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Cribb - Vol. 2 - Something Old, Something New review by from Wirral, UK

Good but flawed.... 15 February 2005
...Excellent storylines. Slow paced. Super acting from Alan Dobie and William Simons (who is wasted in Heartbeat). No mayhem, no fast chases in hansom cabs, no crashing into... Read customer review

War And Peace review by from London, England

It is as good today as it was 30 years ago! 17 January 2006
...ds up in his role as main character Pierre Bezuhov. Other excellent actors are Alan Dobie as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, and many others who play smaller but crucial roles.... Read customer review

Hedda Gabler (1981)
Starring: Diana Rigg, Alan Dobie, Philip Bond
Director: David Cunliffe
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BAFTA-winning actress Diana Rigg stars as the beautiful but manipulative Hedda Gabler in John Osborne's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play. With strong support by heavyweight actors Alan Dobie, Philip Bond, Denis Lill and Kathleen Byron, Emmy-nominated David Cunliffe's play remains, for some,..read more »

15% from 4 members
Not available for rental

Cribb - Vol. 3 - The Hand That Rocks The... (2 discs) on DVD (1980)
Starring: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller
Director: George Spenton-Foster
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More investigations featuring Cribb - the detective with a sharp sense of humour and an even sharper aptitude for crime solving. He is supported as always by Constable Thackeray in these four episodes from the ITV drama series.

62% from 141 members

Cribb - Vol. 2 - Something Old, Somethin... (2 discs) on DVD (1980)
Starring: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller
Director: June Wyndham-Davies, Oliver Hors, Bill
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From the award-winning crime writer Peter Lovesey comes CRIBB, the victorian detective of the newly-formed Criminal Investigation Department. The wry detective Sergeant Cribb (Alan Dobie) is aided and abetted by his Constable Thackeray. Featuring episodes six to nine: "Something Old, Something New",..read more »

63% from 157 members

Cribb - Vol. 1 - Swing, Swing Together (2 discs) on DVD (1980)
Starring: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller
Director: June Wyndham-Davies
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The adventures of Victorian Detective Sergeant Cribb, created by Peter Lovesey. Contains the episodes 'Swing, Swing Together', 'Abracadaver', 'The Detective Wore Silk Drawers', 'The Horizontal Witness' and 'Wobble To Death'.

61% from 209 members

Hard Times (1977)
Starring: Patrick Allen, Timothy West, Alan Dobie
Director: John Irvin
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A TV adaptation of the Dickens novel set in the heart of northern industrial England which tells of an abandoned circus girl in Victorian England who goes to work for businessman and politician Mr. Gradgrind.

20% from 5 members
Not available for rental

War And Peace (5 discs) on DVD (1972)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie
Director: John Davies
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Drama based on Tolstoy's novel set during the Napoleonic Wars which follows the lives of two families, the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys.

69% from 546 members

Kessler (3 discs)
Starring: Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie, Bernard Hepton
Director: Tristan DeVere Cole, Michael E. Briant
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Kessler is the exciting sequel to the classic BBC drama series Secret Army and sees Clifford Rose reprise his role of Ludwig Kessler. The investigation of Belgian journalist Hugo van Eyck into the true identity of the successful German industrialist, Manfred Dorf, brings Monique Dunford back to ..read more »

66% from 385 members
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