Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Nicholas Frankau

1. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Votes: 108,511 | Gross: $62.30M

2. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)

45 min | Comedy, History, War

In France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.

Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner

Votes: 27,127

3. Blake's 7 (1978–1981)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

Stars: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell

Votes: 4,509

4. Play for Today (1970–1984)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.

Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker

Votes: 400

5. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

G | 155 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker

Votes: 3,850 | Gross: $2.55M

6. C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985–1987)

Crime, Drama

An all-female detective outfit, the "Eyes Enquiry Agency", is formed as a front for the Home Office's new security operation the Covert Activities Thames Section (or "C.A.T.S." for short). ... See full summary »

Stars: Jill Gascoine, Leslie Ash, Don Warrington, Tracy-Louise Ward

Votes: 214

7. The Return of the Soldier (1982)

PG | 99 min | Drama

Chris returns from WWI unable to recognize his wife Kitty. He wants to reunite with Margaret, his former lover. Kitty hires a psychiatrist to address Chris's feelings for Margaret and cousin Jenny, but sees the man she knew is gone.

Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Ann-Margret, Alan Bates, Emily Irvin, William Booker

Votes: 697

8. Plenty (1985)

R | 121 min | Drama

A young Englishwoman spends twenty years to make whatever kind of life for herself, at the expense of others around her, in post-World War II England.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, André Maranne, Charles Dance

Votes: 3,398 | Gross: $6.15M

9. The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Biography, War

Ian Fleming's life (1908-64) as a journalist and a naval intelligence officer was a lot like the womanizing James Bond, about whom he would later write 12 spy novels.

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Jason Connery, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joss Ackland, Patricia Hodge

Votes: 655

10. The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (2007 TV Movie)

105 min | Documentary, Comedy

A one-off special. René is writing his memoirs and needs help to fill in the "big gaps".

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Kirsten Cooke, Sue Hodge

Votes: 414

11. Granada Reports (1992– )

News

Multiple daily news bulletins for the Granada North West region.

Stars: Kerrie Gosney, Tony Morris, Lucy Meacock, Jo Blythe

Votes: 88

12. Paradise Postponed (1986)

569 min | Drama

A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament. Why?

Stars: Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan, David Threlfall

Votes: 143

13. Sky Bandits (1986)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, War

Through a series of circumstances, a pair of Old West gunfighters end up as fighter pilots in World War I.

Director: Zoran Perisic | Stars: Scott McGinnis, Jeff Osterhage, Ronald Lacey, Miles Anderson

Votes: 332 | Gross: $2.30M

14. I Remember Nelson (1982)

200 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors... See full summary »

Stars: Kenneth Colley, Tim Pigott-Smith, Geraldine James, John Clements

Votes: 71

15. The Mixer (1992–1993)

52 min | Crime, Thriller

Sir Anthony Rose, a penniless nobleman, steals back stolen property with the help of his valet, Paul.

Stars: Simon Williams, Jeremy Clyde, Catherine Alric, Peter Jones

Votes: 38

16. Vote for Them (1989– )

150 min | Drama

Dramatised account of a Forces Parliament set up in Cairo in 1943. Young soldiers and airmen discuss what kind of world they would like to see after the war.

Stars: Jeff Rawle, James Grout, Nicholas Day, Steve McFadden

17. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: Desert of Lies (1984)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

Jake and Sue's expedition to the Kalahari Desert in 1983 follows in the footsteps of an earlier trek in 1848 by two missionaries. The two pairs of travellers, in the past and the present, meet with disaster.

Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Cherie Lunghi, Mick Ford, Tim Wylton, Terence Rigby

Votes: 11

18. Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
Episode: Terminal (1980)

Not Rated | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

After Avon receives mysterious instructions, he, for reasons he will not share with the others, is determined to follow them. They bring the Liberator to the artificial planet Terminal, ... See full summary »

Director: Mary Ridge | Stars: Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Michael Keating, Steven Pacey

Votes: 201

19. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Ribbing the Bonk (1988)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, History, War

In order to free Von Strohm, Gruber, Bertorelli (and Mimi and the paintings), René and the others have to rob a bank to pay ransom to the communists.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Sue Hodge, Gavin Richards, Richard Marner

