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  • Lord Peter Wimsey - Have His Carcase
  • Rated - 5.0 stars Strong cast and excellent production 17 August 2005
    ...s are strong and believable. Edward Petherbridge is excellent as Lord Peter and Harriet Walter is charismatic as Harriet Vane. So far I have only watched the most recent seri...   Read customer review
  • Lord Peter Wimsey - Gaudy Night
  • Lord Peter Wimsey - Gaudy Night review by A customer from Nuneaton
    Rated - 5.0 stars Beautiful 1 March 2006
    ...d sympathetically acted by Edward Petherbridge as the ultimate Peter Wimsey and Harriet Walters as Harriet Vane. 'Gaudy Night' is my favourite book and I was thrilled that th...   Read customer review

Harriet Walter - filmography


  • The Wedding Video - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Lucy Punch,  Miriam Margolyes,  Michelle Gomez
    Director: Nigel Cole
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British romantic comedy starring Rufus Hound and Robert Webb. Raif (Hound), an endearingly shambolic buffoon with a questionable sense of humour, is asked to be best man at the wedding of his brother, Tim (Robert Webb), to the socially aspirant Saskia (Lucy Punch). His gift to the happy couple, he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,017 member
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  • The Wedding Video on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Lucy Punch,  Miriam Margolyes,  Michelle Gomez
    Director: Nigel Cole
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British romantic comedy starring Rufus Hound and Robert Webb. Raif (Hound), an endearingly shambolic buffoon with a questionable sense of humour, is asked to be best man at the wedding of his brother, Tim (Robert Webb), to the socially aspirant Saskia (Lucy Punch). His gift to the happy couple, he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,022 members
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  • Shakespeare's Sonnets (2012)
    Starring: Fiona Shaw,  Dominic West,  David Tennant
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Collection of performances of all of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. Among the cast are Fiona Shaw, Sir Patrick Stewart, David Tennant, Dominic West, Stephen Fry and Simon Callow.
    5 stars out of 5 100% from 2 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Good Father (2010)
    Starring: Joanne Whalley,  Anthony Hopkins,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Anthony Hopkins and Jim Broadbent play two men, recently estranged from their wives and children, and trying to come to terms with their sense of frustration and despair. Directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings And A Funeral), this moving drama is packed with a rich array of stars including; Joanna ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 209 members
    Not available for rental
  • Cheri on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Anita Pallenberg,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Iben Hjejle
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Stephen Frears directs this romantic drama set in 1920s Paris, based on the novel by Colette. Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Lea de Lonval, a famed courtesan on the verge of retirement. At the request of her former colleague and rival Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates), Lea agrees to spend a few weeks ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 3,108 members
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  • The Young Victoria on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Emily Blunt,  Rupert Friend,  Paul Bettany
    Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    From Academy Award winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese comes the story of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle in to her romantic courtship and legendary marriage to Prince Albert, Emily Blunt gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 38,364 members
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  • Broken Lines on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Steve Toussaint,  Nathan Constance,  Olivia Williams
    Director: Sallie Aprahamian
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama following the burgeoning relationship of two people who have suffered family tragedies. When Jake (Dan Fredenburgh) returns home after the death of his father, he strikes up an immediate friendship with B (Doraly Rosa). B also has a family catastrophe to deal with - her husband, Chester (Paul ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 106 members
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  • Poirot - S11 E02 - Cat Amongst The Pigeons (2008)
    Starring: David Suchet,  Harriet Walter,  Raji James
    Director: James Kent
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Poirot's friend Honoria asks him to help choose a successor at her school. The brother of pupil Princess Shaista was murdered in a coup and Shaista claims she was in danger. She disappears after the games mistress is murdered. Then the French assistant is killed by someone she's blackmailing.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 267 members
  • Atonement on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Saoirse Ronan,  Keira Knightley,  James McAvoy
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 104,715 members
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  • Macbeth (2003)
    Starring: Anthony Sher,  Harriet Walter
    Director: Gregory Doran
