Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage

Born: August 22, 1971
in Leicester, England, UK
Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.

Movies for Richard Armitage...

Title: Fool Me Once
Character: Joe Burkett
Released: January 1, 2024
Type: TV
When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.
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The Boy in the Woods
Title: The Boy in the Woods
Character: Jasko
Released: September 19, 2023
Type: Movie
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
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Title: Obsession
Character: William Farrow
Released: April 13, 2023
Type: TV
A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
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The Man from Rome
Title: The Man from Rome
Character: Father Quart
Released: October 21, 2022
Type: Movie
A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent anonymous plea to the pope. Handsome Father Quart, of the church's Institute of External Affairs, an arm of the Vatican intelligence, is dispatched to investigate. The message of the hacker concerns a crumbling 17th century Baroque church in the heart of Seville that apparently "kills to defend itself".
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Title: Stay Close
Character: Ray Levine
Released: December 31, 2021
Type: TV
When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Title: The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 2021
Type: Movie
Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at their favorite Dibley moments, and for the first time, tell the definitive story of the making of the show. The pair are joined by a host of guest stars and celebrity fans including Kylie Minogue, Hugh Bonneville, and Joanna Lumley, as well as writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, producer Jon Plowman, and James Fleet (Hugo Horton).
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Space Sweepers
Title: Space Sweepers
Character: James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
Released: February 5, 2021
Type: Movie
When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.
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Uncle Vanya
Title: Uncle Vanya
Character: Astrov
Released: October 27, 2020
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic play about human frailty, in which secret loves and long-held resentments threaten to tear a family apart. The film is a recorded performance of an award-winning production of Anton Chekhov's classic play at the Harold Pinter theatre in London, made shortly after the show was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Title: Between the Covers
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2020
Type: TV
Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.
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Title: The Stranger
Character: Adam Price
Released: January 30, 2020
Type: TV
A web of secrets sends family man Adam Price on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about the people closest to him.
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The Lodge
Title: The Lodge
Character: Richard
Released: January 16, 2020
Type: Movie
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.
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My Zoe
Title: My Zoe
Character: James Lewis
Released: November 14, 2019
Type: Movie
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle travels to Russia in seeking the help of a world-renowned fertility physician who Isabelle believes can help bring back her little girl.
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Ocean's Eight
Title: Ocean's Eight
Character: Claude Becker
Released: June 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
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I Am Urban
Title: I Am Urban
Character: Chop
Released: April 2, 2018
Type: Movie
A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of joy-riding, drug taking, thieving, out of control, care home runaway kids.
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Sleepwalker
Title: Sleepwalker
Character: Dr. Scott White
Released: October 10, 2017
Type: Movie
A young woman seeks help from a sleep clinic for her insomnia, but soon deals with her entire life being turned upside down.
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Title: Castlevania
Character: Trevor Belmont (voice)
Released: July 7, 2017
Type: TV
A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. Inspired by the classic video game series.
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Pilgrimage
Title: Pilgrimage
Character: Raymond De Merville
Released: April 23, 2017
Type: Movie
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.
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Brain on Fire
Title: Brain on Fire
Character: Tom Cahalan
Released: February 22, 2017
Type: Movie
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
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Title: Berlin Station
Character: Daniel Miller
Released: October 16, 2016
Type: TV
A contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an undercover agent at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Title: Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character: King Oleron
Released: May 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Title: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Character: Thorin Oakenshield
Released: December 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
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The Crucible
Title: The Crucible
Character: John Proctor
Released: December 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Richard Armitage stars in Yael Farber's powerful production of Arthur Miller's timeless witch hunt parable.
