Sam Spruell

Sam Spruell

Born: January 1, 1977
in Southwark, London, England, UK
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Sam Spruell is a British actor. His film credits include Defiance (2008), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), London to Brighton (2006), To Kill a King (2003) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). His television roles include the recurring cameo of Jason Belling in Spooks (2007 in Episode 6.9 and 2004 in Project Friendly Fire) and the recurring role of Wilkes in P.O.W (2003).

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The Settlers
Title: The Settlers
Character: Colonel Martin
Released: October 11, 2023
Type: Movie
Chile, early 20th century. José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
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Title: The Gold
Character: Charlie Miller
Released: February 12, 2023
Type: TV
On 26 November 1983, six armed men break into the Brink's-Mat security depot, stumbling across gold bullion worth £26m.
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The Fishing Net
Title: The Fishing Net
Released: September 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Budapest, 1953. A man was killed. Andras, a prestigious doctor and family man, is interrogated by the Secret Police. This is the era of spies. Freedom is relative. And being gay is a punishable offence.
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The Hanging Sun
Title: The Hanging Sun
Character: Aaron
Released: September 12, 2022
Type: Movie
On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience.
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Scale
Title: Scale
Character: narrator
Released: May 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to his predicament, before he's lost forever.
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O, GLORY!
Title: O, GLORY!
Character: Thewlis
Released: March 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Set in the late 70's, a psychiatric doctor and his assistant are called to an isolated country house to examine Deborah, whose brother believes she is losing her mind. Fuelled by hysteria and hallucinatory paranoia, they descend into abstract madness.
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Title: The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Character: Bertie
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: The North Water
Character: Cavendish
Released: July 14, 2021
Type: TV
Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
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Locked Down
Title: Locked Down
Character: Martin
Released: February 25, 2021
Type: Movie
During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jewellery heist at one of the world's most exclusive department stores, Harrods.
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Title: Small Axe
Character: PC Pulley
Released: November 15, 2020
Type: TV
An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
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Sudden Light
Title: Sudden Light
Character: John
Released: September 18, 2020
Type: Movie
As her dad lies dying in hospital, Mia (16) takes sister Squeeze (12) to walk the dog in the fields by their home. Out there, the landscape shifts around them, they become separated and Mia comes across a strange man, lurking at the edge of a dark wood.
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Oats & Barley
Title: Oats & Barley
Character: Callum
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Oats and Barley follows a nervous, impressionable young boy called Jamie as he attends his first funeral. Although this isn't your average first funeral. As Jamie nervously arrives at the ceremony, it becomes clear that he is being coerced into a sinister family business.
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My Boy
Title: My Boy
Character: Daniel
Released: September 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Daniel is a father desperately looking for his son. As he contacts a scattered group of family and friends, telling stories and jokes where he possibly can, we realise that a heartbreaking reality lies at the root of his search.
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The Informer
Title: The Informer
Character: Slewitt
Released: August 30, 2019
Type: Movie
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.
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Title: I Am...
Character: Barry
Released: July 23, 2019
Type: TV
Each hour-long film follows a different woman as they experience “moments that are emotionally raw, thought-provoking and utterly personal”.
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Outlaw King
Title: Outlaw King
Character: Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
Released: September 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
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The World Is Yours
Title: The World Is Yours
Character: Bruce
Released: August 15, 2018
Type: Movie
To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.
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Title: Liar
Character: Oliver Graham
Released: September 11, 2017
Type: TV
A teacher and a surgeon are rocked by scandalous accusations after they enjoy a seemingly innocent date.
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Title: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Character: General Okto Bar
Released: July 20, 2017
Type: Movie
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
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Cowboy Dave
Title: Cowboy Dave
Character: Cowboy Dave
Released: June 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A young boy's life is changed by a chance encounter with an out-of-luck musician. When a gang of local criminals turns up, the day takes an unexpected turn.
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Sand Castle
Title: Sand Castle
Character: 1st LT Anthony
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: Movie
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
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Instruments of Darkness
Title: Instruments of Darkness
Character: Seyton
Released: November 10, 2015
Type: Movie
A war hero and the lure of ambition and descent into hell. An adaptation of Macbeth.
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The Lady in the Van
Title: The Lady in the Van
Character: Another Young Man
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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The Martian
Title: The Martian
Character: NASA Psychologist
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: Movie
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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Title: The Bastard Executioner
Character: Toran Prichard
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: TV
A blood-soaked, medieval epic that tells the story of Wilkin Brattle, a 14th century warrior, whose life is forever changed when a divine messenger beseeches him to lay down his sword and lead the life of another man: a journeyman executioner. Set in northern Wales during a time rife with rebellion and political upheaval, Wilkin must walk a tight rope between protecting his true identity while also serving a mysterious destiny. Guided by Annora, a mystical healer whose seeming omniscience keeps Wilkin under her sway; manipulated by Milus Corbett, a devious Chamberlain with grand political aspirations; and driven by a deepening connection with the Baroness Lady Love, Wilkin struggles to navigate political, emotional and supernal pitfalls in his quest to understand his greater purpose.
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Legend
Title: Legend
Character: Jack 'The Hat' McVitie
Released: September 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
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Child 44
Title: Child 44
Character: Doctor Tyapkin
Released: March 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
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Title: Catastrophe
Released: January 19, 2015
Type: TV
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write and star in a comedy that follows an American man and an Irish woman who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in London.
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Taken 3
Title: Taken 3
Character: Oleg Malankov
Released: December 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
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Good People
Title: Good People
Character: Jack Witkowski
Released: August 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.
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Title: The Last Ship
Character: Dr. Quincy Tophet
Released: June 22, 2014
Type: TV
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
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Give
Title: Give
Character: Jason
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: Movie
