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Francesca Annis
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Francesca Annis - what members say
review by from Glasgow
Fantastic 27 November 2005
review by GHL from Leeds
Gritty but beautiful 25 August 2004
review by A customer from Lisburn, County Antrim
Simply superb 16 February 2008
Francesca Annis - filmography
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The Little House
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Rupert Evans, Tim Piggot-Smith, Lucy Griffiths
Director: Jamie Payne
Certificate: 
The Little House is a thrilling two-part feature length drama adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s best selling novel, which explores the psychological power struggles within one family. Adapted for television by Ed Whitmore (Identity, Waking The Dead). BAFTA winning actress Francesca Annis (Cranford) ..read more »
 
66%
from 255 members
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Shifty
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Courtney Day, Gracie Fitch, Nathaniel Gleed
Director: Eran Creevy
Certificate: 
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A day in the life of Shifty, a young Muslim crack cocaine dealer. Charismatic, compassionate and intelligent, he comes from a respectable family, but is also the most prolific dealer in the area. When his old friend returns to the town, it sets into action a series of events that will see Shifty ..read more »
66%
from 6,783 members
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Shifty - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Eddie Webber, Enoch Fr, Jason Flemyng
Director: Eran Creevy
Certificate:
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Writer/director Eran Creevy makes an astonishing debut with SHIFTY, the powerful tale that charts 24 hours in the life of a crack dealer in a London suburb. Shifty (Riz Ahmed - DEAD SET) sells crack cocaine in his neighbourhood, living life a minute at a time and always one step ahead of a rival ..read more »
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from 1,820 member
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Cranford - Complete BBC Series
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate: 
This is the DVD of the lavish BBC costume drama, Cranford, based on three of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels including Cranford itself. The cast boasts some of Britain's best-loved and most experienced actresses, including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis. The ..read more »
84%
from 3,062 members
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Cranford - Blu-ray
(2 discs)
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate:
Set in a 1840s Cranford - a small, idyllic Northern English town - where the residents are coping with a sea of change that includes a new railway network that threatens to unleash a tide of immigrant workers that the locals fear will reduce their town to lawlessness...
78%
from 236 members
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Return to Cranford
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate: 
Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief ..read more »
81%
from 495 members
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Madame Bovary
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Tom Conti, Denis Lill
Director: Rodney Bennett
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Dramatic adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel which follows the illicit affairs of Emma Bovary as she tries to escape from the banality of her married life to a country doctor.
47%
from 155 members
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Onegin
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens
Director: Martha Fiennes
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Onegin (Fiennes) is a bored, unaffected St. Petersburg aristocrat who inherits his uncle's large estate. When he rejects the advances of his neighbor Tatyana (Tyler), her sister's fiance considers this an offense worth fighting over. In a senseless, tragic duel, Onegin prevails. Six years later, ..read more »
59%
from 1,799 member
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Wives And Daughters
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Michael Gambon
Director: Nicholas Renton
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The BBC presents Elizabeth Gaskell's timeless tale of romance in 19th-century England. WIVES AND DAUGHTERS is the humorous and often heart-wrenching story of two single women, one sweet and one sexy, searching for love and finding nothing but trouble when the man destined for one falls for her ..read more »
75%
from 4,353 members
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Milk
(1999)
Starring: Dawn French, James Fleet, Phyllida Law
Director: William Brookfield
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This British comedy, written and directed by William Brookfield, stars James Fleet as the middle-aged mama's boy who has just lost his mother. This seemingly tragic event actually leads to good things for the man, whose country neighbors and friends have lots of plans for how he can use his time in ..read more »
51%
from 194 members
Not currently released
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The Debt Collector
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Billy Connolly, Ken Stott, Francesca Annis
Director: Anthony Neilson
Certificate: 
THE DEBT COLLECTOR stars Billy Connolly as ex-con Nickie Dryden, a man who's done his time--18 years in one of the toughest prisons in Britain. Now Dryden's married and has made a new life for himself as an acclaimed artist. However, Gary Keltie (Kenny Stott), the policeman responsible for his ..read more »
63%
from 1,051 member
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Reckless
