TV Guide: Francesca Annis

Video: That's Two Of Us Sorry

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:24:05 -0400

Fingerprints never lie. The search for a man, missing for twenty years, whose prints are found on a briefcase from which top secret papers have disappeard, takes Danger Man John Drake to an inhospitable Scottish island in "That's Two Of Us Sorry." Patrick McGoohan, as John Drake, not only has to find this man. He has to avoid the amorous advances made by a provocatively pretty girl, played by Francesca Annis - and eluding her is almost as difficult as solving the case he is on. Other principal members of the csa t include Duncan Lamont, Brian Phelan, Duncan McIntyre, Graham Crowden, Nigel Green and Finlay Currie.

Video: Locate And Destroy

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:45:36 -0400

In Peru, Simon gets involved in a plot to assassinate a former Nazi. Kroleich: John Barrie. Ingrid: Julia Arnall. Jacobs: Alan Lake. Maria: Francesca Annis. Nathan: Maurice Kaufmann

Video: Lillie

Video Detective — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:13:19 -0400

Francesca Annis, previously seen on the Masterpiece Theatre presentation of {-Madame Bovary}, plays the title role in the 13-installment Masterpiece offering Lillie. This is the story of legendary British actress Lillie Langtry, who during the Victorian and Edwardian era was as celebrated for her romantic pursuits as her theatrical accomplishments. We first see Lillie Le Breton living with her family on the isle of Jersey, escaping the strictures of her environment by marrying wealthy Edward Langtry (Anton Rodgers). When this marriage proves as confining as her previous existence, Lillie kicks over the traces and becomes an actress. Before long, she is the toast of London, and the object of every man's desires. Her admirers range from Belgium's King Leopold (Derek Smith) to the Prince of Wales (Dennis Lili) to American hangin' judge Roy Bean (Tommy Duggan) Even homosexual playwright Oscar Wilde is so smitten by Lillie that he writes Lady Windemere's Fan specifically for her. The story ends with Lillie undergo

Video: Onassis

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:25:21 -0400

Part One of this four-hour TV movie adaptation of Peter Evans' biography suggested that Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis spent every waking hour commiserating in bed with lovers of all sexes. Part Two of Onassis: The Richest Man in the World hunkers down to the Main Event: The showdown between Onassis' longtime lover Maria Callas (Jane Seymour, who screamed and tantrummed her way to an Emmy) and his future spouse Jackie Kennedy. We then move onward (but not upward) to the tragic death of Onassis' daughter; our tepid journey through the cesspools of the Rich and Famous ends with the public bickering over the tycoon's will after his own 1975 demise. As ill-suited as Raul Julia is for the starring role of Aristotle Onassis, Francesca Annis' portrayal of Jackie Kennedy is even worse. Onassis: The Richest Man in the World was originally foisted upon the TV viewing public on May 1 and 2, 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Tales From The Crypt: The Complete Seventh Season

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:46:47 -0400

Previously filmed in Hollywood and Canada, Tales From the Crypt moved its facilities to the United Kingdom for its seventh and final season, allowing a rich new array of colorful backgrounds for the creepy yarns related to the audience by the cadaverous Cryptkeeper. British actress Natasha Richardson stars in the season opener Fatal Caper, a prodigal son tale with a sinister twist. Other season highlights include A Slight Case of Murder, with mystery writer Francesca Annis unwittingly plotting the perfect murder -- her own; Cold War, featuring a young Ewan McGregor in the story of a very persistent vampire; and About Face, starring Anthony Andrews as a philandering preacher who is perplexingly plagued by his past peccadillos. The series' final episode is also its first animated offering, The Third Pig, a perverse twist on the Big Bad Wolf fable, written and directed by Bill Kopp of Eek the Cat fame. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Photo: Ralph Fiennes and Francesca Annis - New York Premiere of "Enough" - 2002

courtesy Theo Wargo/WireImage.com

Ralph Fiennes, Francesca Annis