Robert Glenister
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Birthday: March 11, 1960
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National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2022-11-03
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Overview: Emilia Clarke makes her West End debut as Nina in Anya Reiss’ unique 21st century modernisation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, with direction by Jamie Lloyd.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-03
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Journey's End
2017-12-14
Journey's End
Overview: Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-14
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Eroica
2003-10-04
Eroica
Overview: British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-04
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Just Visiting
2001-04-06
Just Visiting
Overview: A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard. Remake of 1993 French film Les Visiteurs (The Visitors).
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-06
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Lover's Prayer
2001-09-18
Lover's Prayer
Overview: A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-18
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Class of '76
2005-10-05
Class of '76
Overview: Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the only thing they have in common is being classmates. In addition, the deaths appear to be related to a mysterious "faceless child."
Genres: Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-10-05
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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995-09-05
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Overview: Specially commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4, this pseudo-biography shows how Aristophanes became the father of political satire and why his theatrical innovations are still staples of the contemporary theatre.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-05
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Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack
2010-04-06
Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack
Overview: Cast and crew discuss the final series of A Touch of Frost
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-06
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Creation
2009-09-25
Creation
Overview: A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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Victoria Station
2003-11-02
Victoria Station
Overview: A controller in a London cab office looks for a driver to pick up a fare from Victoria Station. The driver who answers has never heard of Victoria Station. And he already has a "passenger on board", albeit a very unusual one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-02
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A Landing on the Sun
1994-01-02
A Landing on the Sun
Overview: Brian Jessel, a civil servant in the Cabinet Office, is asked to investigate the mysterious death of the civil servant Stephen Summerchild twenty years earlier. Summerchild was working on a Cabinet project, under the Oxford philosophy don Elizabeth Serafin, to find the "quality of life" in Britain. Jessel finds a box of audio tapes from the project containing all the discussions up to the time Summerchild fell off the Admiralty Building.
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-02
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Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1984-03-16
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Overview: Arriving on the barren world of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. At the heart of the conflict is a substance called Spectrox - both valuable and deadly! The Doctor & Peri wind up being poisoned by the material, which is killing them slowly and painfully unless they can find a cure. As the conflict heats up and the situation gets more desperate, the Doctor realises time is running out - both for Peri and himself...
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-16
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Little Girls Don't
1981-03-10
Little Girls Don't
Overview: Little Girls Don't" is the tale of two girls, Sheryl and Abbey who have been inseparable friends since childhood despite coming from very different backgrounds. Then Billy arrives on the scene. He is a bad boy who likes to steal cars, but with the encouragement of girlfriend Abbey this soon turns into something much more serious, with tragic consequences for everyone involved.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-10
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Cryptic
2014-12-31
Cryptic
Overview: Eight guys from a crime organization in London are sent to guard a coffin.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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Ending Up
1989-01-01
Ending Up
Overview: A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
2013-05-23
The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
Overview: Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-23
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Live by Night
2016-12-25
Live by Night
Overview: A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-25
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We'll Take Manhattan
2012-01-26
We'll Take Manhattan
Overview: We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving and inadvertently defining the style of the Sixties along the way.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-26
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The Ruby in the Smoke
2006-12-27
The Ruby in the Smoke
Overview: Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. But unfortunately, Sally has no idea what the words The Seven Blessings mean. Before long, she is drawn into a mystery filled with opium, secrets from her own past and, at the heart of it all, the Ruby of Agrapur.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-27
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Me and the Girls
1985-12-01
Me and the Girls
Overview: TOM COURTENAY and Nichola McAuliffe star in Ken Taylor's adaptation of the Noel Coward short story, "Me and the Girls", one of a series called "Noel Coward's The Master's Collection" co-produced by the BBC and Quintet, in association with the Arts and Entertainment Network. Tom Courtenay plays George Banks, a homosexual dancer, who looks back over his life as he lies dying in a Swiss sanatorium. The cast also includes Catherine Rabett and Robert Glenister. The play is directed by Jack Gold, the series producer is Alan Shallcross, and Victor Glynn is the executive producer.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-01
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Persuasion
1995-05-01
Persuasion
Overview: Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful, and perhaps still in love with Anne.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-01
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Murder
2002-05-01
Murder
Overview: Chris Maurer is killed the day after his 21st birthday and his grieving mother, Angela Maurer, is unable to come to grips with that fact. She is taken advantage of by a self-interested journalist who only cares about getting a front-page story and she is completely dissatisfied with the way the police are handling the case. A local shopkeeper tries to help her through these trying times, but to no avail. The police arrest Chris' friend Ryan McGuinness, after they learn Chris may have spent the night with Ryan's girlfriend but Chris also had a testy relationship with his brother-in-law. The Good Samaritan who found Chris bloodied and beaten on the sidewalk agrees to participate in a reconstruction of the crime. In the end, a simple slip of the tongue reveals the identity of the killer and then the motive for the murder.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-01
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Journey's End
2017-12-14
Journey's End
Overview: Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-14
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The Aeronauts
2019-11-04
The Aeronauts
Overview: In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-04
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The Secret Rapture
1993-09-12
The Secret Rapture
Overview: Upon her father's death, a woman comes into emotional and psychological conflict with her young lover, her overbearing sister and her alcoholic stepmother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-12
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Villain
2020-02-28
Villain
Overview: After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, and he ends up using his life savings to calling in favours with mobster friends to try and help.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-28
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Get Off My Land
2007-08-21
Get Off My Land
Overview: Written and directed by Douglas Ray, starring Ruth Wilson and Rafe Spall, Get Off My Land tells the story of a couple on a walk in the countryside who meet a farmer…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-21
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My Fragile Heart
2000-09-17
My Fragile Heart
Overview: Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that Bernard Cleve is also living in Stoke. Bernard was accused of killing Trinas best friend many years ago but was never convicted. Another girl is killed and Bernard is again a suspect. Trina thinks he is innocent but places herself in danger in trying to prove it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-17
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Pilate: The Man Who Killed Christ
2004-04-10
Pilate: The Man Who Killed Christ
Overview: Throughout history, Pontius Pilate has been portrayed as a weak ruler-the man who allowed Jesus Christ to be crucified at the demand of the Jews. But this documentary portrays a very different Pilate, one who had his own motives for allowing Jesus' fate.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-10
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Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981-12-18
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Overview: British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-18
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