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robson Green, Michael Kitchen, Daniela Nardini
Director: Sarah Harding, David Richards
Certificate:
'RECKLESS' is the emotional story of a dangerous and illicit love affair between young surgeon Owen Springer (Robson Green) and Anna Fairley (Francesca Annis), the beautiful wife of Owen's boss. It is a gripping, yet humourous and moving drama, which seized the imagination of viewers across the UK
71%
from 246 members
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Dalziel And Pascoe - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, Prunella Scales
Director: Ross Devenish
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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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Under the Cherry Moon
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Prince, Jerome Benton, Francesca Annis
Director: Prince
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With his best friend, a young musician travels to the beautiful French Riviera in search of quick riches. Instead, he falls in love with an extremely attractive and equally spoiled heiress. The top-of-the-charts soundtrack features Prince and the Revolution performing such hits as "Kiss," "..read more »
60%
from 376 members
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Dune
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Kyle MacLachlan, Sian Phillips
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
64%
from 11,118 members
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Dune - Blu-ray
(1984)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Kyle MacLachlan, Sian Phillips
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
80%
from 24 members
Not available for rental
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Krull
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Francesca Annis, Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony
Director: Peter Yates
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Fantasy meets science fiction in this visually spectacular tale of valiant Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall) and Lyssa (Lysette Anthony), his young bride-to-be, who dwell in the mythical kingdom of Krull. During their wedding ceremony the Beast, a monstrous dark force of evil who threatens to rule their ..read more »
60%
from 4,466 members
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Macbeth
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw
Director: Roman Polanski
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"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" - but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the - onscreen - murder of Duncan, to the electrifying final duel to the death (at each clash of metal on metal, and flesh on stone wall, Polanski cut a ..read more »
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from 1,445 member
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Pleasure Girls - Blu-ray
(1966)
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Ian McShane, Francesca Annis
Director: Gerry O'Hara
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In this drama, the difficulties of being a young woman during the 1960s are examined. The story centres on a country girl who comes to London to pursue a modelling career and ends up living with three girls and a young man--who is one of the others' brother. While waiting for her big break, the ..read more »
55%
from 53 members
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The Saint - S03 E14 - Flight Plan
(1966)
Starring: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Edward Woodward
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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The Osprey is a new experimental plane and was being test-flown by Flight Lieutenant Mike Gregory until his recent court-martial. Now Middle Eastern agents are using Mike to steal the plane, kidnapping his sister Diane. Having rescued Diane, the Saint goes after Mike, getting himself parachuted ..read more »
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School for Scoundrels
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier
Director: John Boulting, Robert Asher, Mari
Certificate:
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The school for scoundrels is a college that teaches oneupmanship. Palfrey is the hapless new student who's unlucky in everything. Raymond Delauney is the already one-up cad who Palfrey must beat for affections of April.
76%
from 1,454 member
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Make Mine Mink
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, hattie Jacques
Director: Robert Hamer, Robert Asher, John Boulting
Certificate:
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When Dame Beatrice (Athene Syler) retires from charitable work, she finds her life rather empty. Suddenly an irresistible request to help unfortunate orphans comes along, and inspired by her maid's chequered past, takes on one final charitable challenge. An incident with a neighbours mink coat ..read more »
66%
from 598 members
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The Naked Truth
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Peter Sellers
Director: Mario Zampi, Robert Hamer, John Boulting
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The greedy editor of a trashy scandal magazine is confronted by several of the individuals whose lives are erroneously and luridly described in the tabloid. Their attempts to stop the publication of articles concerning themselves lead to a series of amusing events.
67%
from 845 members
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Return To Cranford - Blu-ray
Starring: Judi Dench, Estelle Harris, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate:
Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief ..read more »
75%
from 100 members
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