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WIN A signed Stephen Poliakoff screenplay -
23 November 2009
release of Glorious 39, on 20th November, we have managed to get our mits on five copies of the screenplay, signed by director Stephen Poliakoff – AND we want you to have them.-
-Acclaimed director Stephen Poliakoff, and a multi-award winning British cast - incl
Stephen Poliakoff - what members say
review by from Sheffield, England
A CHARMING PRODUCTION 7 July 2006
review by from Hertfordshire
Shooting the past 16 May 2004
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Every family has its good stories! 15 June 2009
Stephen Poliakoff - filmography
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Glorious 39
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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1939 is set between present-day London and the idyllic British countryside in the time before the beginning of the Second World War. At a time of uncertainty and high tension, the story revolves around the formidable Keyes family, who are keen to uphold and preserve their very traditional way of ..read more »
 
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Capturing Mary
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Walliams, Ruth Wilson, Maggie Smith
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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In this, the companion piece to Stephen Poliakoff's 'Joe's Palace', Poliakoff takes his characters into a dark and terrifying exploration of the past. Dame Maggie Smith, in the title role, is taken back to the time when she was a brilliant writer and critic, remembering parties and functions with ..read more »
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from 1,152 member
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Joe's Palace
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly, Michael Gambon
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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In this drama from celebrated writer/director, Stephen Poliakoff, Michael Gambon plays a reclusive billionaire. The film tells of his relationship with Joe (Danny Lee Wyntner), the teenage boy he employs to take care of a grand house. Poliakoff explores themes he has touched on in his previous work,..read more »
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Friends And Crocodiles
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Robert Lindsay, Jodhi May
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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BBC drama from acclaimed writer-director Stephen Poliakoff, starring Damian Lewis and Robert Lindsay. Set during the financial boom of the late 1980s and 1990s, Lewis plays Paul, a mercurial entrepreneur, who convinces Lizzie (Jodhi May) to become his secretary. Introduced into a world of ..read more »
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The Lost Prince
(2002)
Starring: Daniel Williams, Matthew Thomas
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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Stephen Poliakoff's BBC drama telling the story of Prince John, the autistic and epileptic son of Queen Mary and King George V who spent his whole life hidden away from public view. Covering the period leading up to and including the First World War, the programme bears witness to many major ..read more »
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The Lost Prince - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Daniel Williams, Matthew Thomas
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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Stephen Poliakoff's BBC drama telling the story of Prince John, the autistic and epileptic son of Queen Mary and King George V who spent his whole life hidden away from public view. Covering the period leading up to and including the First World War, the programme bears witness to many major ..read more »
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from 247 members
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Perfect Strangers
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tony Stephens, Lindsay Duncan, Matthew MacFadyan
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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Stephen Poliakoff writes and directs this television drama. Attending a family reunion with his parents, surveyor Daniel finds himself deployed as a go-between for his Aunt Alice and cousins Rebecca and Charles. However, as he becomes more and more deeply involved in this strange new environment, ..read more »
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Shooting The Past
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Emilia Fox, Billie Whitelaw, Lindsay Duncan
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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Detailed by a huge US corporation to develop a country house on the outskirts of London into a 21st century business school, Christopher Anderson (Liam Cunningham) finds himself stumped when it transpires that the building he has been assigned contains a rare collection of photographs. Anderson's ..read more »
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from 2,735 members
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The Tribe
(1998)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Anna Friel
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.
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from 37 members
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Close My Eyes
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Lesley Sharp
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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Stephen Poliakoff's film about a brother and sister who have been raised separately who finally meet again. She is married to a man of ostentatious wealth; whilst her brother has a job monitoring developments in London's Docklands. In the overheated, moneyed climate of the financially-centred late ..read more »
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Caught On A Train
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Wendy Raebeck, Michael Kitchen, Peggy Ashcroft
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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When Peter (Michael Kitchen) boards the train which will take him across Europe, he finds himself sharing a compartment with two women who have a profoundly unsettling effect upon him. One - Lorraine (Wendy Raebeck) - is a young American whom Peter finds himself very attracted to, while the other - ..read more »
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Bloody Kids
(1979)
Starring: Derrick O'Connor, Mel Smith, Peter Clark
Director: Stephen Frears
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Gritty drama about teenagers cast adrift from society, written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Stephen Frears. Leo (Richard Thomas) and Mike (Derrick O'Connor) are two socially alienated boys in their early teens who go on a reckless Saturday night spree in their home town of Southend, Essex. ..read more »
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...I thoroughly enjoyed this little gem - another triumph for Stephen Poliakoff. I was beautifully done and portrayed life within the royal family at that time and their shame of ...
