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Secret Army - Series 1 review by broadshoulder from London

The best of the best 8 March 2008
...fe upstairs in bed. The escape route is run by 24 year old Yvette/Lisa Colbert (Jan Francis looking absolutelly delicious) and her uncle Gaston Colbert, the local bank man... Read customer review

Jan Francis - filmography

Bloodlines on DVD (2005)
Starring: Jan Francis, Robert Pugh, Max Beesley
Director: Philip Martin
Certificate:
A policewoman discovers her mother has been killed and her father fingered as the main suspect. Sure that he is innocent, she sets out to prove it.

63% from 64 members

Bloodlines - E02 (2005)
Starring: Emma Pierson, Kevin McNally, Robert Pugh
Director: Philip Martin
Certificate:
After her mum is found dead from an overdose, her daughter, a cocky uniformed cop, goes to tell her dad, who's banged up for murder, but he's just been released. When the post mortem finds its asphyxiation, she compromises her fellow cop's investigation by rash actions against procedure. Part 2.

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Bloodlines - E01 (2005)
Starring: Emma Pierson, Kevin McNally, Robert Pugh
Director: Philip Martin
Certificate:
After her mum is found dead from an overdose, her daughter, a cocky uniformed cop, goes to tell her dad, who's banged up for murder, but he's just been released. When the post mortem finds it's asphyxiation, she compromises her fellow cop's investigation by rash actions against procedure. Part 1.

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Micawber on DVD (2001)
Starring: David Jason, Annabelle Apsion, Michael Troughton
Director: Adrian Shergold
Certificate:
This title collects all four episodes of the television mini-series MICAWBER, which stars David Jason as Wilkins Micawber, a character originally created by Charles Dickens. A proud family man, Micawber is determined to keep up appearances despite having a number of debts. In a bid to change is ..read more »

62% from 156 members

Stay Lucky - Series 3 - Complete (1991)
Starring: Laurence Gordon Clark, Graeme Harper, David Reynolds
Director: Dennis Waterman, Jan Francis, Emma Wray
Certificate:
This long-running, light-hearted adventure series starred Dennis Waterman (who also sang the program's theme song) as Thomas Gynn, a cheeky ex-convict working in a Yorkshire neighbourhood as a taxi driver. Contains every episode from series three.

80% from 1 member
Not available for rental

Stay Lucky - Series 2 - Complete (1990)
Starring: Dennis Waterman, Dennis Waterman, Jan Francis
Director: David Reynolds, Graeme Harper
Certificate:
This long-running, light-hearted adventure series starred Dennis Waterman (who also sang the program's theme song) as Thomas Gynn, a cheeky ex-convict working in a Yorkshire neighbourhood as a taxi driver. Contains every episode from series two.

75% from 4 members
Not available for rental

Stay Lucky (1989)
Starring: Jan Francis, Dennis Waterman, James Grout
Director: David Reynolds, Graeme Harper
Certificate:
All three episodes from the first series of the TV drama about a small-time London gangster who discovers a new life in Yorkshire. Helping out widowed, go-it-alone businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (Jan Francis) when her car breaks down on the motorway, Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) reluctantly ..read more »

50% from 5 members
Not available for rental

The Good Companions - Complete Series (1980)
Starring: Simon Green, Jan Francis, Judy Cornwell
Certificate:
Jan Francis leads a lively cast in Beiderbecke writer Alan Plater s definitive adaptation of J.B. Priestley s celebrated novel. Charting the rollercoaster fortunes of a struggling concert party, Francis co-stars alongside Bryan Pringle, John Stratton and Moody and Pegg s Judy Cornwell, with guest ..read more »

53% from 3 members
Not available for rental

Dracula on DVD (1979)
Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence
Director: John Badham
Certificate:
John Badham directs this visually stunning and atmospheric adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker novel.

61% from 529 members

Secret Army - Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (1977)
Starring: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose
Director: Terence Dudley
Certificate:
This highly-acclaimed, BBC television programme about World War II and the growing numbers of citizens who resisted the Germans, is a first rate program that initially premiered in 1977. As English planes were shot down in Belgium, many soldiers were aided back to safe countries such as Scandinavia ..read more »

73% from 959 members

M.R. James - Casting The Runes
Starring: Iain Cuthbertson, Edward Petherbridge, Jan Francis
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Certificate:
John Harrington runs across the fields, almost blind with terror. His dog, left behind, whimpering and cowering with fear, can only watch as the creature closes in on his master. Harrington runs for his life but instinct tells him that the creature is closing in and he trips, stumbles and falls. ..read more »

73% from 13 members
Not available for rental

Just Good Friends - Series 1-3 (4 discs)
Starring: Paul Nicholas, Jan Francis
Director: Ray Butt, Sue Bysh
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With her first marriage only recently over Penny decides it best to keep her feelings in check when she bumps into her old boyfriend Vince - especially since Vince left her standing at the alter alone on their wedding day 7 years before. Includes all the episodes from the first, second and third series.

76% from 68 members
Not available for rental

Doctor Otter on DVD
Starring: Jan Francis, Rob Rackstraw, Jimmy Hibbert
Director: Tobias Fouracre
Certificate:
Join the adventures of Doctor Otter, the reason that you never see a sick squirrel, a poorly pigeon, a feverish frog or a bedridden badger. Features five episodes: 'Colour Me Lucky', 'Blackberry Surprise', 'Melvyn's Birthday', 'A New Home For Lucky' and 'Treasure Hunt'.

52% from 34 members

Jackanory - Peter Pan on DVD
Starring: Jan Francis
Director: Sheila Fraser
Certificate:
This episode of the long-running JACKANORY series features Jan Francis reading J.M. Barrie's magical tale of the Boy Who Never Grew Up, PETER PAN.

52% from 52 members

Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense Vol. 2 (3 discs)
Starring: Dirk Benedict, Jan Francis, Peter Graves
Director: Peter Sasdy, Val Guest, Gabrielle Beaumont
Certificate:
A classic collection of Hammer House Horror. Featuring: Last Video and Testament, Mark of the Devil, Paint me a Murder and many more...

62% from 425 members
Currently unavailable

Jan Francis facts

5 most recent films

Bloodlines - 3.0 stars
Bloodlines - E02 - 3 stars
Bloodlines - E01 - 3 stars
Micawber - 3.0 stars
Stay Lucky - Series 3 - Complete - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Just Good Friends - Series 1-3 - 4.0 stars
Secret Army - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Bloodlines - 3.0 stars
Micawber - 3.0 stars
Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense Vol. 2 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Stay Lucky - 2.5 stars
The Good Companions - Complete Series - 2.5 stars
Doctor Otter - 2.5 stars
M.R. James - Casting The Runes - 3.5 stars
Stay Lucky - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Juliet Hammond-Hill - 5 times - show films
Robert Pugh - 5 times - show films
Bernard Hepton - 5 times - show films
Max Beesley - 5 times - show films
Michael Culver - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ray Butt - 9 times - show films
Sue Bysh - 9 times - show films
Philip Martin - 7 times - show films
Terence Dudley - 5 times - show films
Gabrielle Beaumont - 4 times - show films