Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Born: June 13, 1949
in Streatham, London, England, UK
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow CBE (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor, writer, theatre and opera director.

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Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Title: Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Character: Cavendish
Released: March 26, 2024
Type: Movie
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, and Tigger decide to take the fight to the town of Ashdown, home of Christopher Robin, leaving a bloody trail of death and mayhem in their wake.
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Dodger Special: Coronation
Title: Dodger Special: Coronation
Character: Archbishop of Canterbury
Released: November 29, 2023
Type: Movie
Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.
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Merchant Ivory
Title: Merchant Ivory
Character: Self
Released: November 11, 2023
Type: Movie
Merchant Ivory is the longest running partnership in the history of cinema. As a film production entity, Merchant Ivory was founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together they made 43 films.
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Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
Title: Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll
Character: Richard O'Keefe
Released: October 29, 2023
Type: Movie
The rapid rise and violent fall of rock band Stack of Corpses whose attempt to jump start their career by stealing another singer’s song ends up with bloody and unexpected consequences. Told through 6 chapters of the band's life.
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Doctor Jekyll
Title: Doctor Jekyll
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Recluse Dr. Nina Jekyll befriends with her newly hired help, Rob. They must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.
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Surprised by Oxford
Title: Surprised by Oxford
Character: Dr. Sterling
Released: September 27, 2023
Type: Movie
A woman struggles with her views on religion, complicated by her attraction to a devout believer.
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The Pay Day
Title: The Pay Day
Character: Gates
Released: November 11, 2022
Type: Movie
A broke and frustrated IT technician decides to embark on a one woman heist to steal valuable data worth millions on the black market.
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American: An Odyssey to 1947
Title: American: An Odyssey to 1947
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2022
Type: Movie
In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII begins, an American boy visits abroad, and an American soldier enlists in the army.
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Title: Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: September 22, 2022
Type: TV
From ancient rituals and traditions to tourism, we go behind the scenes to discover a place at the heart of Britain for almost 1,000 years.
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The Fringe, Fame and Me
Title: The Fringe, Fame and Me
Character: Self
Released: August 8, 2022
Type: Movie
The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution – a crucible where new stars are forged, careers made, and sometimes, dreams dashed. Told by the stars who first found fame at the Edinburgh Fringe, this is the inside story of what it takes to make a name here, from those who enjoyed overnight success to those who slogged for years to make it. Through their triumphs, favourite jokes, and sometimes painful failures, we’ll discover a hidden history of British comedy – revealing how the gags we find funny and the comedians we love reflect our changing culture.
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Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Title: Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Character: Narrator
Released: July 15, 2022
Type: Movie
A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determination to make it as a thespian. There's also a look at her work in TV favourites such as A Fine Romance and As Time Goes By, where Judi's performances won her four BAFTA awards, and her tenure in the James Bond franchise.
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Title: Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Released: February 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they reveal how Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” was conceived and created. Witness firsthand what it took to pull off the show’s pulse-pounding action set pieces, and discover how iconic characters from the pages of Marvel Comics such as Kate Bishop were adapted and brought to life for the six-episode series.
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Title: The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Character: Mr. Blunden
Released: December 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re going to be murdered by the wicked Mr and Mrs Wickens. And Lucy and Jamie’s strange visitor seems to be the key to it all. With his help, they must travel back to 1821 to save Sara and Georgie and redeem their remorseful new friend – The Amazing Mr Blunden.
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Title: Hawkeye
Character: Armand Duquesne III
Released: November 24, 2021
Type: TV
Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a superhero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail far more than the festive spirit.
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Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Title: Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Character: Alexander Pope
Released: October 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744.
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Title: The Cleaner
Character: Mr. Abahassine
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: TV
After CSI have done their stuff, the cleaner mops up the grisly remains. For Wicky, a bloodbath and the pub is all in a day's work.
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Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
Title: Nutcracker Delights: English National Ballet
Character: Narrator
Released: December 24, 2020
Type: Movie
English National Ballet has been performing a version of Nutcracker every year since 1950. In 2020, the tradition lives on. Join Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker on a hot air balloon ride to the Land of Snow, and enjoy iconic scenes featuring the Sugar Plum Fairy, Snowflakes, Flowers and more. As London moved into Tier 4 COVID-19 restrictions with the subsequent cancellation of all scheduled performances of Nutcracker Delights, the Company decided to film and share a recording of this specially-adapted production with its audience as a thank you at the close of its 70th Anniversary year. Nutcracker Delights was filmed on 18 and 19 December at the London Coliseum by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt.
