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Martin Jarvis - what members say

By Jeeves! review by Munchkin061271 from Chadwell-St-Mary

Okay, but not a patch on the original material 15 October 2004
... based on P G Wodehouse's sublime Jeeves stories. Shame it doesn't quite work. Martin Jarvis is a serviceable enough Jeeves, but there are fair better adaptations of Wodeho... Read customer review

Inspector Morse - Greeks Bearing Gifts review by A customer from Stoke Poges

Virgil was right 24 October 2008
...ce to the UK to promote a tourist attraction run by a rather shady businessman. Martin Jarvis plays an academic who can bore for England on ancient Greek warships, as eviden... Read customer review

Martin Jarvis - filmography

Taking The Flak (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Martin Jarvis, Doon MacKichan, Doon Mackichan
Director: Michael Buffong
Certificate:
TAKING THE FLAK is a brand new comedy drama following a team of journalists in a war zone who are in a state of perpetual danger, not just from bombs but their colleagues too! Written and produced by experienced, award winning journalists and including cameo appearances from real BBC News anchors.

60% from 84 members

Lorna Doone on DVD (2006)
Starring: Richard Coyle, Amelia Warner, Aidan Gillen
Director: Mike Barker
Certificate:
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 »

58% from 2,335 members

Lovejoy - Complete Series 6 (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ian McShane, Christopher Fairbank, Kenneth Cope
Director: Richard Laxton, Paul Harrison, Ian White
Certificate:
All ten episodes from the sixth series of the popular drama focusing on the charismatic antique dealer, poised ever more precariously on the knife edge of the law.

72% from 404 members

By Jeeves! on DVD (2001)
Starring: Martin Jarvis, John Scherer
Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Certificate:
A musical comedy based on the characters of P.G. Wodehouse written by Alan Ayckbourn and featuring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Bertie Wooster finds himself in all sorts of adventures...

47% from 210 members

Inspector Lynley - Series 1 And Pilot (3 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: Nathanial Parker, Sharon Small, Bill Nighy
Director: Richard Laxton, Robert Young, Kim Flitcroft
Certificate:
Inspector Lynley and Sargent Havers first team up for a murder case in Keldale. In the first series they investigate four crime mysteries including the disappearance of a boy from a public school, the murders of a playwright, a University student and the guests at a dinner party. Based on the ..read more »

70% from 640 members

Shakespeare - Animated (3 discs) on DVD (1992)
Starring: Felicity Kendal, Alun Armstrong, Joss Ackland
Certificate:
Features twelve animated adaptations of some of Shakespeare's finest plays. Includes 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet', 'Romeo And Juliet', 'Othello', 'Twelfth Night', 'As You Like It', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Taming Of The Shrew', 'A Winter's Tale', 'Richard III', 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Tempest'.

61% from 323 members

Inspector Morse - S05 E04 - Greeks Beari... (1991)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout
Director: Adrian Shergold, John Madden
Certificate:
Morse and Lewis investigate when Nicos, the chef from a local Greek restaurant, is found murdered. He had been in England for 6 months and they initially learn little about him other than he was well liked and had no enemies. They eventually learn that he had previously been in England as a sous-..read more »

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Murder Most Horrid - Series 1 on DVD (1991)
Starring: Dawn French, Bill Paterson, Tony Slattery
Director: Bob Spiers
Certificate:
Dawn French stars in this comedy drama, playing a different character in each episode. Contains the episodes 'The Case Of The Missing', 'The Girl From Ipanema', 'He Died A Death', 'A Determined Woman', 'Murder At Tea Time', and 'Mrs. Hat And Mrs. Red'.

