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Ricky Tomlinson - what members say


  • Raining Stones
  • Raining Stones review by from Liverpool England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Ricky and Les really entertained 14 December 2004
    ...With les battersby(bruce jones)in lead role and Ricky Tomlinson in support for me this was a cracker laughed out loud from the outset.All about the hard times of Les,just grea...   Read customer review
  • Cracker - To Be A Somebody
  • Cracker - To Be A Somebody review by filmfreak from West Midlands
    Rated - 5.0 stars Sick of Morse... try this 25 July 2004
    ...all the Morse clones! Also Featuring early appearances of Robert Carlile and Ricky Tomlinson....   Read customer review
  • Cracker - White Ghost
  • Cracker - White Ghost review by from LONDON
    Rated - 3.0 stars 30 May 2004
    ...g Kong on a lecture tour when there are murders, so of course he is brought in. Ricky Tomlinson is great in it, but the storyline is weak and the psychology is uncovincing - h...   Read customer review

Ricky Tomlinson - filmography


  • Nativity on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ashley Jensen,  Martin Freeman,  Marc Wootton
    Director: Debbie Isitt
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 6,391 members
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  • Nativity - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Ashley Jensen,  Martin Freeman,  Marc Wootton
    Director: Debbie Isitt
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,606 member
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  • The Royle Family - The Queen Of Sheba on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Caroline Aherne,  Craig Cash,  Sue Johnston
    Director: Mark Mylod
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Wythenshawe, Manchester, life goes on as always in the familiar surroundings of the Royle's sitting room. Years after we were first introduced to the much-loved family, however, there have been some noticeable changes. This one-off episode of the celebrated British sitcom reveals all...
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 1,710 member
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  • Mike Bassett - Manager (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ricky Tomlinson,  Amanda Redman,  Steve Edge
    Director: Martin Dennis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Follow-up to 'Mike Bassett - England Manager'. The series follows Mike's final attempt to succeed in management. Also includes episodes 'Going Dutch', 'Flat Pack Four', 'Return Of The Paralytic Son', 'Seven Brothers For Seven Brothers' and 'Abide With Me'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 769 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
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 7,864 members
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  • The 51st State on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Robert Carlyle,  Rhys Ifans
    Director: Ronny Yu
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kilt-wearing master chemist Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson) has developed a new drug that is more potent then cocaine or Ecstasy. Best of all, none of the ingredients are illegal, meaning that this substance could easily be sold worldwide. Unfortunately for McElroy, he is caught in the snare of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,064 members
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  • Ricky Tomlinson - Live Laughter My Arse! on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Ricky Tomlinson
    Director: Sarah Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Liverpudlian comedian Ricky Tomlinson performs his trademark humour live in front of a hometown audience. He also provides a guided tour of Liverpool, visiting the people and places that have shaped him and his career, including four friends who also happen to be local comics.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 314 members
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  • Al's Lads on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Marc Warren,  Marc Warren,  Ralf Little
    Director: Richard Standeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    America, often seen as a land of opportunity, could offer no prosperity as the Roaring 1920s gave way to the Great Depression. The one field that excelled, of course, was the mafia and that is exactly where three British ship waiters turn when their boat lands in the States. Jimmy (Marc Warren) and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 212 members
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  • Dockers on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ricky Tomlinson,  Ken Stott,  Crissy Rock
    Director: Bill Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bill Anderson's DOCKERS was largely written by actual dock workers, who were assisted by screenwriters Jimmy McGovern and Irvine Welsh. This edgy Channel 4 drama, which follows the disputes of sacked Liverpool dockers, stars Ricky Tomlinson of THE ROYLE FAMILY.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 265 members
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  • The Greatest Store In the World (1999)
    Starring: Dervla Kirwan,  Peter Capaldi,  Ricky Tomlinson
    Director: Jane Prowse
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 31 members
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  • Hillsborough (1996)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Rachel Davies,  Ricky Tomlinson
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson head a strong cast in Jimmy McGovern's emotionally powerful and highly acclaimed dramatisation of personal grief and public issues in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster. Following the stories of three victims' families, from the initial ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 16 members
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  • Cracker - Best Boys on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Barbara Flynn,  Clive Russell
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sex and love and eternity are things we all want and need, but when they lead to murder it can only bring tragedy to Stuart Grady and Bill Nash. Fitz is soon pitched against two people who superficially survive as father and son, when all the time, they need more that ever to admit they love each ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,747 member
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  • Raining Stones on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Bruce Jones,  Ricky Tomlinson,  Julie Brown
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    RAINING STONES, in its quietly observant, almost documentary-like style, is typical of director Ken Loach's understated approach to his left-leaning politics. The film stars Bruce Jones as Bob, a man in an impoverished town in the north of England, struggling to survive on the dole while hustling ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,046 members
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  • Riff Raff on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Ricky Tomlinson,  Robert Carlyle,  Emer McCourt
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Ken Loach's concern for the plight of the working man takes a comic turn in this gritty film starring Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) as Stevie, a young Scotsman who finds a construction job in the north of London turning an old hospital into luxury condos. Like most of the largely non-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,893 member
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  • Down To Earth - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Pauline Quirke,  Warren Clarke,  Ricky Tomlinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Faith Addis is an inner-city schoolteacher with three children, two dogs and her husband, Brian, to look after. When Faith learns that Brian's florist shop is failing, mainly because of a sizeable debt to the taxman, he drops a bombshell on her - he would like to move to the country, buy a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 66 members
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  • Ricky Tomlinson - Football My Arse on DVD
    Starring: Ricky Tomlinson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Ricky Tomlinson, master storyteller and football nut, takes you hilariously through a journey of the funniest gaffes and cock-ups of the beautiful - and occasionally ridiculous - game.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 153 members
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  • Celebrity Bingo on DVD
    Starring: Ricky Tomlinson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Featuring five different games, posh bingo, club bingo, banjo bingo, naked bingo and 'my-arse' bingo.
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 22 members
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Ricky Tomlinson facts

5 most recent films

The Royle Family - Joe's Crackers - 4.0 stars
Nativity - 3.5 stars
The Royle Family - The Golden Egg Cup 2009 Special - 3.5 stars
Nativity - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Ricky Tomlinson's Laughter Show - Live - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Royle Family - The Queen Of Sheba - 4.0 stars
Cracker - To Be A Somebody - 4.0 stars
Down To Earth - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
The Royle Family - Joe's Crackers - 4.0 stars
The Royle Family - The Complete Series 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Celebrity Bingo - 2.0 stars
Ricky Tomlinson's Laughter Show - Live - 3.0 stars
Hillsborough - 3.5 stars
The Greatest Store In the World - 4.0 stars
Big Stories, Small Flashes - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robbie Coltrane - 48 times - show films
Geraldine Somerville - 48 times - show films
Barbara Flynn - 48 times - show films
Lorcan Cranitch - 47 times - show films
Clive Russell - 33 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mark Mylod - 15 times - show films
Tim Fywell - 11 times - show films
Julian Jarrold - 8 times - show films
Jean Stewart - 7 times - show films
none - 7 times - show films