Giles Foster

Filmography

Giles Foster - filmography

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons - Winte... (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Michael York, Senta Berger, Frank Finlay
Director: Giles Foster
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The concluding part of Rosamunde Pilchers Four Seasons story. The news that Charlotte is still alive rocks the relative calm that prevails over the estate. Her return stirs up longstanding resentment, exposing secrets sowing seeds of doubt in existing relationships.

73% from 96 members

Foyle's War - Series 2 - Fifty Ships, Am... (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks
Director: Giles Foster, Jeremy Silberston
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Two feature-length episodes from Michael Kitchen's quiet detective Christopher Foyle as he tackles wartime mysteries. Also starring Honeysuckle Weeks and Anthony Howell in this BAFTA award-winning series.

76% from 1,401 member

The Foyle's War - Series 2 - War Games F... (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks
Director: Giles Foster, Jeremy Silberston
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Two further installments of the BAFTA award winning series featuring Michael Kitchen as Chief Superintendent Foyle investigating crimes during the war in 1940s England.

76% from 1,237 member

Bertie And Elizabeth on DVD (2002)
Starring: James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates
Director: Giles Foster
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The fascinating story of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth is recounted in this sumptuous television drama. It all begins in 1920, when the then-Duke of York Albert (James Wilby), known affectionately as Bertie, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic, 19-year-old Elizabeth Bowes-Lytton (..read more »

63% from 296 members

Prince And The Pauper on DVD (2001)
Starring: Alan Bates, Aidan Quinn, Jonathan Timmins
Director: Giles Foster
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This production beautifully adapts Mark Twain's 1881 novel to the screen. A magical story about two boys--one is a royal prince and the other is a poor, mistreated urchin--who switch social positions by merely exchanging clothes, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER is both a fantastic adventure and a ..read more »

57% from 300 members

Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home (2 discs) on DVD (1998)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Joanna Lumley, Emily Mortimer
Director: Giles Foster
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A young girl, Judith Dunbar, is sent to an English boarding school where she befriends Loveday Carey-Lewis. Their friendship is set to last a lifetime.

70% from 1,004 member

Oliver's Travels (1995)
Starring: Alan Bates, Bill Paterson, Miles Anderson
Director: Giles Foster
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Oliver, a university lecturer with an obsession for anagrams and crosswords, has been a question-setter for "Mastermind". When made redundant by the new Vice-Chancellor of the New University (his former Polytechnic) in a general restructuring of the university, Oliver decides to use his new-found ..read more »

47% from 10 members
Currently unavailable

The Rector's Wife (2 discs) on DVD (1994)
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Jonathan Coy, Prunella Scales
Director: Giles Foster
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A four-part tale of a woman whose yearning for independence puts her at odds with her community. Barely scraping by for her family on her husband's salary, she becomes desperate and takes a job where she discovers there is much more to the world than her priggish neighbours in Cotswold Village...read more »

62% from 37 members

The Lilac Bus on DVD (1990)
Starring: Stephanie Beacham, Con O'Neill, Beatie Edney
Director: Giles Foster
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Drama based on the novel by Maeve Binchy, which recounts the lives of five people catching the Lilac Bus.

59% from 73 members

Dutch Girls (1987)
Starring: Bill Paterson, Colin Firth, Timothy Spall
Director: Giles Foster
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A British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills--gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.

56% from 17 members
Currently unavailable

Northanger Abbey on DVD (1986)
Starring: Peter Firth, Googie Withers, Robert Hardy
Director: Giles Foster
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An Eighteenth Century drama adapted from the novel by Jane Austen. Catherine Morland arrives at Northanger upon the invitation of Henry Tilney and discovers that the place is shrouded in mystery and intrigue.

45% from 1,517 member

Hotel Du Lac on DVD (1986)
Starring: Anna Massey, Denholm Elliott, Patricia Hodge
Director: Giles Foster
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BBC TV adaptation of the award-winning novel by Anita Brookner, which vividly brings to life the characters and atmosphere of the elegant Hotel Du Lac. It is a production of wit, charm, and beautifully observed detail filmed amid the mountains and lakes of Switzerland.

63% from 564 members

Silas Marner - The Weaver Of Raveloe on DVD (1985)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Ryecart
Director: Giles Foster
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BBC production of George Eliot's classic story of an old, miserly linen weaver who is consumed with bitterness and anger until he adopts an abandoned child, who brings much joy into his life. Filmed entirely on location in the Cotswolds.

71% from 347 members

Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete Fifth... (1982)
Starring: Roald Dhal, John Mills, Ian Holm
Director: Giles Foster, John Gorrie, Alan Gibson
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Roald Dahl's chillingly brilliant anthology series, Tales of the Unexpected, makes a return to DVD.

68% from 9 members
Not available for rental

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons - Summe... (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Tom Conti, Frank Finlay, Perdita Weeks
Director: Giles Foster
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Collection of dramas based upon the novels of Rosamunde Pilcher.

70% from 110 members

Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete Third... (2 discs)
Starring: John Houseman, Alfred Burke, Stephanie Cole
Director: Graham Evans, Giles Foster, Chris Lovett
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The sight of the writer Roald Dahl sitting by a roaring fire in a comfortable armchair greeted viewers tuning in to the popular television show TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED, which ran from 1979 to 1988. Dahl offered a brief introduction to each show, neatly setting the scene for the adaptations of his ..read more »

73% from 69 members
Not available for rental

Oliver's Travels - 2.5 stars
Dutch Girls - 3.0 stars
The Rector's Wife - 3.0 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete Fifth Series - 3.5 stars
Northanger Abbey - 2.5 stars

Michael Kitchen - 6 times - show films
Anthony Howell - 6 times - show films
Honeysuckle Weeks - 6 times - show films
Tom Conti - 4 times - show films
Frank Finlay - 4 times - show films

Jeremy Silberston - 6 times - show films
Graham Evans - 3 times - show films
Chris Lovett - 3 times - show films
Alan Gibson - 1 times - show films
John Gorrie - 1 times - show films