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David Giles - filmography


  • Hannay Series 1 And 2 (4 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Dominique Barnes,  Charles Gray,  Robert Powell
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 13 episodes from the television drama series, following the exploits of Major Richard Hannay (Robert Powell) - spy, soldier and adventurer - as he helps save the British Empire in the days before the First World War. In these episodes, Hannay finds himself charged with murder and suspects he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 258 members
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  • The Darling Buds of May - S02 E01 - Oh t... (1992)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Mariette gives birth to a boy, John. Sister Primrose takes a shine to the young parson organising the christening. Pop buys junk from Mrs Meredith and is accused of swindling her by her nephew. When Pop discovers it's the nephew he makes him pay over the odds for a vase, giving his aunt the takings.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 38 members
  • The Darling Buds of May - S01 E03 - A Br... (1991)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Larkins go to Brittany for a holiday, but the food is awful and the weather bad. Things improve when the pension owner sees the crest on Pop's car and assume they're nobility giving them the royal treatment. Charley and Mariette fight when she cavorts on the beach and he gets drunk on the railway.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 47 members
  • The Darling Buds of May - S01 E04 - Chri... (1991)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    It's Christmas time and Ma is baking mince pies while Mariette is pregnant. When Pop is out delivering Christmas trees, he bumps into an escaped convict. The Larkins help him see his family provided he goes back to prison afterwards. And he's Santa Claus for the party at the village hall!
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 67 members
  • Forever Green - Series 1 - Complete (1989)
    Starring: Pauline Collins,  John Alderton
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jack and Harriet Boult, played by real life couple John Alderton and Pauline Collins, escape the rat race of city life by moving from London to the countryside. But these erstwhile urban socialites find it difficult to adjust to the quirks of village life and the eccentricities of their neighbours. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 9 members
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  • Mansfield Park - BBC (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Nicholas Farrell,  Bernard Hepton,  Sylvestra Le Touzel
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    1986 BBC adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen. When Fanny Price (Sylvestra Le Touzel) is sent to live with her rich aunt and cousins by her debt-ridden mother, she struggles to adjust to her new aristocratic lifestyle. Her 'superior' relatives constantly ignore her, and only her cousin, Edmund (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 853 members
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  • Richard II on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Derek Jacobi,  John Gielgud,  Jon Finch
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Richard II, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 208 members
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  • The Barchester Chronicles (2 discs) on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Nigel Hawthorne,  Alan Rickman,  Susan Hampshire
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Seven part adaptation of two Trollope novels set in the fictitious Victorian town of Barchester. Reverend Septimus Harding commands the respect of his parish, and with his son-in-law installed as the Archdeacon, intends to keep religious authority within the family. Zealous reformer John Bold comes ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,601 member
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  • Henry V on DVD (1979)
    Starring: David Gwillim,  Keith Drinkel,  Bryan Pringle
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    William Shakespeare's repute spans the world - the beauty of his language, his profound insight into human nature and the complexity and integrity of his characters, confirming him as the greatest ever playwright. These BBC adaptations, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilise the best ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 120 members
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  • Henry IV - Part Two on DVD (1979)
    Starring: David Gwillim,  Michele Dotrice,  Jon Finch
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Prince Hal's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 140 members
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  • Henry IV - Part One on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Anthony Quayle,  Jon Finch,  David Gwillim
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. These are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 188 members
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  • Mayor Of Casterbridge (2 discs) on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Anna Massey,  Anne Stallybrass
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A 1978 BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel. Eighteen years after selling his wife, Michael Henchard (Alan Bates) is set to become mayor of Casterbridge. When his wife and her daughter return, they set a disastrous chain of events in motion.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 473 members
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  • The Strauss Family (3 discs) on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Derek Jacobi,  Stuart Wilson,  Jane Seymour
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lavish eight-part ITV drama series made in 1972, following Vienna's Strauss family through most of the 19th century. The saga spans 85 years and focuses primarily on the waltz kings of the day, composers Johann Strauss the father and Johann Strauss the son. Derek Jacobi, Jane Seymour and Stuart ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 102 members
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  • The First Churchills - Part 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1969)
    Starring: John Neville,  Susan Hampshire,  John Standing
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The first part of the late Sixties television dramatisation of the lives of John Churchill (John Neville), the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah (Susan Hampshire). The episodes included are: 'The Chaste Nymph', 'Bridals', 'Plot Counter Plot', 'The Lion and the Unicorn', 'Rebellion' and '..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 225 members
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  • The First Churchills - Part 2 (2 discs) (1969)
    Starring: John Neville,  Richard Pearson,  Susan Hampshire
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The second part of the late Sixties television dramatisation of the lives of John Churchill (John Neville), the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah (Susan Hampshire). The episodes included are: 'Trial of Strength', 'The Queen Commands', 'Reconciliation', 'A Famous Victory', 'Breaking the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 137 members
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  • Vanity Fair - BBC (2 discs) on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Deddie Davies,  Susan Hampshire,  Robert Flemyng
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Susan Hampshire stars as Becky Sharp in this classic adaptation of W.M. Thackeray's novel 'Vanity Fair'. Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave the comfortable surroundings of Miss Pinkerton's Boarding School for the wider world in search of fortune, love and marriage.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 178 members
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  • The Forsyte Saga (7 discs) on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Eric Porter,  Fay Compton,  John Welsh
    Director: David Giles,  James Cellan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This celebrated BBC adaptation of John Galsworthy's remarkable work, chronicling nearly fifty turbulent years of a wealthy English family was first transmitted on BBC television to great acclaim, and is now captured forever on BBC DVD.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 638 members
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