Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Born: May 18, 1941
in Oxford, England, UK
Miriam Margoyles is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and after several supporting roles in film and television she won a BAFTA Award for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).

Movies for Miriam Margolyes...

Title: Doctor Who
Character: The Meep (voice)
Released: May 11, 2024
Type: TV
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes.
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Title: Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 2024
Type: TV
Miriam Margolyes infiltrates and sheds light on a unique Australian community. Some are struggling or facing a bleak future, others are prospering, all say something about where we are heading as a nation.
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Mog's Christmas
Title: Mog's Christmas
Character: Aunt One (voice)
Released: December 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Follows the Thomas’s attempts to rescue their cat from the top of a tree. Despite everyone’s fears, Mog has a magical night in the snow with a cat-themed Christmas dream.
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Next to You
Title: Next to You
Character: Granny Vera
Released: September 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Set five years on from the school days of director Stevan Filipovic's previous film Next to Me, a state of emergency exists and politicians are accused of capitalising on public anxiety around Covid-19, which makes the shocking situation that reunites the characters significantly more extreme. The story centres on Ksenija (newcomer Mina Nikolic), a driven young woman striving to move from tabloid hack to a career journalist in a world of click-bait headlines and showbiz scandals cooked up to feed the masses. Ksenija's personal and professional journey is hampered when Vera tests positive for Coronavirus and Ksenija must question how far she will bend to survive in a climate where political pressure is increasingly overt and can be said to capitalise on fear during the pandemic.
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Title: Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Character: Self – Narrator (voice)
Released: June 16, 2023
Type: Movie
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia.
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My Happy Ending
Title: My Happy Ending
Character: Judy
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: Movie
A famous actress goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue, and in a hospital waiting room she meets three remarkable women who help her face adversity with humor and camaraderie.
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Title: Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 2023
Type: TV
Award-winning, British/Australian Actress and Activist, Miriam Margolyes, joins one of Ireland’s newest and most high-profile political figures, Dubliner, Senator Lynn Ruane on a road trip across Ireland in a documentary shining a light on the Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager, whose work, influence and impact on Irish political and literary life has often been neglected.
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Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
Title: Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
Released: December 20, 2022
Type: Movie
Self-confessed Christmas Scrooge, Miriam Margolyes, turns to her love of Charles Dickens and the festive traditions in 'A Christmas Carol' to see if she can rekindle her love for Christmas
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David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Title: David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Character: Self
Released: November 21, 2022
Type: Movie
The writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Baddiel explores a political blindspot with Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes and Neil Gaiman.
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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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Title: Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
Character: Self - Host
Released: July 19, 2022
Type: TV
Miriam Margolyes is back on the road, heading west along the bottom of Australia, to understand what the Fair Go means in Australia today and how it is playing out in the diverse lives of her fellow citizens.
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Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Title: Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Character: Self
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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imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Title: imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 2022
Type: Movie
Miriam Margolyes is one of Britain’s best loved and most provocative actresses. Across her eclectic career, she has played scene-stealing turns in Blackadder, voiced some of our most well-known adverts and found fame internationally as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films.
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Title: The Story of Queen Victoria
Character: Narrator
Released: March 1, 2022
Type: TV
The Story of Queen Victoria, narrated by Miriam Margolyes, uses Queen Victoria's diaries, journals, letters and archive treasures to reveal a highly complex individual and give an exciting fresh perspective on her remarkable achievements and dramatic life.
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Title: Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Character: Self
Released: November 16, 2021
Type: TV
Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming roll back the decades and return to their Scottish roots. Part rediscovery, part revelation, we follow them as they take to the road and motorhome their way through Scotland's Highlands and into its wildest places.
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H Is for Happiness
Title: H Is for Happiness
Character: Miss Bamford
Released: June 24, 2021
Type: Movie
A twelve-year-old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world is inspired by the strange new boy at school, and sets out to mend her broken family – whatever it takes.
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Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Title: Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Released: March 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter" by Simon Garfield, Letters Live is a series of curated, live events that celebrate the enduring power of literary correspondence. Performed by a remarkable and surprise cast each night, Letters Live is a unique event that is heartbreaking, euphoric, hilarious and inspiring in equal measure. Those who have previously attended Letters Live will know how memorable these evenings are. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from each show are channeled towards a number of carefully selected literacy charities to support the important work they do.
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Wings
Title: Wings
Character: Audrey
Released: October 6, 2020
Type: Movie
A heartwarming love story that spans over six decades, between two Land Army girls during World War II.
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Title: Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian
Character: Self - Host
Released: May 19, 2020
Type: TV
A revealing documentary series; following celebrated film and television star Miriam Margolyes as she embarks on an epic two-month journey across the nation to discover what it means to be Australian today.
