Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Born: March 3, 1958
in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actor. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage. She has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning twice for Enchanted April (1992) and the TV film Fatherland (1994). In 1996, one critic asserted that she is "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" after she appeared in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival. Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End debut in the 1981 play Moving, before being nominated for the 1987 Olivier Award for Best Actress for A Lie of the Mind. Her television credits include Blackadder (1986–1989), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Merlin (1998), The Lost Prince (2003), Gideon's Daughter (2006), the sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007), and Rubicon (2010). She was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Operation Orangutan.

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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Title: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Character: Mrs Tweedy (voice)
Released: December 8, 2023
Type: Movie
A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Title: Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Character: Self – Contributor
Released: June 16, 2023
Type: Movie
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia.
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The Magician's Elephant
Title: The Magician's Elephant
Character: Madam LaVaughn (voice)
Released: March 10, 2023
Type: Movie
Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.
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The House
Title: The House
Character: Aunt Clarice (voice)
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
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Title: Fate: The Winx Saga
Character: Rosalind
Released: January 22, 2021
Type: TV
The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.
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Rams
Title: Rams
Character: Kat
Released: October 15, 2020
Type: Movie
In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley—so the brothers must work together to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together.
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Title: Modern Love
Character: Jane
Released: October 18, 2019
Type: TV
An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.
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Title: Good Omens
Character: Madame Tracy
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: TV
Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.
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Title: Good Omens
Character: Shax
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: TV
Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.
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Title: Curfew
Character: Lou
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: TV
When day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a deadly race for freedom. During this contest, alliances and friendships are both made and lost.
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Title: Girlfriends
Character: Sue
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: TV
After the dramatic and sudden death of Linda's husband Micky, childhood friends Linda, Sue and Gail find themselves back together again. Each has their own problems to face; from a looming divorce from the husband she still loves and the loss of a high-powered job through age discrimination, to juggling the endless responsibilities of their grandchildren and aging mothers.
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Stronger
Title: Stronger
Character: Patty Bauman
Released: September 22, 2017
Type: Movie
A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
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Churchill
Title: Churchill
Character: Clementine Churchill
Released: May 25, 2017
Type: Movie
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
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iBoy
Title: iBoy
Character: Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
Released: January 27, 2017
Type: Movie
After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of super powers.
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Title: And Then There Were None
Character: Emily Brent
Released: December 26, 2015
Type: TV
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.
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An Inspector Calls
Title: An Inspector Calls
Character: Sybil Birling
Released: September 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Northern England, 1912. The dinner of a wealthy family is interrupted by Inspector Goole, who only announces that a young woman has committed suicide. Then, he simply asks everyone present, one by one, if they knew her.
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Title: Casanova
Character: Marquise d'Urfé
Released: August 7, 2015
Type: TV
Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behind him. But old habits die hard, and temptation is everywhere as Casanova finds a wealth of new opportunity... and trouble. Part of Amazon's fall 2015 pilot season. Currently only the pilot has been made.
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Casanova
Title: Casanova
Character: Marquise d'Urfé
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behind him. But old habits die hard, and temptation is everywhere as Casanova finds a wealth of new opportunity and trouble.
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Operation Orangutan
Title: Operation Orangutan
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 22, 2015
Type: Movie
A rehabilitation centre in western Kalimantan in Borneo aims to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned orangutans for release back into the wild.
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Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
Title: Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 13, 2015
Type: Movie
A look at the phenomenal success of novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.
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Title: Mapp and Lucia
Character: Elizabeth Mapp
Released: December 29, 2014
Type: TV
1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
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The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm
Title: The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm
Character: Mrs Blitherington
Released: December 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town for being a nuisance.
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Testament of Youth
Title: Testament of Youth
Character: Miss Lorimer
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
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Muppets Most Wanted
Title: Muppets Most Wanted
Character: Berliner at Window
Released: March 20, 2014
Type: Movie
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Title: Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: Movie
A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's frank and open conversations combine with personal interviews from some of the greats who have worked with him.
