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  • The Martins
  • The Martins review by from London, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Surprisingly moving and very British 4 September 2004
    ...ed mental state akin to arrested childhood into true adulthood. Kathy Burke and Linda Bassett shine as Evans's long-suffering wife and awful, shrewish mum in law. ...   Read customer review
  • Calendar Girls
  • Calendar Girls review by from Kent
    Rated - 5.0 stars A little gem 23 June 2004
    ... very most of an excellent and unexpected showcase for their talents - stand up Linda Bassett, Celia Imrie and Annette Crosbie. The outtakes most of which for once should ha...   Read customer review

Linda Bassett - filmography


  • West Is West - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jimi Mistry,  Om Puri,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Andy DeEmmony
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,265 members
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  • Grandma's House on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Simon Amstell,  Linda Bassett,  Rebecca Front
    Director: Christine Gernon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Grandma's House is a new comedy for BBC2. It's written by Simon Amstell and long term collaborator Dan Swimer. The series stars Simon Amstell playing a version of himself; a television presenter who is quitting his job to try and do something more meaningful with his life. Each episode is set at ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 330 members
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  • West Is West on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jimi Mistry,  Om Puri,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Andy DeEmmony
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 7,207 members
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  • Cass - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Nonso Anozie,  Nathalie Press,  Leo Gregory
    Director: Jon S. Baird
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. CASS grew up in a time before political correctness and was forced to endure racist bullying on a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,267 members
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  • Cass on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Nonso Anozie,  Nathalie Press,  Leo Gregory
    Director: Jon S. Baird
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. CASS grew up in a time before political correctness and was forced to endure racist bullying on a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 9,805 members
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  • Sense and Sensibility on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jean Marsh,  Janet McTeer,  David Morrissey
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    From acclaimed writer Andrew Davies comes this enchanting new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about love and marriage. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 1,711 member
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  • Separate Lies (2005)
    Starring: Linda Bassett,  Hermione Norris,  Rupert Everett
    Director: Julian Fellowes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A wealthy and successful couple find their life changed forever following a car crash in which their housekeeper's husband is killed. Lies and deception are rife as the police begin to investigate.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 7,756 members
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  • Kinky Boots on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Nick Frost,  Chjwetel Ejiofor,  Sarah-Jane Potts
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Charlie Price faces the impending shut down of the Northampton shoe factory that his family has owned and operated for generations. Just when he feels that all is lost, he has a chance encounter with Lola, a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star. Lola's desire for stylish, kinky boots for herself ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 32,802 members
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  • Calendar Girls on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Julie Walters,  Helen Mirren,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Nigel Cole
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a true story, Nigel Cole's CALENDAR GIRLS has a mix of comedy and heart-tugging emotion that compares with the comedies FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and THE FULL MONTY. Annie (Julie Walters) and Chris (Helen Mirren), of bucolic Yorkshire, belong to the Women's Institute (WI), which ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 32,862 members
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  • The Martins on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Lee Evans,  Kathy Burke,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Tony Grounds
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    THE MARTINS is a Ken Loach style comically tinged drama about a working class English family from TV drama director Tony Grounds. After failing to win a holiday in a competition, jobless Robert Martin (Lee Evans) embarks on a crime spree in an effort to please his children and long suffering wife (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,230 member
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  • East Is East - HD (1999)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Linda Bassett,  Jordan Routledge
    Director: Damien O'Donnell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the early 1970s, EAST IS EAST, directed by Damien O'Donnell, follows the lives of a Pakistani-English family living in Northern England. George Khan (Om Puri), a proud Pakistani immigrant, and his British wife, Ella (Linda Bassett), run a fish and chip shop, while raising their seven ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 148 members
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  • East Is East on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Linda Bassett,  Jordan Routledge
    Director: Damien O'Donnell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    George Khan is a proud Pakistani, and a chip shop owner. He has seven children and believes that he is raising them to be respectable Pakistanis. But the kids have other ideas... A hilarious story of what happens when two cultures meet in one family. Also contains cast and crew interviews and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,217 members
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  • East Is East - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Linda Bassett,  Jordan Routledge
    Director: Damien O'Donnell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    George Khan is a proud Pakistani, and a chip shop owner. He has seven children and believes that he is raising them to be respectable Pakistanis. But the kids have other ideas... A hilarious story of what happens when two cultures meet in one family. Also contains cast and crew interviews and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 841 members
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Nicholas Jones,  Linda Bassett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All the episodes from the third series of the popular TV programme: In Mute Of Malice: Kavanagh defends a client who has become mute after announcing that he has killed his brother. In Blood Money:A computer tycoon is involved in a car accident. In Ancient History: Kavanagh prosecutes a doctor in a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 420 members
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Linda Bassett facts

5 most recent films

Grandma's House - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
West Is West - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Grandma's House - 3.5 stars
West Is West - 3.0 stars
Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 2 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Sense and Sensibility - 4.0 stars
Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 2 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Small Dance - 2.5 stars
Grandma's House - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Loved Up - 3.5 stars
Separate Lies - 2.5 stars
West Is West - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Julia Sawalha - 20 times - show films
Dawn French - 20 times - show films
Claudie Blakley - 20 times - show films
Olivia Hallinan - 20 times - show films
Mark Heap - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Greening - 20 times - show films
Alan Grint - 10 times - show films
Charles Palmer - 10 times - show films
Maurice Phillips - 10 times - show films
Carolyn Bonnyman - 10 times - show films