Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Born: May 24, 1949
in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Jim Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.

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Paddington in Peru
Title: Paddington in Peru
Character: Samuel Gruber
Released: November 8, 2024
Type: Movie
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
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Call Me Back
Title: Call Me Back
Character: George
Released: September 29, 2023
Type: Movie
Grace returns home from the funeral of her husband, George accompanied by her daughter, Lucy. Mother and daughter clash, leading Grace to attempt to mourn in isolation. Confronted by memories of happier times, she begins the process of cleansing the house - and herself - of the medical paraphernalia of the sick man she nursed. Ignoring phone calls from her daughter, she chaotically extends the purge of George's earthly manifestations beyond what she can bear. Faced with her error, she has a choice to make - to either continue on her destructive path, or reach out to her daughter for help.
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Wimbledon 2022 Review
Title: Wimbledon 2022 Review
Character: Narrator
Released: July 2, 2023
Type: Movie
A chance to relive the best of the action from Wimbledon 2022 as Novak Djokovic won his fourth consecutive men’s singles title and Elena Rybakina became the first Kazakh women's singles champion.
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Title: Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Character: Self – Contributor
Released: June 16, 2023
Type: Movie
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia.
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Character: Harold Fry
Released: April 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns his old friend Queenie is dying. Harold leaves home, walking to his post office to send her a letter. And out of the blue, Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.
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Birds Like Us
Title: Birds Like Us
Character: Horozovich (voice)
Released: June 30, 2022
Type: Movie
The story follows a group of birds on a journey where they try to find a better life for themselves and the ones they love.
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Title: Ten Percent
Character: Richard Nightingale
Released: April 28, 2022
Type: TV
A London talent agency’s employees must scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder.
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Title: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Character: Lord Marcham
Released: April 12, 2022
Type: TV
A dying man's enigmatic last words send vicar's son, Bobby Jones, and his socialite friend, Lady Frankie Derwent, on a crime-solving adventure.
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A Boy Called Christmas
Title: A Boy Called Christmas
Character: King
Released: November 24, 2021
Type: Movie
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…
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Charlotte
Title: Charlotte
Character: Grosspapa (voice)
Released: September 13, 2021
Type: Movie
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she escapes to the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.
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The Duke
Title: The Duke
Character: Kempton Bunton
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
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Rhythm of Life
Title: Rhythm of Life
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 2021
Type: Movie
A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity.
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(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Title: (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 2021
Type: Movie
A young actor is stabbed to death just days after filming his big break in the Harry Potter franchise.
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Title: Black Narcissus
Character: Father Roberts
Released: November 23, 2020
Type: TV
Himalayas, 1934. A remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’ holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to repeat a terrible tragedy. Adaptation of the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden.
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Six Minutes to Midnight
Title: Six Minutes to Midnight
Character: Charlie
Released: October 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
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Title: Staged
Character: Jim
Released: June 10, 2020
Type: TV
David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' in the West End. The pandemic has put an end to that, but their director (Simon Evans) is determined not to let the opportunity pass them by.
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Dolittle
Title: Dolittle
Character: Lord Thomas Badgley
Released: January 2, 2020
Type: Movie
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Title: Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 2019
Type: Movie
Ten big name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come together to record an album for Children In Need
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Black '47
Title: Black '47
Character: Lord Kilmichael
Released: September 5, 2018
Type: Movie
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.
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King of Thieves
Title: King of Thieves
Character: Terry Perkins
Released: September 4, 2018
Type: Movie
London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to perpetrate the biggest and boldest heist in British history. The thieves assault the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and escape with millions in goods and money. But soon the cracks between the gang members begin to appear when they discuss how to share the loot.
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King Lear
Title: King Lear
Character: Earl of Gloucester
Released: May 28, 2018
Type: Movie
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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New Town Utopia
Title: New Town Utopia
Character: Lewis Silkin MP
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: Movie
What happened when we built Utopia? New Town Utopia is feature documentary about the power of art, architecture, the state of the nation – and some rather angry puppets.
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Paddington 2
Title: Paddington 2
Character: Samuel Gruber
Released: November 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
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The Sense of an Ending
Title: The Sense of an Ending
Character: Tony Webster
Released: March 10, 2017
Type: Movie
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him re-think his current situation in life.
