Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson

Born: June 18, 1948
in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948) is an English actor, known for his many television and film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Japp in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series Robin of Sherwood.

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Your Move
Title: Your Move
Character: Mikey
Released: March 15, 2023
Type: Movie
A 1960s period thriller centring around a gang of ex-airforce servicemen who now run a nefarious smuggling operation.
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The Peacock
Title: The Peacock
Character: Lord Macintosh
Released: March 9, 2023
Type: Movie
When investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country estate, the signs are not good for a relaxing weekend in Scotland: the annual balance sheet is lousy, colleagues are suspicious of themselves and their boss, and it works the rumor that soon a compliance employee will restructure the team. To top it all off, the property is not very comfortable, cook Helen's skills cannot hide that, and the methods of the young seminar leader Rebecca also seem rather questionable. When first the Lord's favorite peacock and then the Lady's favorite goose disappear, further arguments and chaos are inevitable. And finally it starts to snow...
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Title: Sherwood
Character: Mickey Sparrow
Released: June 13, 2022
Type: TV
Two murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history while threatening to inflame historic divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike three decades before.
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Title: Avoidance
Character: Peter
Released: June 10, 2022
Type: TV
Jonathan's life revolves around his nine year-old son Spencer, and he's always deferred the big and small decisions to his partner Claire. So when Claire asks him to leave, Jonathan realises he has no home, no friends and no ambition. Except one: to try to preserve his son's happiness in the face of his parents' break-up.
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Title: The Window
Character: Martin Dewsbury
Released: November 3, 2021
Type: TV
A look at the multi-billion dollar business surrounding international professional football where players are bought and sold at the end of the English Super League season.
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Title: Murder, They Hope
Character: Phil
Released: May 8, 2021
Type: TV
After their trip to Middlesbrough turned a little more explosive than they thought, Gemma and Terry finally decide to pack up the smouldering remains of their coach tour business and set out on a new adventure as fully-fledged private detectives.
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Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Title: Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Character: Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
Released: October 10, 2020
Type: Movie
British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.
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Title: Isolation Stories
Character: Peter
Released: May 4, 2020
Type: TV
A series of four short dramas depicting life in lockdown. Each episode will be 15 minutes in duration and will reflect what families are going through after weeks of isolation. The series will be filmed observing the strict rules of lockdown with actors and their families filming the scenes themselves watched remotely by the directors. Each of the directors — Paul Whittington, Paul Andrew Williams, Louise Hooper and David Blair — will be watching footage via their mobile phones and giving advice to the actors and their family members about camera positioning, scene composition and lighting as they record the scenes.
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Peterloo
Title: Peterloo
Character: John Knight
Released: November 1, 2018
Type: Movie
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
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Above the Clouds
Title: Above the Clouds
Character: William
Released: October 1, 2018
Type: Movie
On her 18th birthday, headstrong and artistic Charlie makes a startling discovery—the man married to her mother, isn't her father. Recruiting Oz, a rough sleeper whose only possession is his driving licence, she embarks on an epic road trip from Margate to the Isle of Skye to track down her biological father. On the journey they both learn more than they bargained for.
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Title: Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Character: Chamberlain
Released: February 26, 2018
Type: TV
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
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Title: Bad Move
Character: Ken
Released: September 19, 2017
Type: TV
Steve and Nicky are both on their second marriages and have decided that moving to the countryside from the city is the answer to all their dreams. They've watched all the TV relocation shows and read the glossy lifestyle magazines and fell in love with the idea of 'getting away from the rat race'.
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Title: The Good Karma Hospital
Character: Paul Smart
Released: February 5, 2017
Type: TV
The story of British-Asian junior doctor Ruby Walker who arrives at the run-down Good Karma Hospital to join a dedicated team of over-worked medics. Run by a gloriously eccentric Englishwoman, Lydia Fonseca, this under-funded but creatively resourceful cottage hospital is the beating heart of the local community. It’s much more than just a medical outpost - it’s a home.
