Direction: Moira Armstrong

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


Direction Bill Gallagher · Susan Tully · Patrick Lau · Alan Grint

Cast Olivia Hallinan · Sarah Lancashire · Julia Sawalha · Fergus Drysdale

Synopsis An adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel "Lark Rise To Candleford", set in 19 century Oxfordshire, in which a young girl moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress.

7.5

98 votes

7.5

98 votes

Ordeal by Innocence (TV)

2007 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast Geraldine McEwan · Juliet Stevenson · Denis Lawson · Alison Steadman

Synopsis Miss Marple is invited to the wedding of a friend, but the gaieties are interrupted when a stranger arrives; he provides the missing evidence which proves that the black sheep of the family, Jacko, was wrongfully hanged for murder. This...

6.6

66 votes

6.6

66 votes

Marple (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andy Wilson · Charles Palmer · John Strickland · Tom Shankland

Cast Geraldine McEwan · Julia McKenzie · Stephen Churchett · Greg Bennett

Synopsis TV Series (2004). Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the...

6.5

193 votes

6.5

193 votes

Midsomer Murders (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Caroline Graham · Renny Rye · Peter Smith · Richard Holthouse

Cast John Nettles · Jane Wymark · Barry Jackson · Jason Hughes

Synopsis TV Series (1997-). 21 Seasons. 128 Episodes. The British detective drama revolves around DCI Barnaby's efforts to solve numerous murders that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer. The current lead character is DCI John Barnaby, who is...

6.3

141 votes

6.3

141 votes

A Christmas Carol (TV)

1977 · Movie · 58 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast Michael Hordern · John Le Mesurier · Bernard Lee · Patricia Quinn

Synopsis Miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, but then gets a visit from his companion Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. He urges Scrooge to change his life.

5.8

88 votes

5.8

88 votes

Bluebell (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast Carolyn Pickles · Annie Lambert · Philip Sayer · Michael N. Harbour

Synopsis The true story of Margaret Kelly, known as "Miss Bluebell", who formed and managed a legendary Parisian dance troupe.

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Mogul (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Elliot · Roger Jenkins · James Gatward · Lennie Mayne

Cast Ray Barrett · Geoffrey Keen · Philip Latham · Robert Hardy

Synopsis 136 Episodes (1965-1972). Adventure drama series based around the fictitious Mogul Oil Company and the exploits of its chief "troubleshooter", Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett).

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Body & Soul (TV Miniseries)

1993 · Movie · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast Kristin Scott Thomas · Sandra Voe · Anthony Valentine · Amanda Redman

Synopsis 6 episodes. A nun, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted...

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The Broker's Man (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roger Gartland · Bob Blagden · Moira Armstrong · Graeme Harper

Cast Kevin Whately · Annette Ekblom · Danny Worters · Holly Davidson

Synopsis Drama series about an ex-policeman, who now uses his detective skills while working for insurance companies.

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A Village Affair (TV)

1995 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast Sophie Ward · Kerry Fox · Nathaniel Parker · Jeremy Northam

Synopsis Alice has married the rich but boring Martin. When they move to a small village Martin starts flirting with Clodagh, but she is more interested in his wife Alice..

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The Countess Alice

1993 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast Wendy Hiller · Zoe Wanamaker · Duncan Bell · Patricia Quinn

Synopsis A reporter is assigned a then-and-now piece on a 50-year old photospread of three society beauties. One of them, Lady Alice Munroe, now the widowed Grafin von Holzendorf, has agreed to be interviewed. A few questions set the Grafin's daughter,...

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Freud (TV Miniseries)

1984 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast David Suchet · Helen Bourne · David Swift · Alison Key

Synopsis The life and times of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.

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W. Somerset Maugham (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong · Gilchrist Calder · Guy Verney · James Cellan Jones

Cast Anna Massey · Joss Ackland · Rossano Brazzi · Amanda Murray

Synopsis TV Series (1969-1970). 2 seasons. 26 episodes.

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Direction Les Blair · Robert Young · Robert Bierman · Dewi Humphreys

Cast Alfred Molina · Geraldine James · Timothy West · Sean Bean

Synopsis (1985-2002). 6 seasons. Producer Kenith Trodd was part of a 1984 team brought together to study how the BBC should respond to Channel Four's pioneering efforts in making films for both television and theatrical release. The result was a transition...

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Adam Adamant Lives! (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong · Philip Dudley · Ridley Scott · Paul Ciappessoni

Cast Gerald Harper · Juliet Harmer · Jack May · Peter Ducrow

Synopsis In 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant is frozen alive in a block of ice by his arch-nemesis, the Face. In 1966, workmen discover him and he is revived, perfectly preserved but completely bewildered by his new environment, "swinging 60s" London,...

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Armchair Thriller (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Tronson · Moira Armstrong · Donald McWhinnie · Robert D. Cardona

Cast Frank Duncan · Maria Aitken · Benjamin Whitrow · Zena Walker

Synopsis TV Series (1967; 1978-1980). Suspense and mystery-themed anthology series.

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Testament of Youth (TV Miniseries)

1979 · Movie · 275 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong

Cast Cheryl Campbell · Emrys James · Jane Wenham · Rosalie Crutchley

Synopsis Cheryl Campbell stars in this enriching and award-winning adaptation of Vera Brittain s autobiography, set between 1913 and 1925. At the outbreak of the First World War, a young Vera finds herself torn between her studies at Oxford, and the...

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Direction Waris Hussein · Moira Armstrong

Cast Sian Phillips · Patricia Quinn · Angela Down · Georgia Brown

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (1974). 6 episodes. This series dramatizes the lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.

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