Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Born: September 8, 1971
in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series Sherlock (2010–2017), Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014).

He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003), the horror comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004), the sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), the action comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), the semi-improvised comedy Nativity! (2009), the sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013).

For the last few years he has been playing Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). He will reprise the role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023).

Movies for Martin Freeman...

Miller's Girl
Title: Miller's Girl
Character: Jonathan Miller
Released: January 18, 2024
Type: Movie
A precocious young writer becomes involved with her high school creative writing teacher in a dark coming-of-age drama that examines the blurred lines of emotional connectivity between professor and protégé.
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Queen of Bones
Title: Queen of Bones
Character: Malcolm
Released: September 10, 2023
Type: Movie
Twin siblings seek answers about their mother's death and her connection to the supernatural while living on a remote homestead with their father in 1931 Oregon.
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Title: Secret Invasion
Character: Everett K. Ross
Released: June 21, 2023
Type: TV
Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Title: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Character: Everett Ross
Released: November 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
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Title: Angelyne
Character: Harold Wallach
Released: May 19, 2022
Type: TV
A mysterious blonde bombshell takes over Los Angeles billboards in the mid-80s, ushering in the era of famous-for-being-famous influencer culture.
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Title: The Responder
Character: Chris Carson
Released: January 24, 2022
Type: TV
Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?
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Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
Title: Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, seldom-seen footage from the archives and a rare interview with Kirsty Wark, this is the story of a true visionary of British art.
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Jack
Title: Jack
Character: Jack (voice)
Released: January 29, 2021
Type: Movie
The true story of Jack, the “soldier dog”, who became a WWI hero. Lying wounded, he reflects on mankind, having witnessed the horrors of war versus his love for Arthur, his handler.
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Title: Marvel Studios Legends
Character: Everett K. Ross (archive footage)
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: TV
Revisit the epic heroes, villains and moments from across the MCU in preparation for the stories still to come. Each dynamic segment feeds directly into the upcoming series — setting the stage for future events. This series weaves together the many threads that constitute the unparalleled Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Bob Cratchit (voice)
Released: December 4, 2020
Type: Movie
The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance.
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Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council
Title: Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: Movie
The story of the band that Paul Weller formed after The Jam split up in 1982, with insight from key members, collaborators and fans.
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Title: Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Character: Graham
Released: June 23, 2020
Type: TV
Widely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return to BBC One. Filmed during lockdown under social distancing guidelines, a new generation of Britain's finest actors star in 10 of Bennett's classic scripts, alongside two brand new Talking Heads penned by the acclaimed writer last year.
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Title: Breeders
Character: Paul Worsley
Released: March 2, 2020
Type: TV
Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
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A Confession As Told By ITV News
Title: A Confession As Told By ITV News
Character: Martin Freeman - Self / Steve Fulcher
Released: October 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Reporter Robert Murphy looks at how the real story of the Halliwell murders unfolded on ITV News and inspired those behind the television drama titled "A Confession".
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Ode to Joy
Title: Ode to Joy
Character: Charlie
Released: September 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Charlie suffers from a serious disease that causes acute narcolepsy whenever he is happy. Although he develops a variety of techniques to deny himself pleasure and deal with his sleep issues, they’re put to the test when he falls in love.
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Title: A Confession
Character: Steve Fulcher
Released: September 2, 2019
Type: TV
The story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.
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The Operative
Title: The Operative
Character: Thomas
Released: July 24, 2019
Type: Movie
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
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Stevie Wonder: A Musical History
Title: Stevie Wonder: A Musical History
Character: self
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Well-known fans celebrate Stevie Wonder and his music by selecting some of his best-loved songs. Wonder is one of the dominant figures in American music, a multi-faceted genius whose music has permeated popular culture, and he is not short of celebrity fans. His musical achievements are lauded in this anthology of his greatest hits. Contributors include actor Martin Freeman, singers Alexander O'Neal, James Morrison, Beverley Knight and Corinne Bailey Rae, New Order's Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris, DJs Ana Matronic, Trevor Nelson and Norman Jay, Heaven's 17's Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware, journalist Sian Pattenden and presenter Emma Dabiri.
