Matthew Parris

Matthew Parris

Born: August 7, 1949
in Johannesburg, South Africa
Matthew Francis Parris is a South African-British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament.

Movies for Matthew Parris...

A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary
Title: A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2024
Type: Movie
Edwina Currie, Matthew Parris and Ian Hislop lead a cast of politicians and journalists sharing personal memories of Cecil Parkinson and the scandal that ended his political ambitions – a secret affair with his secretary Sara Keays that lasted 12 years and would threaten the stability of the Conservative government. A story of power, politics and personal consequences.
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Maggie and Me
Title: Maggie and Me
Character: Self
Released: April 8, 2013
Type: Movie
As a young reporter, Jon Snow reported live on Margaret Thatcher becoming Britain's first female Prime Minister. Jon shares his personal recollections of the woman who dominated his early career.
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Title: Only Connect
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: September 15, 2008
Type: TV
The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
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The Summer of Rave, 1989
Title: The Summer of Rave, 1989
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.
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Title: Grumpy Old Men
Character: Self
Released: October 10, 2003
Type: TV
Series giving a voice to 35- to 54-year-old men, very probably the grumpiest sector of our society.
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Title: Restoration
Released: August 8, 2003
Type: TV
Restoration, Restoration, Restoration is a set of BBC television series where viewers decided on which listed building that was in immediate need of remedial works was to win a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund. It first aired in 2003. The host of all 3 series is Griff Rhys Jones, whilst investigating each building in the heats are the show's resident "ruin detectives", Marianne Suhr and Ptolemy Dean.
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Dreaming on Desolation Island
Title: Dreaming on Desolation Island
Character: himself
Released: March 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Multiple award winning ‘Times’ journalist and ex Conservative MP Matthew Parris spends six months on Kerguelen, the world’s most remote island.
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The Honourable Member for the Unemployed
Title: The Honourable Member for the Unemployed
Released: January 6, 1986
Type: Movie
Unemployed Harry Morgan from Tyneside takes over the duties of Conservative MP Matthew Parris for a week, in a sequel to the programme in which Parris lived on unemployment benefit for a week.
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Title: Question Time
Character: Self - 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.