John Thomson

John Thomson

Born: April 2, 1969
in Salford, Lancashire, England
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer on 2 April 1969) is an English comedian and actor, known for his roles in The Fast Show and Cold Feet.

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Title: The Gentlemen
Character: Frank
Released: March 7, 2024
Type: TV
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.
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Title: Too Good to Be True
Character: Geoff
Released: February 14, 2024
Type: TV
Single mum Rachel is on the poverty line, leaving her working all hours of the day as a cleaner to provide for her son. Out of the blue, she is approached by a wealthy businessman offering her a new job with better pay and shorter hours. However, after accepting she gets drawn further into his life and begins to question his motives.
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Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Title: Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 2023
Type: Movie
The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her lifelong friends, including Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Craig Cash and producer Andy Harries.
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Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Title: Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Character: Plank
Released: December 23, 2022
Type: Movie
Fifty years after her legendary brush with the wolf, an adult Red Riding Hood and her granddaughter face a new lupine problem.
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Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More
Title: Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2022
Type: Movie
A celebration of the much-loved holiday camp sitcom, featuring classic scenes and interviews with members of cast and crew including Su Pollard, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Paul Shane and Jimmy Perry. The programme reveals that Butlin's, the real-life inspiration for the series, were not impressed with the show, and there are backstage secrets, such as the day several cast members nearly drowned in the swimming pool
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Title: Bridge of Lies
Character: Self - Participant
Released: March 14, 2022
Type: TV
Ross Kemp hosts a nail-biting quiz. Using knowledge, strategy and a little luck, contestants must cross the bridge, spotting the lies. One wrong step and they lose everything.
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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Title: Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Character: Self
Released: March 5, 2022
Type: Movie
This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars no longer with us, and celebrity fans, we learn the secrets of this comedy classic and get to see previously unseen interviews and rare behind-the-scenes archive footage.
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Title: Sister Boniface Mysteries
Character: Leonard Monk
Released: February 8, 2022
Type: TV
First there was Father Brown. Now, say hello to Sister Boniface. This clever, moped-riding nun is the police's secret weapon for solving murders in this divine Father Brown spin-off.
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Title: Dodger
Character: Farmer Grundles
Released: February 6, 2022
Type: TV
Dodger follows the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, The Artful Dodger, and Fagin's gang as they find ingenious ways to survive the grim and exploitative conditions of early Victorian London in the 1830s.
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Title: The Weakest Link
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2021
Type: TV
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
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Last Train to Christmas
Title: Last Train to Christmas
Character: Vic
Released: December 18, 2021
Type: Movie
When successful 80s nightclub manager Tony Towers boards a magical train at Christmas, he discovers that each carriage harbours a different stage of his life and the actions he takes in one carriage directly affect his life in the next. Can Tony change his life – and the lives of the people he loves – for the better, or will he just make things worse?
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Wetherspoons: How Do They Do It?!
Title: Wetherspoons: How Do They Do It?!
Character: Narrator
Released: July 5, 2021
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of one of the UK's most popular pub chains, shining a light on the secrets of the brand's success. The programme explores how Wetherspoons has gained ground on its rivals by being cheaper, quicker or more responsive to customer demands, and reveals some of the tactics used to keep their customers coming back, from cheap deals on food and drink to opening their doors morning, noon and night.
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Title: Paul Sinha's TV Showdown
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: January 9, 2021
Type: TV
Two teams of three familiar faces from the world of telly do battle in the ultimate TV trivia quiz.
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The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Title: The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Character: Himself, Various Characters
Released: August 29, 2020
Type: Movie
Bono estente! It's been over 25 years since quickfire sketch show classic The Fast Show first hit our screens, and what better way to celebrate its enduring success than with a two-hour extravaganza of archive clips, cast interviews and rarely seen footage?
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Title: Dog Loves Books
Character: Dog (voice)
Released: March 2, 2020
Type: TV
The story of bookshop owner, Dog and his best friend, Pug. Whenever they have a problem or a question, they look for the answer in one of their beloved books.
