Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks

Born: January 18, 1964
in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English stage, screen and television actress, voice artist, musician, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Bubble" in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous as well as her distinctive voice.

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Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Title: Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Character: Annette
Released: December 16, 2023
Type: Movie
It's Christmas and Gemma has hired a lovely cottage in a quaint village. Terry spots that the village has a Santa competition, but things take a dark turn as competitors start being killed off in a host of warped and festive ways.
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Title: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Character: Babs (voice)
Released: December 8, 2023
Type: Movie
A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.
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Dodger Special: Christmas
Title: Dodger Special: Christmas
Character: Countess Cowper
Released: December 4, 2022
Type: Movie
A kind-hearted deed for an old friend leads Dodger to break into 10 Downing Street.
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Title: Murder, They Hope
Character: Annette
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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Title: Bloods
Character: Wendy
Released: May 5, 2021
Type: TV
When tough-acting loner paramedic Maleek is paired with over-friendly divorcee Wendy, their partnership looks dead on arrival. But pretty soon they're giving each other life support.
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Inside Lidl at Christmas
Title: Inside Lidl at Christmas
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: December 17, 2020
Type: Movie
Does the supermarket offer the cheapest Christmas cheer? The Wynne family put the store through its paces, to find out whether it offers the cheapest turkey and trimmings.
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Something Borrowed
Title: Something Borrowed
Character: Violet
Released: October 24, 2020
Type: Movie
When a sweet old woman lends her pen to a hopeless young chap, a whirlwind of a chase ensues.
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Title: The Singapore Grip
Character: Sylvia Blackett
Released: September 13, 2020
Type: TV
In colonial Singapore during World War Two, this epic drama follows the schemes – both commercial and amorous – of a wealthy British family as they struggle to preserve their prosperous business amid cataclysmic world events.
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Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
Title: Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
Character: Nell
Released: April 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Hamm is an ageing, blind tyrant who is confined to a wheelchair – but soon becomes locked in a bleakly funny and subversively devastating stalemate. Endgame forms the first half of a double bill, performed alongside Samuel Beckett’s rarely-seen short play Rough for Theatre II.
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Title: COBRA
Character: Victoria Dalton
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: TV
As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
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Title: The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
Character: Gran Spud
Released: September 2, 2019
Type: TV
Dave, Grimsby's own magnet for disaster, is a fighter against the odds and our unlikely hero. He knows that no matter how rubbish things get, there is always room for them to get worse. But bring it on! For Dave and his Spud family are united--together they will prevail and do so with gusto! Side note: And be back in time for tea.
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Title: Flack
Character: Tanya Bert
Released: February 21, 2019
Type: TV
Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes to her personal life. Robyn’s work as a crisis PR strategist is fast-paced and unpredictable, as she counsels high-profile personalities in entertainment, fashion and sports.
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Swimming with Men
Title: Swimming with Men
Character: Heather Scott
Released: July 6, 2018
Type: Movie
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Title: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Character: Bubble / Shirley Bassey
Released: July 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Title: A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Character: Self - Voice of Babs
Released: December 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
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Title: Britain as Seen on ITV
Character: Narrator
Released: August 31, 2015
Type: TV
To help celebrate ITV's 60th anniversary Britain: Six decades of British life are recalled through archive footage, telling the story of the nation in a mosaic of clips from news programmes and documentaries. As Seen on ITV tells the story of our changing nation through extraordinary real-life footage seen on our screens over the last 60 years.
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Hot Tub Britain
Title: Hot Tub Britain
Character: Narration
Released: September 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Britain has gone mad for hot tubs. Thousands of people are splashing out on the latest icon of social status - even if their backyards are too small and the neighbours don't like it. At the centre of the craze is Hot Tub Superstore; a family run business specialising in the weird and wonderful world of hot tubs. This quirky ob-doc follows the showroom exploits of the sales team and their customers. It reveals the often comical efforts of ingenious delivery men manoeuvring hot tubs down narrow British streets. Most tantalising of all, Hot Tub Britain takes a peek over the proverbial garden fence to examine the social politics bubbling underneath the hot tub obsession.