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Ethel & Ernest
Title: Ethel & Ernest
Character: Ernest Briggs (voice)
Released: October 15, 2016
Type: Movie
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
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Bridget Jones's Baby
Title: Bridget Jones's Baby
Character: Mr. Colin Jones
Released: September 14, 2016
Type: Movie
After breaking up with Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones's 'happily ever after' hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong? Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack, the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.
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The Legend of Tarzan
Title: The Legend of Tarzan
Character: Prime Minister
Released: June 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
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Eddie the Eagle
Title: Eddie the Eagle
Character: BBC Commentator
Released: February 25, 2016
Type: Movie
The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
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Title: War and Peace
Character: Prince Bolkonsky
Released: January 3, 2016
Type: TV
A story that revolves around five aristocratic families, set during the reign of Alexander I, and centered on the love triangle between Natasha Rostova, Pierre Bezukhov, and Andrei Bolkonsky.
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Title: London Spy
Character: Scottie
Released: November 9, 2015
Type: TV
A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them suddenly disappears.
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The Lady in the Van
Title: The Lady in the Van
Character: Underwood
Released: October 30, 2015
Type: Movie
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
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Brooklyn
Title: Brooklyn
Character: Father Flood
Released: October 20, 2015
Type: Movie
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
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The Weather Inside
Title: The Weather Inside
Character: Britischer Botschafter
Released: September 29, 2015
Type: Movie
A luxury hotel in a conflict zone. Development aid worker Dorothea begins an affair with a young drifter, Alec, but what starts as sweet distraction brings her dangerously close to losing control.
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The Go-Between
Title: The Go-Between
Character: Old Leo
Released: September 20, 2015
Type: Movie
An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.
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Big Game
Title: Big Game
Character: Herbert
Released: March 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.
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Get Santa
Title: Get Santa
Character: Santa Claus
Released: December 5, 2014
Type: Movie
A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
Title: The One and Only Mike Leigh
Character: Himself
Released: November 24, 2014
Type: Movie
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about a unique body of work and a lifelong struggle to make films on his own terms. On day one of a Mike Leigh film, there is no script, no story and the actors do not know if they will even be in the final film. It is a process that has yielded some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim. Actors including Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville and James Corden give fascinating insights into the director and his distinctive method of working.
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Paddington
Title: Paddington
Character: Samuel Gruber
Released: November 24, 2014
Type: Movie
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family.
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Postman Pat: The Movie
Title: Postman Pat: The Movie
Character: CEO (voice)
Released: May 23, 2014
Type: Movie
Like always, Postman Pat is happily going about his duty delivering letters and parcels around the fictional town of Greendale. One day, auditions for the TV talent show, "You're the One", are held in Greendale, which Pat manages to pass. With Pat required to be away from Greendale whilst participating in the contest, various Patbot 3000 robots are deployed to take Pat's postal duties. This soon turns out to be an evil plot to take over the world, which Pat must now stop.
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The Harry Hill Movie
Title: The Harry Hill Movie
Character: Cleaner
Released: December 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.
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Title: The Great Train Robbery
Character: DCS Tommy Butler
Released: December 18, 2013
Type: TV
8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?
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The Phone Call
Title: The Phone Call
Character: Stan (voice)
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
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Chance Meeting
Title: Chance Meeting
Released: October 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Short romance about a man and woman who bump into each other outside the BFI
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Le Week-End
Title: Le Week-End
Character: Nick Burrows
Released: October 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.
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Filth
Title: Filth
Character: Dr. Rossi
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
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Closed Circuit
Title: Closed Circuit
Character: Attorney General
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
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Title: The Frame
Character: Professor Horace Slughorn
Released: April 9, 2013
Type: TV
A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.
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Cloud Atlas
Title: Cloud Atlas
Character: Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Released: October 26, 2012
Type: Movie
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Title: Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Character: Himself
Released: March 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to "Venthaven" the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists. She gets to know her latex and wooden travelling partners along the way, and with them deconstructs herself and her lost love in this ventriloquial docu-mockumentary requiem. Ken Campbell was a hugely respected maverick of the British theatre, an eccentric genius who would snort out forgotten artforms. Nina was his protégé in ventriloquism and has been said to have reinvented the artform. This film is truly unique in genre and style. No one has seen ventriloquism like this before.
