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  • Clockwork Mice
  • Clockwork Mice review by A customer from Worthing
    Rated - 5 stars Best film I've seen in ages 6 October 2005
    ... good this British film was. Some well known faces, Art Malik, James Bolam and John Alderton in a very compelling and moving story set in a special needs school for disturb...  
  • Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
  • Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War review by from Bracknel
    Rated - 5 stars Absolutely brilliant RENT IT 16 December 2004
    ...Pauline Collins, John Alderton and I believe their daughter, plus some people who you will recognise. Paulines character gets put into a retirement home so her son can sell ...  
  • Calendar Girls
  • Calendar Girls review by from Chelmsford, Essex, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Moving portrayal by John Alderton 29 March 2004
    ...There are plenty of others reviewing the film so I would like to pick out John Alderton for an excellent performance. It was short but made up for it in quality. Since he wa...  

John Alderton - filmography


  • Calendar Girls on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Julie Walters,  Helen Mirren,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Nigel Cole
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a true story, Nigel Cole's CALENDAR GIRLS has a mix of comedy and heart-tugging emotion that compares with the comedies FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and THE FULL MONTY. Annie (Julie Walters) and Chris (Helen Mirren), of bucolic Yorkshire, belong to the Women's Institute (WI), which ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 31,120 members
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  • Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Pauline Collins,  John Alderton,  Paul Freeman
    Director: Ian Sharp
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Thelma Caldicot's money-minded son packs his recently widowed and down-trodden mother off to Twilight Years Rest Home. Not quite ready for the scrap heap, and frankly appalled by the conditions, she takes a stand and decides to do something about it. Starring Pauline Collins as the reinvigorated ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,182 member
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  • Clockwork Mice (1995)
    Starring: Ian Hart,  Catherine Russell,  Ruaidhri Conroy
    Director: Jean Vadim
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 51 members
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  • Forever Green - Series 2 - Complete (1992)
    Starring: Pauline Collins,  John Alderton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Harriet and Jack Boult are a London based couple who hardly enjoy the bustling city life. Their young daughter Freddy is in fact suffering from a series of breathing diseases and would benefit from a healthier environment. Thankfully, a timely inheritance puts the Boults in a position where they ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 20% from 2 members
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  • Zardoz on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Charlotte Rampling,  Sara Kestelman
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Sean Connery abandoned the James Bond series to seek out new challenges, he turned to director John Boorman's sci-fi project, ZARDOZ. Connery stars as Zed, one of a carefully bred race of supervisors, the Exterminators, who oversee the agricultural labour of the neanderthal Brutals, since in ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 796 members
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  • No, Honestly - The Complete Series (1974)
    Starring: Pauline Collins,  John Alderton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This gentle, romantic sitcom stars the real-life partnership of Pauline Collins and John Alderton as a couple recounting the eventful earlier years of their married life together. Written by another highly successful husband-and-wife team – Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham – the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Please Sir! - The Best Of Please Sir! - ... on DVD (1971)
    Starring: John Alderton,  Deryck Guyler,  Noel Howlett
    Director: Mark Stuart
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The third volume in the series that collects the best episodes from 1970's comedy series in which the idealistic teacher Bernard Hedges (John Alderton) continually struggles win over his pupils. this disc contains the episodes "The Decent Thing," "The Generation Gap" and "The School Captain".
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 169 members
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John Alderton facts

5 most recent films

Little Miss - The Complete Original Series - 3.0 stars
Calendar Girls - 3.5 stars
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War - 3.5 stars
Clockwork Mice - 3.5 stars
Forever Green - Series 2 - Complete - 1.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Calendar Girls - 3.5 stars
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War - 3.5 stars
Please Sir - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Clockwork Mice - 3.5 stars
Please Sir! - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

No, Honestly - The Complete Series - 3 stars
Emergancy Ward 10 Vol. 1 - 0.5 stars
Forever Green - Series 2 - Complete - 1.0 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Series 8 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Forever Green - Series 1 - Complete - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Deryck Guyler - 16 times - show films
Joan Sanderson - 16 times - show films
Pauline Collins - 10 times - show films
Noel Howlett - 10 times - show films
Erik Chitty - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mark Stuart - 15 times - show films
Howard Ross - 10 times - show films
Alan Wallis - 9 times - show films
none - 4 times - show films
David Giles - 1 times - show films