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Broadbent & Smith battling it out for top TV BAFTA -
26 April 2011
-Harry Potter star Jim Broadbent and Doctor Who actor Matt Smith are among the stars who will fight it out for the top honour at the upcoming British Academy (BAFTA) Television Awards.-Broadbent has been tipped in the Leading Actor category for his role in Any Human He
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Broadbent draws on family agony again -
19 April 2011
-Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent revisited the agony of watching his mother battle Alzheimer's disease to play a man afflicted with the condition in a new drama.-The Harry Potter star takes on the role of an Alzheimer's sufferer in BBC drama Exile, and has revealed h
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Broadbent wins acting prize at Royal Television Society Awards -
17 March 2011
-Veteran actor Jim Broadbent picked up a prestigious prize for his moving role in Any Human Heart at the Royal Television Society Awards in London on Tuesday (15Mar11).-
-The Bridget Jones's Diary star walked away with the Best Actor trophy for his portrayal of Logan M
Jim Broadbent - what members say
review by leeds6white from West Yorkshire
Another triumph 20 March 2004
review by from N Ireland
Enjoyable 12 August 2006
review by A customer from Stratford-upon-Avon
Good costumes , poor history 26 August 2009
Jim Broadbent - filmography
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Cloud Atlas
(2012)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant
Director: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski
Certificate: 
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
 
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Cloud Atlas - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant
Director: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski
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An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
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from 4 members
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The Iron Lady - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Anthony Head, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
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Biopic starring Meryl Streep in an Oscar-winning performance as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher's life and political career are portrayed in flashback from the perspective of her later years as she struggles with Alzheimer's disease and grieves for her recently-deceased ..read more »
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from 189 members
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Exile
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Olivia Coleman, Shaun Dooley, John Simm
Director: John Alexander
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All three episodes of the BBC psychological thriller series starring John Simm as a journalist returning to his northern roots. With his career now in tatters, formerly successful London hack Tom Ronstadt (Simm) travels back to his Lancashire hometown to try to unravel the mysterious events ..read more »
74%
from 637 members
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Arthur Christmas
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Matt Lucas
Director: Barry Cook, Sarah Smith
Certificate: 
"Arthur Christmas" at last reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the heart of the film is a story with ..read more »
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from 4,115 members
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Arthur Christmas - 3D Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
Director: Sarah Smith
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This animated seasonal family comedy is co-produced by Aardman Studios. The film shows the inner workings of the high-tech operation run at the North Pole by Santa (voiced by Jim Broadbent) and his sons, which enables them to get all the world's presents delivered in just one night. But behind this ..read more »
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from 401 members
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Another Year
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville
Director: Mike Leigh
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Mike Leigh writes and directs this observational comedy drama depicting a year in the life of a contented middle-aged London couple. Medical counsellor Gerri (Ruth Sheen) is happily married to Tom (Jim Broadbent). The film follows Gerri over the course of the year as she opens her home and heart to ..read more »
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from 21,073 members
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The Good Father
(2010)
Starring: Joanne Whalley, Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mike Newell
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Anthony Hopkins and Jim Broadbent play two men, recently estranged from their wives and children, and trying to come to terms with their sense of frustration and despair. Directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings And A Funeral), this moving drama is packed with a rich array of stars including; Joanna ..read more »
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from 210 members
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The Young Victoria
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
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From Academy Award winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese comes the story of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle in to her romantic courtship and legendary marriage to Prince Albert, Emily Blunt gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria.
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from 38,395 members
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The Damned United
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Michael Sheen, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall
Director: Tom Hooper
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The chameleon-like Michael Sheen - an actor that has already portrayed Tony Blair in THE QUEEN and Sir David Frost in FROST/NIXON - stars as Brian Clough: the short-lived manager of Leeds United in the 1970s.
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from 29,079 members
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Perrier's Bounty - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jodie Whittaker
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Certificate:
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When Michael's (Cillian Murphy) debt to Dublin kingpin Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) is called in and one of Perrier's goons accidentally ends up dead, Michael escapes to the mountains with his father Jim (Jim Broadbent) and best friend, Brenda. Flat broke, on the run and with only 24 hours to ..read more »
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from 2,464 members
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Perrier's Bounty
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jodie Whittaker
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Certificate:
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When Michael's (Cillian Murphy) debt to Dublin kingpin Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) is called in and one of Perrier's goons accidentally ends up dead, Michael escapes to the mountains with his father Jim (Jim Broadbent) and best friend, Brenda. Flat broke, on the run and with only 24 hours to ..read more »
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from 8,178 members
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Inkheart
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Director: Iain Softley
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A girl's father has the ability to summon book characters to life by reading aloud. When a nasty, rotten pack of rogues from a fable kidnap Pops, our heroine must join forces with her fictional friends and rescue him.
