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review by filmfreak from West Midlands
Sick of Morse... try this 25 July 2004
review by from LONDON
30 May 2004
Ricky Tomlinson - filmography
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Great Night Out
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: William Ash, Stephen Walters, Craig Parkinson
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Certificate: 
All six episodes of the ITV comedy drama series that charts the fortunes of four 30-something friends as they try to navigate the perils of everyday life. Living in Stockport and never straying far from the pub, the local cafe, or the footie, Hodge (Lee Boardman), Beggsy (William Ash), Glyn (Craig ..read more »
 
80%
from 28 members
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Nativity!
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Ashley Jensen, Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton
Director: Debbie Isitt
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Seasonal, semi-improvised British comedy starring Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen. Shabby, under-achieving primary school teacher Mr Maddens (Freeman) works at a school that competes annually with a local private school for the best production of the Christmas nativity play. Tired of always ..read more »
77%
from 11,830 members
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Nativity! - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Ashley Jensen, Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton
Director: Debbie Isitt
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
This Christmas, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is being charged with the biggest challenge of his life - mounting the school's musical version of the Nativity. Competing against the posh local school for the honor of best reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that ..read more »
70%
from 1,935 member
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The Royle Family - The Queen Of Sheba
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Ralf Little, Caroline Aherne, Liz Smith
Director: Mark Mylod
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Six years after the final Christmas special in 2000, Caroline Aherne and the rest of the cast return to the sofa for a one-off episode of the popular sitcom about a lower-class family in northern England for whom the television set in the living room remains its natural gathering point.
78%
from 1,777 member
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Mike Bassett - Manager
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Steve Edge
Director: Martin Dennis
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Following his moderate success as England boss, Mike wants one last chance of the big time after an otherwise undistinguished managerial career. He’s offered a job at Wirral County – a team his dad once played for – and believes he can resurrect the side, currently languishing as the bottom of ..read more »
64%
from 692 members
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Once Upon A Time In The Midlands
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke
Director: Shane Meadows
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After his girlfriend turns down a marriage proposal by her decent-but-dull boyfriend, a small-time crook drifts back into town to win back his old flame and pull off one final crime. Will she follow her head or her heart - and can her new beau handle the stiff competition? This smooth operator has ..read more »
58%
from 5,836 members
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Mike Bassett: England Manager
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Amanda Redman, Phil Jupitus, Philip Jackson
Director: Steve Barron
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When Phil Cope (Malcolm Terris), the manager of the England football team, suffers a heart attack during the qualifying rounds of the World Cup, the Football Association opts to replace him with Norwich FC manager Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson). Followed everywhere he goes by a documentary crew, ..read more »
62%
from 2,491 members
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The 51st State
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Meat Loaf, Samuel L. Jackson, Rhys Ifans
Director: Ronny Yu
Certificate: 
American pharmacologist Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson) has created a powerful new party drug called POS-51 and is now on his way to Liverpool, England, where he hopes to sell the formula to crimelord Leopold Durant (Ricky Tomlinson). When he arrives, Durant's henchman Felix DeSouza (Robert ..read more »
64%
from 9,282 members
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Al's Lads
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Marc Warren, Marc Warren, Ralf Little
Director: Richard Standeven
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Set during the height of the mob culture of America in the 1920s, a young Englishman Jimmy (Marc Warren) and two of his friends find themselves recruited into working for the mobster Al Capone. On discovering that Jimmy has a powerful uppercut, Capone's henchman Georgio puts Jimmy's name forward ..read more »
53%
from 218 members
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Clocking Off - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: William Ash, Steve Jackson, Susan Cookson
Director: John Duthie, Sarah Harding
Certificate:
All six episodes from the first season of the BAFTA-winning drama written by Paul Abbott, following the tumultuous lives of the employees of Mackintosh Textiles factory in an unnamed northern town. In Episode 1, Stuart Leach (John Simm) returns after being missing for over a year. But has he really ..read more »
74%
from 882 members
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Dockers
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Michael Ryan, Crissy Rock, Lee Ross
Director: Bill Anderson
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Channel 4 documentary chronicling the story of Hull, its docks and its dockers. Archive footage demonstrates how Hull became one of the world's great ports, while extensive filming over six months in 1988 pays testament to its decline.
