Richard Laxton

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An Englishman In New York review by jlp2k9 from London

A truly special filmic event 22 January 2010
...Directed by Richard Laxton and written by Brian Fillis, An Englishman in New York attempts to cover the latter part of the legendary Denis Charles Pratt aka Quentin Crisp's l... Read customer review

Him And Her - Series 2 - Complete (2011)
Starring: Kerry Howard, Sarah Solemani, Ricky Champ
Director: Richard Laxton
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Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani star in this comedy that centres on Steve and Becky, an unemployed couple more interested in consumption (food, drink, each other) than they are in getting a job. HIM AND HER is a comedy for the naughties: a comedy that lifts the lid on the lives of loafers and the ..read more »

77% from 30 members
Due for release on 12th November 2012

Him and Her on DVD (2010)
Starring: Russell Tovey, Sarah Solemani, Kerry Howard
Director: Richard Laxton
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Steve and Becky are young, unemployed and lazy. All they want to do is drink, eat and have sex – so they do. They don’t want to get a job – so they don’t. We watch their endless days of nothing played out in minute detail, warts-and-all, in real time as they exist together in Steve’s bed-sit, happy ..read more »

67% from 566 members

An Englishman In New York on DVD (2009)
Starring: John Hurt
Director: Richard Laxton
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In 1975, John Hurt starred in a BBC television adaptation of Quentin Crisp's autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, playing the flamboyantly gay author and actor, and in 2009 Hurt revisits the role in this comedy-drama based on the latter years of Crisp's life. Crisp rose to fame in the UK ..read more »

71% from 742 members

Grow Your Own on DVD (2007)
Starring: Nathalie Armin, William Atkinson, Olivia Colman
Director: Richard Laxton
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An English community gets testy when a refuge family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables.

69% from 7,305 members

Life & Lyrics on DVD (2006)
Starring: Ashley Walters, Carla Bartley, Tony Bowden
Director: Richard Laxton
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As a posse of South London DJs battle their rivals to the North, Danny (Walters)falls for a singer from the other crew.

59% from 1,787 member

Lovejoy - Complete Series 6 (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ian McShane, Christopher Fairbank, Kenneth Cope
Director: Richard Laxton, Paul Harrison, Ian White
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All ten episodes from the sixth series of the popular drama focusing on the charismatic antique dealer, poised ever more precariously on the knife edge of the law.

72% from 404 members

Outlaws - Complete Series One (2 discs) (2005)
Starring: Phil Daniels, Ray Emmet Brown, Georgia Mackenzie
Director: Harry Bradbeer, Richard Laxton, John Alexander
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In Outlaws Phil Daniels plays a cynical back street lawyer determined to bleed the legal aid system dry. This release features all the episodes from Season One.

74% from 278 members
Currently unavailable

Sea Of Souls - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
Starring: Bill Paterson, Archie Panjabi, Peter McDonald
Director: James Hawes, Nick Willing, Richard Laxton
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One man's truth is another man's mystery and that is where Dr Douglas Monaghan (Bill Paterson) and his team come to the fore. They make up the fictional Parapsychology Unit at Clyde University that is at the heart of Sea of Souls, a fascinating and compelling BBC drama which looks at the power of ..read more »

69% from 1,560 member

Inspector Lynley - Series 1 And Pilot (3 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: Nathanial Parker, Sharon Small, Bill Nighy
Director: Richard Laxton, Robert Young, Kim Flitcroft
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Inspector Lynley and Sargent Havers first team up for a murder case in Keldale. In the first series they investigate four crime mysteries including the disappearance of a boy from a public school, the murders of a playwright, a University student and the guests at a dinner party. Based on the ..read more »

70% from 640 members

Invasion: Earth (1998)
Starring: Vincent Regan, Maggie O'Neill, Fred Ward
Director: Patrick Lau, Richard Laxton
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In the lonely Scottish highlands, a small band of military personnel fight a desperate battle against a formidable alien intruder to prevent an invasion of the Earth.

68% from 25 members
Currently unavailable

Poldark - Complete Series 2 (4 discs) on DVD (1975)
Starring: Christopher Biggins, Kevin McNally, Angharad Rees
Director: Richard Laxton
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First broadcast in 1975, this release features the first half of Series Two of Poldark.

72% from 567 members

Him And Her - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Him and Her - 3.5 stars
An Englishman In New York - 3.5 stars
Grow Your Own - 3.5 stars
Life & Lyrics - 3.0 stars

Invasion: Earth - 3.5 stars
Him And Her - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Life & Lyrics - 3.0 stars
Him and Her - 3.5 stars
Grow Your Own - 3.5 stars

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Paul Harrison - 4 times - show films
Ian White - 4 times - show films
Harry Bradbeer - 3 times - show films
John Alexander - 3 times - show films
James Hawes - 1 times - show films