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Title: The Last Leg: Locked Down Under
Character: Herself
Released: May 8, 2020
Type: TV
The Last Leg: Locked Down Under (4 x 60’) will attempt a TV first, a live comedy show with three hosts in three different locations at the same time. The show will take viewers on a global tour from Melbourne, to London and finally Huddersfield, as hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker present from their respective homes to offer their unmatched satirical insight to current world events. In each episode, Adam, Josh and Alex will be joined by special guests, and as always, the audience at home will be encouraged to get involved using their Twitter hashtag #isitok.
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Title: Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: March 9, 2020
Type: TV
After a lifetime of worrying about her weight, 78-year-old actress Miriam Margolyes attempts to work out why the nation is getting ever fatter.
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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Title: Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Character: Prudence Stanley
Released: February 27, 2020
Type: Movie
After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.
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The Last Artifact
Title: The Last Artifact
Character: Narrator (UK version)
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Just outside Paris, France, inside a high-tech vault, requiring three independently controlled keys, rests a small metallic cylinder about the diameter of a golf ball. Encased within three vacuum-sealed bell jars it may not look like much, but it is one of the most important objects on the planet. It affects nearly every aspect of our lives from the moment we are born, to the food we eat, the cars we drive, and even the medicines we take. The Last Artifact follows the high-stakes race to redefine the weight of the world reveals the untold story of one of the most important objects on the planet. The kilogram, the base unit of mass in the International System of Units, helped send humans to the moon and satellites into space. This small hunk of metal is the object against which all others are measured. Yet over time, its mass mysteriously eroded by the weight of an eyelash. A change that, unbeknownst to most, unleashed a crisis with potentially dire consequences.
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Title: Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter
Character: Herself
Released: December 1, 2019
Type: TV
A nostaligic look at one of history's great comedians
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Title: Miriam's Dead Good Adventure
Character: Herself - Presenter
Released: April 21, 2019
Type: TV
Inimitable actress Miriam Margolyes is on a mission to confront her fear of ageing and death and tackle our greatest taboo - our own mortality.
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Postcards from the 48%
Title: Postcards from the 48%
Released: July 6, 2018
Type: Movie
This is a film made by the some of the 48% who voted Remain. The film is of the 48% and for the 48%. It is their story, feelings and reasons for remain, made totally from their perspective.
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Title: Apple & Onion
Character: Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
Released: February 23, 2018
Type: TV
In a world of talking food, best mates Apple and Onion fumble through city life, tackling ordinary problems by extraordinary means.
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Early Man
Title: Early Man
Character: Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Released: January 26, 2018
Type: Movie
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.
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Title: Miriam’s Big American Adventure
Character: Herself
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: TV
Miriam Margolyes embarks on an epic road trip through the heartlands of middle America with her unique mix of charm, cheek and curiosity. Miriam is travelling almost a thousand miles from Chicago to New Orleans, and along the way she meets the people whose voices and votes are reshaping the nation.
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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Title: Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Character: Herself
Released: October 28, 2017
Type: Movie
A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the British Library as they search to tell that story through objects in their collection, in an ambitious new exhibition: Harry Potter: A History Of Magic. J.K. Rowling, who is lending unseen manuscripts, drawings and drafts from her private archives (which will sit alongside treasures from the British Library, as well as original drafts and drawings from Jim Kay) talks about some of the personal items she has lent to the exhibition and gives new insight into her writing, looking at some of the objects from the exhibition that have fired her imagination.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Title: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Character: Mrs. Fisk
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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The Little Vampire 3D
Title: The Little Vampire 3D
Character: Wulftrud (voice)
Released: October 4, 2017
Type: Movie
Tony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. Meanwhile Rudolph, a vampire of "similar" age (313!), encounters trouble when his clan is threatened by a dangerously obsessed hunter. Fate brings these two boys together, as Tony & Rudolph set off an action-packed battle to stop the villain, save Rudolph's family and learn the power of friendship.
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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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Title: Bucket
Character: Mim
Released: April 13, 2017
Type: TV
Reserved history teacher Fran has long had a strained relationship with her eccentric, free-spirit mother Mim. When Mim announces that she is dying Fran feels obliged to accompany her on a road trip ticking off items on her bucket list.
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Title: The Real Marigold on Tour
Character: Host (Herself)
Released: December 27, 2016
Type: TV
Having road-tested retirement in India, Miriam Margoyles, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Rosemary Shrager are reunited to discover what it is like to grow old in other countries around the world.
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Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Title: Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2016
Type: Movie
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 best-selling children’s books, culminating in a nationwide vote. Rik Mayall reads from George’s Marvellous Medicine.
