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Peter Bowles
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Peter Bowles - what members say
review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales
First series, DVD 1 1 November 2005
review by itstinks from North of Reading
so-so thriller but fun 9 September 2008
review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England
C'Mon Freebird!. 2 February 2008
Peter Bowles - filmography
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Freebird
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Alun ap Brinley, Geoff Bell, Peter Bowles
Director: Jon Ivay
Certificate: 
From the producers of Layer Cake comes a hilarious british road trip movie that will have you trippin out loud! Fred (Gary Stretch) Grouch (Phil Daniels) and Tyg (Geoff Bell) head to the welsh countryside in search of an elusive hippy and his cannabis farm – but what is supposed to be a nice ..read more »
 
50%
from 3,803 members
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The Bounder - Complete Series
(1982)
Starring: Peter Bowles, George Cole, Isla Blair
Director: Vernon Lawrence
Certificate: 
Meet Howard Booth (Peter Bowles), a suave black sheep in white kid gloves with an uncanny ability to sweet talk his way out of any sticky situation. Women cannot resist him-even when he's making off with their last quid! The one person immune to Howard's outrageous charm is his stuffy brother-in-..read more »
20%
from 8 members
Not available for rental
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To The Manor Born - Series 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Certificate: 
TPenelope Keith stars as Audrey Forbes-Hamilton and Peter Bowles as noveau riche millionaire grocer Richard DeVere in this double DVD which contains the entire second series of this classic BBC comedy together with the Christmas Special episode.
71%
from 763 members
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Only When I Laugh - Series 3
(1981)
Starring: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli
Director: Vernon Lawrence
Certificate:
Only When I Laugh was written by Eric Chappell (Rising Damp, Home to Roost) and directed by Vernon Lawrence (Duty Free, The Bounder). The series starred James Bolam (Beiderbecke), Peter Bowles (To the Manor Born) and Christopher Strauli (Raffles) as three congenital hypochondriac layabouts forever ..read more »
67%
from 10 members
Not available for rental
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Only When I Laugh - Series 2
(1980)
Starring: Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, James Bolam
Director: Vernon Lawrence
Certificate:
The second series of the popular comedy series. ONLY WHEN I LAUGH follows the exploits of three hypochondriacal hospital patients who drive the doctors and nurses nutty with their silly antics. Driven batty with boredom, Archie, Roy, and Norman dish up outrageous rumours and wild speculation, ..read more »
56%
from 13 members
Not available for rental
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To The Manor Born - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne
Director: Ian Rawnsley
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Penelope Keith, who was riding a crest of a wave after her success in The Good Life, was given her own starring comedy vehicle in the shape of TO THE MANOR BORN. She plays Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton (with two F's), who inherits a large stately home after the death of her husband. No sooner has she ..read more »
71%
from 968 members
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The Legend of Hell House
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill
Director: John Hough
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In this atmospheric and menacing film, the wealthy owner of a haunted mansion believes his home (which has been dubbed Hell House due to a history of bizarre happenings therein) might provide the answer to the phenomenon of life after death. To prove his theory, he enlists the help of four brave ..read more »
61%
from 875 members
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A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles
Director: Peter Medak
Certificate: 
Alan Bates and Janet Suzman are Bri and Sheila, a teacher and his wife who have created a comic character for their mute, severely disabled daughter (the eponymous ‘Joe Egg’). The cracks in their marriage become apparent when uptight acquaintances (Peter Bowles and Sheila Gish) come to visit and ..read more »
62%
from 35 members
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Endless Night
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Certificate:
A sinister and enthralling mystery thriller adapted from the novel by crime and suspense writer Agatha Christie. Starring Hayley Mills (The Parent Trap) as an affluent heiress who marries a mysterious and charming chauffeur (Hywel Bennett-Percy). Soon after moving into their dream house strange ..read more »
57%
from 242 members
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A Taste Of Excitement
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Eva Renzi, David Buck, Peter Vaughan
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate: 
In this crime drama, a painter finds himself entangled in a murder plot when he gets involved with a pretty girl. Written and directed by Don Sharp (PSYCHOMANIA), A TASTE OF EXCITEMENT stars Eva Renzi (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE), Peter Bowles (TV's RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY) and Peter Vaughan (..read more »
59%
from 23 members
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The Prisoner - E09 - Checkmate
(1967)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Leo McKern, Peter Wyngarde
Director: Don Chaffey
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After waking up from an artificial sleep, Number 6 discovers a game of "live chess" on the Village green in which the "chessmen" are Villagers and the players sit in elevated chairs and call out the moves with megaphones. Recruited by one player as the Queen's pawn, he only reluctantly obeys his "..read more »
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The Irish R.M. - Series 3
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Peter Bowles
Director: none
Certificate:
The continuing story of the life of Major Sinclair Yeates, a former army officer who becomes Resident Magistrate for the West of Ireland. Episodes featured include: 'The Muse In Skebawn', 'Major Apollo Riggs', 'A Friend Of Her Youth', 'In The Curranhilty Country', 'Lisheen Races' and 'The Devil You ..read more »
61%
from 112 members
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Only When I Laugh - Series 4
Starring: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli
Director: Vernon Lawrence
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Only When I Laugh was written by Eric Chappell (Rising Damp, Home to Roost) and directed by Vernon Lawrence (Duty Free, The Bounder). The series starred James Bolam (Beiderbecke), Peter Bowles (To the Manor Born) and Christopher Strauli (Raffles) as three congenital hypochondriac layabouts forever ..read more »
68%
from 10 members
Not available for rental
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The Irish R.M. - Series 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Peter Bowles
Director: Peter Sykes, Roy Ward Baker
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Features the complete six episodes from the second series of the popular television drama. Episodes include: 'A Horse! A Horse!', 'The Dispensary Doctor', 'Holy Island', 'Oweneen The Sprat', 'A Royal Command' and 'The Aussolas Martin Cat'.
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from 138 members
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...g, appropriately convoluted plots and some enjoyable humour and stunts (such as Peter Bowles taking a header over a stone wall). There were moments when I feared that the p...
