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Colin Welland

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Colin Welland - what members say

Kes review by A customer from North London

Classic British Northern Grit - sets the bar 5 June 2004
...of school teachers from two ends of spectrum - comically egositical PE bully vs Colin Welland's supportive and intuitive educator....

Colin Welland - filmography

- our price: £14.93
Sweeney Double Feature, The - Sweeney 1 ... on DVD (1976)
Starring: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster
Director: David Wickes, Tom Clegg
Certificate:
Much imitated but rarely bettered, this disc features both spin off movies from the hugely popular 1970s detective series THE SWEENEY. In the first film, DI Regan (John Thaw) is asked to investigate the mysterious death of a friend's girlfriend. But as he is suspended, he can't ask his partner, DC ..read more »

Rate this: 74% from 302 members

- our price: £6.93
Sweeney! (2 discs) on DVD (1976)
Starring: Dennis Waterman, Diane Keen, Ian Bannen
Director: David Wickes
Certificate:
A movie spin-off from the popular TV series 'Sweeney.' Regan and Carter are called in to investigate political blackmail.

Rate this: 63% from 53 members

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Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version (1971)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Certificate:
In Sam Peckinpah's brutal thriller, a quiet, peace-loving American (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British-born wife (Susan George) to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed by the locals. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.

Rate this: 62% from 14 members

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Kes on DVD (1969)
Starring: Colin Welland, David Bradley, Brian Glover
Director: Ken Loach
Certificate:
Rebellious Billy Casper (David Bradley) finds that training a kestrel takes his mind off his troubled home life and the bullies at school. Set in the Northern English town of Barnsley, the film is a gritty slice of working-class life in the ‘60s. Based on the Barry Hines novel A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE,..read more »

Rate this: 74% from 2,458 members

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Helen Mirren At The BBC (6 discs) on DVD
Starring: Helen Mirren, Stanley Baker, Brian Cox
Certificate:
Set Comprises: 1. The Changling (1974) 2. The Apple Cart (1975) 3. Caesar & Claretta (1975) 4. The Philanthropist (1975) 5. The Little Minister (1975) 6. The Country Wife (1977) 7. Blue Remembered Hill (1979) 8. Mrd Reinhardt (1981) 9. A Midsummer Nights Dream (1981) 10. Cymbeline (1983) ..read more »

Rate this: 65% from 52 members

Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills on DVD
Starring: Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis, Colin Welland
Director: Brian Gibson
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Dennis Potter's play 'Blue Remembered Hills' is set in the Forest of Dean. One summer's day in 1943, seven children go out to play. Adult actors portray the parts of all the seven children.

Rate this: 72% from 226 members

Colin Welland facts

5 most recent films

Sweeney Double Feature, The - Sweeney 1 / Sweeney 2 - 3.5 stars
Sweeney! - 3.0 stars
Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Kes - 3.5 stars
Helen Mirren At The BBC - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sweeney Double Feature, The - Sweeney 1 / Sweeney 2 - 3.5 stars
Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills - 3.5 stars
Kes - 3.5 stars
Helen Mirren At The BBC - 3.5 stars
Sweeney! - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Sweeney! - 3.0 stars
Helen Mirren At The BBC - 3.5 stars
Kes - 3.5 stars
Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Thaw - 2 times - show films
Dennis Waterman - 2 times - show films
Barry Foster - 2 times - show films
Michael Elphick - 2 times - show films
Helen Mirren - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Wickes - 2 times - show films
Brian Gibson - 1 times - show films
Tom Clegg - 1 times - show films
Sam Peckinpah - 1 times - show films
Ken Loach - 1 times - show films