David Schaal

David Schaal

Born: May 27, 1963
in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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David Schaal (born 27 May 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an English actor best known for playing the roles of "Taffy" in The Office and "Terry Cartwright" in The Inbetweeners.

Schaal studied Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama (1985–1988) and has worked in television, film and theatre. His television credits include Missing, Casualty, The Wrong Door, Beautiful People, Hancock and Joan, Ashes To Ashes, The IT Crowd, Deceit, Doc Martin, Peak Practice, Silent Witness and Dangerfield. His film credits include Kidulthood, Mr. Nobody, Clubbed and Dirty Weekend.

Schaal also appeared as "Norm", Shirley Carter's seedy landlord, in EastEnders and played troubled father "Tom Hargreaves" in Grange Hill. Other notable credits include playing "DS Bevan" in Paul Greengrass' The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, playing opposite William Baldwin in the film Relative Values, and appearing in Philip Davis' English football hooligan film I.D. Schaal also played "Eric" in Ben Wheatley's domestic British gangster film Down Terrace.

Schaal wrote the short films Poppy's Present (directed by Chris Jury) and Half Time (directed by Duncan Roe). He also co-wrote the play Reality Chokes and appeared in it as "Rob" in London and directed a production of the play at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010.  Other writing credits include the plays Shame, No Hiding Place, The Legacy of Colonel Ash and Baby Blue.

