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Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes (born 10 February 1976) is an English actress, recognized for countless television roles, pivotally those of Zoe Reynolds in Spooks (2002-04) and Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes (2008-10). Hawes is also known for voicing the video game character Lara Croft since the 2006 release of Tomb Raider: Legend. In 2008.

Hawes first attained public recognition in the early 1990s, in Troublemakers and the BBC costume drama, The Moonstone. She has since acted in numerous television dramas, including Dennis Potter's Karaoke (1995), and Othello (2001). She played the young Diana Dors in the ITV biopic Blonde Bombshell (1999) and Nicola Graham in the ITV drama After Thomas (2006). Hawes has appeared in several successful adaptations of classic and modern novels, including Tipping The Velvet (2002), Wives and Daughters (1999), Our Mutual Friend (1998), and Under The Greenwood Tree (2005).

Her films roles include The Avengers (1998), The Last September, Complicity (2000) and A Cock and Bull Story (2006),

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Keeley Hawes - what members say

Complicity review by A customer from Birmingham, England

Started well, tailed off to confusion 9 November 2004
...nd with little rhyme or reason. The supporting cast is of a good standard with Keeley Hawes as an extrovert, sexually liberated mistress and the scene stealing Brian Cox a... Read customer review

Spooks - Complete Season 2 review by A customer from west country

slick MI5 thriller 4 August 2005
...e, tight series of episodes that glue you to your seat and keeps you watching. Keeley Hawes shines but the stars of this show are the writers proving that its all in the t... Read customer review

Murder In Mind - Series 1 review by A customer from Manchester, UK

SUPERIOR DRAMA 19 January 2006
...who of British Acting, Timothy West, David Suchet, Kevin Whateley, Keith Allen, Keeley Hawes, Diana Rigg and on & on. The quality of the stories is maintained throughtou... Read customer review

Keeley Hawes - filmography

Upstairs Downstairs - Series 2 on DVD (2011)
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Anne Reid
Director: Marc Jobst, Anthony Byrne, Brendan Maher
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Set in the year preceding World War Two, 165 Eaton Place reopens its doors and welcomes viewers back into the enthralling lives of its inhabitants, both upstairs and down. Now a well established and thriving household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir ..read more »

62% from 54 members

Identity (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Aidan Gillen, Julian Lewis Jones
Director: Andy Hay, Brendan Maher
Certificate:
Identity, a new six-part drama starring Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes; Mutual Friends) and Aidan Gillen (The Wire; Queer As Folk), follows an elite police unit formed to combat the explosion of identity theft. From murderers who take over victims' lives and criminals who create personas to escape ..read more »

64% from 383 members

Ashes to Ashes - S03 E06 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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Inmates are rioting at Fenchurch Street prison and Hunt wants to teach the lags a lesson.

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Ashes to Ashes - S03 E05 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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When Gene Hunt's former Manchester colleagues turn up he immediately smells a rat.

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Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 3 (4 discs) on DVD (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Alrick Riley, Jamie Payne
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The follow up to Life On Mars sees the return of DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister)! But he's no longer the self styled 'Sheriff Of Manchester' - drawn by the action and intrigue of the London Met, Gene's turned his attentions to taking on the 'southern nancy' criminal scum!

87% from 1,375 member

Ashes to Ashes - S03 E02 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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When DC Chris Skelton opens CID's post, the team find they have a murder to solve.

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Ashes to Ashes - S03 E08 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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Encouraged by DCI Keats, Alex continues her investigation of Gene Hunt.

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Ashes to Ashes - S03 E03 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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Gene Hunt and his team investigate a series of politically motivated arson attacks.

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Ashes to Ashes - S03 E01 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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With Ray Carling now running things, Gene is forced to put his career on the line.

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Upstairs Downstairs (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Anne Reid
Director: Eros Lyn, Saul Metzstein
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One of the most loved television series is brought back to life with a stellar cast, sumptuous production values and gripping storylines, lifting the curtain on a historical era. In the summer of 1930, the Bellamy family left its home in London's Belgravia forever. In the empty house, loyal ..read more »

76% from 631 members

Ashes to Ashes - S03 E04 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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The team is hot on the tail of a van they believe contains a large amount of heroin.

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Ashes to Ashes - S03 E07 (2010)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: David Drury, Jamie Payne
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After a reported disturbance at an illegal drinking den, Gene goes in all guns blazing.

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Ashes To Ashes - S02 E02 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Gene stands accused of causing the death of a vehicle thief through reckless driving.

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Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 2 (4 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Dean Andrews, Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes
Director: Catherine Morshead, Catherine Morshead
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8 episodes of Ashes to Ashes, the BBC's follow-up to Life On Mars starring Philip Glenister and Keeley Hawes.

85% from 1,949 member

Ashes To Ashes - S02 E05 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Alex investigates when a violent burglary occurs at her future in-laws' house.

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Ashes To Ashes - S02 E01 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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The team must venture into dangerous territory when a fellow officer is murdered in Soho.

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Ashes To Ashes - S02 E06 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Gene and Alex face danger when the identity of a dead body found in a canal is discovered.

