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  • Traffik
  • Traffik review by 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 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 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


  • Crush on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Andie MacDowell,  Imelda Staunton,  Estelle Harris
    Director: John McKay
    Certificate: 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 stars out of 5 58% from 1,422 member
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  • Oliver's Travels (1995)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Bill Paterson,  Miles Anderson
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: 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 stars out of 5 45% from 8 members
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  • Traffik (2 discs) (1989)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Lindsay Duncan,  Julia Ormond
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: 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 stars out of 5 66% from 496 members
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  • Just Ask For Diamond on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Jimmy Nail,  Susannah York,  Peter Eyre
    Director: Stephen Bayly
    Certificate: 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: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 94 members
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  • Dutch Girls (1987)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Colin Firth,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 stars out of 5 51% from 10 members
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Bill Paterson facts

5 most recent films

Law and Order UK - Season 1 - 2.5 stars
Criminal Justice - 4.0 stars
Sherlock Holmes And The Baker Street Irregulars - 3.5 stars
Shakespeare Retold - 4.0 stars
Rag Tale - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

Oliver's Travels - 2.5 stars
Law and Order UK - Season 1 - 2.5 stars
Dutch Girls - 2.5 stars
Rag Tale - 2.0 stars
Lie With Me - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lindsay Duncan - 3 times - show films
Julia Ormond - 3 times - show films
Michael Maloney - 2 times - show films
Imelda Staunton - 2 times - show films
Estelle Harris - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alastair Reid - 3 times - show films
Giles Foster - 2 times - show films
David Richards - 1 times - show films
Anthony Minghella - 1 times - show films
Bob Spiers - 1 times - show films


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