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Title: Lily's Driftwood Bay
Character: Wee Rabbit (voice)
Released: May 5, 2014
Type: TV
Follow the imagination of Lily, a five-year-old hunter, as she creates a world of adventure and friendship from treasures she finds washed up on the beach.
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Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
Title: Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
Character: Fairy Mary (voice)
Released: February 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Zarina, a smart and ambitious dust-keeper fairy who’s captivated by Blue Pixie Dust and its endless possibilities, flees Pixie Hollow and joins forces with the scheming pirates of Skull Rock, who make her captain of their ship. Tinker Bell and her friends must embark on an epic adventure to find Zarina, and together they go sword-to-sword with the band of pirates led by a cabin boy named James, who’ll soon be known as Captain Hook himself.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Liz
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Pixie Hollow Bake Off
Title: Pixie Hollow Bake Off
Character: Fairy Mary (voice)
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Tink challenges Gelata to see who can bake the best cake for the queen's party. Plus 10 Disney Fairies Mini-Shorts: - Just Desserts - If The Hue Fits - Dust Up - Scents And Sensibility - Just One Of The Girls - Volleybug - Hide And Tink - Rainbow's Ends - Fawn And Games - Magic Tricks
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Sunshine on Leith
Title: Sunshine on Leith
Character: Jean Henshaw
Released: October 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships. Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers.
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Secret of the Wings
Title: Secret of the Wings
Character: Fairy Mary (voice)
Released: August 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairies and the winter fairies to help Pixie Hollow.
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Title: True Love
Character: Sandra
Released: June 17, 2012
Type: TV
A five-part series of intertwining, semi-improvised love stories exploring the reality of love in the modern world.
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Title: Playhouse Presents
Character: Jacky
Released: April 12, 2012
Type: TV
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013. The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
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Title: The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Character: Herself - Contestant
Released: January 10, 2012
Type: TV
Well-known faces don their aprons in this charity special. Who has got what it takes to go all the way and compete for the Great Sport Relief Bake Off crown?
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Pixie Hollow Games
Title: Pixie Hollow Games
Character: Fairy Mary (voice)
Released: December 24, 2011
Type: Movie
Rosetta and new arrival Chloe band together to try to break the garden fairies' legendary losing streak in the Pixie Hollow Games, a sports spectacle filled with pixie pageantry, fantastic fairy events and hilarious surprises.
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Arthur Christmas
Title: Arthur Christmas
Character: Lead Elf (voice)
Released: November 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
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Title: Trollied
Character: Julie
Released: August 4, 2011
Type: TV
Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre.
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Title: Little Crackers
Character: Hairdresser
Released: December 19, 2010
Type: TV
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.
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The Road to Coronation Street
Title: The Road to Coronation Street
Character: Margaret Morris
Released: September 15, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking UK TV series Coronation Street.
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Title: The Adventures of Disney Fairies
Character: Fairy Mary (voice)
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: TV
Tinker Bell thinks her fairy power isn't very special. With the help of her friends, she discovers that magic happens when you believe in yourself.
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Gracie!
Title: Gracie!
Character: Gracie Fields
Released: November 23, 2009
Type: Movie
In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Queen of Hearts', is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy's entry into the war Monty is in danger of being interned so Gracie consents to his moving to America whilst she tours Canada, fund-raising for the war effort. She is accused of deserting the country which made her famous and booed offstage, though she later tours battlefields as a singer. With the war over she regains popularity, performing 'Take Me To Your Heart Again' at the London Palladium. Banks dies in 1950 and, though still a successful singer, Gracie never regains her pre-war iconic status.
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Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Title: Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Character: Fifi Forget-Me-Not (voice)
Released: November 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. "Can You Feel It" 2. "Don't Stop" 3. "Jai Ho!" 4. "Tubthumping" 5. "Never Forget" 6. "Hey Jude" 7. "One Day Like This"
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Title: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Character: Fairy Mary (voice)
Released: September 3, 2009
Type: Movie
A blue harvest moon will rise, allowing the fairies to use a precious moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree, the source of all their magic. But when Tinker Bell accidentally puts all of Pixie Hollow in jeopardy, she must venture out across the sea on a secret quest to set things right.