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To Provide All People
Title: To Provide All People
Character: Consultant Cardiologist
Released: June 28, 2018
Type: Movie
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birthing of Nye Bevan's vision of free healthcare for all people with personal stories of the NHS in British society today.
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Black Panther
Title: Black Panther
Character: Everett K. Ross
Released: February 13, 2018
Type: Movie
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
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Ghost Stories
Title: Ghost Stories
Character: Mike Priddle
Released: January 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.
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Cargo
Title: Cargo
Character: Andy
Released: October 6, 2017
Type: Movie
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
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The Dog with the Woman
Title: The Dog with the Woman
Character: Charlie
Released: October 6, 2017
Type: Movie
A family drama telling the story of Alice Wilson and her stepdaughter Katherine, through the cynical eyes of her pet dog Charlie.
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Title: DuckTales
Character: Poe De Spell (voice)
Released: August 12, 2017
Type: TV
The adventures of billionaire Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, their famous uncle Donald Duck, pilot extraordinaire Launchpad, Mrs. Beakly, Webby and Roboduck. Adventures and hidden treasures are everywhere, in their hometown Duckburg and all around the world.
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Title: Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Character: Jeff
Released: March 19, 2017
Type: Movie
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
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Title: StartUp
Character: Phil Rask
Released: September 6, 2016
Type: TV
A desperate banker needs to conceal stolen money. A Haitian-American gang lord wants to go legit. A Cuban-American hacker has an idea that will revolutionize the very future of money itself. Forced to work together, they unwittingly create their version of the American dream - organized crime 2.0.
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Captain America: Civil War
Title: Captain America: Civil War
Character: Everett K. Ross
Released: April 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Title: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Character: Iain MacKelpie
Released: March 4, 2016
Type: Movie
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.
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Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Title: Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Character: Himself
Released: January 12, 2016
Type: Movie
Derren Brown investigates the power of social compliance by persuading an unwitting member of the public into believing that they have pushed someone to their death.
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Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Title: Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Character: Himself
Released: January 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Mark Gatiss, who co-created "Sherlock" and plays Mycroft Holmes, discusses the show with Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and others in the cast.
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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Title: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Title: A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Character: Self - Voice of The Pirate with a Scarf
Released: December 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
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Stick Man
Title: Stick Man
Character: Stick Man (voice)
Released: December 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons. Will he get back to his family in time for Christmas?
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The Jam: About The Young Idea
Title: The Jam: About The Young Idea
Released: August 29, 2015
Type: Movie
Sky Arts presents the definitive story of The Jam, one of the most successful British bands in rock history, who were at the forefront of the late 1970s punk-mod scene. Featuring exclusive interviews with Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler, and richly illustrated with archive performances, this documentary, directed by Bob Smeaton, traces the band's formation and success between 1975 and 1982, and is set against the backdrop of the ever changing politics, fashion and attitudes that shaped the period of late 70s and early 80s.
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The Eichmann Show
Title: The Eichmann Show
Character: Milton Fruchtman
Released: January 20, 2015
Type: Movie
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, who is accused of executing the 'final solution' and organising the murder of 6 million Jews. This is the extraordinary story of how the trial came to be televised and the team that made it happen.
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Title: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Character: Bilbo Baggins
Released: December 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
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Title: Fargo
Character: Narrator
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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Title: Fargo
Character: Lester Nygaard
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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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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Title: Brian Pern: A Life in Rock
Character: Young Brian Pern
Released: February 10, 2014
Type: TV
Brian Pern is an ageing rock star and former front-man of ground breaking progressive rock group Thotch. Like many artists of his age, rather than make new music, he spends more time trying to save the planet (including his campaign to teach gorillas how to Skype). Now, the BBC have asked him to front a major new documentary where he presents his guide to The Life Of Rock from prehistoric man to the present day.
