Alex Norton
Biography: Alex Norton is a Scottish television, film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series Taggart, and Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down. He played eleven roles in Bill Douglas' 1986 film Comrades and has starred in the key films of Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero and Comfort and Joy) as well as big Hollywood productions like Braveheart, White Hunter Black Heart and Patriot Games. He was one of the founder members of the 7:84 company, touring Scotland with The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil in the 1970s.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 27, 1950
Deathday: N/A
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006-07-06
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Overview: Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-06
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Comfort and Joy
1984-08-14
Comfort and Joy
Overview: Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-14
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Local Hero
1983-02-17
Local Hero
Overview: An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-17
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Complicity
2000-05-06
Complicity
Overview: Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge and Cameron find himself inextricably and inextricably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer that Cameron plans to expose is found literally 'disarmed' before he can put pen to paper. The brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold up at the expense of his workers, finds himself permanently unemployable. The police are convened of Cameron's guilt and so are half his friends and colleagues. Cameron is forced to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.
Genres: Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-06
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Blame It on the Bellboy
1992-01-24
Blame It on the Bellboy
Overview: Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech looking for a little action with a woman he never met, whom he was set up with. And one of them was sent by his employer to inspect a property his boss wants to buy. All three men stay at the same hotel. But when the bellboy gets their names mixed up and gives info meant for someone else. So one of them meets a Realtor who will whatever she has to, to close the sale. And another follows a woman looking for romance. And another goes to the home of the mobster who thinks he's sent there to kill him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-24
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Patriot Games
1992-06-04
Patriot Games
Overview: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-04
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A Sense of Freedom
1985-10-18
A Sense of Freedom
Overview: The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-18
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Beautiful Creatures
2000-08-23
Beautiful Creatures
Overview: When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-23
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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994-10-28
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Overview: Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a neighboring tribe. Everything changes forever after a ship arrives from England, prospecting the region's commercial potential for the rich Sir George, who uses all his wealth and influence only for ever greater profit. When it returns, several Indians find themselves captives on board, including Squanto. The arrogant Christians consider themselves utterly superior to the 'heathen savages' and treat them as brutally as they do beasts. Squanto fights a bear in a circus, not understanding how men can be so cruel to that creature either, and manages a spectacular escape, but where must he go? He finds shelter and help in a rural monastery, where it takes his protector some effort to prevent the others considering the unknown as diabolical. In time sir George's men come looking for him most brutally...
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-28
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Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023-06-15
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Overview: Sir Tony Robinson takes a journey back in time to find out where Blackadder really began, and to uncover the story of the previously-unseen pilot episode.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-15
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The Game
1998-06-06
The Game
Overview: A play about three Scottish football fans (and one of their long suffering football widow wives!) enduring the trials of their team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, often finding that life entwines with their football.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-06
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Lucky Sunil
1988-04-17
Lucky Sunil
Overview: Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-17
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Sir Billi
2012-04-13
Sir Billi
Overview: An aging, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive - Bessie Boo the beaver!
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-13
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Dead on Time
1983-01-01
Dead on Time
Overview: Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to the fullest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974-06-06
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Overview: In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.
Genres: Drama Documentary Music Comedy History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-06
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Billy Bongo
2002-01-01
Billy Bongo
Overview: A young Scottish man becomes a local celebrity... but to what end?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Count of Monte Cristo
2002-01-23
The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview: Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-23
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Leaving
1989-02-05
Leaving
Overview: A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-05
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When Saturday Comes
1996-03-01
When Saturday Comes
Overview: Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his ultimate goal?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-01
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Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023-09-05
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Overview: The story of the extraordinary friendship between Scottish film maker Bill Douglas and his lifelong companion and collaborator Peter Jewell. Bill Douglas was Scotland’s finest director, celebrated by the likes of Lynne Ramsay, Lenny Abrahamson, Satajit Ray and Yuliya Solntseva. Bill’s life was turned around in the Egyptian desert when during National Service he met the man who would become his lifelong friend, Peter Jewell. The two men had very different backgrounds but they formed a unique bond that channelled a tremendous creative energy. In this film Peter reminisces about the life he shared with Bill in their tiny Soho flat filled with cinema memorabilia. Their shared love of the movies lead them to start experimenting with an 8mm camera. Peter’s memories and musings about the legacy Bill left behind are illustrated with these never-before-seen short films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-05
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Braveheart
1995-05-24
Braveheart
Overview: Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-24
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Still Game: The Story So Far
2014-12-31
Still Game: The Story So Far
Overview: A celebration of the sitcom Still Game, featuring interviews with the cast, celebrities who have appeared on the show and super fans. Including a look at some favourite moments.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015-08-18
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Overview: Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-18
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Ooh the Banter!
2022-12-31
Ooh the Banter!
