| Art Matters (2024) Self |
| David Hockney: In London (2023) Self |
| David Hockney: In Normandy (2023) self |
| David Hockney: A Celebration (2023) Self |
| Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016) Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show |
| Muse of Fire (2013) Self |
| The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England (2013) Himself - Presenter |
| The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene (2013) Self |
| John Steinbeck: Voice of America (2011) Host/Narrator |
| The South Bank Show: Spamalot (2006) |
| Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003) Himself |
| Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema (2002) Himself (Presenter) |
| R.E.M. (2002) Presenter |
| Emir Kusturica (2000) Himself (Presenter) |
| Countertenors (1999) Presenter |
| Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams (1998) Self |
| Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees (1997) Self |
| Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) Self |
| An Interview with Dennis Potter (1994) Interviewer |
| Portrait or Bust (1994) Himself (uncredited) |
| The South Bank Show: Ken Loach (1993) Presenter |
| The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1992) Self - Presenter |
| The South Bank Show: Terence Davies (1992) Interviewer |
| The South Bank Show: Noël Coward (1992) Host |
| Bernard and the Genie (1991) Himself |
| The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam (1991) |
| Roy Lichtenstein (1991) Himself |
| Vivienne Westwood (1990) Self |
| Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989) Interviewer |
| The Tall Guy (1989) Himself |
| Hockney at the Tate (1988) Self |
| In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988) Self |
| Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' (1988) Presenter |
| Francis Bacon (1988) |
| J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate (1987) Presenter |
| The South Bank Show: Michael Powell (1986) Host |
| The South Bank Show: John Cleese (1986) |
| From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985 (1985) Self - Presenter |
| David Lean: A Life in Film (1985) Narrator |
| The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' (1983) Host |
| Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree (1981) Presenter |
| The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse (1981) Self |
| The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Self - Presenter |
| The South Bank Show: William Golding (1980) Host |
| The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski (1980) Host |
| The Kids Are Alright (1979) |
| Ingmar Bergman at 60 (1978) Host |
| Whose Doctor Who (1977) Presenter |
| An Artist's Story (1974) Himself - Presenter |
| Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out Narrator |