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King Lear on DVD (2008)
Starring: Paul Rhys, Victoria Hamilton, Amanda Redman
Director: Trevor Nunn, Richard Eyre
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Trevor Nunn's acclaimed 2007 theatrical production of Shakespeare's tragedy starring Ian McKellen as the titular monarch. Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughters, Goneril (Frances Barber), Regan (Monica Dolan) and Cornelia (Romola Garai), Lear devises a test for his ..read more »

69% from 196 members

Straight-Jacket (2004)
Starring: Matt Letscher, Carrie Preston, Adam Greer
Director: Richard Day
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In 1950's Hollywood, closeted gay actor Guy Stone enters into a sham marriage with a studio secretary when the tabloids start to question his hetero status. Soon after the marriage, Guy falls in love for the first time in his life: with the author of the book on who his latest film is based on.

66% from 3 members
Currently unavailable

Leo on DVD (2002)
Starring: Amie Quigley, Sam Shepard, Mary Stuart Masterson
Director: Mehdi Norowzian
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Film drama loosely based on characters from James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. Stephen (Joseph Fiennes) is a writer just released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence for murder. He takes a job in a Mississippi diner under the watchful eye of manager Vic (Sam Shepard), and the more searing glare of '..read more »

55% from 82 members

Mesmer (1994)
Starring: Alan Rickman, ,
Director: Roger, Roger Spottiswoode
Certificate:
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Screenwriter Dennis Potter and director Roger Spottiswoode collaborate on this biopic about the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer (played by Alan Rickman), who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of 'animal magnetism'. Mesmer's theories were revolutionary, ..read more »

48% from 359 members
Currently unavailable

The Tick - Series 1 (2 discs) (1994)
Starring: Patrick Warburton, David Burke, David Burke
Director: The Tick
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Absurdist spoof of the typical children's superhero with an unfortunate name takes on villains. Evil do-ers you're time's about up - The Tick is here, and he's wearing the blue tights of justice. He's a bit of a clown though he doesn't know it - the man's battle cry is 'Spooooon!' for God's sake! ..read more »

71% from 300 members
Currently unavailable

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02 ... (1985)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Ken Grieve
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When a notorious retired builder is found dead, his recently-named heir is the prime suspect.

81% from 76 members

Sherlock Holmes - The Final Problem / Th... on DVD (1985)
Starring: Rosalie Williams, Eric Porter, Colin Jeavons
Director: Alan Grint, Howard Baker
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In 'The Final Problem' Sherlock Holmes has been in Paris to investigate the theft of the Mona Lisa by a master criminal. In 'The Empty House' it is three years since Sherlock Holmes died and the world is a dispiriting place for Dr John Watson, who still keenly feels the loss of his colleague and friend.

72% from 715 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02 ... (1985)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: David Carson
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A mysterious man sets up a new doctor in a posh practice for a percentage of his fees.

78% from 61 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02 ... (1985)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Alan Grint
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An unsavory gang kidnaps a Greek interpreter and forces him to relate their demands to an abductee who knows only the Greek tongue.

76% from 62 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02 ... (1985)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: John Bruce
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What seems at first to be a harmless prank played upon a red-headed man is soon revealed to be much more: a sinister scheme devised by the Napoleon of Crime.

80% from 65 members

Sherlock Holmes - The Blue Carbuncle / T... on DVD (1985)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: David Carson
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Jeremy Brett stars as Sherlock Holmes in these two adaptations taken from the classic ITV series. In 'The Blue Carbuncle' a priceless jewel with a sinsister history has been stolen from its owner, the Countess of Morcar. When it is found in a goose's crop, the events surrounding how it got there, ..read more »

72% from 414 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02 ... (1985)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, David Burke
Director: Alan Grint, Howard Baker
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Holmes and Watson travel to Europe to escape Moriarty's vengeance.

78% from 49 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02 ... (1985)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Paul Annett
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Mr. Rucastle's odd requirements for governess Violet Hunter, such as cutting her hair and wearing certain dresses, alarm her so she seeks Holmes' advice.

80% from 76 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01 ... (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: David Carson
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When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue carbuncle is stolen, a reformed thief is charged with the crime.

79% from 66 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01 ... (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Alan Grint
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Col. Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.

76% from 64 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01 ... (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Alan Grint
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An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from the office of Mr. Percy Phelps, a Foreign Office clerk. Phelps's distress gives him a brain fever that lasts for nine weeks. As he begins to recover, he writes to his old schoolmate, Dr. Watson, begging him to invite Sherlock Holmes to ..read more »

77% from 76 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01 ... (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: John Bruce
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A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.

81% from 108 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01 ... (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Paul Annett
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A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.

