Paddy Joyce
Biography: Born Patrizio Schaurek in Trieste, Italy to a Czech father, Frantisek Schaurek, and an Irish mother Eileen (sister of James) Joyce, Paddy Joyce was an Irish actor of British stage, film and television. Returning to Dublin at the age of five following his father's death, Joyce studied at Belvedere College, the alma mater of his famous uncle. After school, Paddy turned his attention to singing. Initially, he formed a close harmony quartet with three other gentlemen named Four Dots and a Dash, subsequently renamed The Four Ramblers. In 1949, he was part of a trio with two ladies named The Humoresques, which toured Canada with the popular English comedian and actor George Formby. Turning to actor, Joyce took his mother's maiden name because Schaurek limited him to Eastern European roles. He made his cinematic debut in The Cruel Sea and performed in Lionel Bart and Joan Littlewood's Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’be in the early 60s, before later working regularly with Ken Loach, appearing in The Big Flame, written by Jim Allen, and Poor Cow. He also starred in Allen's play The Lump. Joyce was a regular in two of the UK's biggest soaps. Between 1968 and 1974, he had a recurring role as the rag and bone man Tommy Deakin in Coronation Street, and between 1990 and 1993 he played John Royle, the father of Queen Vic owner Eddie Royle (Michael Melia) in EastEnders. Joyce lived in Muswell Hill, London, with his Canadian wife, Dorothy, and two children. He died of a stroke in London in the year 2000, aged 77.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 31, 1923
Deathday: July 27, 2000
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The Voices in the Park
1967-04-05
The Voices in the Park
Overview: The life and passions of a speaker at Hyde Park Corner.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-05
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Knockback: 1
1985-01-27
Knockback: 1
Overview: In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-27
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Last Bus
1968-10-10
Last Bus
Overview: Late at night a gang of young men refuse to pay their bus fares, and assault the conductor. None of the other passengers or the driver intervene. After the incident everybody involved is interviewed in the studio about why they behaved as they did. Scene’s first play, specially commissioned for the series, was repeated late at night for an adult audience in December 1968, and shown again for schools to mark 25 years of Scene in 1993.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-10
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The Steel Bayonet
1958-02-01
The Steel Bayonet
Overview: Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post, reporting on enemy movements before the imminent offensive to liberate Tunis. However German infantrymen discover their operations. The ensuing battle for control of this small piece of land will decide who controls Tunis but more critically, the victors in the battle of democracy versus fascism.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-01
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S.O.S. Titanic
1980-02-29
S.O.S. Titanic
Overview: The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
Genres: History Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-29
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The Grass Widows
1971-08-24
The Grass Widows
Overview: Newlyweds Jackson and Daphne are on honeymoon when they find themselves in the same hotel as Jackson's old headmaster.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-24
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The Grass Arena
1992-01-19
The Grass Arena
Overview: The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family, with an abusive father, John soon learns that he has to defend himself. Growing into adulthood he takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing career over, John takes to the Grass Arena (the park) where he lives with other alcoholics. Prison time introduces him to a new and unexpected path.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-19
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Ireland, Mother Ireland
1971-08-03
Ireland, Mother Ireland
Overview: A story of the timeless futility of war and death by war, of men who fought for their country, killed for a dream of freedom and died because they were betrayed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-03
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The Patriot Game
1969-10-13
The Patriot Game
Overview: Dominic Behan's play concerning the IRA’s bombing campaign in London in 1939
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-13
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Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10
Oh! What a Lovely War
Overview: The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Genres: Comedy Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-10
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Poor Cow
1967-12-05
Poor Cow
Overview: A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-05
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Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28
Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-28
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The Big Flame
1969-02-19
The Big Flame
Overview: After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-19
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Red Monarch
1983-06-16
Red Monarch
Overview: British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-16
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The Girl in the Picture
1957-01-01
The Girl in the Picture
Overview: A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Made
1972-10-01
Made
Overview: This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk singer – each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looking for something to believe in, Made co-stars hugely influential folk-rock musician Roy Harper in his screen debut. Produced by Joseph Janni – who previously made the astonishingly successful Poor Cow with White – directed by The Long Good Friday's John Mackenzie and featuring new songs specially composed by Harper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-01
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The Lump
1967-02-01
The Lump
Overview: The Lump is an uncompromising exploration of exploitation and resistance within the building trade.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-01
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The Chain
1984-01-01
The Chain
Overview: Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24
The Cruel Sea
Overview: At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-24
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Rooney
1958-03-24
Rooney
Overview: The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-24
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Lady Caroline Lamb
1972-11-22
Lady Caroline Lamb
Overview: Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-22
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Captured
1959-01-01
Captured
Overview: Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987-12-23
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Overview: A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-23
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Queen Kong
1976-12-10
Queen Kong
Overview: A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-10
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Erik the Viking
1989-09-01
Erik the Viking
Overview: Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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Cover Girl Killer
1959-09-26
Cover Girl Killer
Overview: A madman is on the loose... killing fashion models that appear on the cover of magazines. The police start a manhunt in an attempt to capture the killer.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-26
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Britannia Hospital
1982-05-27
Britannia Hospital
Overview: Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-27
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The Falklands Factor
1983-04-26
The Falklands Factor
Overview: Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
Genres: History War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-26
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The Cat Gang
1959-01-04
The Cat Gang
Overview: The Cat Gang is a group of precocious British kids. They have a habit of hanging around a grown-up customs official who wishes that they'd beat it. But the Gang comes in handy when a smuggling gang arrives on the scene.
Genres: Crime Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-04
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Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973-01-03
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Overview: Two London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-03
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Dublin Nightmare
1958-10-01
Dublin Nightmare
Overview: Loot goes missing in robbery double-cross. Gang members, an ex-lover and a handsome stranger are left to sort it out.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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Tim Driscoll's Donkey
1955-01-01
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
Overview: Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Charlie
1984-03-23
Charlie
Overview: Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations when he stumbles across the dying Stan Peace, a shop steward in the Distributive Worker's Union. Peace dies, but Charlie wants to know why his name was in Peace's address book. As Charlie investigates, things get murkier.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-23
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Sparrows Can't Sing
1963-03-26
Sparrows Can't Sing
Overview: Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-26
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