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Francesca Annis

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MacbethMacbeth (1971) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jon Finch, Francesca Annis
This version of violent tragedy benefits from Polanski's fine sense of storytelling. Bloodythirsty and geniunely eerie, it comes…
Edward VII (TV Series)Edward VII (TV Series) (1975)
Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Timothy West, John Gielgud, Robert Hardy
Superb period drama covers the complicated 'Royal' Edward VII, who was almost an old man by the time he finally became King of England in the early…
Lillie (TV Mini-Series)Lillie (TV Mini-Series) (1978)
Dir. Tony Wharmby, Christopher Hodson, John Gorrie
Feat. Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Anton Rodgers
Fascinating costume drama about the life and loves of scandalous British actress Lillie Langtry, who's numerous admirers included the Prince Of Wales…
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
Dir. Tony Wharmby
Feat. James Warwick, Francesca Annis, John Gielgud
A classic Agatha Christie TV adaptation in which a vicar sets out to discover the meaning behind "Why didn't they ask Evans?", the last words spoken…
KrullKrull (1983)
Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Ken Marshall, Francesca Annis
Well–remembered though mostly incoherent grafting of fantasy and sci–fi elements, in which laser–beams jostle with monsters, Celtic…
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series)Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
I'll Take Manhattan (Mini-Series)I'll Take Manhattan (Mini-Series) (1987)
Dir. Douglas Hickox, Richard Michaels
Feat. Valerie Bertinelli, Barry Bostwick, Francesca Annis
When Maxi Amberville's father is found at the bottom of a cliff, she and her siblings must do battle to save his magazine empire from their…
Gravy Train, The (TV Mini-series)Gravy Train, The (TV Mini-series) (1990-1991)
Dir. David Tucker, James Cellan Jones
Feat. Ian Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Francesca Annis
Intriguing political TV Mini–series based around a scheming Director of European Economic Community and his naive assistant travelling across…
Absolute HellAbsolute Hell (1991)
Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Judi Dench, Francesca Annis
Classic BBC television production based on Rodney Ackland's book of the same name: a black, bleak comedy about about a sex–addicted , boozy…
Debt Collector, TheDebt Collector, The (1999)
Dir. Anthony Neilson
Feat. Billy Connolly, Francesca Annis
Billy Connelly plays it straight as former hard man who finds latter day respectability as a novelist and sculptor, but the resentful, dishonoured…
Wives and DaughtersWives and Daughters (2000)
Dir. Nicholas Renton
Feat. Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Michael Gambon
A BBC adaptation of the 19th century writer Elizabeth Gaskell's neglected masterpiece, in which the daughter of a widower is thwarted by her new…
Marple (TV Series) [Geraldine McEwan]Marple (TV Series) [Geraldine McEwan] (2004-2005)
Dir. Andy Wilson, John Strickland, Charles Palmer
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Derek Jacobi, John Hannah
Four episodes from the most recent adaptation of Agatha Christie's novels set around her indefatiguable elderly heroine and amateur detective Miss…
Cranford (TV Mini-series)Cranford (TV Mini-series) (2007) Recommended
Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister
Outstanding, atypical British costumer with Dame Judy and other bonneted Victorian women chewing the fat in 1840s Cheshire, England. Based on…
Return to Cranford (TV Mini-Series)Return to Cranford (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie
Winning follow–up to the acclaimed drama is set one year after the marriage of Dr. Harrison and Sophy Hutton. There's some exciting additions…
Little House, The Little House, The (2010)
Feat. Francesca Annis, Rupert Evans, Jonathan Aris
Tense little drama with Griffiths as a reluctant mum who finds herself in a battle of wills with her new mother–in–law. Francesca Annis…
Home Fires (TV Series)Home Fires (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Francesca Annis, Samantha Bond
Quality BBC drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.

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