Movies: Benjamin Whitrow

  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off (1979)

    Afternoon Off

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    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her....

    Afternoon Off
  • 1986
    Paying Guests (Part 2)

    Paying Guests (Part 2) (1986)

    Paying Guests (Part 2)

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    Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold. Florence, for the first time in her life, refuses to go off with her s...

    Paying Guests (Part 2)
  • 1982
    Brimstone & Treacle

    Brimstone & Treacle (1982)

    Brimstone & Treacle

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    A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer....

    Brimstone & Treacle
  • 1984
    Sharma and Beyond

    Sharma and Beyond (1984)

    Sharma and Beyond

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    A young would-be science-fiction writer finds out that his new girlfriend's father is his favorite author....

    Sharma and Beyond
  • 1982
    On Approval

    On Approval (1982)

    On Approval

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    Adaptation of the play by Frederick Lonsdale...

    On Approval
  • 1984
    Hay Fever

    Hay Fever (1984)

    Hay Fever

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    Set in a British country house in the 1920s, Hay Fever follows the outlandish bevaiour of the Bliss family when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, Hay Fever is one of C...

    Hay Fever
  • 1981
    Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida (1981)

    Troilus & Cressida

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    The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after her father exchanges Cressida for a Trojan prisoner, the war becomes personal for he...

    Troilus & Cressida
  • 1986
    Paying Guests (Part 1)

    Paying Guests (Part 1) (1986)

    Paying Guests (Part 1)

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    Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and p...

    Paying Guests (Part 1)
  • 1996
    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice (1996)

    The Merchant of Venice

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    A TV schools version of the play by William Shakespeare, filmed in the studio and on location in Venice....

    The Merchant of Venice
  • 1980
    Minor Complications

    Minor Complications (1980)

    Minor Complications

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    Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. Based on an actual case, this play tells the story of her fight for compensation....

    Minor Complications
  • 1981
    The Factory

    The Factory (1981)

    The Factory

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    A factory's workforce is dwindling as divisions between the workers and management widen....

    The Factory
  • 2005
    The Queen's Sister

    The Queen's Sister (2005)

    The Queen's Sister

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    An in-depth biopic of Princess Margaret from the days following her father's death in 1952 until the 1970s. She was known to be a flamboyant royal but she remained a stickler for protocol. She had many controversial romances and also infamously kisse...

    The Queen's Sister
  • 1975
    Two Sundays

    Two Sundays (1975)

    Two Sundays

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    An author writes to his old schoolmate, telling him he is going to reveal a secret they have shared since the 1950s....

    Two Sundays
  • 1982
    A Bit of Singing and Dancing

    A Bit of Singing and Dancing (1982)

    A Bit of Singing and Dancing

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    Freed at last by death from tyranny of an elderly, querulous mother, Esme Fanshaw is persuaded to take a man, Amos Curry, into her house as a paying guest. At first wary of him, Esme becomes increasingly fond of this dapper little man with his myster...

    A Bit of Singing and Dancing
  • 1973
    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice (1973)

    The Merchant of Venice

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    An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier....

    The Merchant of Venice
  • 1982
    A Shocking Accident

    A Shocking Accident (1982)

    A Shocking Accident

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    A Shocking Accident is a 1982 British short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. About a boy whose father is killed in Naples, when a pig falls on him as a balcony collapses. The incident haunts ...

    A Shocking Accident
  • 1988
    Natural Causes

    Natural Causes (1988)

    Natural Causes

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    Comedy thriller. Walter Bryce hires the professional services of the sinister Vincent to eliminate his rich, neurotic wife, Celia. All this to achieve a place in the sun with his secretary Angie. What seems to be a neat idea goes wrong when Vincent b...

    Natural Causes
  • 1977
    Able's Will

    Able's Will (1977)

    Able's Will

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    Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. His family gather at the family home....

    Able's Will
  • 1975
    Plaintiffs and Defendants

    Plaintiffs and Defendants (1975)

    Plaintiffs and Defendants

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    A barrister's complex life unravels as he juggles a court case and highly-strung mistress....

    Plaintiffs and Defendants
  • 1977
    One Day at a Time

    One Day at a Time (1977)

    One Day at a Time

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    An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting...

    One Day at a Time