Jason Watkins
13 titles
Filmography
13 results

Trollied
Set in a supermarket, Valco, Trollied focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre.

The Trick
(2021)The Trick, starring Jason Watkins (Line of Duty, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies) and Victoria Hamilton (Doctor Foster, Life), tells the story of world-renowned, respected scientist Professor Philip Jones (Watkins), the Director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia, who found himself at the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyber terrorism in 2009. With time running out against an unseen enemy, The Trick looks at the potentially devastating consequences for humanity from climate change denial; how a media storm undermined public confidence in the science and how the concept of ‘truth’ took a back seat causing us to lose a decade of action. The film charts the unjustified persecution of Phil Jones, his wife Ruth’s (Hamilton) fierce support of her husband and the fight for the ultimate exoneration of himself and the science.
The Overcoat
(2017)Based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol, this blackly comic fairytale is about a lonely social outcast who, in an effort to raise his status at work, spends all his money on a new overcoat, which seemingly gives him the approval he craves. But when it's stolen from him, he cannot return to his previous life of anonymity, leading to a downward spiral from which there is no return.
The Game
Haunted by the case he could never solve, a retired detective is pulled back into a deadly game when echoes of a sadistic stalker resurface, blurring the line between guilt, truth, and obsession.

Fear of Fanny
(2006)This documentary looks at the professional rise and spectacular fall, including raw family dysfunction, of eccentric British TV chef Fanny Cradock.

Dirk Gently
Meet Dirk Gently. He's poorly dressed, perpetually insolvent ...and uncommonly good at solving mysteries. As proprietor of the Holistic Detective Agency, Dirk follows methods that are, in his own words, "based on an almost unswerving belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things." Affably played by Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Dirk is aided--and frequently irritated--by his hapless assistant, Richard MacDuff (Darren Boyd, Holy Flying Circus). Together, they tackle cases ranging from a missing cat to a murder that may involve the Pentagon.

The Children Act
(2018)A judge races to decide the fate of a dying teenager in need of a lifesaving blood transfusion.

Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
The untold story of Hollywood’s greatest leading man, Cary Grant.
W1A
Comedy follow up to Twenty Twelve. Former Olympic head of deliverance Ian Fletcher now has a job as the BBC's head of values.

Hampstead
(2017)This sparklingly witty, London-set romance is based on the inspiring true story of a man's against-all-odds fight to save his home.

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
(2012)An anxious new teacher must chaperone a class trip to a Christmas singing competition alongside his pregnant wife and an immature teaching assistant.

Sex Traffic
Kidnapped and trafficked to the dark side of London, two young Moldovan sisters fight for their lives. Their story exposes far-reaching corruption.

Wired
Fast-paced thriller which delves into the murky world of high-risk bank fraud. Louise (Jodie Whittaker) is a young, fun-loving single mother who’s been recently promoted. But unsuspecting Louise has been targeted as part of a conspiracy to coerce her into facilitating a £250million internet bank theft.