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Title: John Bishop: In Conversation With...
Character: Herself
Released: September 1, 2016
Type: TV
A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires.
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Title: The Real Marigold Hotel
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2016
Type: TV
A group of famous faces travel to India to see if retiring in India would be better than retiring in England.
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Spirit-ED
Title: Spirit-ED
Character: Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
Released: December 1, 2015
Type: Movie
What if Angels went to school too? Spirit-ED is a magical, fantasy adventure set in Divinity, a school for guardian angels. Following the perilous adventures of two young angels, Edmund and Grace, on a quest to earn their wings. Success will allow them to venture beneath the clouds to watch over a recently orphaned boy - failure is too dark to consider.
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Title: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Character: Self
Released: April 22, 2015
Type: TV
News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans.
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The Legend of Longwood
Title: The Legend of Longwood
Released: November 16, 2014
Type: Movie
When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to save a precious herd of white horses and to thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman.
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Outlier
Title: Outlier
Released: October 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Cancer patient and successful writer Lilith Winterbottom should be dead by now. But the cynical misanthrope seems to scare even death away, in order to finish her last book and find a hero's death worthy of her main character Spider.
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Maya the Bee Movie
Title: Maya the Bee Movie
Character: The Queen (voice)
Released: September 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Freshly hatched bee Maya is a little whirlwind and won't follow the rules of the hive. One of these rules is not to trust the hornets that live beyond the meadow. When the Royal Jelly is stolen, the hornets are suspected and Maya is thought to be their accomplice. No one believes that she is the innocent victim and no one will stand by her except for her good-natured and best friend Willy. After a long and eventful journey to the hornets hive Maya and Willy soon discover the true culprit and the two friends finally bond with the other residents of the opulent meadow.
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The Seventeenth Kind
Title: The Seventeenth Kind
Character: Mrs. Mark
Released: July 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Black comedy scifi about a washed up TV presenter who doesn't let small things like alien invasions stop him from broadcasting.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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Honeysuckle
Title: Honeysuckle
Character: Patricia
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
A short film about unity. This is a story about boy who finds an unlikely connection with his eccentric neighbour Patricia.
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Title: Plebs
Character: Iona
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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Title: The Last Leg
Character: Herself
Released: January 25, 2013
Type: TV
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.
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The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
Title: The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
Character: Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
Released: December 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Marjorie the cow lives in a run-down stable in the middle of Bethlehem. Nothing exciting ever happens in Bethlehem until now… there’s a census or something and there’s going to be some sort of street party – that’s what Marje has heard, anyway!
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The Guilt Trip
Title: The Guilt Trip
Character: Anita
Released: December 19, 2012
Type: Movie
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
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The Wedding Video
Title: The Wedding Video
Character: Patricia
Released: August 17, 2012
Type: Movie
When the rogueish but loveable Raif is asked to be his brother Tim's best man at his wedding, he decides the best present for the happy newlyweds would be to catch the entire thing on video. He returns home from abroad to find his brother is no longer the bohemian vagabond that he used to be, and is in fact marrying into a very wealthy family, and the wedding they're about to be part of will be the most outlandish and bizarre that Cheshire has ever seen... Thank the lord Raif has caught it all on tape!
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A Closed Book
Title: A Closed Book
Character: Mrs. Kilbride
Released: July 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane has another agenda. Incrementally, Sir Paul's familiar surroundings are altered. His housekeeper is diverted away, strange things happen around the house and he becomes increasingly dependent on his new assistant.
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Sir Billi
Title: Sir Billi
Character: Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Released: April 13, 2012
Type: Movie
An aging, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive - Bessie Boo the beaver!
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Title: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Character: Aunt Prudence
Released: February 24, 2012
Type: TV
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life. Based on author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels.
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Title: Honest Trailers
Character: Pomona Sprout (archive footage)
Released: February 13, 2012
Type: TV
Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...
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Title: Call the Midwife
Character: Sister Mildred
Released: January 15, 2012
Type: TV
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
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Title: Call the Midwife
Character: Mother Mildred
Released: January 15, 2012
Type: TV
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
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When Harry Left Hogwarts
Title: When Harry Left Hogwarts
Character: Self
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes of the final days of the final two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 and 2. Hear the personal stories of the faces we know, and those we don't, as we come to the end of one of the most successful eras in cinema history. Special feature on select editions of Deathly Hallows 1 & 2.