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Title: Raised by Wolves
Character: Grampy
Released: March 16, 2015
Type: TV
Set on a Wolverhampton council estate, Raised By Wolves is modern day reimagining of the childhood of Caitlin Moran and her brothers and sisters. Single-mum Della lives in a three bedroom council house with Germaine, Aretha, Yoko, Mariah, Wyatt and baby Cher. She is attempting to raise the children by herself, but does have visits from Grampy, who likes to come around to dispense his wisdom to his grandchildren.
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Title: Boomers
Character: Alan
Released: August 15, 2014
Type: TV
Sitcom following the ups and downs of three retired couples living in Thurnemouth, 'Norfolk's only West-facing resort'.
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Patrick's Day
Title: Patrick's Day
Character: John Freeman
Released: March 8, 2014
Type: Movie
A young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal air hostess but his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
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Believe
Title: Believe
Character: Bob
Released: October 4, 2013
Type: Movie
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.
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Ragged
Title: Ragged
Character: Prison Governor
Released: June 6, 2013
Type: Movie
In 1973 Ricky Tomilinson was imprisoned for unlawful assembly and conspiracy when picketing for support in Britain’s first National Building Strike a year earlier. During the course of Ricky’s sentence when he refused to conform, wear prison clothing, work and suffered on hunger strike he met a sympathetic and wise prison governor who introduced prisoner Tomlinson to Tressell’s great novel.
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The Best Offer
Title: The Best Offer
Character: Fred
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
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Spike Island
Title: Spike Island
Character: Mr. Jackson
Released: October 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
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Stars In Shorts
Title: Stars In Shorts
Character: Trevor
Released: September 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more.
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Title: Cuckoo
Character: Tony
Released: September 25, 2012
Type: TV
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
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My Week with Marilyn
Title: My Week with Marilyn
Character: Roger Smith
Released: November 23, 2011
Type: Movie
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
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Title: Death in Paradise
Character: David Witton
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: 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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City State
Title: City State
Character: William
Released: October 14, 2011
Type: Movie
A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.
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Friend Request Pending
Title: Friend Request Pending
Character: Trevor
Released: October 13, 2011
Type: Movie
FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more importantly life long friendship. The twelve-minute tale tells the story of Mary (Judi Dench) and Linda (Penny Ryder) who spend an afternoon discussing the pleasures, pitfalls and problems with using social networking to try and woo the local choirmaster Trevor (Philip Jackson).
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Title: Sugartown
Released: July 24, 2011
Type: TV
Comedy drama revolving around a small seaside hamlet in the north of England, as a former resident returns with big plans for the community's re-development.
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The First Men in the Moon
Title: The First Men in the Moon
Character: Voice of Grand Lunar
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.
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Title: The Queen
Character: Harold Wilson
Released: November 29, 2009
Type: TV
The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The Queen was portrayed by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Katie McGrath played Princess Margaret in the first episode and Lesley Manville played Margaret Thatcher in the third episode. The series was co-funded by the American Broadcasting Company, the network which aired the series in the US. This reunited Emilia Fox and Katie McGrath who had played sisters in BBC One's Merlin.
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Title: Home Time
Character: Roy Jacks
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: TV
Gaynor Jacks, aged 29, returns to her mum and dad's house in Coventry after running off to find her place in the big wide world when she was 17-years-old.
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Margaret
Title: Margaret
Character: Bernard Ingham
Released: March 26, 2009
Type: Movie
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.
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Title: Crooked House
Released: December 22, 2008
Type: TV
A ghost story about a cursed house. The cursed house - Geap Manor - weaves together three ghost stories set during Georgian times, the 1920s and the present day.
