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Trial and Error ( The Dock Brief ) (1962)

5.7/10
Director: James Hill
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Peter Sellers, Beryl Reid

Aka 'The Dock Brief'.After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, incompetent barrister Morgenhall (Peter Sellers) gets a "dock brief" to defe... Read more

The Killing Of Sister George (1968)

7.1/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne

About a soap opera actress (Beryl Reid) who fears her character 'Sister George' is due to be 'killed'. The story follows her deteriorating relationshi... Read more

Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970)

6.7/10
Director: Douglas Hickox
Starring: Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery

Playwright Joe Orton's dark, very funny account of a handsome criminal who becomes the guest - and love interest - of a frowzy widow and her brother.... Read more

No Sex Please - We're British (1973)

5.4/10
Director: Cliff Owen
Starring: Arthur Lowe, Beryl Reid, Ronnie Corbett, Ian Ogilvy

Nervous Ronnie Corbett is a bank clerk who is thrown into confusion when a parcel of dirty postcards arrives at the bank. His employer, bombastically... Read more

Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972)

6.5/10
Director: Robert Fuest
Starring: Vincent Price, Robert Quine, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas

Bizarre evil scientist Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) returns, searching for an ancient Egyptian 'elixir of life' to revive his late wife and he's more... Read more

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987)

8/10
Starring: Gian Sammarco, Lulu, Stephen Moore, Beryl Reid, Bill Fraser, Doris Hare

Continuation of the rites of passage comedy-drama about spotty teenager Adrian Mole. Set in the early eighties, Adrian's Mum (now played by Lulu) and... Read more

Inspector Clouseau (1968)

5/10
Director: Bud Yorkin
Starring: Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Patrick Cargill, Delia Boccardo, Beryl Reid

When Peter Sellers refused to play Clouseau for a third time, Alan Arkin stepped up to the plate - not his best career move, though a bold one. Patri... Read more

Adrian Mole - The Complete Series (1985)

Director: Peter Sasdy
Starring: Gian Sammarco, Lulu, Stephen Moore, Beryl Reid, Bill Fraser, Doris Hare

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole: Continuation of the rites of passage comedy-drama about spotty teenager Adrian Mole. Set in the early eighties, Adri... Read more

Joseph Andrews (1977)

5.7/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Ann-Margret , Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Hordern, Peter Bull...

Director Tony Richardson's ("Tom Jones") bawdy adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel finds the pure-hearted Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth) employ... Read more

The Millionairess (1972) / The Apple Cart (1975)

Director: William Slater, Cedric Messina
Starring: Maggie Smith, Tom Baker, Charles Gray, James Villiers, Helen Mirren, Prunella Sc...

George Bernard Shaw's brilliant farce on the true relationships between class, capital, power and labour stars Maggie Smith as Epifania, glamourous, c... Read more

The Eric Sykes Collection: The Plank / Rhubarb Rhubarb! / It's Your Move / Mr H is Late / The Big Freeze (1993)

Director: Eric Sykes
Starring: Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Roy Castle, Jimmy Tarbuck, Hattie Jacques, Jimmy Edwar...

In the tradition of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin comes Eric Sykes and his famous comedy players. These one-off specials are the pinnacle of Sykes... Read more