Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth

Born: March 8, 1948
in Wuppertal, Germany
Gyles Daubeney Brandreth is an English writer, broadcaster, actor, and former Conservative Member of Parliament.

Movies for Gyles Brandreth...

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
Title: To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
Character: Himself
Released: January 27, 2024
Type: Movie
A feature-length special retrospective of one of Britain's most beloved sitcoms, with new and archival interviews and footage examining the production and enduring cultural impact of the BBC's 'To the Manor Born'.
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Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
Title: Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
Character: Himself
Released: October 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Documentary in which the late impressionist's daughters get to the truth about their father's rise to fame and record-breaking success, and his sudden exit from public life. Features Mike Yarwood, Claire Yarwood, Charlotte Yarwood, Michael Crawford, Rory Bremner and more.
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Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign
Title: Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. While her service to her country is legendary, she has become a figure of strength, endurance, and dignity the world over and indeed we all feel connected to her. Through triumph, loss, scandal, and celebration, witness the story of how a young Princess became Queen to the people of the world.
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Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Title: Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Character: Self
Released: July 15, 2022
Type: Movie
A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determination to make it as a thespian. There's also a look at her work in TV favourites such as A Fine Romance and As Time Goes By, where Judi's performances won her four BAFTA awards, and her tenure in the James Bond franchise.
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I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Title: I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 2022
Type: Movie
On stage – in person – for one special performance the great Dame Judi Dench and Gyles Brandreth bring their West End sell-out show to Edinburgh. Quite simply, it’s the story of her life!
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Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More
Title: Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2022
Type: Movie
A celebration of the much-loved holiday camp sitcom, featuring classic scenes and interviews with members of cast and crew including Su Pollard, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Paul Shane and Jimmy Perry. The programme reveals that Butlin's, the real-life inspiration for the series, were not impressed with the show, and there are backstage secrets, such as the day several cast members nearly drowned in the swimming pool
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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Title: Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Character: Self
Released: March 5, 2022
Type: Movie
This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars no longer with us, and celebrity fans, we learn the secrets of this comedy classic and get to see previously unseen interviews and rare behind-the-scenes archive footage.
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In Charles Dickens Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
Title: In Charles Dickens Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
Released: December 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Gyles Brandreth travels to the places that inspired one of Britain's most famous storytellers.
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In Jane Austen's Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
Title: In Jane Austen's Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
Character: Host
Released: June 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth travels to the West Yorkshire moors, known as "Bronte Country". It is an area that shaped the Bronte sisters, and they have, in turn, helped shape it. He explores some of the influences on their writing.
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Title: Susan Calman's Summer By the Sea
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2021
Type: TV
Across five nights, Susan’s journey takes her to a different well-known resort every day as she enjoys all the fun of the seaside, with a few celebrity guests along to help her out.
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Prince Philip: An Extraordinary Life
Title: Prince Philip: An Extraordinary Life
Released: April 9, 2021
Type: Movie
Born in Corfu in 1921, Prince Philip has lived on the national stage through Britain’s move from Empire to Commonwealth amid all the extraordinary political and social changes that have taken place since he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947.
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Title: In the Footsteps of... with Gyles Brandreth
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: March 31, 2021
Type: TV
This four-part series tells the stories of the landscapes, towns and cities which inspired four of the UK's greatest writers - Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens and the Brontes.
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Title: Elliott from Earth
Released: March 29, 2021
Type: TV
A boy and his mum find themselves suddenly transported somewhere across the universe surrounded by an amazing array of aliens from new and unknown corners of the galaxy. While trying to work out who brought them there and why, they make a new home for themselves and encounter new friends, including Mo, the only other being from Earth – a dinosaur.
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Hardy's Britain
Title: Hardy's Britain
Character: Narrator
Released: December 7, 2020
Type: Movie
Gyles Brandreth explores the landscape that influenced Thomas Hardy. The author spent most of his life in the south-west of England, and set his most famous novels - Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the Obscure and his breakthrough novel Far from the Madding Crowd - in the fictional county of Wessex. By inviting input from experts and celebrity fans, Gyles discovers that, although Wessex may be fictional, the locations Hardy describes are influenced by real places.
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Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Title: Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Character: Himself
Released: November 30, 2020
Type: Movie
A look back at the life and work of one of Britain's greatest comediennes, featuring interviews with those who worked alongside Victoria.
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Title: Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Character: Self - Expert
Released: November 28, 2020
Type: TV
Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?
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Kenneth Williams In His Own Words
Title: Kenneth Williams In His Own Words
Character: Narrator
Released: November 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Kenneth Williams's comedy career highlights are celebrated in a documentary narrated by his friend and fellow wordsmith, Gyles Brandreth. Showcasing Kenneth's very best bits and greatest hits, it is a journey through the life of a veritable British comedy genius - stopping at all of the comedy milestones of his career. The documentary features exclusive access to Kenneth's never-before-seen photograph albums and exclusive correspondence from the star and his family.
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Title: Guessable
Released: October 5, 2020
Type: TV
Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. Sara Pascoe hosts the show with John Kearns on hand as her assistant. Alan Davies and Darren Harriott are the team captains, in a format that puts a twist on classic family games.
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Title: Beat the Chasers
Character: Self
Released: April 27, 2020
Type: TV
All five of the Chasers appear together to take on all comers and form the best quiz team in the world. As they visit different UK cities, contestants from all over the county face head-to-head challenges with not one, but all the Chasers.
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Title: Celebrity Gogglebox
Character: Self
Released: June 14, 2019
Type: TV
A rolling cast of famous faces, some of Britain's best loved personalities, turn their hand to being the country's most opinionated viewers, sharing their opinions on what they have been watching during the week.
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Title: All Star Musicals
Character: Self - Performer
Released: December 24, 2017
Type: TV
Follow All Star Musicals features a cast of famous faces who each perform an iconic number from a hit musical at the legendary Palladium Theatre in London's West End. After each performance, the panel awards the celebrities a score and at the end of the night, these scores are combined with the studio audience vote to crown one celebrity the All Star Musicals champion.
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Elizabeth & Philip: Love and Duty
Title: Elizabeth & Philip: Love and Duty
Character: Himself - Author
Released: November 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Kirsty Young celebrates the 70th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip by examining the longest royal marriage in British history through key moments. She looks at how every step of their life together has been played out in the glare of publicity and in service of the nation, while steering it through decades of change.
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Title: Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: September 4, 2017
Type: TV
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
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Title: The Home That 2 Built
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 2014
Type: TV
The series looked back at British lifestyle television programmes shown on the channel from across the decades, with episodes on the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s.
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The Battle for Britain's Breakfast
Title: The Battle for Britain's Breakfast
Character: Self
Released: April 8, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of how the introduction of breakfast television to the UK in 1983 led to a fierce battle for viewers between the BBC and ITV.
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Title: Great Canal Journeys
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 2014
Type: TV
To celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on four spectacular canal journeys, sharing a passion that they've enjoyed for decades. To start the series, Tim and Pru revisit the Kennet and Avon Canal in the West Country. Back in 1990, to promote the fully restored canal, Tim and Pru were invited to be the first boat in 42 years to travel the full length of the K&A. Almost a quarter of a century later, they navigate the 21 miles along its most picturesque stretch, starting in Bath and ending in Devizes.
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Title: Just a Minute
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2012
Type: TV
Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first transmission on Radio 4 was on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The Radio 4 programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without repetition, hesitation or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011 comedy writer David Quantick ascribed Just a Minute's success to its "insanely basic" format, stating, "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all."
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Title: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: TV
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
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Title: Pointless
Character: Self - Assistant
Released: August 24, 2009
Type: TV
Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of.
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self - Reporter
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Title: Philip and Elizabeth
Released: June 12, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: The IT Crowd
Character: Gyles Brandreth
Released: February 3, 2006
Type: TV
Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
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Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Title: Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by a different guest presenter each week.
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Title: QI
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: TV
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
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Title: Room 101
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 1994
Type: TV
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
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Title: I've Got A Secret
Released: October 24, 1984
Type: TV
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An Audience with Kenneth Williams
Title: An Audience with Kenneth Williams
Released: December 23, 1983
Type: Movie
Outstanding raconteur Kenneth Williams regales his spellbound audience in typical fashion with a long look back at his career - from his time entertaining troops in the army, his radio work (including the Hancock shows), his work in theatre and - of course - the highly successful series of Carry On films. Playing wonderfully to his audience of celebrities (which include Michael Parkinson, Ned Sherrin, Gordon Jackson and Carry On cohorts Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw) he even finds time to answer a few of their questions.
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Title: Countdown
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.