
Eric Richard
Actor · b. 1940
Movies22
Movie7.5WarActionThe story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Dunkirk
2017 · 17K votes
Movie5.8HorrorMysteryDamien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.
The Final Conflict
1981 · 670 votes
Movie5.9DramaCrimeA parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.
London Boulevard
2010 · 836 votes
Movie7.3FamilyDramaYoung Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · 323 votes
Movie5.7HorrorThrillerInternational terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck, however, when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and terrorizes both them and their hostages.
Venom
1981 · 93 votes
Movie6.5HorrorCrimeWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983 · 49 votes
Movie6.7DramaWhen the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · 106 votes
Movie6.4DramaAmy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
Little Dorrit
1987 · 14 votes
Movie6.0DramaAfter a series of unusual encounters, it is obvious to those that know her best, that Kathy Deane is not herself. Then comes a devastating diagnosis, and she leaves the safety of her marriage to Tim for a man she barely knows. The mental illness causes her to behave irrationally and affects her capacity for empathy. She becomes aware that she is unaware. Nick seems wild and free, and is the change that Kathy needs. He takes her to his childhood home, around the marshes in north Kent. It's here that she is able to reconnect with herself and find some hope for the future.
Second Spring
2020 · 1 votes
Movie6.8ComedyRomanceSummer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982 · 24 votes
Movie7.0TV MovieCrime16-year-old skinhead Trevor has no regard for authority, and would rather spend his time stealing cars than sitting in the detention centre to which he is sent. Social worker Harry Parker tries his best, but Trevor is only interested when there's something in it for him. The centre authorities try to conform Trevor to the norms of society, but he takes no notice, and would rather speak in a torrent of four-letter words and racial abuse.
Made in Britain
1983 · 151 votes
MovieSet in the times of the coronavirus, an isolated and lonely man finds himself reconnected with family, his community and an enthusiasm for life… but for how long?
Reconnected
2020
Movie3.0DramaA narrative of addiction and redemption is weaved out of the lives of those attending AA meetings, the turbulent life of several young adults and the relationships Aaron, a rent boy, and his clients share.
Forever Tomorrow
2016 · 2 votes
Movie6.3DramaTV MovieThree postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.
Home Sweet Home
1982 · 3 votes
Movie4.9ActionTV MovieAn American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up with a private investigator-in-training to try and recover them.
Bejewelled
1991 · 5 votes
Movie5.8ComedyA farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 500 geese 100 miles to market at Christmastime.
Laughterhouse
1984 · 4 votes
Movie6.7DramaTV MovieA down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
Number One
1985 · 3 votes
Movie7.4DramaA lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.
Stutterer
2015 · 96 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryWriter and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · 1 votes
Movie9.0TV MovieDramaMr Mockler and Mrs Acland have never met, but gradually Mrs Acland 's ghosts begin to take over Mr Mockler 's life.
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
1975 · 1 votes
Movie10.0CrimeDramaWPC Ackland finds herself the target of an assassin's bullet.
The Bill: Target
1996 · 1 votes
MovieDramaTV MovieWhen Wayne has to go and live with his grandfather Albert, they both initially resent the arrangement. Hostilities soften when they discover some common interests.
Wayne and Albert
1983
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TV6.8CrimeDramaThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
The Bill
1984 · 47 votes
TV6.6DramaPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Play for Today
1970 · 10 votes
TV7.0DramaA one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse
1974 · 1 votes
TV7.6Action & AdventureDramaAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
Shōgun
1980 · 248 votes
TV8.0DocumentaryMotoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.
Top Gear
1978 · 124 votes
TV6.8Action & AdventureMysteryThis ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with wide-ranging themes. Some were romances, some had supernatural themes and a couple were adventures. The common link was that all came from the talented pen of Agatha Christie, all were entertaining and each drama was carefully crafted and well cast with many of Britain's best known actors of the time represented.
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982 · 18 votes
TV8.2Action & AdventureFamilyThe Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
The Storyteller
1988 · 243 votes
TV7.7CrimeDramaShoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.
Shoestring
1979 · 6 votes
TV7.9ComedyOpen All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.
Open All Hours
1976 · 61 votes
TV7.3KidsComedyThe Basil Brush Show was a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox, Basil Brush. It was produced for six series by The Foundation, airing on CBBC from 4 October 2002 to 21 December 2007. The show is a spin-off from the original 1960's/1970's BBC television series, but without any of the original cast.
The Basil Brush Show
2002 · 18 votes
- TV5.5DramaSoap
Residents of a sheltered accommodation block run by a warden go about their business.
Together
1980 · 2 votes
TV5.0DramaMitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.
Mitch
1984 · 2 votes
TV8.0DramaFamilyA group of 16-year-olds—Sean, Sammy, Roger, Dikey, Gerry, and Cathy—graduate from Meadowcroft Comprehensive School and are now out in the world looking for work.
Going Out
1981 · 2 votes
TV7.3ComedyDramaThe Alan Clark Diaries is a television serial dramatising the colourful diaries of controversial British Conservative politician Alan Clark. The six-episode series was transmissioned from 15 January to 19 February 2004 on BBC Four.
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004 · 3 votes