Amanda Redman

Amanda Redman

Born: August 12, 1957
in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Amanda Jacqueline Redman, MBE (born 12 August 1957) is an English actress, known for her role as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in the BBC One series New Tricks (2003–2013) and as Dr. Lydia Fonseca in The Good Karma Hospital (2017–2020). She gained BAFTA TV Award nominations for At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003) and Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (2014). Her film roles include For Queen and Country (1988), Sexy Beast (2000) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001).

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Scoop
Title: Scoop
Character: Netta McAlister
Released: March 27, 2024
Type: Movie
Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.
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Title: The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess
Character: Narrator
Released: November 9, 2020
Type: TV
Examining how and why the interview, which stunned the nation and threw the monarchy into a constitutional crisis, took place at all, as those who were there describe what happened in the room when the interview was recorded. It's been alleged that the reporter who delivered the scoop of the century, Martin Bashir, won the trust of the Princess through his use of fake documents, something the BBC has denied.
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Title: Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 24, 2019
Type: TV
Two-part landmark observational documentary with privileged access to Prince Charles and his private domain, the Duchy of Cornwall.
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Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy
Title: Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 24, 2017
Type: Movie
A fresh and revealing insight into Princess Diana through the personal and intimate reflections of her two sons and her friends and family.
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Title: The Good Karma Hospital
Character: Dr. Lydia Fonseca
Released: February 5, 2017
Type: TV
The story of British-Asian junior doctor Ruby Walker who arrives at the run-down Good Karma Hospital to join a dedicated team of over-worked medics. Run by a gloriously eccentric Englishwoman, Lydia Fonseca, this under-funded but creatively resourceful cottage hospital is the beating heart of the local community. It’s much more than just a medical outpost - it’s a home.
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Mike Bassett: Interim Manager
Title: Mike Bassett: Interim Manager
Character: Karine Bassett
Released: June 7, 2016
Type: Movie
Mike Bassett comes out of retirement to help England's new German manager, but soon finds himself in the hotseat again.
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Title: The Trials of Jimmy Rose
Character: Jackie Rose
Released: August 30, 2015
Type: TV
Jimmy has just been released from prison after 12 years and is struggling to come to terms with his new life. His family and friends are finding it difficult to accept him back in to their lives and he must find a way to make things right.
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Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Title: Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Character: Gwen 'Dove' Cooper
Released: April 21, 2014
Type: Movie
The life and times of Tommy Cooper
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Title: The Michael Ball Show
Character: Self
Released: August 16, 2010
Type: TV
The Michael Ball Show was a British topical entertainment show broadcast on ITV in 2010. It featured entertainment, discussion and showbiz glamour with the occasional musical performance from Michael himself, often on the Friday edition of the show. It occupied the slot filled by The Alan Titchmarsh Show during its summer break in 2010.
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Title: Little Dorrit
Character: Mrs. Merdle
Released: October 26, 2008
Type: TV
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
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Title: Honest
Character: Lindsay Carter
Released: January 9, 2008
Type: TV
Lindsay Carter is a woman whose husband has spent four years in prison for robbery, and has to keep her family in order. Her wayward children include a daughter obsessed with becoming the new Naomi Campbell and another who is blackmailing her deputy headmistress so she can bunk off school.
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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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The Children's Party at the Palace
Title: The Children's Party at the Palace
Character: Cruella de Vil (The 101 Dalmatians)
Released: June 25, 2006
Type: Movie
To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters from British children's literature. But when the baddies, led by Cruella de Vil, discover that they have not been invited, they steal the Queen's handbag containing her spectacles and the text of her speech; without it, the Queen will not be able to make a speech at the party. Can the goodies find the handbag in time?
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Title: Vincent
Character: Jackie Nelson
Released: October 10, 2005
Type: TV
Vincent is an ITV drama series. An initial series was made and aired in 2005 and starred Ray Winstone, in the title role, and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they need to keep tabs on. The four part series also starred Angel Coulby, Ian Puleston-Davies, Joe Absolom, Eva Pope and Philip Glenister. A second series was broadcast in the autumn of 2006.