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Title: Place of Execution
Character: Old George Bennett
Released: September 22, 2008
Type: TV
On a freezing December night in 1963, 13-year-old Alison Carter took her dog for a walk and was never seen again. As the entire country watched, newly-promoted Detective Inspector George Bennett turned up enough evidence to see his suspect hanged and was hailed a hero by the people of Scardale. More than four decades later, the lingering cloud left by the missing body of Alison Carter compels controversial filmmaker Catherine Heathcote to turn her camera to Bennett.
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Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Title: Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Character: Alfred Roberts
Released: June 12, 2008
Type: Movie
A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing her early relationship and marriage to oil millionaire Denis Thatcher.
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Title: Fanny Hill
Character: Mr. Croft
Released: October 22, 2007
Type: TV
Two-part TV drama based on the novel by John Cleland. Set in the 18th century, the story of a young country girl who through financial neccessity falls into prostitution.
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Fanny Hill
Title: Fanny Hill
Character: Mr. Croft
Released: October 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, in-living, on gentlemen.
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Grow Your Own
Title: Grow Your Own
Character: Big John
Released: June 15, 2007
Type: Movie
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years
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I Want Candy
Title: I Want Candy
Character: Stephen, Joe's Dad
Released: March 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, wannabe producer Joe and his talented but neurotic director friend Baggy head to London to sell what they know is a script made of gold.
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Title: The Chase
Released: July 16, 2006
Type: TV
Story line is set around Yorkshire's 'Chevin Chase Veterinary Surgery', The Chase follows the drama that surrounds the family who own the surgery, along with the practice nurses and surgeons. In true soap style, The Chase deals with the turbulent lives and relationships of said characters, adding a dash of authenticity and a pinch of humour to proceedings.
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A Little Trip to Heaven
Title: A Little Trip to Heaven
Character: William
Released: December 26, 2005
Type: Movie
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred -- the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy -- he begins to suspect that something is amiss.
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Title: Funland
Released: October 23, 2005
Type: TV
Funland is a comedy thriller serial, produced by the BBC, about a detective who arrives in Blackpool to find the killer of his mother with only the flimsiest of clues to go on. It was first screened from 23 October 2005 to 7 November 2005, on the digital channel BBC Three. Created by Jeremy Dyson and Simon Ashdown, the series consists of a fifty-minute opening episode followed by ten half-hour installments.
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The Best Man
Title: The Best Man
Character: Mr. Barker
Released: July 9, 2005
Type: Movie
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start to look up when Olly's college pal James asks him to be the best man at his wedding. Prior to the nuptials, Olly is drawn to a woman whom he thinks is the bride's sister -- only she turns out to be the bride, Sarah. Can Murray, who dislikes James, help get Sarah and Olly together?
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Von Trapped
Title: Von Trapped
Character: Torsten
Released: September 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Hairdresser Maria is fixated by The Sound of Music - it was the film she saw the night she was jilted 18 years ago. In a bid to confront her demons, Maria decides to travel to Salzburg, but with her mother and teenage offspring in tow she gets more than she bargained for.
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Title: London
Character: Samuel Pepys
Released: May 7, 2004
Type: TV
London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd.
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Title: Murder in Suburbia
Released: March 13, 2004
Type: TV
Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.
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Title: Hustle
Character: Arthur Bond
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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Title: New Tricks
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: TV
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
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Title: Little Britain
Released: September 16, 2003
Type: TV
A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.
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Second Nature
Title: Second Nature
Character: Lawrence Augenblick
Released: June 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Everything is not as it seems for a man who recovers from a plane crash in which his family is killed. After plastic surgery and rehabilitation, he determines that he worked for a secret agency for which he was an assassin. His former boss puts him back to work to assassinate a political leader, but when he proves unable to pull the trigger, it is he who becomes the target for assassins. As he avoids capture, the story unfolds about his true past and the reason why he has a tattoo of "chilly willy" inside his lip.
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Coogan's Runner
Title: Coogan's Runner
Character: Self
Released: June 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Video diary from behind the scenes of 2002's "Cruise of the Gods."
