Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With David Roger

1. Vera (2011–2025)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.

Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones, Kenny Doughty

Votes: 20,240

2. Persuasion (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Drama, Family

Anne was in love with Frederick, who was rejected by her snobby parents 8 years ago. They've now hit hard times and rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law. He returns a Royal Navy captain. Will he remember Anne?

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis

Votes: 16,546

3. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)

60 min | Fantasy, War

In an alternate history, during the time of real life Napoleonic Wars, two men of destiny, the gifted recluse Mr. Norrell and daring spellcasting novice Jonathan Strange, use magic to help England.

Stars: Bertie Carvel, Eddie Marsan, Marc Warren, Charlotte Riley

Votes: 13,811

4. Mad Dogs (2011–2013)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Follows the reunion of four old sixth form friends. They head to Spain to visit the fifth member of the gang, but things take a dark turn.

Stars: Max Beesley, John Simm, Philip Glenister, Marc Warren

Votes: 5,894

5. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Vicki Pepperdine

Votes: 29,910 | Gross: $1.74M

6. The Miniaturist (2017)

60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A young woman moves to 17th century Amsterdam and hires a mysterious local miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse she received from her merchant husband as a present, but the lifelike miniatures somehow start eerily foreshadowing her fate.

Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Hayley Squires, Alex Hassell

Votes: 6,200

7. Great Expectations (2011–2012)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

The orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.

Stars: Douglas Booth, Jack Roth, Ray Winstone, David Suchet

Votes: 8,258

8. Dangerous Liaisons (2022– )

R | 60 min | Drama, History

A pair of scheming ex-lovers attempt to exploit others by using the power of seduction.

Stars: Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Kosar Ali, Nathanael Saleh

Votes: 1,027

9. Temple (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 665 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

UK version of the Norwegian show about a surgeon who is determined to save his dying wife to the point of agreeing to treat criminals and others for cash in his highly illegal secret underground clinic.

Stars: Mark Strong, Carice van Houten, Daniel Mays, Catherine McCormack

Votes: 4,090

10. Early Doors (2003–2004)

30 min | Comedy

Set in The Grapes, where the daily life of the locals, including jack-the-lads Joe and Duffy, landlord Ken and his police officer cronies Phil and Nige, old git Tommy and single mum Janice - revolves around love, loneliness and urinals.

Stars: John Henshaw, Rita May, Mark Benton, Craig Cash

Votes: 2,547

11. Clapham Junction (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of 36 hours in the lives of a number of interconnected gay men in Clapham, South London.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Tom Beard, James Bellamy, Robin Berry, Rachael Blake

Votes: 3,086

12. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011–2014)

386 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

"The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" premiered in 2011 and starred Paddy Considine as Jonathan 'Jack' Whicher, a detective leading the investigation into a notorious child murder in the 1860s. ... See full summary »

Stars: Paddy Considine, Tim Pigott-Smith, William Beck, Nancy Carroll

Votes: 981

13. Life in Squares (2015)

171 min | Drama

An intimate and emotional drama for BBC Two about the revolutionary Bloomsbury group.

Stars: James Norton, Eve Best, Rupert Penry-Jones, Phoebe Fox

Votes: 851

14. The Secret Agent (2016)

60 min | Drama, Thriller

Verloc, the owner of a seedy shop in Victorian Soho, plays a dangerous game spying on an agitating anarchist group that will prove useful to the foreign power he is secretly working for.

Stars: Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Charlie Hamblett, Marie Critchley

Votes: 1,079

15. Fanny Hill (2007)

60 min | Drama, Romance

Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits ... See full summary »

Stars: Rebecca Night, Alison Steadman, Emma Stansfield, Hugo Speer

Votes: 1,150

16. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A serial killer stalking the teen-aged daughters of the aristocracy brings Sherlock Holmes out of his drug-filled semi-retirement.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Rupert Everett, Nicholas Palliser, Neil Dudgeon, Ian Hart

Votes: 2,801

17. Dirty Filthy Love (2004 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

A man's life falls apart as a result of his affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome in this touching and funny tale.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Michael Sheen, Adrian Bower, Claudie Blakley, Anastasia Griffith

Votes: 1,462

18. Recovery (2007 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama

Alan and Tricia Hamilton are blissfully happy. One day their perfect life is torn apart when Alan steps in front of a passing car. He's left with a brain injury that completely transforms his personality.

Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: David Tennant, Sarah Parish, Harry Treadaway, Jacob Theato

Votes: 1,067

19. Enid (2009 TV Movie)

82 min | Biography, Drama

Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family. While training as a teacher after the Great ... See full summary »

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Macfadyen, Denis Lawson, Claire Rushbrook

Votes: 1,680

20. Eroica (2003 TV Movie)

129 min | Drama, History, Music

On June 9, 1804, Ludwig van Beethoven and his pupil Ries assemble a group of musicians to give the first performance of his Third Symphony, 'Bonaparte', to his patron Prince Lobkowitz and ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Peter Hanson, Jack Davenport, Leo Bill, Ian Hart

Votes: 667

21. The Last Weekend (2012)

180 min | Thriller

Set over a long weekend in East Anglia, a surprise phone call from an old university friend, invites Ian and his wife for a few days by the sea. Their hosts, Ollie and Daisy, are a golden ... See full summary »

Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Shaun Evans, Genevieve O'Reilly, Claire Keelan

Votes: 516

22. Heat of the Sun (1998)

334 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set in the 1930s, a former Scotland Yard detective is sent to colonial Kenya to head the new criminal investigation unit.

Stars: Trevor Eve, Susannah Harker, Michael Byrne, Julian Rhind-Tutt

Votes: 656

23. Low Winter Sun (2006 TV Movie)

150 min | Crime, Drama

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Mark Strong, Brian McCardie, Robert Willox, Burt Kwouk

Votes: 684

24. The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016)

23 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A collection of lesser known short stories written by one of the greatest science fiction minds of modern literature.

Stars: Ray Winstone, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Tom Goodman-Hill

Votes: 310

25. Riot at the Rite (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, History, Music

In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', danced... See full summary »

Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: Alex Jennings, Adam Garcia, George Antoni, Emma Pierson

Votes: 234

26. Stalag Luft (1993 TV Movie)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, War

During WW2, after the 'ingenious' desertion of the German guards, the Allied prisoners of a POW camp decide to remain in the camp, some masquerading as German guards, in order to fool the frequent SS inspections.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Stephen Fry, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Geoffrey Palmer, Sam Kelly

Votes: 180

27. Margaret (2009 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 113 min | Drama, History

Margaret Thatcher's final days as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Director: James Kent | Stars: Roger Allam, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Charlotte Asprey, Elizabeth Bennett

Votes: 468

28. The Sins (2000)

420 min | Crime, Drama

Len, a former getaway driver, encounters the temptations of all the seven sins while desperately trying to solve personal and family issues, keep his job at his uncle's funeral home, and, most importantly, stay straight.

Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Geraldine James, Caroline Hayes, Billie Cook

Votes: 140

29. Births, Marriages and Deaths (1999– )

50 min | Drama, Comedy

The lives of long-time friends Alan, Terry and Graham are turned around after they play a drunken prank on their old headmaster.

Stars: Mark Strong, Ray Winstone, Ronny Quirke, Maggie O'Neill

Votes: 328

30. Sleep with Me (2009 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

Richard and Lily are a happy couple. At a meeting with friends, they meet Sylvia, a young French woman. Acquaintance does not end with this meeting. She gradually starts invading their ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Jobst | Stars: Adrian Lester, Jodhi May, Anamaria Marinca, Adam James

Votes: 455

31. Disappeared (2004 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery

Harry Sands is a self made man, happily married with two children. When he learns that his daughter has gone missing in Istanbul, he flies out to find her. To Harry's horror, he discovers ... See full summary »

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Ray Winstone, Gary Lucy, Lindsey Coulson, Rebecca Norton

Votes: 261

32. Miss Marie Lloyd (2007 TV Movie)

80 min | Biography, Musical

In the first decade of the twentieth century Miss Marie Lloyd is the biggest female entertainer in England, adored by her public, in a biography commented on in song by 'the Showman'. ... See full summary »

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Jessie Wallace, Richard Armitage, Shaun Parkes, Lee Williams

Votes: 208

33. The Undertaker (I) (2005)

14 min | Short, Drama

A young woman visits an undertaker to organise the funeral of her father. Unusually cheerful and self-possessed for someone freshly bereaved, she catches the eye of the friendly young ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Penhall | Stars: Steve Hunt, Rhys Ifans, Tessa Peake-Jones, Natalie Press

Votes: 36

34. Demon (2022)

Short, Comedy, Thriller

A demon threatens to sabotage a TV editors opportunity for promotion.