78% from 78 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01 ... (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: John Bruce
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A young woman asks for Holmes' help when her ill-tempered stepfather moves her into the same room where her sister died under mysterious circumstances.

78% from 65 members

Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal In Bohemia /... on DVD (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: John Bruce, Paul Annett
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Jermey Brett stars as Sherlock Holmes in these two adaptations from the classic ITV series. In 'A Scandal In Bohemia', the King of Bohemia engages Sherlock Holmes to help him recover a c ompromising photograph. Soon Holmes is on the trail of someone who is to prove one of his greatest adversaries - ..read more »

74% from 858 members

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01 ... (1984)
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Paul Annett
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Sherlock Holmes finds himself evenly matched when he is employed by the King of Bohemia to retrieve an indiscreet photograph from the American actress and singer, Irene Adler.

80% from 124 members

The Guardians - The Complete Series (1971)
Starring: Derek Smith, Lynn Farleigh, Cyril Luckham
Director: Tony Wharmby, Robert Tronson, Jim Goddard
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All 13 episodes of the 1971 ITV sci-fi series set in a dystopian near-future England in which the country is ruled by a fascist military force called 'The Guardians'. Episodes are: 'The State of England', 'Pursuit', 'Head of State', 'The Logical Approach', 'Quarmby', 'Appearances', 'This Is Quarmby'..read more »

47% from 4 members
Not available for rental

Ghost Stories - View From A Hill /Number 13 on DVD
Starring: Greg Wise, Mark Letheren, Pip Torrens
Director: Luke Watson
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Ghost Stories is an adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of the Cambridge academic and author MR James, produced by BBC. In 'A View from a Hill' (2005) Dr. Fanshawe played by Mark Letheren visits Squire Richard, who's played by Pip Torrens, and, having broken his own binoculars, ..read more »

70% from 34 members

Sherlock Holmes - The Crooked Man / The ... on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: John Bru, John Bruce, Alan Grint
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Jeremy Brett stars as Sherlock Holmes in these two adaptations taken from the classic ITV series. In 'The Crooked Man' a scandal is threatening thehonour of the Army and suddenly Colonel James Barclay is found dead. His wife Nancy is immediately suspected of murder, but who is the strange, crooked ..read more »

73% from 641 members

Armchair Thriller Vol.10 - Quiet As A Nun
Starring: Sylvia Coleridge, Margaret D'Arcy, Linda Slater
Director: Moira Armstrong
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Another episode from the classic British TV series of unsettling dramas. In this episode, television reporter Jemima Shore (Maria Aitken), a former pupil at a convent school, is asked to investigate the mysterious death of one of the convent's nuns, who died from starvation after locking herself in ..read more »

78% from 7 members
Not available for rental

Sherlock Holmes - Naval Treaty / The Sol... on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, David Burke
Director: Paul Annett, Alan Grint, Paul An
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Jeremy Brett stars as Sherlock Holmes in these two adaptations taken from the classic ITV series. In 'The Naval Treaty' Dr Watson's old school colleague 'Tadpole' Phelps needs help with a mysterious problem at the Foreign Office. A top secret treaty has vanished and its disappearance imperils the ..read more »

74% from 392 members

The Rivals on DVD
Starring: Anna Madeley, Selina Cadell, David Burke
Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
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Richard Sheridan's first play is a portrait made of material from his own life, his scandalous marriage to a popular singer of the age and the characters he came to know in Bath. This performance was recorded on the 9th and 10th of June at Bristol Old Vic.

61% from 108 members

David Burke facts

5 most recent films

King Lear - 3.5 stars
Straight-Jacket - 3.5 stars
Leo - 3.0 stars
Mesmer - 2.5 stars
The Tick - Series 1 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal In Bohemia / The Dancing Men - 3.5 stars
Sherlock Holmes - Naval Treaty / The Solitary Cyclist - 3.5 stars
Sherlock Holmes - The Crooked Man / The Speckled Band - 3.5 stars
Sherlock Holmes - The Final Problem / The Empty House - 3.5 stars
Sherlock Holmes - The Blue Carbuncle / The Resident Patient - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Guardians - The Complete Series - 2.5 stars
Straight-Jacket - 3.5 stars
Ghost Stories - View From A Hill /Number 13 - 3.5 stars
Armchair Thriller Vol.10 - Quiet As A Nun - 4.0 stars
Mesmer - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

David Burke - 41 times - show films
Jeremy Brett - 31 times - show films
Colin Jeavons - 5 times - show films
Edward Hardwicke - 3 times - show films
Patrick Allen - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alan Grint - 15 times - show films
John Bruce - 11 times - show films
Paul Annett - 11 times - show films
David Carson - 7 times - show films
Howard Baker - 4 times - show films

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