited by Jon Gregory, production and costume design by Alison Chitty, music by Carl Davis, sound by Tim Fraser. With Jim Broadbent (23rd Earl of Leete), Stephen Bill (Giddy). 28 mins.

Multiple murder in a frozen landscape.

The Short and Curlies (1987)

Film Four/Portman. Produced by Victor Glynn and Simon Channing Williams, written & directed by Mike Leigh, photography by Roger Pratt, edited by Jon Gregory, designed by Diana Charnley, costumes by Lindy Hemming, music by Rachel Portman, sound by Malcolm Hirst. With David Thewlis (Clive), Alison Steadman (Betty), Sylvestra Le Touzel (Joy), Wendy Nottingham (Charlene). 18 mins.

Love, sex, courtship, contraception, pregnancy, hair, jokes, goldfish.