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The Trouble with Jessica
Title: The Trouble with Jessica
Character: PC Paul
Released: April 5, 2024
Type: Movie
Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. When their best friends Richard and Beth come round for a final dinner, an uninvited old friend, Jessica, tags along. After a seemingly trivial argument, Jessica hangs herself in the garden. Tom goes to call the police when Sarah realizes if the buyer finds out, the sale will collapse, meaning definite financial ruin. The only solution - to convince Richard and Beth to take Jessica’s body to her flat and make it look like she killed herself there. If they’re clever enough about it, what could possibly go wrong?
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The Can
Title: The Can
Character: Mike
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
The Can, a steel shipping container housing a site office, stands alone in an isolated scrapyard. Shut inside is Joe, an unstable, disillusioned security guard. What should have been another quiet night at work descends into a gruelling test as he must untangle a web of lies in a race against the clock to save a life.
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The Bystanders
Title: The Bystanders
Character: Robin
Released: October 16, 2023
Type: Movie
An off-the-wall comedy set in the world of the Bystanders - invisible immortals who watch over their human subjects and intervene in (or interfere with) their lives.
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Girl at Party
Title: Girl at Party
Character: Death
Released: September 24, 2022
Type: Movie
An otherworldly teenage girl confronts the limits of her power when she meets a boy at a house party.
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Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead
Title: Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead
Character: Monty
Released: August 29, 2022
Type: Movie
When a cursed amulet turns their rival boy band act into a screeching gang of zombies, a group of cheerleaders must learn to use their wits, friendship and assorted power tools before a TV talent show takes a turn for the apocalyptic.
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Demon
Title: Demon
Character: Mr. Kinny
Released: March 20, 2021
Type: Movie
When an unpaid train fine comes back to haunt him, Ralph, a black British Brummie, flees London to a forest motel where a temporary hideout becomes a nightmarish purgatory and he's forced to confront the loss of his father.
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The Heiress
Title: The Heiress
Character: Father John O'Shea
Released: March 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Claire and Anna are cousins who share a mysterious connection to a dark family secret. Following the death of Clare’s grandmother, ancient spirits are unleashed and the women must do battle with ‘Lilith’, a malevolent female spirit who has returned to claim possession of Anna’s unborn child.
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The Announcement
Title: The Announcement
Character: Frank
Released: January 1, 2021
Type: Movie
A family dinner out becomes more than just one revelation.
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Knuckledust
Title: Knuckledust
Character: Father Arkancide
Released: December 8, 2020
Type: Movie
When Police kicks open the doors of the elite underground fight club Knuckledust, they find seven levels of hell, filled with the dead bodies of countless fighters, assassins and goons. Only one man, beaten up to a pulp, is still breathing: Hard Eight.
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The Chippie
Title: The Chippie
Character: The Chippie
Released: December 2, 2020
Type: Movie
There have always been rumors about the local fast-food joint and its shady owner. When a child goes missing, a young boy musters up his courage and decides to check it out.
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A Call to Spy
Title: A Call to Spy
Character: Colonel Gubbins
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: Movie
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.
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Roundheads and Cavaliers
Title: Roundheads and Cavaliers
Character: Gareth
Released: May 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Alice is invited along to try historical reenactment for the first time, but finds herself caught between a Roundhead and a Cavalier in a battle for her affections.
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I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
Title: I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
Character: Commander Grayson
Released: February 29, 2020
Type: Movie
A former special-forces soldier is given the opportunity to bring the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years ago - to justice.
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Dead Air
Title: Dead Air
Character: The Pilot
Released: October 3, 2019
Type: Movie
Set on a plane traveling to a final gig, Dead Air tells the story of Monster Kitten, an all female punk rock band who end up on a flight with some nasty little creatures with all hell breaking loose at 30,000 feet.
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Mrs Lowry & Son
Title: Mrs Lowry & Son
Character: Stanley Allcot
Released: August 30, 2019
Type: Movie
An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all his life.
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Title: Ghosts
Character: Vinny
Released: April 15, 2019
Type: TV
A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
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The Fitzroy
Title: The Fitzroy
Character: Cecil
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: Movie
The Fitzroy is a live action black comedy set in an alternative post-apocalyptic 1950s. The world is covered in poisonous gas, and the last place for a traditional seaside holiday is The Fitzroy hotel, an abandoned submarine just off the coast of England. The film centers on Bernard, the hotel's bellboy, cook, maintenance man and general dogsbody, as he faces a constant battle to keep the decaying hotel airtight and afloat. But when he falls in love with a murderous guest, he is thrown into a mad day of lies, backstabbing and chaos. As Bernard struggles to hide her murders from the other guests and suspicious authorities, his world literally begins to sink around him.
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The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Title: The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Character: CIA-chef
Released: December 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Drinking the tasty Folk Soda puts a spring in the 101 Year Old Man’s step and his next adventure takes him around the World and back to Sweden, during which time he is chased by the CIA, a Balinese debt collector and becomes an executive at a soft drink company.
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Fallen
Title: Fallen
Character: Randy
Released: November 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.
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Title: We the Jury
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: TV
Pilot comedy. We The Jury is a comedy featuring William who has always wanted to do jury duty his whole life just like his dad. He never imagined that when the day finally arrived he would be on the jury of an actual murder trial.
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Title: Victoria
Character: Brewer
Released: August 28, 2016
Type: TV
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.
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Just Desserts
Title: Just Desserts
Released: March 15, 2015
Type: Movie
A compulsive lottery player, Dennis, is on a monthly meal out with his wife and friends. The night turns when a practical joke played on him horribly backfires.
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The Inbetweeners 2
Title: The Inbetweeners 2
Character: Terry
Released: August 6, 2014
Type: Movie
Neil, Will and Simon receive an invite from Jay to join him in Australia whilst on his gap year, who promises them it’s ”the sex capital of the world”. With their lives now rather dull compared to their hedonistic school days and legendary lads holiday, it’s an offer they can’t refuse. Once again, they put growing up temporarily on-hold, and embark on a backpacking holiday of a lifetime in an awful car, inspired by Peter Andre’s ‘Mysterious Girl’. Will soon finds himself battling with the lads to do something cultural, whilst they focus their attention on drinking, girls, and annoying fellow travelers.
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Title: The Strain
Character: Rudyard Fonescu
Released: July 13, 2014
Type: TV
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
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Tied
Title: Tied
Character: Joe
Released: May 16, 2012
Type: Movie
After the kidnapping of his wife, Delroso learns that there's only one chance of getting her back. He must trade the lives of his closest friends in order to save the one he loves most.
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Title: Veep
Character: Landlord
Released: April 22, 2012
Type: TV
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Title: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Character: Additional Voices (voice)
Released: March 12, 2012
Type: Movie
The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist, but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
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The Great Ghost Rescue