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Cruise of the Gods
Title: Cruise of the Gods
Character: Hugh Bispham
Released: December 23, 2002
Type: Movie
Andy Van Allen, former hero of a cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy recieves an ususual offer - the Children of Castor fan club organising a cruise around the Greek islands with him as the prinicipal celebrity - a combination of Andy's cynicism, his fans' adoration, a misguided sexual encounter and an unexpected reunion with his more famous co-star, Nick Lee, ensure the paradise cruise is far from plain sailing.
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Title: Foyle's War
Released: October 27, 2002
Type: TV
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
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The Intended
Title: The Intended
Character: Norton
Released: June 6, 2002
Type: Movie
A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
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Crime and Punishment
Title: Crime and Punishment
Character: Marmaladov
Released: February 12, 2002
Type: Movie
John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
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Mike Bassett: England Manager
Title: Mike Bassett: England Manager
Character: Lonnie Urquart
Released: September 28, 2001
Type: Movie
After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup.
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Title: Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Released: December 25, 2000
Type: Movie
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Title: Sins
Character: Mickey Thomas
Released: October 24, 2000
Type: TV
Len Green is a former bank robber and getaway driver who has retired from the criminal life and joined the undertakers run by his uncle. However, his resolve to stay out of the criminal world is tested by temptations based on the seven deadly sins.
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Around The World In 80 Days
Title: Around The World In 80 Days
Character: Inspector Fix (voice)
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Travel back in time to a scene set in London in 1872, where a young Phileas Fogg is about to wager a fortune in the hope of completing an impossible challenge, to travel around the world in 80 days or less. Together with his new man servant, Passpartout, the two men set sail across the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans in hope of finishing their journey in time and winning their bet. However, trouble is afoot when a mysterious gentleman thief steals over £50,000 from the Bank of England. The hunt is on to find him and Inspector Fix suspects Fogs to he the bank robber and begins tailing him. Will this jeopardise Phileas Fogg's plans - an he complete his journey around the world in 80 days? Enjoy Jules Verne's classic tale of discovery and adventure.
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Title: The Vice
Released: January 4, 1999
Type: TV
The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the London Metropolitan police force's vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and other such organized crime are regular occurrences. Most episodes end in such a way where the main villain is caught but often not in a 'naturally' concluded way that you would expect with other TV dramas, and often ending an episode with more questions unanswered than answered. The small dedicated team is led by Detective Inspector Pat Chappel who struggles to manage the balance between his home life and his work life - as do the other members of the team. Working in the seedy underworld leads to a continual dilemma for the team - the tension between the Vice Squad and the vice-related crimes that they investigate runs throughout the series and gives the show a rich viewing experience. The programme often blurs the line of the team staying on the right side of the law, as almost every member of the team at different points submits briefly or permanently to the temptations of either sex, drugs, money or honey traps. Sometimes with drastic consequences.
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Little Voice
Title: Little Voice
Character: George
Released: November 5, 1998
Type: Movie
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.
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Girls' Night
Title: Girls' Night
Character: Dave Simpson
Released: June 26, 1998
Type: Movie
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas. They buy two tickets and fly there...
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Cousin Bette
Title: Cousin Bette
Character: De Wissembourg
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
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Title: The Last Salute
Released: March 15, 1998
Type: TV
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Our Boy
Title: Our Boy
Character: DS Yorke
Released: February 15, 1998
Type: Movie
A parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come to terms with the disappearance and death of their only son. Woody, Sonia and their son, Lee, live contentedly in West Ham, London. When Lee is killed in a hit-and-run everyone grieves but Woody’s grief has no limit. His best friend, Phil, counsels revenge, while in the view of the ambitious Detective Constable Spence, Woody himself is the prime suspect. Woody searches for a way to react with extraordinary and touching results. Features award-winning performances by Ray Winstone and Pauline Quirke.
