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David Robb
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Excellent adaptation of one of Banks' best novels 7 August 2006
David Robb - filmography
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The Crow Road
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Patricia Kerrigan, Peter Capaldi, Simone Bendix
Director: Gavin Miller
Certificate: 
Following a seven year silence after the mysterious and unresolved disappearance of his Uncle Rory, teenager Prentice sets out to uncover the truth - but the truth lies under a tapestry of dark secrets shrouding his own family's past.

70%
from 2,921 members
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Flame Trees Of Thika
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Certificate: 
An excellent t.v. mini-series based on Elspeth Huxley's much-loved memoir of her upbringing in East Africa, where her family hewed a farm from the rugged land in 1913. Growing up amidst the same pastoral loveliness that so inspired Danish novelist Isak Dinesen, the little girl and her family ..read more »

64%
from 284 members
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Ivanhoe
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill
Director: Douglas Camfield
Certificate: 
The classic adventure novel by Sir Walter Scott, which covers the same ground as the various Robin Hood legends, becomes this impressive television production, boasting a well-heeled British cast, a robust pace, and solid production values. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) is a young Saxon ..read more »

64%
from 35 members
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Wuthering Heights
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: John Collin, Richard Kay, Kay Adshead
Director: Peter Hammond
Certificate: 
As the wind and rain beat down on the isolated farmhouse, the new neighbour, Mr Lockwood visits his surly landlord, Heathcliff. When the foul weather prohibits his return, Lockwood is forced to spend a torrid night in the appropriately named Wuthering Heights. On his return home, Lockwood discovers ..read more »

43%
from 291 members
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I Claudius
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Brian Blessed, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi
Director: Herbert Wise
Certificate: 
Hebert Wise's epic 13-part miniseries is packaged here in a special collector's set. Follow the lives and stories of the last of the Roman emperors, as they ruthlessly wield their power through murder and debauchery. The tales are witnessed and related by Claudius (Derek Jacobi), whose physical ..read more »

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