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from 31,583 members
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Lost And Found
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Philip Hunt
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Animated film for children, narrated by Jim Broadbent. When a little boy finds a lonely penguin on his doorstep, at first he is unsure what to do. But he soon decides to help the penguin find his way back home - even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole...
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from 804 members
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Inkheart - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Director: Iain Softley
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A girl's father has the ability to summon book characters to life by reading aloud. When a nasty, rotten pack of rogues from a fable kidnap Pops, our heroine must join forces with her fictional friends and rescue him.
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from 3,029 members
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The Street - Series 1 - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Sue Johnston
Director: Jimmy McGovern
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The complete first series of the popular BBC drama starring Jim Broadbent, Sue Johnston and Jane Horrocks. Set in the North of England, each episode concentrates on a different house in the street. Each story is unique and individual but linked by community, shared experience and an indomitable ..read more »
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from 1,263 member
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Bird Of Prey - Complete Series
(2 discs)
(2006)
Starring: Carol Nimmons, Jim Broadbent, Richard Griffiths
Director: Michael Rolfe
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Richard Griffiths stars in this seminal BBC political thriller as unassuming civil servant Henry Jay. Stumbling across a sophisticated computer fraud scam, Jay unwittingly derails the plans of a powerful criminal organisation. With a hired assassin dispatched to kill him, Jay finds himself on the ..read more »
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The Street - S01 E03 - Flasher
(2006)
Starring: Neil Dudgeon, David Schofield, Jane Horrocks
Director: Jimmy McGovern
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The consequences are disastrous for a well-respected teacher when he is caught in an embarrassing situation whilst jogging through the park one night. Life seems to be going well for happily married Brian (Neil Dudgeon) and Ann Peterson (Lindsey Coulson), who live at No.36, with their three children.
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from 11 members
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Art School Confidential
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Anjelica Huston, Sophia Myles
Director: Terry Zwigoff
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Comedy following a talented young artist, Jerome (Max Minghella), as he escapes from high school to a tiny East Coast art school. Here the boyish freshman's ambition is to become the world's greatest artist, like his hero Picasso. Unfortunately, the beauty and craft of Jerome's portraiture are not ..read more »
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from 2,272 members
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Longford
(2006)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Kika Markham
Director: Tom Hooper
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Mere mention of convicted child murderer Myra Hindley's name is enough to send shivers down the spines of most people in her native U.K. This HBO drama concerns the strange friendship Hindley struck up with a British Lord, Frank Aungier Pakenham (the seventh Earl of Longford), after she was ..read more »
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Robots - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Halle Berry, Lucille Bliss, Terry Bradshaw
Director: Chris Wedge
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Animated family comedy featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams and Halle Berry. Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor) is a small town robot who has a gift for inventing things and a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. He works side by side in a restaurant with his dad who is a ..read more »
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Due for release on 5th July 2013
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Robots
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Halle Berry
Director: Carlos Saldanha, Chris Wedge
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Animated family comedy featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams and Halle Berry. Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor) is a small town robot who has a gift for inventing things and a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. He works side by side in a restaurant with his dad who is a ..read more »
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from 54,645 members
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The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the...
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Rupert Everett, Ray Winstone
Director: Andrew Adamson
Certificate:
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Family adventure based on the classic novel by CS Lewis. Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley) are deported from London to the house of an eccentric professor during World War II. They find life in the house extremely dull, until Lucy ..read more »
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from 85,571 members
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The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the...