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Title: Trollied
Released: August 4, 2011
Type: TV
Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character: Pomona Sprout
Released: July 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
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The Itch of the Golden Nit
Title: The Itch of the Golden Nit
Character: Mummy Socks (voice)
Released: June 28, 2011
Type: Movie
Eleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only with laser lip-gloss and a pair of blend-in pants he has to save his parents from Evil Stella and return the Golden Nit to its rightful place at the heart of the sun, thereby saving the universe.
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Title: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Character: Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
Released: July 10, 2010
Type: Movie
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
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Title: Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
Released: February 1, 2010
Type: TV
Tinga Tinga Tales is a 52 episodes children's series based on African folk tales and aimed at 4- to 6-year olds. It was commissioned by the BBC for its CBeebies channel, and by Disney Channel for its Disney Junior block. Named after the Tingatinga art from Tanzania, it was made in Kenya by a studio of about 50 people. The music is by Kenyan singer-songwriter Eric Wainaina. The series was first developed by Claudia Lloyd, head of animation at Tiger Aspect, while travelling through Africa. The first three episodes premiered on the BBC website in early February 2010. The distribution rights have been bought by Entertainment Rights.
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We Are Most Amused
Title: We Are Most Amused
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2008
Type: Movie
We Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour of the 60th birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales, in aid of The Prince's Trust. Prince Charles attended the event with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and younger son Prince Harry. The show had a similar format to the Royal Variety Show and showcased a variety of comedy acts. The performance was televised by ITV to the public on 15 November 2008. Robin Williams made his first UK stage appearance in more than 25 years. Tickets were sold to the general public and the event sold out in one hour.
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Title: Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Character: Self
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: Movie
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Title: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Character: Mrs. Kowalski
Released: October 2, 2008
Type: Movie
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.
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Title: Merlin
Character: Grunhilda
Released: September 20, 2008
Type: TV
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
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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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The Dukes
Title: The Dukes
Character: Aunt Vee
Released: April 23, 2007
Type: Movie
The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. Their manager is desperately trying to get them work but is met with failure at every turn. Finally pushed to the extreme , they pull a heist only a fool would attempt, which leaves them even more desperate. When all seems lost, they find themselves.
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Title: Kingdom
Character: Henny Leach
Released: April 22, 2007
Type: TV
Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal assistance. The series also starred Hermione Norris, Celia Imrie, Karl Davies, Phyllida Law and Tony Slattery. The first series of six one-hour episodes was aired in 2007 and averaged six million viewers per week. Despite a mid-series ratings dip, the executive chairman of ITV praised the programme and ordered a second series, which was filmed in 2007 and broadcast in January and February 2008. Filming on the third series ran from July to September 2008 for broadcast from 7 June 2009. Stephen Fry announced on his blog in October 2009 that ITV was cancelling the series, which was later confirmed by the channel, which said that given tighter budgets, more expensive productions were being cut.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Title: The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
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What the Pythons Did Next...
Title: What the Pythons Did Next...
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
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Title: Jam & Jerusalem
Character: Joyce Midge
Released: November 24, 2006
Type: TV
Jam & Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally Phillips. Earlier episodes also starred Joanna Lumley and Doreen Mantle. On BBC America the first series was aired as Clatterford. The show centres on a Women's Guild in a fictional small West Country town called Clatterford St. Mary. It first aired on 24 November 2006. The second series began airing on 1 January 2008 with a 40-minute special and finished on 1 February 2008. The third series was filmed from April 2009. It consists of three one-hour specials, and began its broadcast on BBC One on 9 August 2009. In November 2009, on her blog, Pauline McLynn announced that Jam & Jerusalem would not be returning for a fourth series. She later stated that it was the decision of the BBC and not Jennifer Saunders.
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Happy Feet
Title: Happy Feet
Character: Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Released: November 16, 2006
Type: Movie
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
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Flushed Away
Title: Flushed Away
Character: Rita's Grandma (voice)
Released: October 22, 2006
Type: Movie
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.
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Wallis & Edward
Title: Wallis & Edward
Character: Aunt Bessie
Released: December 18, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and Edward is the first time that the events have been considered from Wallis's point of view. The drama follows the beginning of their affair whilst Edward was Prince of Wales and Wallis was still married to Ernest Simpson.
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Title: Dickens in America
Character: Host
Released: April 5, 2005
Type: TV
Join actress and Dickens enthusiast Miriam Margolyes on a 10-part journey that follows the route of Charles Dickens tour of the United States and Canada in 1842. It was this trip upon which he based his travel book, American Notes - a comic, critical record of the country's morals, flaws and fashions.
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Title: American Dad!
Character: Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: TV
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."
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Title: Agatha Christie's Marple
Character: Mrs. Price-Ridley
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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Ladies in Lavender
Title: Ladies in Lavender
Character: Dorcas
Released: November 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Title: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Character: Peg Sellers
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
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Being Julia
Title: Being Julia
Character: Dolly de Vries
Released: September 3, 2004
Type: Movie
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.