67%
from 282 members
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The Greatest Store In the World
(1999)
Starring: Dervla Kirwan, Peter Capaldi, Ricky Tomlinson
Director: Jane Prowse
Certificate: 
Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternitive place to stay. At first, they live in temporary housing, but the conditions are unbearable. Geraldine reacts quickly and the family decides to take ..read more »
79%
from 33 members
Currently unavailable
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Cracker - White Ghost
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Clive Russell, Kieran O'Brien, Robert Cavanah
Director: Richard Standeven
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The tenth story from the award-winning crime drama series. Criminal psychologist Fitz (Robbie Coltrane) is on a lecture tour in Hong Kong when the local police call him in to help with a murder case. It soon transpires that a serial killer is at work, and Fitz asks that his Manchester colleague ..read more »
69%
from 1,644 member
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Hillsborough
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Annabelle Apsion, Rachel Davies
Director: Charles McDougall
Certificate: 
Moving, fictionalised account that tells, through the stories of three families, the events of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, in which 96 fans lost their lives. On 15th April 1989, 96 fans attending the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield United's Hillsborough ..read more »
77%
from 31 members
Not available for rental
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Cracker - True Romance
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Clive Russell, Robert Cavanah, Kieran O'Brien
Director: Tim Fywell
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The ninth story in the award-winning crime drama series. This time criminal psychologist Fitz (Robbie Coltrane) receives letters from an anonymous female admirer, only to discover that she could be a murderer. Dropped from the investigation due to his personal involvement, Fitz cannot help but ..read more »
73%
from 1,870 member
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Cracker - Brotherly Love
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Clive Russell, Kieran O'Brien, Robert Cavanah
Director: Roy Battersby
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Another case for the hard-drinking criminal psychologist. Fitz (Robbie Coltrane) is called in when a father of four is arrested for the murder of a prostitute, but the case is thrown into confusion when an identical killing takes place while the man is still in custody. Meanwhile, Jimmy Beck ..read more »
75%
from 1,800 member
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Cracker - Best Boys
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Clive Russell, Kieran O'Brien, Robert Cavanah
Director: Charles McDougall
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Another case for hard-drinking criminal psychologist Fitz (Robbie Coltrane). This time, he finds himself up against a man and a boy whose relationship obscures some dark secrets. Meanwhile, the shadow of Jimmy Beck's suicide continues to loom over his relationship with Penhaligon.
73%
from 1,781 member
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Cracker - The Big Crunch
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jim Carter, Lorcan Cranitch, Geraldine Somerville
Director: Julian Jarrold
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The fifth story from the award-winning crime drama series. This time hard-drinking criminal psychologist Fitz (Robbie Coltrane) is called in when a preacher's affair with a teenager leads to attempted murder. To discover the truth Fitz must delve deep into the perverse and hypocritical world of the ..read more »
73%
from 1,987 member
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Raining Stones
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Bruce Jones, Gemma Phoenix, Julie Brown
Director: Ken Loach
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Bob (Bruce Jones) lives with his wife Anne (Julie Brown) and his daughter Coleen (Gemma Phoenix) in a poor English town. Bob scrapes by with whatever odd jobs come his way -- working as a bouncer, stealing green turf, cleaning septic tanks. Although Bob has no money and is living on the dole, he is ..read more »
69%
from 2,146 members
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Riff Raff
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Emer McCourt, Ricky Tomlinson, Robert Carlyle
Director: Ken Loach
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Former jailbird Stevie (Robert Carlyle) travels to London, finds work on a building site, and sets up home in an abandoned flat. One day he discovers a handbag in a skip and returns it to its owner, the would-be singer Susan (Emer McCourt). The pair begin a romance, but Susan's drug use soon puts a ..read more »
64%
from 1,986 member
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Down To Earth - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Pauline Quirke, Warren Clarke, Ricky Tomlinson
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Entire first series of the BBC drama, based on the books by Faith Addis. Brian (Warren Clarke) and Faith (Pauline Quirk) are tired of their unfulfilling London lifestyle, and decide to uproot and move to Devon with their children, Marcus, Sarah and Molly. Buying a smallholding, the family move into ..read more »
79%
from 76 members
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Celebrity Bingo
on DVD
Starring: Ricky Tomlinson
Certificate: 
Interactive DVD hosted by Ricky Tomlinson, featuring five unique games, posh bingo, club bingo, banjo bingo, naked bingo and 'my-arse' bingo.
40%
from 23 members
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Bob's Weekend
Starring: Charlotte Jones, Billy Boden, Bruce Jones
Director: Jevon O'Neill
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Bob Askew's life isn't going the way he planned it, and after a particularly rough day at the office, he decides to travel to Blackpool and end it all with a leap off the pier. But psychology student Angela has other ideas. She drags Bob from the end of the pier, whisks him away and introduces him ..read more »
47%
from 119 members
Not available for rental
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