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David Hayman - what members say

The Near Room review by MikeLaughton from

Poor direction kills good plot idea 16 February 2012
...made a much better film. The blame has to lie with the director - the talented David Hayman - who also appears in the film. I would have expected much better from him. S... Read customer review

Hope And Glory review by A customer from Scotland

Rubbish! 17 July 2006
...I rented this based on the other reviews. It was drivel with a capital D! David Hayman is usually a fine actor but in this, he was as wooden as a deck board. Perhaps I'm... Read customer review

David Hayman - filmography

Trial And Retribution - The Fifth Collection (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit
Director: Dave Moore, Gillies MacKinnon, Gillies Mackinnon
Certificate:
From BAFTA-winning writer Lynda La Plante comes one of the most innovative and long-running crime series on television. Chief Superintendent Mike Walker (David Hayman) is an old-school detective with a dubious past, working with the career-driven DCI Roisin Connor (Victoria Smurfit). Together they ..read more »

80% from 107 members

Trial And Retribution - The Fourth Colle... (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit, Fiona Shaw
Director: Tristram Powell, Michael Whyte, Tristram Powel
Certificate:
Includes three episodes of Linda La Plante's gritty crime drama TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION, following Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Walker (David Hayman) and DCI Roison Connor (Victoria Smurfit) and their continuing fight for justice. The feature-length episodes are 'Paradise Lost', 'Curriculum ..read more »

83% from 139 members

The Last Great Wilderness on DVD (2002)
Starring: Alastair Mackenzie, Jonathan Phillips, David Hayman
Director: David Mackenzie
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Just when you think you can package THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS as a funny, human drama about two friends who go on the road to experience personal revelation, the film then undergoes an identify shift and becomes a horror/thriller movie about a strange community of people and the mysterious goings-..read more »

54% from 622 members

The Near Room on DVD (1995)
Starring: Adrian Dunbar, David O'Hara, Julie Graham
Director: David Hayman
Certificate:
Charlie Colquhoun is a journalist whose career has reached rock-bottom. He has a teenage daughter, Tommy, who was put into foster care many years before. Now, aged seventeen, Tommy has become inloved in a scandal that involves child pornography with a high-ranked police officer. Charlie and Tommy ..read more »

40% from 195 members

The Hawk (1992)
Starring: Helen Mirren, George Costigan, Rosemary Leach
Director: David Hayman
Certificate:
A woman's life is plunged into fear when she suspects her husband is The Hawk, a local serial killer who has left a trail of victims in their area. A number of coincidences sow the seed of doubt in her mind and slowly her distrust and turmoil start to get the better of her.

53% from 111 members
Not currently released

Hope And Glory on DVD (1987)
Starring: Sarah Miles, Sarah Miles, David Hayman
Director: John Boorman
Certificate:
A semiautobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2...

71% from 2,898 members

Heavenly Pursuits on DVD (1986)
Starring: Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman
Director: Charles Gormley
Certificate:
An engaging satire on the miracle business, set in a Catholic school in Glasgow whose status-seeking authorities are much taxed by the problem of canonisation for their patron, the Blessed Edith Semple, who died in 1917 with one authenticated miracle to her credit. She needs two more, the Vatican ..read more »

60% from 7 members

A Sense Of Freedom (1984)
Starring: Fulton Mackay, David Hayman, Fulton MacKay
Director: John Mackenzie
Certificate:
The story of the real-life Scottish criminal who spent a decade in and out of British prisons is the subject of this film directed by John MacKenzie (Long Good Friday) and produced by Beatle George Harrison's company, Hand Made Films. The life of the violent criminal is captivating, for, following ..read more »

68% from 818 members
Currently unavailable

Just Your Luck on DVD (1972)
Starring: David Hayman, Lesley Mackie
Director: Mike Newell
Certificate:
Part of the acclaimed BBC Play for Today Series, written by Peter McDougall (Just A Boys Game, Just Another Saturday). When Alison unexpectedly falls pregnant after a brief encounter with Alex (David Hayman's first TV role) they decide to marry. The joining of two seemingly different families opens ..read more »

53% from 9 members

Trial And Retribution - The Sixth Collection (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Victoria Smurfit, David Hayman
Director: Benjamin Ross
Certificate:
Linda La Plante's gritty crime drama TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION follows Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Walker (David Hayman) and DCI Roison Connor (Victoria Smurfit) in their continuing fight for justice. Each episode starts out with a crime being committed, its discovery, the ensuing investigation ..read more »

78% from 76 members

Lynda La Plante - Trial And Retribution ... (4 discs)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Rhys Ifans, Simon Callow
Director: Aisling Walsh, Jo Johnson, Michael Whyte
Certificate:
Gritty television drama which centres around a crime and the police investigation which follows. Features the first 4 volumes

78% from 1,002 member
Not currently released

Lynda La Plante - Trial And Retribution ... (4 discs) on DVD
Starring: David Hayman, Kate Buffery, Victoria Smurfit
Director: Aisling Walsh, Ferdinand Fairfax, Charles Bees
Certificate:
Follows Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Walker and his continuing fight for justice. Features four feature-length stories.

78% from 604 members

Silent Scream on DVD
Starring: Andrew Barr, Jonathan Battersby, Robert Carlyle
Director: David Hayman
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
1963: When Larry Winters violently murders a Soho barman in cold blood he is sentenced to life imprisonment. Within ten years he is addicted to prescription drugs and feared as Scotland's most violent inmate. After being transferred to the experimental Barlinnie Special Unit, Winters finds new and ..read more »

57% from 26 members

Trial And Retribution - The Third Collection (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Victoria Smurfit, David Hayman, Miriam Heard
Director: Tristram Powell, Andy Hay, Edward Hall
Certificate:
Trial And Retribution is a gritty, urban drama that deals with graphic topics from abduction to serial murders and internal police corruption to psychological illness. Breaking new ground in terms of content and style, each episode traces the entire trajectory of a serious crime from the act being ..read more »

80% from 171 members

David Hayman facts

5 most recent films

Trial And Retribution - The Fifth Collection - 4.0 stars
Trial And Retribution - The Fourth Collection - 4.0 stars
The Last Great Wilderness - 2.5 stars
The Near Room - 2.0 stars
The Hawk - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Trial And Retribution - The Fourth Collection - 4.0 stars
Trial And Retribution - The Fifth Collection - 4.0 stars
Trial And Retribution - The Third Collection - 4.0 stars
Trial And Retribution - The Sixth Collection - 4.0 stars
Lynda La Plante - Trial And Retribution Volumes 1-4 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Just Your Luck - 2.5 stars
Silent Scream - 3.0 stars
Heavenly Pursuits - 3.0 stars
The Near Room - 2.0 stars
The Hawk - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Victoria Smurfit - 7 times - show films
Julie Graham - 3 times - show films
Alastair Mackenzie - 2 times - show films
Steve Hotchkiss - 2 times - show films
Robert Carlyle - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Aisling Walsh - 10 times - show films
Michael Whyte - 9 times - show films
Tristram Powell - 8 times - show films
Charles Bees - 5 times - show films
Ferdinand Fairfax - 5 times - show films