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Modigliani
Title: Modigliani
Character: Gertrude Stein
Released: May 18, 2004
Type: Movie
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.
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Chasing Liberty
Title: Chasing Liberty
Character: Maria
Released: January 9, 2004
Type: Movie
The President's daughter, unable to experience life like a normal 18 year-old, escapes from her entourage of Secret Service agents while traveling in Europe. She falls in love with a handsome British stranger, who also happens to be working undercover for her father.
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Undertaking Betty
Title: Undertaking Betty
Character: Thelma & Selma
Released: December 4, 2002
Type: Movie
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Character: Pomona Sprout
Released: November 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.
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Title: Dickens
Released: May 11, 2002
Type: TV
Dickens was a 2002 BBC docudrama on the life of the author Charles Dickens. It was presented by Peter Ackroyd, on whose biography of Dickens it was based, and Dickens was played by Anton Lesser. It was broadcast in three hour-long episodes.
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Alone
Title: Alone
Character: Caseworker
Released: April 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Experience the fear as you're sucked into the disturbed mind of Alex. Tormented by harrowing voices of the past Alex searches for the one girl who can silence the horror of a tortured soul. As the quest becomes darker and more sinister Alex's fear filled stalking leaves behind a trail of dead bodies. Inspector Hannah is the detective who makes a desperate attempt to piece together the mystery as he is drawn into this terrifying journey.
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In Search of Peace
Title: In Search of Peace
Character: Ester Cailingold (voice)
Released: September 21, 2001
Type: Movie
In Search of Peace: 1948-1967 chronicles Israel's first two decades, offering new insights on the origins of the Middle East conflict. Combining a rich tapestry of rare archival film and photos, the film offers a unique global perspective on one of the seminal events in the 3,500-year history of the Jewish people. Featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Anne Bancroft, Richard Dreyfuss, Miriam Margolyes and Michael York. "An unabashedly emotional and stirring inspirational history of Israel..."
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Cats & Dogs
Title: Cats & Dogs
Character: Sophie the Castle Maid
Released: July 4, 2001
Type: Movie
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. Tinkles, squares off against wide-eyed puppy Lou and his canine cohorts.
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Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Title: Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
After being abandoned by her husband after 28 years, an overbearing, self-centered psychologist embarks on a quest to revisit her past loves, accompanied by her 6-year-old grandson, who has Down syndrome, after he turns up unexpectedly in her van.
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House!
Title: House!
Character: Auntie Beth
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A small bingo hall is threatened by the opening of the country's largest bingo centre nearby.
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Magnolia
Title: Magnolia
Character: Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1999
Type: Movie
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
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End of Days
Title: End of Days
Character: Mabel
Released: November 24, 1999
Type: Movie
On 28 December 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, Satan decides to crash the party by coming to the city and searching for his chosen bride — a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. The world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist named Jericho Cane.
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Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Title: Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Character: Signora Caldoni
Released: October 29, 1999
Type: Movie
Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone else's fantasy, Harry (Lee Ross). When Harry learns that Eva is planning to leave the village in order to live with and look after the injured Lees, he devises a gruesome scheme in order to force her to stay and look after him.
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Sunshine
Title: Sunshine
Character: Rose Sonnenschein
Released: September 13, 1999
Type: Movie
The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.
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The First Snow of Winter
Title: The First Snow of Winter
Character: Sean McDuck (voice)
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Sean is a little duck with a big problem. Due to a mishap with a jet aircraft Sean misses the annual migration South and has to face the winter alone. However, he is befriended by a water vole, and with Vole's help, Sean learns the lessons of survival, and most importantly, the value of friendship.
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Babe: Pig in the City
Title: Babe: Pig in the City
Character: Fly (voice)
Released: November 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
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Title: Vanity Fair
Character: Miss Crawley
Released: November 1, 1998
Type: TV
Becky Sharp is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost.
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Title: Supply and Demand
Character: Edna
Released: September 1, 1998
Type: TV
A by-the-rule police officer must team up with a streetwise cop and go undercover in an operation to bust a major drug ring in Manchester. This becomes the start of a continuing partnership.
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Mulan
Title: Mulan
Character: The Matchmaker (voice)
Released: June 18, 1998
Type: Movie
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
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The IMAX Nutcracker
Title: The IMAX Nutcracker
Character: Sugar Plum
Released: November 27, 1997
Type: Movie
This 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy rather than a ballet. Little Clara receives a Christmas gift of a nutcracker doll and that night witnesses toys expanding in size and coming to life. The Nutcracker Prince takes Clara to his enchanted sugar castle where she meets pastry chef Sugar Plum who uses spun sugar to concoct the dancing Sugar Fairy.