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Title: The Witcher
Character: Codringher
Released: December 20, 2019
Type: TV
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
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The Dead Room
Title: The Dead Room
Character: Aubrey Judd
Released: December 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and national treasure Aubrey Judd. But times are changing. Tastes are shifting. There’s a new young producer. Whatever happened to the classic ghost stories? The good old days? Aubrey soon discovers that all is not quiet in the eerie radio studio and that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped…
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Released: November 8, 2018
Type: Movie
Based on Charles Dickens’s own performance adaptation, Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive storytelling that is both heart-warming and deeply moving.
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Title: They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 2018
Type: Movie
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
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Blue Iguana
Title: Blue Iguana
Character: Uncle Martin
Released: August 23, 2018
Type: Movie
He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their anger and hostility makes them serious criminals. Love happens in the strangest of places.
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Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
Title: Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty
Released: October 31, 2017
Type: Movie
Yes, your eyes have still not gone blind from masturbating, Yes you are reading this right, Grindsploitation is back! Back from the dark depths of hell, this time Grindsploitation is back with part 3 "Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty".
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Title: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Character: Leech
Released: October 12, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
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Victoria & Abdul
Title: Victoria & Abdul
Character: Mr. Puccini
Released: September 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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50 Years Legal
Title: 50 Years Legal
Character: Self
Released: June 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the influence of gay culture on society.
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Hampstead
Title: Hampstead
Character: Judge
Released: June 23, 2017
Type: Movie
Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.
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Title: Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Character: Self
Released: May 2, 2017
Type: TV
Danny Baker, Simon Callow, Richard E Grant, Cerys Matthews, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Sheen follow in the footsteps of their favourite British artists.
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Viceroy's House
Title: Viceroy's House
Character: Cyril Radcliffe
Released: March 3, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
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Mindhorn
Title: Mindhorn
Character: Himself
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: Movie
A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
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There's Something About Romcoms
Title: There's Something About Romcoms
Character: Self
Released: August 20, 2016
Type: Movie
The inside story of the best modern romcoms with Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Dermot Mulrooney, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander, Stephen Merchant, Tim Bevan, Bobby Farrelly and Simon Callow. Narrated by Julie Walters.
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Golden Years
Title: Golden Years
Character: Royston
Released: April 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime.
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Title: Galavant
Character: Edwin the Magnificent
Released: January 4, 2015
Type: TV
Once upon a time, the dashing hero, Prince Galavant lost the love of his life, Madalena, to the evil King Richard. Now, our fallen hero is ready to take revenge and restore his “happily ever after.” But it won't be without a few twists and turns along the way in this fairytale musical.
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Creditors
Title: Creditors
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.
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Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Title: Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 20, 2014
Type: Movie
Comedian Rik Mayall died suddenly on 9 June 2014. Mayall's blend of rocket-fuelled physical comedy, surrealism, subversive satire and pompous punk wit left a body of work that spanned four decades. Mayall's characters include the Black Country's investigative nerd Kevin Turvey, Felicity Kendal-adoring student and 'People's Poet' Rik in The Young Ones, ruthless MP Alan B'Stard in The New Statesman, seedy loser Richie in Bottom and larger-than-life characters Robin Hood and flying ace Lord Flashheart from Blackadder. Narrated by Simon Callow, this programme salutes Rik Mayall and celebrates his part in the UK's comedy history using rare and unseen archive footage. It also features contributions from people who knew or admired him, including Michael Palin, Simon Pegg, Lenny Henry, Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Christopher Ryan, Tim McInnerny, Jools Holland, Ruby Wax and Greg Davies.
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The First Silent Night
Title: The First Silent Night
Released: December 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Join renowned actor Simon Callow as he uncovers the moving origins of the song Silent Night that has been two hundred years in the making. A story that begins in humble circumstances, ends with the world's most popular carol. Simon journeys to the Austrian village of Oberndorf as well as the city of Salzburg, where the story of the world's favourite carol had its origins. The First Silent Night introduces us to two impoverished children - Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber - who grew up in Austria's cobbled streets and wooded villages. The hard years that shaped them would also destine them to meet one day in a poor country church to unite Gruber's music and Mohr's text into this classic carol about the birth of a third poor boy on a quiet night in ancient Palestine. Silent Night would speak a message of hope to their country, recovering from the harsh Napoleonic wars that had devastated their cities and villages. The guns would fall silent at last, replaced by the gentle strains of music.