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Title: McDonald & Dodds
Character: Jimmy Daly
Released: March 1, 2020
Type: TV
Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
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Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets Unwrapped
Title: Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets Unwrapped
Character: Narrator
Released: September 15, 2019
Type: Movie
This one-off documentary goes deep inside the Willie Wonka world of Cadbury, Britain's biggest and best-loved chocolate maker. Behind closed doors at the famous Bournville plant, a team of dedicated scientists struggle to meet the biggest challenge the company's faced for a century - to dramatically cut sugar from their Dairy Milk recipe. Meanwhile, the firm's Easter Creme Egg campaign finds Cadbury agents 'reverse shoplifting' as they hide prize-winning white eggs around the country. Elsewhere in the factory new flavours of chocolate are put into production, with wacky recipes invented by lucky members of the public.
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Title: Brassic
Character: Colin Popov
Released: August 22, 2019
Type: TV
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, on the brink of adulthood, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
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7 Up & Me
Title: 7 Up & Me
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2019
Type: Movie
In celebration of the release of 63 Up, the 2019 installment of Michael Apted's groundbreaking documentary series that began in 1964, a number of British and American celebrity fans now discuss its impact on popular culture and its lasting legacy. The film also candidly explores pivotal moments of celebrities’ own lives—from school days and first loves to family and fulfilled ambitions—while tapping into changes in social history around topics such as class, education, and parenting.
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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Title: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Character: Himself
Released: March 29, 2019
Type: Movie
The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché head, and the secretive life of Chris Sievey, the artist trapped inside.
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Title: This Time with Alan Partridge
Character: Joe Beasley
Released: February 25, 2019
Type: TV
Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?
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Title: The People's Vet
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: August 4, 2018
Type: TV
Behind-the-scenes series following the staff and patients of the UK's leading veterinary charity.
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Title: Shane the Chef
Released: April 2, 2018
Type: TV
Shane, an ambitious, energetic chef and his young daughter Izzy run a restaurant in the town of Munchington. Every day is a recipe for adventure for Shane and Izzy and each episode will focus on his high energy exploits and passion for food, whether it’s trying to build the biggest baguette for the world record, finding wild herbs in the woods or growing large vegetables for the village county fair.
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Title: Celebrity Catchphrase
Character: Self
Released: March 18, 2018
Type: TV
In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.
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Title: Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: September 4, 2017
Type: TV
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
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Dying Laughing
Title: Dying Laughing
Character: Himself
Released: February 24, 2017
Type: Movie
The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.
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Caroline Aherne at the BBC
Title: Caroline Aherne at the BBC
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: December 31, 2016
Type: Movie
Actor and comedian John Thomson looks back at the life and work of his friend and comedy colleague, the late and greatly missed Caroline Aherne. From rarely seen early routines from Caroline’s days on the Manchester stand-up circuit, through to some favourite moments from The Fast Show, Mrs Merton and The Royle Family, John is our guide as we wallow in a special selection of clips, characters and magic moments. To misquote Mrs Merton’s famous line to Debbie McGee – this is a collection that reveals exactly what it was that first attracted us to one of British television’s best-loved writers and performers.
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Title: Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: TV
Gaming enthusiast Dara O Briain presides over the mayhem as two stars join team captains – gaming geek Steve McNeil and gaming cynic Sam Pamphilon – to battle each other at their favourite computer games.
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Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle
Title: Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle
Character: Kevin Ruddock
Released: March 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Alan leaves behind his comfortable existence and heads to the north to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a 'schasm' has formed between north and south, between the haves and have-nots.
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Grimsby
Title: Grimsby
Character: Bob Tolliver
Released: February 24, 2016
Type: Movie
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
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Title: Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: January 5, 2016
Type: TV
Series following the Brits who have moved to Benidorm for a low-cost life full of sun and fun.
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Billionaire Boy
Title: Billionaire Boy
Character: Len
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of Len, who made a billion dollars from inventing a new toilet roll, and his 12-year-old son Joe who appears to have everything he could want but what he really needs is a friend.
