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Prunella Scales
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Filmography
Prunella Scales - what members say
review by from Preston
Classic 26 April 2005
review by from Lyme Regis, England
The Better Emma 8 October 2004
review by from BIRMINGHAM , UK
MERRIE ENGLAND 20 March 2007
Prunella Scales - filmography
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The Shell Seekers
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Prunella Scales, Alastair Mackenzie
Director: Piers Haggard
Certificate: 
When Penelope Keeling, the 64-year-old daughter of a famous artist suffers a mild heart attack, it presents her with the opportunity to reassess her life and the chance to revisit the past. Leaving her home in the English countryside, Penelope travels to the Mediterranean island of Ibiza to visit ..read more »
 
66%
from 500 members
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Station Jim
(2001)
Starring: George Cole, Charlie Creed-Miles, Frank Finlay
Director: John Roberts
Certificate: 
It is the 1890s. Bob Gregson is a young lad who works as a porter at a rural railway station. He is keen to impress the stationmaster who is looking for a successor because he is about to retire. Having fallen in love with a teacher called Harriet Collins, Bob wants to raise money to save the local ..read more »
37%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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Stiff Upper Lips
(1998)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Georgina Cates
Director: Gary Sinyor
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Young upper-class fellow Edward arrives with his friend Cedric at the family manse, Ivory Hall. He plans to pair off Cedric with his sister Emily. Emily, on the other hand, falls in love with a son of local peasant, George. Old Aunt Agnes sends all the bunch off, first to Italy and then to India, ..read more »
66%
from 14 members
Currently unavailable
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Dalziel And Pascoe - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, Prunella Scales
Director: Ross Devenish
Certificate:
When inexperienced Peter Pascoe joins the Mid-Yorkshire CID, he finds his progressive way of thinking is at odds with the no-nonsense, straight-talking approach of Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel. Soon, both men begin to see the merits in each other's methods. Episodes include: 'A Clubbable ..read more »
73%
from 507 members
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Jane Austin's Emma
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: James Hazeldine, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Certificate: 
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A faithful, enchanting adaptation of Austen's nineteenth-century tale of Emma Woodhouse, a clever young woman whose mischievous matchmaking schemes nearly cost her her own shot at romance. From the producers of A?'s acclaimed PRIDE & PREJUDICE.
69%
from 3,131 members
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The Rector's Wife
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Jonathan Coy, Prunella Scales
Director: Giles Foster
Certificate:
A four-part tale of a woman whose yearning for independence puts her at odds with her community. Barely scraping by for her family on her husband's salary, she becomes desperate and takes a job where she discovers there is much more to the world than her priggish neighbours in Cotswold Village...read more »
62%
from 37 members
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After Henry - Series 4 - Complete
(1992)
Starring: Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson
Certificate: 
After the death of her husband, Sarah (Prunella Scales) is forced to bring up her teenage daughter by herself and deal with a demanding mother (Joan Sanderson). Features all the episodes from the fourth series.
60%
from 6 members
Not available for rental
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Howard's End
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Prunella Scales, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: James Ivory
Certificate:
One of the best Ismail Merchant/James Ivory films, this adaptation of E. M. Forster's classic 1910 novel shows in careful detail the injuriously rigid British class consciousness of the early 20th century. The film's catalyst is poor relation Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), who inherits part of ..read more »
69%
from 5,662 members
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After Henry - Series 3 - Complete
(1989)
Starring: Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson
Director: none
Certificate:
After the death of her husband, Sarah (Prunella Scales) is forced to bring up her teenage daughter by herself and deal with a demanding mother (Joan Sanderson). Features all the episodes from the third series.
42%
from 9 members
Not available for rental
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A Chorus Of Disapproval
(1988)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Richard Briers
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate:
Following the death of his wife, Guy Jones (Jeremy Irons) is moved by his company to a sleepy seaside town, where, faced with knowing no-one and nights of boredom in front of the TV, he decides to join the local amateur dramatics society.
He is enthusiastically welcomed by eccentric Welsh Director,..read more »
56%
from 248 members
Not available for rental
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The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller
Director: Jack Clayton
Certificate: 
Lonely Judith Hearne falls for her landlady's brother, Madden, who exudes a certain glamour, having lived in America for thirty years. She seeks romance and he seeks an investor for a business venture. Each is mistaken about the other's feelings and their relationship proceeds in a downward spiral......
66%
from 195 members
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The Merry Wives Of Windsor
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Richard Griffiths, Prunella Scales, Judy Davis
Director: David Jones
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In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Among the ..read more »
63%
from 133 members
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Waltz Of The Toreadors
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, John Fraser
Director: John Guillermin
Certificate:
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Fans of Peter Sellers will love the antics of the lecherous General Fitzjohn (Sellers) who is determined to get close to sexy Ghislaine (Dany Robin)...without his nagging wife (Margaret Leighton) finding out!
51%
from 106 members
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Laxdale Hall / The Glen is Ours
(1953)
Starring: Ronald Squire, Raymond Huntley, Prunella Scales
Director: John Eldridge, George Haslam
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Laxdale Hall, a rarely seen British comedy receiving its first release to home entertainment, is a 1953 film directed by John Eldridge and starring Ronald Squire, Kathleen Ryan, Raymond Huntley, Prunella Scales, Fulton Mackay, Roddy McMillan, Jameson Clark and Jean Colin, with Rikki Fulton as a ..read more »
54%
from 5 members
Not available for rental
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The Ghost Of Greville Lodge
on DVD
Starring: George Cole, Prunella Scales, John Newman
Director: Niall Johnson
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A contemporary ghost story suitable for all the family. James is a teenager who has spent all of his life in children's homes but then he is invited by his great uncle to come and stay with him for Christmas at his country home. James starts to explore Greville Lodge and finds out that the Lodge ..read more »
58%
from 119 members
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After Henry - Series 1 - Complete
Starring: Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson
Director: Peter Frazer-Jones
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After the death of her husband, Sarah (Prunella Scales) is forced to bring up her teenage daughter by herself and deal with a demanding mother (Joan Sanderson). Features the episodes 'The Older Man', 'Phonecalls', 'The Teapot', 'Security', 'Romantic Complications', and 'The Birthday'.
62%
from 12 members
Not available for rental
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Great Authors - Charles Dickens
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Anton Lesser, Prunella Scales, Timothy West
Certificate: 
A three disc set. Disc One features a documentary which looks at the life and times of author Charles Dickens with dramatic reconstructions. Disc Two features the David Copperfield television drama. Disc Three features A Christmas Carol; an Anton Lesser dramatisation, also Songs From Grope Lane and ..read more »
64%
from 70 members
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Helen Mirren At The BBC
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Helen Mirren, Stanley Baker, Brian Cox
Certificate:
Set Comprises:
1. The Changling (1974)
2. The Apple Cart (1975)
3. Caesar & Claretta (1975)
4. The Philanthropist (1975)
5. The Little Minister (1975)
6. The Country Wife (1977)
7. Blue Remembered Hill (1979)
8. Mrd Reinhardt (1981)
9. A Midsummer Nights Dream (1981)
10. Cymbeline (1983)
11. The ..read more »
59%
from 119 members
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Prunella Scales facts
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... brings a smile.The very funny camp Nigel Hawthorne not to forget the brilliant Prunella Scales (Ladies of Letters) with the also very catty Geraldine McEwan one upmanship at ...
