Charles Kay
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Birthday: August 31, 1930
Deathday: January 10, 2025
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Amadeus
1984-09-19
Amadeus
Overview: Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Genres: History Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-19
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Henry V
1989-10-05
Henry V
Overview: In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981-01-30
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
Overview: In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-30
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The Deadly Affair
1967-01-26
The Deadly Affair
Overview: Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-26
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Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude
Overview: Jeremy O'Reilly, the self-important presenter of a TV news show, returns to a clueless East End community where a prank leads to the murder of a beautiful local actress and a savage Press that demands to know, "Who killed Paige Boston?"
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Original Language: en
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The Prodigal Daughter
1975-01-01
The Prodigal Daughter
Overview: An elderly priest recruits a young woman as housekeeper in the presbytery he shares with two young priests, but temptation and jealousy soon sew discord and doubt in some minds.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Beautiful People
1999-09-16
Beautiful People
Overview: In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.
Genres: War Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-16
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The Wild and the Willing
1962-10-16
The Wild and the Willing
Overview: Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play 'rugger' and can't sink a whole pint of beer, and African student Reggie. He also has a way with the girls....
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-16
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Miss Nightingale
1974-01-01
Miss Nightingale
Overview: The life, background, motivation and struggles of Florence Nightingale.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006-02-24
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Overview: The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne to usher Catholicism into the 21st century. Born in Poland and forced to carry on following the untimely death of his family, Karol Wojtyla endured both personal hardships and the rape of his homeland by the Third Reich to spread the word of God through the Catholic Church. Later, as Pope John Paul II, Wojtyla was beloved by millions of Catholics worldwide. From the sexual-abuse scandal that shook the American Catholic Church in the later-20th century to the murder of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and the near-fatal assassination attempt made on his own life, Pope John Paul II endured to bridge the gap between various faiths until his death resulting from Parkinson's disease in April of 2005.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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Unnatural Selection
1996-10-01
Unnatural Selection
Overview: In 1975, the British Government quietly closed down a secret evolutionary project codenamed BEAGLE, ordering the destruction of all research materials. Today, the horrific discovery of several oddly mutated bodies alerts Liz Shaw and P.R.O.B.E. to the fact that something is stalking the original site of project BEAGLE – something which may challenge the very nature of humanity itself! With a crack security team at her disposal, Liz desperately attempts to track down the perverted results of the project. But who or what is hunting whom?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-01
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Loyalties
1976-02-29
Loyalties
Overview: During a weekend at a country house in the 1920s, a Jewish outsider accuses a former officer of theft, setting off a tragic chain of events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-29
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2002-05-17
The Importance of Being Earnest
Overview: Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...
Genres: Comedy Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-17
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Hennessy
1975-12-31
Hennessy
Overview: Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Though he still knows people in the IRA, including fugitive leader Tobin, Niall has given up his violent ways. One day his family is caught in a chaotic street shootout and killed by British forces. Overwhelmed with rage and hunted by a Scotland Yard inspector, Niall heads to London to exact his deadly revenge.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-31
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974-11-05
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Overview: Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-05
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Romeo and Juliet
1967-03-12
Romeo and Juliet
Overview: BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-12
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Willie's War
1994-01-01
Willie's War
Overview: When 10-year-old Willie is evacuated from the East End of London, he is chosen by Zander, 13-year-old son of an army captain, to be his companion in a rambling country house.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Duchess of Malfi
1972-10-10
The Duchess of Malfi
Overview: The Duchess of Malfi is recently widowed and her greedy brothers are determined she will not marry again, so they employ Daniel De Bosola, a murderer in their pay to spy on her.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-10
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The Wars of the Roses
1965-04-08
The Wars of the Roses
Overview: A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. It was based on the 1963 theatre adaptation by John Barton, and directed by Peter Hall for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-08
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Heart of Darkness
1993-10-01
Heart of Darkness
Overview: A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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Piccadilly Third Stop
1960-09-05
Piccadilly Third Stop
Overview: A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign embassy's safe, but trouble starts when the plan begins to go wrong.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-05
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The Life and Death of King John
1984-11-24
The Life and Death of King John
Overview: The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are others who seek disputre his authority.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-24
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School for Vandals
1986-11-30
School for Vandals
Overview: Middle-class parents have bought a run-down school in the country. Their two children, plus an assortment of friends, are staying there over the summer. One day an old lady is found in the school, claiming she used to work there. The children hold her to ransom, but no-one takes any notice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-30
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Minor Complications
1980-11-18
Minor Complications
Overview: Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. Based on an actual case, this play tells the story of her fight for compensation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-18
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Nijinsky
1980-03-20
Nijinsky
Overview: A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who seeks to draw him away from his domineering lover.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-20
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Bachelor of Hearts
1958-12-12
Bachelor of Hearts
Overview: A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-12
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The Merchant of Venice
1973-10-07
The Merchant of Venice
Overview: An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-07
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Fairies
1978-09-27
Fairies
Overview: ' I'd stake my reputation on it. These photographs are not faked.' But how could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls, have momentous implications for man's understanding of the world?
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-27
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