Ed Byrne

Ed Byrne

Born: April 10, 1972
in Swords, Dublin, Ireland
Edward Cathal Byrne is an Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist and actor. He has presented television shows Uncut! Best Unseen Ads and Just for Laughs, and is a guest on television panel games. As an actor, he played the title character in the 2000 ITV adaptation of the pantomime Aladdin.

Movies for Ed Byrne...

My Freaky Family
Title: My Freaky Family
Character: Winchflat
Released: March 25, 2024
Type: Movie
On the cusp of her 13th birthday, Betty Flood - budding musician and magical being - just wants to be like the rest of her fabulous, but very different family, so why is her magical Mum so against it? As Betty wrestles with this, she also learns the amazing truth about her family and discovers that the not so normal, the magical and the musical are all a part of her fabulously freaky family.
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Title: The Weakest Link
Character: Self - Participant
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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Creation Stories
Title: Creation Stories
Character: Alistair Campbell
Released: April 15, 2021
Type: Movie
The true story of the rise and fall of Creation Records and its infamous founder Alan McGee; the man responsible for supplying the “Brit Pop” soundtrack to the ‘90s, a decade of cultural renaissance known as Cool Britannia. From humble beginnings to Downing Street soirées, from dodging bailiffs to releasing multi-platinum albums, Creation had it all. Breakdowns, bankruptcy, fights and friendships… and not forgetting the music. Featuring some of the greatest records you have ever heard, we follow Alan through a drug-fuelled haze of music and mayhem, as his rock’n’roll dream brings the world Oasis, Primal Scream, and other generation-defining bands.
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Title: Celebrity Best Home Cook
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: January 26, 2021
Type: TV
Ten famous faces are challenged to serve up tasty home-cooked food.
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Title: Between the Covers
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2020
Type: TV
Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.
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Title: Guessable
Released: October 5, 2020
Type: TV
Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. Sara Pascoe hosts the show with John Kearns on hand as her assistant. Alan Davies and Darren Harriott are the team captains, in a format that puts a twist on classic family games.
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Title: Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Character: Self
Released: October 4, 2020
Type: TV
Michael Palin revisits his first four TV travel documentaries. He draws on his personal archive of audio recordings and diary notebooks, and reflects on how he became a seasoned global traveller. Featuring contributions from fans and friends, including David Attenborough, Joanna Lumley and Simon Reeve.
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Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert
Title: Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert
Character: Himself
Released: December 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Mock the Week star and Munro bagger Ed Byrne performs his Edinburgh Fringe sell-out stand-up show Spoiler Alert at Glasgow’s Tramway. In the show, Ed explores the thin line between righteous complaining and brat-like whining and asks, ‘are we right to be fed up, or are we spoiled?’ Ed is always happy to perform in Glasgow, where he took his fledgling comedy steps while at university. He set up his own club in the town and began to perfect his style and technique, which has gone on to earn him plenty of accolades.
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Title: Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
Character: Team Captain
Released: March 7, 2019
Type: TV
Pub Landlord comedian, All Murray hosts an hour-long show quiz show that pits the UK's most passionate pub quiz teams against each other.
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Title: Six Nations Sin Bin
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: TV
Getting everyone ready for a Six Nations weekend. Gabby Logan and Gareth Thomas are joined by stars and famous fans to look ahead with previews, predictions and a packed crowd.
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Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In
Title: Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In
Character: himself
Released: May 21, 2018
Type: Movie
More classic Byrne on fine anecdotal form. Join Ed on his amusing meander through the joys of parenting, doctors, dating and being a dad. Masterfully turning the mundane into an imaginarium of fun, our renowned Irish joker's take on gender politics will have all the boys rushing out to buy that pair of pink trainers.
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Title: Pilgrimage
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2018
Type: TV
Celebrities take a journey of a lifetime. They all have different faiths and beliefs - will stepping in ancient footsteps on a spiritual journey broaden minds?
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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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Title: Dara & Ed's Road to Mandalay
Character: Himself
Released: May 7, 2017
Type: TV
Comedians Ed Byrne and Dara O Briain embark on an expedition of a lifetime, crossing 3,500 miles from the bright lights of modern day Malaysia to the jungles of Myanmar
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Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties
Title: Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties
Character: himself
Released: September 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A self-confessed miserable old git since the age of 23, Ed Byrne is now in his forties. While for others this might result in a crisis that prompts the purchase of a sports car, Ed embraces middle age with open arms. Come join him, as he truly comes of age and gives out his clarion cry: "I am in my Forties. HEAR ME ROAR!"