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Fungus The Bogeyman
Title: Fungus The Bogeyman
Released: December 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Raymond Briggs' classic family story about smelly monsters, dangerous humans and what happens when the things that go bump in the night move in next door comes to life on Sky 1. Timothy Spall, Victoria Wood and Keeley Hawes star
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Northern Soul
Title: Northern Soul
Character: Terry
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.
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Title: Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2014
Type: TV
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.
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The Power of Darts
Title: The Power of Darts
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 27, 2013
Type: Movie
This documentary sheds light on the background of the famous, infamous Darts Split. Many dart players like Phil Taylor, Rod Harrington, Raymond van Barneveld, Michael van Gerwen or James Wade but also the main responsible people like Olly Croft, Tommy Cox and Barry Hearn have their say.
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Dementamania
Title: Dementamania
Released: August 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A frustrated office worker finds himself caught between the realms of his deranged imagination and the mundane reality of his everyday existence.
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Title: Strange Hill High
Character: Various (voice)
Released: May 8, 2013
Type: TV
Mitchell, Becky, and Templeton set out to discover their school's many mysteries and secrets, along the way encountering monsters, paradoxes, and timely winery nonsense as they try to avoid the headmaster and Mitchell's worst enemy, Mr. Abercrombie.
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Title: Catchphrase
Released: April 7, 2013
Type: TV
Stephen Mulhern hosts this remake of the 1980's game show where contestants have to guess a catchphrase based on animated picture clues. The puzzle is revealed one square at a time. It could be a book, a movie or a catch phrase. The winner with the most money can go on to win up to £50,000.
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Pulp
Title: Pulp
Character: Dave Burns
Released: March 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Thunder Racers, Infinite Finity, Rat Warriors. Junk Comics' titles have been referred to as 'the worst printed material since Mein Kampf'. Tony Leary, the nice-guy owner of Junk Comics, is gearing up for one last roll of the dice. His new superhero title, The Sodomizer, launches at the British International Comic Show, and nothing will stop Tony from making it a success. Nothing except a gang of Geordie criminals who are using a comic company to launder their dirty money. Tony is drafted by the police to identify the culprits and bring them to justice. Aided by his trusty geek sidekicks, Rick and Keith, Tony must defy the odds if he is to become a real life hero.
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Title: Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: February 13, 2013
Type: TV
Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners is a documentary series which takes a look at a group of British people who wage a constant war on dirt and order. The cameras follow people, who by their own admission, are so obsessed with cleaning that they can't relax if there is a spot of dirt anywhere in their houses.
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Title: Father Brown
Character: John Banks
Released: January 14, 2013
Type: TV
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
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Help Point
Title: Help Point
Character: Stephen
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A young man who has lost his car in a huge airport car park meets a beautiful woman in the same predicament. Stuck together at the Help Point, his attempt to charm her does not quite work out as planned.
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Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
Title: Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
Character: Mr. Goodington and the Crabcatchers
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Uncle Wormsley is a grey, decaying old man with cobweb-like hair and rotten fingernails. A lone figure who keeps himself to himself, Wormsley's only friend is a monstrous crab called Crabsley, who lives in a dungeon under his house.
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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Title: Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Character: Himself
Released: May 30, 2012
Type: Movie
A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction, and finally to his comeback.
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Title: Death in Paradise
Character: DCI Chris Ricketts
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: TV
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
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Title: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: TV
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
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Title: Sooty
Character: The Boss
Released: September 5, 2011
Type: TV
The fifth incarnation of 'The Sooty Show' sees Richard, Sooty, Sweep and Soo start a new job as handymen at a seaside holiday park.
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Title: The Jonathan Ross Show
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2011
Type: TV
The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.
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The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Title: The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Character: Self
Released: November 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.
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The Road to Coronation Street
Title: The Road to Coronation Street
Character: Harry Kershaw
Released: September 15, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking UK TV series Coronation Street.
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Title: Heads or Tails
Character: Himself - Contestant
Released: December 20, 2009
Type: TV
One milion quid - at the toss of a coin! Five's new primetime game show, hosted by comedian and presenter Justin Lee Collins.
