Adjoa Andoh

Adjoa Andoh

Born: January 14, 1963
in Bristol, England, UK
Adjoa Andoh is a British film, television, stage and radio actress. On stage, she has played lead roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre.

Movies for Adjoa Andoh...

Title: The Red King
Character: Lady Heather Nancarrow
Released: April 24, 2024
Type: TV
Smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a 'punishment posting' on the small, antiquated island of St. Jory. Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of missing teenage boy Cai, Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island's strange cult history to uncover the truth
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Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
Title: Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
Character: Readings
Released: December 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Captivating documentary exploring the haunting world of Charles Dickens' supernatural tales through actor readings, archive footage and immersive visuals
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Mog's Christmas
Title: Mog's Christmas
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Follows the Thomas’s attempts to rescue their cat from the top of a tree. Despite everyone’s fears, Mog has a magical night in the snow with a cat-themed Christmas dream.
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Title: Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Character: Lady Agatha Danbury
Released: May 4, 2023
Type: TV
The story of how the young Queen Charlotte’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton.
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The Smeds and the Smoos
Title: The Smeds and the Smoos
Character: Grandmother Smoo (voice)
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: Movie
In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young Janet and Bill – who eloped to escape their families’ long standing rivalries.
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How I See You
Title: How I See You
Character: The Woman
Released: October 20, 2022
Type: Movie
A chance encounter with a photographer sends a woman on a journey of self-identity.
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Title: Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Released: September 4, 2022
Type: TV
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.
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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration
Title: The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration
Character: Narrator
Released: May 15, 2022
Type: Movie
From the private grounds of Windsor Castle, an all-star cast put on a theatrical arena event featuring 1,300 performers, 500 horses and four acts, which gallop through history to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.
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House Finch
Title: House Finch
Character: Penny
Released: November 17, 2021
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a mother and her son.
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The Last Days
Title: The Last Days
Character: Yimika
Released: September 30, 2021
Type: Movie
It is the near-future, and even the prediction of one's own death comes with its racialized privilege.
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Title: The Netflix Afterparty
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 2021
Type: TV
Hosts David Spade, Fortune Feimster and London Hughes welcome guests from the newest and biggest Netflix titles for fun conversations, skits and more.
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The Lennox Report
Title: The Lennox Report
Character: Louise
Released: December 28, 2020
Type: Movie
When a global pandemic threatens to jeopardise an impending deal, and their manager goes off sick, work colleagues Kayla and Mark are tasked with completing the Lennox Report. Spending time together online, their friendship deepens and Kayla begins to question some of the other relationships in her life.
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Title: Bridgerton
Character: Lady Agatha Danbury
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: TV
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
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Title: Between the Covers
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2020
Type: TV
Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.
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Title: The Savoy
Character: Narrator
Released: September 30, 2020
Type: TV
The Savoy hotel... Its very name synonymous with glamour and exclusivity. But what really goes on behind those famous revolving doors?
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Title: The Witcher
Character: Nenneke
Released: December 20, 2019
Type: TV
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
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Brighton
Title: Brighton
Character: Alice
Released: September 28, 2019
Type: Movie
A typical day in Brighton; two working-class couples are on a day trip to the beach. But Brighton is changing and the friends can’t keep up. A result is a vengeful act of violence that exposes the gaps and similarities between class, gender, and sexual orientations.
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Fractured
Title: Fractured
Character: Dr. Isaacs
Released: September 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Title: Serengeti
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 4, 2019
Type: TV
Capturing the high drama of the Serengeti’s distinctive wildlife up close.
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Richard II
Title: Richard II
Character: Richard II
Released: April 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Beset by problems at home and abroad, a capricious king is forced to relinquish his ‘hollow crown’. As his supporters abandon him and his power trickles away, Richard reflects with startling eloquence on the disintegration of his status and identity. Adjoa Andoh and Lynette Linton direct the first ever company of women of colour in a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage, in a post-Empire reflection on what it means to be British in the light of the Windrush anniversary and as we leave the European Union.
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The Name of the Prime Minister
Title: The Name of the Prime Minister
Character: Liz De Souza
Released: October 4, 2018
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist is taken to a secret government facility to interview a man convinced Tony Blair is still the Prime Minister.
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Title: Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 1, 2018
Type: TV
As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women.
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Title: Escape to the Chateau DIY
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: April 9, 2018
Type: TV
Many Brits have moved to France to buy crumbling French chateaus to renovate into stunning homes. This series follows their progress and sees them try to use their homes as a business for events, etc. In 2021, the program was renamed as "Chateau DIY".
