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Inspector Morse - The Daughters of Cain on DVD (1996)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout
Director: Herbert Wise, John Madden
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Felix McClure, an Oxford University professor, is stabbed to death in his college study. Not only was he an expert in his field but he was one of the University's key fund-raisers. The investigation focuses on Brooks, a one-time cleaner for McClure who quit his college job abruptly after a student, ..read more »

73% from 944 members

Breaking the Code (1996)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Blake Ritson, Alun Armstrong
Director: Herbert Wise
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A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time ..read more »

57% from 7 members
Currently unavailable

Inspector Morse - S08 E02 - The Daughter... (1996)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout
Director: Herbert Wise, John Madden
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When don Felix McClure is found stabbed to death, Morse suspects Brooks - his college servant, who left his job abruptly after a student committed suicide. The don, student and his roommate were all in love with Brooks' daughter. But when Brooks is found dead it seems his wife is hiding a secret.

73% from 56 members

A Touch Of Frost - Series 3 (4 discs) on DVD (1995)
Starring: Bruce Alexander, David Jason
Director: Roger Bamford, Herbert Wise
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The entire third series of the popular television police drama starring David Jason as Detective Inspector Jack Frost. The episodes are: 'Appropriate Adults', 'Quarry', 'Dead Male One' and 'No Refuge'.

73% from 872 members

Cadfael - The Complete Series 2 on DVD (1995)
Starring: Ian Mcneice, Derek Jacobi, Mark Charnock
Director: Malcolm Mowbray, Rick Stroud, Herbert Wise
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All three episodes of the second season of this drama series starring Derek Jacobi as the medieval sleuth. In 'The Virgin in the Ice' Cadfael has to prove the innocence of his novice, Oswin, who is accused of murdering a nun after he is found wandering deliriously. In 'The Devil's Novice' Cadfael ..read more »

75% from 970 members

Class Act - The Complete Series (1994)
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Neil McCaul, John Bowe
Director: Jane Howell, James Cellan Jones, Herbert Wise
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All 14 episodes of the 1990s comedy drama series produced by Verity Lambert and starring Joanna Lumley. Self-centred aristocrat Kate Swift (Lumley) is jailed for six months after taking the rap for her scamster husband. On her release, she enlists the dubious services of her father Sir Horace ..read more »

40% from 6 members
Not available for rental

Inspector Morse - S07 E03 - Twilight of ... (1993)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Samantha Bond
Director: Herbert Wise
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An unpleasant but very rich business man and a world-famous opera singer are to receive honorary degrees. When a sniper opens fire the diva is shot. But was she the intended target? Morse gets to combine his love of music with his job on this case.

74% from 46 members

Inspector Morse - Twilight of the Gods on DVD (1993)
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Allan Corduner, John Thaw
Director: Stephen Whittaker, Herbert Wise
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Morse's police work and love of music come together as he investigates the murder of a journalist who was writing about college benefactor Andrew Baydon, and is witness when opera singer Gwladys Probert is shot while standing next to Baydon at the annual procession.

72% from 939 members

Inspector Morse - The Ghost in the Machine on DVD (1989)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Amanda Hillwood
Director: Peter Duffell, Herbert Wise
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The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provide a new puzzle for Morse to solve. Assisted by DS Lewis, Morse interviews everyone at Hanbury House and it is in the course of searching the grounds that he finds Sir Julius' body, appropriately ..read more »

73% from 989 members

Inspector Morse - S03 E01 - Ghost in the... (1989)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Amanda Hillwood
Director: Herbert Wise
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Morse investigates the theft of Sir Julius Hanbury's erotic paintings then finds his dead body. He was bitter rivals in an election as Master at one of the colleges. When a friend of the au pair is killed in a car accident, Morse concludes that that he too was murdered and uncovers a web of ..read more »