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Title: Big Top
Character: Geoff
Released: December 2, 2009
Type: TV
Big Top was a BBC television situation comedy series which first aired on 25 November 2009 and was set in and around a travelling circus, the show aired on BBC One and BBC HD simultaneously. The series revolved around the performers and backstage staff of Circus Maestro. The series consisted of six episodes, each thirty minutes in length. Big Top was not recommissioned for a second series and was formally cancelled by the BBC in February 2010.
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Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Title: Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Character: Bill (Flowerpot Man)
Released: November 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. "Can You Feel It" 2. "Don't Stop" 3. "Jai Ho!" 4. "Tubthumping" 5. "Never Forget" 6. "Hey Jude" 7. "One Day Like This"
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Title: Angela and Friends
Released: November 9, 2009
Type: TV
Daily chat show, hosted by Angela Griffin, that combines topical debate with five lifestyle clubs: Diet and Health, Beauty, Books and Travel, Entertainment and Fashion. 
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Inkheart
Title: Inkheart
Character: Darius
Released: December 11, 2008
Type: Movie
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
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Title: Celebrity Juice
Character: Self
Released: September 24, 2008
Type: TV
The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.
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Title: All Star Mr & Mrs
Released: April 12, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: TV
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong was an entertainment show on Channel 4, presented by Alan Carr. During the first series, voice-over commentary in between rounds on the scores is provided by Leslie Phillips. From Series 2, the announcer is Peter Dickson. Season was released onto DVD in 2008. Due to the success of Alan Carr: Chatty Man it has been announced that the show would not return for a third series.
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Sgt. Pepper: 'It Was 40 Years Ago Today...'
Title: Sgt. Pepper: 'It Was 40 Years Ago Today...'
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Studio engineer Geoff Emerick challenges modern musicians to recreate songs from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles, to celebrate the album's 40th anniversary.
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Title: Kingdom
Character: Nigel Pearson
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: Mobile
Character: Ray Bould / Hypnotherapist
Released: March 19, 2007
Type: TV
Mobile is a 3-part British television drama series with an interweaving plot based around a fictional mobile phone operator and the adverse-effect of mobile phone radiation to health. The series was screened by ITV in the United Kingdom, during March 2007. The cast includes Jamie Draven, Neil Fitzmaurice, Keith Allen, Sunetra Sarker, Samantha Bond, Brittany Ashworth and Julie Graham. It was written by John Fay.
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Title: Engineering the World Rally
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: March 12, 2007
Type: TV
Signing up for the 2006 season of the most extreme and exciting motorsport, six-part series Engineering the World Rally joins the Subaru World Rally Team as they and 2003 champion, Petter 'Hollywood' Solberg, fight for the championship through six countries and 11 months of intense competition. This ultimate off-road challenge pits massively powerful four-wheel drive rally cars - in the hands of some of the world's greatest drivers - against the toughest and most varied terrain on the planet. These guys hurtle down narrow twisty roads, along bumpy, dusty tracks, through deep water and across solid ice at speeds exceeding 130mph. They're supported by teams of dedicated engineers and mechanics, together with their straight-talking bosses and success-hungry sponsors. It's a world of fragile egos, high emotions and constant human drama. With unprecedented access, Engineering the World Rally gets under the skin of the Subaru WRC team and follows their every move as they engineer and prepare the cars for each event, test and shakedown, and enjoy the highs and suffer the lows of each three-day rally. It is an emotional rollercoaster of action both behind-the-scenes and on the rally stage.
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Title: Skins
Released: January 25, 2007
Type: TV
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
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Title: Ghosthunting With...
Released: December 12, 2006
Type: TV
Ghosthunting With... was a British paranormal television programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity. Yvette Fielding hosts the programme, broadcast on digital channel ITV2 between 2006-2011, where she took celebrities to haunted buildings to investigate.
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Title: New Street Law
Character: Charlie Darling
Released: May 4, 2006
Type: TV
The exploits and cases of two rival barristers' chambers with very different attitudes to justice.
