John Vine
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Birthday: February 20, 1951
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Like Father Like Son
2005-01-24
Like Father Like Son
Overview: Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her husband Paul was jailed for the brutal murders of four girls and Dee was hounded from her home. Dee has kept all this a secret from her 15-year-old son Jamie. Now he has discovered the truth about his father and demands to see him.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-24
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Red Fox
1991-12-08
Red Fox
Overview: “Red Fox” tells a gripping contemporary tale of kidnapping, terrorism and political intrigue. Based on the book by Gerald Seymour, with a screenplay by James McManus, it tells the story of when Geoffrey Harrison (Brian Cox), a top executive with British Defence Industries, is kidnapped in Paris and, when held to ransom, his company and the British Embassy are unwilling to meet his captors demands. Wanting to avoid publicity and secure a lucrative French defence contract, matters are made worse when the British and French Governments refuse to negotiate with the kidnappers. Archie Carpenter (John Hurt), Head of Internal Security at BDI, is assigned to investigate the kidnapping, and finds an unexpected ally in an Paul de Vigny (Didier Flamand), an agent with the French MI5. As Harrison’s fate hangs in the balance, Carpenter risks his life in the fight to save him but the nightmare has only just begun…
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-08
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The Dancing Princesses
1978-01-01
The Dancing Princesses
Overview: A made-for-TV retelling of the story "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," directed by Ben Rea, featuring Jim Dale as the Soldier, Freddie Jones as the destitute King, and Gloria Grahame as the Witch. Significant changes were made to the story, including reducing the number of princesses to six, and the soldier ultimately declining to marry any of the princesses due to their deceitful nature.
Genres: Fantasy Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Alchemists
1999-11-15
The Alchemists
Overview: Grant Show (Melrose Place) stars in this fast-placed thriller based on the best-selling novel set in the chilling world of genetic engineering. Ruth Gemmel (Fever Pitch) joins Shaw as employees who put their lives on the line to discover a world in which all morality has been sacrificed. How can they prevent this powerful multi-national company from exploiting genetic research for monetary gain?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-15
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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990-03-25
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Overview: Four victims of a stock swindle meet and plot to get their money back from the crooked financier responsible. Each man, an Oxford professor, a Harley Street physician, an art dealer and a British aristocrat deploy their individual talents in elaborate stings to get back "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less"
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-25
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Diana: Her True Story
1993-04-03
Diana: Her True Story
Overview: Television film telling the story of Diana, Princess of Wales, based on the publication of the same name by Andrew Morton.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-03
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Dirty War
2004-09-26
Dirty War
Overview: After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-26
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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981-03-08
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Overview: When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashing Jimmy Thesinger to solve the dastardly deeds. Their sleuthing leads them into a world of espionage and international intrigue as they discover a secret society known as "The Seven Dials" and the attempted theft of top-secret government documents.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-08
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Sky Bandits
1986-10-31
Sky Bandits
Overview: A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-31
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Sweeney 2
1978-03-30
Sweeney 2
Overview: The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-30
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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
2006-07-02
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Overview: Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.
Genres: History War Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-02
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Together
2009-05-14
Together
Overview: A year after his brother's death, Rob discovers that the only way to help his father cope with the loss is to "force" his affection onto him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-14
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Cherished
2005-02-22
Cherished
Overview: A drama based on the true story of Angela Cannings, who was wrongly convicted of killing two of her children, on the basis of "expert witness" evidence about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cot Death Syndrome) which has since been discredited.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-22
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Richard's Things
1980-12-26
Richard's Things
Overview: Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-26
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Eureka
1983-05-01
Eureka
Overview: An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-01
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The Keep
1983-12-16
The Keep
Overview: Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar and a mysterious traveller.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-16
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Gandhi
1982-12-01
Gandhi
Overview: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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Kate: The Good Neighbour
1980-03-06
Kate: The Good Neighbour
Overview: Kate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from her past.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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Secret Weapon
1990-03-19
Secret Weapon
Overview: Fact-based story of an Israeli government agent assigned to use her beauty as well as intelligence to snag a man on the run with atomic secrets.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-19
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Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999-12-07
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Overview: University lecturer Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving secretly-stored Soviet nuclear waste at a remote British nuclear facility after receiving an enigmatic note from legendary atomic scientist and one-time former head of "Doomwatch" (the infamous Scientific watchdog group of the seventies), Dr Spencer Quist.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-07
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