Where to watch My Childhood (1972) in the UK
My Childhood (1972) is currently available to stream in the UK on BFI Player Amazon Channel and BFI Player Apple TV Channel. Last verified on 14 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.
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Stephen ArchibaldJamie -
Hughie RestorickTommy -
Jean Taylor SmithGrandmother -
Karl FieselerHelmuth
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Bernard McKennaTommy's father -
Paul KermackJamie's father -
Helena GloagFather's mother -
Ann SmithJamie's mother
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My Childhood (1972) is currently included in subscriptions to BFI Player Amazon Channel and BFI Player Apple TV Channel in the United Kingdom. Sign-in is required to play. Streaming licences change occasionally — ScreenSearch refreshes its data daily.
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My Childhood is currently included with: BFI Player Amazon Channel and BFI Player Apple TV Channel.
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