An identical twin has a premonition about her sister's violent death and has to decide how much she is willing to sacrifice to save her.
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Title: Fargo
Character: Ole Munch
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: TV
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
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Starred Up
Title: Starred Up
Character: Deputy Governor Haynes
Released: March 21, 2014
Type: Movie
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
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The Voices
Title: The Voices
Character: Dave
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: Movie
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
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The Counselor
Title: The Counselor
Character: Wireman
Released: October 25, 2013
Type: Movie
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
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Sixteen
Title: Sixteen
Character: Liam
Released: October 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Jumah is about to turn 16 and is already in need of a fresh start. Burdened with the shameful legacy of a past as a child soldier in the Congo, he lives with his adoptive mother in west London, where he struggles to keep a lid on his history of violence. One night, enjoying a rare carefree evening out with a new friend, Jumah witnesses something that draws him seemingly inescapably into his old ways. As he and others around him begin to question whether he can ever stop being a soldier, he’s set on a path to find out who he truly wishes to be.
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Title: Mayday
Character: Steve Docker
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
It's Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until suddenly she goes missing.
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Company of Heroes
Title: Company of Heroes
Character: Sgt. Matherson
Released: February 25, 2013
Type: Movie
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Title: Snow White and the Huntsman
Character: Finn
Released: May 30, 2012
Type: Movie
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.
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Title: Eternal Law
Released: January 5, 2012
Type: TV
Two angels are sent to Earth in the guise of lawyers in order to help humankind.
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Hello Carter
Title: Hello Carter
Character: Jake
Released: October 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Recently sacked and interminably single, Carter is in a rut. So when he spies his beautiful ex-girlfriend through a library bookshelf, for a brief moment, things promise to get a whole lot better. But she is nine months pregnant. And about to go into labour.
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Six Degrees
Title: Six Degrees
Character: Drug Dealer
Released: August 1, 2011
Type: Movie
A short film.
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Title: Luther
Character: Owen Lynch
Released: May 4, 2010
Type: TV
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Title: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Character: Kilburns' Drummer
Released: January 8, 2010
Type: Movie
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
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Jubilee
Title: Jubilee
Character: Phil Walker
Released: October 21, 2009
Type: Movie
Two members of a right wing political party are on the campaign trail in a housing estate. During the course of a day knocking on doors, it becomes clear they have differing motivations for being there.
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Defiance
Title: Defiance
Character: Arkady Lubczanski
Released: December 31, 2008
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
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The Hurt Locker
Title: The Hurt Locker
Character: Contractor Charlie
Released: October 10, 2008
Type: Movie
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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Title: City of Vice
Character: Lord Newcastle
Released: January 14, 2008
Type: TV
In the 1750s London’s perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers. Then two Westminster magistrates, novelist Henry Fielding and his brother, John, obtained a grant from Parliament allowing them to bring some law and order to the crime-ridden boroughs of Central London.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Title: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Character: Torturer
Released: September 9, 2007
Type: Movie
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
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Cherries
Title: Cherries
Character: Headmaster
Released: July 29, 2007
Type: Movie
A class of teenage schoolboys are oblivious to their teacher's attempts to question them about the wider world. They are about to get a lesson they will never forget ... one that will change their lives forever.
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Tick Tock Lullaby
Title: Tick Tock Lullaby
Character: Steve
Released: March 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A wry interweave film about baby making and how as time marches on the decision gets more intense and less romantic.
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London to Brighton
Title: London to Brighton
Character: Stuart Allen
Released: December 1, 2006
Type: Movie
It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son finds his father and wants answers. Derek – Kelly's pimp – needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays.
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Venus
Title: Venus
Character: Hospital Director
Released: September 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about themselves.
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Title: The Ghost Squad
Released: November 15, 2005
Type: TV
The Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was created by Tom Grieves. Inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed between 1994 and 1998, secretly investigating police corruption, the premise of the series is that the squad continued to operate in secret after officially being shut down. It starred Elaine Cassidy as a police constable recruited into the squad and Jonas Armstrong as her handler. The show was cancelled after a single seven episode series.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Swarm
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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Everything in This Country Must
Title: Everything in This Country Must
Character: Stevie
Released: August 31, 2004
Type: Movie
Northern Ireland. Soldiers, through inattention, run into a car with a woman and her young son. Two years later, a horse is stuck in the river, and the soldiers happen along, but the horse's owner is violently opposed to their help; he relents, but his hostility is obvious when his daughter invites them inside afterward to warm up.
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To Kill a King
Title: To Kill a King
Character: King's Guard
Released: May 16, 2003
Type: Movie
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
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K-19: The Widowmaker
Title: K-19: The Widowmaker
Character: Dmitri
Released: July 19, 2002
Type: Movie
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
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Title: Spooks
Character: Jason Belling
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
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Title: Blue Murder
Released: January 10, 2001
Type: TV
Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headlines. The Blue Murder squad members were an elite group of big-city investigators out to solve some of the city's most complicated and riveting crimes.
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Title: P.O.W.
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
P.O.W. was a television series consisting of 6 episodes, broadcast on ITV in 2003. The series starred James D'Arcy and Joe Absolom. The drama series is based on true stories, set in Germany in the year 1940 and follows the character of Jim Caddon as he is captured after his plane crashes during a bombing raid over Normandy. In contrast to previous entries in the World War Two prison escape genre such as The Colditz Story, it concentrated on escape attempts by other ranks rather than officers. The series was filmed in Lithuania and first broadcast on television on 10 October 2003. A second series has not been commissioned, though ITV followed it with several other World War Two dramas including Colditz and Island at War. The title "P.O.W." stands for "prisoner of war".
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Connemara
Title: Connemara
Character: William
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A famous retired opera singer reunites with her children.