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Hidden Universe
Title: Hidden Universe
Released: June 29, 2013
Type: Movie
An extraordinary journey deep into space offering fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.
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Belle
Title: Belle
Character: Lady Ashford
Released: May 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.
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Title: World Without End
Character: Mother Cecilia
Released: September 4, 2012
Type: TV
Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.
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Title: Parade's End
Character: Mrs. Wannop
Released: August 24, 2012
Type: TV
The story of a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette in the midst of World War I and a Europe on the brink of profound change.
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Title: Dead Boss
Character: Jo
Released: June 14, 2012
Type: TV
Helen Stephens is wrongly sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering her boss Eric Bridges, the managing director of Entirely Tiles. Although she is sure that it will only be a matter of time before this mistake is rectified, everyone around her seems to be conspiring to keep her behind bars. Lawyer Tony is incompetent, sister Laura wants her flat, and fiancé Justin - her alibi - has disappeared. Colleague Henry seems to be the only one willing to help, but he has an ulterior motive.
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Title: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character: Rita Skeeter
Released: November 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
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Made in Dagenham
Title: Made in Dagenham
Character: Barbara Castle
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
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Title: Rubicon
Character: Katherine Rhumor
Released: June 13, 2010
Type: TV
An intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale.
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Title: Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Character: Narrator (Voice)
Released: October 1, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream up towards the Arctic and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic across to Africa and back to the beach where she was born. But the odds are stacked against her; just one in ten thousand turtles survive the journey.
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The Young Victoria
Title: The Young Victoria
Character: Duchess of Kent
Released: March 4, 2009
Type: Movie
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Title: Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Character: Self
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: Movie
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Title: Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Released: October 9, 2008
Type: Movie
To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of the much-loved sitcom appear together in a documentary for the first time. The show includes an exclusive in-depth interview with Edmund Blackadder himself, Rowan Atkinson - the first time he has agreed to be interviewed about his experience making the show.
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A Fox's Tale
Title: A Fox's Tale
Character: Anna Conda (voice)
Released: April 17, 2008
Type: Movie
The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.
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Southland Tales
Title: Southland Tales
Character: Nana Mae Frost
Released: November 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
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Fred Claus
Title: Fred Claus
Character: Annette Claus
Released: November 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.
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Puffball
Title: Puffball
Character: Mabs Tucker
Released: October 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house.
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Title: The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
Released: October 4, 2007
Type: TV
Revolving around the life of Vivienne Vyle, a daytime TV presenter/agony aunt in the mold of Trisha, the show focuses on not only the problems of her guests but the problems Vivienne faces herself in regards to her love and home life.
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Provoked: A True Story
Title: Provoked: A True Story
Character: Veronica Scott
Released: April 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.
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Spinning Into Butter
Title: Spinning Into Butter
Character: Dean Catherine Kenney
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean (Parker) in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race and prejudice, while maintaining her administration's politically correct policies.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
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Paris Je T'aime
Title: Paris Je T'aime
Character: La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
Released: June 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
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Title: Merlin's Apprentice
Character: Lady of the Lake
Released: April 14, 2006
Type: TV
Merlin and a young thief embark on a dangerous quest to find the Holy Grail and save Camelot.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Character: Rita Skeeter
Released: November 16, 2005
Type: Movie
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
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Gideon's Daughter
Title: Gideon's Daughter
Character: Stella
Released: October 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death. Nighy is a PR guru who has to stop and re-evaluate his world when his daughter threatens to leave his life, perhaps as revenge for his serial infidelities. Richardson plays a mother trying to bury her grief in an unconventional way after the loss of her young son.
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Title: Final Chance to Save
Character: Herself
Released: September 3, 2005
Type: TV
Sky One introduces the start of a new ongoing documentary series that highlights the potential extinction of some of the world's most famous species. Working with Tiger Aspect Productions, the series follows a team of experts assisted by a wellknown personality. Each documentary will highlight the plight of the world's most endangered animals including the tigers of India, Aye-Ayes and Gorillas. Presenters include Sanjeev Bhaskar, Bill Bailey, Miranda Richardson and Joe Simpson. Each of the presenters will draw on the expertise of local teams campaigning to save the endangered species and work with conservationists to develop and implement strategies to help in their fight for survival.