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The Dealer
Title: The Dealer
Character: Bat
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Hard-core villain Danny "The Dealer" Dempsey, awakes one morning, in his heavily secured home, to find a letter resting on his pillow. The dealer is totally bewildered how it got there, as there are no signs of an intruder or a break in. The mystery of who the letter is from (and what it contains) is something the dealer will not share, even with his closest friends or his very dear sister Sally.
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Title: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Character: Mr. Windfall (voice)
Released: September 4, 2005
Type: Movie
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
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Title: 8 Out of 10 Cats
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2005
Type: TV
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".
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Title: Monkey Trousers
Released: May 20, 2005
Type: TV
Monkey Trousers was a short-lived comedy series on ITV in 2005, featuring Alistair McGowan, John Thomson, Ronni Ancona, Mackenzie Crook, Griff Rhys Jones, Neil Morrissey, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Marc Wootton and Steve Coogan. It was directed by David Kerr and produced by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves' production company, Pett Productions. It succeeded The All Star Comedy Show, which was written by Reeves and Mortimer, and produced by Coogan. Sketches of the show included the moronic, yet fearless 'Croc Botherer', Roy the eerie, lonely toy-shopkeeper, Alistair the hopeless estate agent, who replies to every question with "I don't know", the swearing chef, and the 'Geordie Astronauts'. A DVD of the series was released on 4 July 2005.
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Title: Blackpool
Released: November 11, 2004
Type: TV
Ripley Holden is a small-time entrepreneur desperate to make it big with his new state-of-the-art amusement arcade. The opening extravaganza is overshadowed by the find of a dead body on the premises. DI Carlisle is called in and quickly finds he has more on his mind than murder, when he falls in love with Ripley's long-suffering wife.
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Fat Slags
Title: Fat Slags
Character: Foreman
Released: October 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.
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Title: Celebrity Mastermind
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: December 26, 2003
Type: TV
Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.
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Title: Celebrity Mastermind
Released: December 26, 2003
Type: TV
Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.
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Appointment with Dr. Terrible
Title: Appointment with Dr. Terrible
Character: Interviewee – Actor
Released: August 4, 2003
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible" featuring Steve Coogan.
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Title: The Terry and Gaby Show
Released: June 2, 2003
Type: TV
The Terry and Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on Five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and April 2004, produced by Chris Evans' company UMTV. It was hosted by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin. The opening titles featured Gaby dressed up like a movie star driven to the studio in a limo and walking on red carpet to the door. Meanwhile Terry, carrying a briefcase, rode a rickety old bicycle across London and parked it outside the back door before quietly entering the building through said back door. The show was not well known for the guests who appeared on it, but rather for its many bloopers or double entendres
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Title: Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Released: March 7, 2003
Type: TV
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities sing as students of the Academy. The programme was launched in 2003 to help raise money for the charities supported by Comic Relief, with the final of the show occurring on Red Nose Day. Coverage of the show was widely shown on BBC One, BBC Three, BBC Prime and the CBBC Channel. Many consider the celebrity version of the show to be far more successful than its predecessor. The Comic Relief series returned in 2005 and again in March 2007. It was announced by the BBC that Cat Deeley would not return because she was hosting So You Think You Can Dance. However, Patrick Kielty returned with co-host and host of the former spin-off show Claudia Winkleman.
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Title: Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2002
Type: TV
A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances.
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24 Hour Party People
Title: 24 Hour Party People
Character: Charles
Released: February 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
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Title: Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Character: Self
Released: January 7, 2002
Type: TV
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Station Jim
Title: Station Jim
Character: Harold
Released: December 30, 2001
Type: Movie
At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon befriended by station porter Bob and lonely orphan Henry. His performing feats soon become a local attraction, and before long he's in the middle of a battle to save the local orphanage.
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Dog Eat Dog
Title: Dog Eat Dog
Character: Football Coach
Released: December 7, 2001
Type: Movie
A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been unsuccessful in getting into a certain club so they can have a chance to DJ there and start a career out of it. A series of events has lumbered them with a dog napping scheme gone badly wrong, ending up with them owning a particular pooch belonging to a dog-loving local drug dealer.