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Acclaimed production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy about tyranny and ambition, starring Antony Sher and Harriet Walter as the Scottish king and his ambitious wife, and directed by Gregory Doran.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 108 members
    Not available for rental
  • Onegin on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Lena Headey,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Martha Fiennes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's classic novel stars Ralph Fiennes in the title role and is directed by Fiennes' sister Martha. Disillusioned with life in St. Petersburg, Onegin moves to a country estate he has inherited. As he attempts to fit in with the rural community, he is surprised by a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,869 member
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  • The Governess (1997)
    Starring: Tom Wilkinson,  Harriet Walter,  Minnie Driver
    Director: Sandra Goldbacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1840, Sephardic Jew Rosina DaSilva (Minnie Driver) is forced to leave her London home after the murder of her father. Assuming the alias Mary Blackchurch, she finds employment on the Isle of Skye as governess to Clementina, daughter of Charles Cavendish (Tom Wilkinson) and his distant wife (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,084 member
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  • Sense and Sensibility - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Kate Winslet,  Alan Rickman
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Emma Thompson stars in and provides the screenplay for this adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Thompson plays Elinor, the eldest of sisters who are reduced in means when their father dies and his estate passes on to his son from his first marriage. They are soon accepted into their new ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 5 members
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  • Sense and Sensibility on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Kate Winslet,  Alan Rickman
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The recipient of seven Oscar® nominations, this film version of Jane Austen's classic 1811 novel stars Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood. With her mother and sisters, Elinor struggles financially after the death of her father, who bequeathed the Dashwood estate to his oafish son by an earlier ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 14,282 members
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  • The Men's Room (1991)
    Starring: Bill Nighy,  Harriet Walter
    Director: Antonia Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bill Nighy, Harriet Walter, Amanda Redman, Charlotte Cornwell and James Aubrey star in this BBC drama, first shown in 1991. Charity Walton seems to have everything she could want: a husband, four children, a lovely house in London, and a successful career as a sociologist. Then she meets Mark ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5 members
    Due for release on 20th May 2013
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  • Lord Peter Wimsey - Gaudy Night (2 discs) (1987)
    Starring: Harriet Walter,  Edward Petherbridge
    Director: Michael Simpson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When Harriet Vane returns for a reunion at her old Oxford college, one of her former professors asks if she wouldn't mind putting her talents as a detective writer to use on the campus. It seems that someone is causing a great deal of upset by sending cruel and unpleasant letters to various ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 364 members
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  • Amy on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Patrick Troughton,  Harriet Walter,  Clive Francis
    Director: Nat Crosby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Biopic telling the story of 1930s aviatrix Amy Johnson (Harriet Walter), who flew across the world in a tiny biplane and became an international celebrity. The drama chronicles her life from her early days as an ordinary girl in Hull, through her tempestuous marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mollison (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 73 members
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Harriet Walter facts

5 most recent films

The Wedding Video - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Wedding Video - 2.5 stars
Law And Order UK - Season 6 - 4.0 stars
Shakespeare's Sonnets - 5.0 stars
Law and Order UK - Season 3 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Law and Order UK - Season 3 - 4.0 stars
The Young Victoria - 4.0 stars
Sense and Sensibility - 4.0 stars
Atonement - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Lord Peter Wimsey - Strong Poison - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Men's Room - 3.0 stars
Law And Order UK - Season 6 - 4.0 stars
Law and Order UK - Season 5 - 4.0 stars
Law and Order UK - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
Sense and Sensibility - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Edward Petherbridge - 9 times - show films
Richard Morant - 6 times - show films
Bradley Walsh - 5 times - show films
Raji James - 4 times - show films
David Suchet - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Christopher Hodson - 6 times - show films
Andy Goddard - 4 times - show films
Michael Simpson - 3 times - show films
Ang Lee - 3 times - show films
Joe Wright - 3 times - show films