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Title: Mike Bassett: Manager
Character: Karine Bassett
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: TV
The series picks up some time after Mike took England to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup. The side's attempt at qualifying for the 2004 European Championships ended in disaster, resulting in Mike being sacked. Since then, a spell at Newcastle ended in similar fashion after getting them relegated two seasons in a row, while his returns to former clubs Norwich and then Colchester fared little better. Mike decides to retire, but at the last minute is offered the manager's job at Wirral County F.C., for whom his father was a player. They seem doomed to be relegated to the Football Conference. Not helping his job is the fact that the chairman is senile, the chief executive is eagerly awaiting relegation so that he can sell their ground and Karine isn't pleased with the idea of retiring in Ellesmere Port rather than Spain.
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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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Title: New Tricks
Character: Det. Supt. Sandra Pullman
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: TV
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
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Title: Suspicion
Character: Carol Finnegan
Released: September 8, 2003
Type: TV
A happily married woman receives anonymous email claiming that her husband is having an affair with a secretary in his office. At first totally skeptical, she gradually is drawn to the malicious emails because they seem to have more than a grain of truth. Both she and her husband become entangled in a murder web, each doubting the others innocence. But, who is pulling the strings? Who is the real murderer? Was the husband really unfaithful? A cast of other characters adds depth and mystery. It has a charm of its own and keeps you guessing until the end.
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Title: Richard & Judy
Character: Self
Released: November 26, 2001
Type: TV
Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4, from 2001 to 2008, but later moved to digital channel, Watch, in October 2008. The programme featured a number of celebrities and a book club. Its final episode aired in July 2009 due to low ratings.
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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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Mike Bassett: England Manager
Title: Mike Bassett: England Manager
Character: Karine Bassett
Released: September 28, 2001
Type: Movie
After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup.
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Sexy Beast
Title: Sexy Beast
Character: Deedee
Released: January 12, 2001
Type: Movie
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
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The Sight
Title: The Sight
Character: Detective Pryce
Released: October 29, 2000
Type: Movie
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying to contact him to solve murders of a serial killer. Michael, with the support of Jake, Detective Pryce and the ghosts, try to avoid the ninth crime and find the serial-killer.
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The Wedding Tackle
Title: The Wedding Tackle
Character: Petula
Released: August 11, 2000
Type: Movie
The sexual rivalries between a group of friends cause comic chaos during a stag night celebration.
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Title: At Home with the Braithwaites
Character: Alison Braithwaite
Released: January 20, 2000
Type: TV
At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright. The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million pounds on the lottery. It was broadcast on ITV, for 26 episodes, from 20 January 2000 to 9 April 2003. At the beginning of the first series, each member of the Braithwaite family has an issue. Alison has to decide what to do with the winnings, and when to tell her family. David is having an affair with Elaine, his secretary at work. Virginia is on the verge of flunking out of university. Sarah has a crush on her drama teacher. Charlotte suspects that her mother may be the mystery lottery winner.
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Title: Hope and Glory
Character: Debbie Bryan
Released: June 22, 1999
Type: TV
Hope and Glory is a BBC television drama about a comprehensive school struggling with financial, staffing and disciplinary problems, and faced with closure. It starred Lenny Henry as maverick "Superhead" Ian George, enlisted to turn around the school's fortunes. It was created by Lucy Gannon, who had previously created Soldier Soldier, and was inspired by a real head teacher named William Atkinson.
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Title: The Blonde Bombshell
Character: Diana Dors (1965-1984)
Released: April 26, 1999
Type: TV
The biography of British 'Blonde Bombshell', Diana Dors.
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Title: Close Relations
Character: Prudence Hammond
Released: May 17, 1998
Type: TV
Drama series about the varied lives of a couple and their three grown-up daughters.