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Into the Storm
Title: Into the Storm
Character: Gary Morris
Released: August 6, 2014
Type: Movie
As a new day begins in the town of Silverton, its residents have little reason to believe it will be anything other than ordinary. Mother Nature, however has other plans. In the span of just a few hours, an unprecedented onslaught of powerful tornadoes ravages Silverton. Storm trackers predict that the worst is still to come, as terrified residents seek shelter, and professional storm-chasers run toward the danger, hoping to study the phenomenon close up and get a once-in-a-lifetime shot.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Title: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Character: Thorin Oakenshield
Released: December 11, 2013
Type: Movie
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
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Title: Hannibal
Character: Francis Dolarhyde
Released: April 4, 2013
Type: TV
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Character: Thorin Oakenshield
Released: December 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
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Captain America: The First Avenger
Title: Captain America: The First Avenger
Character: Heinz Kruger
Released: July 22, 2011
Type: Movie
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
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Title: HMS Ark Royal
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: February 22, 2011
Type: TV
The HMS Ark Royal carried the Harrier and 3 types of helicopter during its active service, these included the Lynx which is currently the fastest helicopter in the world and the Sea King, equipped with an early warning radar system.
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Title: Lost Land of the Tiger
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: September 21, 2010
Type: TV
Documentary following a team of big cat experts and wildlife filmmakers as they embark upon a dramatic expedition searching for tigers hidden in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
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Title: Strike Back
Character: John Porter
Released: May 5, 2010
Type: TV
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
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Leopards of Dead Tree Island
Title: Leopards of Dead Tree Island
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A dramatic, real-life tale of three leopards plays out in Botswana's Okavango Delta. This is prime territory for Africa's most secretive big cat and although leopards normally avoid contact with each other one island is the common hunting ground of three individuals as they are drawn together by the changing seasons and the movement of their prey. What unfolds is an in-depth portrayal of their private lives; following the tension, drama and in the end, heart wrenching tragedy as all three seek one common goal - to dominate one of the Okavango's most prized leopard territories.
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Title: Moving On
Character: John Mulligan
Released: May 18, 2009
Type: TV
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
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The Great Sperm Race
Title: The Great Sperm Race
Character: Narrator (Voice)
Released: February 22, 2009
Type: Movie
'The Great Sperm Race' tells the story of human conception as it's never been told before. With 250 million competitors, it is the most extreme race on earth and there can only be one winner.
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Title: Inspector George Gently
Released: April 8, 2008
Type: TV
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
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Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Title: Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Character: Percy Courtenay
Released: May 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Jessie Wallace stars in this BBC drama based on the turbulent life and times of Marie Lloyd, known as the 'Queen of the Music Hall', who was famous at the turn of the 20th century not just for her performances on stage but also for her riotous behaviour off it. Lloyd's love life and outrageous conduct made her a target for the rising tabloid newspapers of the time. The film includes some of Lloyd's most famous songs, including 'My Old Man Said Follow the Van' and her theme song 'A Little of What You Fancy Does You Good'.
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Title: Robin Hood
Character: Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Released: October 7, 2006
Type: TV
An updated series following the life of Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Sherwood forest. Together they steal from the rich and give to the poor - all the while avoiding their enemies Sir Guy of Gisborne and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
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Title: The Impressionists
Character: Claude Monet
Released: April 30, 2006
Type: TV
The Impressionists is a three-part factual docudrama from the BBC, which reconstructs the origins of the Impressionist art movement.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Peter Macduff
Released: November 14, 2005
Type: Movie
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.
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Title: ShakespeaRe-Told
Released: November 7, 2005
Type: TV
Four of Shakespeare's plays are dramatically relocated to the modern day.
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Title: The Golden Hour
Character: Dr. Alec Track
Released: September 14, 2005
Type: TV
The Golden Hour was an ITV drama series, first shown in 2005. The series centred on the activities of a specialist medical unit, HEMS which is based in London, operated by the London Ambulance Service, in dealing with emergency cases. The title refers to the hour which is their critical time for handling emergencies. The series starred Richard Armitage and Lorna Fitzgerald.
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Title: Malice Aforethought
Character: William Chatford
Released: April 10, 2005
Type: TV
Malice Aforethought is a 2005 ITV drama based on Anthony Berkeley Cox’s 1931 novel of the same name, made by Granada Television. There was an earlier BBC television adaptation of this novel in 1979. Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.