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Title: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character: Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Released: December 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
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Title: Outlander
Character: Duke of Sandringham
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Miss in Her Teens
Title: Miss in Her Teens
Character: The Author
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: Movie
An adaptation of David Garrick's 1747 afterpiece, this lighthearted comedy follows Miss Biddy Bellair as she pits her suitors against eachother in order to find true love.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Dick
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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The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Title: The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Character: Self
Released: November 11, 2013
Type: Movie
Collection of highlights from the first and second series of British comic Sarah Millican's show about television. The programme includes stand-up routines, sketches and interviews with stars. In this collection Sarah has a makeover à la 'Geordie Shore', bakes scones with chef Paul Hollywood and attempts to do a forward roll with help from gymnast Beth Tweddle and commentary from sports presenter Clare Balding.
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Title: A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
Character: Himself
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: TV
This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to Agatha Christie's best known stories.
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Title: Plebs
Released: March 25, 2013
Type: TV
Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome.
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Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Title: Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Character: Dickie Attenborough
Released: October 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Schoolboy Maurice Cole, growing up in 1960s Liverpool, is picked on for being effeminate but is already making his own comedy tapes, one of which impresses agent Wilfred De'ath through whom he gets a job on a pirate radio station, changing his name to Kenny Everett. Though sacked for annoying the sponsor his popularity sees him working on the BBC's newly-formed Radio One. Around this time he meets and marries Lee Middleton, who not only sticks by him through his career lows but is sympathetic when, following a drugs over-dose, he admits to being gay. She even helps him find a boyfriend though, unlike his friend Freddie Mercury, he is reluctant to come out. Following their divorce Kenny is best man when Lee marries actor John Alkin and, in 1985, in typically flamboyant style comes out, owing to having not one but two 'husbands'. However, in 1989 he is diagnosed as HIV+ and, in 1995, a year after winning the prestigious Sony award, dies of AIDS aged fifty.
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Title: Them From That Thing
Character: Various
Released: August 21, 2012
Type: TV
Them From That Thing is a sketch show featuring a host of Channel 4 comedy stars. The series features Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Kayvan Novak (Facejacker), Sally Phillips (Smack The Pony) and Morgana Robinson (Very Important People) alongside with a host of famous faces from the world of drama. Set in the modern world where serious characters say and do very stupid things, Them From That Thing combines the look and feel of great British drama with a silly and slightly unhinged comic sensibility.
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
Title: Shakespeare's Sonnets
Released: July 18, 2012
Type: Movie
Released alongside a spectacular edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets for the Apple iPad, this beautifully produced DVD features specially filmed performances of all 154 Sonnets by a stellar cast of actors including, Fiona Shaw, Sir Patrick Stewart and David Tennant. William Shakespeare’s Sonnets are among the most beautiful and most fascinating poems ever written. All of the poems, together with their enigmatic Dedication, are featured in readings by a star-studded cast. A full-colour accompanying booklet features each actor, a list of their Sonnets and a short biography.
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Title: Playhouse Presents
Character: Dudley
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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Being Shakespeare
Title: Being Shakespeare
Released: January 31, 2012
Type: Movie
Featuring a tour de force performance from Simon Callow, Being Shakespeare is a one-man show about the life and work of the world’s greatest playwright. Written by the renowned scholar Jonathan Bate, and taking its cue from Jacques’ famous ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech in As You Like It, the drama traces Shakespeare’s life from his birth in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 to his burial there fifty-two years later. Weaving together this story with extracts from many of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Simon Callow presents a vivid and very human portrait of the man and of the Elizabethan world in which he lived. Recorded before an audience during the play’s triumphant London run, Being Shakespeare is both a wonderful introduction to the author and a richly nuanced, funny and fascinating study for those who already love his plays.
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Acts of Godfrey
Title: Acts of Godfrey
Character: Godfrey
Released: January 27, 2012
Type: Movie
At a two-day business conference, God (Simon Callow) decides to romantically pair Terry, a moral crusader, with his "win-at-all-cost" antithesis, Jacqui. However, fate, assisted by unique and corrupt characters, attempt to beset God's arrangements.
