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Ian Richardson
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Ian Richardson - what members say
review by A customer from Stockport, england
Devilishly funny! 24 May 2005
review by from Stirlingshire
Another cracking mystery 7 March 2004
review by A customer from London
pretty good 22 December 2008
Ian Richardson - filmography
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Hogfather
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Ian Richardson, Shend, Neil Pearson
Director: Vadim Jean
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Based on Terry Pratchett's worldwide best selling fantasy book, Hogfather is set on the semi-medieval but strangely familiar Discworld. And the Hogfather (you know, the jolly fat man) who delivers presents to the kiddies at Christmas at the midwinter festival of Hogswatch has gone missing. But it's ..read more »
 
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from 15,776 members
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The Life Of Shakespeare
(2002)
Starring: Ian Richardson, Judi Dench
Director: Alan Tibbitts
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A profile of the life and work of William Shakespeare, the world's most famous dramatist. Features archive material, period cameo scenes and music by The Shakespeare's Globe Musicians. Filmed on location in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon and London, this programme attempts to bring ..read more »
49%
from 83 members
Currently unavailable
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From Hell
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jason Flemyng, Susan Lynch, Paul Rhys
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
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FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ..read more »
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from 15,740 members
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From Hell - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
Director: Albert Hughes
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FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ..read more »
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from 2,006 members
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102 Dalmatians
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jim Carter, Timothy West, Ron Cook
Director: Kevin Lima
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Glenn Close returns as the malicious fur-collecting fashion plate Cruella De Vil in Disney's 102 DALMATIANS, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 live-action blockbuster. Pursuading the authorities that she has been successfully rehabilitated, De Vil is released from prison, seemingly ..read more »
62%
from 4,311 members
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Gormenghast
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Stephen Fry, Richard Griffiths, Celia Imrie
Director: Andy Wilson
Certificate: 
Mervyn Peake's epic books come to life in this large-scale BBC production. Gormenghast is a glorious castle, home to the ancient family of Groan. When Titus Groan, the new heir is born the evil kitchen-boy Steerpike threatens the dynasty and begins his ascent to power. Only Titus can stand in ..read more »
64%
from 3,070 members
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Dark City
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Alex Proyas
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
66%
from 11,806 members
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A Knight In Camelot
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York, Ian Richardson
Director: Roger Young
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In this romantic fantasy adventure, a lady scientist's experiment whisks her back to King Arthur's court. While there, the plucky lass proves that modern women are as tough as medieval men, and she soon becomes the mythical king's most favoured knight.
62%
from 413 members
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Dark City - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Alex Proyas
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
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from 3,066 members
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The Woman in White
(1997)
Starring: Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Andrew Lincoln
Director: Tim Fywell
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Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives
59%
from 31 members
Currently unavailable
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Dirty Weekend
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Lia Williams, David McCallum, Rufus Sewell
Director: Michael Winner
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A meek and mild woman called Bella moves into a flat in Brighton and finds herself being harassed by a male neighbour. Having committed a violent act against the neighbour, she is transformed into a murderous femme fatale who embarks on a mission of revenge against other mean and nasty men. Much ..read more »
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from 133 members
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Remember
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Donna Mills, Stephen Collins, Derek de Lint
Director: John Herzfeld
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News reporter Nicky Wells is shocked when she discovers her former fiance, who apparently committed suicide just before their wedding, is alive and living in Barcelona and involved with an international terrorist gang. This discovery could cost Nicky her life. She teams up with a photographer in ..read more »
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from 148 members
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Year Of The Comet
(1992)
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Timothy Daly, Louis Jourdan
Director: Peter Yates
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Maggie (Penelope Ann Miller) is sorting through a client's wine cellar one day when when she stumbles upon one of the oldest vintages in the world. All that is left to do is for her to deliver it to her client's buyer back in London...
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from 64 members
Currently unavailable
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An Ungentlemanly Act
(1992)
Starring: Bob Peck, Ian Richardson, Rosemary Leach
Director: Stuart Urban
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A dramatised recreation of the first thirty-six hours of the Falklands conflict focusing on the actions of the Governor and his subsequent expulsion and the inability of the islanders to comprehend the fact that their island was being invaded.
72%
from 303 members
Currently unavailable
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Troubles
(1988)
Starring: Ian Charleson, Ian Richardson, Emer Gillespie
Director: Christopher Morahan
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A grand hotel fallen into decay, two women with secrets and a dangerous political situation about to boil over - these intriguing elements all combine in this gripping drama from the producer of the hit mini-series, The Irish R.M. In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his ..read more »
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from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Porterhouse Blue
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: David Jason, Ian Richardson, Charles Gray
Director: Robert Knights
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In this Channel 4 comedy, based on the novel by Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse College prides itself on rowing and eating rather than academic achievement. When the arrival of a new master threatens tradition, the old guard of Porterhouse reacts in an explosive fashion. The TV miniseries stars David Jason,..read more »
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from 1,194 member
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The Fourth Protocol
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy
Director: John Mackenzie
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From the acclaimed British director of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and THE HONORARY CONSUL in which Caine also starred. In THE FOURTH PROTOCOL an undercover plot to destroy NATO, the KGB plans to annihilate a peaceful English residential area and a U.S. Air Force base. Michael Caine plays John Preston, ..read more »
67%
from 2,070 members
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Whoops Apocalypse
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Loretta Swit, Peter Cook, Michael Richards
Director: Tom Bussmann
Certificate:
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Mix all these stars with political intrigue, Royal kidnaps, hostile invasions, nuclear bombs, British Task Forces, mad international terrorists and the SAS... and you get total mayhem. Based on the popular TV series.
60%
from 725 members
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Monsignor Quixote
(1985)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Ian Richardson
Director: Rodney Bennett
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Alec Guinness portrays the title character in this made-for-television adaptation of Graham Greene's novel--itself a meditation on Cervantes' "Don Quixote." A provincial Spanish clergyman embarks on a trip to Madrid with a rigid Communist his only company. The unlikely pair converse to pass the ..read more »
67%
from 356 members
Not currently released
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Brazil - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
82%
from 35 members
Not available for rental
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Brazil
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
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from 19,755 members
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The Woman In White
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Diana Quick, Ian Richardson, Jenny Seagrove
Director: John Bruce
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Written in 1860 and previously filmed in 1912, 1914, 1917, 1929, and 1948, Wilkie Collins' gothic novel THE WOMAN IN WHITE eventually resurfaced in miniseries form for British television. The plot was set in motion by the diabolical Count Fosco (Alan Badel), who tried to get his grubby mitts on a ..read more »
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from 105 members
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Private Schulz
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Ronald Baddiley
Director: Robert Chetwyn
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This much-loved 1981 series, featuring the comic misadventures of reluctant Nazi hero Private Schulz, was acclaimed for its comic writing and for the performances of Michael Elphick and Ian Richardson.
Just a few weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War, recently released convict Schulz ..read more »
73%
from 258 members
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
(8 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Ian Richardson, Patrick Stewart, Maggie Smith
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Over the years the BBC has broadcast some of the greatest productions of the plays of Bernard Shaw. Presented in this deluxe collection they are a magnificent testament to a writer of true invention, incredible wit and radical thought.
Bernard Shaw undoubtedly sits among the great playwrights of ..read more »
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from 118 members
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... perfection by two of the greatest living television actors, in David Jason and Ian Richardson. Nobly backed up by John Sessions as the sexually deviant Zipser, this adaptati...
