Alisdair Simpson

Alisdair Simpson

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Title: Hitmen
Character: Jim
Released: March 25, 2020
Type: TV
Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, misfits Fran and Jamie are not your typical killers for hire. Working out of their scruffy van, each episode follows the hapless duo as they try to carry out their latest hit, inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics. As each hit goes south, our (anti)heroes are thrown into one bizarre misadventure after another, each full of oddball characters and unexpected dilemmas.
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Title: Egypt's Unexplained Files
Character: Narrator
Released: April 14, 2019
Type: TV
Experts dive deep into the secrets of Ancient Egypt, and use cutting-edge archaeological technology to reveal the hidden truths that could potentially answer questions that have befuddled Egyptologists for generations.
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A Private War
Title: A Private War
Character: Newscaster #2
Released: November 16, 2018
Type: Movie
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
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Title: Hitler's Circle of Evil
Released: January 30, 2018
Type: TV
Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.
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Title: Evolution of Evil
Character: Narrator
Released: September 17, 2016
Type: TV
Inside the minds of the heartless, corrupt, and cruel individuals who've seized control of their country through the infliction of appalling pain on their fellow man. From Kim Jong-il, to Osama Bin Laden, to Hitler, uncover the madness behind the merciless dictators responsible for unimaginable human atrocities that still haunt the world.
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Title: WWII in the Pacific
Character: Narrator
Released: June 3, 2015
Type: TV
WWII in the Pacific focuses on the events, notable figures, various bands of brothers, and heroic actions of the Allied powers. Take an inside look, starting with the conflict and tensions leading up to the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the evolution of the Pacific Theater, and the development and dropping of the atomic bomb, up until the subsequent end of WWII.
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The Man Who Saved the World
Title: The Man Who Saved the World
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 22, 2012
Type: Movie
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, Soviet Navy officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to launch a nuclear strike and saved the world from nuclear war and total destruction.
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Black Ops Special Forces: Operation Thunderbolt
Title: Black Ops Special Forces: Operation Thunderbolt
Character: Narrator
Released: June 1, 2012
Type: Movie
This is the real story of the legendary Raid on Entebbe. On 27th June 1976 terrorists hi-jacked Air France Flight 139 en route from Tel Aviv to Paris. On board are 246 passengers, most of them Jews. They are taken to Entebbe, Uganda and are held hostage in the airport terminal. Even though Uganda is thousands of miles away, across hostile territory, Israel's defence minister, Shimon Peres decides to launch a rescue mission. It is a job for Sayeret Matkal, the most elite unit in the Israeli Defence Force. Featuring interviews with surviving hostages, members of Sayeret Matkal and Peres himself this is the inside story of the most remarkable special forces mission of them all.
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Ragged Tooth
Title: Ragged Tooth
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 28, 2011
Type: Movie
The ragged-tooth shark has a formidable reputation – but the truth about this animal is very different. We follow this incredible shark on its biannual migration along the South African coast and venture deep into underwater caves to study its dramatic mating behaviour.
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Title: Game of Thrones
Character: Donnel Waynwood
Released: April 17, 2011
Type: TV
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
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Title: Ancient Megastructures
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: March 19, 2011
Type: TV
Examine how ancient civilisations built some of the most magnificent structures on the face of the Earth, many centuries before the industrial revolution.
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Queen - of the Manta Rays
Title: Queen - of the Manta Rays
Character: Narrator
Released: November 11, 2009
Type: Movie
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Title: Pacific Abyss
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: August 17, 2008
Type: TV
Underwater wildlife series. Kate Humble sets sail on a 2000-mile adventure across the Pacific with a team of top natural history filmmakers and deep water marine biologists.
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Title: Lost Land of the Jaguar
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: July 30, 2008
Type: TV
Series combining stunning wildlife with high octane adventure. A team of explorers search the depths of the last great unspoilt jungle on the planet.
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Title: Expedition Borneo
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: TV
Wildlife adventure series following a team of explorers in the heart of the tropical island of Borneo.
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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Title: The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Released: July 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.
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Supervolcano: The Truth About Yellowstone
Title: Supervolcano: The Truth About Yellowstone
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Directly following Supervolcano, a two-episode documentary reveals the cutting-edge research that informed the drama. Meet the experts who monitor the behaviour of the Yellowstone supervolcano, who face the awesome responsibility of predicting when the next super-eruption might next take place - and advising on what will happen when it does. The programme goes behind the scenes to reveal the work being done to try to understand the sequence of events that could one day culminate in this apocalypse, and to calculate the global fallout that would follow it. Written by BBC
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Pompeii: The Last Day
Title: Pompeii: The Last Day
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 20, 2003
Type: Movie
In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the eruption, the horrific day is vividly brought to life.
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Title: Spooks
Character: MI6 Officer
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
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Title: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Character: Paramedic
Released: December 2, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Waking the Dead
Character: Young Raymond Parke
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: TV
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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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.