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John Bird - what members say


  • A Very Peculiar Practice
  • A Very Peculiar Practice review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Customer Review 23 June 2008
    ... as Dr. Bob Buzzard and the steely control of Barbara Flynn and Dr. Rose Marie. John Bird is grotesque as the university vice-chancellor. It's dated now, but that is onl...   Read customer review
  • Absolute Power - Series 1
  • Absolute Power - Series 1 review by from London, Engerland
    Rated - 5.0 stars Smart, knowledgeable humour in half hour chunks 12 May 2006
    ...If the presence of Stephen Fry and John Bird (from Bremner, Bird and Fortune, amongst other things) doesn't give you an idea of the kind of thing to expect, Absolute Pow...   Read customer review

John Bird - filmography


  • A Very Peculiar Practice
  • A Very Peculiar Practice (2 discs) (1986)
    Starring: Peter Davison,  David Troughton,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: David Tucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This special collector's set includes the entire first season of the popular and critically acclaimed BBC television series, A VERY PECULIAR PRACTICE. Written by Andrew Davies, the show was a black dramedy about Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) and its internal dramas and politics.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 807 members
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  • Armchair Thriller - High Tide
  • Armchair Thriller - High Tide on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Terence Rigby,  Ian McShane,  Wendy Morgan
    Director: Colin Bucksey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Peter Curtis (Ian McShane) has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last words were "High Tide's at 9.52" - and now Peter wants to find out why. Heading south in search of answers, he books into a hotel - and discovers the only other ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 53 members
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  • This, That And The Other
  • This, That And The Other on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Dennis Waterman,  Dennis Waterman,  John Bird
    Director: Derek Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this sex comedy, a bountiful blonde woman saves a despondent fellow from suicide and teaches him to love life again. Meanwhile a sexy aspiring actress seduces the son of a man whom she believes is a powerful producer, and a cabbie dreams of a world filled with bikini clad women and exotic dancers.
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 90 members
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  • Take a Girl Like You
  • Take a Girl Like You on DVD (1970)
    Starring: hayley mills,  hywel bennett,  Hywel Bennett
    Director: Jonathan Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jonathan Miller adapts Kingsley Amis's 1960 novel about Jennifer Bunn, a pretty, 20-year-old schoolteacher who is determined to remain a virgin until her marriage - much to the frustration of Patrick (Oliver Reed), who falls for her and pursues her.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 86 members
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