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Unlocking Sherlock
Title: Unlocking Sherlock
Character: Himself / Dr. Watson
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that have served as inspirations for the new series - the original stories, their factual origins, hundreds of film adaptations - to arrive at their thoroughly modern Sherlock. Moffat and Gatiss explain the challenges they encountered adapting the original adventures of the iconic super-sleuth. Go behind the scenes on the set of the hit television series, including interviews with actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Lara Pulver, who talk about the reinvention of their fictional characters.
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Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Title: Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: December 24, 2013
Type: Movie
John and Lestrade try to move on with their lives after Sherlock's apparent death. However, Anderson believes he is still alive.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Title: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Character: Bilbo Baggins
Released: December 11, 2013
Type: Movie
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
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Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End
Title: Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 2013
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of The World's End. It is very thorough, hitting on virtually every aspect of the film's production.
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Saving Santa
Title: Saving Santa
Character: Bernard D. Elf (voice)
Released: November 5, 2013
Type: Movie
A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.
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Title: Toast of London
Character: Martin Freeman
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: TV
Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it.
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The World's End
Title: The World's End
Character: Oliver Chamberlain
Released: July 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
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Svengali
Title: Svengali
Character: Don
Released: June 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…
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The Voorman Problem
Title: The Voorman Problem
Character: Doctor Williams
Released: April 25, 2013
Type: Movie
Doctor Williams is called in to examine the enigmatic Mr Voorman, a prisoner with a peculiar affliction: he believes he is a god. The Doctor must decide on the sanity of Mr Voorman - is he a faker or a lunatic? Diagnose him insane and they can ship him off to the asylum. But before making a decision, the Doctor has several questions in relation to Voorman's claims: why would a god choose to be straitjacketed in a prison, is there a way he can validate his boast and what has any of this got to do with Belgium?
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Character: Bilbo Baggins
Released: December 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
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Animals
Title: Animals
Character: Albert
Released: October 26, 2012
Type: Movie
Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. An inexplicable death and a series of strange events will transform the meek student's routine into a fantastic adventure which will take over their lives. Animals is a story of teenage love, of sacrifice, of the tragedy of two clashing worlds. A Tale in which the power of imagination blurs its borders with reality and where death turns out to be an ending as tempting as inevitable.
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So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Title: So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Character: The Pirate With A Scarf
Released: July 9, 2012
Type: Movie
With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where you buried your treasure, the secrets of navigating winds, get an inside look at pirate recruiting and even a Pirate’s recipe for a giant squid with lemon. Featuring special guests like Charles Darwin and the Pirate King you will set sail for giggles and fun with musical surprises along the way!
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Sherlock: Uncovered
Title: Sherlock: Uncovered
Character: Dr. Watson, Self
Released: May 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Short Documentsry
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Title: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Character: Pirate with a Scarf (voice)
Released: March 12, 2012
Type: Movie
The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist, but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
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Title: Honest Trailers
Character: Everett K. Ross (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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What's Your Number?
Title: What's Your Number?
Character: Simon Forester
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.
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Swinging with the Finkels
Title: Swinging with the Finkels
Character: Alvin Finkel
Released: June 1, 2011
Type: Movie
A suburban couple decide to spice up their lives by swinging with another couple.
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Unlocking Sherlock
Title: Unlocking Sherlock
Character: Himself
Released: August 30, 2010
Type: Movie
The making of the first "Sherlock" season.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: Self
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: John Watson
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: Self / Dr. John Watson
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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Wild Target
Title: Wild Target
Character: Dixon
Released: June 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims. After sparing her life, he unexpectedly acquires a young apprentice. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client.
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The Girl Is Mime
Title: The Girl Is Mime
Character: Clive Buckle
Released: December 31, 2009
Type: Movie
DID THE MIME COMMIT THE CRIME? CLIVE BUCKLE IS BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. THE POLICE ARE CONVINCED HE DID IT—IF THEY COULD JUST FIND THE WEAPON.