Overview: Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous celebration of Scotland's most valuable export – its sense of humour. Scotland is a small nation with a big funny bone. It's known the world over for self-deprecation, quick-witted patter and deadpan asides. But what makes it so funny? To find out the answer, this programme delves deep into the BBC Scotland archives to find a century’s worth of classic characters, catchphrases and comedy clips.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-31
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Two Doors Down
2013-12-31
Two Doors Down
Overview: Comedy set in a chaotic Hogmanay party. Beth and Eric Baird's Hogmanay goes horribly wrong as family, friends and neighbours descend on their home. As they count down to the bells in traditional Scottish style, a lively evening is assured as drink flows and Beth's legendary steak pie comes out of the oven. Secrets are revealed, tempers fray, scores are settled and a gazebo is destroyed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-31
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The Hunch
1967-01-01
The Hunch
Overview: A pleasure cruiser is abandoned by all aboard and Ian, Janet and Harry, children of a trawler skipper go out in their launch to claim her. They are marooned on the cruiser by accident and saved by a rival trawler skipper.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
1973-01-01
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
Overview: Travelling the Scottish Highlands by bus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Gregory's Girl
1981-04-23
Gregory's Girl
Overview: A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-23
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Little Voice
1998-11-05
Little Voice
Overview: After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-05
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Comrades
1987-08-23
Comrades
Overview: The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-23
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Scandal
1989-03-03
Scandal
Overview: An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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An Ungentlemanly Act
1992-06-13
An Ungentlemanly Act
Overview: Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually lead to the Falklands War. As the Argentine forces land on the main island and make their way towards Government House, the handful of British defenders batten down the hatches and prepare to defend Governor Rex Hunt, his family, and their fellow islanders from the invaders.
Genres: War History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-13
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Deacon Brodie
1997-03-08
Deacon Brodie
Overview: Drama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 Deacon Brodie a master cabinet maker and town councillor is a rogue and a hedonist. He steals money but gives it back. He attempts to steal a fortune from the city's Customs and Excise office but the attempt fails and he is caught. There is a widely-publicised trial and he is sentenced to death to be hanged on the gallows he designed.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-08
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Hidden City
1987-06-24
Hidden City
Overview: Cassies Stuart leads the uncooperative Charles Dance into a world of misplaces government secrets, capalistic artists and bungling secret agents. Will the truth be out, or will the attempts of agents suppress the truth hidden within government propaganda films, classified as top secret by complete mistake, be successful. Or is it the mysterious medical records that are the true catch of the spies.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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Orphans
1998-09-03
Orphans
Overview: A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-03
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Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989-11-05
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Overview: Johnny Fortune (Damon Lowry) is no good to anyone, not mean, but just no good. Surrounded by violence and dishonesty, Johnny lives with Kate. Johnny messes up, he loses a lot of money, his girlfriend Kate's money. Alone, desperate and on the run from a couple of hit-men, he applies for a job as an entertainer's assistant becoming a dancing bear. Unwittingly learning of secrets around him, his past catches up with him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-05
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Every Picture Tells a Story
1984-12-01
Every Picture Tells a Story
Overview: James Scott's biopic of his father William Scott, his childhood and his origins as a painter.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-01
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Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991-04-22
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Overview: True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-22
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Under Suspicion
1991-09-27
Under Suspicion
Overview: In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-27
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White Hunter, Black Heart
1990-05-16
White Hunter, Black Heart
Overview: Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-16
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Les Misérables
1998-05-01
Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Crime Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-01
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Robin Hood
1991-05-13
Robin Hood
Overview: The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-13
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White Goods
1994-01-01
White Goods
Overview: Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot, their friendship comes under tremendous strain as they find that they cannot agree on how best to split their winnings.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Just Another Saturday
1975-07-05
Just Another Saturday
Overview: It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-05
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Down Among the Big Boys
1993-09-19
Down Among the Big Boys
Overview: Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy and compulsive thief who attempts a spectacular robbery. Louie is put in charge of the investigation of JoJo's latest enterprise. JoJo learns of his peril and begins an exercise in risk management.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-19
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The Thin End of the Wedge
1977-12-20
The Thin End of the Wedge
Overview: A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for friends he can tap and discovers that the crises in their lives are even greater than his own.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-20
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Countdown to War
1989-04-07
Countdown to War
Overview: Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-07
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Dragon Rider
2020-10-13
Dragon Rider
Overview: An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” - the mythological safe haven for all dragons.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-13
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Dream Me Up Scotty!
2013-12-23
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Overview: Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 100 years audiences have struggled to understand our braw brogue: silent Harry Lauder films attempted an accent in the captions, and in Hollywood's golden era , everyone wanted to paint their tonsils tartan- but as examples from Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles and Richard Chamberlain show, they couldnae. Then Disney made Brave and proved that it disnae have to be all bad!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-23
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Michael Regan
1971-11-18
Michael Regan
Overview: Under stress, Irish tenant farmer Michael Regan, suddenly snaps one day and locks himself in his home, threatening the lives of his wife and child.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-18
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Rikki
2024-12-31
Rikki
Overview: A centenary celebration of the life and legacy of Rikki Fulton, one of Scotland’s most beloved comic actors. Ashley Jensen narrates an affectionate tribute to one of Scotland’s funniest comedians, Rikki Fulton. It’s 100 years since Rikki first made an entrance on to the world stage and 20 years since he bowed out. For decades, he’s been making the nation laugh with his rubber face, razor sharp wit and laconic demeanour. His influence is still felt in new generations of comics, and clips of his sketches still make us laugh to this day.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-31
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Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
1979-08-27
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Overview: The story of an aspiring actor's adventures around the Scottish Borders and northern England with a travelling theatre group.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-27
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Shoshana
2024-01-25
Shoshana
Overview: A political thriller that unfolds during the British Mandate in 1930s Tel Aviv, following two British police officers, Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton, in their hunt for poet and Zionist activist Avraham Stern, who is plotting to evict British authorities.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-25
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