Chris Parr Movies

Scold's Bridle

1998

Based on a novel by Minnette Walters, the two-part British miniseries Scold's Bridle began with the death of an ill-tempered old woman named Mathilda Gillespie (Sian...

The Ice House

1998

Three women who are viewed with suspicion by their neighbors become the center of an investigation with deadly consequences in this made-for-TV drama. Anne (Kitty...

Ivanhoe

1997

A century after the Normans conquer England, evil Prince John (Ralph Brown) seizes control of the realm in the absence of the rightful ruler, his brother {%Richard the...

Wing and a Prayer [TV Series]

1997

No, the British TV series Wing and a Prayer had nothing to do with WWII aviators. Instead, the series devoted itself to the exploits of a young and hungry law firm, populated...

The Moonstone

1996

Wilkie Collins helped pioneer a new literary genre when he published The Moonstone in 1868, widely believed to be the first detective novel, and this adaptation for British...

NeverWhere

1996

Originally aired in 1996, NeverWhere is a six-part BBC fantasy miniseries written by comic book author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman). The story follows businessman...

Backup [TV Series]

1995

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Martin Chuzzlewit

1994

Charles Dickens' 1844 novel Martin Chuzzlewit was given one of its few TV presentations in this six-part British adaptation, which originally aired on BBC2 from November...

Takin' Over the Asylum

1994

Ken Stott starred in the seriocomic British series Takin' Over the Asylum. Stott was cast as unemployed disc jockey and salesman Eddie McKenna, who ended up...

Nice Work

1989

Haydn Gwynne starred in this four-part, four-hour British miniseries as feminist lecturer Dr. Robyn Penrose. As part of a muckraking "Industry Year" assignment, Robyn...

The Rainbow

1988

Based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence, the BBC miniseries The Rainbow starred Imogen Stubbs as Ursula Brangwen, the beautiful, naïve daughter of a wealthy country...