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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


  • Spies Of Warsaw on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Anton Lesser,  Tuppence Middleton,  Ludger Pistor
    Director: Coky Giedroyc
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Tennant and Janet Montgomery star in this espionage drama as lovers swept up in the intrigue, romance and chaos of pre-WWII Europe. After arriving to take up his post in Warsaw, newly appointed French military attaché, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier (Tennant), soon finds himself dragged into ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 198 members
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  • 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 2,698 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 73% from 433 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 8,599 members
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  • Sense and Sensibility on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Lucy Boynton,  David Morrissey,  Dan Stevens
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel from acclaimed writer Andrew Davies. Marianne Dashwood (Charity Wakefield) wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby (Dominic Cooper), ignoring her sister Elinor's (Hattie Morahan) warning that her ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 1,813 member
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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 2,363 members
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  • Cass on DVD (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 67% from 10,325 members
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  • Kinky Boots on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Joel Edgerton,  Sarah-Jane Potts,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    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 33,909 members
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  • Separate Lies (2005)
    Starring: Rupert Everett,  Emily Watson,  John Neville
    Director: Julian Fellowes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama based on the novel by Nigel Balchin. James Manning (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife Anne (Emily Watson) lead a seemingly idyllic happy life together until a deadly accident sets off a cascade of increasingly dangerous lies which, in turn, reveal devastating truth about who they are and what each ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 7,833 members
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  • Calendar Girls on DVD (2003)
    Starring: John Alderton,  Helen Mirren,  Annette Crosbie
    Director: Nigel Cole
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Helen Mirren and Julia Walters star in this British comedy based on a true story. Two middle-aged best friends, Chris Harper (Mirren) and Annie Clarke (Walters), are also members of a North Yorkshire Women's Institute group. When Annie's husband (John Alderton) is diagnosed with leukemia, they ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 33,357 members
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  • The Martins (2001)
    Starring: Lee Evans,  Frank Finlay,  Terri Dumont
    Director: Tony Grounds
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Unemployed Robert lives with his long-suffering wife, pregnant daughter and accident-prone son. After failing to win a holiday in a competition, Robert embarks on a crime spree in an effort to please his family - but the results are not what he imagined.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,668 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 944 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
    Salford, 1971 and Pakistani chip shop owner George Khan (Om Puri) lives with his white wife Ella (Linda Bassett) and their seven children. George wants to raise his children as devout Muslims, but things go wrong when his eldest son Nazir (Ian Aspinall) flees his arranged marriage midway through ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,477 members
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Anna Chancellor,  Nicholas Jones,  Lena Headey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The entire third series of the television drama starring John Thaw as Kavanagh QC, one of the country's leading criminal advocates in London, who has worked his way up from a northern working class background. In 'Mute of Malice', brothers Miles and Edgar Beddoes (Anthony Calf and Andrew Woodall) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 434 members
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Linda Bassett facts

5 most recent films

Spies Of Warsaw - 3.0 stars
Grandma's House - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
West Is West - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Grandma's House - 3.5 stars
West Is West - 3.0 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
Loved Up - 3.5 stars
Separate Lies - 2.5 stars
Spies Of Warsaw - 3.0 stars
West Is West - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Olivia Hallinan - 20 times - show films
Julia Sawalha - 20 times - show films
Dawn French - 20 times - show films
Claudie Blakley - 20 times - show films
Sheridan Smith - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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