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Eric Sykes - what members say

The Others review by macoxy from Wakefield, England

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 review by laneyb from Rochester, Kent

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 review by A customer from North of Watford

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: Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard, Terry Jones
Certificate:
It's a mystery how a man who called Prince Charles a 'groveling little bastard' on live TV would somehow end up on the Prince's list of favorite comedians, but that was the beauty of Spike Milligan. When the man Eddie Izzard called the founder of modern comedy died in 2002, he was mourned the world ..read more »

63% from 522 members

The Others on DVD (2001)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
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THE OTHERS begins with a close-up of a woman screaming. By the time this intense film ends, everyone watching it will be screaming and gasping. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman raising two children by herself in a creepy mansion. World War II is over, but Grace's husband never returned. ..read more »

67% from 25,538 members

The Others - Blu-ray (2001)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Certificate:
THE OTHERS begins with a close-up of a woman screaming. By the time this intense film ends, everyone watching it will be screaming and gasping. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman raising two children by herself in a creepy mansion. World War II is over, but Grace's husband never returned. ..read more »

73% from 218 members

The Return of Sherlock Holmes - E07 - Th... (1986)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Eric Sykes
Director: David Carson
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Inspector Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.

60% from 1 member

The Likes of Sykes (1980)
Starring: Eric Sykes, Diana Coupland, hattie Jacques
Director: Dennis Kirkland, David Bell
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THREE COMEDIES FROM ERIC SYKES By the early 1970s, Oldham-born Eric Sykes had become one of TV's best-loved comedy performers.

60% from 1 member
Not available for rental

Tommy Cooper - Just Like That on DVD (1978)
Starring: Tommy Cooper, Benny Hill, Andrew Sachs
Director: Dennis Kirkland, Fay Colin
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Tommy Cooper is joined by a star studded guest list. Featuring the titles: A Magic Touch and A Tribute To A Comic Genius.

65% from 544 members

Sykes - The First Colour Series (3 discs) (1972)
Starring: Eric Sykes, Joan Sims, Richard Wattis
Director: Roger Race
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Famed British comedian Eric Sykes stars in his eponymous classic sit-com. The popular black and white series began in 1960 but the series burst into colour in 1972, and all 16 episodes of the first colour series are presented here. Hattie Jacques plays his twin sister with whom he shares 24 ..read more »

69% from 405 members
Not available for rental

Shalako on DVD (1969)
Starring: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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In late-19th-century New Mexico, a hunting party of decadent European aristocrats wanders onto the reservation of some angry Apaches, and it's up to the mysterious wanderer, Shalako (Sean Connery), to save them from getting slaughtered. The group includes Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER) ..read more »

57% from 328 members

Curry And Chips - The Complete Series (1969)
Starring: Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Norman Rossington
Director: Keith Beckett
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This release features the complete series of the controversial 70s sit-com CURRY AND CHIPS, one of the first TV shows to deal with the then taboo themes of immigration and racial discrimination.

61% from 9 members
Not available for rental

The Plank on DVD (1967)
Starring: Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Graham Stark
Director: Eric Sykes
Certificate:
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Humorous tale of two workmen and a plank of wood who cause absolute chaos wherever they go. A silent comedy.

71% from 201 members

The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries
Director: Daniel Petrie
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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."

26% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

The Bargee on DVD (1964)
Starring: Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith, Ronnie Barker
Director: Duncan Wood
Certificate:
A comedy tale of a canal bargee with an eye for the ladies who is trapped into marriage.

70% from 203 members

Very Important Person (1961)
Starring: James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Testing one of his new radar inventions, Sir Ernest Pease is shot down and taken as a Prisoner Of War. While his fellow inmates initially believe him to be a German Spy, they soon realise that he is integral to their escape plan...

66% from 222 members
Not available for rental

Leslie Philips - The Comic Icons Collect... on DVD (1960)
Starring: Kenneth Connor, Leslie Philips, Eric Barker
Director: Gerald Thomas, Ken Annakin
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Hot on the heels of CARRY ON TEACHER, this honorary Carry On is a Naval-gazing farce involving Kenneth Connor's amazing master-of-disguise talents. When his bumbling, not-so-able seaman character destroys unique plans for a top-secret torpedo, he attempts to cover his tracks by embarking on a ..read more »

63% from 379 members

The Boys In Blue on DVD
Starring: Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball, Suzanne Danielle
Director: Val Guest
Certificate:
When their police station looks like getting the chop, two coppers take criminal action to save their jobs!

60% from 429 members

Eric Sykes - The Best Of Eric Sykes on DVD
Starring: Hattie Jacques, Eric Sykes, hattie Jacques
Director: Tom Gleeson
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Features highlights from Eric Sykes' popular television series 'Sykes And A...' (1960-65) and 'Sykes' (1972-79).

62% from 284 members

The Eric Sykes Collection on DVD
Starring: Eric Sykes
Director: Eric Sykes
Certificate:
If You Go Down In The Woods Today - Eric Sykes plays a scoutmaster who takes eight scouts camping in peaceful Tangle Woods. When he and one of the cubs become lost, their hilarious adventures are monitored by the Police, Army, Navy, Air Force, MI5 and a bunch of crooks, almost turning Tangle Woods ..read more »

71% from 1,646 member

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
The Return of Sherlock Holmes - E07 - The Six Napoleons - 3.0 stars
The Likes of Sykes - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

The Spy with a Cold Nose - 1.5 stars
The Likes of Sykes - 3.0 stars
Curry And Chips - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Shalako - 3.0 stars
The Boys In Blue - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

hattie Jacques - 7 times - show films
Richard Wattis - 6 times - show films
Tommy Cooper - 5 times - show films
Joan Sims - 5 times - show films
Joy Harington - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alejandro Amenabar - 5 times - show films
Roger Race - 4 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 3 times - show films
David Carson - 2 times - show films
Dennis Kirkland - 2 times - show films