Direction: Sydney Lotterby

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


Yes Minister (TV Series)

1980 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Antony Jay · Jonathan Lynn · Peter Whitmore · Sydney Lotterby

Cast Paul Eddington · Nigel Hawthorne · Derek Fowlds · Diana Hoddinott

Synopsis TV Series (1980-1984). Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister is a British comedy series about the wheeling and dealing of political life. Although the series is set within the British political scene, it deals with political games and clashes between...

7.7

989 votes

7.7

989 votes

Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Antony Jay · Jonathan Lynn · Peter Whitmore · Sydney Lotterby

Cast Paul Eddington · Nigel Hawthorne · Derek Fowlds · Diana Hoddinott

Synopsis TV Series (1986-1988). Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister is a British comedy series about the wheeling and dealing of political life. Although the series is set within the British political scene, it deals with political games and clashes between...

7.6

754 votes

7.6

754 votes

Direction Harold Snoad · Sydney Lotterby

Cast Richard Briers · Penelope Wilton · Peter Egan · Stanley Lebor

Synopsis TV Serie (1984–1989). 5 Seasons. 27 Episodes. Martin is a committee man. He has numerous schemes and committees organised around the neighbourhood. He is so obsessive about every detail of everything he does he is driving his long suffering wife,...

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May to December (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Mendelson · Paul Harrison · Sydney Lotterby · John Kilby

Cast Anton Rodgers · Frances White · Paul Venables · Rebecca Lacey

Synopsis (1989-1994). 6 seasons. Alec Callendar, a Pinner solicitor who likes talking to Perry Mason, meets and falls in love with Zoe Angel, a woman half his age.

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Old Boy Network (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Lotterby

Cast Tom Conti · John Standing · Robert Lang · Georgia Allen

Synopsis Two very different former MI6 spies partner up and open a private spy agency together.

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Butterflies (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gareth Gwenlan · John B. Hobbs · Sydney Lotterby · Mandie Fletcher

Cast Wendy Craig · Geoffrey Palmer · Bruce Montague · Nicholas Lyndhurst

Synopsis TV Series (1978-1983). 28 episodes. Ria Parkinson, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age where she feels as if life is passing her by. Being taken for granted by her butterfly collecting dentist husband doesn't help. So, when the...

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Going Straight (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Lotterby

Cast Ronnie Parker · Richard Beckinsale · Nicholas Lyndhurst · Patricia Brake

Synopsis Spin-off from "Porridge". Fletcher leaves Slade Prison and returns home to find his wife has left him and his daughter Ingrid is now engaged to former cell-mate Godber. Meanwhile Fletcher's son Raymond is forever asking what the time is.

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As Time Goes By (TV Series)

1992 · Movie · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Lotterby

Cast Judi Dench · Geoffrey Palmer · Moira Brooker · Philip Bretherton

Synopsis (1992-2005). 10 seasons. Lionel and Jean were lovers many years ago at the time of the Korean War. They are separated by a misunderstanding but meet again by chance when Lionel needs a secretary from Jean's firm.

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Porridge (TV Series)

1974 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Lotterby

Cast Ronnie Parker · Richard Beckinsale · Brian Wilde · Fulton Mackay

Synopsis Set in Slade Prison, "Porridge" documents the life of Norman Stanley Fletcher, a habitual criminal. Fletcher is a smart, witty, cunning and loveable character. He shares his cell with Godber a first time inmate who he imparts his knowledge upon....

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