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Wah-Wah
Title: Wah-Wah
Character: Lauren Compton
Released: August 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.
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Title: The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
Character: Corky (British dub voice)
Released: August 8, 2005
Type: TV
An inspiring way kids to create weird and wonderful things out of everyday objects.
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Comic Aid
Title: Comic Aid
Released: March 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sale – the DVD features the entire uncut show for all those unfortunate enough to have missed out on tickets. The 3 hour show sees Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Graham Norton, Julian Clary, and Lily Savage host a stellar comic line-up that includes; Lee Evans, Dawn French, Jimmy Carr, Ardal O’Hanlon, Johnny Vegas, Bill Bailey, Bo’ Selecta! star The Bear, Jo Brand, Jon Culshaw, Omid Djalili, Otis Lee Crenshaw, Eddie Izzard, The League Of Gentlemen with Miranda Richardson, Alistair McGowan, Dylan Moran, Dave Spikey, Simon Pegg & Jessica Stevenson. Psychological illusionist Derren Brown and international percussion sensation Stomp also present their own unique blend of stage entertainment.
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The Phantom of the Opera
Title: The Phantom of the Opera
Character: Madame Giry
Released: December 8, 2004
Type: Movie
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as The Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the crew.
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Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Title: Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Character: Eva Braun
Released: December 3, 2004
Type: Movie
A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I. to play the part of Winston Churchill. Their take on the war depicts a handsome Churchill falling in love with Princess Elizabeth, who is herself involved in the war as an undercover agent.
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The Prince & Me
Title: The Prince & Me
Character: Queen Rosalind
Released: March 28, 2004
Type: Movie
A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige and Edward come from two different worlds, but there is an undeniable attraction between them.
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Falling Angels
Title: Falling Angels
Character: Mary Field
Released: September 8, 2003
Type: Movie
The wickedly funny story of three sisters' coming of age in a wildly dysfunctional family, set against the backdrop of the 60's, free love, the Cold War, LSD and the dawn of feminism. Affectionately dubbed "Little Women on acid", this is a story about the destructive effects of secrecy and the bonds of duty between parents and their children.
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The Rage in Placid Lake
Title: The Rage in Placid Lake
Character: Sylvia Lake
Released: May 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. To his parents' horror, he gets a normal job.
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The Actors
Title: The Actors
Character: Mrs. Magnani
Released: March 16, 2003
Type: Movie
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.
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Title: The Lost Prince
Character: Queen Mary
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: TV
The life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.
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The Hours
Title: The Hours
Character: Vanessa Bell
Released: December 27, 2002
Type: Movie
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
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Spider
Title: Spider
Character: Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
Released: November 6, 2002
Type: Movie
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
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Title: V Graham Norton
Character: Self
Released: May 6, 2002
Type: TV
V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 26 December 2003. It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually laden with sexual innuendo. The studio games were later featured on the clip show Nortonland in 2007 on digital channel Challenge. The show featured a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact with the public live. The feature was made technically possible using digital microwave link technology provided by Rear Window Television with the 'spontaneous' webcam feature always produced as a full quality Outside Broadcast, before being made to look like a traditional webcam at the studios.
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Snow White: The Fairest of Them All
Title: Snow White: The Fairest of Them All
Character: Queen Elspeth
Released: October 28, 2001
Type: Movie
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
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Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Title: Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Character: Self
Released: October 15, 2001
Type: Movie
An intimate behind the scenes short film while shooting the Black Adder special Back and Forth.
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Get Carter
Title: Get Carter
Character: Gloria Carter
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: Movie
Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible.
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Chicken Run
Title: Chicken Run
Character: Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Released: June 23, 2000
Type: Movie
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.
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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Title: Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Character: Self
Released: May 23, 2000
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.