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Title: The Speaker
Released: April 7, 2009
Type: TV
The search is on to find Britain's best young speaker. From across the UK, thousands of 14- to 18-year-olds applied in a bid to become The Speaker.
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Tinker Bell
Title: Tinker Bell
Character: Fairy Mary (voice)
Released: September 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new motion picture "Tinker Bell."
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Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Title: Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Character: Donner (voice)
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Robbie and Donner's wedding is interrupted when Donner is kidnapped by aliens. Robbie saves the day again though with the help of his friends and an alien crystal.
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Title: Little Princess
Character: Little Princess (voice)
Released: December 5, 2007
Type: TV
Little Princess is a children's animated television series. Directed by Edward Foster, it debuted in the United Kingdom in 2006 and is currently shown there as part of Channel 5's Milkshake! and – as Y Dywysoges Fach – in the children's programming strand Cyw on the Welsh language channel S4C. In English, the stories are narrated by Julian Clary, who also provides the voice of the cat Puss. Jane Horrocks provides the voice of the Little Princess. The series is based on the original books by Tony Ross and follows the success of Ross's 1986 book 'I Want My Potty', which was also turned into a 5 minute short film. Great Uncle Walter is voiced by Brian Blessed and General, Prime Minister, Gardener and Chef are all voiced by Colin McFarlane.
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Title: Zoo Days
Released: October 8, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Phineas and Ferb
Character: Eliza Fletcher (voice)
Released: August 17, 2007
Type: TV
Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
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Title: The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Character: Ros Pritchard
Released: October 3, 2006
Type: TV
Supermarket manager Ros Pritchard decides to stand for election and her steady gains of support gives rise to thoughts of becoming Prime Minister.
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Brothers of the Head
Title: Brothers of the Head
Character: Roberta Howe (Romeo video)
Released: July 28, 2006
Type: Movie
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Title: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Character: Meenie (voice)
Released: June 15, 2006
Type: Movie
Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who has designs on the estate.
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Milkshake treats!
Title: Milkshake treats!
Character: Fifi
Released: June 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Hello Everyone! This is our first ever Milkshake treats DVD. We have jam-packed it with sixteen of our favourite programmes like Peppa Pig, Fifi and the Flowertots, Hi-5 and many more. It also includes the 'Milkshake Shake'! We really enjoyed making this DVD and hope you enjoy it too! Kemi, Naomi and Beth. Peppa Pig - Muddy Puddles. Hi-5 - Action Heroes. Fifi and the Flowertots - Sports Day. Insect Antics - Home is Best. Softies - Rainbow. Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends - The Big Green Bug. Mechanick - The Professor's Car. The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill - The Big Fish. Funky Valley - Dippy Over the Moon. Bird Bath - Another Bob. Sailor Sid - The Birthday Surprise. Monkey Makes - Bus Driver Rock Dance. Mio Mao - The Beaver. Harry & His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs - But I Like Mud. Roobarb & Custard Too - When There Was An Elephant. Ebb & Flo - Ebb's Birthday.
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Title: The Street
Character: Angela Quinn
Released: April 13, 2006
Type: TV
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
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Title: Great British Menu
Character: Self - Guest Judge
Released: April 10, 2006
Type: TV
Britain's top chefs compete for the chance to cook a four-course banquet for a high-profile figure.
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Title: Jericho
Character: Sadie Swettenham
Released: October 16, 2005
Type: TV
Jericho is an ITV British crime drama series which was transmitted in 2005. It was created and written by Stewart Harcourt and starred Robert Lindsay as Detective Inspector Michael Jericho, who is loved by the public but who is embarrassed by his status as a hero. The series was set in London in 1958.
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Fifi and the Flowertots Talent Show
Title: Fifi and the Flowertots Talent Show
Character: Primrose
Released: October 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Join Fifi and the Flowertots in five exciting episodes. Episodes include: 'Fifi's Talent Show', 'Smelly Slugsy', 'Bumble Catches A Cold', 'Bumble's Big Race!' and 'Flowertots Fallout'.
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Corpse Bride
Title: Corpse Bride
Character: Black Widow Spider / Mrs. Plum (voice)
Released: September 12, 2005
Type: Movie
Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.