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Title: The Ambassador
Released: January 4, 1998
Type: TV
The Ambassador is a British television drama series produced by the BBC written by Hugh Costello. The series starred Pauline Collins in the title role as Harriet Smith, the new British ambassador to Ireland and dealt with the personal and professional pressures in Harriet's life, as well as wider political themes. Other notable cast members were Denis Lawson and Peter Egan. Two series were made between 1998 and 1999.
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The Opium War
Title: The Opium War
Character: Captain White
Released: June 30, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of Hong Kong by Britain; through the eyes of the key figures, fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu, and opportunistic British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Daniel Snape
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Brassed Off
Title: Brassed Off
Character: Jim
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
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Title: Silent Witness
Released: February 21, 1996
Type: TV
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
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Title: Black Hearts in Battersea
Character: Eustace Buckle
Released: December 31, 1995
Type: TV
In an alternate early nineteenth century London, the rightful Duke finds himself cheated out of his inheritance. A 6x25' TV adaptation of Joan Aiken's 1964 children's novel, Black Hearts in Battersea.
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Title: Bramwell
Character: Ronald Kennedy
Released: May 1, 1995
Type: TV
The story of Eleanor Bramwell , a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues and society. Determined to take the medical profession out of the dark ages, her strongly held opinions often draw her into conflict with the chief surgeon, a man keener on tradition than he is on progress.
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Title: Hamish Macbeth
Character: Malachi McBean
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
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Title: The Wimbledon Poisoner
Character: Detective Inspector Russell Rush
Released: December 11, 1994
Type: TV
Henry Farr, a Wimbledon solicitor desperate to rid himself of his wife, settles on murder as a solution to his problem.
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Title: Downwardly Mobile
Released: July 21, 1994
Type: TV
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The Last Dance
Title: The Last Dance
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Blackpool, a dancing contest, a dead woman. This is the opening scene of this movie, which then continues by telling us the story preceding this sad accident - or is it a murder? We will get to know the tensed relationship of the dancing contestant couple Tove and Claes, and see how there lives are affected by Liselott and Lennart, their opponents and friends.
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15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Title: 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Character: Stan Eastwood
Released: August 18, 1993
Type: Movie
A teen, jailed in an adult prison in Britain, takes his own life in July 1990.
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Bad Behavior
Title: Bad Behavior
Character: Howard Spink
Released: May 28, 1993
Type: Movie
The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the stage where reason cannot be heard above the ticking clock of experience and ambition. When temptation comes, how will they react?
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Title: A Touch of Frost
Character: D.S. Sharpe
Released: December 6, 1992
Type: TV
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
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Title: A Touch of Frost
Character: Sergent Sharpe
Released: December 6, 1992
Type: TV
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
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Thacker
Title: Thacker
Character: Ben Royce
Released: April 20, 1992
Type: Movie
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Ken Marsden
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Brian Simpson
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: TV
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Patron
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: TV
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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High Hopes
Title: High Hopes
Character: Martin Burke
Released: January 13, 1989
Type: Movie
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Assistant Commissioner Japp
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Title: The Storyteller
Character: King
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: TV
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
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The Dark Room
Title: The Dark Room
Character: Greg
Released: January 26, 1988
Type: Movie
'Please don't slam your door - we have a delicate child', but when the baby cries, Deb ignores it. There is a secret which is destroying Deb's marriage to Greg. Only she can save it - only Deb can unlock The Dark Room.
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Title: Lizzie's Pictures
Released: June 3, 1987
Type: TV
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On the Palm
Title: On the Palm
Character: Dawlish
Released: April 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome change from the dole. Until he finds himself digging dirt on an old friend....
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The Fourth Protocol
Title: The Fourth Protocol
Character: Burkinshaw
Released: March 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.
