Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker

Born: September 19, 1963
in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and radio presenter. As the founder, frontman, lyricist, and sole consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus, Cocker has pursued a solo career, and for seven years he presented the BBC Radio 6 Music show Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service.

Movies for Jarvis Cocker...

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Title: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Character: Casino Receptionist and More (archive footage)
Released: March 14, 2024
Type: Movie
Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”, “The Swan”, “The Rat Catcher”, and “Poison”.
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Miniatyrmakaren – en film om Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Title: Miniatyrmakaren – en film om Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 2024
Type: Movie
Tiny cornflake boxes with precise proportions, absurd everyday humor, and melancholic animals are some of the things that characterize the miniature maker Niki Lindroth von Bahr. The Guldbagge Award-winning Min börda led to success and recognition. Now she has won so many awards that they no longer fit on the shelves at home. In Joanna Karlberg and Tove Palén’s documentary, we get to enter the model studio and witness everyday situations that are transformed into great art in a small format.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Title: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Character: Canasta Player / Manor Guest / Friend of Henry Sugar
Released: September 20, 2023
Type: Movie
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
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Asteroid City
Title: Asteroid City
Character: Other Cowboy
Released: June 8, 2023
Type: Movie
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
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Jarv Is... at Glastonbury 2022
Title: Jarv Is... at Glastonbury 2022
Released: June 26, 2022
Type: Movie
The Pulp frontman brings his latest material to Worthy Farm.
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The House
Title: The House
Character: Developer (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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The French Dispatch
Title: The French Dispatch
Character: Tip-top
Released: October 21, 2021
Type: Movie
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
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Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm
Title: Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm
Character: Self
Released: May 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Filmed across the Festival’s Worthy Farm site at landmarks including the Pyramid Field and the Stone Circle, the event will see a range of artists giving their time to perform in support of the Festival, including Coldplay, Damon Albarn, HAIM, IDLES, Jorja Smith, Kano, Michael Kiwanuka, Wolf Alice, plus DJ Honey Dijon, who will all perform as part of an uninterrupted film production. There will also be a number of unannounced surprise performances.
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Chilly Gonzales Presents: A Very Chilly Christmas Special
Title: Chilly Gonzales Presents: A Very Chilly Christmas Special
Character: himself
Released: November 28, 2020
Type: Movie
Pianist, entertainer and Grammy winner Chilly Gonzales performs traditional Christmas songs and new pop standards in this "Christmas Special." But there's no Christmas without family, so Gonzales has invited his musical gang to celebrate a special holiday with them. Because only together can they help Santa out of his impending depression. "A Very Chilly Christmas" takes the beloved old Christmas shows on TV as its model and subjects them to a contemporary makeover. For Santa, like all of us, has had an exhausting and challenging year. Overwhelmed by the world of goods and the consumer frenzy, he has to undergo therapy. So it's a good thing that Chilly Gonzales and his friends like Jarvis Cocker and Feist are on hand to help out musically. Because only together can they help Santa out of his impending depression and convince him to keep going - thus ending the year on a conciliatory note for him and all of us....
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JARV IS... Beyond the Pale - Live From The Centre of The Earth
Title: JARV IS... Beyond the Pale - Live From The Centre of The Earth
Character: Himself
Released: July 20, 2020
Type: Movie
“Beyond the Pale” was written (& partially recorded) in front of a live audience, so it feels extra-strange not to be able to take it on the road at the moment. Fortunately, our friends Iain & Jane suggested a way round the problem: set up our equipment in a cave & they would film the results. We have invented a new way of playing a concert.
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Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Title: Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 2019
Type: Movie
Comedian, actor and ex-English teacher Greg Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life. In this documentary, Greg goes in search of the book's enduring appeal, travelling to Barnsley, where the book was set and where Ken Loach's famous adaptation, Kes, was filmed.
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Shut Up and Play the Piano
Title: Shut Up and Play the Piano
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 2018
Type: Movie
The documentary follows Chilly Gonzales from his native Canada to late '90s underground Berlin, and via Paris to the world's great philharmonic halls. Diving deep into the dichotomy of Gonzales' stage persona, where self-doubt and megalomania are just two sides of the same coin.
