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  • Hornblower - Loyalty
  • Hornblower - Loyalty review by A customer from Northamptonshire
    Rated - 5 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 ...  
  • My Family - Series 1
  • My Family - Series 1 review by A customer from Cumbria,
    Rated - 4 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. ...  
  • Nightingales, The - Complete Series
  • Nightingales, The - Complete Series review by from Wirral
    Rated - 5 stars Give it a try...you won't be disappointed. 24 October 2006
    ...The tight script, the claustrophobic location, the timing and comedic acting of Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall, James Ellis (all superb stage actors in their own right), not...  

Robert Lindsay - filmography


  • My Family - Series 8 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Gabriel Thomson
    Director: Baz Taylor,  Nic Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The eighth 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.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 280 members
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  • My Family - Series 6 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe 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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 702 members
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  • My Family - Series 5 (2 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker
    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 »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 705 members
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  • My Family - Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Kris Marshall
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,343 member
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  • My Family - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Zoe Wanamaker,  Kris Marshall
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,113 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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 139 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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 606 members
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  • G.B.H. (4 discs) on DVD
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,622 member
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  • Tales From The Palaces 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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 15 members
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  • My Family - Christmas Specials on DVD
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  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.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 819 members
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  • Much Ado About Nothing on DVD
    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 »
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  • Jericho - Series 1, Episode 3 - To Murde... to Watch Now (2005)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Brooke Kinsella,  Jane Horrocks
    Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 94 minutes
    DI Jericho investigates the killing of pro-nuclear scientist Charles Hewitt who had previously been targeted by 'ban the bomb' campaigners. However, a second murder means the attacks cannot be politically motivated, and his personal involvement soon puts the entire case at risk
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Robert Lindsay facts

5 most recent films

My Family - Series 8 - 4.0 stars
My Family - Series 7 - 4.0 stars
My Family - Series 6 - 3.5 stars
Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter - 3.0 stars
My Family - Series 5 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

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

Most frequent co-stars

Peter Vaughan - 13 times - show films
Samuel West - 12 times - show films
John Schrapnel - 12 times - show films
Jamie Bamber - 12 times - show films
Anthony Sher - 12 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 14 times - show films
Andrew Grieve - 12 times - show films
Nicholas Renton - 3 times - show films
Michael Mills - 3 times - show films
Tony Dow - 3 times - show films


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