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  • Middlemarch
  • Middlemarch review by A customer from Exeter
    Rated - 5.0 stars Superb 23 February 2009
    ...e seen so little of both of them since. Patrick Malahide is always good, as is Robert Hardy. No-one disappoints and the dreadful Raffles almost steals the show. I would ...   Read customer review
  • All Creatures Great And Small - Series 3
  • All Creatures Great And Small - Series 3 review by saperlo from Aberdeenshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars Best of the best 20 December 2006
    ...ble. Series 3 though is the best. The characterisations are exceptional, with Robert Hardy in particular giving a sterling performance. It is set in the months approachi...   Read customer review

Robert Hardy - filmography


  • Margaret on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Lindsay Duncan,  Ian McDiarmid,  Julian Firth
    Director: James Kent
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama charting Margaret Thatcher's astonishing fall from power, one of the most extraordinary stories of political assassination the world has seen. It took only eleven days for Thatcher to go from being the most powerful woman in the world to the tearful figure in the back of the car. A major ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 306 members
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  • Lassie on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Samantha Morton,  Gregor Fisher
    Director: Charles Sturridge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lassie is the timeless story of the remarkable bond between a young boy and his dog set in a Yorkshire mining town. After falling on hard times, the Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling. When Lassie finds herself transported five hundred miles away ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 8,777 members
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  • Making Waves on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Craig Henderson,  Robert Hardy,  Susie Benton
    Director: Nicolas van Pallandt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A group of disparate ham radio enthusiasts become close friends on the air-waves but exaggerate who they are on the assumption they'll never meet. When circumstances change, two of them have to try and live up to their larger than life personas, with disastrous results.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 46 members
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  • Bertie And Elizabeth on DVD (2002)
    Starring: James Wilby,  Juliet Aubrey,  Alan Bates
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The fascinating story of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth is recounted in this sumptuous television drama. It all begins in 1920, when the then-Duke of York Albert (James Wilby), known affectionately as Bertie, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic, 19-year-old Elizabeth Bowes-Lytton (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 296 members
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  • The People's Passion on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jessye Norman,  Thomas Allen,  Robert Hardy
    Director: Tony Cash
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Conductor John Scott leads The City of London Sinfonia, the Boys of St Paul's Cathedral Choir and the Company of Singers, with the narration of Jessye Norman, in this beautiful multimedia celebration of Holy Week.
    2 stars out of 5 32% from 24 members
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  • Gulliver's Travels on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Mary Steenburgen,  James Fox
    Director: Charles Sturridge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This acclaimed made-for-television version of Swift's fantasy employs an all-star cast (led by Ted Danson) and superior special effects to portray all four books in the cycle. From Lilliput and Brobdingnag to Laputa and the lands of the Struldbruggs and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver's nine-year odyssey and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 881 members
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  • Sense And Sensibility on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Alan Rickman,  Hugh Grant
    Director: Ang Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 13,278 members
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  • Bomber Harris on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Robert Hardy,  Frederick Treves
    Director: Michael Darlow
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A drama which follows the fortunes of Arthur Harris Commander in Chief of RAF Bomber Command in 1942. His vision is to put an end to Hitler's dominance and annihilate the German industrial heartland. Other British authoritative figures unhappy about this new kind of war ensure that Harris must look ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 444 members
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  • Paris by Night (1988)
    Starring: Niamh Cusack,  Michael Gambon,  Jane Asher
    Director: David Hare
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British playwright David Hare both wrote and directed the complicated political melodrama Paris By Night. Charlotte Rampling plays a Tory member of the European parliament, who lets absolutely nothing get in way of her ambitions. At present, Rampling is convinced that she is being blackmailed by ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1 member
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  • Hot Metal - Series 1 - Complete (1986)
    Starring: Geoffrey Palmer,  Richard Kane,  John Gordon Sinclair
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All six episodes from the first series of the satirical sitcom about life on the tabloid side of Fleet Street. Robert Hardy stars as muck-raking editor Russell Spam, forever battling his superior, Harold Stringer (Geoffrey Palmer), who tries but fails to maintain what he sees as the 'dignity' of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 8 members
