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  • Hornblower - Loyalty
  • Hornblower - Loyalty review by A customer from Northamptonshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars Can't Go Wrong With This Cast! 26 March 2005
    ...in this epic series as Hornblower. What a coup for the casting team, along with Robert Lindsay as his testy Commander! (I'm afraid that even now I still see the odd flash of ...   Read customer review
  • My Family - Series 1
  • My Family - Series 1 review by A customer from Cumbria,
    Rated - 4.0 stars FUNNY family 1 March 2006
    ...mily dynamics is really well scripted and each character has their own quirks. Robert Lindsay is great as the dentist dad. Very enjoyable and funny. ...   Read customer review
  • G.B.H.
  • G.B.H. review by A customer from Shropshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars Fantastic 12 May 2006
    ...This series is one of the best ever made. Robert Lindsay's performance is quite simply breathtaking. He starts out as a bully, but slowly as he breaks down we learn about h...   Read customer review

Robert Lindsay - filmography


  • My Family - Series 11 (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Daniela Denby-Ashe
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The eleventh series of the popular situation comedy in which Robert Lindsay plays put-upon dentist Ben Harper. Ben tries valiantly to juggle his professional life with a chaotic home life with his demanding wife Susan (Zoe Wannamaker) and their children.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 92 members
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  • My Family - Five Christmas Specials (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This BBC comedy series follows loopy dentist Ben (Robert Lindsay) and his gastronomy-challenged wife, Susan (Zoë Wanamaker), as they raise three very different children--devoted loafer Nick (Kris Marshall), drama queen Janey (Daniela Denby-Ashe), and resident oddball Michael (Gabriel Thomson)--with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 40 members
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  • My Family - Series 10 (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Zoë Wanamaker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The tenth series of the popular situation comedy in which Robert Lindsay plays put-upon dentist Ben Harper. A new character is introduced into the series: Scott, played by Nathan Brine.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 202 members
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  • My Family - Series 9 (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Gabriel Thomson
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The ninth series of the popular situation comedy in which Robert Lindsay plays put-upon dentist Ben Harper. Ben tries valiantly to juggle his professional life with a chaotic home life with his demanding wife Susan (Zoe Wannamaker) and their children.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 230 members
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  • My Family - Series 7 (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Zoe Wanamaker,  Robert Lindsay,  Gabriel Thomson
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Meet the Harper family, who, on the face of it, seem quite normal, dentist Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay) is long suffering husband to Susan (Zoe Wannamaker) and their very demanding children.
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 530 members
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  • Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 3 (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: David Tennant,  Nigella Lawson,  Julia Sawalha
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Explore the world of genealogy and learn how to trace your family history. Follow celebrities as they search into their past and find out interesting and surprising facts about their ancestors. Includes all ten episodes from the show's third series.
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 208 members
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  • My Family - Series 6 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Zoë Wanamaker
    Director: Dewi Humphreys
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The sixth series of the popular situation comedy in which Robert Lindsay plays put-upon dentist Ben Harper. Ben tries valiantly to juggle his professional life with a chaotic home life with his demanding wife Susan (Zoe Wannamaker) and their children.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 828 members
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  • Friends And Crocodiles on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Damian Lewis,  Jodhi May,  Robert Lindsay
    Director: Stephen Poliakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the ever-changing and influential eighties and nineties this drama is a powerful portrayal of the working and influential relationship between a boss, Paul Reynolds and his secretary, Lizzie Thomas. Paul Reynolds is an owner of an impressive house and is renowned for hosting the best parties ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,664 member
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  • My Family - Series 5 (2 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Zoë Wanamaker
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The fifth series of the popular situation comedy. Ben and Susan are enjoying some peace and quite with Nick moving into his own flat, Janey at university, and Abi frequently attending evening classes. However, the couple's peace is shattered when Janey comes home with baby Kenzo and Michael starts ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 823 members
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  • My Family - Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Kris Marshall
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Complete Fourth Series Featuring 13 Episodes. Changes abound in Series 4! Susan is looking forward to the birth of her first grandchild, but dreading being a grandmother. Nick is getting fed up with living in his ghastly flat and trying to think of a way to move back into the family home. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,492 member