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The Miracle Maker
Title: The Miracle Maker
Character: Mary Magdalene (voice)
Released: March 31, 2000
Type: Movie
A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.
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Sleepy Hollow
Title: Sleepy Hollow
Character: Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
Released: November 19, 1999
Type: Movie
The curse of The Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) and his new-world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best forgotten, and now reawakened, and he too, holding a dark secret of a past once gone.
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Title: Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Character: Miss Fowl
Released: October 8, 1999
Type: Movie
Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks, two minutes and five seconds in the Children's Prison hundreds of miles away from civilization. It is a dark, dirty dungeon-like place where the children work and are kept in cells. There are the three head characters, Master Fish, a fish/human, Mistress Fowl, a bird like woman and the Hooded Fang himself. They also have green henchmen who spray "slime resistors" at the children to prevent them escaping. Two child agents try to help him out, as the children also come up with a plan for escape.
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The Big Brass Ring
Title: The Big Brass Ring
Character: Dinah Pellarin
Released: April 20, 1999
Type: Movie
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
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Blackadder: Back & Forth
Title: Blackadder: Back & Forth
Character: Queenie
Released: March 29, 1999
Type: Movie
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of human history.
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The King and I
Title: The King and I
Character: Anna Leonowens (voice)
Released: March 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
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Alice in Wonderland
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: Queen of Hearts
Released: February 28, 1999
Type: Movie
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
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Ted & Ralph
Title: Ted & Ralph
Character: Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
Released: December 26, 1998
Type: Movie
One-off comedy drama featuring characters from award-winning BBC sketch series 'The Fast Show'. Ralph Mayhew (Charlie Higson) lives alone in a faded stately home. His only friend is Ted (Paul Whitehouse), the elderly Irish estate worker. But their way of life is under threat: Ralph must marry before his 35th birthday or lose everything. Just when it all seems hopeless, along comes Wendy (Kathy Burke). As Ralph's affection for Wendy grows, his dependence on Ted wanes. Is this the end of a beautiful friendship ? Is Wendy all that she seems ? Will Ralph go through with the marriage ? And will he save the Hall ?
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Title: The Scold's Bridle
Character: Dr Sarah Blakeney
Released: July 1, 1998
Type: TV
Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.
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Title: Merlin
Character: Lady of the Lake / Mab
Released: April 26, 1998
Type: TV
A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.
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The Scold's Bridle
Title: The Scold's Bridle
Character: Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Released: April 10, 1998
Type: Movie
Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.
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St. Ives
Title: St. Ives
Character: Susan Gilchrist
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating with women. Both men have their eyes on the lovely Flora, who resides with her aunt, the iconoclastic and well-traveled Miss Susan Emily Gilcrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques's grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way. Can Miss Gilcrist contrive to make everything work out?
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The Apostle
Title: The Apostle
Character: Toosie
Released: December 19, 1997
Type: Movie
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
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Title: A Dance to the Music of Time
Character: Pamela Flitton
Released: October 9, 1997
Type: TV
A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.
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The Designated Mourner
Title: The Designated Mourner
Character: Judy
Released: May 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judy's father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view.
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Swann
Title: Swann
Character: Sarah Maloney
Released: March 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure poet who was brutally murdered in a small town in rural Ontario.
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The Evening Star
Title: The Evening Star
Character: Patsy Carpenter
Released: December 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.
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Saint-Ex
Title: Saint-Ex
Character: Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Released: November 17, 1996
Type: Movie
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
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Kansas City
Title: Kansas City
Character: Carolyn Stilton
Released: August 16, 1996
Type: Movie
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
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The Night and the Moment
Title: The Night and the Moment
Character: Julie
Released: July 5, 1995
Type: Movie
The Night and the Moment is a 1995 erotic drama. A writer (Dafoe) is invited to the house of a noblewoman (Olin) who adores free-thinkers. He attempts to seduce her but she insists that he tell her of his past love exploits. While doing so, he takes her through his time in prison where he was unknowingly incarcerated in the cell beside hers.