74% from 67 members

Inspector Morse - Last Bus to Woodstock on DVD (1988)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Peter Woodthorpe
Director: Peter Duffell, Herbert Wise
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Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of a young woman, Sylvia Kane, found dead in a pub car park. She was last seen at a bus stop asking for the times of the bus to Woodstock and was to meet as friend at the same pub where she was found. She had accepted a lift from someone in a red car and the ..read more »

74% from 1,129 member

Skokie on DVD (1981)
Starring: John Rubinstein, Danny Kaye
Director: Herbert Wise
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54% from 84 members

Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete Secon... (2 discs) (1980)
Starring: Susan George, John Houseman, Timothy West
Director: Alastair Reid, Claude Whatham, Herbert Wise
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All 16 stand-alone episodes from the second series of the macabre television drama, based on the stories by popular author Roald Dahl. In this series, a bee-keeper begins to feed his ill daughter on royal jelly, with horrifying results, a city businessman is still tortured by memories of being ..read more »

69% from 210 members
Not available for rental

Julius Caesar on DVD (1979)
Starring: Richard Pasco, Keith Michell, David Collings
Director: Herbert Wise
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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. The crowds may ..read more »

63% from 164 members

The Norman Conquests (3 discs) (1978)
Starring: Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, David Troughton
Director: Alan Ayckbourn, Herbert Wise
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An adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's comic trilogy of the same name. Three interconnecting plays recount the events of a single weekend. Annie (Penelope Wilton) lives with her invalid mother. Her brother Reg (Richard Briers) and his anally retentive wife Sarah (Penelope Keith) arrive to take care of ..read more »

62% from 412 members
Currently unavailable

Rumpole Of The Bailey - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1978)
Starring: Leo McKern
Director: Gr, Graham Evans, Herbert Wise
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The entire first series of the popular television show. In 'Rumpole and the Younger Generation' Rumpole (Leo McKern) gets involved when a teenger is accused of robbery. 'Rumpole and the Alternative Society' sees Rumpole work for the defence in a drug case. 'Rumpole and the Honourable Member' has a ..read more »

69% from 684 members

I Claudius (5 discs) on DVD (1976)
Starring: David Robb, Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips
Director: Herbert Wise
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All four parts of this BBC drama series which told the tales of the Roman Emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius, as the dealings of the Roman political scene are revealed - amidst madness, deception and subterfuge.

78% from 3,061 members

The Lovers (1973)
Starring: Richard Beckinsale, Paula Wilcox, Susan Littler
Director: Herbert Wise
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Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love - or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn't live in Manchester in 1972...

45% from 2 members
Not available for rental

PD James' Adam Dagliesh Chronicles (16 discs)
Starring: Roy Marsden
Director: John Davies, John Gorrie, Herbert Wise
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All ten cases of PD James' Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles starring Roy Marsden in the title role collected and uncut. Dalgliesh, who holds the high position of Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard in London, is an intensely cerebral and private person. He writes poetry, a ..read more »

70% from 68 members
Not available for rental

Herbert Wise facts

5 most recent films

Inspector Morse - The Daughters of Cain - 3.5 stars
Breaking the Code - 3.0 stars
Inspector Morse - S08 E02 - The Daughters of Cain - 3.5 stars
A Touch Of Frost - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
Cadfael - The Complete Series 2 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

I Claudius - 4.0 stars
Cadfael - The Complete Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Inspector Morse - Last Bus to Woodstock - 3.5 stars
A Touch Of Frost - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse - The Ghost in the Machine - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Class Act - The Complete Series - 2.0 stars
The Lovers - 2.5 stars
Breaking the Code - 3.0 stars
Skokie - 2.5 stars
The Norman Conquests - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Roy Marsden - 17 times - show films
Kevin Whately - 10 times - show films
John Thaw - 10 times - show films
Derek Jacobi - 8 times - show films
Fiona Walker - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Gorrie - 17 times - show films
John Davies - 17 times - show films
Roger Bamford - 5 times - show films
Claude Whatham - 3 times - show films
John Madden - 3 times - show films

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