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Title: The Phoenix and the Carpet
Character: Cook
Released: November 16, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Dharma & Greg
Character: Chloe
Released: September 24, 1997
Type: TV
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who got married on their first date despite being complete opposites. The series is co-produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, More-Medavoy Productions and 4 to 6 Foot Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The show's theme song was written and performed by composer Dennis C. Brown. Created by executive producers Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre, the comedy took much of its inspiration from so-called culture-clash "fish out of water" situations. The show earned eight Golden Globe nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, and six Satellite Awards nominations. Elfman earned a Golden Globe in 1999 for Best Actress.
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The Long Way Home
Title: The Long Way Home
Character: (voice)
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
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Romeo + Juliet
Title: Romeo + Juliet
Character: Nurse
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
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Different for Girls
Title: Different for Girls
Character: Pamela
Released: October 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.
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James and the Giant Peach
Title: James and the Giant Peach
Character: Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (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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Balto
Title: Balto
Character: Grandma Rosy
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
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Babe
Title: Babe
Character: Fly (voice)
Released: July 18, 1995
Type: Movie
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hogget knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.
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Cold Comfort Farm
Title: Cold Comfort Farm
Character: Mrs. Beetle
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.
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Immortal Beloved
Title: Immortal Beloved
Character: Nanette Streicherová
Released: December 16, 1994
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.
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Title: Moonacre
Character: Old Elspeth
Released: April 6, 1994
Type: TV
Six-part drama filmed in Slovenia based on Elizabeth Goudge's A Little White Horse.
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Liberation
Title: Liberation
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Liberation tells the dramatic story of the battle waged on two fronts during World War II - the Allied campaign to liberate Europe and Hitler's genocidal campaign against the Jews. The World War II documentary uses film footage, radio broadcasts, and period music gathered from archives around the world. Interwoven throughout the film are the compelling stories of the Jews of Europe - unforgettable stories of tragedy, courage, resistance, and survival. Liberation begins in 1942, when Adolf Hitler was still at the height of his power and the Allies began envisioning a cross-channel invasion of Europe.
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The Thief and the Cobbler
Title: The Thief and the Cobbler
Character: Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Released: September 23, 1993
Type: Movie
It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the vast deserts, that the world which we see is an outward and visible dream, of an inward and invisible reality ... Once upon a time there was a golden city. In the center of the golden city, atop the tallest minaret, were three golden balls. The ancients had prophesied that if the three golden balls were ever taken away, harmony would yield to discord, and the city would fall to destruction and death. But... the mystics had also foretold that the city might be saved by the simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things. In the city there dwelt a lowly shoemaker, who was known as Tack the Cobbler. Also in the city... existed a Thief, who shall be... nameless.
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The Age of Innocence
Title: The Age of Innocence
Character: Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: Movie
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
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Ed and His Dead Mother
Title: Ed and His Dead Mother
Character: Mabel Chilton
Released: June 4, 1993
Type: Movie
A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.
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Demonella
Title: Demonella
Character: Mother
Released: May 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams, a piece called 'Demonella' he is anxious to fulfill his part of the deal, to give the Devil his mother's secret recipe for chicken soup to serve her celebrity guests in Hell.
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Title: Magic Grandad
Character: Grandma
Released: January 12, 1993
Type: TV
Magic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on BBC Two under the title 'Switch On, Switch Off' during Schools section of 1993. The show saw 'Magic' Grandad take his young grandchildren back in time, many of the adventures are about comparing the past and the present and seeing how evidence of what happened in the olden days still survives. The show was said to make learning about history "fun for youngsters" and was aimed at children aged 5-7 years. The series was introduced to support the History National Curriculum at Key Stage 1. New seasons have been made periodically to support new areas of the infant history curriculum such as seaside holidays and toys. The early season have a companion booklet of teacher's notes with descriptions of the episodes, various suggestions for follow-up work and photocopiable worksheets.
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Stalin
Title: Stalin
Character: Krupskaya
Released: November 21, 1992
Type: Movie
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
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As You Like It
Title: As You Like It
Character: Audrey
Released: October 9, 1992
Type: Movie
Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.
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Title: Terry Wogan's Friday Night
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: Frannie's Turn
Character: Frannie Escobar
Released: September 13, 1992
Type: TV
Frannie Escobar, a middle-aged working class woman of Cuban-American extraction who decides she's sick and tired of being a second-class citizen at home and at work.