Title: The Great Ghost Rescue
Character: Builder
Released: October 4, 2011
Type: Movie
Young Humphrey is a ghost with a big problem. He and his family, the Craggyfords, have been ousted from their home and left without a place to haunt. As they search for new haunting grounds they soon discover that they are not alone. Ghosts from all over the world have been exorcised from their dwellings, with dark castles and ancient buildings being destroyed by the living, and turned into shopping centers. With time running out, Humphrey digs deep inside, and decides to help save his family and the rest of the haunting community by scaring his way to victory.
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The Inbetweeners Movie
Title: The Inbetweeners Movie
Character: Jay's Dad
Released: August 19, 2011
Type: Movie
High school graduation just wouldn’t be complete without an un-chaperoned, uninhibited and unforgettable final holiday. At least that’s what Will, Jay, Simon and Neil think when they book a two-week stay on an exotic Greek island. As their dreams of sun-drenched days and booze-filled nights are left hopelessly unfulfilled, the lads fight their way into the party scene with hilariously humiliating results in this smash hit UK raunchy comedy.
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Hysteria
Title: Hysteria
Character: Tough Guy
Released: June 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
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Title: White Van Man
Character: Cockney Handyman
Released: March 22, 2011
Type: TV
The incredible misadventures of two handymen on the road and the extraordinary people they meet along the way.
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Down Terrace
Title: Down Terrace
Character: Eric
Released: July 30, 2010
Type: Movie
After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..
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Mr. Nobody
Title: Mr. Nobody
Character: Thug 1
Released: November 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
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Title: Beautiful People
Character: Billy Bingo
Released: October 2, 2008
Type: TV
Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream of escaping their dreary suburban surroundings and moving to cosmopolitan London "to live amongst the beautiful people." The first episode aired on BBC Two on 2 October 2008 and recorded overnight ratings of 1.5 million viewers and positive critical reaction. Episodes are self-contained, but do follow a loose story arc throughout the course of each series. The second and final series finished airing on 18 December 2009.
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Title: The Inbetweeners
Released: May 1, 2008
Type: TV
Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality.
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Title: The Inbetweeners
Character: Terry Cartwright
Released: May 1, 2008
Type: TV
Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality.
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Hancock & Joan
Title: Hancock & Joan
Character: Reporter Two
Released: March 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.
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Kidulthood
Title: Kidulthood
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: March 3, 2006
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
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Title: The IT Crowd
Character: Dec
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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Keeping Mum
Title: Keeping Mum
Character: TV Chat Show Pundit #1
Released: December 2, 2005
Type: Movie
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
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Title: Hustle
Character: Man at Hospital
Released: February 24, 2004
Type: TV
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
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Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Title: Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Character: Jim Grady
Released: December 29, 2003
Type: Movie
Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.
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Dead Gorgeous
Title: Dead Gorgeous
Character: Constable
Released: October 21, 2002
Type: Movie
Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder each others husbands.
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Title: The Office
Character: Glyn
Released: July 9, 2001
Type: TV
Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg. Fancy a tea break with David Brent? Classic comedy from the archive.
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Title: The Office
Character: Glynn
Released: July 9, 2001
Type: TV
Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg. Fancy a tea break with David Brent? Classic comedy from the archive.
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Jack of Diamonds
Title: Jack of Diamonds
Character: Nyle
Released: June 10, 2001
Type: Movie
Two jewel thieves take refuge in a remote village where, unbeknownst to them, the government is about to unleash a virus that turns people into savage killers.
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Relative Values
Title: Relative Values
Character: The Baddie
Released: June 23, 2000
Type: Movie
A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle, upsetting both his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood, and her former love, fellow Hollywood star Don Lucas. Right before the engagement party to be held at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, quickly devises a plan-but an inebriated Lucas's arrival at Marshwood to try to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.
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The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Title: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Character: DS Bevan
Released: February 18, 1999
Type: Movie
Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.
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Boston Kickout
Title: Boston Kickout
Character: Mick the Manager
Released: October 18, 1996
Type: Movie
School leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire New Town of Stevenage, where they are promised a brighter future...but all Phil finds there is a bleak, cultural wilderness; a world of unemployment, violence, alcoholism and drug abuse in 90s Britain
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Title: Our Friends in the North
Character: Prison Officer
Released: January 15, 1996
Type: TV
An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.
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Jim's Gift
Title: Jim's Gift
Character: Detective Potts
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
A mysterious stranger presents a boy with a VCR that can "play" the past...and the future. How it affects the boy and his struggling middle-class family is the central story.
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The Big Game
Title: The Big Game
Character: Top Man
Released: June 28, 1995
Type: Movie
Jimmy Harper (Gary Webster) loves to gamble and enjoys enough success to bring him to the attention of a group of men who play for big money. Soon Jimmy decides to change his name to James Harper, to reflect his increased importance, and seeks a way out of his job in a factory. However, as the stakes in the games increase, Jimmy/James may begin to wonder whether he is in over his head and has risked too much...
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I.D.
Title: I.D.
Character: Paul Funnell
Released: May 5, 1995
Type: Movie
Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .
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Dirty Weekend
Title: Dirty Weekend
Character: Stan
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: Movie
Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer, she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such problem males
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Title: Peak Practice
Character: Liam
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: Peak Practice
Character: Graham
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: Peak Practice
Character: Jack Farrel
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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Thicker Than Water
Title: Thicker Than Water
Character: Ray
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An estranged brother, Peter, returns home in the hopes to bring his splintered family back together again.
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Night Shift
Title: Night Shift
Character: Lenny
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Lenny and Chris are on their way to a job. But it gets complicated. Very complicated. And they haven’t reckoned on just who they’re there to kidnap, and who else might have had the same idea…
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The King is Dead
Title: The King is Dead
Character: Frank
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
There's a mole in the organisation, and Lionel doesn't like moles. So he's brought his right hand men Nicky and Frank together, and he's going to find out just who has a loose tongue, whatever it takes...
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What Time Do You Call This?
Title: What Time Do You Call This?
Character: Paul's Friend
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
What do women really want? When your boyfriend comes home from 'a little drink' with the boys, legless on the living room floor, and looking nothing like Patrick Swayze, what are you to do?