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National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Title: National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Character: Casca, Conspirator
Released: March 22, 2018
Type: Movie
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.
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Title: Liar
Character: Margaret Rust
Released: September 11, 2017
Type: TV
A teacher and a surgeon are rocked by scandalous accusations after they enjoy a seemingly innocent date.
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Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
Title: Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
Released: September 11, 2017
Type: Movie
Only shown at live events, Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes is made from unseen sketches and outtakes from seminal British TV series Brass Eye.
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Brotherhood
Title: Brotherhood
Character: Agnes Peel
Released: September 2, 2016
Type: Movie
First there was Kidulthood then Adulthood now comes Noel Clarkes last installment brotherhood With Sam facing up to the new world he realizes it also comes with new problems and new challenges that he must face that he knows will require old friends to help him survive new dangers.
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National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Title: National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Character: Madame de Volanges
Released: January 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Marquise de Merteuil, former lover of Vicomte de Valmont, incites him to corrupt the innocent Cécile de Volanges before her wedding night, but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel.
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Title: Thunderbirds Are Go!
Character: Colonel Casey (voice)
Released: April 4, 2015
Type: TV
Remake of the hit 1960s television show. In the 21st century, Jeff Tracy, a former astronaut, amasses a colossal fortune and decides that he must use it to benefit others. His answer to this desire is to create International Rescue, a unique private emergency response service equipped with customized designed vehicles and equipment that enable the organization to react to any crisis whether it be in sea, air, land, or space. Jeff's five sons volunteer to operate as the pilots and field agents, as well "Brain" who acts as the teams engineer. In addition, Jeff's friend, Kyrano and his daughter Tanusha aka Kayo (based on the original series Tin-Tin character) agree to be the support staff. In addition to the field team, IR also maintains an intelligence network with Lady Penelope and her ex-con chauffeur, Parker as the chief agents in this arm.
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Title: Cucumber
Character: Marie Sullivan
Released: January 22, 2015
Type: TV
Original drama series from Russell T Davies exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life, beginning with the most disastrous date night in history.
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Title: Chasing Shadows
Character: Angela Bale
Released: September 4, 2014
Type: TV
Chasing Shadows follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.
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Closed Circuit
Title: Closed Circuit
Character: News Reporter 2
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
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In the Dark Half
Title: In the Dark Half
Character: Pathologist
Released: August 10, 2012
Type: Movie
A teenage girl comes to terms with the unexplained death of the boy next door.
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Julius Caesar
Title: Julius Caesar
Character: Portia
Released: June 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, Julius Caesar is also a love story between two men united by an explosive act of political violence. The setting is a modern African state in which the tyrant Caesar is about to seize power. Cassius persuades Brutus to join the conspirators plotting an assassination. Featuring a distinguished cast of black actors, the film is shot on location and in the RSC's theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon
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Title: Death in Paradise
Character: Celeste Jones
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: TV
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
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Title: Scott & Bailey
Character: Janice Jadzowski
Released: May 29, 2011
Type: TV
D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
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Invictus
Title: Invictus
Character: Brenda Mazibuko
Released: December 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
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Title: Missing
Character: DCI Lauren Ford
Released: March 16, 2009
Type: TV
DS Mary Jane Croft runs the under-resourced Missing Persons Unit.
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Title: Law & Order: UK
Character: Lilly
Released: February 23, 2009
Type: TV
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.
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Adulthood
Title: Adulthood
Character: Mrs. Peel
Released: June 16, 2008
Type: Movie
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
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Mrs In-Betweeny
Title: Mrs In-Betweeny
Character: Ellen
Released: March 3, 2008
Type: Movie
After the death of their parents, three children are put into the care of their aunt Brandon - unaware of the fact she is a transgender woman. Over time, as they get used to the idea, the kids use Mrs In-Betweeny to their advantage - with disastrous results and comical laughter.
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The Shadow in the North
Title: The Shadow in the North
Character: Jessie Saxon
Released: September 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Sally Lockhart crosses paths with the nefarious industrialist Axel Bellman, the richest and most powerful man in Europe. She's determined to prove him guilty of corruption and fraud, whilst Bellman will stop at nothing to destroy her case.
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The Shadow in the North
Title: The Shadow in the North
Released: September 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Sally Lockhart crosses paths with the nefarious industrialist Axel Bellman, the richest and most powerful man in Europe. She's determined to prove him guilty of corruption and fraud, whilst Bellman will stop at nothing to destroy her case.