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Nativity!
Title: Nativity!
Character: Paul Maddens
Released: November 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
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HIV - The Musical
Title: HIV - The Musical
Character: James McKenzie
Released: October 22, 2009
Type: Movie
James wrote a play. Myles made it gay.
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Micro Men
Title: Micro Men
Character: Chris Curry
Released: October 8, 2009
Type: Movie
In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.
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Title: Live from Studio Five
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: TV
Live from Studio Five was an early-evening British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. It was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness news and celebrity gossip, after originally covering stories from a popular news agenda. It aired its final edition on 4 February 2011 and was replaced by OK! TV in February 2011 which lasted just nine months on air before itself being axed.
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Title: You Have Been Watching
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 2009
Type: TV
Notoriously foul-mouthed television critic Charlie Brooker invites three of his friends round to sit in oversized chairs, watch television, and they all take the mick out of it. Each discussion ends with one or more questions to the panel, for which points are awarded. In the final quick-fire round, there are buzzers and a suitable (ie disconcertingly jaunty) game show noise. At the end, a winner is determined, and we reckon that's enough to make it a game show.
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Title: I'm Running Sainsbury's
Released: June 2, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: Boy Meets Girl
Character: Danny Reed
Released: May 1, 2009
Type: TV
Dreamer Danny Reed's life is turned upside down when he is struck by lightning and wakes to find himself trapped in a woman's body. Instead of being a scruffy DIY store worker with no prospects, he has now swapped lives with glamorous female fashion journalist Veronica Burton. Danny suddenly must learn how to walk in stilettos and put on a bra, deal with the amorous advances of Veronica's boyfriend Jay and pass himself off as a fashion expert while also finding out what has happened to his old self.
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Title: The Justin Lee Collins Show
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 2009
Type: TV
The Justin Lee Collins Show is a British television chat show presented by Justin Lee Collins that aired on ITV2 between 19 March 2009 and 21 May 2009. Collins has a small band on the show and a continuing theme is to mention Labi Siffre as part of a joke. The series ended after one series after Collins signed a two-year deal with Channel 5.
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Svengali
Title: Svengali
Character: Boss
Released: February 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Satirical sitcom on the music industry.
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Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler
Title: Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 2, 2009
Type: Movie
Providing unique insight into the private world of Clarence House, this documentary follows the rise and fall of William Tallon - a devoted servant, friend and butler to the Queen Mother.
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Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
Title: Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
Character: Rembrandt
Released: October 4, 2008
Type: Movie
J'accuse is an 'essay-istic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch. Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all its 34 painted characters who have conspired to kill for their combined self-advantage. Greenaway leads us through Rembrandt's paintings into 17th century Amsterdam. He paints a world that is democratic in principle, but is almost entirely ruled by twelve families. The notion exists of these regents as charitable and compassionate beings. However, reality was different.
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Title: When Were We Funniest?
Released: February 28, 2008
Type: TV
When Were We Funniest? is a Gold documentary series broadcast in 2008.
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Title: Lily Allen and Friends
Character: Self - Guest
Released: February 12, 2008
Type: TV
Aided by her online network of friends, Lily Allen hosts a programme of music and chat. Each week she is joined by two celebrities and someone made famous on the internet.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Title: The Old Curiosity Shop
Character: Mr. Codlin
Released: December 26, 2007
Type: Movie
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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Title: Comedy Showcase
Character: Greg Wilson
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: TV
Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier Comedy Playhouse. The format was replaced in 2012 by 4Funnies.
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Nightwatching
Title: Nightwatching
Character: Rembrandt van Rijn
Released: September 6, 2007
Type: Movie
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
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Dedication
Title: Dedication
Character: Jeremy
Released: August 24, 2007
Type: Movie
A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that sometimes you have to take a gamble at life to find love.
