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  • A Very Peculiar Practice
  • A Very Peculiar Practice review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Customer Review 23 June 2008
    ...e always excellent David Troughton as Dr. Bob Buzzard and the steely control of Barbara Flynn and Dr. Rose Marie. John Bird is grotesque as the university vice-chancellor. I...   Read customer review

Barbara Flynn - filmography


  • Just Henry on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Josh Bolt,  Dean Andrews,  Sheila Hancock
    Director: David Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Michael Chaplin's adaptation of Michelle Magorian's critically acclaimed novel JUST HENRY, features an impressive cast of British acting talent including Elaine Cassidy (A ROOM WITH A VIEW), Barbara Flynn (CRANFORD) and the BAFTA nominated Shelia Hancock (MOVING ON). The story tells of a young boy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 63 members
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  • Miss Potter on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Renee Zellweger,  Ewan McGregor,  Emily Watson
    Director: Chris Noonan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 47,659 members
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  • Cracker - Cracker on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Antonia Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written by Paul Abbott and Jimmy McGovern, Cracker makes a long-awaited return to the small screen and DVD. Nine years on and Fitz is still married and visiting the UK for a family event. Since moving to Australia, he has immersed himself in the academic world and has begun to doubt whether he ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 675 members
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  • Elizabeth I (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Jeremy Irons,  Patrick Malahide
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII, reunited a nation divided by religious strife, faced down the Spanish Armada and, after an unprecedented 45-year reign, died one of England's best-loved monarchs. During her time as Queen, poets and playwrights wrote about her, artists painted her, composers ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 3,650 members
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  • Lorna Doone on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Richard Coyle,  Amelia Warner,  Aidan Gillen
    Director: Mike Barker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In yet another film adaptation of R.D. Blackmore's swashbuckling romance, this excellent and lavish BBC production of 'Lorna Doone' brings the classic tale of revenge and family warfare to life with a sterling cast. Filmed in Wales, the epic family saga begins in 1675, during a turbulent time in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,307 members
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  • The Escort on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Daniel Auteuil,  Stuart Townsend,  Noah Taylor
    Director: Michael Blanc
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Michel Blanc's THE ESCORT, Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) leaves his family and flees to London to work on a novel. There he meets Tom (Stuart Townsend), a male escort, who leads Pierre into his underground world of sex and money. However, the more time Pierre spends servicing unfulfilled women, the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 814 members
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  • Wives And Daughters (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Francesca Annis,  Ian Carmichael
    Director: Nicholas Renton
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 4,296 members
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  • You're Dead on DVD (1998)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Rhys Ifans,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Andy Hurst
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie and his pal Ian dream pulling off the perfect bank job. Veteran safecracker Maitland may be just the brain they need behind the operation. But does the old pro have more complicated motives for his involvement
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 180 members
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  • Cracker - Best Boys on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Barbara Flynn,  Clive Russell
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sex and love and eternity are things we all want and need, but when they lead to murder it can only bring tragedy to Stuart Grady and Bill Nash. Fitz is soon pitched against two people who superficially survive as father and son, when all the time, they need more that ever to admit they love each ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,740 member
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  • Cracker - To Say I Love You on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Barbara Flynn,  Beryl Reid
    Director: Andy Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young man is released from the police station against Fritz's advice and he and his partner subsequently commit murder. Fritz makes details of the couple freely available causing them to panic and there follows a further increase in the violence.
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 2,033 members
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  • A Very Peculiar Practice (2 discs) (1986)
    Starring: Peter Davison,  David Troughton,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: David Tucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This special collector's set includes the entire first season of the popular and critically acclaimed BBC television series, A VERY PECULIAR PRACTICE. Written by Andrew Davies, the show was a black dramedy about Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) and its internal dramas and politics.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 806 members
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  • King Lear
    Starring: Ian Holm,  Amanda Redman,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from the acclaimed 1997 production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ian Holm stars as the tragic monarch, King Lear, wise, headstrong but blind to his weaknesses. Richard Eyre directs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 199 members
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  • The Queen's Castle on DVD
    Starring: Barbara Flynn,  barbara flynn (pres,  barbara flynn
    Director: Matt Reid
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The Queen's Caslte is the accllaimed, landmark television series with over five hours of flm including more than 2 hours of previously unseen footage. Featuring: The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, and an extended tour and interview with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and more
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 178 members
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Barbara Flynn facts

5 most recent films

Just Henry - 3.5 stars
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings - 3.5 stars
The Queen - The Life of a Monarch - 3.5 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars
Miss Potter - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Beiderbecke Collection Complete - 4.0 stars
Cracker - To Be A Somebody - 4.0 stars
Cracker - The Mad Woman In The Attic - 4.0 stars
Cracker - Men Should Weep - 4.0 stars
A Family At War - Series 3 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

You're Dead - 2.5 stars
The Escort - 2.5 stars
Lorna Doone - 3.0 stars
Maigret - Series 2 - Episodes 1 To 3 - 3.0 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robbie Coltrane - 59 times - show films
Geraldine Somerville - 57 times - show films
Lorcan Cranitch - 56 times - show films
Ricky Tomlinson - 48 times - show films
Beryl Reid - 42 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Martin - 16 times - show films
Tim Fywell - 11 times - show films
Les Chatfield - 9 times - show films
Baz Taylor - 9 times - show films
G - 9 times - show films