JUST A LIST |
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All pictures on this site unless otherwise stated are © copyright Nigel J Lloyd. |
JUST A LIST |
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All pictures on this site unless otherwise stated are © copyright Nigel J Lloyd. |
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MOVIES |
Good old bawdy british humour I never tire
of them. |
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Norman Wisdom films |
good gentle slapstick comedies. |
Die Hard trilogy , Die Hard, Die Hard 2 Die Harder, Die Hard With A Vengeance |
Bruce Willis saves the Building, Plane/Airport
& School/City...... |
Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd get tied up in time traveling knots, 3 times. |
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Indiana Jones trilogy, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Temple Of Doom, The Last Crusade |
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. |
Arsenic & Old Lace (1944) |
Black & white comedy about murderous
old ladies. Stars Carry Grant. |
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) |
Feelgood James Stewart movie, a Xmas classic. |
Harvey (1950 ) |
black & white comedy about a man with
an invisible 6ft white rabbit Harvey, stars James Stewart. |
The Dambusters (1954) |
Great tale about a great moment during WWII
starring Richard Todd as Wing Cmdr Guy Gibson and Michael Redgrave
as Barnes Wallace. |
The Great Escape (1963) |
It's on every christmas and I never tire of it. Too many stars to name. |
The Italian Job (1969) |
the original version starring Michael Caine,
an absolute classic. |
Get Carter (1971) |
Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland & Glyn Edwards in a gritty northern thriller. |
The Day Of The Jackal (1973) |
Starring James Fox as a hit-man trying to kill the French President De Gaulle. |
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) |
The fictional attempted assassination of
Winston Churchill starring Michael Caine. |
Good Morning Vietnam (1987) |
Robin Williams as DJ Adrian Cronaur during
the Vietnam War. |
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) |
a prison classic with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. |
Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving & Guy Pearce,
get DRESSED UP and travel to the middle of Australia, oooh hark
at them deary. |
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Apollo 13 (1995) |
Tom Hanks, Gary Sinese, Bill Paxton & Kevin Bacon. Based on the true near disaster story. |
Another Jim Carey with him at his zaniest. |
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The Truman Show (1998) |
Jim Carey again but this time it's not manic, but thought provoking. |
Green Mile (1999) |
Another one based in a prison with Tom Hanks in the lead role. |
Bruce Almighty, (2003) |
Jim Carey plays at being God when God (Morgan Freeman) takes a holiday. |
The Road To Perdition (2002) |
Tom Hanks as a hitman who's loyalties are
stretched to the limit. |
| Brassed Off (1996) | Pete Postelthwaite in the story of a coal pit brass band during the pit closures of the 1980s. |
TELEVISION |
Time Team, (1994-????) |
Archaeological program with Tony Robinson. |
The 3 newer series. |
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A Doctor Who spin-off series. |
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The Vicar Of Dibley, (1994-????) |
Dawn French at her best. |
If you've seen the movie this came before
it but after the radio show. |
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Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Link 2, (1976-1981) |
The 1st and best Saturday kids show. Noel Edmonds, John Craven, Maggie Philbin, Keith Chegwin, Tony Hart & Delia Smith. |
The New Avengers (1976-1977) |
with Patrick MacNee as John Steed, Gareth Hunt as Mike Gambit and Joanna Lumley as Purdey. |
Dinnerladies, (1998-2000) |
fantastic comedy based in a company cafe starring, Victoria Wood (writer), Julie Walters, Thelma Barlow, Celia Imrie, Andrew Dunn & Shobna Gullati. |
Still Game (2002-????) |
great scottish comedy starring and written by Ford Kiernan & Greg Hemphill. |
Goodnight Mr Tom (1998) |
John Thaw is brilliant in this great TV proggy set during WWII. |
The Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard platoon |
BOOKS |
an absolute classic series of science fantasy
books full of comedy and tragedy and magic. |
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by Jack Higgins. |