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Title: Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible
Character: Sir Donald Tyburn
Released: November 12, 2001
Type: TV
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible is a British comedy-horror anthology series created by Graham Duff, who co-wrote the series with Steve Coogan. BBC Two broadcast the series in 2001. It spoofs the British horror films of Amicus Productions, Hammer Film Productions, and Tigon British Film Productions. The title parodies Amicus Productions' anthology film Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.
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Title: Murder in Mind
Character: Alan Squires
Released: April 22, 2001
Type: TV
Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.
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Born Romantic
Title: Born Romantic
Character: First Cab Driver
Released: September 14, 2000
Type: Movie
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers, who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. A winning romantic comedy, Born Romantic is the second feature by British writer-director David Kane of This Year's Love fame.
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Title: Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Released: March 18, 2000
Type: TV
A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by the ghost of his deceased partner Marty Hopkirk.
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The Flint Street Nativity
Title: The Flint Street Nativity
Character: Christian Jerrums / Innkeeper
Released: December 22, 1999
Type: Movie
With angels crying in the toilets all because of a jealous Angel Gabriel, it could only be the eagerly awaited performance of the Primary school nativity play - this time with a twist! The UK's finest comedy actors take the leading roles as the eight year old performers. Through the inevitable mishaps, misunderstandings, young egos, fears of failure and fallings out, the children's characters evolve into mirror images of thier parents, the nativity play's audience. You'll be drawn into the amusing and enchanting worlds and minds of young children and reminisce about your own childhood performances!
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Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
Title: Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
Character: Himself
Released: September 11, 1999
Type: Movie
A look at how the Fast Show developed into one of TV's most successful series, with contributions from the creators, writers, cast and some famous fans.
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Title: It's Only TV But I Like It
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 1999
Type: TV
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You Are Here
Title: You Are Here
Character: Peter Keggy
Released: December 30, 1998
Type: Movie
One-off late '90s comedy special from a cast full of up and coming comic actors and comedians.
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The Fast Show Live
Title: The Fast Show Live
Released: December 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Recorded live at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 1998, The Fast Show Live features all of the original cast of the highly successful sketch series (Caroline Aherne excepted) including Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day, Charlie Higson and Arabella Weir and practically all of their myriad characters and catchphrases.
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Title: Cold Feet
Character: Pete Gifford
Released: November 15, 1998
Type: TV
Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?
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Up 'n' Under
Title: Up 'n' Under
Character: Stan
Released: January 23, 1998
Type: Movie
The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten years. Ex-pro Arthur bets their boss that he could train a bunch of deadbeats to defeat them in a local rugby sevens tournament. But to do so he must first get them into shape with the help of the very attractive Hazel Scott.
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Little
Character: Dimitri
Released: November 14, 1997
Type: Movie
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
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The Girl with Brains in Her Feet
Title: The Girl with Brains in Her Feet
Character: Mr. Loughborough
Released: September 6, 1997
Type: Movie
A 13 year old talented athlete struggles to come to terms with the traumas of life as she prepares for a very important athletics event.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Cooper Steinem
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Panellist
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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Roger Roger
Title: Roger Roger
Character: Barry
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Minicab boss Sam has his work cut out controlling a wayward bunch of drivers
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VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
Title: VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
Released: July 15, 1996
Type: Movie
The Yo-yo knickered slags get the blues when randy romeo Baz marries their love rival Thelma. But it's during their disastrous honeymoon at the sinister Paradise Park that the action really turns blue!
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Title: Silent Witness
Character: DI Warren Bull
Released: February 21, 1996
Type: TV
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
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Title: Coogan's Run
Released: November 17, 1995
Type: TV
Coogan's Run was a 1995 UK TV series featuring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters living in the fictional town of Ottle. It was written by various people including Coogan, Patrick Marber, David Tyler, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Geoffrey Perkins and Henry Normal. The series consists of six self-contained stories, although Coogan's characters from the other episodes in the series make occasional cameo appearances.