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Title: Fifi and the Flowertots
Released: May 2, 2005
Type: TV
Fifi and the Flowertots follows Fifi the flower and her friends as they learn about helping each other and using their imaginations.
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Title: Who Do You Think You Are?
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2004
Type: TV
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
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Title: This Week
Released: January 16, 2003
Type: TV
Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo and friends with late night political chat.
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Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Title: Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Character: Donner (voice)
Released: December 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil Blitzen and his new-found partner-in-crime The White Rabbit. Robbie is having girl trouble too - Donner is feeling neglected and decides to give Robbie an ultimatum. Can Robbie save the day, keep his girl and unravel the mystery of the Legend of the Lost Tribe?
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Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Title: Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Character: Donner (voice)
Released: December 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Robbie the Reindeer arrives at the North Pole, ready to take his place as navigator on Santa's Christmas sleigh team. However, Robbie is soon plagued by doubt regarding his ability, and sets out to regain his self-respect and the admiration of his team-mates.
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Last Rumba in Rochdale
Title: Last Rumba in Rochdale
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Bodney Brooks, a twelve year old master of computer controlled puppetry, decides to arrange a surprise birthday party for his Gran in an attempt to get back into his family’s good books. But, as ever in Bodney’s world, things don’t quite go to plan.
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Ivor the Invisible
Title: Ivor the Invisible
Character: Mum (voice)
Released: December 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Written by Raymond Briggs, this beautifully animated film tells the story of ten-year-old John. After being woken up early one morning. John finds a big invisible something sitting on his bed.
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Christmas Carol: The Movie
Title: Christmas Carol: The Movie
Character: Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Released: December 7, 2001
Type: Movie
Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment in the afterlife, the cruel and greedy Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show him how the course of his life led him to where he is - and where it will lead if he doesn't change his ways.
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Robbie Williams: Live at the Albert
Title: Robbie Williams: Live at the Albert
Character: Herself
Released: October 10, 2001
Type: Movie
Promoting his 2001 jazz covers album 'Swing When You're Winning', English pop rock singer Robbie Williams fronts a 58-piece big band for a live show of crooner standards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on October 10, 2001.
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Mirrorball
Title: Mirrorball
Character: Yitta Hilberstam
Released: December 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Vivienne Keill and Jackie Riviera are a couple of aging stage actresses who live in vertically adjacent flats. The two are of questionable talent, and their careers seem to be at a standstill. During the course of the pilot, Vivienne has the opportunity to be cast in a new show but delivers a horrifying rendition of the standard "Send in the Clowns", thanks in part to Jackie's off-kilter advice.
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Lion of Oz
Title: Lion of Oz
Character: Wimsik (voice)
Released: September 26, 2000
Type: Movie
Before Dorothy landed on the Wicked Witch of the East with her little farm house, the witch had to contend with another resident of middle America. The Lion, who was once part of the Omaha Circus, comes to Oz with the Wizard and starts on an adventure to stop the witch from obtaining the Flower of Oz. As new friends and strange characters look to him for his courage, Lion could loose exactly what it is that makes him so brave. Based upon the book by Roger S. Baum (Great-Grandson of Oz L. Frank Baum, the original author of the Oz books). Written by Max Vaughn
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Born Romantic
Title: Born Romantic
Character: Mo
Released: September 14, 2000
Type: Movie
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers, who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. A winning romantic comedy, Born Romantic is the second feature by British writer-director David Kane of This Year's Love fame.
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Chicken Run
Title: Chicken Run
Character: Babs (voice)
Released: June 23, 2000
Type: Movie
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.
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The Flint Street Nativity
Title: The Flint Street Nativity
Character: Shepherd 2/Zoe
Released: December 22, 1999
Type: Movie
With angels crying in the toilets all because of a jealous Angel Gabriel, it could only be the eagerly awaited performance of the Primary school nativity play - this time with a twist! The UK's finest comedy actors take the leading roles as the eight year old performers. Through the inevitable mishaps, misunderstandings, young egos, fears of failure and fallings out, the children's characters evolve into mirror images of thier parents, the nativity play's audience. You'll be drawn into the amusing and enchanting worlds and minds of young children and reminisce about your own childhood performances!
