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Michael Brandon - what members say

Four Flies On Grey Velvet review by JoeScaramanga from

Argento's 'lost' film 14 February 2012
...r in comparison to BIRD WITH CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and, his next giallo, DEEP RED. Michael Brandon is a drummer in an awful jazz/funk band (who's sound is so 'out there' no one's... Read customer review

Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 1 review by A customer from Kent

Dempsey & Makepeace are the coolest 26 March 2006
...orth watching then and its worth watching now. The on-screen chemistry between Michael Brandon (Dempsey) and Glynis Barber (Makepeace) is fab and the fact that they married a... Read customer review

Michael Brandon - filmography

Born Of War (2011)
Starring: James Frain, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Michael Brandon
Director: Vicky Jewson
Certificate:
The mountainous and remote Wakhan corridor 1988. Daphne, a young English rose finds herself in over her head. Accused of the murder of a young boy from a tribal family at a time of war between the local people and foreign invaders, she must flee for her life and take a new identity. 2011.The halls ..read more »

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Due for release on 27th August 2012

Born Of War - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: James Frain, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Michael Brandon
Director: Vicky Jewson
Certificate:
The mountainous and remote Wakhan corridor 1988. Daphne, a young English rose finds herself in over her head. Accused of the murder of a young boy from a tribal family at a time of war between the local people and foreign invaders, she must flee for her life and take a new identity. 2011.The halls ..read more »

60% from 2 members
Due for release on 27th August 2012

Are You Ready For Love? on DVD (2006)
Starring: Ed Byrne, Lucy Punch, Andy Nyman
Director: Helen Grace
Certificate:
A pair of Californian dating gurus come to London to launch their book on how to find love in three days. As a publicity stunt for the book, they try to find soul mates for three lonely Londoners, but things don't go according to plan in this hilarious romantic comedy.

41% from 356 members

Hawking (2004)
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, Lisa Dillon
Director: Philip Martin
Certificate:
A BBC drama based on events from the life of Stephen Hawking. A young theoretical physicist is diagnosed with motor neurone disease shortly before commencing his PhD in Cosmology at Oxford. Having been advised that he has less than two years to live, Stephen doesn't give much thought as to what his ..read more »

69% from 176 members
Currently unavailable

Dinotopia - The Series (4 discs) on DVD (2002)
Starring: Eric Von Detten, Shiloh Strong, Michael Brandon
Director: David Winning
Certificate:
Karl, his brother David and their father Frank are all stranded in Dintopia after a plane accident. It's here that dinosaurs and humans live in perfect harmony but beneath the surface dangers brew...

62% from 494 members

Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Tru... on DVD (2001)
Starring: Ringo Starr, Michael Angelis, Michael Angelis
Director: David Mitton
Certificate:
Everybody's favourite steam train, Thomas the Tank Engine, is back for 10 more animated adventures.

66% from 473 members

Gone In The Night on DVD (1996)
Starring: Shannen Doherty, Kevin Dillon, Dixie Carter
Director: Bill L. Norton
Certificate:
A young couple is wrongly convicted of the murder of their child. Only the dedicated efforts of four very special men can help them through one of the most nightmarish miscarriages of justice in American legal history...

65% from 286 members

Shattering The Silence on DVD (1993)
Starring: Joanna Kerns, Michael Brandon, Tony Roberts
Director: Linda Otto
Certificate:
A happily-married mother discovers that her own childhood was destroyed by sexual abuse. Now she must confront her own nightmares and protect her niece.

52% from 138 members

Contagion (1987)
Starring: William Hurt, Peter Weller, Natascha McElhone
Director: Anthony Hickox
Certificate:
An expert on hazardous materials is called in to investigate an explosion in a chemical laboratory. What he discovers is his worst nightmare. A substance so deadly to man that once exposed the future of mankind is threatened...

48% from 202 members
Not currently released

Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 1 (3 discs) (1985)
Starring: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith
Certificate:
Join Ltd Dempsey as he finds himself re-assigned across the waters to England where he learns to acquaint himself with the British way of policing and joins Det. sgt. Makepeace

60% from 527 members
Not available for rental

Tales Of The Unexpected - Series 8 - Com... (1985)
Starring: Joss Ackland, Pauline Collins, John Alderton
Director: Gordon Hessler, John Peyser, Dezsö Magyar
Certificate:
Roald Dahl's chillingly brilliant anthology series, Tales of the Unexpected is back with series 8! Sinister and with a touch of the macabre, Tales of the Unexpected holds, at its heart, a core of black humour that makes each story both compelling and surprising, with a twist in each tale that ..read more »

59% from 10 members
Not available for rental

Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 2 (3 discs) (1985)
Starring: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith
Certificate:
The two mis-matched detectives tackle a second series of high-octane criminal cases...