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  • Hornblower - Loyalty on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ioan Gruffudd,  Robert Lindsay,  Paul McGann
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The famed Horatio Hornblower series, which follows a man of humble beginnings who rises to maritime leadership and glory during the 18th century Anglo-French wars, now shows a slice of life during a quiet moment in an onging war with the unpredictable Napoleon. Our man Horatio takes advantage of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,116 members
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  • Hornblower - Duty on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ioan Gruffudd,  Robert Lindsay,  Anthony Sher
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Hornblower marries Maria, then heads off on a mission to find Bracegirdle, whose ship the Grasshopper has gone missing. Then the rescue of a couple adrift in a dinghy causes more problems for Horatio and his crew.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 1,864 member
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  • Hornblower - Series 1 Box Set (6 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Ioan Gruffudd,  Robert Lindsay,  Anthony Sher
    Director: Andrew Grieve
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This 6 disc set brings together all the episodes of the first Hornblower series. Against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, Hornblower rises from raw recruit to take charge of his own ship and proves his bravery in many battles but will he escape the charges of mutiny that he faces after a battle ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,954 members
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  • My Family - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Kris Marshall
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the hilarious BBC sitcom My Family, dentist Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay) is long suffering husband to Susan (Zoe Wanamaker) and father to three very different and often difficult children - Nick (Kris Marshall), Janey (Daniela Denby-Ashe) and Michael (Gabriel Thomson). This release features all ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,285 members
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  • My Family - Series 1 on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Zoë Wanamaker
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The first series of the BBC's award-winning sit-com MY FAMILY charts the trials of Ben Harper a dentist, and his wife Susan and their wayward, insolent children. Robert Lindsay, in his first sit-som since 1977's CITIZEN SMITH, and Zoe Wanamaker plays Susan his tour-guide spouse. Includes all 8 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3,227 members
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  • Oliver Twist (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Sam Smith,  Julie Walters,  Keira Knightley
    Director: Renny Rye
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This version of the classic Charles Dickens novel OLIVER TWIST is a television mini-series that sees the titular character run away to London and fall in with a gang of pickpockets before being taken in by the charitable Mr Brownlow.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 188 members
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  • Divorcing Jack on DVD (1998)
    Starring: David Thewlis,  Rachel Griffiths,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: David Caffrey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A comedy thriller which follows the antics of a cynical newspaper columnist who meets up with a young women whilst covering a country's first election. When he finds the women dead his own alibi is a nun... Set on a double sided disc. Simply turn the disc over to play side B, after watching side A.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 705 members
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  • Fierce Creatures on DVD (1997)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Jamie Lee Curtis,  Kevin Kline
    Director: Robert Young,  Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This reunion of the cast of A FISH CALLED WANDA is not a sequel, but features the trademark humor of John Cleese, Kevin Kline, and Jamie Lee Curtis, including Kline's genius double performance as an aging media mogul and his buffoon of a son. A riotous and scatterbrained story of frantic English ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,617 members
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  • Jake's Progress (4 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Julie Walters,  Barclay Wright
    Director: Robin Lefevre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Parenthood is not what Jamie (Robert Lindsay) and Julie Diadoni (Julie Walters) expected and son Jake is born at a time of domestic tension. Jamie - a handsome failed musician - loses his job and Julie becomes the full time breadwinner, while Jamie takes on the role of house husband. Jake grows up ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 835 members
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  • G.B.H. (4 discs) on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Michael Palin,  Julie Walters
    Director: Robert Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alan Bleasdale's GBH is an epic, darkly humorous story of power, corruption and madness played out in the conflict between the enigmatic politician, Michael Murray (Robert Lindsay) and his nemesis, schoolteacher Jim Nelson (Michael Palin). Nelson accidentally defies a Murray-inspired 24-hour strike ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,777 member
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  • The Nightingales - Complete Series (2 discs) (1990)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  David Threlfall,  James Ellis
    Director: Tony Dow
