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  • The Good Life - The Complete Series 4
  • The Good Life - The Complete Series 4 review by A customer from Kent
    Rated - 5.0 stars What can I say? 7 April 2005
    ...still am. Richard Briars is excellent as the stubborn and opinionated Tom Good, Penelope Keith, whom as a child I regarded as simply horrid, is magnificent in her role as Mar...   Read customer review
  • To The Manor Born - Series 1
  • To The Manor Born - Series 1 review by A customer from Yorkshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars Classic British Comedy 21 August 2004
    ...Penelope Keith is such a star. She is the ultimate blue-blooded aristocrat with lots of breeding but no money. Very, very funny. An oldie but a goodie....   Read customer review

Penelope Keith - filmography


  • The Manor Reborn (2011)
    Starring: Penelope Keith,  Paul Martin
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The Manor Reborn is the groundbreaking collaboration between the BBC and the National Trust. For the first time, these national icons have joined together and produced an unmissable programme when they transformed a historic house. Presented by Penelope Keith To the Manor Born and Paul Martin Flog ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 25% from 2 members
    Due for release on 6th February 2012
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  • Teletubbies - OOOH! on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Rolf Saxon,  Sandra Dickinson,  Rudolph Walker
    Director: David Hiller,  Vic Finch
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po return for more technicolor fun-and-games (with added large lop-eared bunnies). The fab four cavort under the perma-happy sun replete with large bouncy ball, handbag, scooter and hat, teletummies filled with Tubby Custard and smiley Toast. Noo-Noo the vacuum ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 476 members
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  • Teletubbies - Look on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Rolf Saxon,  Sandra Dickinson,  Rudolph Walker
    Director: David Hiller,  Vic Finch
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Join the colorful and playful quartet, each of whom has a t.v. offering educational films lodged into its stomach, lead viewers (most likely preschool age children and their parents) on adventures that integrate playing and learning. This episode has Po, Laaa-Laaa, Dipsy, and Tinkly Winkly making ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 328 members
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  • Priest Of Love (1981)
    Starring: Ian McKellen,  Janet Suzman,  John Gielgud
    Director: Christopher Miles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This biographical film provides insight into the life of renowned British author D.H. Lawrence (Ian McKellen), best known for his sexually explicit novel LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER. In addition to exploring Lawrence's youth, PRIEST OF LOVE examines important events in Lawrence's personal and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 128 members
    Not available for rental
  • To The Manor Born - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Penelope Keith,  Peter Bowles,  Angela Thorne
    Director: Gareth Gwenlan
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    TPenelope Keith stars as Audrey Forbes-Hamilton and Peter Bowles as noveau riche millionaire grocer Richard DeVere in this double DVD which contains the entire second series of this classic BBC comedy together with the Christmas Special episode.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 758 members
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  • To The Manor Born - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Penelope Keith,  Peter Bowles,  Angela Thorne
    Director: Ian Rawnsley
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Penelope Keith, who was riding a crest of a wave after her success in The Good Life, was given her own starring comedy vehicle in the shape of TO THE MANOR BORN. She plays Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton (with two F's), who inherits a large stately home after the death of her husband. No sooner has she ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 959 members
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  • The Norman Conquests (3 discs) (1978)
    Starring: Tom Conti,  Richard Briers,  Penelope Keith
    Director: Alan Ayckbourn,  Herbert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A trilogy of comedic plays originally broadcast in the late 1970s. The three plays follow the events that happen to a groups of friends over the course of a weekend. Includes: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Living Together, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Round & Round The Garden, and THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Table Manners.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 412 members
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  • The Good Life - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Richard Briers,  Felicity Kendal,  Paul Eddington
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Series 3 of the classic 1970s sitcom about an eccentric middle-class couple who decide to leave behind the empty promises of the rat race and live off their land--without leaving the suburbs. Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal), much to the horror of their conservative ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 1,475 member
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  • The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1977)
    Starring: Dudley Moore,  Peter Cook,  Denholm Elliott
    Director: Paul Morrissey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, respectively, in this Paul Morrissey parodic interpretation of the literary (and quite literate) detective. Aided by a cast of British comedy luminaries, such as Kenneth Williams and Terry-Thomas, Cook and Moore present silly ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 402 members
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  • The Good Life - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Felicity Kendal,  Richard Briers,  Paul Eddington
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The classic 1970s sit-com about an eccentric middle class couple who decide to leave behind the empty promises of the rat race and live off their the land -- without leaving the suburbs! Tom and Barbara Good, much to the horror of their conservative neighbours the Leadbetters, decide to turn their ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 1,697 member
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  • The Good Life - Series 1 (2 discs) (1975)
    Starring: Felicity Kendal,  Richard Briers,  Paul Eddington
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal) are two new-age idealists who are intent on being self-sufficient and reliant only on their garden and a cranky and distinctly unreliable generator. By way of contrast, their well-to-do neighbours Jerry and Margot (Paul Eddington and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,007 members
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  • The Good Life - Backs To The Wall (1975)
    Starring: Richard Briers,  Penelope Keith,  Paul Eddington
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    THE GOOD LIFE is the classic 1970s farcical Britcom about an eccentric middle-class couple who decide to leave behind the empty promises of the rat race and live off their the land--without leaving the suburbs.Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal), much to the horror of their ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 631 members
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  • Tickle On The Tum - Series 1 on DVD
    Starring: Ralph McTell,  Bill Oddie,  Tim Healy
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This classic kids TV series, set in the fictional village of Tickle-On-The-Tum, features special guest appearances by Bill Oddie, Tim Healy, John Wells, Burt Kwouk, Mollie Sugden, Nerys Hughes, Penelope Keith and Joan Sims as the local town residents, who join folk-singer Ralph McTell for lots of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 10 members
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Penelope Keith facts

5 most recent films

The Manor Reborn - 1.5 stars
To The Manor Born - 25th Wedding Anniversary Special - 3.5 stars
Teletubbies - OOOH! - 3.0 stars
Teletubbies - Look - 3.0 stars
Teletubbies - Meet The Teletubbies - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Good Life - Backs To The Wall - 4.0 stars
The Good Life - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
The Good Life - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
The Good Life - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
To The Manor Born - Series 3 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Manor Reborn - 1.5 stars
Executive Stress - Series 1 - 2.5 stars
Executive Stress - Series 2 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Tickle On The Tum - Series 1 - 3.0 stars
Love Story - Volume 1 - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Richard Briers - 14 times - show films
Felicity Kendal - 13 times - show films
Paul Eddington - 13 times - show films
Daphne Heard - 10 times - show films
Peter Bowles - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 17 times - show films
Gareth Gwenlan - 6 times - show films
Mike Newell - 5 times - show films
Vic Finch - 4 times - show films
David Hiller - 4 times - show films