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The Iron Lady
Title: The Iron Lady
Character: Denis Thatcher
Released: December 26, 2011
Type: Movie
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
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Arthur Christmas
Title: Arthur Christmas
Character: Santa (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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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character: Horace Slughorn
Released: July 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
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Title: Exile
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: TV
Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly positive reviews. John Simm received a BAFTA nomination for his role as Tom Ronstadt, as did the director John Alexander.
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Title: Game of Thrones
Character: Archmaester Ebrose
Released: April 17, 2011
Type: TV
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
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Title: Any Human Heart
Character: Logan Mountstuart
Released: November 21, 2010
Type: TV
Logan Mountstuart, writer and adventurer, narrates his life, from the Paris of the twenties to the eighties in London, passing through the New York of the fifties.
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Another Year
Title: Another Year
Character: Tom
Released: November 5, 2010
Type: Movie
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
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Title: Downton Abbey
Character: Jim Broadbent
Released: September 26, 2010
Type: TV
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
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Perrier's Bounty
Title: Perrier's Bounty
Character: Jim McCrea
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character: Horace Slughorn
Released: July 15, 2009
Type: Movie
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
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The Damned United
Title: The Damned United
Character: Sam Longson
Released: March 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
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The Young Victoria
Title: The Young Victoria
Character: King William IV
Released: March 4, 2009
Type: Movie
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
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Lost and Found
Title: Lost and Found
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 24, 2008
Type: Movie
A magical tale of friendship and loneliness, which tells the story of a little boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the boy becomes determined to help the penguin find his way back home... even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole!
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Inkheart
Title: Inkheart
Character: Fenoglio
Released: December 11, 2008
Type: Movie
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
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Einstein and Eddington
Title: Einstein and Eddington
Character: Sir Oliver Lodge
Released: November 29, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Title: Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Character: Self
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: Movie
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Character: Charles Stanforth
Released: May 21, 2008
Type: Movie
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
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Tales of the Riverbank
Title: Tales of the Riverbank
Character: G.P. (voice)
Released: February 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Tales of the Riverbank tells the story of three friends - Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig - who, having swept down the river in a violent storm, embark on an epic journey in search of their lost homes. Their journey, full of comic incident and dramatic danger, becomes even more precarious when they discover that the whole riverbank is threatened by a waffle, Marmalade and Doughnut (WMD) factory which, owned by the evil Fat Cats, is polluting the countryside with increasingly dangerous emissions...the Big Dirt!
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When Did You Last See Your Father?
Title: When Did You Last See Your Father?
Character: Arthur Morrison
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: Movie
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Title: Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of Hot Fuzz.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Hot Fuzz
Title: Hot Fuzz
Character: Inspector Frank Butterman
Released: February 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
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Longford
Title: Longford
Character: Lord Longford
Released: October 26, 2006
Type: Movie
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
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Art School Confidential
Title: Art School Confidential
Character: Jimmy
Released: May 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
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Free Jimmy
Title: Free Jimmy
Character: Stomowskij (voice)
Released: April 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.
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Title: The Street
Character: Stan McDermott
Released: April 13, 2006
Type: TV
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Title: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Character: Professor Kirke
Released: December 7, 2005
Type: Movie
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
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Valiant
Title: Valiant
Character: Sergeant (voice)
Released: March 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
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Spider-Plant Man
Title: Spider-Plant Man
Character: Batman
Released: March 11, 2005
Type: Movie
Spider-Plant Man is a parody of Spider-Man, made for the Comic Relief 2005 appeal and aired on BBC One. It featured Rowan Atkinson as Peter Piper/Spider-Plant Man and Rachel Stevens as his love-interest Jane-Mary. Jim Broadbent also made an appearance, portraying Batman, and Tony Robinson as Robin.
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Robots
Title: Robots
Character: Madame Gasket (voice)
Released: March 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
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The Magic Roundabout
Title: The Magic Roundabout
Character: Brian (voice)
Released: February 2, 2005
Type: Movie
A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee's evil twin). As the world is placed in mortal danger Zeebad who wants to turn the world to ice. Doogal and his friends must recover 3 diamonds that are needed to stop him.
