Christopher Biggins
Biography: He was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of William and Pamela Biggins. He was brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, attended St Probus school where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups. His first lead stage role was at the age of 17 in a Stage '65 production of Molière's Le Médecin malgré lui, leading to work with a local repertory theatre company.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 16, 1948
Deathday: N/A
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999-11-26
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Overview: Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt. Though beset with adversity, Joseph perseveres through wit and faith and becomes the Governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-26
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Romeo and Juliet
1976-09-26
Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-26
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An Evening with Lily Savage
1996-11-11
An Evening with Lily Savage
Overview: Enjoy the outrageous and flamboyant First Lady of British Comedy, Lily Savage, as she performs her incredibly hysterical live show before a star-studded audience.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-11
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Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
2021-12-27
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Overview: Archival footage provides a glimpse into the life of Cameron Mackintosh; the storied producer famous for Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats and many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-27
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A Christmas Carol
1977-12-24
A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-24
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Circus
2000-05-05
Circus
Overview: Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-05
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Eskimo Nell
1975-01-17
Eskimo Nell
Overview: Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-17
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Run For Your Wife
2012-05-16
Run For Your Wife
Overview: John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
2018-05-06
When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
Overview: Angela Rippon presents a guide to some of the Eurovision Song Contest's most disastrous moments. Including the kiss that ruined the chances of Danish singer Birthe Wilke.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-06
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The Critic
1982-08-28
The Critic
Overview: Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he has written a great play.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-28
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996-11-06
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Overview: Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle of the international celebrity elite when Saffy is proposed to by her stuffy, upper-class boyfriend, Paolo. Eddy hits the slopes and has a near death experience where God appears to her and tells her it's not yet her time. When Eddy comes to, she waits for a sign that she should get involved in Saffy's wedding. As she returns to the house, it appears all hell has broken loose- relatives piling up, practically squatting, and Saffy about to lose her mind. Eddy calms her by throwing money at her as they bond together, planning Saffy's dream wedding. What could go wrong?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-06
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Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021-06-06
Our Cilla: The One and Only
Overview: Doumentary telling the story of Cilla Black, who rose from working-class roots in Liverpool to become one of the nation's most successful and best-loved singers, presenters and all-round entertainers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-06
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Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999-10-31
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-31
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Porridge: No Way Out
1975-12-24
Porridge: No Way Out
Overview: Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-24
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Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003-12-29
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Overview: Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-29
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Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
2014-12-28
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
Overview: Annual countdown of the 40 most shocking celebrity moments of the year.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-28
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Our Cilla
2015-12-25
Our Cilla
Overview: Tribute to entertainer Cilla Black.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-25
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Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015
2015-12-27
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015
Overview: A look back at the most outrageous antics by the rich and famous.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-27
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Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
2010-11-01
Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
Overview: Multi BAFTA winning comedian Harry Hill is back with a glittering third installment of TV Burp Gold. Find out what happens when Stacy from EastEnders stops taking her medication. Witness a very spooked Dean Gaffney on 'Ghost Hunting with I'm a Celebrity', and discover the vegetable that's a spitting image of River Cottages' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-01
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tvSSFBM EHKL
2001-09-29
tvSSFBM EHKL
Overview: A surreal film about surrealism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-29
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This Is Love
1978-01-26
This Is Love
Overview: Tearjerker about an estranged couple and their terminally ill son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-26
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Cold Fish
2001-12-06
Cold Fish
Overview: Alex is a television station intern and ambitious to further his career when he scoops an interview with the shock-video artists Jon & Marta Henley. It seems like the break he's been hoping for until the couple entices him into their lurid world of violence, deception, and sexual game-playing. Alex's pursuit of success turns into a desperate attempt to clear his name and save the life of his fiancee by exposing the Henley's controversial methods.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-06
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Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008-10-14
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Overview: Recorded at London's Royal Court Theatre before an audience of faithful fans, various cast members from different productions of The Rocky Horror Show come together in a one-off concert extravaganza paying tribute to the phenomenon.
Genres: Comedy Horror Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-14
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It Could Happen to You
1976-11-11
It Could Happen to You
Overview: An educational film about the perils associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The drama is interspersed with scenes of a medical adviser directly addressing the camera giving advice and information about STDs.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-11
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016-07-01
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Overview: Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-01
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The Tempest
1979-09-13
The Tempest
Overview: Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-13
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The Paul O'Grady Story
2017-06-23
The Paul O'Grady Story
Overview: A razor-witted entertainer who found fame as two people - first his drag queen alter ego, Lily Savage, and then as himself. This documentary film charts the unique career of a working class Merseysider whose life away from the spotlight has often been far more dramatic than the consistently successful career he has enjoyed on stage and screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-23
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Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
1978-07-01
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
Overview: Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-01
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Blow Dry
2001-03-01
Blow Dry
Overview: The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-01
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975-08-14
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Overview: Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-14
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The Sex Thief
1973-01-01
The Sex Thief
Overview: A struggling pulp fiction writer who doubles as an incompetent jewel thief. He gets caught in the act every time, but he uses his looks and charm to make the best of it. Soon he becomes a celebrity. Wealthy women start leaving their jewels out like milk and cookies for Santa Claus in hopes that the sex thief will unlawfully invade their domiciles.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Decadence
1994-01-28
Decadence
Overview: Two couples betray the decadence which lurks beneath the surface of high society: Steve, wealthy but ignorant, is engaged in a kinky relationship with Helen, a posh socialite living in Belgravia; meanwhile, Steve's nouveau riche wife Sybil is having an affair with Les, a private eye hired to kill her husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-28
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Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments
2020-11-10
Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments
Overview: The Geordie superstars' path to national treasure status.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-10
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Caught in the Act
1997-06-13
Caught in the Act
Overview: Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join her on form a variety act in order to impress her childhood crush Neville, a talent agent holding a gala night.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-13
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998-11-07
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Overview: 'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful musical producer, Cameron Mackintosh - classic songs from classic musicals performed by the ultimate cast.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-07
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Who Shot Simon Cowell?
2017-12-30
Who Shot Simon Cowell?
Overview: Simon Cowell is shot at his birthday party, and Ant and Dec are accused and forced to run.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-30
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The Rocky Horror Phenomenon
2025-10-28
The Rocky Horror Phenomenon
Overview: What is the secret behind the success of "Rocky Horror"? Is it the music? The actors? The comedy? It's certainly not the Special Effects. "Rocky Horror" has been around for more than 40 years, and still continues to be successful in the movie theaters as well as on stage. This documentary is highlighting the history of "Rocky Horror", which started off as a two-page script written in crayons, and ended up with two movies, tons of merchandise, millions of fans and world touring shows, grossing more than $500 million in revenue.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-10-28
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