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Rat in the Skull
Title: Rat in the Skull
Character: Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
In a cell in a London police station, a suspected I.R.A. bomber, Roche, has been detained for questioning. To help them in the interrogation, the London coppers have summoned Nelson, a detective from Northern Ireland's predominantly Protestant police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Rob Royson
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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The Doctor and the Devils
Title: The Doctor and the Devils
Character: Andrew Merry-Lees
Released: October 4, 1985
Type: Movie
In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
Title: Give My Regards to Broad Street
Character: Alan
Released: November 28, 1984
Type: Movie
When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath.
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Title: Robin of Sherwood
Character: Abbot Hugo de Rainault
Released: April 28, 1984
Type: TV
Robin of Sherwood was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel Showtime and on PBS. The show starred Michael Praed and Jason Connery as two different incarnations of the title character. Unlike previous adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Sherwood combined a gritty, authentic production design with elements of real-life history, 20th century fiction, and pagan myth. The series is also notable for its haunting title music by Clannad, which won a BAFTA award.
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A Pattern of Roses
Title: A Pattern of Roses
Character: Builder
Released: December 29, 1983
Type: Movie
While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from the past being mirrored in his own life.
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Pasmore
Title: Pasmore
Character: Colin Pasmore
Released: October 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
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Title: The Gentle Touch
Released: April 11, 1980
Type: TV
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.
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Scum
Title: Scum
Character: Mr Greaves
Released: September 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
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Title: Two Up, Two Down
Released: May 11, 1979
Type: TV
Two Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Paul Nicholas and Su Pollard. It aired for one series in 1979 and marked the television comedy debut of Su Pollard, later to become well known as Peggy in Hi-de-Hi!. It was written by Janey Preger.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: George Forester
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Afternoon Off
Title: Afternoon Off
Character: Bernard
Released: February 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
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Title: Pennies from Heaven
Character: Dave
Released: March 7, 1978
Type: TV
Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs.
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A Little Outing
Title: A Little Outing
Character: Geoff
Released: October 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.
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Pressure
Title: Pressure
Character: 2nd CID Officer
Released: November 19, 1976
Type: Movie
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
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Rogue Male
Title: Rogue Male
Character: 1st Seaman
Released: September 22, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
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Well Thank You, Thursday
Title: Well Thank You, Thursday
Character: Stan
Released: January 25, 1976
Type: Movie
Miss Shepherd of the registry office is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected.
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Keep an Eye on Albert
Title: Keep an Eye on Albert
Character: Tarpy
Released: November 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Pubs, pigeons, weight-lifting - that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But now Terry's best mate, Albert, is on leave from the Merchant Navy, and Albert knows how to treat a lady. 'Fireworks assured,' says the wrestling poster.
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Pig Bin
Title: Pig Bin
Character: Ken
Released: October 28, 1974
Type: Movie
"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets his hero.
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Title: Porridge
Character: Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
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Blooming Youth
Title: Blooming Youth
Released: June 18, 1973
Type: Movie
An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.
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Shakespeare or Bust
Title: Shakespeare or Bust
Character: Hippie
Released: January 8, 1973
Type: Movie
Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon.
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Title: Last of the Summer Wine
Character: Gordon
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: TV
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
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The Pigeon Fancier
Title: The Pigeon Fancier
Character: Harry
Released: December 9, 1971
Type: Movie
When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him.
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True Love (Once Removed)
Title: True Love (Once Removed)
Character: Bus driver
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
True Love (Once Removed) is a British drama directed by Director, Kevin Thomas. The film is about the belief in a fated destiny vs. the free will to form a future. Steven is a fish gutter who lives in an isolated fishing village. He appears at the docks every morning where gutters are selected according to the day's need. He spends what little money he has on viewing his future through time machines. These time machines have been banned by the government due to the unintended consequences they have. Steven lives alone, but by looking at the time machine he knows someday he will be loved and who that woman will be, a psychiatric nurse called Bryony in his future. However presently Bryony Lafferty is an 8-year old girl so Steven must wait for his future to come true.