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Bob Spiers - filmography


  • That Darn Cat on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Bess Armstrong,  George Dzundza,  Christina Ricci
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The original Disney feature film, That Darn Cat, was a feel-good hit in 1965, thanks largely to stars such as Hayley Mills, Roddy McDowall, and William Demarest. This 1996 remake also closely follows the novel Undercover Cat by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon and features Christina Ricci in the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 636 members
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  • Spiceworld The Movie on DVD (1997)
    Starring: The Spice Girls,  Richard E. Grant,  Roger Moore
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    One of the reasons that the Spice Girls remain so much fun is that in the great British tradition, they don't take themselves too seriously. Like The Beatles before them, the girls are more than happy to take pot-shots at their own manufactured image, something that Spiceworld: The Movie revels in. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,026 member
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  • Murder Most Horrid - Series 1 on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Dawn French,  Bill Paterson,  Tony Slattery
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dawn French stars in this comedy drama, playing a different character in each episode. Contains the episodes 'The Case Of The Missing', 'The Girl From Ipanema', 'He Died A Death', 'A Determined Woman', 'Murder At Tea Time', and 'Mrs. Hat And Mrs. Red'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 338 members
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  • Joking Apart (1991)
    Starring: Robert Bathurst,  Fiona Gillies,  Tracie Bennett
    Director: John Kilby,  Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comedy writer Mark Taylor (Robert Bathurst - Cold Feet, My Dad's the Prime Minister) knows he has found the woman of his dreams when he meets Becky Johnson by chance, in highly embarrassing circumstances. Becky (Fiona Gillies - Peak Practice, Mother Love) is won over by his non-stop, quick-fire one-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 208 members
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  • Bottom - The Very Best Of Bottom on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Adrian Edmondson
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie (Adrian Edmondson) and Richie (Rik Mayall) are two on-the-dole ne'er-do-wells in this outrageous slapstick cartoon-like comedy series. This collection includes the episodes "Smells," "Digger," "Hole," and more.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,730 members
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  • Press Gang - Complete Series 2 (2 discs) (1990)
    Starring: Julia Sawalha,  Dexter Fletcher,  Lee Ross
    Director: Bob Spiers,  Lorne Magory,  John Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The complete second series of the early evening TV drama. Aimed at a teen audience; PRESS GANG actually contained some adult and thought provoking storylines as it followed the setting up and running of a young people's newspaper "The Junior Gazette". Written by COUPLING's Steven Moffatt.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 390 members
    Not available for rental
  • Are You Being Served? - Series 9 on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Frank Thornton,  Mollie Sugden,  John Inman
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An ailing department store where the management are beginning to show signs of wear and tear and the staff are clashing! The ninth series of this classic comedy finds Mr. Humphries, Mrs.Slocombe, Miss Brahms, Captain Peacock, Mr Rumbold and Mr Berry up to their necks in shop floor scandal and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 93 members
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  • Press Gang - Complete Series 3
    Starring: Julia Sawalha,  Dexter Fletcher
    Director: Bob Spiers,  Lorne Magory
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A family drama which follows the lives of the teenagers who run the 'Junior Gazette', a newspaper for kids, written by kids, under the iron-fist of the Editor Linda Day. Features the complete episodes from the third series of the television programme.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 281 members
    Not available for rental
  • Chilly Dogs on DVD
    Starring: Skeet Ulrich,  Leslie Nielsen
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Skeet Ulrich stars in this comedy as Kevin Manley, a bored city dweller whose life changes the day he learns he will inherit his grandfather's vast fortune if he can finish a 1,000 mile dog sled race between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska. Knowing that he could never accomplish such a task, Kevin is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 1,545 member
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  • Murder Most Horrid - Series 2
    Starring: Dawn French
    Director: Bob Spiers,  Dewi Humphreys
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dawn French stars in the second series of this unusually dark comedy, as a different character in each standalone episode. The series ran on the BBC from 1991 to 1999, with tales of murder and scheming, all supported by a fine and talented guest cast which included Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Kathy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 11 members
    Due for release on 10th September 2012
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Bob Spiers facts

5 most recent films

Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4 - Complete - 3.5 stars
That Darn Cat - 2.5 stars
Spiceworld The Movie - 2.5 stars
Absolutely Fabulous - The Last Shout - 3.5 stars
A Bit Of Fry And Laurie - Series 4 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Fawlty Towers - Series 2 Complete - 4.0 stars
Are You Being Served? - Series 9 - 4.0 stars
A Bit Of Fry And Laurie - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
A Bit Of Fry And Laurie - Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Are You Being Served? - Series 6 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Murder Most Horrid - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
The Goodies At Last! Back For More, Again - Vol.3 - 4.0 stars
Chilly Dogs - 2.5 stars
Spiceworld The Movie - 2.5 stars
That Darn Cat - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Julia Sawalha - 25 times - show films
John Cleese - 23 times - show films
Prunella Scales - 23 times - show films
Connie Booth - 23 times - show films
Andrew Sachs - 23 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Howard Davies - 22 times - show films
Lorne Magory - 8 times - show films
Kevin Bishop - 4 times - show films
Roger Ordish - 4 times - show films
Bren Simps - 3 times - show films