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  • Pierrepoint  -The Last Hangman
  • Pierrepoint -The Last Hangman review by A customer from north east england
    Rated - 4.0 stars another review from another reviewer 4 September 2006
    ...0 condemned men and women including Derek Bentley, Ruth Ellis and Lord Haw Haw. Adrian Shergold's film starring Timothy Spall in the title role is a dark period piece explorin...   Read customer review

Adrian Shergold - filmography


  • He Kills Coppers on DVD (2008)
    Starring: James Fiddy,  Liam Garrigan,  Stephen Greif
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three policemen are brutally murdered during the 1966 World Cup celebrations. He Kills Coppers follows three men connected to the deaths; Frank (a fellow policeman), Tony (an ambitious journalist, and witness to the murders), and Billy (the murderer).
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 302 members
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  • Persuasion on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Sally Hawkins,  Rupert Penry-Jones,  Alice Krige
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A new adaptation of one of Jane Austen's most admired novels - the story of a woman who gets a second chance. Anne fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne's family were against the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 8,308 members
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  • Persuasion - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Sally Hawkins,  Rupert Penry-Jones,  Alice Krige
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Though she refuses Captain Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones) in her youth, Anne Elliot's (Sally Hawkins) love for her handsome but penniless suitor never dies. When he returns eight years later--a wealthy and high-ranking naval officer--she has the chance to set things right. While the two leads ably ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 137 members
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  • Peirpoint (2006)
    Starring: Timothy Spall,  Simon Armstrong,  Ann Bell
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    PIERREPOINT tells the true story of Albert Pierrepoint-Britain's most prolific executioner-and the struggles that he faces to lead a normal life. The film explores the mental state of a man who has decided to kill people for a living. Features a superb performance by Timothy Spall as Albert ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 16 members
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  • She's Gone on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Gary Lucy,  Lindsey Coulson
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ray WInstone stars as Harry Sands in this drama originally seen on ITV1. After learning that his daughter has gone missing in Istanbul, Harry flies out to find her. Harry soon discovers that his daughter and her best friend are not working as charity workers as he previously believed, but as ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 350 members
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  • Dirty Filthy Love on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Shirley Henderson,  Michael Sheen,  Anastasia Griffith
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Mark Furness (Michael Sheen) is a thirtysomething architect whose marriage and career are threatened by his increasing obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome, which include repetitive and completely involuntary activities such as stair-counting, hand-washing, and swearing. When his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,938 members
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  • Early Doors - Series 1 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Craig Cash,  Rodney Litchfield,  Rita May
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All six episodes from Series One of the comedy about the lives, loves and loneliness of the regulars who frequent a small pub in Manchester. Each evening the regulars swap tales about their lives as we overhear the gems of wisdom that pass between them.
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 3,091 members
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  • The Second Coming on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Lesley Sharp
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    What if there was a Second Coming and the Son of God arrived on Earth? What would you do? Are you ready for Judgement Day? Christopher Eccleston plays Steve Baxter, a video shop worker who is found wandering the Yorkshire Moors after 40 days and 40 nights, mumbling he is the Son of God. The Second ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,050 members
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  • Micawber on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Jason,  Annabelle Apsion,  Michael Troughton
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This title collects all four episodes of the television mini-series MICAWBER, which stars David Jason as Wilkins Micawber, a character originally created by Charles Dickens. A proud family man, Micawber is determined to keep up appearances despite having a number of debts. In a bid to change is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 156 members
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  • Buried Treasure (2000)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Rachel Davies,  Wil Johnson
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In BURIED TREASURE, John Thaw stars as Harry Jenkins, a bull-headed estate agent whose life changes when police arrive at his door with news that his estranged daughter has died, leaving her own mixed-race daughter. Harry, accompanied by the grandchild he never knew he had, embarks on a journey to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 194 members
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  • Births, Marriages And Deaths on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Mark Strong,  Maggie O'Neill
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Best mates since school and still inseparable, Alan and Graham decide to give Terry a stag night to remeber. But a late night visit to their former headmaster results in a tragic accident and they quickly discover that life will never be the same again.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,265 member
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  • Holding On (3 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: David Morrissey,  Phil Daniels,  Lesley Manville
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Winner of the BAFTA and RTS awards in 1997, Holding On is Tony Marchant's uncompromising drama of struggle and survival in 1990s London. This is London, claustrophobic, frightening and exhiliarting. Its citizens - trying to thrive or just survive the crime-infested, decaying, paranoied capital - ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 703 members
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  • Inspector Morse - S05 E01 - Second Time ... (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Deputy Assistant Commissioner Charlie Hillian is killed on the night of his retirement party. Hillian was at one time a senior officer in Oxford and was in fact Morse's boss. He was also writing a book about his most memorable cases, including one about the unsolved death of an 8-year-old girl some ..read more »
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Adrian Shergold facts

5 most recent films

He Kills Coppers - 3.0 stars
Clapham Junction - 3.0 stars
Persuasion - 3.5 stars
Persuasion - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Peirpoint - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Early Doors - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Pierrepoint - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Inspector Morse - Second Time Around - 3.5 stars
Pierrepoint -The Last Hangman - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse - Happy Families - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Clapham Junction - 3.0 stars
Heat Of The Sun - 3.5 stars
Peirpoint - 4.0 stars
She's Gone - 3.0 stars
He Kills Coppers - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Thaw - 14 times - show films
Kevin Whately - 13 times - show films
James Grout - 5 times - show films
Samantha Bond - 4 times - show films
Trevor Eve - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Madden - 5 times - show films
Danny Boyle - 3 times - show films
Paul Seed - 3 times - show films
Diarmuid Lawrence - 3 times - show films
Diarmuid Lawrence - 1 times - show films