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  • Bedtime - Series 2
  • Bedtime - Series 2 review by A customer from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars An Original Series 9 October 2004
    ...The sheer quality of Andy Hamilton's writing and the subtle performances from Timothy West (Andrew Oldfield), Sheila Hancock (Alice Oldfield), Stephen Tompkinson (Paul Newc...   Read customer review
  • Murder In Mind - Series 1
  • Murder In Mind - Series 1 review by A customer from Manchester, UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars SUPERIOR DRAMA 19 January 2006
    ...ificent series....... A great cast reads like a who's who of British Acting, Timothy West, David Suchet, Kevin Whateley, Keith Allen, Keeley Hawes, Diana Rigg and on & o...   Read customer review
  • Henry VIII
  • Henry VIII review by from Cornwall
    Rated - 4.0 stars Clare Bloom shone brightly 14 March 2007
    ...cting believable ,the characters had real depth. Clare bloom shone brightly and Timothy West came over craftly. With all shakespere it may be a good idea if you review the ...   Read customer review

Timothy West - filmography


  • Titanic (2012)
    Starring: Linus Roache,  Geraldine Somerville,  Celia Imrie
    Director: Jon Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Titanic is the extraordinary re-telling of that doomed voyage, cleverly weaving action, mystery and romantic plots featuring fictional and historical characters, before coming together in an explosive and unforgettable finale. Produced by BAFTA winner Nigel Stafford Clark and Chris Thompson. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
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  • Exile on DVD (2011)
    Starring: John Simm,  Jim Broadbent,  Olivia Coleman
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Simm and Jim Broadbent give compelling performances in this Paul Abbott-created, Danny Brocklehurst-written claustrophobic drama about father-son relationships and many other things. The marvellous Olivia Colman provides fine support, proving she does drama as brilliantly as comedy.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 477 members
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  • Endgame (2010)
    Starring: Jonny Lee Miller,  Mark Strong,  William Hurt
    Director: Pete Travis
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The African National Congress (ANC) wages an armed struggle against apartheid; President P.W. Botha clings to the last threads of power; the country is on the brink of bloody insurrection. In a gripping thriller based on real-life events, Endgame drops us into this brutal conflict's control centers:..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 28 members
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  • Not Going Out - Series 3 - Complete (2009)
    Starring: Lee Mack,  Tim Vine,  Sally Bretton
    Director: Nick Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BAFTA winning comedians Lee Mack and Tim Vine star alongside Sally Bretton, Miranda Hart and Katy Wix in the third series of the hit Royal Television Society and Rose D'or award-winning BBC sitcom Not Going Out. Following the series two finale, in which Lee successfully sabotaged Lucy's ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 46 members
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  • A Room With A View on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Mark Williams,  Elizabeth McGovern,  Rafe Spall
    Director: Nicholas Renton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Period drama based on E.M. Forster's classic novel. When Lucy is kissed by an improper suitor while in Florence, her Aunt Charlotte rushes her back to England,. Though betrothed to a suitable gentleman Lucy can not forget her Florence encounter.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 646 members
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  • Iris on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Hugh Bonneville,  Kate Winslet
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 10,595 members
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  • Villa Des Roses (2001)
    Starring: Julie Delpy,  Shaun Dingwall,  Shirley Henderson
    Director: Frank Van Passel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Villa Des Roses is a Parisian boarding house run by an English couple, who has a colourful collection of guests. With the arrival of a maid called Louise there is a new lease of life in the guest house...
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 165 members
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  • Bedtime - Series 1 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Gillespie,  Sheila Hancock,  Emma Pierson
    Director: Andy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The BBC mini-series BEDTIME follows the pre-slumber rituals of three couples in three adjoining houses in the same suburban street. The couples' final half-hour is scrutinised and observed in writer/director Andy Hamilton's (DROP THE DEAD DONKEY) compelling drama. Sheila Hancock and Timothy West star.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 250 members
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  • 102 Dalmatians on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Glenn Close,  Gerard Depardieu,  Tim McInnerny
    Director: Kevin Lima
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Glenn Close returns as the malicious fur-collecting fashion plate Cruella De Vil in Disney's 102 DALMATIANS, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 live-action blockbuster. Pursuading the authorities that she has been successfully rehabilitated, De Vil is released from prison, seemingly ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,270 members
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  • Beowulf on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Derek Jacobi,  Joseph Fiennes,  Timothy West
    Director: Yuri Kulakov
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An animated adventure for children and adults alike, Beowulf is an epic tale full of action, heroism, bravery and sacrifice. Beowulf tells the tale of a young Danish warrior called Beowulf who goes to the aid of King Hroagar and his people, who are attacked by a half-man half-monster named Grendel. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 194 members
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  • Framed (1993)
    Starring: Timothy Dalton,  Timothy West,  David Morrissey
    Director: Geoffrey Sax,  Guy Slater
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young cop vacationing in Spain catches escaped criminal Eddie Myers (Dalton) who had been presumed dead. Myers will only cooperate if the young officer is his interrogator, resulting in an intricate battle of wits.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 65 members