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Title: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Character: Bridget's Dad
Released: November 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, a strange contractor and the worst vacation of her life.
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Vera Drake
Title: Vera Drake
Character: Judge
Released: October 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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Vanity Fair
Title: Vanity Fair
Character: Mr. Osborne
Released: September 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
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Pride
Title: Pride
Character: Eddie (voice)
Released: June 21, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.
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Around the World in 80 Days
Title: Around the World in 80 Days
Character: Lord Kelvin
Released: June 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
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Tooth
Title: Tooth
Character: The Rabbit (voice)
Released: February 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Tooth is a young, feisty Tooth Fairy, who lives in a world called Fairytopia that has lost its ability to use magic. Fed up with the way most fairies have forgotten about magic, she decides to give away all of its money. When Tooth begins to understand how much trouble she is in, she realizes the only person who can help is the legendary Mrs. C, who disappeared, along with magic over 100 years ago. Teaming up with two human children and a number of fairies, who are living incognito amongst humans she sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. Pursued by the evil Plug, a terrifying fairy hunter and his posse, the race is on to save the world before Christmas, Easter and all the holidays are ruined forever.
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The Young Visiters
Title: The Young Visiters
Character: Alfred Salteena
Released: December 26, 2003
Type: Movie
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadvertent social satire.
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Bright Young Things
Title: Bright Young Things
Character: The Drunken Major
Released: October 3, 2003
Type: Movie
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Title: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Character: Harry Aitken
Released: September 7, 2003
Type: Movie
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.
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Nicholas Nickleby
Title: Nicholas Nickleby
Character: Mr. Wackford Squeers
Released: December 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Gangs of New York
Title: Gangs of New York
Character: William "Boss" Tweed
Released: December 14, 2002
Type: Movie
In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.
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The King's Beard
Title: The King's Beard
Character: The Wizard (voice)
Released: October 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A king whose beard is long and beloved. An aspiring barber looking for acknowledgement. A kingdom unaware of the dark secret behind their ruler's lush beard.
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The Gathering Storm
Title: The Gathering Storm
Character: Desmond Morton
Released: April 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
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Iris
Title: Iris
Character: John Bayley
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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Moulin Rouge!
Title: Moulin Rouge!
Character: Harold Zidler
Released: May 24, 2001
Type: Movie
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Title: The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2001
Type: Movie
This made-for-tv documentary treats romance fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann's musical tale of love between a poet and a courtesan in fin-de-siecle Paris. Includes interviews with director Luhrmann, stars Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman and the rest of the the cast and crew of the film, who all share their experiences from working on the project, as well as discuss the special efforts that went into bringing it to completion
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Title: Bridget Jones's Diary
Character: Bridget's Dad
Released: April 13, 2001
Type: Movie
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
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Topsy-Turvy
Title: Topsy-Turvy
Character: W. S. Gilbert
Released: December 15, 1999
Type: Movie
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Title: Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Character: The Shy Doctor
Released: March 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.
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Little Voice
Title: Little Voice
Character: Mr. Boo
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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The Avengers
Title: The Avengers
Character: Mother
Released: August 13, 1998
Type: Movie
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
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The Borrowers
Title: The Borrowers
Character: Pod Clock
Released: December 5, 1997
Type: Movie
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
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Title: The Peter Principle
Character: Peter Duffley
Released: June 2, 1997
Type: TV
The Peter Principle is a BBC television show about the Aldbridge Branch of the fictional County & Provincial Bank. It originally aired in the late 1990s and is now a part of the PBS program lineup at some PBS stations, which call it The Boss. The program takes its name from the Peter Principle, that In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Title: Smilla's Sense of Snow
Character: Dr. Lagermann
Released: February 28, 1997
Type: Movie
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.
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Title: Percy the Park Keeper
Released: December 1, 1996
Type: TV
Percy the Park Keeper' is an animated children's series based on the books by Nick Butterworth. It stars Percy, & many other park animals, such as the Badger, The Owl,the Fox,the Mice and so on.
