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  • Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
  • Saturday Night And Sunday Morning review by Baz from
    Rated - 5.0 stars “…What I’m Out For Is A Good Time…All The Rest Is Propaganda…” 26 March 2012
    ...ives at home with her mum; she adds a rare intelligence and class to the movie. Hylda Baker is excellent as the convivial Aunt Ada who thinks Arthur is a lovely boy, but i...   Read customer review

Hylda Baker - filmography


  • Nearest And Dearest
  • Nearest And Dearest (1972)
    Starring: Hylda Baker,  Jimmy Jewell,  Madge Hindle
    Director: John Robins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two siblings Eli and Nellie, inherit the family pickle company. When Nellie meets up with the bachelor owner of a rival pickle company, her brother Eli encourages the match making, knowing that if all goes well he'll be free to pursue the finer things in life...
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 295 members
    Not available for rental
  • Nearest And Dearest - Series 1
  • Nearest And Dearest - Series 1 (1968)
    Starring: Jimmy Jewell,  Hylda Baker
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Comedy greats Jimmy Jewel and Hilda Baker star as Eli Pledge and his sister Nellie, in the classic, award-winning comedy - Nearest and Dearest. Eli - an aging lothario - and Nellie - virtuous to the last, but in possession of a wonderfully flexible grip on the English language - inherit clapped out ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 342 members
    Not available for rental
  • She Knows Y’Know
  • She Knows Y’Know on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Hylda Baker,  Cyril Smith,  Joe Gibbons
    Director: Montgomery Tully
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Hylda Baker stars in this 1962 Eternal Films comedy. She plays the matriarchal mother of a working class family. She and her husband (Cyril Smith) have a bright but dull son. The Smallhopes a "middle class" family led by Joan Sanderson (Please Sir), have an attractive daughter, but things go astray ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 28 members
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  • Nearest And Dearest - Series 4
  • Nearest And Dearest - Series 4
    Starring: Joe Gladwin,  Hylda Baker,  Edward Malin
    Director: Bill Podmore
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Eli and his sister Nellie are an odd pair - he is an ageing bachelor with a reputation for being one for the ladies; she, on the other hand, has no reputation at all when it comes to romance. When their father dies, leaving them a run-down pickle factory and a load of problems, not only do Eli and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 99 members
    Not available for rental
  • Nearest And Dearest - Series 2
  • Nearest And Dearest - Series 2
    Starring: Jimmy Jewell,  Hylda Baker
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features the complete five episodes from the second series of the popular television comedy. Episodes include: 'A Breach Of The Peace', 'Wish You Were Here', 'The Demon Drink', 'All You Wish Yourself' and 'Now Is The Hour'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 217 members
    Not available for rental

Hylda Baker facts

5 most recent films

Nearest And Dearest - 3.0 stars
Nearest And Dearest - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Up The Junction - 3.5 stars
She Knows Y’Know - 3.0 stars
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Saturday Night And Sunday Morning - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning - 3.5 stars
Up The Junction - 3.5 stars
Nearest And Dearest - Series 6 - 3.5 stars
Nearest And Dearest - Series 1 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Not On Your Nellie - Series 2 And 3 - Complete - 2.0 stars
She Knows Y’Know - 3.0 stars
Nearest And Dearest - Series 7 - 3.5 stars
Nearest And Dearest - 3.0 stars
Not On Your Nellie - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jimmy Jewell - 6 times - show films
Bryan Pringle - 2 times - show films
Albert Finney - 2 times - show films
Norman Rossington - 2 times - show films
Rachel Roberts - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Bob Kellett - 2 times - show films
Peter Collinson - 2 times - show films
Karel Reisz - 2 times - show films
Bryan Izzard - 2 times - show films

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