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Eric Sykes


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  • The Others
  • The Others review by macoxy from Wakefield, England
    Rated - 1.0 stars It should have been a episode of x-files. 28 August 2004
    ...What a bore. Why did Nicole do this film. I thought Eric Sykes was dead [his career is now]. For those of you with a fast forward button get the first ten minutes, ten...   Read customer review
  • The Plank
  • The Plank review by laneyb from Rochester, Kent
    Rated - 4.5 stars The Plank 12 October 2010
    ...ers one Saturday afternoon. my sisters and myself roaring with laughter. I love Eric Sykes and Tommy Cooper. I miss the oldies for the comedy, it's just not the same anym...   Read customer review
  • Eric Sykes - The Best Of Eric Sykes
  • Eric Sykes - The Best Of Eric Sykes review by A customer from North of Watford
    Rated - 4.0 stars The Best Of Eric Sykes 2 October 2010
    ...Eric Sykes (born 1923) has been a favourite since I first saw him on TV nearly half a century ago. This DVD is made up of clips mainly from 1960s and I still find them fu...   Read customer review

Eric Sykes - filmography


  • Spike Milligan - I Told You I Was Ill on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Terry Jones,  Eric Sykes,  Harry Enfield
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Originally aired six months after Spike Milligan's death in February 2002, this live tribute to the legendary and influential comedian features performances from stars such as Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Eddie Izzard, Paul Merton and Michael Palin, among many others, and includes clips and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 540 members
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  • The Others on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Christopher Eccleston,  Fionnula Flanagan
    Director: Alejandro Amenabar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    On the secluded Isle of Jersey in the final days of World War II, a young woman waits in vain for her beloved husband to return from the front. Grace has been raising her two young children alone in her beautiful, cavernous Victorian mansion, the one place she believes them to be safe. But they are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 26,908 members
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  • The Others - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Christopher Eccleston,  Fionnula Flanagan
    Director: Alejandro Amenabar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Grace (Nicole Kidman) lives in semi-seclusion on a remote island with her two children, awaiting her husband's return from the war. Both children suffer from a rare form of photosensitivity which renders them open to harm from natural light. Thus the trio live in almost perpetual darkness within ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 311 members
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  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes - E07 - Th... (1986)
    Starring: Jeremy Brett,  Edward Hardwicke,  Eric Sykes
    Director: David Carson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Inspector Lastrade is baffled by senseless thefts in which a small bust of Napoleon is the only thing taken which is then broken into pieces by the thief. Holmes sees a sinister purpose that is confirmed when an Italian immigrant with Mafia connections is found with his throat cut at the latest robbery.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 59 members
  • The Likes of Sykes (1980)
    Starring: Eric Sykes,  hattie Jacques,  Diana Coupland
    Director: David Bell,  Dennis Kirkland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Three one-off ITV shows made by British comedian Eric Sykes. Featuring Sykes's trademark observational humour, the shows: 'Sykes - With the Lid Off', 'The Likes of Sykes' and 'The Eric Sykes 1990 Show' feature guest appearances from Tommy Cooper, Hattie Jacques, Chic Murray, Diana Coupland and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 3 members
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  • Shalako on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Jack Hawkins,  Brigitte Bardot,  Eric Sykes
    Director: Edward Dmytryk
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A romantic western based on the novel by Louis l'Amour, which casts Connery and Bardot opposite one another. Bardot plays a European aristocrat on a hunting trip in 1880's New Mexico who falls for Cowboy, Connery.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 346 members
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  • The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Daliah Lavi,  Lionel Jeffries
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A veterinarian is hired by the British government to implant a recording device into a bulldog, which will then be given to the Russians as a gift. When the dog gets sick, the vet must fly to Russia to treat it before the Russians find out the animal is "bugged."
    1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 10 members
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  • The Bargee on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Derek Nimmo,  Harry H. Corbett,  Eric Sykes
    Director: Duncan Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1960s British comedy starring Harry H Corbett. Scripted by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson of 'Steptoe and Son' fame, the film charts the course of love of a Casanova (Corbett) who lives and works on the canals, breaking hearts as he cruises the waters.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 238 members
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  • Very Important Person (1961)
    Starring: James Robertson Justice,  Godfrey Winn,  Stanley Baxter
    Director: Ken Annakin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist who is sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 231 members
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  • Orders Are Orders on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  Sid James,  Tony Hancock
    Director: David Paltenghi
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock and Donald Pleasence star in this mid-1950s comedy caper. When a film company wants to use an army barracks as the location for its science fiction film, the Commander is less than impressed, and manages to persuade the crew to relocate to a nearby haunted house.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 286 members
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  • The Eric Sykes Collection on DVD
    Starring: Eric Sykes
    Director: Eric Sykes
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A collection of short comedy films featuring British comedian Eric Sykes. Films included are: 'If You Go Down in the Woods Today' (1981), 'Rhubarb Rhubarb' (1980), 'The Plank' (1979), 'Mr H Is Late' (1988) and 'It's Your Move' (1982). Guest stars include Tommy Cooper, Richard Briers, Jimmy Edwards, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,485 member
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  • The Boys In Blue on DVD
    Starring: Eric Sykes,  Jon Pertwee,  Arthur English
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Screwball comedy starring comedy duo Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball. Sergeant Cannon and PC Ball run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. When the station is threatened with closure owing to the exceptionally low local crime rate, the pair undertake to create a crime wave of their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 443 members
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Eric Sykes facts

5 most recent films

Spike Milligan - I Told You I Was Ill - 3.0 stars
The Others - 3.5 stars
The Others - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Teletubbies - S02 E09 - Strawberry Picking - 3 stars
Teletubbies - S02 E14 - Bubbles - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Others - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Plank - 3.5 stars
The Eric Sykes Collection - 3.5 stars
The Bargee - 3.5 stars
The Others - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Spy with a Cold Nose - 1.5 stars
The Likes of Sykes - 2.0 stars
Curry And Chips - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Orders Are Orders - 2.5 stars
Shalako - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nikky Smedley - 104 times - show films
Mark Heenahan - 104 times - show films
Dave Thompson - 104 times - show films
Tim Whitnall - 104 times - show films
Toyah Willcox - 104 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Vic Finch - 64 times - show films
David G Hillier - 36 times - show films
Alejandro Amenabar - 5 times - show films
Andrew Davenport - 4 times - show films
Roger Race - 4 times - show films