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The Secret Agent
Title: The Secret Agent
Character: Chief Inspector Heat
Released: November 8, 1996
Type: Movie
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists to be arrested, an act of terrorism must occur. So Verloc decides to set up bombs – which leads to tragedy – not only for himself but also for his family, including wife Winnie and brother-in-law, Stevie.
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Richard III
Title: Richard III
Character: The Duke of Buckingham
Released: December 29, 1995
Type: Movie
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.
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Rough Magic
Title: Rough Magic
Character: Doc Ansell
Released: September 7, 1995
Type: Movie
After accidentally committing a crime, a magician's assistant flees to Mexico in search of a Mayan shaman and the magical potion she is rumoured to possess. But upon arrival she is trailed by a handsome private eye.
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Bullets Over Broadway
Title: Bullets Over Broadway
Character: Warner Purcell
Released: October 14, 1994
Type: Movie
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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Princess Caraboo
Title: Princess Caraboo
Character: Mr. Worrall
Released: September 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced she is what she claims to be and investigates. Is Caraboo really a princess?
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Widows' Peak
Title: Widows' Peak
Character: Con Clancy
Released: May 13, 1994
Type: Movie
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader
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Prince Cinders
Title: Prince Cinders
Character: Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Released: December 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ultimate faux pas and transforms a handsome young man into an ugly ape. Prince Cinders then spends all his time doing housework, while his brothers traipse about creating havoc.
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Wide-Eyed and Legless
Title: Wide-Eyed and Legless
Character: Deric Longden
Released: September 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty mother; the trouble is, Diana can no longer walk and her malady defies medical diagnosis. To care for Diana, Deric is letting his business slide, but at a civic luncheon, he is seated next to Aileen Armitage, a novelist who is blind. They have a nice time, and on the sly, Diana contacts Aileen to made an odd request. Diana's declining health and her resolve bring this triangle of unlikely friends to a surprising place.
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Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Title: Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Character: George
Released: April 22, 1993
Type: Movie
When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of various detectives from television shows from the seventies are teamed up with a television detective of the nineties to solve the crime.
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Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Title: Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Character: The Earl of Leete
Released: April 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's documentary "Pets or Meat" (1992), and Mike Leigh & Jim Broadbent's satirical mockumentary "A Sense of History" (1992).
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Title: Gone to Seed
Character: Monty Plant
Released: November 13, 1992
Type: TV
The Plant family has run a garden centre in Rotherhithe since Dickens’ time, surviving both war and redevelopment. But now, family rivalry threatens to poison their unlikely paradise when matriarch Mag refuses to hand over control to her triplet children. Frumpy Hilda has only one passion in life: Milwall FC. Country and Western singer Monty dreams of turning the run-down nursery into a floral oasis in the heart of Docklands, whilst his one-eyed jobless builder and part-time wrestler Winston doesn’t know a begonia from a buttercup! A local conman, Wesley Willis, lurks in the shadows and knows the true-worth of prime-location London real-estate.
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A Sense of History
Title: A Sense of History
Character: 23rd Earl of Leete
Released: September 12, 1992
Type: Movie
Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem.
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The Crying Game
Title: The Crying Game
Character: Col
Released: September 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
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Title: Perpetual Motion
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: January 2, 1992
Type: TV
A series about vehicles which defied extinction, and the people who designed them, bought them, and love them today.
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Title: Gone to the Dogs
Character: Jim Morley
Released: November 29, 1991
Type: TV
Comedy drama about rivalry in the lucrative world of greyhound racing. Self-made millionaire Larry Patterson is powerful and charismatic, with the best dogs in the greyhound racing world. Jim Morley is one of life’s losers, always ‘just one business away’ from making his fortune; his only link to the world of greyhound racing is a three-legged dog called Highland Fling. On the financial scale, they’re as far removed as it’s possible to be. But they have one thing in common: they both love the same woman…
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Selwyn Proops
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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Enchanted April
Title: Enchanted April
Character: Frederick Arbuthnot
Released: November 6, 1991
Type: Movie
Four English women, unhappy with their lives, rent an Italian villa on holiday.
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Nona
Title: Nona
Character: Carmelo
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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Title: Performance
Character: Carmello
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Happy Feet
Title: Happy Feet
Character: Grocer
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.
