Anna Maxwell Martin's Top 10 Picks
The acclaimed actor from Motherland, Line of Duty, Ludwig and now Apple TV drama Star City reveals her film and TV favourites
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"It's good fun, playing a really terrible person," Anna Maxwell Martin says while reflecting on her role in new drama Star City. You know the British actor for her steel and smile across Line of Duty, Motherland and many more – to the point where few screen stars can boast such versatility. In Star City, she is ruthless KGB handler Lyudmilla Raskova, a key part of Apple TV's alternative history that follows what might have happened had the Soviet Union won the space race.
With the drama set to become one of the most highly rated dramas of the year to date (not least by our own RT critics), we sat down with Maxwell Martin to hear what shows and films have informed her life and work — and the answers were as varied as you might expect for someone with such a broad CV.
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1996
Crime/detective
Mystery
18
Nigel McCrery's long-running crime drama delves into the murky world of forensic pathology, following the efforts of officers to solve a series of puzzling crimes.
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1985
Drama
Romance
PG
Period drama based on the novel by EM Forster, starring Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands and Daniel Day-Lewis. A young Englishwoman's first grand tour of Europe turns into an unexpectedly complicated journey of discovery. Arriving in Florence with her cousin as her chaperone, they take up their rooms at the Pensione Bertolini and begin to meet the other guests.
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2002
Comedy
Romance
15
Romantic comedy drama starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson. Californian businessman Barry Egan is shy, repressed and prone to the occasional destructive outburst. But when one of his overbearing sisters sets him up with a woman, he finally finds himself falling in love {--) only for events to turn awry when the boss of a phone-sex line starts demanding blackmail money.
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1954
Drama
PG
A street entertainer hires a simple village girl as a clown to go on tour with him, where they make the acquaintance of a mild-mannered acrobat. This eye-catching, Oscar-winning Italian drama stars Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart and Giulietta Masina, and features a haunting score by Nino Rota, who wrote the theme music for The Godfather
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2024
Drama
Romance
Lord Baddingham goes to desperate lengths to retain his Corinium TV franchise and fend off bad boy rival Rupert Campbell-Black. Drama set in the cutthroat world of 1980s TV starring David Tennant and Alex Hassell
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2022
Comedy
Drama
15
Australian comedy about Ashley and Gordon, two singletons unexpectedly brought together by a car accident and an injured dog.
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2016
Crime/detective
Adventure
15
Australian crime thriller based on novels by Peter Temple, with Guy Pearce playing the title role of Jack Irish, a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator and debt collector.
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1985
Crime/detective
Action
PG
A British female detective and a New York cop join forces to fight crime. Police drama, starring Glynis Barber and Michael Brandon.
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2009
Comedy
Family
U
Comedy starring Martin Freeman. Despite being traumatised by a bad review years earlier, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is tasked with directing the annual Nativity play. Taunted by a teacher from a rival school, Paul foolishly promises that an old flame, now a Hollywood producer, is coming to see his production.
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2005
Sitcom
Comedy
PG
Remake of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's mockumentary The Office, following employees at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Starring Steve Carell and John Krasinski.
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