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The British Guide to Showing Off
Title: The British Guide to Showing Off
Character: Self
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event
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Title: Death in Paradise
Character: Larry South
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: TV
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
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Late Bloomers
Title: Late Bloomers
Character: Richard
Released: July 13, 2011
Type: Movie
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs handrails about the house.
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Love's Kitchen
Title: Love's Kitchen
Character: Guy Witherspoon
Released: June 24, 2011
Type: Movie
Rob Haley, an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant. His food catches the eye - and taste buds - of beautiful American food critic Kate Templeton and they soon both write a recipe for love that leaves both their hearts - and their stomachs - in full.
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Art of Freedom
Title: Art of Freedom
Character: Self
Released: May 21, 2011
Type: Movie
The documentary film Art of Freedom answers the most poignant questions on the phenomenon of Polish expeditions to the Himalayas. Poles have reigned the highest mountaintops of the world for more than 20 years. They not only set down new trails, but new rules of behavior. They set themselves apart with an original style of climbing, endurance, conscientiousness about the overall well-being of the team - and solidarity.
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Title: Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags
Character: Narrator
Released: March 15, 2011
Type: TV
Documentary following the metamorphosis of Lily Allen from pop star to fashion retailer as she and her sister Sarah launch their own fashion store in London.
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Title: Jamie's Dream School
Character: Himself
Released: March 2, 2011
Type: TV
Jamie's Dream School is a seven-part British television documentary series made by Fresh One Productions, first aired on Channel 4. In it, Jamie Oliver enrols a group of teenagers with fewer than five GCSEs into his "Dream School" - a school in which lessons are taught by celebrities who are specialists in particular subjects. Participants, both pupils and teachers, gave evidence to the Education Select Committee in June 2011. The lessons from Jamie’s Dream School are available on-line a dedicated YouTube channel, including David Starkey's history course and Simon Callow's drama lessons. Many are full-length videos as well as shorter clips and other interactive elements.
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Title: Ice
Character: Prime Minister
Released: January 2, 2011
Type: TV
It is 2020. The destructive effects of global warming cause unimaginable devastation and panic worldwide. The human race finds itself contemplating the dawn of a new ice age.
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Ice
Title: Ice
Character: Prime Minister
Released: January 2, 2011
Type: Movie
It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacier are causing it to melt. Archer's warnings are ignored, so he heads to the Arctic to find indisputable evidence. Upon arrival, he realizes humankind is under immediate threat, and races home to save his family. The glacier collapses, with devastating consequences. Astonishing weather patterns emerge and plunge the world's temperatures into steep decline.
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The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Title: The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 2010
Type: Movie
A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.
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Save Our Bacon
Title: Save Our Bacon
Character: The Swinesbury's Boss (voice)
Released: September 25, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of an honest Lincolnshire farmer, hit hard by the credit crunch, squeezed by a greedy supermarket and struggling to survive. All his fortunes lie in the farm's one remaining pig, and a rather dubious plan to cross it with an earthworm.
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Title: Arn: The Knight Templar
Character: Fader Henry
Released: March 28, 2010
Type: TV
Arn has to endure so much before he can get the love of his life Cecilie, who has been put away in a monastery.
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Orson Welles Over Europe
Title: Orson Welles Over Europe
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: December 27, 2009
Type: Movie
When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films, television, theatre and bullfighting. Simon Callow trails the complex actor-director.
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Title: The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
Character: Readings (voice)
Released: May 17, 2009
Type: TV
To commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s most influential and best-loved poets, this film combines dramatisations of telling events in the life of WH Auden with interviews from the TV and radio archives and extracts from Auden’s poetry, notebooks, letters and journals. (BBC)
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Theatreland
Title: Theatreland
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Ronald Pickup and Simon Callow. Also covers the early stages of Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Anna Friel and Joseph Cross.
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Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Title: Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 2008
Type: Movie
An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career and her way of working.
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Title: Q&A
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: May 22, 2008
Type: TV
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.
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Chemical Wedding
Title: Chemical Wedding
Character: Haddo
Released: May 4, 2008
Type: Movie
A shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.