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Title: Crapston Villas
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: TV
Crapston Villas was a British animated television series, in which the characters were made from plasticine and filmed with stop motion clay animation. It was a comedy satire on inner-city London life, directed at a mature audience. It featured a set of characters, living in a grim apartment building in the fictional postcode of SE69, who were plagued by various dilemmas. Foul language, sex and violence are present.
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Title: The World of Lee Evans
Character: Customer
Released: June 2, 1995
Type: TV
The World of Lee Evans was a BAFTA nominated TV show written by and starring Lee Evans and a range of actors, it followed Lee around getting stuck in tight situations and originally aired on Channel 4. The series was released on Channel 4 DVD in 2006 and features all episodes. The humour, which differs greatly from Evans' later stand-up humour, contains many elements of slapstick, and the show is similar in style to Mr. Bean. The series was a Granada Production in 1995 for Channel 4, and as Granada had adopted a new endboard cap at the end of their programmes at this time, The World of Lee Evans was amongst the first ever shows to use the endboard The series was quite popular though has had a very mixed reception in retrospect, some critics and Lee Evans fans saying the series is not as good as his other work. The series' slogan is If Lee Evans "needs to get from A to B, he starts at Z...".
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Dangerous Lady
Title: Dangerous Lady
Released: May 23, 1995
Type: Movie
No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful - which makes her one very dangerous lady. Together, she and her brother Michael are unbeatable but notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put Maura away once and for all - and not everyone in the family think that's such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch, Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past - and the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not make entirely of stone.
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Title: Fist of Fun
Character: Pied Piper of Hamelin
Released: April 11, 1995
Type: TV
Fist of Fun was a British comedy television and radio programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. A lot of the show's comic material was adapted from Lee and Herring's radio programme Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Each episode of Fist of Fun featured several disparate sketches and situations. Fist of Fun began as a BBC Radio 1 series in 1993, before becoming commissioned as a television series on BBC Two in early 1995. It was broadcast at 9pm on Tuesday nights, and was successful, but not a major ratings-winner. The second series was aired on Friday nights, and although its ratings were relatively good, the show suffered from a lack of preparation and poor promotion. The show was not given a third series, and Lee and Herring went on to write This Morning with Richard Not Judy, for BBC Two. Many other comedians who appeared in the series went on to fame themselves, including Kevin Eldon, Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona, Alistair McGowan, Al Murray, John Thomson, Rebecca Front, Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Ben Moor and Sally Phillips.
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The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Title: The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Character: Nathan
Released: January 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.
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Pauline Calf's Wedding Video
Title: Pauline Calf's Wedding Video
Character: Fat Bob
Released: December 29, 1994
Type: Movie
Spoof video diary. Steve Coogan takes on the roles of downtrodden Paul and the vivacious blonde Pauline Calf, who finally gets herself up the aisle with the man of her dreams. Even a punch-up in the toilet can't spoil her special day.
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Title: The Fast Show
Released: September 27, 1994
Type: TV
The Fast Show is a multi BAFTA award winning sketch comedy show written and produced by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.
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Title: Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Released: September 16, 1994
Type: TV
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is a BBC Television series of six episodes, and a Christmas special in 1995. It is named after the song "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA, which was used as the show's title music. Steve Coogan played the incompetent but self-satisfied Norwich-based host, Alan Partridge. Alan was a spin-off character from the spoof radio show On the Hour. Knowing Me Knowing You was written by Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Patrick Marber, with contributions from the regular supporting cast of Doon Mackichan, Rebecca Front and David Schneider, who played Alan's weekly guests. Steve Brown provided the show's music and arrangements, and also appeared as Glen Ponder, the man in charge of the house band. The show was a parody of a chat show. It featured a live audience whose laughter meant that viewers could not mistake the show for a real chat show. Alan went on to appear in two series of the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, following his life after both his marriage and TV career come to an end.
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Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era
Title: Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era
Character: Simon Joke
Released: April 4, 1994
Type: Movie
A mockumentary, rockumentary featuring the spoof radio DJ's from Harry Enfield's sketch shows. Telling of their rise to fame, their influence on music history and fall from grace in a parody of real life radio presenters.