    Not available for rental
  • Northanger Abbey on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Peter Firth,  Googie Withers,  Robert Hardy
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An Eighteenth Century drama adapted from the novel by Jane Austen. Catherine Morland arrives at Northanger upon the invitation of Henry Tilney and discovers that the place is shrouded in mystery and intrigue.
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 1,517 member
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  • The Shooting Party on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Edward Fox,  Dorothy Tutin,  James Mason
    Director: Alan Bridges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In October 1913, a group of aristocratic men and women gather for a shooting party at an estate in the heart of the English countryside. Assured and opulent, they move through the elaborate rituals of an Edwardian country house party. But times are changing and the values that have ordered their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 635 members
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  • The Far Pavilions (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Ben Cross,  Amy Irving,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Peter Duffell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This made-for-TV adaptation of M.M. Kaye's novel is a haunting love story set in imperial 19th-century India. Ben Cross plays Ashton Pelham-Martyn, an Indian-reared British officer who is assigned to safeguard a group of Indian princesses en route to meet their new husbands-to-be. During the voyage,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 788 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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  • Edward The Seventh (4 discs) (1975)
    Starring: Timothy West,  Annette Crosbie,  Robert Hardy
    Director: John Gorrie
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This four-part series premiered on British television in 1975 to both critical acclaim and popular success. The epic story, which won a BAFTA, tells the turbulent, dramatic life story of King Edward the Seventh.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 242 members
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  • 10 Rillington Place on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  John Hurt,  Judy Geeson
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    London, 1944. John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough) is digging in his backyard when he comes across a woman's leg. Without being bothered at all, he covers up the leg and continues to bury the woman he just strangled in his kitchen. Three years later, Timothy Evans (John Hurt), along with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,334 members
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  • Helen Mirren At The BBC (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Stanley Baker,  Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set Comprises: 1. The Changling (1974) 2. The Apple Cart (1975) 3. Caesar & Claretta (1975) 4. The Philanthropist (1975) 5. The Little Minister (1975) 6. The Country Wife (1977) 7. Blue Remembered Hill (1979) 8. Mrd Reinhardt (1981) 9. A Midsummer Nights Dream (1981) 10. Cymbeline (1983) 11. The ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 119 members
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  • Tichborne Claimant on DVD
    Starring: Robert Pugh,  John Kani,  Stephen Fry
    Director: David Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne disappears whilst sailing around the world in 1866. Years later an African manservant of the family finds and returns with Sir Roger - but is he the real heir or an impostor?...
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 91 members
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  • Treasures Of The Trust on DVD
    Starring: Robert Hardy
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Tours some of Britain's finest homes, including: Fountains Abbey, Stourhead, Kingston Lacy, St. Michael's Mount, Polesden Lacey, Tatton Park, Powis Castle and Chartwell.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 76 members
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  • Sandringham on DVD
    Starring: Robert Hardy
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A celebration of one of England's finest houses; Sandringham. Includes a guide through the architectural history, the gardens and the estate.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 45 members
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Robert Hardy facts

5 most recent films

Margaret - 3.0 stars
Lassie - 3.0 stars
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 3.5 stars
Making Waves - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

All Creatures Great And Small - Series 6 - 4.0 stars
All Creatures Great And Small - Series 5 - 4.0 stars
All Creatures Great And Small - Series 7 - 4.0 stars
All Creatures Great And Small - Series 2 - Vol 1 - 4.0 stars
Foyle's War - Series 1 - A Lesson In Murder / Eagle Day - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The People's Passion - 2.0 stars
Hot Metal - Series 2 - Complete - 2.0 stars
Manhunt - The Complete Series - 2.5 stars
Making Waves - 2.5 stars
Sandringham - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christopher Timothy - 18 times - show films
Peter Davison - 17 times - show films
Peter Wyngarde - 10 times - show films
Barry Morse - 10 times - show films
Roger Moore - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 10 times - show films
John Gorrie - 6 times - show films
Michael Brayshaw - 6 times - show films
Jeremy Silberston - 6 times - show films
Jeremy Summers - 5 times - show films