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Arn: The Knight Templar
Title: Arn: The Knight Templar
Character: Father Henry
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
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Title: The Company
Character: MI6 liaison officer Elihu
Released: August 5, 2007
Type: TV
The Company tells the thrilling story of Cold War CIA agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy – and each other – in an internecine battle within the Company itself.
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Surveillance 24/7
Title: Surveillance 24/7
Character: St John
Released: June 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Our hero Adam gets drawn into a web of intrigue as evidence is planted on him of a gay royal affair.
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Title: Roman Mysteries
Character: Pliny
Released: May 8, 2007
Type: TV
Roman Mysteries is a television series based on the series of children's historical novels by Caroline Lawrence. It is reportedly the most expensive British children's TV series to date at £1 million per hour. The series began filming in June 2006 and was first broadcast from 8 May 2007. The series is divided into "scrolls", each based on one book, starting with The Secrets of Vesuvius. The stories are told in the same order as the book series, except for book 6, The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina, which is transposed to the second season. Books 11 and 12 were not adapted, and the series ends with the adaptation of Book 13. Each scroll consists of two half-hour episodes. The first scroll guest-starred Simon Callow as Pliny the Elder. On 22 May 2007, after just two episodes, Anne Foy announced on CBBC on BBC One that the show has been postponed due to recent events in the news and would return later in the year on CBBC on BBC One. Since "The Pirates of Pompeii" was about children being kidnapped, the postponement was most likely due to the then recent disappearance of Madeleine McCann. On 19 June the series began broadcasting again from the beginning. Filming for the second season began on 13 August 2007. The episodes are based on the novels The Gladiators from Capua, The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina, The Colossus of Rhodes, The Fugitive from Corinth and The Slave-girl from Jerusalem.
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Title: Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Character: Himself
Released: April 13, 2007
Type: TV
Derren Brown at his most devilish. He has persuaded members of the public to sign a Faustian pact with him and participate in a macabre game of Trick or Treat.
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How Gay Sex Changed the World
Title: How Gay Sex Changed the World
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Charting the evolution of public and political attitudes to homosexuality over the last four decades, from decriminalisation in 1967 to today's advances in gay sexual freedom, How Gay Sex Changed the World examines how the gay sexual revolution gathered pace in the face of gradually changing legislation, from the first Gay Pride march to groundbreaking dramas such as Queer as Folk.
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The Madness of Boy George
Title: The Madness of Boy George
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 17, 2006
Type: Movie
Documenting the days and weeks preceding Boy George's appearance in a New York courtroom in June 2006 for cocaine possession and his subsequent sentencing to 5 days community service as a street cleaner by order of the US justice department.
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Title: The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Character: George Russell
Released: May 27, 2006
Type: TV
It’s 1922, and free-spirited archaeologist Danny Freemont is infamous for his outlandish theories. Freemont is certain that if found, the Emerald Tablet, rumored to be buried in King Tut’s tomb, would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Freemont is nefarious archaeologist Morgan Sinclair, a member of the diabolical secret cabal known as the Hellfire Council.
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Reviving Harry Lime
Title: Reviving Harry Lime
Character: Himself
Released: April 18, 2006
Type: Movie
Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.
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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Title: The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Character: George Russell
Released: April 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Thousands of years ago, the great Child King Tutankhamen ruled. Few know the details of his life -- No one knows the secrets of his death. All that is about to change.Free -spirited archaeologist Danny Fremont (Casper Van Dien, Sleepy Hollow) is certain that if found, King Tut's Emerald Tablet would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Fremont is his nemesis archaeologist Morgan Sinclair (Jonathan Hyde, Titanic), a member of a secret society who wants the tablet to harness unspeakable evil on the world and will stop at nothing to get it.
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Men of Mystery
Title: Men of Mystery
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")
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Ripley Under Ground
Title: Ripley Under Ground
Character: Dean Bentliffe
Released: November 6, 2005
Type: Movie
After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit his legacy and reap millions in the process.
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A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Title: A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 30, 2005
Type: Movie
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Revisiting Brideshead
Title: Revisiting Brideshead
Character: Narrator
Released: October 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".
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Rag Tale
Title: Rag Tale
Character: Cormac Rourke
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: Movie
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.
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The Best Man
Title: The Best Man
Character: Big-Time Publisher
Released: July 9, 2005
Type: Movie
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start to look up when Olly's college pal James asks him to be the best man at his wedding. Prior to the nuptials, Olly is drawn to a woman whom he thinks is the bride's sister -- only she turns out to be the bride, Sarah. Can Murray, who dislikes James, help get Sarah and Olly together?
