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Sydney Lotterby - filmography


  • As Time Goes By - Series 3 (3 discs) on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lionel is an ex-army officer who returns to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunites him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Can their love be rekindled? Features all the episodes from the show's third series.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 697 members
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 1 & 2 (3 discs) on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Geoffrey Palmer,  Judi Dench
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When Jean Pargetter (Judi Dench), owner of Type for You secretarial agency, sends her daughter out to dinner with an unsatisfied client, she has no idea that a romance that started when she 19 years old, will be rekindled. The prickly client is Lionel Hardcastle (Geoffrey Palmer), her sweetheart ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 914 members
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  • May To December - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Anton Rogers,  Eve Matheson,  Clive Francis
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features the complete six episodes from the first series of the popular television comedy, which follows the fortunes of solicitor Alec Callender who undergoes a dramatic change in life when he meets Zoe Angel. Episodes include: 'It Never Entered My Mind', 'Fools Rush In', 'Send In The Clowns', '..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 317 members
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  • Open All Hours - Series 3 on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  David Jason,  Lynda Baron
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The complete third series of the comedy series based around a small shop in Doncaster owned by the penny pinching Arkwright. Features the episodes 'An Errand Boy By The Ear', 'The Ginger Men', 'Duet For Solo Bicycle', 'How To Ignite Your Errand Boy', 'The Man From Down Under' and 'The Cocoa Tin Lid'.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,937 members
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  • Yes Minister - Series 1 on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Paul Eddington,  Nigel Hawthorne,  Derek Fowlds
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In the 1980s sitcom, YES MINISTER, James Hacker (Paul Eddington) is the new Minister for Administrative Affairs. However, Hacker meets continual opposition in the form of the tenacious Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), Permanent Secretary of the Department. And stuck in the middle is private ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 4,834 members
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  • Butterflies - Series 1 (2 discs) (1978)
    Starring: Geoffrey Palmer,  Wendy Craig,  Nicholas Lyndhurst
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Rita is married to a dentist and she has two teenage boys. She yearns for excitement to liven up her mundane existence and discovers this in the form of Leonard, a businessman she meets one day. Their friendship causes her concern and her life is easily muddled. From the classic television comedy ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 695 members
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  • Porridge - Series 1 on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  Fulton MacKay,  Brian Wilde
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This collection presents the entire first series of the 1970s classic comedy PORRIDGE, which stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale (Kate's father) as prison inmates. Lennie Godber (Beckinsale) is the new kid on the block, and, luckily, tough guy Norman Stanley "Fletch" Fletcher (Barker) is ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 4,727 members
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 9 on DVD
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Includes all four episodes of the ninth and final series of the ever popular sitcom, plus a two-part retrospective 'You Must Remember This'. Jean (Dame Judi Dench) and Lionel (Geoffrey Palmer) contine to rekindle the heat of old flames.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 356 members
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  • The Magnificent Evans on DVD
    Starring: Ronnie Barker,  Sharon Morgan,  Myfanwy Talog
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Featuring the 'Genius, Photographer And Man' Of Letters' Plantagenet Evans who lives in a Welsh village called Llantisiliant and deals in antiques. His Fiancee Rachel works along side him as his assistant and keeps him from harm when his wandering hands wander just that little too far...
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 345 members
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 7 on DVD
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lionel and Jean were lovers many years ago at the time of the Korean War. They are separated by a misunderstanding but meet again by chance when Lionel needs a secretary from Jean's firm. He takes her daughter, Judy, out on a date and discovers she is Jean's daughter. The two reunite and fall back ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 430 members
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 8 on DVD
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lionel is an ex-army officer who has returned to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunited him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Features episodes from the eighth series of the television comedy.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 398 members
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 4 (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lionel is an ex-army officer who returns to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunites him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Can their love be rekindled? Features episodes from the fourth series of the television comedy.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 632 members
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Sydney Lotterby facts

5 most recent films

As Time Goes By - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
As Time Goes By - Series 1 & 2 - 3.5 stars
May To December - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Yes Prime Minister - S01 E05 - A Real Partnership - 3 stars
Yes Prime Minister - S01 E04 - The Key - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Yes, Prime Minister - The Complete Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Porridge - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Yes Minister - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Open All Hours - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
As Time Goes By - Series 9 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Magnificent Evans - 3.0 stars
Butterflies - Series 1 - 3.0 stars
As Time Goes By - The Reunion Specials - 3.5 stars
Butterflies - Series 4 - 3.5 stars
As Time Goes By - Series 8 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ronnie Barker - 39 times - show films
Fulton MacKay - 37 times - show films
Brian Wilde - 37 times - show films
Richard Beckinsale - 37 times - show films
Geoffrey Palmer - 22 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Harold Snoad - 12 times - show films