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    First transmitted on Channel 4 in 1990, the series focuses on three security guards who have the unenviable task of the graveyard night shift in a tower block, Nightingales - The Complete Series is a strange comedy where just about anything can happen. A werewolf that performs open-heart surgery, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 466 members
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  • King Lear (1984)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Jeremy Kemp,  Anna Calder-Marshall
    Director: Michael Elliott
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Shakespeare's story of King Lear, who divided his kingdom between those he loved and trusted, and then was deceived and lost what he held dear. Laurence Olivier puts in another award winning performance as the struggling King.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 268 members
    Not available for rental
  • Much Ado About Nothing on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Cherie Lunghi,  Robert Lindsay,  Michael Elphick
    Director: Stuart Burge
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. When ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 204 members
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  • Best Of Adventures on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Diana Dors,  Christopher Biggins
    Director: Stanley Long
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Film critic Peter Noble presents this nostalgic celebration of the ADVENTURES OF A... trilogy. The programme includes all the best clips from the bawdy ...TAXI DRIVER (1976), ...PRIVATE EYE (1977), and ...PLUMBERS MATE (1978) films, featuring a wealth of British comedy talent.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 19 members
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  • Twelfth Night on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Alec McCowen,  Robert Hardy,  Felicity Kendall
    Director: John Gorrie
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Viola and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 173 members
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  • Citizen Smith - Series 3 And 4 (3 discs) on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Cheryl Hall,  Mike Grady
    Director: Ray Butt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    South London resident Wolfie Smith (Robert Lindsay) is perpetually on the dole but fancies himself a revolutionary. Of course, he mainly spends time at the pub with his mates, a pseudo-Marxist gang of four collectively known as the Tooting Popular Front. Wolfie's attempts to overthrow the system ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 522 members
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  • Citizen Smith - Series 1 And 2 (3 discs) on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Mike Grady,  Cheryl Hall
    Director: Ray Butt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Wolfie Smith likes to think of himself as an 'Urban Guerilla', he is the leader of the Tooting Popular Front and is waiting for the 'revolution'. Episode titles: Crocodile Tears, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Abide with Me, The Weekend, The Hostage, The Path of True Love, But Is It Art?, A ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,015 member
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  • Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Robert Lindsay
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Using dramatic reconstruction, this series explores the ways in which the Industrial Revolution changed the world. Each episode explores a specific triumph of the era, including; The Bell Rock Lighthouse and The Panama Canal.
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 519 members
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  • Tales From The Palaces (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Robert Lindsay
    Director: Tim Green
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The Royal Palaces are the backdrop to a thousand years of British history and are preserved as unique historical monuments. The conservation of these monuments needs to be balanced with the necessity of a continual flow of curious visitors. Narrated by Robert Lindsay, this DVD features an insight ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 20 members
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  • My Family - Christmas Specials on DVD
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoë Wanamaker,  Zoe Wanamaker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Christmas Specials of the BBC's award-winning sit-com MY FAMILY charts the trials of Ben Harper a dentist, and his wife Susan and their wayward, insolent children. Robert Lindsay, in his first sit-som since 1977's CITIZEN SMITH, and Zoe Wanamaker plays Susan his tour-guide spouse.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,021 member
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Robert Lindsay facts

5 most recent films

My Family - Series 11 - 3.5 stars
My Family - Five Christmas Specials - 3.5 stars
My Family - Series 10 - 4.0 stars
My Family - Series 9 - 4.0 stars
My Family - Series 8 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

My Family - Series 7 - 4.0 stars
My Family - Series 9 - 4.0 stars
Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
My Family - Series 8 - 4.0 stars
My Family - Series 5 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Get Some In! - Series 2 - Complete - 2.0 stars
Get Some In! - Series 4 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Best Of Adventures - 2.5 stars
Get Some In! - Series 1 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Get Some In! - Series 3 - Complete - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Zoë Wanamaker - 22 times - show films
Peter Vaughan - 21 times - show films
John Schrapnel - 17 times - show films
Jamie Bamber - 17 times - show films
Anthony Sher - 17 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 29 times - show films
Andrew Grieve - 17 times - show films
Ray Butt - 8 times - show films
Robert Young - 6 times - show films
Nicholas Renton - 5 times - show films