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  • Perfect Strangers
  • Perfect Strangers review by A customer from Dorset, UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars Magical 11 June 2009
    ... how memories and photographs can be scarily deceptive. I'm also sucker for Claire Skinner. She'd easily have me following her around and have me remembering things that ...   Read customer review
  • Outnumbered - Series 2
  • Outnumbered - Series 2 review by GAJ from Leicester
    Rated - 0.0 stars Simply the best comedy on the BBC. 3 December 2009
    ...and the amazing thing is that most of it seems to be ad-libbed. Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner are amazing as the poor put upon parents and the child actors Tyger Drew-Honey,...   Read customer review

Claire Skinner - filmography


  • Eliminate - Archie Cookson (2011)
    Starring: Paul Rhys,  Claire Skinner,  Georgia King
    Director: Robin Holder
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Archie Cookson is an espionage comedy thriller which follows the life of MI6 spy Archie Cookson as it gradually unravels. He is past his prime. Sidelined in his job and ignored by his estranged wife and eccentric, precocious offspring, things take a turn for the worse when he stumbles upon ..read more »
    5 stars out of 5 100% from 2 members
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  • Moving On - Series 3 - Complete (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Hannah Gordon,  John Simm,  Jenny Agutter
    Director: Jimmy McGovern
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The critically acclaimed series Moving On created by BAFTA & EMMY award-winning Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Cracker) returns for a third run of five powerful films about people confronted with life-changing decision. This series has a stellar cast complimented by compelling stories written by the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 15 members
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  • Moving On - Series 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hannah Gordon,  John Simm,  Jenny Agutter
    Director: Jimmy McGovern
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The critically acclaimed series Moving On created by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Cracker) returns with a second run of ten powerful films about people confronted by life-changing decisions. This series has a stellar cast complimented by compelling stories written by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 95 members
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  • Outnumbered - Series 3 on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hugh Dennis,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Andy Hamilton,  Guy Jenkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Conspiracy theories, sex education, psychotherapy, colonoscopies, astrology and kangaroo saliva. These are just a handful of the obstacles that the Brockman family must negotiate in the third series of the multi-award winning comedy Outnumbered.
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 1,300 member
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  • Trinity (3 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Charles Dance,  Christian Cooke,  Reggie Yates
    Director: Colin Teague
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With a cast including Charles Dance (Starter for Ten), Christian Cooke (Demons) Reggie Yates (Dr Who, Radio 1 DJ) and Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) , Trinity is a mystery drama where going to college has never looked so good. Or been so dangerous... For over 900 years, Trinity College has been an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 333 members
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  • Outnumbered - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Hugh Dennis,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Andy Hamilton,  Guy Jenkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Outnumbered follows the daily chaos of family life with two parents and three young children locked in an unequal contest. Containing strong elements of improvisation, this comedy is an honest portrayal of the well meaning parental incompetence that happens in most homes, as Mum and Dad attempt to ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 4,122 members
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  • Sense and Sensibility on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jean Marsh,  Janet McTeer,  David Morrissey
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    From acclaimed writer Andrew Davies comes this enchanting new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about love and marriage. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 1,675 member
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  • Second Sight (4 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Claire Skinner,  Stuart Wilson
    Director: Charles Beeson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dedication and results have earned Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner the prestigious charge of the Special Murder Unit. But Tanner has a secret - he is suffering from a rare disorder that causes intermittent blindness and hallucinations. When his deputy, Detective Inspector Tully, deduces the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 412 members
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  • The Family Man on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Trevor Eve,  Michelle Collins,  Claire Skinner
    Director: John Strickland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Patrick Stowe is head of a fertility clinic where he and his staff try to bring babies to childless couples by IVF. In this first series Patrick tries to help two couples who have had several unsuccessful attempts at IVF and other fertility treatments. A mother discovers she has left it too late to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 234 members
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  • Strings on DVD (2004)
    Starring: James McAvoy,  Catherine McCormack,  Julian Glover
    Director: Anders Ronnow-Klarlund
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to revenge the death of his father. To his surprise he discovers the truth of his own people - and where he least expects it - he finds true love.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,417 members
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  • Perfect Strangers (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Michael Gambon,  Lindsay Duncan,  Matthew MacFadyan