(2005)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Rupert Everett, Ray Winstone
Director: Andrew Adamson
Certificate:
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Family adventure based on the classic novel by CS Lewis. Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley) are deported from London to the house of an eccentric professor during World War II. They find life in the house extremely dull, until Lucy ..read more »
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from 3,330 members
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Vera Drake
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Phil Davis
Director: Mike Leigh
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Vera Drake is a selfless woman who is completely devoted to, and loved by, her working class family. She spends her days doting on them and caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother. However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies. While the ..read more »
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from 51,972 members
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Vanity Fair
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Rhys Ifans, James Purefoy, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mira Nair
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Adaptation of Thackeray's satirical masterpiece about the constant battle for wealth and social success amongst the aristocracy of the early nineteenth century. In a society growing rich on the wealth generated by an expanding empire, Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is the ambitious daughter of a ..read more »
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from 21,399 members
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Around The World In 80 Days
(2004)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Ian Mcneice, Jim Broadbent
Director: Frank Coraci
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Playful retelling of Jules Verne's classic novel, starring Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan. Chan plays Passepartout, valet to the neurotic, time-obsessed English inventor, Phileas Fogg (Coogan), who has made a wager with fellow members at his London gentleman's club that he can traverse the globe in ..read more »
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from 31,302 members
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Bright Young Things
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore, Peter O'Toole, Jim Broadbent
Director: Stephen Fry
Certificate:
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Adam and his friends are young, party-goers who cannot keep still for a moment. Among all the madness, Adam is trying to raise enough money to marry Nina. While his attempts are constantly thwarted, his friends are slowly on the road to destruction in their search for newer and faster sensations.
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from 7,247 members
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Nicholas Nickleby
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Hunnam, Barry H
Director: Douglas McGrath
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A tale based on the classic novel, "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" by Charles Dickens. Set in 19th Century England, the story revolves around the resourceful Nicholas Nickleby and his beloved family, as their world changes dramatically when tragedy strikes. The Nicklebys have always ..read more »
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from 2,788 members
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Gathering Storm
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Lena Headey, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Broadbent
Director: Richard Loncraine
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Albert Finney stars as Sir Winston Churchill in the years leading up to the Second World War, as he tries to warn Britain of the threat posed by Hitler and Nazi Germany. The film looks at his comeback from political obscurity and the personal sacrifices he made for his country.
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from 1,303 member
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Gangs Of New York
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Liam Neeson, John C. Reilly, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Martin Scorsese
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In 1860's lower Manhattan, the Five Points section is a dark, teeming corner of the city known for vice and chaos. Into this frontier of lawlessness arrives the young Irish American, Amsterdam Vallon. Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon--once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits ..read more »
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from 45,529 members
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The King's Beard
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robin Edwards, Maria Darling, Jim Broadbent
Director: Tony Collingwood
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Young Rufus is a barber who comes to the Mirrored Kingdom with hopes of making his fortune cutting hair. But no one wants a haircut. They all want to grow their hair like the King, who has a beard so long that it runs out of his castle and flows down through the streets below. Rufus decides to ..read more »
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from 65 members
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Bridget Jones's Diary
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sally Phillips, Honor Blackman, Jim Broadbent
Director: Sharon Maguire
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Pity poor Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger). She's the 1990s British everywoman: single, weight-obsessed, and very probably drunk on mid-price white wine. Her life goes from middling to worse when she embarks on a doomed affair with silver-tongued boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In the background ..read more »
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from 48,268 members
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Moulin Rouge
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Certificate:
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Christian, a young writer with a magical gift for poetry, defies his bourgeois father by moving to the bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. He is taken in by the absinthe- soaked artist Toulouse- Lautrec, whose party- hard life centers aound the Moulin Rouge, a world of sex, drugs, electricity ..read more »
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from 32,229 members
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Iris
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
Director: Richard Eyre
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Real-life story of the enduring love between author Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, which lasts throughout her struggles against Alzheimer's disease.
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from 11,261 members
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Moulin Rouge - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue, Kerry W
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Certificate:
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Christian (Ewan McGregor) is an aspiring bohemian writer, eking out a living in late 19th century Paris. An unlikely series of events result in him impersonating a Duke at the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most decadent club, and he falls tragically in love with its biggest star, Satine (Nicole Kidman). ..read more »
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Percy the Park Keeper - S02 E03
(1999)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Roger McIntosh
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A little bird in the park can't get the hang of flying. Percy decides Owl may be able to help. Percy would be happy to have Badger to tea - if he'd have a bath after a heavy digging session. Percy has a cold and Owl decides he should stay in bed.
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Percy the Park Keeper - S02 E01
(1999)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Roger McIntosh
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Red, yellow and blue balloons are floating over the park and Percy catches them. Squirrel tells Fox a joke when he's drinking lemonade and he gets hiccups. Fox is finding the nights very cold.