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King Lear
Title: King Lear
Character: Regan
Released: March 21, 1998
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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Title: Dangerfield
Character: Dr. Joanna Stevens
Released: January 27, 1995
Type: TV
Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role, but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers. The BBC decided to end the series in November 1999 when Nigel Havers announced his decision to quit. The BBC felt viewers would not find the series credible if the main character was changed for a second time. The show like a number of other BBC dramas of the 1980s and 1990s also featured a number of borderline fantasy episodes. These included "Tricks", "Angel" and "Haunted". The TV trailers for Dangerfield were heavily parodied by The Fast Show in which the character was called Monkfish and would appear as a tough uncompromising Doctor, Policeman, vet and even as an interior designer with titles mixed in with other BBC shows of the time.
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Title: Body & Soul
Character: Lynn
Released: April 8, 1993
Type: TV
A nun, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.
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From Doon with Death
Title: From Doon with Death
Character: Helen Missal
Released: November 10, 1991
Type: Movie
Margaret Parsons, a fairly ordinary housewife who, with her water board official husband Ron, has recently moved to Kingsmarkham, is found murdered in a field. Mrs. Parsons led an extremely uneventful life, being a lay preacher, but Inspector Wexford is intrigued when he is looking through her belongings and fine a number of expensive antique books all inscribed 'From Doon to Minna'.Who is Doon?
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Title: Performance
Character: Regan
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Title: Spender
Character: Roberta 'Bobby' Montgomery
Released: January 8, 1991
Type: TV
Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.
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The Lorelei
Title: The Lorelei
Character: Kate
Released: March 18, 1990
Type: Movie
A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens to wreck her growing romance with a colleague.
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Title: El C.I.D.
Character: Rosie Bromley
Released: February 7, 1990
Type: TV
Two British police officers uproot themselves and move to Spain. They watch ex-pat British mobsters.
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Title: Streets Apart
Character: Sylvia Grant
Released: October 24, 1988
Type: TV
Childhood sweethearts Bernie and Sylvia are reunited after twenty years and resume their relationship, although their lives have become very different.
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For Queen & Country
Title: For Queen & Country
Character: Stacey
Released: May 17, 1988
Type: Movie
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
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Title: The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Character: Susan Townsend
Released: August 2, 1987
Type: TV
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Olivia Purcell
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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The Importance of Being Earnest
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
Character: Gwendolen
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country and frolic in town. Algernon uses a similar technique, only in reverse: His imaginary friend, Bunbury, provides a convenient and frequent method of taking adventures in the country. However, their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits; Jack of his love Gwendolen Fairfax, and Algernon of his belle Cecily Cardew.
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Title: Theatre Night
Character: Julia Melville
Released: September 15, 1985
Type: TV
A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
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Title: Screen Two
Character: Kate
Released: January 6, 1985
Type: TV
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Title: Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Character: Marina
Released: December 8, 1984
Type: Movie
When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the story moves us through resurrection, attempted murder, pirates, prostitution, and divine revelation.
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
Title: Give My Regards to Broad Street
Character: Office Receptionist
Released: November 28, 1984
Type: Movie
When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath.
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Title: Oxbridge Blues
Character: Maxine
Released: November 14, 1984
Type: TV
An anthology series of seven linked plays about the lives of people connected with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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Title: Taggart
Character: Julie Carson
Released: September 6, 1983
Type: TV
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.
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Title: The Agatha Christie Hour
Character: Pauline, Grand Duchess of Ostravia
Released: September 7, 1982
Type: TV
This ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with wide-ranging themes. Some were romances, some had supernatural themes and a couple were adventures. The common link was that all came from the talented pen of Agatha Christie, all were entertaining and each drama was carefully crafted and well cast with many of Britain's best known actors of the time represented.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Pauline Taylor
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: TV
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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Richard's Things
Title: Richard's Things
Character: Josie Chambers
Released: December 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Anna Warrack
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: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Pat
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: BBC Television Shakespeare
Released: December 3, 1978
Type: TV
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
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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.