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  • The Nightingales - Complete Series
  • The Nightingales - Complete Series review by from Wirral
    Rated - 5.0 stars Give it a try...you won't be disappointed. 24 October 2006
    ...bic location, the timing and comedic acting of Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall, James Ellis (all superb stage actors in their own right), not forgetting the array of suppo...   Read customer review

James Ellis - filmography


  • Best on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Clive Anderson,  Roger Daltrey,  Sophie Dahl
    Director: Mary McGuckian
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BEST documents the life of George Best (John Lynch), the first British football superstar, whose rise marked the game's transition from professional sport to national obsession. From his introduction to Manchester United at age 17 to his later struggle with the pressures of stardom, this programme ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 155 members
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  • The Nightingales - Complete Series (2 discs) (1990)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  David Threlfall,  James Ellis
    Director: Tony Dow
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    First transmitted on Channel 4 in 1990, the series focuses on three security guards who have the unenviable task of the graveyard night shift in a tower block, Nightingales - The Complete Series is a strange comedy where just about anything can happen. A werewolf that performs open-heart surgery, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 465 members
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  • No Surrender on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Michael Angelis,  Michael Angelis,  Avis Bunnage
    Director: Peter Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comical situations abound when three busloads of pensioners arrive at a seedy nightclub in Liverpool to celebrate New Year's Eve. Rock singer Elvis Costello appears in the role of an inept magician.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 44 members
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James Ellis facts

5 most recent films

Best - 2.5 stars
The Nightingales - Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Doctor Who - Battlefield - 3.5 stars
No Surrender - 3.0 stars
Dragonworld - The Legend Continues - 1.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Doctor Who - Battlefield - 3.5 stars
The Nightingales - Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Best - 2.5 stars
No Surrender - 3.0 stars
Dragonworld - The Legend Continues - 1.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dragonworld - The Legend Continues - 1.5 stars
No Surrender - 3.0 stars
Best - 2.5 stars
The Nightingales - Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Doctor Who - Battlefield - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dorota Rae - 3 times - show films
Sophie Aldred - 3 times - show films
Robert Jezek - 3 times - show films
Robert Lindsay - 3 times - show films
Paul Tomany - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tony Dow - 3 times - show films
Michael Kerrigan - 3 times - show films
Ted Nicolaou - 1 times - show films
Mary McGuckian - 1 times - show films
Peter Smith - 1 times - show films