    Director: Stephen Poliakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Perfect Strangers is a drama about a family reunion as told from the point of view of Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen). One of Daniel's relatives, Stephen (Anton Lester), has an archive of family photographs, which he is happy to share with everyone. This leads to Daniel discovering a whole other side to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,273 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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  • The Escort on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Daniel Auteuil,  Stuart Townsend,  Noah Taylor
    Director: Michael Blanc
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Michel Blanc's THE ESCORT, Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) leaves his family and flees to London to work on a novel. There he meets Tom (Stuart Townsend), a male escort, who leads Pierre into his underground world of sex and money. However, the more time Pierre spends servicing unfulfilled women, the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 814 members
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  • Inspector Morse - The Wench Is Dead on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Lisa Eichhorn,  James Grout,  Bri
    Director: Robert Knights
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. While there, he takes an interest in a 140 year-old case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of young woman traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in two men ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 941 members
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  • You're Dead on DVD (1998)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Rhys Ifans,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Andy Hurst
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie and his pal Ian dream pulling off the perfect bank job. Veteran safecracker Maitland may be just the brain they need behind the operation. But does the old pro have more complicated motives for his involvement
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 180 members
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  • A Dance To The Music Of Time (2 discs) (1997)
    Starring: John Gielgud,  Edward Fox,  Alan Bennett
    Director: Christopher Morahan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This two-disc set contains the complete television mini-series based on the novel by Anthony Powell, and features an impressive array of established British actors and actresses. The series follows the ups and downs of a multitude of characters over the traumatic course of the twentieth century, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 565 members
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  • Clockwork Mice (1995)
    Starring: Ian Hart,  Catherine Russell,  Ruaidhri Conroy
    Director: Jean Vadim
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set in a school for emotionally disturbed children, CLOCKWORK MICE is a tender drama reflecting the effect one teacher can have on a child. When new teacher Steve (Ian Hart) challenges the rebellious Conrad (Rhuaidhri Conroy) in a race it sparks off a chain of events that will change both their lives.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 83 members
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  • Inspector Morse - The Way Through the Woods on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Gary Powell,  James Grout,  Brian
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Steven Parnell, who was accused of murdering a number young girls the previous summer, is killed while in prison awaiting trial. Morse had not been involved in the case as he was on leave during most of that investigation. What piques Morse's interest is that one of the victims, Karen Anderson, was ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,203 member
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  • I.D. on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Warren Clarke,  Reece Dinsdale,  Sean Pertwee
    Director: Phil Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Reece Dinsdale stars as John, an undercover cop who finds himself immersed in the world of football hooliganism in this football film that deals entirely with what happens when the players and fans are off the field. Focusing on the fictional East London Shadwell FC club, the film follows as John ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,027 members
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  • Life Is Sweet on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Alison Steadman,  Jim Broadbent,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Mike Leigh escapes the confines of direct-to-television films with this incredibly bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about a blue-collar family living in modern-day England. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) are a good-natured couple with two daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 8,678 members
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  • Inspector Morse - The Secret of Bay 5B on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Amanda Hillwood,  Mel Martin,  Br
    Director: Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Michael Gifford a successful architect who was strangled while sitting in his vehicle in a multi-level car park. As they look into his background, they find he was an egotist who had affairs with several women and had employees who are either indifferent to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 905 members
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  • Monroe - Class Of 76 on DVD
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Daniel Mays,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Ashley Pearce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Detective Tom Monroe is called to investigate the apparent suicide of Pat Fisher, he discovers that the deceased had a fixation with the unsolved death of a schoolfriend in 1976. To solve the mystery in the present day, Monroe must first revisit the past...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 200 members
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  • Booze Cruise - Series 1 - 3 (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Martin Clunes,  Neil Pearson,  Mark Benton
    Director: Paul Seed
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Booze Cruise Martin Clunes and Neil Pearson star as unlikely travelling companions on a cross channel jaunt to find cheap booze. Their journey to a French hypermarket hits stormy waters and a simple shopping expedition turns into a nightmare - never mind all the shenanigans that are going on at ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 366 members
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