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The Butcher's Wife
Title: The Butcher's Wife
Character: Gina
Released: October 25, 1991
Type: Movie
A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop in New York city, where her powers tend to influence everyone she meets while working in the shop. Through her advice, she helps others and eventually finds the true man of her dreams.
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Dead Again
Title: Dead Again
Character: Hypnotism Patient
Released: August 23, 1991
Type: Movie
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
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Title: Rugrats
Character: Shirley Finster (voice)
Released: August 11, 1991
Type: TV
Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.
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Echoes That Remain
Title: Echoes That Remain
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Echoes That Remain combines hundreds of rare archival photos and previously unseen film footage with live action sequences shot on location at the sites of former Jewish communities in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. The film's production team spent over a year of research in archives around the world collecting film footage and photographs to help dramatize the folk stories, parables, and anecdotes. Playing an important role in the film are a series of evocative images from the famed photo biographer of Eastern European shtetl life, the late Roman Vishniac.
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Pacific Heights
Title: Pacific Heights
Character: Realtor
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: Movie
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Title: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Character: Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: Movie
Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several 'impossible" tasks for 'The Fool of the World' and his remarkable friends.
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Orpheus Descending
Title: Orpheus Descending
Character: Vee Talbot
Released: June 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
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I Love You to Death
Title: I Love You to Death
Character: Joey's Mother
Released: April 6, 1990
Type: Movie
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.
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Old Flames
Title: Old Flames
Character: Nellie
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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Title: Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Character: Elsa Maxwell
Released: April 30, 1989
Type: TV
The true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight explores the effects that money can have on one's life, loves, and careers.
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Unexplained Laughter
Title: Unexplained Laughter
Character: Laughter (voice)
Released: April 25, 1989
Type: Movie
Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds its own humour and passion.
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Title: Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Character: Queen Victoria
Released: December 23, 1988
Type: Movie
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
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Little Dorrit
Title: Little Dorrit
Character: Flora Finching
Released: December 11, 1987
Type: Movie
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
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Title: A Little Princess
Character: Miss Amelia
Released: January 18, 1987
Type: TV
Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the scullery maid, Becky, her friends Ermengarde and Lottie, a little monkey, a lascar, and the mysterious man next door. Based upon the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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Body Contact
Title: Body Contact
Character: Tony's Mother
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Rock musical set in the future, around Tottenham and Hackney. Taxi driver, Smiley, helps beautiful Dominique Renoir, who is on the run from her violent Mafia boyfriend.
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Little Shop of Horrors
Title: Little Shop of Horrors
Character: Dental Nurse
Released: December 19, 1986
Type: Movie
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
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Scotch & Wry
Title: Scotch & Wry
Released: November 3, 1986
Type: Movie
Video Compilation of the Scottish TV Comedy Sketch Show. Stand out characters include Supercop, an idiot motorcycle policeman whose catchphrase was 'Alright Stirling, oot the car' and whose goggles would spring off his helmet; Dirty Dickie Dandruff; Gallowgate Gourmet, the unbelievably unhygienic TV chef; and McGlinchey, a colourful wide-boy.
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Title: Muzzy in Gondoland
Character: The Queen
Released: September 21, 1986
Type: TV
Muzzy in Gondoland is an animated children's learning language course created originally as a way to teach English as a second language. After later being acquired by DMP Organization, it was translated and released into many different languages to learn how to speak. Originally released in 1986, the series has also had a complete reanimation using 3D CGI in favor of traditional animation in 2013.
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Title: Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
Released: September 21, 1986
Type: TV
A three part series about women working in the British film industry during the 1950s.
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The Good Father
Title: The Good Father
Character: Jane Powell
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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Title: Oliver Twist
Released: October 13, 1985
Type: TV
Oliver Twist is a 1985 BBC TV serial. It was directed by Gareth Davies, and adapted by Alexander Baron from the novel by Charles Dickens. It follows the book more closely than any of the other film adaptions.
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Morons from Outer Space
Title: Morons from Outer Space
Character: Doctor Wallace
Released: March 29, 1985
Type: Movie
The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...
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Title: Freud
Character: Baroness von Lieben
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: TV
The life and times of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.
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Electric Dreams
Title: Electric Dreams
Character: Ticket Girl
Released: July 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.
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Yentl
Title: Yentl
Character: Sarah
Released: November 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Lady Whiteadder
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
Title: Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
An unconventional portrait of painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. Simple in style but complex in its analysis, it explores the divergent themes and styles of two contemporary and radical women artists working in the upheaval of the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Mother
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Scrubbers
Title: Scrubbers
Character: Jones
Released: September 24, 1982
Type: Movie
Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Reds
Title: Reds
Character: Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1981
Type: Movie
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
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Title: A Kick Up the Eighties
Released: September 21, 1981
Type: TV
Comedy sketch show taking an irreverent look at life in the eighties, starring Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Richard Stilgoe, plus Rik Mayall as Kevin Turvey.