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The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Title: The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Character: Mr. Wroth
Released: June 6, 2005
Type: Movie
After a series of bad relationships, a man orders a mail order bride and receives more than he bargained for.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Charles Dickens
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Bob the Butler
Title: Bob the Butler
Character: Mr. Butler
Released: March 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Bob, an incompetent man, is searching for an available job by alphabetical order. He had just failed all of the A's, and discovers an ad in the Yellow Pages for a butler school. He is the only one in the butler school course to pass, because all of the other people quit due to the embarrassment and pressure of the teacher.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Marple
Character: Colonel Melchett
Released: December 12, 2004
Type: TV
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
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The Phantom of the Opera
Title: The Phantom of the Opera
Character: Andre
Released: December 8, 2004
Type: Movie
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as The Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the crew.
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Title: Shoebox Zoo
Character: Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Released: September 21, 2004
Type: TV
Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.
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George and the Dragon
Title: George and the Dragon
Character: King Edgar
Released: March 28, 2004
Type: Movie
In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece of land. However, in order to obtain his land from the ruling King Edgaar, he must help find the King's missing daughter, Princess Lunna, a quest which sees George drawn into an unexpected battle with the kingdom's last surviving dragon.
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Title: Angels in America
Character: Prior Walter Ancestor #2
Released: December 7, 2003
Type: TV
In 1985, two couples' relationships dissolve amidst the backdrop of Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.
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Title: Angels in America
Character: Prior 2
Released: December 7, 2003
Type: TV
In 1985, two couples' relationships dissolve amidst the backdrop of Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.
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Bright Young Things
Title: Bright Young Things
Character: King of Anatolia
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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Title: Little Britain
Released: September 16, 2003
Type: TV
A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.
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Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Title: Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Character: Galileo
Released: October 29, 2002
Type: Movie
Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist – that his closest confidante was his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun.
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The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Title: The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Character: Charles Dickens
Released: October 17, 2002
Type: Movie
Simon Callow's one-man show about Charles Dickens.
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Thank You, Doctor Rey
Title: Thank You, Doctor Rey
Character: Bob
Released: October 13, 2002
Type: Movie
A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to be his murder. The next day the young man's opera diva mother informs him that his estranged father has been in Paris... until the previous night when he was murdered. Seeking help with a psychiatrist, the young man comes across an eccentric actress who has come totally unhinged by the death of that psychiatrist, the infamous Docteur Rey. At first mistaking her for the doctor, the young man embarks on a madcap mystery, reminiscent of an Agatha Christie novel, with Paris as the backdrop.
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Title: Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Character: Charles Dickens
Released: September 8, 2002
Type: TV
The only child in a wretchedly poor family in the Danish village of Odense, Hans Christian Andersen lives in a fantasy world. His hand carved dolls and puppets, his father's bedtime stories, and his own natural flair for fantastic tales brings the child temporary escape. It takes him all the way to Copenhagen where, he's been told, dreams can really come true.
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Thunderpants
Title: Thunderpants
Character: Sir John Osgood
Released: May 24, 2002
Type: Movie
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
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Christmas Carol: The Movie
Title: Christmas Carol: The Movie
Character: Charles Dickens / Ebenezer Scrooge (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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Title: Don't Eat the Neighbours
Released: September 20, 2001
Type: TV
Don't Eat the Neighbours is a children's comedy series that originally aired in the United Kingdom and Canada in 2001-2002. It was filmed mainly with puppets, but occasionally used computer graphics. The series was focused on the characters Rabbit, Wolf, and their children. Music for the show was done by Jim Guttridge, with the theme done by Dan Gagnon, Sandy Nuttgens, and Michael Scott. Only four episodes were released on VHS and DVD in the 2001 volume A Rabbit for All Seasons.
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No Man's Land
Title: No Man's Land
Character: Colonel Soft
Released: May 12, 2001
Type: Movie
Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?
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Deadly Appearances
Title: Deadly Appearances
Character: Rick Spencer
Released: April 23, 2000
Type: Movie
Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,
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Animated Epics: Don Quixote
Title: Animated Epics: Don Quixote
Character: Don Quixote
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A Claymation version of the classic story of Don Quixote.