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Title: Pie in the Sky
Character: Andrew Vernon
Released: March 13, 1994
Type: TV
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
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Title: The Day Today
Character: Treasurer
Released: January 19, 1994
Type: TV
A spoof of the British news - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On The Hour'.
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Steve Coogan: Live 'n' Lewd
Title: Steve Coogan: Live 'n' Lewd
Character: Bernard Right On/Various
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Recorded at Liverpool's Neptune theatre. Coogan appears as Paul and Pauline Calf, Duncan Thickett and Ernest Moss, alongside support from John Thomson's Bernard Right On
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Paul Calf's Video Diary
Title: Paul Calf's Video Diary
Character: Fat Bob
Released: December 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Lager lout and philosopher Paul Calf records his video diary over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Accompanied by his friends Fat Bob and Roland and his sister Pauline, he staggers through two days of drinking, fighting and failed sex, in desperate pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, Julie.
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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: Harry
Character: Royo
Released: September 18, 1993
Type: TV
Harry is a television drama series that was made by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC One between 1993 and 1995. Harry Salter is the ruthless owner of a news agency in Darlington who will resort to any under-hand means or exploit anyone in order to get a story that he can sell to a newspaper. He is assisted at his agency by Alice, his secretary/PA, and Snappy, his photographer.
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Title: The Dead Good Show
Character: Various
Released: November 9, 1992
Type: TV
TV sketch comedy featuring Caroline Aherne, John Thomson, and Steve Coogan.
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The Weekenders
Title: The Weekenders
Character: Policeman 1
Released: July 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Two friends search for a quality sausage at an open air meat festival.
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Title: Blue Heaven
Character: Waiter 2
Released: June 10, 1992
Type: TV
Frank Sandford has big hopes for his pop duo, Blue Heaven, but his home life is less than satisfactory. His father, Jim, is a local hard man whose favourite son is in prison, while his mother can only be described as the perfect match. Despite the lack of parental support he is determined that he should succeed as a pop star and that his favourite football team, West Bromwich Albion, will win the cup!
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Title: Men Behaving Badly
Character: Ken
Released: February 18, 1992
Type: TV
Sitcom following the misadventures of laddish flatmates Gary and Tony
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Daniel Hoffmeyer
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: TV
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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Title: Paul Merton: The Series
Released: September 25, 1991
Type: TV
Fresh from his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?, Paul starred in his own comedy series on Channel 4, featuring a mix of surreal sketches, links and stand-up routines
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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: Flower Pot Men
Released: December 18, 1952
Type: TV
The Flower Pot Men is a British children's programme, produced by BBC television, first transmitted in 1952, and repeated regularly for more than twenty years, which was produced in a new version in 2001. The show was the basis for a comic strip of the same name in the children's magazine Robin.
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Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Title: Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Featuring a whole host of Coronation Street stars past and present, this special explores the legacy of the world's longest-running soap opera.
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Title: Pond Life
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Pond Life is a British animated television series that was written and directed by Candy Guard and follows the misadventures of its neurotic and self-obsessed protagonist, Dolly Pond. Two series were broadcast on Channel 4 in 1996 and 2000. A series of 13x15minute episodes was screened from 3 to 18 December 1996, mainly at 5.45pm, but two episodes exploring more adult themes were reserved for a double screening at 11.25pm. This series was repeated between March and June 1998. A second series of 7x30minute episodes followed between 19–30 September 2000 to tie-in with Channel 4's Animation Week of 23–29 September 2000. The series began life in 1992 with a pilot episode entitled I Want a Boyfriend ... Or Do I?, co-commissioned by Channel 4 and S4C. Pond Life was Guard's second breakthrough and was commissioned by Channel 4 in 1996. Scheduling problems marred the series' reception; it was originally intended for broadcast at 9.45pm, but was shown four hours earlier, which required edits to remove adult language. It was shown at the same time as Australian soap Neighbours, and was aimed at the same core audience as the soap. Despite these problems, Pond Life won several awards and received a Writer's Guild nomination for Best Sitcom. Guard was pleased because it was up against several live-action comedy series, including Only Fools and Horses. A second series was broadcast in 2000.