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Title: Take a Letter, Mr. Jones
Released: September 5, 1981
Type: TV
Take a Letter, Mr. Jones was a short-lived British sitcom from Southern Television starring John Inman and Rula Lenska which aired in 1981.
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Title: The History Man
Character: Melissa Tordoroff
Released: January 4, 1981
Type: TV
Ardently left-wing, or so it seems, Howard Kirk (Antony Sher) subtly extends his power over students and colleagues alike at a redbrick university.
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The Apple
Title: The Apple
Character: Landlady
Released: November 21, 1980
Type: Movie
In the glitzy, glittering futuristic world of 1994, music is king -- and the man who controls it is all-powerful malicious mogul Mr. Boogalow. Now he has his eye on two fresh-faced young singers, Alphie and Bibi, who score a hit at his WorldVision Song Festival and fall under the irresistible spell of fame, money, and temptation.
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The Awakening
Title: The Awakening
Character: Dr. Kadira
Released: July 9, 1980
Type: Movie
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Mary Burge
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Monkey
Character: Narator
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: TV
Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures will bring peace to the people of the world.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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The Thin End of the Wedge
Title: The Thin End of the Wedge
Character: Veronica
Released: December 20, 1977
Type: Movie
A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for friends he can tap and discovers that the crises in their lives are even greater than his own.
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Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Title: Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Character: Elephant Ethel
Released: April 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Some British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists.
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Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Title: Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Character: Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British holiday camp. The staff are lazy and inefficient, preferring to laze by the pool rather than organise activities for the holiday campers. A new owner, Mr. Whitemonk, an ex-prison officer, takes over the camp and is determined to install discipline into the staff. He is on the verge of dismissing Timmy and Sidney; however, Sidney's suggestion of organising a beauty contest changes his mind.
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The Lifeswappers
Title: The Lifeswappers
Character: Miriam/Miss Babberton
Released: April 12, 1976
Type: Movie
Who would you be if you could choose? Princess Anne? Linda Lovelace? The Prime Minister? Since things are already so bad for Trevor – rotten job, bitchy wife – he decides to answer a "life-swapping" ad in the local paper. But once the swapping starts, who knows where it could end?
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Title: Kizzy
Released: January 21, 1976
Type: TV
Kizzy is the name given to the 1976 BBC adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel The Diddakoi. It starred Vanessa Furst as Kizzy. It is the story of an orphan traveller or Romani girl called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community. This is a moving tale of human fallibility and sorrow, but also of strength, courage and redemption. It was dramatised as a television serial, Kizzy, which was produced by Dorothea Brooking for the BBC, with Vanessa Furst as Kizzy. The novel has been republished under the title Gypsy Girl, and has been adapted as a BBC radio drama of the same name. This adaptation features Nisa Cole.[2]
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The Battle of Billy's Pond
Title: The Battle of Billy's Pond
Character: Tour Guide
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A huge chemical company pays illegal dumpers for disposal of chemical waste dangerous to the environment.
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Naughty Girls
Title: Naughty Girls
Character: Voice
Released: December 12, 1975
Type: Movie
A travelogue depicting the adventures of English girls when they visit the Far East.
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Title: Angels
Released: September 1, 1975
Type: TV
Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus daytime soap, Doctors. The medical soap focuses on different departments within Heath Green Hospital and was a highly successful continuing drama.
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Title: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Released: June 11, 1975
Type: Movie
A two-part program that examines the life of Samuel Coleridge from his orphaned childhood to how his friendship with William and Dorothy Wordsworth inspired him to write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Part 2 consists of a visualization of Coleridge’s epic poem.
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Title: The Girls of Slender Means
Character: Jane Wright
Released: May 3, 1975
Type: TV
When their friend Nicholas is killed in 1960, several women think back to the time when they knew him, in 1945 "when all the best people were poor".
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Title: Ken Dodd's World of Laughter
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Fall of Eagles
Character: Anna Vyrubova
Released: March 15, 1974
Type: TV
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).
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On the Game
Title: On the Game
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Comic look at the history of prostitution.
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A Nice Girl Like Me
Title: A Nice Girl Like Me
Character: Pensione
Released: November 23, 1969
Type: Movie
Candy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she leaves her sheltered boarding school background for Paris. The result is the birth of Valentine nine months later.
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The Ha-Ha
Title: The Ha-Ha
Character: Kathie
Released: August 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution.
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Title: At the Eleventh Hour
Released: December 30, 1967
Type: TV