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Around The World In 80 Days
Title: Around The World In 80 Days
Character: Phileas Fogg (voice)
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Travel back in time to a scene set in London in 1872, where a young Phileas Fogg is about to wager a fortune in the hope of completing an impossible challenge, to travel around the world in 80 days or less. Together with his new man servant, Passpartout, the two men set sail across the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans in hope of finishing their journey in time and winning their bet. However, trouble is afoot when a mysterious gentleman thief steals over £50,000 from the Bank of England. The hunt is on to find him and Inspector Fix suspects Fogs to he the bank robber and begins tailing him. Will this jeopardise Phileas Fogg's plans - an he complete his journey around the world in 80 days? Enjoy Jules Verne's classic tale of discovery and adventure.
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Notting Hill
Title: Notting Hill
Character: Simon Callow (uncredited)
Released: May 21, 1999
Type: Movie
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
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Shakespeare in Love
Title: Shakespeare in Love
Character: Tilney
Released: December 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
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Bedrooms and Hallways
Title: Bedrooms and Hallways
Character: Keith
Released: August 1, 1998
Type: Movie
At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.
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The Scarlet Tunic
Title: The Scarlet Tunic
Character: Captain Fairfax
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Passions erupt between a German hussar (Jean-Marc Barr) serving with King George III's personal cavalry and the only daughter of an English solicitor (Emma Fielding) in this period tearjerker adapted from a short story by Thomas Hardy. Longing to escape their own personal imprisonments -- he, his service to the king, and she, her engagement to a man she doesn't love -- they find solace in each other's arms.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Dr. Wellow
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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The Woman In White
Title: The Woman In White
Character: Count Fosco
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.
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Victory
Title: Victory
Character: Zangiacomo
Released: December 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya circa 1913. Staying in a German hotel there, Heyst becomes entranced with a member of the hotel's all-female orchestra.
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Title: Testament: The Bible in Animation
Character: Meneptah (voice)
Released: December 11, 1996
Type: TV
A nine-part series of Old Testament stories for younger viewers using various animation techniques, including stop-motion, cel animation and computer animation.
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Moses
Title: Moses
Character: Meneptah II (voice)
Released: October 15, 1996
Type: Movie
In the middle of the night, Egyptian soldiers search for Moses (Martin Jarvis) whose brother Aaron (Tony Leader) swfitly dispatches him on a camel. Back at the royal palace, Ramses warns his son Meneptah (Simon Callow) of compassion towards the Hebrews.
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James and the Giant Peach
Title: James and the Giant Peach
Character: Grasshopper (voice)
Released: April 12, 1996
Type: Movie
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
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Title: Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Character: Hugo Trenchfoot (voice)
Released: April 2, 1996
Type: TV
Dennis and Gnasher is an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, It features the daily adventures of the rebellious schoolboy Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher.
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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Title: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Character: Vincent Cadby
Released: November 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.
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Jefferson in Paris
Title: Jefferson in Paris
Character: Richard Cosway
Released: March 31, 1995
Type: Movie
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.
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England, My England
Title: England, My England
Character: Charles II
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
The story of Henry Purcell.
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El pasajero clandestino
Title: El pasajero clandestino
Character: Major Owens
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
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Street Fighter
Title: Street Fighter
Character: A.N. Official
Released: December 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
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Title: Little Napoleons
Character: Edward Feathers
Released: June 7, 1994
Type: TV
Labour councillor Judith Silver invites N.K. Edwards and Vijay Shah to stand for election to the local council. Who will win the seat? And will Tory councillor Edward Feathers have the last laugh?
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
Title: Four Weddings and a Funeral
Character: Gareth
Released: March 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
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Femme Fatale
Title: Femme Fatale
Character: Vicar Ronnie
Released: February 7, 1993
Type: Movie
Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempers. She marries, but the lust she inspires in the villagers makes them drop dead.
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Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Title: Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Character: Eddie Cherdowski
Released: January 15, 1993
Type: Movie
Eight years ago, Gavin, artistic son of an Scots/Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children's books. Now, frustrated and broke, his Uncle Sal appears with an offer. Gavin's father has sold the family business and to get his share of the proceeds, Gavin must return home for his father's birthday party. Swayed by the money, he sets off north and picks up a hitchicker with a secret. Their journey is difficult but ultimately rewarding.