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The 90s the Most Shocking Celebrity Moments
Title: The 90s the Most Shocking Celebrity Moments
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A countdown of infamous incidents from the 1990s, including Hugh Grant's arrest and OJ Simpson's murder trial. The program also looks back at Eric Cantona kicking a fan during a match, Jarvis Cocker interrupting Michael Jackson's performance at the Brit awards, and David and Victoria Beckham's lavish wedding. Featuring contributions from Louis Walsh, Shaun Ryder, Bez, Michael Burke, Darren Day, Gail Porter, Tim Vincent, Liz McClarnon and Kerry Katona.
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Title: Popular Voices at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 17, 2017
Type: TV
Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC archives.
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Wave
Title: Wave
Character: Narrator
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: Movie
A man wakes from a coma speaking a fully formed but unrecognizable language baffling linguistic experts from around the globe.
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Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Title: Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2016
Type: Movie
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 best-selling children’s books, culminating in a nationwide vote. Rik Mayall reads from George’s Marvellous Medicine.
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The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Title: The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Character: Self
Released: June 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Documentary that outlines the 1990s and the decade the changed the world.
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The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Title: The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Character: Self
Released: February 11, 2015
Type: Movie
This programme reconstructs the many layers of facial cosmetic surgery that Michael Jackson had over the course of his lifetime and asks what the 'King of Pop' would have looked like if he had had none.
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6 Desires
Title: 6 Desires
Released: October 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Documentary filmmaker Mark Cousins follows in the footsteps of DH Lawrence in this dazzling road-trip through Sardinia.
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Britpop at the BBC
Title: Britpop at the BBC
Character: Self [Pulp]
Released: April 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Raiding the BBC archives for a rich treasure trove of the joy and the time that was Britpop. It features Elastica, Sleeper, Suede, Menswear, Blur v Oasis, plus many others.
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Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Title: Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Character: Himself
Released: March 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Pulp found fame on the world stage in the 1990s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000’. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. In addition to performing, band members share their thoughts on fame, love, mortality — and car maintenance.
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Pulp
Title: Pulp
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
PULP found fame on the world stage in the 90’s with anthems like ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000’. 25 years later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame, love, mortality & car maintenance.
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Six by Sondheim
Title: Six by Sondheim
Character: Crooner
Released: December 9, 2013
Type: Movie
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
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David Bowie Is Happening Now
Title: David Bowie Is Happening Now
Character: Self
Released: August 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Directed by BAFTA Award winner Hamish Hamilton, the movie was filmed during the closing night of the V&A installation and features appearances by Pulp leader Jarvis Cocker, fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, and more, as well as insight from David Bowie Is curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh.
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David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Title: David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: Movie
BBC documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions from colleagues and famous fans.
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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Title: Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Character: Himself
Released: May 30, 2012
Type: Movie
A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction, and finally to his comeback.
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Pulp: Reading 2011
Title: Pulp: Reading 2011
Character: Himself
Released: August 27, 2011
Type: Movie
"Do you remember the first time?" asks the big screen on the main stage, just before Pulp arrive. Many up the front were but a twinkle when Sheffield's finest debuted Common People here, back on this day in 1994 – "Who was here?" questions Jarvis. "Who was born?" Not that it appears to dampen anyone's ardour – and who can blame them, because this is an imperious set, ranging from a perfect F.E.E.L.I.N.G C.A.L.L.E.D L.O.V.E to a glorious Misshapes, its line about "The future that they've got mapped out/ Is nothing left to shout about" sounding more contemporary than ever. Jarvis jumps from towering speaker cabinets, lies horizontal for some athletic hip-thrusting during a torrid This Is Hardcore, and dedicates Joyriders to "the rioters", quipping "they weren't rioting, they were just playing Grand Theft Auto outdoors". Honestly, it's hard to imagine how their reformation could have been handled any better.
