Priest Blu-ray
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Posted October 22, 2025 09:47 AM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has provided final details for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Antonia Bird's Priest (1994), starring Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson, and Lesley Sharp. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on November 17.
Description: Priest is an award-winning British drama from 1994, directed by Antonia Bird (Face, Ravenous) and written by Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Time, Cracker). Met with controversy on its release, it tells the story of a young Roman Catholic priest torn between his faith and his struggles with the Church. On 17 November the BFI brings Priest to Blu-ray for the first time, with special features including newly filmed interviews with Linus Roache and Jimmy McGovern and a Guardian Interview with Antonia Bird from 1995.
At his new parish in inner-city Liverpool, eager young priest Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache, My Policeman) clashes with his colleague Father Matthew Thomas (Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom) over the older cleric's progressive left-wing politics and disregard for the vow of celibacy. But soon, Father Greg's harsh judgement is directed inwards as he grapples with his attraction to a man, and his faith is tested when he learns of a young girl's abuse in the confessional.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Priest is an award-winning British drama from 1994, directed by Antonia Bird (Face, Ravenous) and written by Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Time, Cracker). Met with controversy on its release, it tells the story of a young Roman Catholic priest torn between his faith and his struggles with the Church. On 17 November the BFI brings Priest to Blu-ray for the first time, with special features including newly filmed interviews with Linus Roache and Jimmy McGovern and a Guardian Interview with Antonia Bird from 1995.
At his new parish in inner-city Liverpool, eager young priest Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache, My Policeman) clashes with his colleague Father Matthew Thomas (Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom) over the older cleric's progressive left-wing politics and disregard for the vow of celibacy. But soon, Father Greg's harsh judgement is directed inwards as he grapples with his attraction to a man, and his faith is tested when he learns of a young girl's abuse in the confessional.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Presented in High Definition
- I Miss Those Days: An Interview With Linus Roache (2025, 18 mins): the actor remembers his childhood influences, professional training and early career
- The Bafta & BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series: Jimmy McGovern (2016, 27 mins): the screenwriter discusses his passion for people, his politics and what makes a great screenplay
- Jimmy McGovern Remembers… Priest (2025, 14 mins): Jimmy McGovern looks back on his acclaimed but controversial drama
- The Guardian Interview: Antonia Bird (1995, 72 mins): the director discusses her career leading up to Priest and how she became involved in the project
- The Take: Priest (1999, 4 mins): Simon O'Brien considers how McGovern's Catholic education and personal experiences influenced his writing on Priest
- The Priest (1953, 22 mins): an amateur documentary about the priesthood and Catholicism moving from the margins to the mainstream
- First pressing only: Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Lillian Crawford, a new essay on Antonia Bird by Rachel Pronger; new writing on Jimmy McGovern by Mark Duguid, notes on the special features and credits
