Patrick Godfrey
Biography: Patrick Lindesay Archibald Godfrey (born 13 February 1933) is an English actor of film, television and stage. Godfrey was born in Finsbury, London to Rev. Frederick Godfrey and Lois Mary Gladys (née Turner). In 1956 Godfrey joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary. He made his film debut in Miss Julie (1972), and appeared in several British films of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including A Room with a View, The Remains of the Day, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Count of Monte Cristo, Dimensions and Les Misérables. He also played Leonardo da Vinci in the Cinderella adaptation Ever After alongside Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott. He had many roles on television, appearing in Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, and other series.
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Birthday: February 13, 1933
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Oliver Twist
2005-09-23
Oliver Twist
Overview: An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Genres: Crime Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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Foreign Body
1986-09-26
Foreign Body
Overview: Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain and while there, falls in love with a white woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-26
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A Room with a View
1986-03-07
A Room with a View
Overview: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-07
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Shadow of the Sword
2005-05-12
Shadow of the Sword
Overview: Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-12
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Maurice
1987-09-18
Maurice
Overview: After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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John Clare: "I Am"
1970-02-08
John Clare: "I Am"
Overview: A film biography by David Jones with Freddie Jones as John Clare "I am - yet what I am, none cares or knows" (John Clare) John Clare (1792-1864), farm labourer, had three obsessions: his youthful love for Mary Joyce, the countryside of his native Northamptonshire, and the need to celebrate both in his poetry. Clare cracked under the increasing strain of poverty and neglect, and spent the last 23 years of his life in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum. He imagined himself to be Lord Byron, a bigamist, and a prize-fighter; but the poems of his madness are perhaps the most remarkable he ever wrote. "Clare's asylum foretells our need for an asylum, his deprivation foretells our deprivation" (Geoffrey Grigson) Commentary spoken by Tony Church (from BBC Midlands) (David Jones and Patrick Stewart are members of the Royal Shakespeare Company; Tony Church appears by permission of the Northcott Theatre, Exeter)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-08
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Bad Girl
1992-07-14
Bad Girl
Overview: A young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-14
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The Trial
1993-06-18
The Trial
Overview: Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work. But despite the strange nature of his arrest, Joseph soon learns that his trial, however odd, is very real, and tries desperately to spare himself from the court's judgement.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-18
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Les Misérables
2012-12-18
Les Misérables
Overview: An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set 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: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-18
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Dimensions
2011-09-20
Dimensions
Overview: Stephen is a brilliant young boy who lives in England, in what appears to be the 1920s—but nothing in Stephen’s life is quite as it seems. His world is turned upside down upon meeting a charismatic and inspirational professor at a garden party, who demonstrates to Stephen and his friends what life would be like if they themselves were merely one, or two, dimensional beings. He then proceeds to explain that by manipulating other dimensions, time travel may actually be possible. As Stephen’s life unfolds, events lead him to dedicate himself to turning the Professor’s theories of time travel into reality. Jealousy, love, obsession, temptation and greed surround him, influencing his fragile mind and the direction of his work.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-20
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My Brother Tom
2001-11-16
My Brother Tom
Overview: A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a private reality that no-one else can enter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-16
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The Girl in a Swing
1988-09-29
The Girl in a Swing
Overview: A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they are married, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and he must find the best way to deal with them without destroying their relationship.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-29
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Bermuda Grace
1994-01-07
Bermuda Grace
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-07
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National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011-12-01
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Overview: John Hodge's Collaborators centers on an imaginary encounter between Joseph Stalin and the playwright Mikhail Bulgakov.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-01
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The Borderlands
2014-03-28
The Borderlands
Overview: Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-28
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The Gambler
1997-10-30
The Gambler
Overview: Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him to complete the novel reality and fiction become blurred; in this feverish atmosphere of excess Dostoyevsky's characters come to life as he struggles to complete his work.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-30
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The Count of Solar
1992-02-02
The Count of Solar
Overview: The true story of mysterious deaf-mute boy Joseph in France just before the revolution.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-02
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Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010-09-28
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: When the King of Navarre and his three courtiers forswear all pleasure - particularly of the female variety - in favour of a life of study, the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies plays havoc with their intentions. Using every kind of verbal gymnastics to poke fun, Shakespeare's most intellectual comedy is brought to hilarious life in this highly entaining production, rich in visual humour and sexual innuendo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-28
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Black and White
Black and White
Overview: Black and White is the story of Lisa, a young Soviet emigre studying medicine in Manhattan, Roy, an African American building superintendent on New York's Lower East Side, and the bond that they form from living on the edges of Manhattan. Filled with an assortment of fringe artists, disenfranchised immigrants, diamond dealers and sexual surrogates, the film is ultimately about breaking down barriers between people.
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Original Language: en
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Rejoyce!
2024-03-16
Rejoyce!
