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The Little House
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Rupert Evans, Lucy Griffiths
Director: Jamie Payne
Certificate: 
Feature-length ITV psychological thriller based on the bestselling novel by Philippa Gregory. When teacher Ruth (Lucy Griffiths) marries the ambitious, career-driven Patrick (Rupert Evans), she becomes increasingly stifled when his parents Elizabeth (Francesca Annis) and Frederick (Tim Pigott-Smith)..read more »
 
67%
from 282 members
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Shifty
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Courtney Day, Gracie Fitch, Nathaniel Gleed
Director: Eran Creevy
Certificate: 
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A day in the life of Shifty, a young Muslim crack cocaine dealer. Charismatic, compassionate and intelligent, he comes from a respectable family, but is also the most prolific dealer in the area. When his old friend returns to the town, it sets into action a series of events that will see Shifty ..read more »
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from 7,512 members
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Shifty - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Enoch Fr, Francesca Annis, Jay Simpso
Director: Eran Creevy
Certificate:
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Low budget British thriller chronicling a day in the life of a London crack dealer. Riz Ahmed stars as Shifty, a hip young Muslim who earns his living by doing the rounds of his suburban neighbourhood and delivering the various intoxicants to which his assortment of clients are addicted. When ..read more »
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from 1,940 member
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Cranford - Blu-ray
(2 discs)
(2007)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Julia Sawalha, Judi Dench
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate:
Lavish BBC costume drama based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. The series tells the story of the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, as they are besieged by forces that they can't withstand. Cranford in the 1840s is a small northern English town on ..read more »
78%
from 260 members
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Cranford - Complete BBC Series
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate: 
Lavish BBC costume drama based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. The series tells the story of the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, as they are besieged by forces that they can't withstand. Cranford in the 1840s is a small northern English town on ..read more »
84%
from 3,173 members
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Return to Cranford
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Jonathan Pryce, Imelda Staunton
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate: 
Both instalments of the 2009 Christmas special of the BBC costume drama starring Judi Dench. The two-part episode picks up the story in September 1844, a year since the small Cheshire market town celebrated the wedding of Sophy (Kimberley Nixon) and Dr Harrison (Simon Woods). Miss Matty (Dench) ..read more »
81%
from 565 members
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Jane Eyre
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens
Director: Susanna White
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Lavish BBC adaptation of the much-loved Charlotte Bronte novel, starring Ruth Wilson as Jane Eyre and Toby Stephens as Rochester. Orphaned at a young age, Jane is placed in the care of her wealthy aunt Mrs Reed (Tara Fitzgerald), who neglects her in favour of her own three spoiled children. Jane is ..read more »
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from 3,308 members
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Madame Bovary
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Denis Lill, John Cater
Director: Rodney Bennett
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Starring Francesca Annis, Tom Conti, Denis Lill in this dramatic adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel directed by Rodney Bennett. A story about Emma Bovary's affairs as she tries to escape from the banality of her married life to a country doctor.
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from 161 members
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The Debt Collector
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Iain Robertson, Francesca Annis, Billy Connolly
Director: Anthony Neilson
Certificate: 
After 18 years in prison, convicted murderer Nicky Dyden (Billy Connolly) is now on the outside and beginning a promising career as a sculptor - a skill he perfected during his time behind bars. However, not everyone is convinced that Dryden has turned over a new leaf and, when the ex-con is ..read more »
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from 1,107 member
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Onegin
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Lena Headey, Martin Donovan
Director: Martha Fiennes
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This adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's classic novel stars Ralph Fiennes in the title role and is directed by Fiennes' sister Martha. Disillusioned with life in St. Petersburg, Onegin moves to a country estate he has inherited. As he attempts to fit in with the rural community, he is surprised by a ..read more »
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from 1,873 member
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Wives And Daughters
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Iain Glen, Justine W, Justine Waddell
Director: Nicholas Renton
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BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel. The decision of long-time widower Mr Gibson (Bill Paterson) to remarry has several repercussions for his daughter, Molly (Justine Waddell), who resents the arrival of her stepmother (Francesca Annis). However, Molly also acquires a stepsister, ..read more »
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from 4,456 members
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Milk
(1999)
Starring: Francesca Annis, James Fleet, Phyllida Law
Director: William Brookfield
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Adrian (James Fleet) is an oddball farmer whose personality has been formed by the many years he has spent living alone with his mother on a dairy farm in Wiltshire. Upon her death, Adrian's peaceful existence is disrupted by the arrival of the rest of the family, who descend on the farm hoping to ..read more »
51%
from 199 members
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Reckless - The Sequel
(1997)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Peter Pacey, Tony Barton
Director: David Richards
Certificate:
The cast of 'Reckless' are reunited for this sequel to the popular ITV drama. A year on, Owen (Robson Green) and Anne (Francesca Annis) are still together. When Owen proposes, Anna's ex-husband Richard (Michael Kitchen) reappears, determined to prevent the union. Matters are complicated when Owen's ..read more »
74%
from 24 members
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Reckless
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Daniela Nardini, Michael Kitchen
Director: David Richards, Sarah Harding
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Television drama starring Robson Green. A young surgeon (Green) applies for a position at a Manchester hospital and is romantically distracted by the management consultant (Francesca Annis) he met on the journey north. Unfortunately she is married to one of the senior doctors. The attraction is ..read more »
71%
from 269 members
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Dalziel And Pascoe - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Francesca Annis, James D'Arcy, Warren Clarke
Director: Ross Devenish
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All three feature-length episodes from the first series of the BBC crime drama, based on the characters created by crime novelist Reginald Hill. Warren Clarke plays the bluff, cynical Yorkshire detective, Superintendent Andy Dalziel, assisted by polished, University-educated Detective Sergeant ..read more »
73%
from 539 members
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Under the Cherry Moon
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Kristin Scott-Thomas, Francesca Annis, Jerome Benton
Director: Prince
Certificate:
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Prince plays an American entertainer on the look out for women on the French Riviera. Shot in black and white to evoke a 40's feeling, he finds true love and so ends his wild days and nights of philandering.