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Ashes To Ashes - S02 E03 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Animal rights activists threaten a series of attacks, and Gene is determined to find them.

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Ashes To Ashes - S02 E07 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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What looks like a simple drugs-drop at a building site turns into a murder case.

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Ashes To Ashes - S02 E04 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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A visitor from Gene Hunt's old stomping ground of Manchester has a surprise in store.

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Ashes To Ashes - S02 E08 (2009)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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A wedge develops between Alex and Gene, and it threatens to tear the team apart.

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Ashes To Ashes - S01 E08 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Alex believes that preventing the death of her parents will return her to 1981.

100% from 1 member

Ashes To Ashes - S01 E07 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Can Alex prevent Gene going off the rails just when she needs to stay in control?

100% from 1 member

Ashes To Ashes - S01 E06 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Gene reflects on whether he is over the hill and Alex fears she's close to death.

100% from 1 member

Ashes To Ashes - S01 E01 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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DI Alex Drake wakes up in 1981. With Gene Hunt's help, can she find who shot her in 2008.

100% from 1 member

Ashes To Ashes - S01 E03 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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With two faithful sidekicks, Hunt is drawn to the action and intrigue of the London Met.

100% from 1 member

Ashes To Ashes - S01 E05 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Alex and Gene attempt to stop Simon Neary, a gangster Gene has wanted to nail for years.

100% from 1 member

Mutual Friends (2 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Marc Warren, Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong
Director: Catherine Morshead, Catherine Morshead
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Martin has two best friends, Patrick and Carl, who couldn't be more different. One is an irresponsible, unreliable, feckless womaniser, and the other is dead. Guess which one slept with his wife? Martin Grantham is happily married to Jen. They have a son Dan, a nice house, the works. One day his ..read more »

66% from 172 members

Ashes To Ashes - S01 E02 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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The royal wedding looms, and CID is under pressure to keep the streets quiet.

100% from 1 member

Ashes To Ashes - S01 E04 (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Catherine Morshead, Jonny Campbell
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Alex smells a conspiracy when the body of a nuclear research worker disappears.

100% from 1 member

Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews
Director: Jonny Campbell, Bille Eltringham
Certificate:
Swapping the Ford Cortina for an Audi Quattro, DCI Gene Hunt rolls up his sleeves and embraces the Eighties in the sequel to Life On Mars. DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) is back but he's no longer the self-styled 'Sheriff of Manchester'. Flanked by his faithful sidekicks, Ray Carling (Dean ..read more »

80% from 4,423 members

After Thomas on DVD (2006)
Starring: Andrew Bryne, Duncan Preston, Ben Miles
Director: Simon Shore
Certificate:
A true story about a couple's struggles to meet the challenges of their son's autism.

77% from 594 members

Shakespeare Retold (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Billie Piper, James McAvoy
Director: Brian Percival, Mark Brozel, David Richards
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Four features. These adaptations inspired from the original plays bring Shakespeare's stories to the modern day audience. In 'Much Ado About Nothing', Beatrice and Benedick are two news presenters and ex-lovers who are reunited to present the same regional news programme. The friction in their ..read more »

75% from 1,939 member

Under The Greenwood Tree on DVD (2005)
Starring: Sean Arnold, John Axon, Sian Brooke
Director: Nicholas Laughland
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In mid-19th century England, Fancy Day (Hawes) arrives in Mellstock and finds herself at the centre of three men's romantic intentions. Will true love win out or will the social traditions of Victorian England determine Fancy's future?

63% from 1,088 member

A Cock and Bull Story on DVD (2005)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Kelly MacDonald
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of 21st Century film makers, A Cock And Bull Story is an unorthodox adaptation of Laurence Sterne's sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, The Life And Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. The story begins with ..read more »

52% from 24,580 members

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - A Murder... on DVD (2004)
Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Zoe Wanamaker, Alexander Armstrong
Director: John Strickland
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A murder is announced in the local newspaper in Chipping Cleghorn and everyone turns up at Little Paddocks at the appointed time. Then the lights go out and Letitia Blacklock is shot at and the man is found shot in the doorway. Miss Marple helps investigate the crime.

69% from 824 members

Spooks - Complete Season 3 (5 discs) on DVD (2004)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo
Director: Jonny Campbell, Cilla Ware, Justin Chadwick
Certificate:
MI5. The Spooks. They don't exist. You will never know their names, where they come from, who they are. And they're all that stand between you and those who watch this country with terror on their minds. This release features all the episodes from Season 3. Episodes comprise: 1. Project Friendly ..read more »

79% from 6,541 members

Spooks - Complete Season 2 (5 discs) (2003)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo
Director: Sam Miller, Rob Bailey, Cilla Ware
Certificate:
MI5. The Spooks. They don't exist. You will never know their names, where they come from, who they are. And they're all that stand between you and those who watch this country with terror on their minds. This release features all 10 episodes from Season Two. Episodes comprise: 1. Bosnian 2. ..read more »

78% from 8,473 members
Not currently released

Tipping The Velvet on DVD (2002)
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Rachael Stirling, John Bowe
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Certificate:
TIPPING THE VELVET is a slightly raunchy drama from the BBC that more than anything is a passionate love story between two Victorian women. Set in the 1890s, it follows the rise of Kity Butler, a male impersonator in the musical halls and her devoted dresser Nan. When Kitty ends their affair, Nan ..read more »

69% from 5,940 members

Spooks - S01 E06 (2002)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Jenny Agutter
Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey
Certificate:
MI5 have to bargain with a terrorist when he offers information on a planned attack.