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  • Shakespeare - Animated (3 discs) on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Felicity Kendal,  Alun Armstrong,  Joss Ackland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features twelve animated adaptations of some of Shakespeare's finest plays. Includes 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet', 'Romeo And Juliet', 'Othello', 'Twelfth Night', 'As You Like It', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Taming Of The Shrew', 'A Winter's Tale', 'Richard III', 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Tempest'.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 318 members
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  • The Monocled Mutineer (2 discs) on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Paul McGann,  Cherie Lunghi,  Jerome Flynn
    Director: Jim O'Brien
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the novel by William Allison and John Fairley, this drama tells the story of a World War One mutiny which took place at the Etaples Training Camp in northern France in 1917 on the eve of the Passchendaele battle.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 577 members
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  • Florence Nightingale on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Jaclyn Smith,  Claire Bloom,  Jeremy Brett
    Director: Daryl Duke
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The True Story Of the Mother of Modern Nursing. Jaclyn Smith stars as Florence Nightingale in this stirring drama. Florence was an aristocratic woman who defied Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is know today. After volunteering to travel to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 6 members
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  • Brass (2 discs) (1983)
    Starring: Timothy West,  Caroline Blakiston,  Barbara Ewing
    Director: Gareth Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    TV comedy BRASS is set in the 1930s. Bradley Hardacre (Timothy West) owns a brass factory, coalmine, shipyard (and most of the Lancashire town of Utterley come to that) and is a ruthless man of luxury and wealth living in the big house on the hill with his wife Lady Patience and his children, sons ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 440 members
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  • Rough Cut (1980)
    Starring: Burt Reynolds,  Lesley-Anne Down,  David Niven
    Director: Don Siegel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A romantic comedy with action and suspense. Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 2 members
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  • Henry VIII on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Claire Bloom,  Timothy West,  Julian Glover
    Director: Kevin Billington
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Henry is a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 122 members
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  • Hard Times (1977)
    Starring: Patrick Allen,  Timothy West,  Alan Dobie
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A TV adaptation of the Dickens novel set in the heart of northern industrial England which tells of an abandoned circus girl in Victorian England who goes to work for businessman and politician Mr. Gradgrind.
    1 star out of 5 20% from 5 members
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  • Edward The Seventh (4 discs) (1975)
    Starring: Timothy West,  Annette Crosbie,  Robert Hardy
    Director: John Gorrie
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This four-part series premiered on British television in 1975 to both critical acclaim and popular success. The epic story, which won a BAFTA, tells the turbulent, dramatic life story of King Edward the Seventh.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 242 members
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  • Day Of The Jackal on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Edward Fox,  Cyril Cusack,  Ronald Pickup
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this involving political thriller, a secret French paramilitary organization plans to assassinate French President Charles De Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) because of their disagreement with his policies during the Algerian War. They hire a professional killer, known only as The Jackal (Edward ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 9,162 members
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  • Great Authors - Charles Dickens (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Anton Lesser,  Prunella Scales,  Timothy West
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A three disc set. Disc One features a documentary which looks at the life and times of author Charles Dickens with dramatic reconstructions. Disc Two features the David Copperfield television drama. Disc Three features A Christmas Carol; an Anton Lesser dramatisation, also Songs From Grope Lane and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 68 members
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  • King Lear
    Starring: Ian Holm,  Amanda Redman,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from the acclaimed 1997 production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ian Holm stars as the tragic monarch, King Lear, wise, headstrong but blind to his weaknesses. Richard Eyre directs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 199 members
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Timothy West facts

5 most recent films

Titanic - 3.5 stars
Exile - 4.0 stars
Endgame - 3.5 stars
Not Going Out - Series 3 - Complete - 4.0 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Exile - 4.0 stars
The Monocled Mutineer - 3.5 stars
Day Of The Jackal - 3.5 stars
Edward The Seventh - 3.5 stars
Murder In Mind - Series 1 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hard Times - 1.0 stars
Rough Cut - 2.5 stars
Florence Nightingale - 2.5 stars
Big Breadwinner Hog And Spindoe - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Endgame - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Annette Crosbie - 10 times - show films
Richard Hurbdall - 6 times - show films
Colette O'Neil - 6 times - show films
Ray McAnally - 6 times - show films
Donald Churchill - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Cyril Coke - 6 times - show films
Mike Newell - 6 times - show films
Michael Apted - 6 times - show films
James Cellan Jones - 5 times - show films
John Gorrie - 5 times - show films