Votes: 185

20. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: A Duck for Launch (1988)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, History, War

Herr Flick tries to find his forged stolen money by selling fish in the town square with von Smallhausen.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Richard Gibson

Votes: 184

21. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Puddings Can Go Off (1989)

23 min | Comedy, History, War

To prevent the Germans from getting it, the resistance will bring 1,000 kilo of explosives to René, disguised as 500 Christmas puddings.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Kirsten Cooke

Votes: 183

22. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Wedding Bloss (1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, History, War

Monsieur Alphonse has proposed to Edith and René is scared he'll lose the café and the gold in the cuckoo's clock, so he decides to marry Edith.

Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Kenneth Connor

Votes: 184

23. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Down the Drain (1989)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, History, War

Michelle gives René the Enigma machine and tells him to put it in a wine barrel and throw it in the sewer where a British submarine awaits it.

Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Sue Hodge

Votes: 182

24. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: All in Disgeese (1989)

24 min | Comedy, History, War

Because they have been unable to get the Enigma machine to England, the Resistance has thought up a plan to get some British Intelligence people to Nouvion.

Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Sue Hodge, Carmen Silvera

Votes: 202

25. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Desperate Doings in the Graveyard (1989)

TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, History, War

The Resistance is building a communication center in the empty grave of René's twin brother and madame Fanny announces she's going to marry Ernest Leclerc.

Director: David Croft | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Sue Hodge

Votes: 192

26. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: The Nicked Airmen (1989)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

The British airmen have been captured by the Germans. Michelle has a plan to get them. So does the Gestapo.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Kirsten Cooke, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle

Votes: 183

27. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: The Airmen De-Nicked (1989)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

Flick and Von Smallhausen are interrogated by the general for impersonating army officers but released on the orders of Himmler - thanks to Helga. A party of intelligence officers are ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Guy Siner

Votes: 172

28. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: The Crooked Fences (1989)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

Herr Flick wants the painting to sell it to obtain money so he can flee. So do the German officers.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, John D. Collins, Nicholas Frankau

Votes: 178

29. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Crabtree's Podgeon Pist (1989)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

The wedding of Ernest and madame Fanny is a cover for the plan to get the British airmen to England by barrage balloon.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Richard Marner

Votes: 183

30. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Rising to the Occasion (1989)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

Von Strohm, Gruber, Helga and Bertorelli call General Von Flockenstoffen to deal with a mad General Von Klinkerhoffen, who wants to blow up the town.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, John D. Collins, Nicholas Frankau, Rose Hill

Votes: 183

31. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: A Quiet Honeymoon (1991)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

Madame Fanny and Ernest Leclerc are being arrested after stealing a motor bike and smashing through a road block.

Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Kenneth Connor, Carmen Silvera, Kirsten Cooke

Votes: 183

32. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: René of the Gypsies (1991)

Comedy, History, War

On the discovery that a gypsy fair takes place annually in the village, the new Resistance plan is to place a gypsy tent over the grid to disguise the escape. However, the real gypsies cry ... See full summary »

Director: Sue Longstaff | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Sue Hodge, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera

Votes: 173

33. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Fleeing Monks (1991)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

General Von Klinkerhoffen wants to give René a collaboration medal.

Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Kenneth Connor, Sue Hodge

Votes: 176

34. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Up the Crick Without a Piddle (1991)

Comedy, History, War

In England, René and Edith see Captain Hans Geering again.

Director: Sue Longstaff | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Tim Marriott, Rose Hill

Votes: 181

35. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: The Gestapo Ruins a Picnic (1991)

TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy, History, War

General Von Klinkerhoffen wants to restart the local newspaper for Nazi propaganda. René should run it.

Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Kirsten Cooke

Votes: 177

36. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Leg It to Spain! (1991)

TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, History, War

René considers flight to Spain dressed as an onion-seller but is stopped by the German officers who ask about the painting. It ends up back with Von Klinkerhoffen, to the annoyance of Flick... See full summary »

Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Richard Marner

Votes: 173

37. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Prior Engagements (1991)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

The newspaper is published with Edith on the cover representing the 'Spirit of Nouvion'. For the second edition the general decides there should be a show marriage, to be annulled after the... See full summary »

Director: Sue Longstaff | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Kirsten Cooke, Richard Marner

Votes: 169

38. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Soup and Sausage (1991)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War

The hinges on the grid are rusted on solid so Alphonse will chisel away at the surrounds and the grating will be winched up. To camouflage the action René will park his old ice cream van ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Kirsten Cooke

Votes: 168

39. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Camp Dance (1987)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, History, War

Herr Flick and von Smallhausen tunnel their way into the camp, only to find that, along with Lieutenant Gruber, everybody has escaped disguised as dancing girls. Flick intercepts René's ... See full summary »

Directors: David Croft, Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Kirsten Cooke, Nicholas Frankau, John D. Collins

Votes: 220

40. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Dinner with the General (1988)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, History, War

Rene manages to photograph the safe,which is in Gruber's room and which LeClerc believes he can blow open. Alphonse tells Edith of Rene's affair with Yvette but she believes his denial. Von... See full summary »

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Arthur Bostrom, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera

Votes: 195

41. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Desperate Doings in the Dungeon (1988)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, History, War

Herr Flick, dragged up as Irma von Kinkenrotten - the disguise he used to plant the bug - is still in the dungeon. Colonel von Strohm and General von Klinkerhoffen, aware that he knows of ... See full summary »

Director: David Croft | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Guy Siner, Carmen Silvera, Richard Gibson

Votes: 207

42. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Otherwise Engaged (1988)

24 min | Comedy, History, War

While René is told he'll marry Denise Laroque, the British airmen try to surrender to the Germans.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Jack Haig, Guy Siner, Arthur Bostrom

Votes: 191

43. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Flight of Fancy (1986)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, History, War

René has successfully got the painting back so Michelle concentrates on her plan to get the airmen away in the ancient aeroplane. It is to be drawn by a car and catapulted into the air, ... See full summary »

Directors: Robin Carr, David Croft | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Kirsten Cooke, Richard Marner

Votes: 244

44. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Good Staff Are Hard to Find (1987)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, History, War

To replace Maria, Michelle brings in Mimi Labonq, who is very tiny but very tenacious and vows to be René's bodyguard. She is also very fanatical and René has to stop her from poisoning ... See full summary »

Directors: David Croft, Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Jack Haig

Votes: 228

45. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Gruber Does Some Mincing (1986)

35 min | Comedy, History, War

Lieutenant Gruber is about to mince the sausage his dog brought in when he discovers the painting The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies by Van Klomp. The Resistance pay off Monsieur ... See full summary »

Directors: Robin Carr, David Croft | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Francesca Gonshaw, Carmen Silvera, Kim Hartman

Votes: 235

46. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Herr Flick's Revenge (1985)

TV-PG | 32 min | Comedy, History, War

Michelle saves René's skin and his reputation by telling Alfonse that he is a heroic member of the Resistance. Alfonse thus has too much respect for him to kill him. However René is in drag... See full summary »

Director: David Croft | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Kirsten Cooke, Carmen Silvera, Kenneth Connor

Votes: 261

47. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Money to Burn (1988)

24 min | Comedy, History, War

Herr Flick has arrested monsieur Leclerc and lets it be known he will be shot if the stolen Gestapo money isn't returned.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, John Louis Mansi, Richard Gibson

Votes: 186

48. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: René - Under an Assumed Nose (1988)

Comedy, History, War

General Von Klinkerhoffen tells Von Strohm and Gruber to catch and kill René for trying to poison a group of high German generals.

Director: Susan Belbin | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Kenneth Connor, Jack Haig

Votes: 196

49. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Land Mines for London (1989)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, History, War

Herr Flick knows where the land mines are and, with Von Smallhausen, hides in them to arrest resistance members when they pick the mines up.

Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Gorden Kaye, John D. Collins, Nicholas Frankau, Vicki Michelle

Votes: 181

50. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode: Pigeon Post (1984)

TV-PG | 32 min | Comedy, History, War

The airmen, wearing German uniforms, are captured by the Maquis but escape and burn the uniforms, taking clothes off scarecrows instead before disguising themselves as onion sellers. Von ... See full summary »

Director: David Croft | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Jack Haig, Guy Siner

Votes: 327