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Percy the Park Keeper - S02 E04
(1999)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Roger McIntosh
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Mouse wants to help Percy, Fox and Badger tidy the shed but somehow just keeps getting in the way. Percy and Squirrel are off to look for treasure on Treasure Island. Old Rabbit is fed up with noisy young rabbits disturbing his sleep as they play in the snow.
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Percy the Park Keeper - S02 E02
(1999)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Roger McIntosh
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Rabbit is afraid of the dark and Percy tells her to eat some of his carrots - but she doesn't like them! Percy decides it's a great day to build a sledge. Hedgehog decides he wants to fly like a bird. He builds himself a pair of wings and the squirrel is worried he'll hurt himself.
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Topsy-Turvy
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ron Cook, Wendy Nottingham, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mike Leigh
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William Schwenck Gilbert is the librettist, writing the words. Arthur Sullivan is the composer, writing the music. Gilbert is the very model of a 19th-century British gentleman, an overly proper married man certain that he knows best. For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan's collaborations have ..read more »
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from 2,616 members
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Little Voice
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mark Herman
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'Little Voice' (Jane Horrocks) is a social introvert, unwilling to communicate with the outside world since the death of her father. Her only escape from the drudgery of her existence is through singing classic showtunes in the style of her glamourous heroes. When a sleazy showbiz agent (Michael ..read more »
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from 7,082 members
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Percy the Park Keeper - S01 E04 - After ...
(1997)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Geoff Dunbar
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It is a bright Autumn day and all the animals are playing in the fallen leaves which Percy has been trying to sweep up!!! He tries to get them to tidy them up again, but they make even more mess. Eventually, though, they finish, but it begins to rain. Everyone says goodnight and hurries to their ..read more »
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The Borrowers
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Dick Ward, George Yiasou, Hugh Laurie
Director: Peter Hewitt
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The Clock family are 'borrowers' - four inch-high people who live under the floorboards of a big house, borrowing whatever they need from the 'human beans' who own it. However, when evil property developer Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) decides to get rid of the house, tiny Pod (Jim Broadbent) and ..read more »
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Percy the Park Keeper - S01 E01 - One Sn...
(1997)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Geoff Dunbar
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It is a freezing day in the park. Soon the snow does begin to fall, and fall very heavily. The weather reports warn of heavy snowfall and strong winds, advising everyone to have their hot water bottles to hand.
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Percy the Park Keeper - S01 E03 - The Re...
(1997)
Starring: Jim Broadbent
Director: Geoff Dunbar
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Percy is having a day off and is busy making sandwiches for a picnic. The rabbits are frolicking in the park and the youngest is being a bit too reckless. She tumbles down the hill and lands on Percy's doorstep. He tells her that he is having a picnic and then warns her to "Look before you leap". ..read more »
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The Secret Agent
(1996)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gerard Depardieu
Director: Christopher Hampton
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The life of an undercover Russian agent, posing as a quiet shopkeeper in London in order to infiltrate a ring of anarchists, is thrown into turmoil when his employers order him to plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad.
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Richard III
(1995)
Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Jim Broadbent
Director: Richard Loncraine
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Sir Ian McKellen takes the title role in this updated version of Shakespeare's play, based on Richard Eyre's acclaimed theatrical production. After a blood-soaked civil war in 1930s London, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, lays claim to the English throne. The deformed monarch-apparent uses all his ..read more »
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from 2,227 members
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The Last Englishman
(1995)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Tony Haygarth, Matthew Ashforde
Director: John Henderson
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Jim Broadbent is Col. Alfred D. Wintle, a maverick with a brilliant mind and intense convictions. Inflexible, outspoken and chauvinistic to the end, he proclaimed to all who would listen that he thanked God every night that he was English. A fascinating tale of pride, strength and the ultimate cost ..read more »
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Rough Magic
(1995)
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent
Director: Clare Peploe
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An introspective magician's assistant (Bridget Fonda) realizes her true powers while adrift on a fanciful journey through rural Mexico, pursued by a gritty P.I. (Russell Crowe) hired by her eccentric millionaire fiance. A curious blend of outlandish magical realism and the standard "gumshoe" ..read more »
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Wide-Eyed and Legless
(1994)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Thora Hird, Moya Brady
Director: Richard Loncraine
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Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty mother; the trouble is, Diana can no longer walk and her malady defies medical diagnosis. To care for Diana, Deric is letting his business slide, but ..read more »
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Princess Caraboo
(1994)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline
Director: Michael Austin
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Princess Caraboo is kidnapped from her Pacific island palace of luxury and escapes a pirate's ship, swimming for her life into an English village where nobody knows her name and her language. It takes time, and time again for her to tell her story with her hands and eyes, and slowly, the village ..read more »
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Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
Starring: Joe Viterelli, Dianne Wiest, Tracey Ullman
Director: Woody Allen
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Bullets Over Broadway is a Woody Allen romp that, as the title suggests, combines gangsters with show business at the height of the Roaring Twenties. David Shayne (John Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance ..read more »
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Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: John Thaw, Samantha Bond, Adrian Dunbar
Director: Stuart Orme
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Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
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Inspector Morse - S07 E01 - Deadly Slumber
(1993)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Samantha Bond
Director: Stuart Orme
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The owner of a private clinic has committed suicide then Morse finds he was bound and gagged. One suspect is Michael Steppings who wrote threatening letters after his daughter was left brain-damaged after a botched operation. Then Morse finds one letter was altered which puts a new slant on it all.