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Title: M.I. High
Character: Head of M.I.9
Released: January 8, 2007
Type: TV
M.I. High is a BBC children's spy-fi adventure series. It was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Kudos, who also produced the hit BBC spy drama Spooks. It follows in the success of the Young Bond and the Alex Rider series of books and films. M.I. High is recorded in high definition and is shown on the CBBC Channel and CBBC Outputs on BBC One and BBC Two. M.I. High is also shown on the BBC HD Channel. Repeats also frequently air in Australia on ABC3. As of October 2012 the series has began airing on the UKTV channel Watch.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Francine Jones
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Sister Jatt
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Title: Wire in the Blood
Character: Celeste Davies
Released: November 14, 2002
Type: TV
Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.
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A Rather English Marriage
Title: A Rather English Marriage
Character: Mandy Hulme
Released: December 30, 1998
Type: Movie
A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the very same night. They become a companionable if odd couple, until their unlikely friendship is threatened by the arrival of an alluring woman with a hidden agenda.
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Title: Close Relations
Character: April
Released: May 17, 1998
Type: TV
Drama series about the varied lives of a couple and their three grown-up daughters.
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Title: Jonathan Creek
Character: Anthea Spacey
Released: May 9, 1997
Type: TV
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
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Title: Testament: The Bible in Animation
Character: Ruth (voice)
Released: December 11, 1996
Type: TV
A nine-part series of Old Testament stories for younger viewers using various animation techniques, including stop-motion, cel animation and computer animation.
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Title: Dalziel & Pascoe
Character: Katie Bevins
Released: March 16, 1996
Type: TV
British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.
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Title: Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's
Character: Defence Counsel
Released: January 26, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Thief Takers
Character: Mrs. Higgins
Released: January 25, 1996
Type: TV
Thief Takers was a police drama series made by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The show depicted the work of a team in the Metropolitan Police Service's Flying Squad. Each case was a stand alone episode or sometimes spread over two episodes and continuing drama was provided by the depiction of the personal lives of the officers in the team and their families. Production comprised a pilot aired in 1995 followed by the commissioning of three series between 1996 and 1997.
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What My Mother Told Me
Title: What My Mother Told Me
Character: Jesse
Released: August 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Exquisitely beautiful and profoundly moving, What My Mother Told Me is a dramatic journey towards self discovery. The story focuses on Jesse, a young woman from England, who goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past.
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Title: An Independent Man
Character: Ms Isabel Nwadike
Released: June 10, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Health and Efficiency
Character: Sister Beth Williams
Released: December 30, 1993
Type: TV
Health and Efficiency is a British situation comedy that was originally broadcast from 30 December 1993 to 10 February 1995 on BBC1 for a total of 12 episodes over 2 series. It was written by Andrew Marshall, writer of the sitcom 2point4 children. The show starred Gary Olsen and Roger Lloyd Pack who both starred in 2point4 children, as well as Victor McGuire and Deborah Norton. The setting was a hospital and each episode was 30 minutes in length.
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Title: Peak Practice
Character: Dr. Nixon
Released: May 10, 1993
Type: TV
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
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Title: The Tomorrow People
Character: Amanda James
Released: November 17, 1992
Type: TV
A group of young people discover they have special powers linking them to each other, aided by a mysterious wrecked spacecraft found on a Pacific island. Danger awaits them at every turn when unscrupulous people are intent on using their superior abilities for their own advantage.
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Title: The Brittas Empire
Character: Reporter
Released: January 3, 1991
Type: TV
The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran for seven series and 53 episodes — including two Christmas specials — from 1991 to 1997 on BBC1. Norriss and Fegen wrote the first five series, after which they left the show. The Brittas Empire enjoyed a long and successful run throughout the 1990s, and gained itself large mainstream audiences. In 2004 the show came 47th on the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom poll, and all series have been released on DVD. The creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen often combine farce with either surreal or dramatic elements in episodes. For example in the first series, the leisure centre prepares for a royal visit, only for the doors to seal, the boiler room to flood and a visitor to become electrocuted. Unlike the traditional sitcom, deaths were quite common in The Brittas Empire.
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Title: Waiting for God
Character: Dr Angela Avery
Released: June 28, 1990
Type: TV
Refusing to succumb to old age, Tom Ballard and Diana Trent are a pair of seasoned delinquents that cause many headaches. Their uneasy alliance is destined to make life difficult at the Bayview Retirement Village.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Maggie
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Colette Griffiths
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Colette Kierney
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: EastEnders
Character: Karen
Released: February 19, 1985
Type: TV
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
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Title: The Bill
Character: Diana Holt
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Title: The Bill
Character: Mrs. Baptiste
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Title: The Bill
Character: Mrs. Hughes
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.