62% from 250 members
Not available for rental

Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Sea... (1984)
Starring: Ringo Starr, Michael Angelis, Michael Angelis
Director: David Mitton
Certificate:
This fun-filled Thomas the Tank Engine collection features more than 100 minutes of songs and adventures. Episodes include 'Rusty to the Rescue', 'It's Great To Be an Engine', 'Percy's Seaside Trip', 'The Flying Kipper', 'The Trouble with Mud', 'Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree', and many more.

68% from 368 members
Currently unavailable

A Change Of Seasons on DVD (1980)
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
Director: Richard Lang
Certificate:
A self-centred university lecturer thinks it quite all right that he has taken one of his students as a lover, but is deeply hurt when his wife retaliates by taking a similar approach with a visiting carpenter. His announcement that he is off to the family holiday home for some skiing with his ..read more »

58% from 34 members

James Dean (1976)
Starring: Michael Brandon, Stephen McHattie, Brooke Adams
Director: Robert Butler
Certificate:
This feature follows the actor JAMES DEAN, writen by William Bast, who had lived with DEAN during the 50s.

50% from 1 member
Currently unavailable

The Strangers In 7A (1972)
Starring: Andy Griffith, Ida Lupino, Michael Brandon
Director: Paul Wendkos
Certificate:
Andy Griffith plays a philandering apartment house manager who picks up a pretty young girl (Suzanne Hildur) in a bar. He takes her home, whereupon the girl's male cronies show up armed with guns. Griffith and his wife Ida Lupino are held hostage by the crooks, led by Michael Brandon, who plan to ..read more »

15% from 2 members
Not currently released

Four Flies On Grey Velvet on DVD (1971)
Starring: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Bud Spencer
Director: Dario Argento
Certificate:
Argento's third film and concluding part of his acclaimed Animal Trilogy, stars Michael Brandon (of TV's Dempsey & Makepeace) as a musician caught up in a web of blackmail and murder.

67% from 159 members

Four Flies On Grey Velvet - Blu-ray (1971)
Starring: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Bud Spencer
Director: Dario Argento
Certificate:
Argento's third film and concluding part of his acclaimed Animal Trilogy, stars Michael Brandon (of TV's Dempsey & Makepeace) as a musician caught up in a web of blackmail and murder.

61% from 80 members

Dempsey and Makepeace - Series 3 (3 discs)
Starring: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber
Director: none
Certificate:
Third series of the hit show centring on mismatched cops, Dempsey and Makepeace.

75% from 89 members
Not available for rental

Trial And Retribution - The Third Collection (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Victoria Smurfit, David Hayman, Miriam Heard
Director: Tristram Powell, Andy Hay, Edward Hall
Certificate:
Trial And Retribution is a gritty, urban drama that deals with graphic topics from abduction to serial murders and internal police corruption to psychological illness. Breaking new ground in terms of content and style, each episode traces the entire trajectory of a serious crime from the act being ..read more »

80% from 171 members

Michael Brandon facts

5 most recent films

Born Of War - 3 stars
Born Of War - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Are You Ready For Love? - 2.0 stars
Hawking - 3.5 stars
Dinotopia - The Series - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Trial And Retribution - The Third Collection - 4.0 stars
Dempsey and Makepeace - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Hawking - 3.5 stars
Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Seasonal Scrapes - 3.5 stars
Four Flies On Grey Velvet - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Born Of War - 3 stars
The Strangers In 7A - 1.0 stars
James Dean - 2.5 stars
A Change Of Seasons - 3.0 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Series 8 - Complete - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Glynis Barber - 13 times - show films
Tony Osba - 8 times - show films
Ray Smith - 8 times - show films
George Carlin - 2 times - show films
Calisto Calisti - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 12 times - show films
David Winning - 5 times - show films
Edward Hall - 4 times - show films
Andy Hay - 4 times - show films
Tristram Powell - 4 times - show films