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Howards End
Title: Howards End
Character: Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
Released: March 13, 1992
Type: Movie
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
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The Trials of Oz
Title: The Trials of Oz
Character: John Mortimer
Released: November 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.
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The Crucifer of Blood
Title: The Crucifer of Blood
Character: Inspector Lestrade
Released: November 4, 1991
Type: Movie
A beautiful young woman asks Holmes to help her father, a former army captain and hopeless opium addict break free of the curse surrounding a stolen treasure.
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Title: Performance
Character: John Mortimer
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Title: Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Character: Dr. Alex Sauer
Released: November 23, 1990
Type: Movie
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
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Postcards from the Edge
Title: Postcards from the Edge
Character: Simon Asquith
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.
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Old Flames
Title: Old Flames
Character: Nathanial Quass
Released: January 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and sad. This reluctant pair are caught up in an alliance againstu an ingenious conspiracy which threatens both of their lives.
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Revolutionary Witness
Title: Revolutionary Witness
Character: Franciscus Palloy
Released: December 31, 1989
Type: Movie
Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Dr. Lutz
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Manifesto
Title: Manifesto
Character: Police Chief Hunt
Released: January 27, 1988
Type: Movie
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.
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The Reluctant Dragon
Title: The Reluctant Dragon
Character: Dragon (voice)
Released: December 31, 1987
Type: Movie
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Maurice
Title: Maurice
Character: Mr. Ducie
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: Movie
After his lover rejects him, Maurice, a young man in early 20th-century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.
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Title: Acting
Released: August 28, 1987
Type: TV
A series of workshops led by leading actors on the techniques of acting in film, opera, and on stage
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Cariani and the Courtesans
Title: Cariani and the Courtesans
Character: Raimondi
Released: August 5, 1987
Type: Movie
When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger and deceit.
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Title: Inspector Morse
Character: Theodore Kemp
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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Title: David Copperfield
Character: Wilkins Micawber
Released: October 19, 1986
Type: TV
A miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic, following David Copperfield's life starting from his idyllic childhood and continuing through to adulthood.
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A Room with a View
Title: A Room with a View
Character: The Reverend Mr. Beebe
Released: March 7, 1986
Type: Movie
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
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Title: Dead Head
Character: Hugo Silver
Released: January 15, 1986
Type: TV
London based petty crook, Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the capital. When nobody answers the door at the drop off address Eddie opens the package and finds a woman’s severed head in a hatbox. He panics and dumps it in the River Thames. Returning home Cass is kidnapped by the mysterious Eldridge and his heavies who inform Eddie that he has been framed for the murder.
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The Good Father
Title: The Good Father
Character: Mark Varda
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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Honour, Profit & Pleasure
Title: Honour, Profit & Pleasure
Character: George Frideric Handel
Released: June 1, 1985
Type: Movie
British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel
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Amadeus
Title: Amadeus
Character: Emanuel Schikaneder
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.
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Title: Chance in a Million
Character: Tom Chance
Released: September 10, 1984
Type: TV
Chance in a Million is a British sitcom broadcast between 1984 and 1986, produced by Thames Television for Channel 4. The series was co-written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen and starred Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn. The producer and director of the series was Michael Mills.
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The Man of Destiny
Title: The Man of Destiny
Character: Napoleon
Released: May 5, 1981
Type: Movie
One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it features a battle of wits between Napoleon Bonaparte and a mysterious, daring woman who has stolen his documents. Can she really challenge the strategic mind of a general still celebrating a famous victory?
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Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Title: Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Character: Maximillian
Released: November 22, 1979
Type: Movie
BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.
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Title: Question Time
Character: Himself - Panellist
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: TV
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Detective Sergeant
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Title: NOVA
Character: Galileo
Released: March 3, 1974
Type: TV
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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It's Christmas!
Title: It's Christmas!
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A woman sets out a well-intentioned plan of bringing her dysfunctional family together in the wake of the family's matriarch, her mother-in-law.
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Eternal Return
Title: Eternal Return
Character: Malcolm
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The film follows Cass, a young woman who has resigned herself to a life of emotional invulnerability until she meets Virgil, a cartographer who makes maps to imaginary places. Along with his partner Malcolm, a vibrant renaissance man, the pair relentlessly attempts to travel back in time to awaken Cass to love again.
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Title: Étoile
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies embark on an ambitious gambit to save their storied institutions by swapping their most talented stars.