Director: Thomas Meadmore | Stars: Rudy James Allen, Dior Clarke, Richard Mason, Helen Minassian

35. Early Doors (2003–2004)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2003)

Comedy

Discarded cigarette ends in the urinals and temporary traffic lights cause chaos in The Grapes.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Henshaw, Rodney Litchfield, Rita May, Joan Kempson

Votes: 72

36. Early Doors (2003–2004)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2003)

Comedy

Joe's marriage is in crisis, Shelia's husband goes missing and Melanie's boyfriend has a surprise for her.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Henshaw, Craig Cash, Phil Mealey, Rodney Litchfield

Votes: 76

37. Early Doors (2003–2004)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2003)

Comedy

The Grapes get a visit from the law, not that it's annoying for Ken to worry about, as long as he's got plenty of malt behind the bar.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Mark Benton, Christine Bottomley, Rodney Litchfield, Craig Cash

Votes: 73

38. Early Doors (2003–2004)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2003)

Comedy

The tension in The Grapes mounts when the winner of the football card is announced. Duffy and Joe advise Liam on how to win back a lost love.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Peter Wight, James Quinn, John Henshaw, Rita May

Votes: 75

39. Early Doors (2003–2004)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2003)

Comedy

It's Joan and Eddie's anniversary, and they plan to celebrate in style at The Grapes.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Mark Benton, Susan Cookson, Lorraine Cheshire, Rodney Litchfield

Votes: 64

40. Early Doors (2003–2004)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2003)

Comedy

Old Tommy buys a round, shocking all at The Grapes. Melanie meets her real father. And the fag-ends mystery gets solved.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Henshaw, James McAvoy, Mark Benton, Rita May

Votes: 80

41. Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
Episode: Love or War (2022)

R | 59 min | Drama, History

Young couple Camille and Valmont are fighting for a better life when they find themselves at war with each other.

Director: Leonora Lonsdale | Stars: Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Hilton Pelser

Votes: 104

42. Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
Episode: Conquer or Die (2022)

R | 57 min | Drama, History

Camille's new future hangs in the balance, and a face from the past triggers a long-buried need for revenge.

Director: Leonora Lonsdale | Stars: Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Hilton Pelser

Votes: 79

43. Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
Episode: Even God Does Not Forgive (2022)

R | 54 min | Drama, History

Camille's revenge mission leads her back to Valmont as he embarks on his most challenging seduction yet.

Director: Leonora Lonsdale | Stars: Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Hilton Pelser

Votes: 66

44. The Miniaturist (2017)
Episode: The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Part 3 (2017)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Desperate to save her husband, Nella decides to try to sell the sugar herself, with surprising initial success. When another tragedy strikes the household, Nella seeks out the advice of the... See full summary »

Director: Guillem Morales | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Hayley Squires, Graham Elwell

Votes: 92

45. Heat of the Sun (1998)
Episode: Private Lives (1998)

TV-PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After shooting a child killer that was deemed untouchable, Scotland Yard's Albert Tyburn is sent to 1930's Kenya to head a criminal division in Nairobi. He investigates the death of Lady ... See full summary »

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Trevor Eve, Susannah Harker, James Callis, Michael Byrne

Votes: 65

46. Fanny Hill (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2007)

Not Rated | 57 min | Drama, Romance

On the death of her parents innocent young Northerner Fanny Hill meets her worldly friend Esther,who invites her down to London to get a job. Esther introduces her to Mrs Brown,who runs a ... See full summary »

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Rebecca Night, Emma Stansfield, Tony Guilfoyle, Alison Steadman

Votes: 33

47. Fanny Hill (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2007)

Not Rated | 57 min | Drama, Romance

With Charles gone Fanny becomes the kept mistress of the older but attractive Mr H,a man from a wealthy family who gives her a good life-style but is extremely possessive. He wants her love... See full summary »

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Rebecca Night, Hugo Speer, Alex Robertson, Ruth Sheen

Votes: 37

48. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011–2014)
Episode: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House (2011)

TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Based on true events. Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Jack Whicher is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the horrific murder of a three-year-old boy.

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Paddy Considine, Peter Capaldi, Tom Georgeson, William Beck

Votes: 2,475

49. Vera (2011–2025)
Episode: Telling Tales (2011)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Vera must put together the pieces of a 11-year-old murder and stop a ruthless killer before he or she strikes again.

Director: Peter Hoar | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Wunmi Mosaku, Paul Ritter

Votes: 761

50. Vera (2011–2025)
Episode: Hidden Depths (2011)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A handsome young man, a coquettish student teacher, nothing in common between them - except that both were murdered and left with their bodies meticulously posed.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Wunmi Mosaku, Paul Ritter

Votes: 924