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Widow's Peak
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Joan Plowright
Director: John Irvin
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In 1920s Widows Peak, a small village in Ireland, the community is thrown into disarray with the arrival of a beautiful young widow. Joan Plowright plays the village matriarch, Mrs Doyle Counihan, who prides herself on knowing all the comings and goings in the community, and everything about ..read more »
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Inspector Morse - Dead on Time
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: David Haig, Richard Pasco, John Thaw
Director: John Madden
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Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found by his son-in-law Peter Rhodes, a local antiques dealer ..read more »
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Inspector Morse - S06 E05 - Cherubim and...
(1992)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Samantha Bond
Director: Danny Boyle
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Tragedy strikes when Morse's niece commits suicide. He takes leave to try to find a reason and comes into contact with the alien world of house parties, raves and designer drugs. Lewis is working an the death of a young man and when they're re-teamed they see similarities in the two cases.
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Inspector Morse - S06 E01 - Dead on Time
(1992)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Samantha Bond
Director: John Madden
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Wheelchair-bound and terminally ill Henry Fallon commits suicide but Morse has mixed feelings about working on the case as he was once engaged to Mrs Fallon. When he finds it's murder, the son-in-law becomes a suspect. But Lewis is concerned that Morse's professionalism is compromised.
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The Crying Game
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea, Jim Broadbent
Director: Neil Jordan
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In this successful psychological thriller, a reluctant agent of the Irish Republican Army discovers that some people just aren't who you expect them to be. Fergus (Stephen Rea) is an IRA volunteer who, despite personal misgivings, takes part in the kidnapping of a black British soldier, Jody (..read more »
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The Crying Game - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea, Jim Broadbent
Director: Neil Jordan
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Fergus (Stephen Rea), an IRA member, is standing guard over a British soldier (Forest Whitaker) who the IRA have taken hostage. Against the orders of his superiors, he engages in conversation with the man, who tells him about his lover Dil (Jaye Davidson), who lives in London. Moved by his captive'..read more »
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Inspector Morse - S06 E03 - Death of the...
(1992)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Samantha Bond
Director: Colin Gregg
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Morse and Lewis go to Verona, Italy to look into the death of a woman attending a clinic run by a convicted fraudster. While Lewis is homesick, Morse falls under the spell of Nicole, an opera singer, also at the clinic. Then he uncovers a fraud in counterfeit rare manuscripts and Nicole may be involved.
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Murder Most Horrid - Series 1
(1991)
Starring: Jane Asher, Jim Broadbent, Bill Paterson
Director: Bob Spiers
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All six darkly comic tales from series 1 of the popular BBC television show starring Dawn French. Episodes comprise: 'The Case of the Missing', 'The Girl from Ipanema', 'He Died a Death', 'A Determined Woman', 'Murder at Tea Time' and 'Mrs. Hat and Mrs. Red'.
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Vroom
(1990)
Starring: Clive Owen, Diana Quick, David Thewlis
Director: Beeban Kidron
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Two pals, and the older woman who moves in next door, set out from their small-town background to discover their dreams.