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Life Is Sweet
Title: Life Is Sweet
Character: Andy
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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Title: Victoria Wood
Character: Alan Hammond
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: The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
Released: November 16, 1989
Type: TV
What happens when you take archived BBC footage and put it in the hands of several comedians? They dub over the original sound in a humorous way and create The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos. Surreal comedy series using clips from various films and people with voice-overs added to make a story.
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Erik the Viking
Title: Erik the Viking
Character: Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
Released: September 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
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The Hangover
Title: The Hangover
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Title: Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Character: Prince Albert
Released: December 23, 1988
Type: Movie
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
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Vroom
Title: Vroom
Character: Donald
Released: November 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Two young men and a sultry divorcee flee their drab hometown existence, taking to the road in a bubblegum pink chevrolet.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Title: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Character: Jean Pierre Dubois
Released: July 24, 1987
Type: Movie
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
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Running Out of Luck
Title: Running Out of Luck
Released: February 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
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Title: Inspector Morse
Character: Charlie Bennett
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
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The Insurance Man
Title: The Insurance Man
Character: Gutling
Released: February 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash gradually spreads over his body. After complaining to the management he is laid off work; his relationship with his fiancee is affected. In an attempt to get compensation from his former employers he goes to insurance firm Assicurazion Generali, where he encounters an enigmatic clerk called Kafka.
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Silas Marner
Title: Silas Marner
Character: Jem Rodney
Released: December 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
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The Good Father
Title: The Good Father
Character: Roger Miles
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife so that she can enter a lesbian relationship, Bill decides to help his friend gain custody of his son...in any way that they can devise, including using a sleazeball lawyer. But while Bill feels that feminism has robbed him of his family, he begins to be appalled at what he and Roger have done.
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Brazil
Title: Brazil
Character: Dr. Jaffe
Released: February 20, 1985
Type: Movie
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
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Title: Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: TV
A British comedy series starring comedian Victoria Wood with Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge. The show was televised on BBC Two between 1985 and 1987 and included sketches that became famous in the United Kingdom; these included one-offs like Two Soups and regular features such as Acorn Antiques, as well as musical performances by Wood including her most well-known number, The Ballad of Barry and Freda. The show was created when Wood was enticed away from rival television station ITV in 1984. She wrote the whole programme and also the synopsis of it for listings magazine the Radio Times. The series has led to spin-off script books, video tapes and DVDs.
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The Hit
Title: The Hit
Character: Barrister
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: Movie
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
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Title: Dramarama
Released: September 12, 1983
Type: TV
Dramarama is the name of a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science fiction or supernatural bent. The series was created by Anna Home, then head of children's and youth programming at TVS, however production responsibilities were divided amongst most of the regional ITV franchise holders. Thus, each episode was in practice a one-off production with its own cast and crew, up to and including the executive producer. Dramarama was largely a place for new talent to prove themselves and was a launching pad for the likes of Anthony Horowitz, Paul Abbott, Kay Mellor, Janice Hally, Tony Kearney, David Tennant and Ann Marie Di Mambro. It was one of Dennis Spooner's last credits. One of Dramarama's episodes, "Dodger, Bonzo And The Rest", gained so much popularity that it was turned in to its own series the following year. It starred Lee Ross and was based around a large foster home. The episode "Blackbird Singing In The Dead of Night" was developed by Granada into the TV series Children's Ward. It was also repeated for the first time since its original broadcast on 5 January 2013, during CITV's 30th anniversary Old Skool Weekend. The Series 7 episode "Back To Front" – notable for featuring a mirror image of the Yorkshire Television logo card at the end – was repeated on 6 January 2013, again as part of CITV's 30th anniversary Old Skool Weekend.
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Birth of a Nation
Title: Birth of a Nation
Character: Geoff Figg
Released: June 19, 1983
Type: Movie
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
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Title: Tales Out of School
Character: Geoff Figg
Released: June 19, 1983
Type: TV
This anthology mini-series brings together the four films written by David Leland and screened originally in 1983 - the films are BIRTH OF A NATION, FLYING INTO THE WIND, R.H.I.N.O., and MADE IN BRITAIN.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Cunning plans and cutting comedy as the Blackadder dynasty plot their way through British history.
