Direction: Richard Standeven

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Richard Standeven. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Waking the Dead (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Barbara Machin · Andy Hay · Edward Bennett · David Thacker

Cast Trevor Eve · Sue Johnston · Wil Johnson · Tara Fitzgerald

Plot One of the BBC's most popular dramas, Waking the Dead regularly draws audiences of over 8 million in the UK. It's twice been nominated for an International Emmy and in...

5.6

151 votes

5.6

151 votes

Falling for a Dancer (TV)

1998 · Movie · 127 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Standeven

Cast Elisabeth Dermot Walsh · Dermot Crowley · Liam Cunningham · Rory Murray

Plot Romantic drama set in rural Ireland of the 1930s. The story begins when 19-year-old Elizabeth has a brief fling with an actor and falls pregnant. Community pressure forces her to...

5.5

62 votes

5.5

62 votes

Al's Lads

2001 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

4.8

120 votes

4.8

120 votes

Minder (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker · Francis Megahy · Terry Green · Ian Toynton

Cast George Cole · Glynn Edwards · Dennis Waterman · Gary Webster

Plot Serie about the London criminal underworld. Arthur Daley, a small-time conman, hires former boxer Terry McCann to be his 'minder', so Terry can protect him (Arthur) from other, small-time, crooks....

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Murphy's Law (TV Series)

2003 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Colm McCarthy · Brian Kirk · Peter Lydon · Ed Fraiman

Cast James Nesbitt · Del Synnott · Sarah Berger · Michael Feast

Plot Murphy's Law is a BBC television drama, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Northern Ireland, starring James Nesbitt as an undercover police officer, Tommy Murphy. There were five series...

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Moving On (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jimmy McGovern · Gary Williams · Noreen Kershaw · Ian Barber

Cast Jack Deam · Rob James-Collier · Neil Bell · Sushil Chudasama

Plot Series of daytime plays set in contemporary Britain, all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life.

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The House of Eliott (TV Series)

1991 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Hannam · Graeme Harper · Alister Hallum · Jeremy Silberston

Cast Stella Gonet · Louise Lombard · Aden Gillett · Cathy Murphy

Plot (1991-1994). 3 seasons. House of Eliott is a story of passionate romance, unlikely coincidences, extraordinaryaccomplishments, society in evolution, and a marvelous revelation of life.

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Between the Lines (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction J.C. Wilsher · Alan Dossor · Roy Battersby · Richard Standeven

Cast Neal Pearson · Tom Georgeson · Siobhan Redmond · Tony Doyle

Plot (1992-1994). 3 seasons. "Between The Lines" is set in the Complaints Investigation Bureau (CIB) - the department responsible for investigating other police officers - of London's Metropolitan Police.

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Ballykissangel (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Kieran Prendiville · Paul Harrison · Dermot Boyd · Simon Massey

Cast Frankie McCafferty · Joe Savino · Deirdre Donnelly · Aine Ni Mhuiri

Plot (1996-2001). 6 seasons. Peter Clifford, a young Catholic priest from Manchester, is transferred to the village of Ballykissangel, Ireland, and is taken by the dry-humored publican Assumpta Fitzgerald who has...

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Band of Gold (TV Series)

1995 · Movie · 290 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Laxton · Matthew Evans · Betsan Morris Evans · Charles Beeson

Cast Geraldine James · Cathy Tyson · Babara Dickson · Samantha Morton

Plot (1995-1997). 3 Seasons. Gina Dickson, a young mother in Yorkshire, has thrown out her abusive husband but goes to a loan-shark to pay off her debts. But Gina can't find...

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