Funny Up North
✭ ✭ ✭
United Kingdom · 2011
1h 14m
Director
Starring C.P. Lee, Tony Wilson, Frank Randle, George Formby
Genre Comedy, Documentary
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more. The North of England has always enjoyed its own very particular brand of comedy, best seen today in Coronation Street. 80 years ago however Mancunian Studios produced feature films for the northern masses. Funny Up North tells the story of the Mancunian Studios, its eccentric owner John E Blakeley and its cavalcade of stars including such household names as Arthur Askey, Jimmy Jewell, George Formby and the legendary Frank Randle. Hosted by Professor Chris Lee, the authority on northern cinema, Funny Up North takes you on a journey from its humble beginnings to its sad demise in the 1960s.
We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Eau-forte
When lethal acid rain begins to fall across France, a separated couple and their daughter must come together to escape.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Director Just Philippot
- Cast Guillaume Canet, Laetitia Dosch, Patience Munchenbach, Felicia Talluto, Marie Jung, Martin Verset
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sundown
While vacationing in Mexico, Neil and his family’s tight-knit order is disrupted by a distant family emergency.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Mexico • 2022
- Director Michel Franco
- Cast Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Alibi.com 2
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Director Philippe Lacheau
- Cast Philippe Lacheau, Tarek Boudali, Élodie Fontan, Julien Arruti, Nathalie Baye, Didier Bourdon
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Grand Expectations
(De grandes espérances)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2023
- Director Sylvain Desclous
- Cast Rebecca Marder, Benjamin Lavernhe, Emmanuelle Bercot, Marc Barbé, Pascal Elso, Thomas Thévenoud
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
(re)kindle
((re)começo)
Two old friends get in touch through video calls amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 2021
- Director Aron Matschulat Aguiar
- Cast Joana Dória, Manuela Afonso
- Genre Drama
- Available on IndieFlix, Plex,
Soulcatcher
(Operacja: Soulcatcher)
- ✭ ✭
- Poland • 2023
- Director Daniel Markowicz
- Cast Piotr Witkowski, Jacek Koman, Jacek Poniedziałek, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Aleksandra Adamska, Vansh Luthra
- Genre Action
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads