Anthony Andrews
Biography: Anthony Andrews made his West End theater debut at the Apollo Theatre as one of twenty young schoolboys in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On" with John Gielgud. He began his career at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the UK. His theater credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company - "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff's "Coming in to Land" with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, the much-acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman's "One of Us" and, as "Pastor Manders", in Robin Phillips's highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright. Anthony's first television appearance was in The Wednesday Play: A Beast with Two Backs (1968) by Dennis Potter, which was part of The Wednesday Play (1964) series. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC's The Fortunes of Nigel (1974) by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently, he distinguished himself in various television classics playing "Mercutio" in Romeo & Juliet (1978) and starred in three different plays in the "Play of the Month" (1976) series, including playing "Charles Harcourt" in "London Assurance". He also starred in Danger UXB (1979), in which he played bomb disposal hero "Brian Ash". Most famously, he received worldwide recognition for his portrayal of the doomed "Sebastian Flyte" in Brideshead Revisited (1981) for which he won a BAFTA in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor. Anthony's since gone on to star in Jewels (1992), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination. Most recently, Anthony has received tremendous acclaim for his outstanding portrayal of "Count Fosco" in "The Woman In White" at the Palace Theatre in London's West End. As a producer, he co-produced Lost in Siberia (1991), which translates as "Lost in Siberia", filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and Haunted (1995), produced by his own production company, Double 'A' Films.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 12, 1948
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Overview: Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-03
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A Beast with Two Backs
1968-11-20
A Beast with Two Backs
Overview: A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-20
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Sparkling Cyanide
1983-11-05
Sparkling Cyanide
Overview: The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after her death, it seems more likely that she was murdered, as all the dinner guests had good reason to want her dead.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-05
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982-11-09
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Overview: During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
Genres: Action Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-09
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The Holcroft Covenant
1985-09-20
The Holcroft Covenant
Overview: A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past—but his son has to search the world to find it.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-20
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Under the Volcano
1984-06-20
Under the Volcano
Overview: Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-20
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Ivanhoe
1982-02-23
Ivanhoe
Overview: Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.
Genres: History Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-23
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Haunted
1995-10-27
Haunted
Overview: Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.
Genres: Mystery Horror Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-27
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Operation: Daybreak
1975-11-01
Operation: Daybreak
Overview: Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-01
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Percy's Progress
1974-08-01
Percy's Progress
Overview: Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-01
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David Copperfield
2001-12-25
David Copperfield
Overview: After the death of his father and a second wedding of his mother, David Copperfield suffers from his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. The mother dies shortly after the death of another child, whereupon Mr. Murdstone sends David to London, where he has to work for a starvation wage.Here he makes some new friends, but soon flees from the capital of England to his aunt Traddles in Canterbury, where he is adopted by her.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-25
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Lost in Siberia
1991-04-08
Lost in Siberia
Overview: The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1991-04-08
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Hands of a Murderer
1990-05-16
Hands of a Murderer
Overview: Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' brother, Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his captive to decode highly classified military documents.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-16
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Take Me High
1973-12-07
Take Me High
Overview: Tim (Cliff Richard) is a successful ambitious young financier working for a London Merchant bank, but even his happy-go-lucky attitude is severely jolted when he is sent to Birmingham instead of his promised New York for his posting! But comedy reigns when the enterprising bank manager helps an unsuccessful Birmingham restaurant compete with its rivals by introducing a new fast food - the Brumburger!
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-07
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A War of Children
1972-11-18
A War of Children
Overview: A Protestant and a Catholic family's friendship is threatened by the sectarian violence in Belfast. When the daughter of the Catholic family falls in love with a British soldier, the situation worsens ...
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-18
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Revisiting Brideshead
2005-10-15
Revisiting Brideshead
Overview: Documentary with an affectionate look back at the classic Granada TV dramatisation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel "Brideshead Revisited".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-15
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The Adolescents
1975-09-09
The Adolescents
Overview: A shy girl named Ana is sent to an English boarding school. After a period of adjustment, she travels to London with two of her more world weary classmates and becomes the target for a trio of men who take illicit photographs of young girls to be published in 'Estimulation' Magazine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-09-09
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The Professor and the Madman
2019-03-07
The Professor and the Madman
Overview: Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Genres: History Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-07
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Observations Under the Volcano
1984-07-03
Observations Under the Volcano
Overview: Documentary on the making of the movie Under the Volcano.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-03
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The Woman He Loved
1988-04-03
The Woman He Loved
Overview: In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-03
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980-12-26
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Overview: Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-26
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The King's Speech
2010-11-26
The King's Speech
Overview: The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-26
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Notes from Under the Volcano
1984-09-09
Notes from Under the Volcano
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-09
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Mothertime
1997-12-28
Mothertime
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Gillian White. A drunken woman's children lock her in the sauna in an attempt to cure her of her alcoholism. The teenage daughter runs the house and tries to engineer a reunion between her parents. But the parents have been keeping secrets from their children, and nothing is as it seems.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-28
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A Day Out
1972-12-24
A Day Out
Overview: Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-24
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The Country Wife
1977-02-13
The Country Wife
Overview: Directed by Donald McWhinnie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-13
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The Second Victory
1987-06-04
The Second Victory
Overview: After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to kill British Occupation Forces personnel, prompting a joint British-German manhunt operation to capture him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-04
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Hanna's War
1988-04-14
Hanna's War
Overview: Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-14
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1989-10-29
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: Henry Jekyll, a shy and unassuming doctor, is obsessed with the idea of separating the good in man's nature from the evil, and is attracted to Rebecca, daughter of the head teacher of the medical school.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-29
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The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987-06-19
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Overview: The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982. The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home-cum-theme park.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-19
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The Law Lord
1992-03-22
The Law Lord
Overview: A new government takes power with a drastically reduced majority. But the ambitious young Home Secretary has a plan to bring the legal establishment to heel and bypass Parliament altogether. Anthony Andrews says of writer and barrister John Cooper (who wrote the ITV series The Advocates): "John is writing about a world he knows intimately. It is a most original and exciting screenplay and extremely prescient in view of the current controversies surrounding the judiciary." Producer Simon Passmore Director Jim Goddard
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-22
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French Without Tears
1976-05-16
French Without Tears
Overview: The romantic and comic adventures of a group of Englishmen in France, on a course to learn the language.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-16
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Z for Zachariah
1984-02-28
Z for Zachariah
Overview: Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and one man are left, and the majority of the film is about how they cope with the situation and each other.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-28
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Romeo & Juliet
1978-12-03
Romeo & Juliet
Overview: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-03
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Mistress of Paradise
1981-10-04
Mistress of Paradise
Overview: In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then becomes suspicious about his first wife's death.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-04
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Suspicion
1987-01-01
Suspicion
Overview: A powerfully tense remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, this British production of SUSPICION boasts a dynamic cast, making it a worthy descendent of the original.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien
1976-12-27
Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien
Overview: A girl enters the service of the owner of a brothel who will initiate her into the profession.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-12-27
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The Lighthorsemen
1987-09-10
The Lighthorsemen
Overview: In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-10
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