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The Likely Lads (1976)
6.7/10
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes
Returning to their TV roles after several years, Rodney Bewes (Bob) and James Bolam (Terry) play a pair of funny Northern Englishmen with the usual 't... Read more
The Likely Lads: All Surviving Episodes (1964)
6.7/10
Starring: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Sheila Fearn
One of the very best and most popular British TV sitcoms, starring James Bolam as Terry, and Rodney Bewes as Bob, two working-class lads living in the... Read more
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
7.7/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: James Bolam, Michael Redgrave, Peter Madden, Tom Courtenay
The engrossing story of a rebellious young man chosen to represent his reform school in a track race. A superbly acted film, it also confronts the rig... Read more
Stella Does Tricks (1997)
6.5/10
Director: Coky Giedroyc
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Hans Matheson, James Bolam
This thought provoking look at the darker side of street life follows the life of a young Glaswegian prostitute in London. Apparently inspired from in... Read more
When the Boat Comes In: Series 1 (1976)
8.6/10
Starring: James Bolam, James Garbutt, Susan Jameson, Jean Heywood, John Nightingale
James Bolam stars in this fondly remembered series as ex-sergeant Jack Ford returning home to Gallowshields on Tyneside after the end of World War 1.... Read more
When the Boat Comes In: Series 2 (1976)
8.6/10
Starring: James Bolam, James Garbutt, Susan Jameson, Jean Heywood, John Nightingale
After the end of the First World War, Jack Ford (James Bolam) returns to his home town of Gallowshields on Tyneside. It is a time of economic depressi... Read more
New Tricks: Series 2 (2005)
7.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong
The second series sees Lane, Standing, Halford and their bullish boss Pullman taking on more half-forgotten cases. Mixing nose-to-the-ground, old-scho... Read more
New Tricks: Series 3 (2006)
7.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong
The mismatched, mature detectives return for another wonderfully entertaining season. The complete eight story lines are included, rounded out by a cr... Read more
Only When I Laugh: Series 1 - 4 (1969)
6.5/10
Starring: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Richard Wilson, Christopher Strauli
From the pen of Eric 'Rising Damp' Chappell, this dry comedy series follows the exploits of three hypochondriacal hospital patients who drive the doct... Read more
In Celebration (1974)
7.2/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Bill Owen, Constance Chapman, James Bolam
In their tiny house in a Yorkshire mining town, god fearing and hardworking Mr. and Mrs. Shaw (Bill Owen and Constance Chapman) welcome their sons hom... Read more
When the Boat Comes In: Series 3 (1977)
8.6/10
Starring: James Bolam, James Garbutt, Susan Jameson, Jean Heywood, John Nightingale
This gritty Northern period drama set in Gallowshields on Tyneside between the World Wars, follows the struggles of former sergeant Jack Ford (James B... Read more
New Tricks: Series 5 (2008)
4.6/10
Starring: Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong
The team of old codgers continue to solve the crimes that others can't, using good old-fashioned detective work to get to the bottom of cases when the... Read more
To Kill a King (2003)
6.2/10
Director: Mike Barker
Starring: Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams, James Bolam
1645: After years of civil war, King Charles I is overthrown and two heroes have emerged Lord General Thomas Fairfax and his best friend and deputy Ge... Read more
New Tricks: Series 1 (2003)
7.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong
This BBC production is full of gripping cases and hilarious exchanges, starring a top ensemble cast (Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Alun... Read more
New Tricks: Series 4 (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong
Lane, Standing, Halford and Pullman are back, solving the cases that 'kids these days' can't. Their old-fashioned detective work gets the job done. Mi... Read more
Victoria Wood With All the Trimmings (2000)
7.4/10
Director: John Birkin
Starring: Victoria Wood, Alan Rickman, Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite, Celia Imrie, Jam...
Britain's funny woman Victoria Wood returns with this hilarious Christmas special chock-full of entertaining comedy sketches and witty musical numbers... Read more