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Life Is Sweet - Blu-ray
(1990)
Starring: Moya Brady, Stephen Rea, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mike Leigh
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Mike Leigh's acclaimed social comedy is set in a lower-middle class household in a London suburb. Parents Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) and their twin daughters Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicola (Jane Horrocks) are a modern family at odds with itself. Whilst Natalie quietly ..read more »
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Life Is Sweet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Moya Brady, Stephen Rea, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mike Leigh
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Mike Leigh's situation comedy about a lower middle-class family in the London suburbs is a slice-of-life chronicle that subtly reveals the pain and rage underneath the surface of day-to-day conventions. The youngish parents, Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) live with their 20-..read more »
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Blackadder - Special
(1988)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Robbie Coltrane
Director: Richard Boden
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Christmas Eve, 1850. In the reign of good Queen Vic, there stood, in Dumpling Lane in old London town, the Moustache Shoppe of one Ebenezer Blackadder - the kindest and loveliest man in all England. That is until the Spirit of Christmas shows up and introduces him to the ways of his loathsome ..read more »
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Pauline Melville, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson
Director: Richard Boden
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Charles Dickens' famous 'Christmas Carol' story told in the celebrated 'Blackadder' style. Ebeneezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is the loveliest, kindest man in all of Christendom, until the Ghost of Christmas (Robbie Coltrane) pays him a visit and shows him the wicked ways of his ancestors. Among ..read more »
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Acorn Antiques
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Duncan Preston, Victoria Wood
Director: Geoffrey Posner
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On the outskirts of Manchesterford, a small antiques shop is a hotbed of scandal and gossip. This spoof soap opera, compete with unrealistic sets and sensationalist dialogue, originally appeared as a series of sketches on Victoria Wood's television show 'As Seen on TV', with absurd storylines that ..read more »
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Brazil - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Jim Broadbent
Director: Terry Gilliam
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In the future, a clerk at the all-powerful Ministry of Information sticks to his ideals and ends up crushed by the system in this half comedy, half horror story from former 'Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam. Like Orwell's novel '1984', which it echoes, the future is seen from a 1940's ..read more »
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Brazil
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Jim Broadbent
Director: Terry Gilliam
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In the future, a clerk at the all-powerful Ministry of Information sticks to his ideals and ends up crushed by the system in this half comedy, half horror story from former 'Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam. Like Orwell's novel '1984', which it echoes, the future is seen from a 1940's ..read more »
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Loving Walter
(1982)
Starring: Ian McKellen, Sarah Miles, Sarah Miles
Director: Stephen Frears
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The frustrations of Thatcher-era government social services are the backdrop for this touching story of a mentally challenged man (Ian McKellan from LORD OF THE RINGS) who wanders through the system and is helped by various townpeople.
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Time Bandits - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: Kenny Baker, Ralph Richardson, Derrick O'Connor
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Schoolboy Kevin is rescued from his dull suburban life when a gang of dwarves emerge from his wardrobe and carry him off through space and time. Their travels bring them into contact with some leading historical figures; John Cleese is Robin Hood and Sean Connery is Agamemnon in this bizarre comedy ..read more »
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Time Bandits
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Kenny Baker, Ralph Richardson, Derrick O'Connor
Director: Terry Gilliam
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A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a tricky balancing act in his second feature as sole director, creating a dark, irreverent comedy disguised as a family adventure. ..read more »
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Percy The Park Keeper - The Classic Coll...
on DVD
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Percy
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Ten adventures with everyone's favourite park keeper, as voiced by Jim Broadbent. In 'Sledge Ride', Percy and his chums build sledges and have fun in the snow. 'The Rabbit Who Was Afraid of the Dark' sees Percy advising a rabbit who is afraid of the dark to eat more carrots. In 'One Warm Fox', a ..read more »
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Tales Of The Riverbank
Starring: Steve Coogan, Miranda Hart, Peter Serafinowicz
Director: John Henderson
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Director John Henderson's animated big-screen updating of the classic children's TV series. Produced by the team responsible for 'Spitting Image', the story follows the adventures of three rodent friends, Hammy Hamster (voice of Ardal O'Hanlon), Roderick Rat (voice of Steve Coogan) and GP the ..read more »
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Percy The Park Keeper - The Secret Path
on DVD
Starring: Jim Broadbent
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In the secret path, its a beautiful spring morning and Percy is very busy. He is about to start work on the old maze which has become overgrown. Percy's friends see him setting off and decide to give him a big surprise.
In The Rescue Party, it's a perfect summer's afternoon and Percy is jolly ..read more »
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