Cast: James Bolam
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Bolam. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tony Richardson
Cast Tom Courtenay · Michael Redgrave · James Bolam · Avis Bunnage
Plot A Borstal boy has nothing going for him except the ability to run. He is selected to compete against a public school and starts a training programme, during which he...
7.5
5K votes
7.5
5K votes
A Kind of Loving
1962 · Movie · 112 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Schlesinger
Cast Alan Bates · Thora Hird · June Ritchie · Pat Keen
Plot A young man, inching his way up from working-class traditions via a white-collar job, finds himself trapped by the frightening reality of his girlfriend's pregnancy and is forced into marrying...
7.0
237 votes
7.0
237 votes
The End of the Affair
1999 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Neil Jordan
Cast Ralph Fiennes · Julianne Moore · Stephen Rea · Ian Hart
Plot On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before....
6.8
4K votes
6.8
4K votes
Marriage (TV Miniseries)
2022 · Series · 57 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stefan Golaszewski
Cast Sean Bean · Nicola Walker · Henry Lloyd-Hughes · Chantelle Alle
Plot Follows Ian and Emma, a married couple who deals with the ups and downs of their long 30-year marriage.
6.6
132 votes
6.6
132 votes
The Island on Bird Street
1997 · Movie · 107 min. · Denmark
Direction Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Cast Patrick Bergin · Jordan Kiziuk · Sian Nicola Liquorish · Jack Warden
6.4
88 votes
6.4
88 votes
New Tricks (TV Series)
2003 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Nigel McCrery · Roy Mitchell · Martyn Friend · Rob Evans
Cast Alun Armstrong · Dennis Waterman · Amanda Redman · James Bolam
Plot TV Series (2003-Present). Drama series featuring an eccentric bunch of ex-policemen, brought out of retirement to investigate unsolved crimes.
6.0
21 votes
6.0
21 votes
To Kill a King
2003 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mike Barker
Cast Tim Roth · Dougray Scott · Rupert Everett · Olivia Williams
5.9
746 votes
5.9
746 votes
Straight on Till Morning
1972 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Collinson
Cast Rita Tushingham · Shane Briant · James Bolam · Katya Wyeth
5.6
26 votes
5.6
26 votes
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (TV)
2010 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Samuels
Cast Corey Johnson · James Cromwell · David Annen · James Bolam
Plot The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers....
5.4
504 votes
5.4
504 votes
Otley
1968 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Dick Clement
Cast Tom Courtenay · Romy Schneider · Alan Badel · James Villiers
Plot Gerald Otley, a petty thief and garbage rummager, wakes up one morning, after a drunken night on the town, and finds that he is wanted by the police for murder....
5.0
21 votes
5.0
21 votes
The Beiderbecke Tapes (TV Miniseries)
1987 · Movie · 151 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Parker
Cast James Bolam · Barbara Flynn · Dudley Sutton · Malcolm Storry
Plot When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Trevor's hands, he and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents.
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The Likely Lads (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Dick Clement
Cast James Bolam · Rodney Bewes · Don McKillop · Barlett Mullins
Plot The adventures of two "likely lads" ostensibly set in the North East of England (but filmed in Willesden Junction, London). Terry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is...
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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (TV Series)
1973 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Gilbert · Bernard Thompson · Dick Clement
Cast James Bolam · Rodney Bewes · Brigit Forsyth · Sheila Fearn
Plot TV Series (1973-1974). 27 episodes. Terry and Bob continue their life after Terry arrives home from serving in the Army to discover that Bob is about to marry his girlfriend...
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In Celebration
1975 · Movie · 131 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lindsay Anderson
Cast Alan Bates · Brian Cox · Gabrielle Daye · Bill Owen
Plot In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, but dark secrets come to the fore.
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The Beiderbecke Affair (TV Miniseries)
1985 · Movie · 320 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Reynolds · Frank W. Smith
Cast James Bolam · Barbara Flynn · Dominic Jephcott · Terence Rigby
Plot It is the first serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy. Geordie Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn) teaches English and wants...
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Crucible of Terror
1971 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ted Hooker
Cast Mike Raven · James Bolam · Mary Maude · Ronald Lacey
Plot Victor Clare, an obsessed sculptor, kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in...
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The Beiderbecke Connection (TV Miniseries)
1988 · Series · 201 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alan Bell
Cast James Bolam · Barbara Flynn · Dudley Sutton · Keith Smith
Plot It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy. Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save...
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Unconditional
2012 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bryn Higgins
Cast Christian Cooke · Harry McEntire · Madeleine Clark · Melanie Hill
Plot A psycho-drama about teenage twins Owen and Kristen who fall under the sway of a charismatic young loan shark who offers love...on one condition.
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As You Like It (TV)
1978 · Movie · 151 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Basil Coleman
Cast Helen Mirren · Brian Stirner · Richard Pasco · Angharad Rees
Plot Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the...
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The Likely Lads
1976 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Tuchner
Cast Rodney Bewes · James Bolam · Brigit Forsyth · Mary Tamm
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