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Rubbish
Title: Rubbish
Character: Kevin
Released: June 24, 2007
Type: Movie
A man dumps the garbage of his neighbours. Little does he know that this is going to affect his relationship to a woman.
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Title: Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Character: Himself
Released: April 13, 2007
Type: TV
Derren Brown at his most devilish. He has persuaded members of the public to sign a Faustian pact with him and participate in a macabre game of Trick or Treat.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Hot Fuzz
Title: Hot Fuzz
Character: Met Sergeant
Released: February 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
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The Good Night
Title: The Good Night
Character: Gary Shaller
Released: January 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.
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The All Together
Title: The All Together
Character: Chris Ashworth
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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Breaking and Entering
Title: Breaking and Entering
Character: Sandy
Released: December 15, 2006
Type: Movie
Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Confetti
Title: Confetti
Character: Matt
Released: May 5, 2006
Type: Movie
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
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Return of the Goodies
Title: Return of the Goodies
Character: Himself
Released: December 30, 2005
Type: Movie
The Goodies finally return to television after nearly 25 years with a compilation of classic clips, interviews and new material.
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Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Title: Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2005
Type: Movie
An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
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Round About Five
Title: Round About Five
Character: The Man
Released: August 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Desperate to get across London to meet his girlfriend off the Eurostar, a man persuades a pretty bicycle courier to take him on the back of her bike, creating a dilemma he wasn't expecting.
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Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Title: Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary charting the rise of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from its original guise as a radio series through to becoming a Hollywood blockbuster.
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Title: The Robinsons
Character: Ed Robinson
Released: May 5, 2005
Type: TV
The show's central character is a divorced reinsurance actuary, Ed Robinson, who realises that reinsurance is not his passion and decides to rethink his life.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Character: Arthur Dent
Released: April 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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Blake's Junction 7
Title: Blake's Junction 7
Character: Vila
Released: January 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.
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Title: Who Do You Think You Are?
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2004
Type: TV
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
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Call Register
Title: Call Register
Character: Kevin
Released: July 13, 2004
Type: Movie
A guy borrows his best friend's mobile phone in order to call a girl he recently met, but the phone recognizes the number being dialed, leading to a number of awkward and funny complications.
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Pride
Title: Pride
Character: Fleck (voice)
Released: June 21, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.
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Shaun of the Dead
Title: Shaun of the Dead
Character: Declan
Released: April 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
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Title: Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Character: Lord Shaftesbury
Released: November 16, 2003
Type: TV
Charles II: The Power and the Passion is an award-winning British television mini-series, broadcast on BBC One in 2003, and produced by the BBC in association with the A&E Network in the United States depicting the reign of Charles II.
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Margery and Gladys
Title: Margery and Gladys
Character: D.S. Stringer
Released: September 21, 2003
Type: Movie
When wealthy, recently-widowed suburban housewife, Margery (PENELOPE KEITH), and her ‘rough diamond’ of a cleaner, Gladys (JUNE BROWN), disturb a house burglar, they knock him unconscious, panic and leave him for dead, fleeing in the cleaner’s wrecked old car. What follows is a comedy of misunderstandings in which these two very different, mature ladies are led on an unfortunate series of incidents which snowballs into a crime spree. They prove to be more than a match for the unlikely pair of policemen, DI Woolley (Roger Lloyd Pack) and DS Stringer (Martin Freeman), who are left to solve the ladies disappearance and puzzling string of crimes which follow. As the police net tightens around them, the two very different, mature ladies are propelled on a shared voyage of self-discovery as skeletons fall from the closets forcing both women to reflect on their past lives.
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Love Actually
Title: Love Actually
Character: John
Released: September 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.
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Title: The Debt
Character: Terry Ross
Released: August 31, 2003
Type: TV
Geoff Dresner is a retired safe-breaker who's turned his back on crime to make an honest living as a baker. But his past comes back to haunt him when he's forced to take on one more job in order to help his family.