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Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Title: Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Character: Self
Released: December 24, 2010
Type: Movie
'Welcome to my folly', declared Robin Ince as he opens Nine Lessons..., his massive sell-out Rationalist Celebration of comedy and science for Christmas. With a star-studded line-up included Richard Dawkins, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Simon Singh, Richard Herring, Gavin Osbourne, Isy Suttie, Ben Goldacre, Andrew Collins, Waen Shepherd, Christina Martin and Philip Jeays - all accompanied by Martin White and his amazing Mystery Fax Machine Chamber Orchestra. What more could you ask for?.... Oh go on then, as it's Christmas there's also interview contributions from Dara O'Briain and Javis Cocker.
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Lemmy
Title: Lemmy
Character: Self
Released: March 15, 2010
Type: Movie
Over four decades, Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister has registered an immeasurable impact on music history. Nearly 65, he remains the living embodiment of the rock and roll lifestyle, and this feature-length documentary tells his story, one of a hard-living rock icon who continues to enjoy the life of a man half his age.
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Burning Ice
Title: Burning Ice
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Title: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Character: Petey (voice)
Released: October 23, 2009
Type: Movie
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
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All Tomorrow's Parties
Title: All Tomorrow's Parties
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 14, 2009
Type: Movie
All Tomorrow's Parties is a 2009 documentary film directed by All Tomorrow's People and Jonathan Caouette covering the history of the long running All Tomorrow's Parties music festival. Described as a "post-punk DIY bricolage", the film was created using footage generated by the fans and musicians attending the events themselves, on a multitude of formats including Super8, camcorder and mobile phone. All Tomorrow's People is a name representing the contributions of these attendees.
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From The Basement
Title: From The Basement
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 2009
Type: Movie
First DVD release from this refreshingly basic UK music programme puts the music in the foreground with an impressive role call of acts. With sparse production and no filler (no host, no audience, just artist centre stage), From The Basement's eclectic line-up reads like a contemporary alternative who's who; The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Albert Hammond Jr., The Shins, Beck, Damien Rice, José González, Super Furry Animals, Eels, and more.
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Why Birds Sing
Title: Why Birds Sing
Character: Himself
Released: June 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Inspired by musician and eco-philosopher David Rothenberg's book of the same title, this documentary explores the intriguing, charming, complex and often conflicting theories on why birds sing like they do and why humans are so attracted to the sound. The film features contributions from musicians including Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker and Beth Orton; enlightening and often startling analysis from some of the world's most eminent birdsong scientists; a literary guide to birdsong in poetry; a bizarre birdsong-themed art 'happening'; the creation of a new musical composition from the Afro-Celt Sound System, entirely made up of manipulated birdsongs; and a strange musical duet at New York's Bronx Aviary, featuring humans and birds.
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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Title: Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Character: Self
Released: April 27, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
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The Good Night
Title: The Good Night
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.
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Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Title: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Character: Self
Released: November 24, 2006
Type: Movie
Poet, singer / songwriter and ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his home about his life and times. The interview is interspersed with archive photos and exuberant praise and live perfomances from an eclectic mix of musicians, including: Jarvis Cocker, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Anohni, The Handsome Family and U2's Bono and The Edge.
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Pulp: The Story of Common People
Title: Pulp: The Story of Common People
Character: Himself
Released: February 14, 2006
Type: Movie
A look at Pulp's Common People, a song that examines class, politics and Britain in the 90s.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Character: Band Lead Singer
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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The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Title: The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 15, 2005
Type: Movie
In August 1995 Blur and Oasis were engaged in a head-to-head chart battle which divided music fans and led to a wider argument about British pop music. John Harris, journalist and author of The Last Party - the definitive study of the entwinement of music and politics in the 1990s - presents a documentary charting the rise of Britpop, its brief romance with New Labour and the emergence of 'new lad' culture. Finally, as Britpop declines, he asks what legacy it has left. Including contributions from Blur's Graham Coxon, Elastica's Justine Frischmann, Sleeper's Louise Wener, former New Labour insider Darren Kalynuk, and the founder of Creation records, Alan McGee.
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Live Forever
Title: Live Forever
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 2003
Type: Movie
In the mid-1990s, spurred on by both the sudden world-domination of bands such as Oasis and Prime Minister Tony Blair's "Cool Brittania" campaign, British culture experienced a brief and powerful boost that made it appear as if Anglophilia was everywhere--at least if you believed the press. Pop music was the beating heart of this idea, and suddenly, "Britpop" was a movement. Oasis, their would-be rivals Blur, Pulp, The Verve, and many more bands rode this wave to international chart success. But was Britpop a real phenomenon, or just a marketing ploy? This smart and often hilarious documentary probes the question with copious interviews from Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn of Blur, Sleeper's Louise Wener, and many other artists and critics who suddenly found themselves at the cultural forefront.
