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Rosamunde Pilcher's: Coming Home (1998)
6.9/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: David McCallum, Joanna Lumley, Peter O'Toole, Emily Mortimer, Paul Bettany, Pene...
An epic tale of friendship, family and love set before, during and after World War II in beautiful coastal England, and based on Rosamund Pilcher's be... Read more
The Prince and the Pauper (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Alan Bates, Jonathan Timmins, Robert Timmins
Mark Twain's tale comes to life in this delightful Hallmark Entertainment adaptation starring Aidan Quinn and Alan Bates. An impoverished lad dreams o... Read more
Hotel du Lac (1986)
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Anna Massey, Denholm Elliott, Googie Withers, Patricia Hodge
Hotel du Lac is an impeccably produced BBC television adaptation of Anita Brookner's Booker Prize-winning novel. Middle-aged writer Edith Hope has fle... Read more
Northanger Abbey (1987)
7.3/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Katherine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Googie Withers
This stunning BBC dramatisation of Jane Austen's classic story of Catherine Morland stars Katherine Schlesinger, Peter Firth and Robert Hardy. Read more
Oliver's Travels (1996)
8.4/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Alan Bates, Bill Paterson, Mollie Sugden, Sinead Cusack, Miles Anderson
Mystery and romantic comedy blend effortlessly in this witty BBC tale of a professor forced into early retirement and a disgraced policewoman who recr... Read more
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Robert Hardy
James Wilby and Juliet Aubrey star in the intimate portrayal of the endearing love affair between the young Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Albe... Read more
Unknown Heart (Rosamunde Pilcher) (2014)
6.6/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: James Fox, Jane Seymour, Greg Wise, Gedeon Burkhard
A fatal accident changes the destiny of two families when Elizabeth Lancaster's wish comes true and she receives the heart transplant she desperately... Read more
A Risk Worth Taking & Starting Over (Double Feature) (2008)
6.3/10
Director: Paul Seed, Giles Foster
Starring: James Wilby, Iain Glen, Rutger Hauer
Muriel Baumeister, James Wilby and Tim Dutton star in this drama based on the novel by Robin Pilcher. When Katie Trenchard (Baumeister) receives devas... Read more
Foyle's War: Series 2 (2003)
8.4/10
Director: Giles Foster, Jeremy Silberston
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Julian Ovenden, Honeysuckle Weeks
As war rages over Europe Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), is battling crime on the homefront. All four episodes fr... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 2.2 (1980)
Director: Giles Foster, Alan Gibson, Philip Dudley
Starring: Mary Tovey, Robin Marchal, Colin Hodges, Raymond Francis, Nigel Havers, Richard...
More tales of the playfully macabre from Roald Dahl. Six episodes include 'The Stinker', 'I'll Be Seeing You', 'The Party', 'Would You Believe It', 'V... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 3.1 (1981)
Director: Giles Foster, John Gorrie, Alan Gibson, John Jacobs
Starring: Susan Penhaligon, Tim Woodward, Fulton MacKay, Bill Owen, Harry H Corbett, Jean...
With its characteristic blend of dark humour, horror and fantasy, this legendary series continues with a collection of playfully macabre stories, each... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 2.1 (1980)
Director: Giles Foster, Alan Gibson, Graham Evans, John Bruce
Starring: John Gielgud, Bernard Miles, Peter Tuddenham, Betsy Blair, Stephanie Cole, Bill...
This playfully macabre series continues with a collection of stories inspired by Roald Dahl. Each stand-alone episode in this acclaimed series is a br... Read more
The George Eliot Collection (2010)
Director: Anthony Page, Giles Foster, Tom Hooper, Ronald Wilson
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Ben Kingsley, Edward Fox, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Bonneville, Iain...
The George Eliot Collection includes onscreen adaptations of Eliot's most famous novels. Eliot created literary masterpieces that detailed ordinary li... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 1.4 (1979)
Director: Claude Whatham, Giles Foster, Herbert Wise, John Gorrie
Starring: John Alderton, Joan Collins, Joseph Cotten, Jose Ferrer, Michael Gambon, Susan G...
Like his children's books, Roald Dahl's adult stories never fail to suprise. Each stand alone, playfully macabre story in this acclaimed series is a b... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 3.2 (1981)
Director: Giles Foster, Herbert Wise, John Gorrie, Alan Gibson, Graham Evans
Starring: Anthony Valentine, Patsy Byrne, Cherie Lunghi, Carol Drinkwater
Mixing dark humour, horror and fantasy, this legendary series continues with a collection of playfully macabre Roald Dahl stories served up with a twi... Read more
Alan Bennett at the BBC (2010)
Director: David Hinton, Giles Foster, John Schlesinger, Malcolm Mowbray, Richard Eyre, Stephen Frears, Stuart Burge, Udayan Prasad, Jonathan Stedall
Starring: Alan Bates, Alan Bennett, Daniel-Day Lewis, James Fox, Janet McTeer, Jim Broadbe...
Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most popular and prolific authors and playwrights. He initially wrote for the stage, but found that with his observan... Read more