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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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Title: Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure
Character: Himself
Released: March 24, 2015
Type: TV
Comedians Ed Byrne and Dara O Briain embark on an epic 4,000-mile adventure on the Pan-American Highway.
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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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Title: Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Released: February 7, 2014
Type: TV
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.
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Title: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: TV
Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles.
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Title: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character: Himself - Contestant
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: TV
Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles.
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Title: Dara O Briain's Science Club
Character: Himself
Released: November 6, 2012
Type: TV
Dara Ó Briain's Science Club is a British science television series presented by Dara Ó Briain which first aired on BBC Two in 2012. Each week, the team take one subject and explore all possible angles, combining it with studio discussions in front of a live audience, films and on the spot reports.
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Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
Title: Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
Character: Himself
Released: June 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Gadget aficionado Stephen Fry chooses and presents his 100 all-time favourite contraptions, from the tin opener, trouser press and answering machine to the apple peeler, iron and iPod
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Title: The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: January 10, 2012
Type: TV
Well-known faces don their aprons in this charity special. Who has got what it takes to go all the way and compete for the Great Sport Relief Bake Off crown?
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Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser
Title: Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser
Character: Himself
Released: November 28, 2011
Type: Movie
Stand-up institution Ed Byrne brings the full force of his talent to bear in this barnstorming show. 'Crowd Pleaser' finds Byrne navigating the treacherous landscape of family and TV celebrity, all the while trying to stay true to his nerdy side.
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Title: Celebrity Chase
Character: Himself
Released: October 29, 2011
Type: TV
Celebrity series of The Chase. Contestants must pit their wits against the Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them winning the cash prize.
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Title: World's Most Dangerous Roads
Released: September 4, 2011
Type: TV
Celebrities drive on some of the most dangerous roads around the world, tackling impossible conditions to reach their goals.
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Title: Pointless Celebrities
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 2011
Type: TV
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.
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Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show
Title: Dara Ó Briain: This Is the Show
Character: Self (Commentary & Drinking Game)
Released: November 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Dara O Briain - This Is the Show was recorded in front of a sell-out crowd on the final date of his record-breaking nine nights at the world famous Hammersmith Apollo. Dara is on top form as he effortlessly mixes off the cuff audience interaction with razor sharp material and a star studded finale that almost puts Hollywood to shame. "O Briain is loud and large and fast and feisty...............but the way he tells 'em is a joy" - The Times "O Briain has a laser eye for the absurd and the spurious amid the too-much-stuff with which we shore up our hapless lives" - The Guardian "Breakneck genius...... the entire audience was hanging on every sentence. And every sentence ended in a laugh. It was stuffed with dazzling observations, vivid vignettes and glorious gags." Evening Standard
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Title: Reunited
Released: June 30, 2010
Type: TV
Reunited is a British television pilot written by Mike Bullen and directed by Simon Delaney. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 30 June 2010.
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Reunited
Title: Reunited
Character: Rob
Released: June 30, 2010
Type: Movie
Six former friends reunite eight years after their houseshare ended in acrimony and recrimination. But is newly-engaged Martin playing with fire by seeing old flame Hannah?
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Title: Let's Dance for Sport Relief
Character: Himself - Judge
Released: February 20, 2010
Type: TV
Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Sport Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favourites.
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Title: The Bubble
Character: Self
Released: February 19, 2010
Type: TV
The Bubble is news based celebrity panel game show. Three different celebrities are locked away in a media-free zone for four days. When they are released and take part on the show they have to decide which stories that have been in the media are true or have been made up.
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Title: FHM Stand-Up Hero
Released: February 1, 2010
Type: TV
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
Title: Round Ireland with a Fridge
Character: Dylan Daley
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be entertaining, educational, challenging and at times downright silly.
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Ed Byrne: Different Class
Title: Ed Byrne: Different Class
Character: himself
Released: November 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Half toff, half pikey, all comic! Ed Byrne is undoubtedly one of the funniest comics working today and his Different Class tour has been his most successful show ever. Lauded by critics and audiences alike, this blistering one man show takes in such diverse topics as WAGs, Goths, the class system and DVD piracy as well as frank and honest tales about Ed s upbringing, his parents and his recent nuptials. Filmed in Glasgow, the city where he started as a stand up 16 years ago, Different Class shows Byrne at the very top of his game and demonstrates why he really is in a class of his own.
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Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Title: Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Character: Self
Released: November 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Produced exclusively for DVD, three hilarious hours of the country's finest comic minds battling it out on TVs most outrageous comedy show. MOCK THE WEEK TOO HOT FOR TV 2 is the sharpest, rudest and funniest collection of Mock the Week moments so far, delving into the show's archives to unearth laugh out loud nuggets of comedy gold never previously allowed to be shown. Watch Dara O Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons and a host of Britain s finest stand ups pushing the boundaries further than ever before
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Title: 7 Days
Character: Panelist
Released: August 21, 2009
Type: TV
7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.
