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Bill Paterson - what members say


  • Traffik
  • Traffik review by Philip Concannon from London
    Rated - 5 stars A magnificent piece of television 14 May 2004
    ...ory strands are familiar but wider in scope and impact. Polititian Jack Lithgow(Bill Paterson) is in Pakistan investigating the opium fields where the drug trade commences. ...  
  • Wives And Daughters
  • Wives And Daughters review by Jan from Glasgow
    Rated - 5 stars Fantastic 27 November 2005
    ...ou really couldnt tell who would end up with who, although you knew who should! Bill Paterson was as uaual excellent, and Francesca Annis, was the one you liked to dislike. ...  
  • Comfort And Joy
  • Comfort And Joy review by Ian Davies from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
    Rated - 5 stars Great British Comedy. 15 October 2005
    ...ter is lonely and flawed. Something almost everyone can relate to at some time. Bill Paterson gives what could possibly be a career best performance as 'Dickie' Bird, a Glas...  

Bill Paterson - filmography


  • Rag Tale on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Rupert Graves,  Jennifer Jason Leigh,  Bill Paterson
    Director: Mary McGuckian
    Certificate: 15
    An editor who's sleeping with his deputy, who also happens to be the boss' wife. A pack of hacks whose weekly battle cry is "Who are we going to get this week?". A photographer whose camera does lie and who will stop at nothing to destroy his chairman's dream of a knighthood. Welcome to the world ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.0 36% from 1,330 members
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  • Doctor Zhivago (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Chris Marshall,  Hans Matheson
    Director: Giacomo Campiotti
    Certificate: 15
    A young married man Yury Zhivago falls in love with a Lara. Meanwhile Lara attempts to escape from her lover Komarovsky.This television mini-series, based on Boris Pasternak's romantic novel, set amid the atrocious, bloody events of the Russian Revolution, stars Hans Matheson as Yury Zhivago and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 228 members
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  • Crush on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Andie MacDowell,  Imelda Staunton,  Estelle Harris
    Director: John McKay
    Certificate: 15
    Three forty-something women, Kate (Andie MacDowell), Molly (Anna Chancellor), and Janine (Imelda Staunton), gather weekly to swap stories, drink gin, and laugh about whose life is more pathetic, the prize for which is a box of chocolates. A constant problem for these ladies, who live in the sleepy ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 59% from 442 members
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  • Oliver's Travels (1995)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Bill Paterson,  Miles Anderson
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: TBC
    Oliver, a university lecturer with an obsession for anagrams and crosswords, has been a question-setter for "Mastermind". When made redundant by the new Vice-Chancellor of the New University (his former Polytechnic) in a general restructuring of the university, Oliver decides to use his new-found ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 48% from 10 members
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  • Truly, Madly, Deeply on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Alan Rickman,  Juliet Stevenson,  Bill Paterson
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: PG
    In Anthony Minghella's directorial debut, Nina (Juliet Stevenson) is trying to put her life back together following the untimely death of her boyfriend, Jamie (Alan Rickman). She still hears his voice in her head, telling her to lock the back door, or instructing her in the proper way to brush her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 68% from 3,214 members
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  • The Witches on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Anjelica Huston,  Mai Zetterling,  Bill Paterson
    Director: Nicolas Roeg
    Certificate: PG
    Following the death of his parents in a car crash, young Luke is taken to England by his grandmother, who delights him with her tales of dark forces, witches, and their wicked ways. While stopping at a seaside hotel, Luke discovers a plot by the Grand High Witch to turn all the children of England ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 1,097 members
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  • Traffik (2 discs) on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Lindsay Duncan,  Julia Ormond
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: 18
    TRAFFIK is the 5 1/2 hour miniseries that provided the basis for Stephen Soderbergh's Oscar-winning film TRAFFIC, and its length provides the production with an opportunity to delve more deeply into the drug trade and addiction, making it a more complete film than its Hollywood incarnation. TRAFFIK ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 66% from 123 members
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  • Just Ask For Diamond on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Jimmy Nail,  Susannah York,  Peter Eyre
    Director: Stephen Bayly
    Certificate: U
    When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, the clueless Diamond sets out to unravel the mysterious plot he has suddenly become the center of.
    Rate this: 2.5 53% from 77 members
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  • Dutch Girls (1987)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Colin Firth,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: TBC
    A British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills--gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.
    Rate this: 2.5 50% from 2 members
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Bill Paterson - downloads


  • Defence of the Realm for Download (1985)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Denholm Elliott,  Fulton MacKay
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £4.99
    Run time: 96 minutes
    A reporter Mullen 'stumbles' on a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent. In fact it is also linked to a near Nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an Americal USAF base. Has there been a Government cover-up,Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 75% from 4 members
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Bill Paterson facts

5 most recent films


Criminal Justice - 4.0 stars
Sherlock Holmes And The Baker Street Irregulars - 3.0 stars
Rag Tale - 2.0 stars
Shakespeare Retold - 4.0 stars
Lie With Me - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Shakespeare Retold - 4.0 stars
Wives And Daughters - 4.0 stars
Criminal Justice - 4.0 stars
Murder Most Horrid Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
Sea Of Souls - Series 2 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Oliver's Travels - 2.5 stars
Dutch Girls - 2.5 stars
Battle Of the Atlantic - 3.0 stars
Rag Tale - 2.0 stars
Lie With Me - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Imelda Staunton - 2 times - show films
Anna Chancellor - 2 times - show films
Greta Scacchi - 2 times - show films
Timothy Spall - 2 times - show films
Denholm Elliott - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


David Drury - 2 times - show films
Giles Foster - 2 times - show films
Julian Kemp - 1 times - show films
Brian Percival - 1 times - show films
Anthony Minghella - 1 times - show films