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Fatherland
Title: Fatherland
Character: Charlie Maguire
Released: November 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
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Tom & Viv
Title: Tom & Viv
Character: Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: Movie
The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.
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Century
Title: Century
Character: Clara
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.
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Title: Shooting Stars
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 1993
Type: TV
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
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The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Title: The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Character: Mysterious Woman
Released: November 13, 1993
Type: Movie
A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.
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Jealousy
Title: Jealousy
Character: Stella/Elsbeth
Released: May 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory and convinced she is having an affair with her handsome water aerobics instructor. Seeing a name and number in her diary he follows her in drag, only to find it is a transvestite club she is covering as a journalist and where he is embarrassingly chatted up. In the event his suspicions are correct but the proof comes at a cost.
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Demonella
Title: Demonella
Character: Marie Antoinette
Released: May 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams, a piece called 'Demonella' he is anxious to fulfill his part of the deal, to give the Devil his mother's secret recipe for chicken soup to serve her celebrity guests in Hell.
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Title: Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Character: Miss Straugheim
Released: April 29, 1993
Type: Movie
A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in order to ensure the continuity of their race and whom they imprison in their sex factory. Fortunately for the world the secret agent James Blond,a decidedly non-feminist secret agent,sets out to rescue the men and see off the Space Rats in his own inimitable way.
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Damage
Title: Damage
Character: Ingrid Fleming
Released: December 2, 1992
Type: Movie
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
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Title: Absolutely Fabulous
Released: November 12, 1992
Type: TV
Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.
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The Crying Game
Title: The Crying Game
Character: Jude
Released: September 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
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Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Title: Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Character: Sandra
Released: April 22, 1992
Type: Movie
Darkly comic murder mystery adapted from Bernice Rubens 's Booker Prize-winning bestseller. Luke Wakefield is not so much a knight in shining armour as an oddball in a suit. And his crusade is more of a "who ami" than a "whodunit".
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Enchanted April
Title: Enchanted April
Character: Rose Arbuthnot
Released: November 6, 1991
Type: Movie
Four English women, unhappy with their lives, rent an Italian villa on holiday.
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Old Times
Title: Old Times
Released: October 26, 1991
Type: Movie
The scene is a fashionably remodeled farmhouse in the countryside somewhere beyond London, where a prosperous and urbane couple are entertaining the wife's former roommate and friend whom they have not seen for twenty years. At first the husband and wife banter, then the friend joins them and a flood of intertwining memories ensues. The action shifts back and forth in time, as recollection of what did-or, perhaps, did not-happen are pondered and, as the tension builds, we are aware that the husband and the friend have become locked in a duel for the wife's very soul. Reveries and ambiguities abound, hinting at much more than is said, and forming together into a surprising entity which challenges the heart and mind and will linger on enticingly in the memory. Doollee.com
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Redemption
Title: Redemption
Character: Valerie Paris
Released: July 3, 1991
Type: Movie
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?
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Title: Performance
Character: Anna
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Broken Skin
Title: Broken Skin
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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The Fool
Title: The Fool
Character: Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
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Title: Die Kinder
Character: Sidonie Reiger
Released: November 14, 1990
Type: TV
Die Kinder is a 1990 BBC political thriller written by Paula Milne, a six-part series made for television, and starred Miranda Richardson in the lead role as Sidonie Reiger. It also featured Frederic Forrest, Hans Kremer and Derek Fowlds. The story follows Sidonie as she tried to rescue her kidnapped children. Enlisting the aid of private investigator Lomax they find themselves caught between her husband's past radical associates and the secret services of several countries.
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Les Dogs
Title: Les Dogs
Character: Bride's Mother
Released: August 3, 1990
Type: Movie
Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and bride exchange insults and a gun battle ensues in which many guests - and Les Dogs - are casualties though the happy couple escape. Victor, who has wandered in on the scene, is asked to take wedding photographs and has a series of dreamlike fantasies all based around his infatuation with Angela.
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The Bachelor
Title: The Bachelor
Character: Friederike / Widow Sommer
Released: March 29, 1990
Type: Movie
In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.
