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Alun Armstrong
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Alun Armstrong - what members say
review by from Aberdeen
The blueprint for British drama. 22 October 2004
review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
superb.................. 25 July 2007
review by from cardiff wales
Priceless Acting 24 May 2006
Alun Armstrong - filmography
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Garrow's Law - Series 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal
Director: Ashley Pearce
Certificate: 
18th Century England - a time of turbulence, when the world was up for grabs, and belonged to those who used both hands. Lawyer, William Garrow, came to the courts of London's Old Bailey where defence of the accused and cross-examination in pursuit of justice was almost unheard of. Bounty hunters ..read more »
 
82%
from 183 members
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Garrow's Law
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal
Director: Peter Lydon
Certificate:
Legal drama inspired by the life of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow.
In the late 18th century, a young, idealistic barrister, William Garrow, is given his first criminal defence case at the Old Bailey, by attorney and mentor John Southouse. He defends Peter Pace, who is accused by ..read more »
81%
from 318 members
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Aristocrats
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Serena Gordon, Alun Armstrong, Geraldine Somerville
Director: David Caffrey
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Based on Stella Tillyard's bestseller that "made history sexy again" (London Sunday Times), this encore presentation of Aristocrats tells the true story of the bewitching Lennox sisters: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah. Great-granddaughters of King Charles II and his French mistress, they live ..read more »
69%
from 233 members
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Little Dorrit - Blu-ray
(4 discs)
(2008)
Starring: Claire Foy, Russell Tovey, Judy Arfitt
Director: Adam Smith
Certificate: 
A victim of her father's debt, 'Little Dorrit' has spent her childhood behind the heavy, iron doors of Marshalsea Prison. But will a chance meeting change her life? Andrew Davies' gripping new series brings to life Dickens' classic tale of hardship and struggle in 1820s London, where larger-than-..read more »
80%
from 142 members
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Little Dorrit
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Matthew McFadyen, Andy Serkis, Mackenzie Crook
Director: Adam Smith
Certificate:
A victim of her father's debt, 'Little Dorrit' has spent her childhood behind the heavy, iron doors of Marshalsea Prison. But will a chance meeting change her life? Andrew Davies' gripping new series brings to life Dickens' classic tale of hardship and struggle in 1820s London, where larger-than-..read more »
80%
from 2,006 members
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Eragon - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Edward Speleers, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
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Based on the first novel in Christopher Paolini's popular INHERITANCE trilogy, ERAGON is a fantastical adventure in a vein similar to that of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. A classic story of a quest driven by destiny and set in a land where elves, magicians, and humans ..read more »
59%
from 3,012 members
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Eragon
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Edward Speleers, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
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In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg - a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
61%
from 37,361 members
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New Tricks - Series 3
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Dennis Waterman, Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman
Director: Rob Evans
Certificate:
All the episodes from the third series of the popular crime fighting comedy. The stellar cast of Bolam, Waterman and Armstrong play retired detectives recalled by Redman to form an unlikely team to investigate unsolved crimes.
81%
from 957 members
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It's All About Love
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Certificate:
A beautiful film set in the future, a tale of impending divorce for a young couple who manage to rediscover their love. Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR) and Claire Danes (ROMEO+JULIET) play John and Elena who agree to meet up one last time to finalise their divorce. He must meet his world-famous figure-..read more »
41%
from 3,873 members
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Carrie's War
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Alun Armstrong, Geraldine McEwan, Pauline Quirke
Director: Coky Giedroyc
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Carrie Willow and her younger brother Nick are evacuated to a village called Druids Bottom in Wales from London during the Blitz. They are placed with the very strict Mr Evans and his sister Lou. Based on the novel by Nina Bawden.
70%
from 832 members
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Sparkhouse
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Sarah Smart, Joseph McFadden, Alun Armstrong
Director: Robin Shepperd
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A three-part drama series inspired by Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Carol and Andrew have been in love since junior school but Andrew's parents ruin their chances of a consummate relationship.
69%
from 1,089 member
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Strictly Sinatra
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Ian Hart, Alun Armstrong
Director: Peter Capaldi
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Peter Capaldi, the writer and director of the vaguely amusing and almost engaging Strictly Sinatra, seems to have had two recent strains of British film-making on his mind: the Guy Ritchie school of modern mob capers and the post-modern urban Scottish noir of Shallow Grave and Trainspotting. Indeed ..read more »
53%
from 173 members
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Onegin
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens
Director: Martha Fiennes
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Onegin (Fiennes) is a bored, unaffected St. Petersburg aristocrat who inherits his uncle's large estate. When he rejects the advances of his neighbor Tatyana (Tyler), her sister's fiance considers this an offense worth fighting over. In a senseless, tragic duel, Onegin prevails. Six years later, ..read more »
59%
from 1,779 member
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The Saint
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Michael Byrne, Valeri Nikolayev, Val Kilmer
Director: Phillip Noyce
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Based on the popular television series of the same name, THE SAINT finds Val Kilmer taking over the mantle from George Sanders and Roger Moore to star as Simon Templar, the suave international espionage expert and man of 1,000 faces. Based on Leslie Charteris's popular series of spy novels, the ..read more »
57%
from 4,489 members
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Our Friends In The North
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Peter Vaughan, Gina McKee
Certificate: 
This nine-part miniseries follows the lives of four Newcastle friends--Nicky (Christopher Eccleston), Mary (Gina McKee), Geordie (Daniel Craig), and Tosker (Mark Strong)--from 1964 to 1995. The highly acclaimed production also features Malcolm McDowell, David Bradley, and many other familiar faces.
79%
from 3,498 members
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Breaking the Code
(1996)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Blake Ritson, Alun Armstrong
Director: Herbert Wise
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A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time ..read more »
42%
from 4 members
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Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: John Thaw, Samantha Bond, Adrian Dunbar
Director: Stuart Orme
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Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
71%
from 1,130 member
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Shakespeare - Animated
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Felicity Kendal, Alun Armstrong, Joss Ackland
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Features twelve animated adaptations of some of Shakespeare's finest plays. Includes 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet', 'Romeo And Juliet', 'Othello', 'Twelfth Night', 'As You Like It', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Taming Of The Shrew', 'A Winter's Tale', 'Richard III', 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Tempest'.
61%
from 318 members
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Inspector Morse - Dead on Time
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: David Haig, Richard Pasco, John Thaw
Director: John Madden
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Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found by his son-in-law Peter Rhodes, a local antiques dealer ..read more »
73%
from 987 members
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The Widowmaker
(1990)
Starring: Annabelle Apsion, David Morrissey, Aaron Dawson
Director: John Madden
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Oscar winner John Madden (Prime Suspect, Shakespeare in Love) directs Annabelle Apsion (Shameless) and David Morrissey (Red Riding) in this disturbing, compelling drama which tells the story of a woman coming to terms with the trauma of being married to a mass-murderer. Drawing on a remarkable pool ..read more »
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...e spectrum in age range of actor due to the sheer span of the drama's timeline. Alun Armstrong is fantastic as the amiable but corrupted Austen Donoghue MP and Peter Vaughan ...