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Title: Watership Down
Released: September 28, 1999
Type: TV
Watership Down is an animated television series, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada, and produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Watership Down aired for 39 episodes and three series from 1999 to 2001, on both YTV in Canada and CITV in the UK, though the latter did not broadcast the third series. It starred several well-known British actors, including Stephen Fry, Rik Mayall, Phil Jupitus, Jane Horrocks, Dawn French, John Hurt, and Richard Briers, among others. Stephen Gately sang a new arrangement of Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes", which had been included in the 1978 feature film, while Mike Batt and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra contributed a completely new score. In 2003, composer Eric Robertson as well as David Greene and Mike Batt were nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series for their work on the show. Some episodes from the adaptation were released on VHS and later, DVD. In October 2005, a Region 2 DVD box set of all three series was released in the UK.
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Title: The Foxbusters
Character: Jeffries (voice)
Released: September 9, 1999
Type: TV
The show is primarily set on Foxearth Farm, a fictional farm based in the English countryside which is dominated by a variety of animals, particularly the chickens. The Foxbusters are three chickens, Ransome, Sims and Jeffries, who have the unlikely ability to fly. Each has a different personality; Ransome is the best flyer, Sims is the smartest and Jeffries is the comic relief. The Foxbusters also have the ability to spit grit like machine guns, and drop hard-boiled eggs like they were bombs - and these are used to effect among other methods to keep the hungry pack of foxes in Foxearth Forest at bay.
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Hunting Venus
Title: Hunting Venus
Character: Cassandra
Released: March 30, 1999
Type: Movie
Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band for one final show.
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Faeries
Title: Faeries
Character: Huccaby
Released: January 23, 1999
Type: Movie
While waiting for their new home to be renovated, Nellie and her younger brother George are sent to a farm in the countryside, much to George's delight and Nellie's disgust. However, the farmhouse and the surrounding area are teeming with fey creatures. The first the two children encounter is a somewhat crotchety and unfriendly hobgoblin named Broom, who is (more or less) secretly looking after the farm.
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Faeries
Title: Faeries
Character: Huccaby (voice)
Released: January 23, 1999
Type: Movie
While waiting for their new home to be renovated, Nellie and her younger brother George are sent to a farm in the countryside, much to George's delight and Nellie's disgust. However, the farmhouse and the surrounding area are teeming with fey creatures. The first the two children encounter is a somewhat crotchety and unfriendly hobgoblin named Broom, who is (more or less) secretly looking after the farm.
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Little Voice
Title: Little Voice
Character: LV
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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Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Title: Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Character: Bubble (archive footage)
Released: October 28, 1998
Type: Movie
During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who's working in a Help the Aged charity shop. There, she reminisces about the people and events which have made her what she is today.
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Title: Wyrd Sisters
Character: Magrat
Released: May 18, 1997
Type: TV
Animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett.
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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Title: Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Character: Marla Dorland / Mavis Davis
Released: January 16, 1997
Type: Movie
Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Starr, finds his agency in trouble, he concocts a sinister plot to bring up her record sales. Amazed at the posthumous record sales of Elvis and Jimi Hendrix, Marty becomes determined to arrange a similar fate for Marla, staging the perfect tragic demise. But he didn't count on Marla not being quite ready to go.
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Never Mind the Horrocks
Title: Never Mind the Horrocks
Released: September 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Jane Horrocks showcases her wide-ranging talents as a mimic and comedy performer.
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Nightlife
Title: Nightlife
Character: Helen
Released: August 1, 1996
Type: Movie
An agoraphobic woman with voyeuristic impulses witnesses the kidnapping of a young man. Breaking out of her comfort zones, she strives to track down and rescue the man.
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Title: Crapston Villas
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: TV
Crapston Villas was a British animated television series, in which the characters were made from plasticine and filmed with stop motion clay animation. It was a comedy satire on inner-city London life, directed at a mature audience. It featured a set of characters, living in a grim apartment building in the fictional postcode of SE69, who were plagued by various dilemmas. Foul language, sex and violence are present.
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Some Kind of Life
Title: Some Kind of Life
Character: Alison
Released: August 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Young housewife Alison tries to care for both her husband, who became brain-damaged after a motorbike accident, and their young child. Her husband's mother and best friend make things even more difficult.