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from 421 members
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Dune
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Kyle MacLachlan, Sian Phillips
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
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from 11,462 members
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Krull
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony
Director: Peter Yates
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Special-effects-laden sword and sorcery epic. The imminent wedding of Prince Colwyn (Kenneth Marshall) and Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony) seems to have secured peace between their two communities - until they are attacked by the Slayers and their leader, the hideous Beast. Lyssa is kidnapped and ..read more »
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from 4,594 members
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Macbeth
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Jon Finch, Martin Shaw
Director: Roman Polanski
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"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" - but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the - onscreen - murder of Duncan, to the electrifying final duel to the death (at each clash of metal on metal, and flesh on stone wall, Polanski cut a ..read more »
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from 1,536 member
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Pleasure Girls - Blu-ray
(1966)
Starring: Suzanna Leigh, Mark Eden, Francesca Annis
Director: Gerry O'Hara
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A country girl samples life in London in the swinging sixties in this drama from director Gerry O'Hara. Moving to London in the hope of becoming a successful model, Sally (Francesca Annis) moves into the flat her friend Angela (Anneke Wills) shares with three others. As they learn to adapt to life ..read more »
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from 60 members
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The Saint - S03 E14 - Flight Plan
(1966)
Starring: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Edward Woodward
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Certificate:
The Osprey is an experimental vertical take off and land plane which was being test-flown by Mike Gregory until a recent court martial. Now Middle Eastern agents are using him to steal the plane by kidnapping his sister. The Saint rescues her, goes after Mike and has to learn how to fly the Osprey...
66%
from 21 members
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Saturday Night Out
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Barbara Roscoe, Francesca Annis, David Lodge
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
Certificate:
1960s British B-movie about five sailors on overnight leave in swingin' London. Young Australian Lee (John Bonney) meets and falls head-over-heels for Penny (Heather Sears). Arthur (David Lodge) heads off to the docks to visit a 'lady friend'. Jamie (Colin Campbell), Harry (Inigo Jackson)and Paddy (..read more »
60%
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Make Mine Mink
(1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, Francesca Annis
Director: John Boulting, Mari, Robert Asher
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When Dame Beatrice Appleby (Athene Seyler) receives a fur coat from her ex-jailbird maid Lily (Billie Whitelaw) she can't help but suspect that it was stolen. In order to set things right she gathers together a team of local misfits, headed by the eccentric Major Rayne (Terry-Thomas), and draws up ..read more »
66%
from 633 members
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School for Scoundrels
(1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, Janette Scott
Director: John Boulting, Mari, Robert Asher
Certificate:
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Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is one of life's losers. Despised and disregarded at work, his prospective girlfriend April (Janette Scott) is whisked from under his nose by charming bounder Raymond Delauney (Terry-Thomas). In desperation, Henry enrols at Stephen Potter's (Alastair Sim) College of ..read more »
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from 1,547 member
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Too Many Crooks
(1958)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, Francesca Annis
Director: John B, Mario Zampi, Robert Asher
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Fingers (George Cole) and his gang of crooks seem to be having a run of bad luck, as they keep botching one job after another. When they try to rob the wealthy philanderer Billy Gordon (Terry-Thomas) they manage to get things wrong once again and end up kidnapping his wife Lucy (Brenda Da Banzie) ..read more »
71%
from 828 members
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Brothers In Law
(1957)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, Francesca Annis
Director: John Boulting, Robe, Roy Boulting
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A Boulting Brothers comedy starring a host of British stars. Roger Thursby (Ian Carmichael) is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge (Miles Malleson) and tricky case, ..read more »
71%
from 335 members
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The Naked Truth
(1957)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Joan Sims, Irene Handl
Director: John Boulting, Mario Zampi, Mari
Certificate:
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Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) is an unscrupulous tabloid publisher who is making himself rich by approaching celebrated personages with scandalous stories and offering not to print them for a certain fee. But some of his targets have had enough of this and are drawing up plans to do away with the ..read more »
67%
from 895 members
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Private's Progress
(1956)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, Francesca Annis
Director: John Boulting, Mari, Robert Asher
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Upper class twit Windrush (Ian Carmichael) causes military mayhem when he joins up in the army. An inept soldier, he unwittingly becomes involved in his high-ranking uncle's (Dennis Price) scam to appropriate some rather valuable spoils of war - a haul of German jewels. A sequel followed with 'I'm ..read more »
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