71% from 338 members

Inspector Morse - Greeks Bearing Gifts on DVD (1991)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout
Director: John Madden, Adrian Shergold
Certificate:
Morse and Lewis investigate when Nicos, the chef from a local Greek restaurant, is found murdered. He had been in England for 6 months and they initially learn little about him other than he was well liked and had no enemies. They eventually learn that he had previously been in England as a sous-..read more »

73% from 894 members

The Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship on DVD (1990)
Starring: David Suchet, Miriam Margolyes, Robin Bailey
Director: Francis Vose
Certificate:
A Cosgrove Hall production of an old Russian folk tale about a Tsar who will only give the hand of his daughter in marriage upon receipt of a ship that will fly. A young peasant boy acquires a flying ship but must first overcome many near-impossible tasks.

65% from 95 members

Buster (1987)
Starring: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb
Director: David Green, David Gree
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Based on the true story of a two-bit burglar who pulls off the heist of a lifetime and then, along with his wife, flees England and the police. Soundtrack features Collins' 'Two Hearts' and 'Groovy Kind of Love'.

63% from 1,384 member
Not currently released

Doctor Who - Vengeance On Varos on DVD (1985)
Starring: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Jason Connery
Director: Ron Jones
Certificate:
On Varos, the oppressed citizens' primary entertainment comes from public executions, broadcast live. It is in this morally dubious environment that Doctor Who (Colin Baker) lands the TARDIS, in search of Zyton-7 to jump-start the ship's transpower generator. A few missteps later, and the Doctor ..read more »

65% from 1,505 member

The Bunker on DVD (1981)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman
Director: George Schaefer
Certificate:
This exhaustive TV movie dramatizes the last three months of Adolph Hitler's life, spent in his bunker in Berlin. Anthony Hopkins is repulsively riveting as Hitler, while Piper Laurie is even more frightening as fanatical Frau Goebbels. Joseph Goebbels (Cliff Gorman) feeds the Fuehrer's ego as the ..read more »

63% from 88 members

Rings On Their Fingers - Series 1 on DVD (1978)
Starring: Diane Keen, Martin Jarvis, Tim Barrett
Director: none
Certificate:
Take a step back in time to 1970s England. The full force of Women's Lib hadn't quite filtered through to suburbia; Margaret Thatcher had yet to take over Number 10; and while living together wasn't the sin it once was - and women were free to both work and run the home - a girl still wanted a ring ..read more »

35% from 4 members

David Copperfield (2 discs) on DVD (1974)
Starring: David Yelland, Arthur Lowe, Patricia Routledge
Director: Joan Craft
Certificate:
The Charles Dickens classic 'David Copperfield' which follows the adventures of a boy in Victorian England.

58% from 129 members

Huxley Pig - Huxley Pig At The Circus on DVD
Starring: Huxley Pig, Martin Jarvis
Director: Martin Pullen
Certificate:
Join Huxley Pig and his friend Sam Seagull on his first five adventures. Includes episodes: 'The Circus', 'Haunted House', 'Desert Island', 'The Beach' and 'The Clown'.

64% from 36 members

Martin Jarvis facts

5 most recent films

Taking The Flak - 3.0 stars
Lorna Doone - 3.0 stars
Lovejoy - Complete Series 6 - 3.5 stars
By Jeeves! - 2.5 stars
Inspector Lynley - Series 1 And Pilot - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Inspector Morse - Greeks Bearing Gifts - 3.5 stars
Lovejoy - Complete Series 6 - 3.5 stars
Murder Most Horrid - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Inspector Lynley - Series 1 And Pilot - 3.5 stars
Doctor Who - Vengeance On Varos - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Rings On Their Fingers - Series 1 - 2.0 stars
Huxley Pig - Huxley Pig At The Circus - 3.0 stars
By Jeeves! - 2.5 stars
David Copperfield - 3.0 stars
Lorna Doone - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

James Faulkner - 3 times - show films
Mackenzie Crook - 3 times - show films
Lloyd Owen - 3 times - show films
John Thaw - 3 times - show films
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Laxton - 5 times - show films
Ian White - 4 times - show films
Paul Harrison - 4 times - show films
John Madden - 3 times - show films
Michael Buffong - 3 times - show films