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Title: How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Character: Bubble (archive footage)
Released: January 6, 1995
Type: Movie
Jennifer Saunders hosts a party of AbFab outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage.
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An Audience with Ken Dodd
Title: An Audience with Ken Dodd
Character: Herself
Released: December 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Marking 40 years in show business, legendary comedian and entertainer Ken Dodd presents this comedy extravaganza, entertaining a host of celebrities including Frank Carson, Samantha Fox and Warren Mitchell.
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Self Catering
Title: Self Catering
Character: Marilyn
Released: October 4, 1994
Type: Movie
Alan Bleasdale's star-studded comedy/drama about the lives of five plane crash survivors stranded together on a deserted island. Starring Jane Horrocks, John Gordon Sinclair, Jennifer Ehle, Noreen Kershaw and Andrew Schofield. When a plane crashes, five very different survivors find themselves trapped together on an apparently deserted, idyllic island. Everyone else has been killed except for the five survivors that emerge from the wreckage, one unconscious. One of these people, a dedicated film-lover, makes light of their perilous situation by comparing it to countless movie plots. This leads the survivors to start their lives afresh, taking on the names and personalities of famous movie stars to cope in their interactions with each other, which leads to many hilarious and erotic encounters.
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Second Best
Title: Second Best
Character: Debbie
Released: September 30, 1994
Type: Movie
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
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Suffer The Little Children
Title: Suffer The Little Children
Released: August 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Deborah Hayes is charged with murdering her son Michael, aged 8 months. In the Police Interview Room, suffering from the immediate after-shock of the event, Deborah explains to two police officers and her solicitor why she gave her suffering son her own sleeping tablets and then attempted suicide herself.
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Deadly Advice
Title: Deadly Advice
Character: Jodie Greenwood
Released: April 29, 1994
Type: Movie
Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see themselves as becoming old unmarried, maids. Jodie has feelings for the local doctor, a man much older than her, for which her mother strongly disapproves. Beth finds a relationship with a male stripper in Bristol, but sees nothing in the future with Mother around. While both girls would like to be rid of Mother, nothing happens until Jodie sees images of H. R. Armstrong, the man who put the town on the map by dispatching his un-loving wife
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Butter
Title: Butter
Character: Beggar
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Jane has an eating problem. She has bought and prepared a feast for an unseen date who calls in sick and sends her spiraling round London, visiting friends and revisiting old habits.
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Cabaret
Title: Cabaret
Character: Sally Bowles
Released: December 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Filmed live from the 1993 revival, Sam Mendes' directorial debut takes place at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. Jane Horrocks stars as cabaret girl Sally Bowles, Adam Godley as the bicurious Cliff, and Alan Cumming as the eccentric Emcee. Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally and the impish Emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside, a notorious political party grows into a brutal force.
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Roots
Title: Roots
Character: Beatie Bryant
Released: November 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been educated in cultural and political matters by her boyfriend Ronnie. Through trying to pass on what she has learned, she discovers her own voice and views.
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Title: Absolutely Fabulous
Character: Bubble
Released: November 12, 1992
Type: TV
Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.
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Bad Girl
Title: Bad Girl
Character: Maggie Hunt
Released: July 14, 1992
Type: Movie
A young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent.
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Nona
Title: Nona
Character: Marta
Released: October 19, 1991
Type: Movie
British production of Argentinan Roberto Cossa's play, set in Argentina in 1982. Nona is an elderly woman who is causing a drain on the resources of her entire family, with her constant craving for food and demands, which everybody indulges, in spite of falling into prostitution and bankruptcy. Her two grandsons hit on the idea of marrying her off to an elderly man who runs a tobacconists and sweet kiosk, however, the latter believes that Chico is trying to hitch him up with the beautiful young Marta.
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Alive and Kicking
Title: Alive and Kicking
Character: Gail
Released: October 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Stevie "Smudger" Smith and his wife Marie are both addicted to drugs; he's also a dealer. The day he 'deals with' another dealer, she gives birth to a baby. The baby appears to be addicted too and Marie decides to give up the habit. Because Stevie doesn't want to give up using and dealing drugs, they take Marie and the baby away from him. The new, tough, social worker Liam Kane tries to get Stevie in his group sessions, by using his violent approach and by telling him it's the only way he'll ever see Marie and the baby back. So there seems to be hope to get Stevie clean, if only he wants to himself. That things aren't that easy is shown by the drugs addicted hooker Gail, who's satisfied with the life she leads.