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Walter and June
Title: Walter and June
Character: Orderly
Released: April 30, 1983
Type: Movie
Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".
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Dead on Time
Title: Dead on Time
Character: Priest
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to the fullest.
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Title: Objects of Affection
Character: Second Attendant
Released: November 12, 1982
Type: TV
A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
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Intensive Care
Title: Intensive Care
Character: Mr Horsfall
Released: November 9, 1982
Type: Movie
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents
Character: George
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Walter
Title: Walter
Character: Joseph - Orderly
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: Movie
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel to this film, titled "Walter and June", was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title "Loving Walter".
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Title: Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Character: (Archive Material)
Released: September 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
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Uliisses
Title: Uliisses
Released: June 18, 1982
Type: Movie
Director Werner Nekes has created this experimental film in the mode of James Joyce's Ulysses to the extent that human interactions are represented by poetic, symbolic images and language, with a certain amount of nudity added in. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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Title: Bird of Prey
Released: April 22, 1982
Type: TV
From its video game-inspired opening titles to its pervasive electronic music track, Bird of Prey went to great lengths to demonstrate its credentials as 'a thriller for the electronic age'. These elements, together with a clever and complex plot that combines a breathless fascination with the still-young field of computing with pan-European fraud, international terrorism, rogue intelligence operatives and organised crime, link it firmly to the early 1980s, expressing that era's growing anxieties about the burgeoning 'Eurocracy'.
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Time Bandits
Title: Time Bandits
Character: Compere
Released: July 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
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The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Title: The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Character: Mr. Champing
Released: November 11, 1980
Type: Movie
In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
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Breaking Glass
Title: Breaking Glass
Character: Station Porter
Released: October 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.
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Long Distance Information
Title: Long Distance Information
Character: Mackaness
Released: October 11, 1979
Type: Movie
Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the news of Elvis's death is for him a personal tragedy as well as the end of an era.
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Phoelix
Title: Phoelix
Released: August 1, 1979
Type: Movie
An aged art connoisseur (Beaumont) and his young female neighbour (Coles), who has a job posing naked in a club, meet and exist in fantasy and reality. Although this raises certain much-discussed questions about the nature of representation, and about the construction of narrative and daydreams in films, 'Phoelix' tends to treat these as just pretty and pertinent issues, opting instead for a mannered concentration on detail.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Mr Lovejoy
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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The Passage
Title: The Passage
Character: German Soldier
Released: March 9, 1979
Type: Movie
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
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The Shout
Title: The Shout
Character: Fielder in cowpat
Released: June 16, 1978
Type: Movie
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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The Go-Between
Title: The Go-Between
Character: Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Released: June 16, 1971
Type: Movie
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.
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Title: Play for Today
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: TV
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Fools
Title: Fools
Character: Cardinal Pole
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester. The pious, and apparently humorless, queen finds relief in her brilliant slapstick routines and they strike up an unlikely friendship.
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Jay Kelly
Title: Jay Kelly
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Described as a funny and emotional coming-of-age story about adults.
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The Choral
Title: The Choral
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in Ramsden, Yorkshire in 1916, the plot centers on the chorus master and most of the men of the ambitious local Choral Society, who have volunteered for the front. Under the direction of the demanding, driven Dr. Guthrie, the Choral recruits a crop of teenage boys and girls. Together they discover the joys of singing and the urgency of desire as the new boys come to terms with their imminent conscription into the army.
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Magik
Title: Magik
Character: Garret
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Lewis Clark is a brilliant author who stumbles upon a world of Magic after the disappearance of his two young children. He begins a quest to try to stop the insidious evil that threatens to destroy both his new world and his old one.
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Anna Spud
Title: Anna Spud
Character: Dad
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Anna Spud is the grumpiest little girl in the world. The prospect of long car journey trapped with her parents sounds 'rubbish'. But along the way, she finds an unlikely ally in her equally grumpy Gran.
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Title: My Lady Jane
Character: Duke of Leicester
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
History's most tragic heroines but reimagines it with an uplifting twist: the damsel in distress saves herself - and then the kingdom.