Stephen Frears
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Comic Strip Presents: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door / Dirty Movie  
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson 
- Two of the darker "Comic Strip" TV Comedies, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.
 
Follyfoot (TV Series) (1971) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears, Michael Apted, Vic Hughes
Feat. Gillian Blake, Desmond Llewelyn 
- Young Dora (Gillian Blake), discarded in the country by her globe–trotting parents, takes to caring for the neglected horses of Follyfoot Farm,…
 
Gumshoe (1972) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay… 
- Paying sly homage to Bogart, Chandler and Hammett, this sly detective spoof is the directorial debut of prolific British director Stephen Frears.…
 
Alan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992)
 
- Dir. Stuart Burge, John Schlesinger, Richard Eyre
Feat. James Fox, Alan Bates, Prunella Scales… 
- An exceptional anthology of previously unreleased BBC productions from revered playwright Alan Bennett.
Collection includes:
– A Day Out…
 
Six Plays by Alan Bennett (1978-1979) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears, Lindsay Anderson, Giles Foster
Feat. Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge… 
- Six classic plays by Oscar nominated playwright Alan Bennett, produced by Stephen Frears, who also directs four of the six.
ME! I'M AFRAID OF…
 
Going Gently (1981) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Norman Wisdom, Fulton MacKay 
- Quality BBC television drama about a group of terminally ill patients on a cancer ward.
 
Walter / Walter & June (Loving Walter) (1982-1983) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Keith Allen… 
- A pair of grim television movies based on the novels by David Cook, starring Ian McKellen as a man with a learning disability who is condemned by…
 
Saigon - Year of the Cat (1983) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, E.G. Marshall… 
- Potent romantic drama set during the South Vietnam collapse with Dench as a depressed loan officer who falls into the arms of CIA interrogator…
 
Hit, The (1984) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth 
- Stool pigeon Terence Stamp gives a pair of hired killers a run for their money when they discover his 10–year hideaway. 
 
Comic Strip Presents: The Bullshitters / The Yob (1984)
 
- Dir. Ian Emes, Stephen Frears
Feat. Keith Allen, Pete Richardson, Robbie Coltrane… 
- THE BULLSHITTERS  A cute parody of the TV cop show “The Professionals” with Keith Allen and Pete Richardson as sexy, maverick detectives…