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The Debt
Title: The Debt
Character: Terry Ross
Released: August 31, 2003
Type: Movie
An ex-robber reluctantly agrees to do one last job in order to protect his family.
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Title: Hardware
Character: Mike
Released: March 23, 2003
Type: TV
Hardware is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2003 to 2004. Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly. The show's opening theme was A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.
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How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
Title: How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
Character: Himself
Released: October 14, 2002
Type: Movie
An exclusive documentary containing interviews with the cast and creators of The Office, with behind the scenes footage, original pilot footage and outtakes. Released on the Series 1 DVD.
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Title: Helen West
Character: DC Stone
Released: May 6, 2002
Type: TV
Helen West is crusading senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service. Her life is complicated by her ongoing affair with a senior police officer.
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Ali G Indahouse
Title: Ali G Indahouse
Character: Richard "Ricky C" Cunningham
Released: March 21, 2002
Type: Movie
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.
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Title: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: TV
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
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Title: The Office
Character: Tim Canterbury
Released: July 9, 2001
Type: TV
Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg. Fancy a tea break with David Brent? Classic comedy from the archive.
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Men Only
Title: Men Only
Character: Dwight
Released: June 3, 2001
Type: Movie
Men Only is a provocative two-part drama about the dark side of modern masculinity. What do men want, what do women want from them, and can the two ever be reconciled? Our men are a five-a-side football team from South London. Only they're too old, too slow, too under the thumb at home to waste their precious Tuesday nights kicking a ball around and losing every time. So the football stops and the excitement starts. They begin in lap-dancing bars, but soon they want more. Porn. Violence. Sex. Class A's. What happens on Tuesday nights should never go home. But one night they finally go too far, and the two worlds look set to collide
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The Low Down
Title: The Low Down
Character: Solomon
Released: January 26, 2001
Type: Movie
Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his work. When he becomes involved with Ruby, her optimistic and fresh approach to life and its problems begins to have a dramatic effect on him.
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Title: Black Books
Character: Doctor
Released: September 29, 2000
Type: TV
Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.
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Title: Lock, Stock...
Character: Jaap
Released: May 29, 2000
Type: TV
Lock, Stock... was a 2000 television series off-shoot from the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The series was shown on Channel 4 and starred Ralph Brown, Daniel Caltagirone, Del Synnott, Scott Maslen and Shaun Parkes. Lock, Stock... was Ginger Productions' first commission. The show prominently featured the rhyming slang of London's East End, making it harder for some viewers to comprehend.
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Title: Bruiser
Released: February 28, 2000
Type: TV
Bruiser is a TV comedy sketch show produced for BBC Two.
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I Just Want to Kiss You
Title: I Just Want to Kiss You
Character: Frank
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
An homage to the French New Wave and a touching story of friendship and love.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Host
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
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Title: This Life
Character: Stuart
Released: March 18, 1996
Type: TV
Cult drama series about a group of aspiring young lawyers sharing a shabby house in London, charting their careers and personal lives.
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Title: Shooting Stars
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 1993
Type: TV
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
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Title: GMTV
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: TV
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Ricky Beck
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: The Bill
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Clybourne Park
Title: Clybourne Park
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows events in 1959 and then 50 years later in 2009. The subject of the play is Clybourne Park, a sleepy, “status quo” suburb of Chicago, which is sparked to life when a group of “well-meaning” neighbors convene a meeting to voice their concerns – dripping with politeness, apparent tolerance and searching innuendo. A blistering debate over property lines and community devolves into all-out war.
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Flavia de Luce
Title: Flavia de Luce
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce, who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her family’s decaying British manor house and her father is accused of the murder, Flavia launches her own investigation to uncover family secrets and bring the true murderer to justice.
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Midnight of My Life
Title: Midnight of My Life
Character: Steve Marriott
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Steve Marriott is one of the British music scene's greatest vocalists. Midnight Of My Life is a poignant study of talent, aging and what success means.