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Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again
Title: Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again
Character: Learner Lesbian
Released: August 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A short film in which an innocent northern girl discovers her sexual identity on a trip to London, where she goes into a lesbian bar/club, and considers revealing her gayness to her mother.
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Title: Performance
Character: Doll Tearsheet
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Title: Performance
Character: Beatie Bryant
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Title: Performance
Character: Marta
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Life Is Sweet
Title: Life Is Sweet
Character: Nicola
Released: November 15, 1990
Type: Movie
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
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Memphis Belle
Title: Memphis Belle
Character: Faith
Released: September 7, 1990
Type: Movie
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Dresden, a heavily-defended city that invariably causes many Allied casualties
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The Witches
Title: The Witches
Character: Miss Irvine
Released: May 25, 1990
Type: Movie
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Title: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Character: Pattern
Released: December 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an evil looking governess suddenly arrives at the hall...
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Title: Victoria Wood
Character: Cathy Warburton
Released: November 16, 1989
Type: TV
Victoria Wood was a series of six one-off situation comedies written by and starring Victoria Wood in 1989, who took a break from sketches, two years after her very successful and award winning series Victoria Wood As Seen on TV. Wood appeared as "Victoria", a fictionalised version of herself, in all six episodes - in The Library it was said that she "worked in TV" and in Over To Pam characters appeared to recognise her celebrity and in the final episode, Staying In, she was taken to a party to perform as a comedienne and was expected to go through her stand-up 'routine'. Her character often broke the 'fourth wall' of TV and spoke directly to the camera, but not in every episode. Bored with the sketch format and with a yearning to recapture previous success as a playwright, Wood came up with six individual sitcoms as a compromise. She admitted to finding the writing difficult. Though Wood was written as the central character, other lead parts were written with specific actresses in mind, like Julie Walters and Una Stubbs. "I want people to like me and the people who play my friends, and not everybody else" she said. Screenonline says of the shows "Modest in ambition and scale but rich in wit and acuity, the six playlets showcase Wood's eye for human foibles and her distinctively eccentric characters.".
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Cammy
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Getting It Right
Title: Getting It Right
Character: Jenny
Released: May 5, 1989
Type: Movie
Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of life and lives in a basement, Joan is an over-sexed millionairess, married to a Greek architect. But Gavin prefers the ugly assistant in the barbershop.
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Heartland
Title: Heartland
Character: Pam
Released: February 21, 1989
Type: Movie
This "Play on One" story depicts Jack and his farming family in West Wales. They have built up their dairy herd with vast loans and are then told they must cut back on milk production and slaughter some of the herd. The community launches a campaign against the quotas, but Jack takes the law into his own hands.
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The Fifteen Streets
Title: The Fifteen Streets
Character: Christine Bracken
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the social difference, but the vigorous Mary refuses to allow outer circumstances destroying their love.
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The Dressmaker
Title: The Dressmaker
Character: Rita
Released: December 16, 1988
Type: Movie
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.
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Title: The Storyteller
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: TV
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
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Title: Red Dwarf
Character: Commander Nirvanah Crane
Released: February 15, 1988
Type: TV
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
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Road
Title: Road
Character: Louise
Released: October 7, 1987
Type: Movie
A view of the inhabitants of a derelict road in Manchester, unsatisfied with their lives and routines. A young man locks himself away from the world. An older woman flirts with a soldier on leave. Two men invite two girls into an empty house.
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Title: The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Character: Pippa Bond
Released: August 2, 1987
Type: TV
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
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On the Palm
Title: On the Palm
Character: Punk Girl
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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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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The Unreason
Title: The Unreason
Character: The Aviator
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in North London. One day, their lives are forever turned upside down when an abandoned time machine appears outside their shop. Mixing reality with fantasy, we explore the strange and outlandish world of The Unreason, as the girls traverse space and time sourcing items to sell.