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Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Title: Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Character: Early Bird
Released: December 27, 1989
Type: Movie
Joe and Sarah Marriot are a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families that have come to the site on holiday provide great comedy and plenty of people watching for the Marriots. Of course, you'd expect hilarity from characters dubbed the Fitness Family, Mr. and Mrs. Topless, Fatty Granada, and the In-the-Trades. But the Marriots' enjoyment of observing the outside world turns inward when the entrance of Early Bird, a free-spirited female, shakes up their little nest.
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Twisted Obsession
Title: Twisted Obsession
Character: Marilyn
Released: September 5, 1989
Type: Movie
An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Title: Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Character: Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
Released: December 23, 1988
Type: Movie
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
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Mountain Language
Title: Mountain Language
Character: Young Woman
Released: December 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Harold Pinter play starring Michael Gambon. 'Your language is forbidden. It is dead. No one is allowed to speak your language. Your language no longer exists. Any questions?'
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
Title: The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
Character: Witch
Released: June 19, 1988
Type: Movie
A witch weds a widowed king. Finding that his children pose a threat to her, she transforms the three boys into ravens. The girl escapes but is told she must remain silent for three years, or the boys will be trapped in raven form forever.
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The Master Builder
Title: The Master Builder
Character: Hilde Wangel
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself. The arrival of a young woman called Hilda stirs up memories and feelings with stories of a promise he made her many years ago.
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Title: The Storyteller
Character: Witch
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: TV
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
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Sweet As You Are
Title: Sweet As You Are
Character: Julia Perry
Released: January 24, 1988
Type: Movie
A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life.
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Empire of the Sun
Title: Empire of the Sun
Character: Mrs. Victor
Released: December 9, 1987
Type: Movie
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
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Eat the Rich
Title: Eat the Rich
Character: DHSS Blonde
Released: October 23, 1987
Type: Movie
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
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The Death of the Heart
Title: The Death of the Heart
Character: Daphne Heccomb
Released: May 3, 1987
Type: Movie
A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.
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After Pilkington
Title: After Pilkington
Character: Penny Newhouse
Released: January 25, 1987
Type: Movie
The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.
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Lost Property
Title: Lost Property
Character: Anne
Released: November 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Anne and John Forrest live in an old Victorian school building. But what for Anne is the fulfillment of her childhood fantasy about a “pretend” school is too real for John and a former pupil at the school.
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Title: Unnatural Causes
Character: Anne Forrest
Released: November 8, 1986
Type: TV
Series of seven psychological dramas concerning death by unnatural causes.
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Underworld
Title: Underworld
Character: Oriel
Released: November 29, 1985
Type: Movie
When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city.
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The Innocent
Title: The Innocent
Character: Mary Turner
Released: March 18, 1985
Type: Movie
A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.
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Dance with a Stranger
Title: Dance with a Stranger
Character: Ruth Ellis
Released: March 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.
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Title: A Woman of Substance
Character: Paula McGill Amory
Released: January 2, 1985
Type: TV
The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the twentieth century, to respected business woman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.
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Title: Natural World
Character: Narrator
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Queen Elizabeth I
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Nurse Mary
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Queen Elisabeth
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Stella/Elsbeth
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Bride's Mother
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Marie Antoinette
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Miss Straugheim
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Title: Agony
Character: Gudrun
Released: March 11, 1979
Type: TV
Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. It starred Maureen Lipman as a successful agony aunt but whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT. Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with issues that were seen as taboo at the time such as drug use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people. It also openly mocked the government, the ruling classes, and religion, and occasionally contained dark and dramatic storylines.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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The Yellow Tie
Title: The Yellow Tie
Character: Ioana Celibidache
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Sergiu Celibidache's fairy tale journey: from Moldavia to the Berlin Philharmonic. Despite World War II and countless challenges, he pursued his musical dreams with relentless dedication and refusal to compromise, inspiring many.
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Title: The Last Anniversary
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A mystery that touches on family matters, motherhood and those women whose legacy defines the generations that blossom after them.