Manufacturer: ITV DVDStarring: Helen Mirren, Danny Dyer, Robert Glenister, Lesley Sharp, James LaurensonDirected By: Christopher Menaul, Philip Martin, John Strickland, David Drury, John Madden
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: Robert Lindsay, Zoe Wanamaker
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: Robert Lindsay, Zoe Wanamaker, Kris Marshall, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Gabriel Thomson
The BBC's lavish, glowingly designed adapation of Mervyn Peake's eccentrically brilliant novels Titus Groan and Gormenghast is a triumph of casting. Ian Richardson's Lear-like depiction of the mad earl of a remote, vast, ritual-obsessed building is matched by the brutal pragmatism of Celia Imrie as his wife, the synchronised madness of Zoe Wanamaker and Lynsey Baxter as his twin ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: Celia Imrie, John Sessions, Warren Mitchell, George Yiasoumi, Ian RichardsonDirected By: Andy Wilson
Like a fine gourmet meal, the BBC's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield has something to suit every taste: a well-paced screenplay that keeps the tale bowling along without losing the delights of some of Dickens' most sparkling dialogue; a rich gallery of characters; and a cast which features many of Britain's favourite actors. There is, of course, plenty of high comedy but some very tight ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: Emilia Fox, Pauline Quirke, Maggie Smith, John Normington, Daniel RadcliffeDirected By: Simon Curtis
Manufacturer: UniversalStarring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma JonesDirected By: Brian Gilbert
Manufacturer: Pathe DistributionStarring: Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker, Freddie Highmore, Eddie IzzardDirected By: John Stephenson
