Barbara Leigh-Hunt

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Billy Elliot (2000)

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County Durham England 1984 the miners strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green starting a class war with the lower classes suffering caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot who after leaving his boxing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Daldry
CAST:  Jamie Bell  •  Julie Walters  •  Jean Heywood  •  Jamie Draven

County Durham England 1984 the miners strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green starting a class war with the lower classes suffering caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot who after leaving his boxing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Daldry
CAST:  Jamie Bell  •  Julie Walters  •  Jean Heywood  •  Jamie Draven

Frenzy (1972)

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After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Jon Finch  •  Alec McCowen  •  Barry Foster  •  Billie Whitelaw

After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Jon Finch  •  Alec McCowen  •  Barry Foster  •  Billie Whitelaw

The Plague Dogs (1982)

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Rosen
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Christopher Benjamin  •  James Bolam  •  Nigel Hawthorne

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Rosen
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Christopher Benjamin  •  James Bolam  •  Nigel Hawthorne

Vanity Fair (2004)

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Reese Witherspoon  •  James Purefoy  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Romola Garai

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Reese Witherspoon  •  James Purefoy  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Romola Garai

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Keith Michell  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Jane Asher

1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Keith Michell  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Jane Asher

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bierman
CAST:  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Liz Smith  •  Julian Wadham  •  Jim Carter

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bierman
CAST:  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Liz Smith  •  Julian Wadham  •  Jim Carter

Bequest to the Nation (1973)

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Peter Finch  •  Michael Jayston  •  Anthony Quayle

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Peter Finch  •  Michael Jayston  •  Anthony Quayle

Paper Mask (1990)

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Morahan
CAST:  Paul McGann  •  Amanda Donohoe  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Jimmy Yuill

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Morahan
CAST:  Paul McGann  •  Amanda Donohoe  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Jimmy Yuill

Tumbledown (1988)

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Paul Rhys  •  David Calder  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Paul Rhys  •  David Calder  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Longitude (2000)

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  Peter Cartwright  •  Michael Gambon  •  Jonathan Coy

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  Peter Cartwright  •  Michael Gambon  •  Jonathan Coy

Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giles Foster
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Alan Bates  •  Juliet Aubrey  •  Eileen Atkins

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giles Foster
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Alan Bates  •  Juliet Aubrey  •  Eileen Atkins

Oh Heavenly Dog (1980)

Browning is a PI with a bad cold, who's sent to investigate a case by a mysterious client. He stumbles across the body of a young woman and is stabbed to death, and when he wakes up in heaven, they tell him he's "marginal material," and they can only decide on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Camp
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Benjean  •  Jane Seymour  •  Omar Sharif

Browning is a PI with a bad cold, who's sent to investigate a case by a mysterious client. He stumbles across the body of a young woman and is stabbed to death, and when he wakes up in heaven, they tell him he's "marginal material," and they can only decide on his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Camp
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Benjean  •  Jane Seymour  •  Omar Sharif

The Martins (2001)

Out of work, scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family - long suffering wife accident prone son and pregnant teenage daughter in a shabby house next door to a giant shopping center in the London suburbs. The Martins are the family from hell! ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Grounds
CAST:  Kathy Burke  •  Lee Evans  •  Linda Bassett  •  Eric Byrne

Out of work, scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family - long suffering wife accident prone son and pregnant teenage daughter in a shabby house next door to a giant shopping center in the London suburbs. The Martins are the family from hell! ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Grounds
CAST:  Kathy Burke  •  Lee Evans  •  Linda Bassett  •  Eric Byrne

Who Killed Lamb? (1974)

A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cunliffe
CAST:  Stanley Baker  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt  •  Denis Lill  •  David Swift

A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cunliffe
CAST:  Stanley Baker  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt  •  Denis Lill  •  David Swift

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002)

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary Downes
CAST:  Maureen Lipman  •  Harriet Walter  •  John Sessions  •  James Wilby

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary Downes
CAST:  Maureen Lipman  •  Harriet Walter  •  John Sessions  •  James Wilby

Anna Lee: Headcase (1993)

A bright, pretty and determined young girl named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Bucksey
CAST:  Imogen Stubbs  •  Alan Howard  •  Michael Bryant  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

A bright, pretty and determined young girl named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Bucksey
CAST:  Imogen Stubbs  •  Alan Howard  •  Michael Bryant  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

The Absence of War (1995)

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  John Thaw  •  Richard Pasco  •  Nicholas Day  •  Michael Byrne

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  John Thaw  •  Richard Pasco  •  Nicholas Day  •  Michael Byrne

One Fine Day (1979)

Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Dave Allen  •  Robert Stephens  •  Dominic Guard  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Dave Allen  •  Robert Stephens  •  Dominic Guard  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1979)

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977. The play criticizes the Soviet practice of treating political dissidence as a form of mental illness. Its title derives from the popular ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Trevor Nunn  •  Roger Bamford
CAST:  Ian McKellen  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Frank Windsor  •  John Woodvine

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977. The play criticizes the Soviet practice of treating political dissidence as a form of mental illness. Its title derives from the popular ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Trevor Nunn  •  Roger Bamford
CAST:  Ian McKellen  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Frank Windsor  •  John Woodvine

The Emergency Channel (1973)

Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Knights
CAST:  Richard Pasco  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt  •  Dinah Stabb  •  Nigel Hawthorne

Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Knights
CAST:  Richard Pasco  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt  •  Dinah Stabb  •  Nigel Hawthorne
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