Mr. Burton

Mr. Burton (2025) is a British drama you can watch online on iFILM. Port Talbot, south Wales, 1942: teenager Richard Jenkins comes from a big coal-mining family, skips school, and sees nothing but the pit ahead of him.

Then schoolteacher Philip Burton — played by Toby Jones — spots a rare gift in the difficult boy, takes him under his wing, and eventually hands the lad his own surname. Wartime hardship and a family pulling him backward stand between Richard and the stage. This is the origin story of how a Welsh schoolboy grew into Richard Burton, one of the great British actors of the twentieth century. Harry Lawtey plays the young Richard, with Lesley Manville alongside him; Marc Evans directs. Stream Mr. Burton (2025) online on iFILM.