100% from 1 member

Spooks - Complete Season 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2002)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo
Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson
Certificate:
MI5. The Spooks. They don't exist. You will never know their names, where they come from, who they are. And they're all that stand between you and those who watch this country with terror on their minds. This release features all 6 episodes from Season One of the BBC drama 'Spooks'. Episodes ..read more »

77% from 10,872 members

Spooks - S01 E01 (2002)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Jenny Agutter
Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey
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A secretary is recruited to help catch the instigator of race riots.

100% from 1 member

Spooks - S01 E04 (2002)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Jenny Agutter
Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey
Certificate:
Anti-capitalist demonstrations intensify as President Bush prepares for a UK visit.

100% from 1 member

Spooks - S01 E05 (2002)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Jenny Agutter
Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey
Certificate:
The team track down a disgraced MP's memoirs, which are then leaked to the press.

100% from 3 members

Spooks - S01 E02 (2002)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Jenny Agutter
Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey
Certificate:
A secretary is recruited to help catch the instigator of race riots.

100% from 1 member

Spooks - S01 E03 (2002)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Jenny Agutter
Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey
Certificate:
Zoe is caught in a siege at the Turkish Embassy.

100% from 1 member

Murder In Mind - Series 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: David Suchet, Steve McFadden, Keith Allen
Director: Coky Giedroyc, Nick Jones, Frank W. Smith
Certificate:
Contains Episodes: Teacher, Flame, Motive, Mercy, Vigilante, Neighbours, Sleeper.

69% from 338 members

Complicity on DVD (2000)
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Valerie Edmond, Keeley Hawes
Director: Gavin Millar
Certificate:
Newspaper Reporter Cameron Colley, having built his professional reputation on stories dealing with corruption and the underworld, is drawn into a web of deceit and murder when a serial killer begins a rampage. Elaborately staged deaths await victims who all have one thing in common -- they are ..read more »

56% from 1,168 member

The Last September (2000)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Tom Hickey, Keeley Hawes
Director: Deborah Warner
Certificate:
The Last September tells of a young lady's journey through adolesence against the backdrop of the aftermath of the Irish Civil War.

55% from 17 members
Currently unavailable

The Cater Street Hangman (1998)
Starring: Eoin McCarthy, Keeley Hawes, Peter Egan
Director: Sarah Hellings
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In the class-conscious world of Victorian England, the Ellison family is painfully aware of their respectable place in the comfortable London neighborhood of Cater Street. But when a young woman is garroted nearby, it is the beginning of a remarkable sequence of events that will see their world ..read more »

20% from 4 members
Currently unavailable

Moonstone on DVD (1996)
Starring: Greg Wise, Keeley Hawes, Terrence Hardiman
Director: Robert Bierman
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Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt English army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being enormously valuable, and three Hindu priests have ..read more »

61% from 225 members

Dennis Potter's Karaoke (2 discs) on DVD (1996)
Starring: Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant, Hywel Bennett
Director: Renny Rye
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A self-destructive loaner whose battle with pancreatic cancer has left him embittered and in great pain, Daniel Feeld (Albert Finney) decides to focus his attention on a new screenplay entitled 'Karaoke'. A lurid tale concerning the murder of a young girl working in a seedy karaoke bar, the story ..read more »

78% from 89 members

The Vicar Of Dibley - Holy Wholly Happy ... on DVD
Starring: Dawn French, James Fleet, Emma Chambers
Director: Ed Bye
Certificate:
Dawn French dons her cassock and collar once more for two very special episodes of The Vicar of Dibley, one of the BBC's most popular comedies. It boasts the brilliant comic writing of Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary) and a gifted ensemble cast including Emma Chambers (Notting ..read more »

79% from 1,381 member

Keeley Hawes facts

5 most recent films

Upstairs Downstairs - Series 2 - 3.0 stars
Identity - 3.0 stars
Ashes to Ashes - S03 E06 - 3 stars
Ashes to Ashes - S03 E05 - 3 stars
Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 3 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 3 - 4.5 stars
Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 2 - 4.5 stars
Ashes to Ashes - Complete BBC Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 2 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Cater Street Hangman - 1.5 stars
The Last September - 3.0 stars
A Cock and Bull Story - 2.5 stars
Complicity - 3.0 stars
Moonstone - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Philip Glenister - 63 times - show films
Dean Andrews - 63 times - show films
Marshall Lancaster - 63 times - show films
Peter Firth - 36 times - show films
Megan Dodds - 28 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jonny Campbell - 43 times - show films
Catherine Morshead - 34 times - show films
Cilla Ware - 28 times - show films
Rob Bailey - 22 times - show films
Justin Chadwick - 22 times - show films