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The Best of The Panel
Title: The Best of The Panel
Released: April 3, 2009
Type: Movie
Compilation of the best bits from RTE's The Panel. Featuring the cream of Irish comedy.
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Title: Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Character: Himself - Contestant
Released: February 21, 2009
Type: TV
Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Comic Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favourites.
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Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV
Title: Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV
Released: November 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Produced exclusively for DVD, with nearly of 3 hours of the hottest standup comedians performing in the funniest program on TV. Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV contains all the best laugh out load moments that couldn't be shown on TV or anywhere else, for reasons of taste, decency and sheer outrageousness. For the first time see unbroadcastable material from Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard and a host of the funniest stand-up comedians on the circuit
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
Title: I Could Never Be Your Woman
Character: Delivery Boy
Released: May 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and single mother, Rosie, who's unlucky in love find her match with Adam, a much younger man. As their relationship blossoms beyond physical attraction, matters complicate when her adolescent daughter starts to fall for a handsome local boy.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: Comedy Shuffle
Released: January 25, 2007
Type: TV
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Are You Ready for Love?
Title: Are You Ready for Love?
Character: Luke Dyson
Released: December 9, 2006
Type: Movie
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Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsical
Title: Ed Byrne: Pedantic & Whimsical
Character: Himself
Released: August 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Ed Byrne is one of the most prolific young comedians in the UK and as an observational stand-up considered unrivalled. He has performed five hit UK tours and has made his London West End debut in a two-week run at The New Ambassadors Theatre. Throughout the spring of 2005 he performed a sell-out tout of the UK with his show 'Me Again'. This performance was filmed at the City Varieties in Leeds in March 2005 and contains all of Ed Byrne's best material from the past ten years.
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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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Zemanovaload
Title: Zemanovaload
Character: John Davies
Released: August 22, 2005
Type: Movie
John Davies suffers from multiple obsessive compulsive disorders. When his current model girlfriend leaves him, he decides to replace her with the number 1 babe on planet Earth - Czech model Veronika Zemanova. The film follows his attempts to curb his old obsessions in order to meet his latest obsession - Veronika.
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Title: Mock the Week
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2005
Type: TV
Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.
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Title: Mock the Week
Character: Self - Panelist
Released: June 5, 2005
Type: TV
Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.
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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: 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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Title: QI
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: TV
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
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Title: Top Gear
Character: Himself
Released: October 20, 2002
Type: TV
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
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I Love Muppets
Title: I Love Muppets
Character: Self
Released: March 31, 2002
Type: Movie
Gonzo the Great talks about the Muppets creator Jim Henson and what he did before the television show was made in 1976.
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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: The Cassidys
Character: Barry Cassidy
Released: October 1, 2001
Type: TV
Three twenty-something siblings live together in a hectic house in modern day Dublin.
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Title: Sam's Game
Character: Alex
Released: May 14, 2001
Type: TV
Sam's Game was a short lived sitcom, featuring Davina McCall and Ed Byrne.
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Rat
Title: Rat
Character: Rudolph
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: Movie
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.
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Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Title: Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Character: Aladdin
Released: December 25, 2000
Type: Movie
A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.
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Title: Head on Comedy
Released: July 13, 2000
Type: TV
Head on Comedy was a comedy debate show hosted by Jo Brand in which two teams of three, captained by Bill Bailey and Ed Byrne, would debate trivial topics such as 'This house wants to be a man'. It ran for one series, consisting of six episodes.
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Title: Doctors
Released: March 27, 2000
Type: TV
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
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Title: Space Cadets
Character: Self
Released: July 15, 1997
Type: TV
Space Cadets is a comedy panel game broadcast on Channel 4 in 1997. It was presented by "High Commander" Greg Proops with Bill Bailey and Craig Charles as the "Space Captains". It ran for just one series with 10 episodes. Like the BBC's Have I Got News for You, the contestants were celebrities and the show was played mainly for laughs. Bestselling author Terry Pratchett once appeared as a guest. When the contestants were asked who was Britain's most shoplifted author, Pratchett immediately answered "I am!" which was the correct answer.
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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: Question Time
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: TV
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
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Title: The Comedy Annual
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The Comedy Annual is a British entertainment comedy series which first aired on ITV on 22 December 2010. Presented by Phillip Schofield, the show features various comedians who talk about the unusuall events of the past year. There have been two episodes, the first airing in 2010 and the second in 2011.
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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.