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Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die
Title: Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die
Character: Newlywed
Released: June 1, 2002
Type: Movie
A man has passed away but hasn't been buried yet. Thinking that God has a furtive way about death, the man believes he can get the last laugh.
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Title: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: TV
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
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Title: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self - Performer
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: TV
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
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Title: Da Ali G Show
Released: March 30, 2000
Type: TV
Da Ali G Show is a British satirical television series created by and starring English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. In the series, Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and gay Austrian fashion enthusiast Brüno Gehard. These characters conduct real interviews with unsuspecting people, many of whom are celebrities, high-ranking government officials, and other well-known figures, during which they are asked absurd and ridiculous questions.
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Tripping
Title: Tripping
Character: Self
Released: August 7, 1999
Type: Movie
A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.
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Title: Journeys into the Outside with Jarvis Cocker
Character: Self
Released: February 16, 1999
Type: TV
Jarvis Cocker's three-part survey of outsider art.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Pulp - The Park is Mine
Title: Pulp - The Park is Mine
Character: Himself
Released: July 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Go down to Finsbury Park and witness the legendary "The Park Is Mine"; 1. The Fear 2. Do You Remember The First Time? 3. Dishes 4. Seductive Barry 5. Sorted For E's & Wizz 6. TV Movie 7. A Little Soul 8. Party Hard 9. Help The Aged 10. Sylvia 11. This Is Hardcore 12. Glory Days 13. Common People 14. Laughing Boy 15. Something Changed
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This Is Hardcore
Title: This Is Hardcore
Character: Self
Released: March 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Interviews of the cast and crew behind the scene of the music video 'This Is Hardcore' by Pulp
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Title: TFI Friday
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 1996
Type: TV
TFI Friday was an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first 5 series. The final series was hosted by a number of guest presenters. It was broadcast on Fridays at 6pm from 9 February 1996 to 22 December 2000, with a repeat later that night. The title officially stood for "Thank Four It's Friday", but was widely understood to mean "Thank Fuck It's Friday" and was a reference to the popular phrase "Thank God it's Friday". The show's theme tune was Ron Grainer's theme from Man in a Suitcase, in keeping with Evans's frequent use of 1960s television themes in his work.
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Pulp - F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.I.V.E.
Title: Pulp - F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.I.V.E.
Character: Himself
Released: December 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Take a trip down to Brixton Academy and totally immerse yourself in F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.I.V.E; 1. Do You Remember The First Time 2. Monday Morning 3. Pencil Skirt 4. I Spy 5. Sorted For E's And Wizz 6. Something Changed 7. Live Bed Show 8. Acrylic Afternoons 9. Babies 10. Disco 2000 11. Mis-Shapes 12. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E 13. Underwear 14. Common People
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No Sleep Till Sheffield: Pulp Go Public
Title: No Sleep Till Sheffield: Pulp Go Public
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 1995
Type: Movie
Rockumentary following British rock band Pulp on their 1995 UK tour.
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Pulp at Glastonbury
Title: Pulp at Glastonbury
Character: Himself
Released: June 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Pulp step in for The Stone Roses at Glastonbury '95, in a set regarded as one of the greatest Glastonbury has ever offered.
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Momus Man of Letters
Title: Momus Man of Letters
Character: Himself
Released: October 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Documentary about the avant-garde musician, presented as a mixture of songs, stream of consciousness images, and interviews with Britpop musicians such as Sarah Cracknell and Jarvis Cocker.
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Do You Remember The First Time?
Title: Do You Remember The First Time?
Released: May 1, 1994
Type: Movie
An unconventional promo for the 1994 single of the same name by British band Pulp. Various celebrities are interviewed about their memories of losing their virginity, and frontman Jarvis Cocker reminisces about his.
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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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Title: Question Time
Character: Himself - Panellist
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: TV
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.