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Frozen
Title: Frozen
Character: Steven
Released: March 12, 2005
Type: Movie
It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere until she steals some CCTV footage of her sister on her final day. Visiting the spot where Annie was filmed, Kath becomes convinced she has found a portal to another reality and from this portal Kath is trying to say something.
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Title: North & South
Character: John Thornton
Released: November 14, 2004
Type: TV
Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...
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Title: Between The Sheets
Character: Paul Andrews
Released: November 17, 2003
Type: TV
Between the Sheets is a 2003 British television mini-series. This carnal, comedic drama is based around the love life and sexual hangups of several different couples that are all linked in some way. Emotional, touching, and sometimes humorous, the story follows these couples as they are forced to face their demons.
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Title: Ultimate Force
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group.
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Title: Ultimate Force
Character: Capt. Ian Macalwain
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group.
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Title: Sparkhouse
Character: John Standring
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: TV
The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights.
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Title: Spooks
Character: Armed Police 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: Spooks
Character: Lucas North
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: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Character: Philip Turner
Released: April 8, 2002
Type: TV
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Angus
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter star in a highly-acclaimed screen version of William Shakespeare's classic story of tyranny and ambition. On the stage this Royal Shakespeare Company presentation was universally lauded. Following sell-out seasons at Statford's Swan Theatre and in London, the production played Japan and in the United States, where The New York Times praised director Gregory Doran's interpretation as a "harrowing and disturbingly funny parable for the dawn of the 21st century". To make this compelling screen version, Gregory Doran worked with all of the original cast and filmed at London's Roundhouse. Brilliantly shot by director of photography Ernie Vincze, the production uses the edgy techniques of fly-on-the-wall documentaries. The effect is raw, intimate and strikingly dynamic.
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Title: Cleopatra
Character: Epiphanes
Released: May 23, 1999
Type: TV
Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor.
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Title: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Character: Tonra
Released: May 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
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This Year's Love
Title: This Year's Love
Character: Smug Man at Party
Released: February 19, 1999
Type: Movie
The big-screen debut from Scottish stage director David Kane, This Year's Love is a comedy about the romantic misadventures of six young people in Camden, North London. The marriage of tattoo artist Danny (Douglas Hanshall) and dressmaker Hannah (Catherine McCormack) gets off to a less-than-inspiring start when Danny finds out Hannah has already been fooling around with a friend's husband, so Danny takes a walk and Hannah splits with a friend to get drunk. At the airport, where the newly-weds were supposed to leave for a honeymoon, Danny meets a cleaning woman named Mary (Kathy Burke) and is immediately infatuated, while Hannah is picked up by a scruffy artist named Cameron (Dougray Scott). Elsewhere, Liam (Ian Hart), a geeky comic-art enthusiast who shares an apartment with Cameron, finds romance with Sophie (Jennifer Ehle), a single mother and full-time neurotic.
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Title: Cold Feet
Released: November 15, 1998
Type: TV
Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?
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Title: The Vicar of Dibley
Character: Harry Kennedy
Released: November 10, 1994
Type: TV
Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.
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Title: GMTV
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: TV
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Craig Parker
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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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.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Astov
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: Missing You
Character: Ellis Stagger
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Eleven years ago Detective Kat Donovan's fiancé Josh – the love of her life – disappeared and she's never heard from him since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again. Josh's reappearance will force her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.
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Title: Red Eye
Character: Dr. Matthew Nolan
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
London police officer DC Hana Li is escorting Dr Matthew Nolan back to Beijing where he has been accused of a crime. However, on board flight 357, she finds herself embroiled in an escalating conspiracy and a growing number of murders.
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Now & Then
Title: Now & Then
Character: Chris
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Christopher Metcalfe returns to his childhood home following the death of his father. Here, he confronts memories of his time at public school and relives the intense, passionate affair he shared with fellow student Stephen Walker. This forces him to come to terms with himself at last.