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  • Clockwork Mice
  • Clockwork Mice review by A customer from Worthing
    Rated - 5.0 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...   Read customer review
  • Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
  • Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War review by from Bracknel
    Rated - 5.0 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 ...   Read customer review
  • Calendar Girls
  • Calendar Girls review by from Chelmsford, Essex, UK
    Rated - 4.0 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...   Read customer review

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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 32,713 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
    Ian Sharp's Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War concerns itself with Thelma Caldicot (Pauline Collins), whose life changes radically after the death of her husband. After her spouse dies, thanks to an errant cricket ball, Thelma is taken out of her home by her son Derek (Peter Capaldi) and her daughter-in-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,252 member
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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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  • Forever Green - Series 2 - Complete (1992)
    Starring: Pauline Collins,  John Alderton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 9 members
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  • Forever Green - Series 1 - Complete (1989)
    Starring: John Alderton,  Pauline Collins
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jack and Harriet Boult are a couple who struggle to cope with the pressures of London life and whose daughter, Freddy, suffers from asthma and serious allergies. A lucky inheritance makes Harriet's dream of moving to the country a possibility, and the family soon find themselves relocating to rural ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 8 members
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  • The Upchat Collection (1977)
    Starring: John Alderton,  Robin Nedwell,  Susan Jameson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sit-com favourites John Alderton and Robin Nedwell share the role of a homeless writer with a highly appropriate pen-name. Along with his many pseudonyms, the roguishly charming Mike Upchat has a rare ability to pass himself off as the character which best fits any given situation. And since Mike ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 1 member
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  • No, Honestly - The Complete Series (1974)
    Starring: Pauline Collins,  John Alderton
    Director: David Askey
    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 series’ novel ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 4 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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,007 member
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  • Please Sir! on DVD (1971)
    Starring: John Alderton,  Joan Sanderson,  Deryck Guyler
    Director: Mark Stuart
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Please Sir [1971] is the film of the hit TV comedy series starring John Alderton. A two-week stay in the country excludes class 5C, but their master is unable to convince the headmaster that it's just what they need.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 373 members
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  • Hannibal Brooks (1968)
    Starring: Oliver Reed,  Michael J. Pollard,  John Alderton
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Stephen Brooks is a prisoner of war, working in a zoo. Seeing an opportunity to escape he takes it, but cannot bear to leave behind the elephant he's been caring for. So both make their way to the Alps.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 55 members
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  • Emergancy Ward 10 Vol. 1 (1957)
    Starring: Charles Tingwell,  John Barron,  John Alderton
    Director: Antony Kearey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in the fictitious Oxbridge General Hospital, Emergency - Ward 10 concentrated as much on the private lives of the staff as it did on their jobs, setting the template for today's modern medical soaps. It also introduced the viewers to medical procedures, earning praise from the British Medical ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 16% from 3 members
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  • Please Sir - Series 4 - Complete
    Starring: John Alderton,  Erik Chitty,  Richard Davies
    Director: Howard Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    British comedy at its best, Please Sir is fondly remembered by an entire generation of TV viewers. Starring John Alderton as the idealistic teacher Bernard Hedges, who is put in charge of the worst class ever, come back to school and relive the hilarity with Please Sir!.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 10 members
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John Alderton facts

5 most recent films

Calendar Girls - 3.5 stars
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War - 3.5 stars
Little Miss - The Complete Original Series - 3.0 stars
Clockwork Mice - 3.5 stars
Forever Green - Series 2 - Complete - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

Emergancy Ward 10 Vol. 1 - 1.0 stars
The Upchat Collection - 1.0 stars
Forever Green - Series 2 - Complete - 2.0 stars
No, Honestly - The Complete Series - 2.0 stars
Please Sir - Series 4 - Complete - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joan Sanderson - 16 times - show films
Deryck Guyler - 16 times - show films
Pauline Collins - 14 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
David Askey - 6 times - show films
John Davies - 5 times - show films