Overview: After the death of her husband, an elderly vicar's wife re-discovers a book of erotic fiction that she wrote in her youth.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-16
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EverAfter
1998-07-31
EverAfter
Overview: Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-31
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The Remains of the Day
1993-11-05
The Remains of the Day
Overview: A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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The Interrogation of John
1987-09-30
The Interrogation of John
Overview: A suspect is brought to a London police station charged with gross indecency. Police at the station believe he is connected with a murder in the area earlier that night, but the suspect refuses to speak.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-30
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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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The Duchess
2008-09-05
The Duchess
Overview: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-05
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The Three Sisters
1981-12-29
The Three Sisters
Overview: Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching but secretly longs for a home and family. Masha, unhappy with her marriage to a timid schoolmaster, falls hopelessly in love with a married colonel. Irina works in the local telegraph office but longs for gaiety. Their sense of futility is increased by their brother's marriage to Natasha, a coarse peasant girl. She gradually encroaches on the family home until even the private refuge of the sisters is destroyed. They dream of starting a new life in Moscow but are saddled with the practicalities of their quiet existence. Despite their past failures, they resolve to seek some purpose and hope when the army post is withdrawn from the town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-29
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Miss Julie
1972-01-01
Miss Julie
Overview: A televised Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg's classic play. Miss Julie, a nineteenth century aristocrat's daughter, is attracted to one of the servants in her father's house.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989-04-22
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Overview: A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation and his rise to become one of the leading Nazi hunters in the world, bringing such criminals to justice as Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbee. (Written by Anthony Hughes)
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-22
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Sleepers
1991-04-10
Sleepers
Overview: Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counterplots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-10
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Heat and Dust
1983-01-01
Heat and Dust
Overview: Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018-11-25
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Overview: A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-25
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2002-05-17
The Importance of Being Earnest
Overview: Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...
Genres: Comedy Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-17
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The Shell Seekers
2007-10-18
The Shell Seekers
Overview: Penelope Keeling, a sixty-four-year-old daughter of a famous artist, reflects on her life, and the fate and choices that defined it, when she arrives in the Mediterranean to stay with her headstrong daughter. Shifting through time, and falling into place like the pieces of a jigsaw, the truth of Penelope's rich, heartbreaking and surprising life unfolds.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-18
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The Miracle Maker
2000-03-31
The Miracle Maker
Overview: A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.
Genres: Animation Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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Mr. Turner
2014-10-31
Mr. Turner
Overview: Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-31
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Message for Posterity
1994-10-28
Message for Posterity
Overview: A version of Dennis Potter's play for television, remade shortly before his death as the original 1960s version had been wiped.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-28
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Clockwise
1986-03-01
Clockwise
Overview: School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-01
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984-03-26
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
Overview: A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-26
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Manifesto
1988-01-27
Manifesto
Overview: In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-27
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Passage
2008-10-03
Passage
Overview: With a unique blend of dramatic action and behind-the-scenes documentary footage, filmmaker John Walker shares the multi-layered story of British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men, who perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage, and John Rae, the Scottish doctor who in 1851, discovered their dismal fate. Rae's dark report, which described the crew’s madness and cannibalism, did not sit well with Sir John's widow, Lady Franklin, nor with many others in British society, including Charles Dickens. They waged a bitter public campaign to discredit Rae's version of events and mark an entire nation of northern Inuit with the label of murderous cannibals. A stunning face-to-face meeting between the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens and Tagak Curley, an honoured Inuit statesman who challenges the fraudulent history, vaults the story from the past into the present and we are witness to history in the making.
Genres: History Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-03
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The History Boys
2006-10-02
The History Boys
Overview: The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-02
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Do Not Disturb
1991-03-17
Do Not Disturb
Overview: When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of literary enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writer Eleanor Mont other forces start to stir.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-17
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Genghis Cohn
1993-11-09
Genghis Cohn
Overview: In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is comfortably retired into the life of a highly respected police commissioner, and is investigating a series of murders when he encounters the ghost of Genghis Cohn. The haunting turns into a taunting, and before he knows it, Schatz is slowly driven mad as he is lured into a trap.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-09
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National Theatre Live: As You Like It
2016-03-30
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Overview: With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-30
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Rainy Day Women
1984-04-10
Rainy Day Women
Overview: In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-10
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984-12-08
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Overview: When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the story moves us through resurrection, attempted murder, pirates, prostitution, and divine revelation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-08
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Breathe
2017-10-13
Breathe
Overview: Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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The Devil's Disciple
1987-05-17
The Devil's Disciple
Overview: Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience held dear, especially family and marriage. In 1777 as the American War of Independence rages, Dick Dudgeon returns to the family he revolted against years ago. But his life is about to take another twist as the british arrive and seem set on an execution...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-17
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Come Home Charlie and Face Them
1990-11-25
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
Overview: Adapting R.F. Delderfield's classic story of love, lust, crime and betrayal, this three-part mini-series centres around a young bank clerk whose yearning to escape the mundanity of 1930s small-town life is answered all too readily when he falls for an exotic beauty with dangerous intentions.
Genres: Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-25
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Doctor Who: The Savages
1966-06-18
Doctor Who: The Savages
Overview: The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and Dodo learn it hides a terrible secret: the apparently civilised Elders maintain their advanced society by draining and transferring to themselves the life-force of the defenceless Savages.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-18
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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971-03-06
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Overview: Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong - especially when they discover that the Doctor's old enemy the Master is responsible for the machine.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-06
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On the Black Hill
1988-09-12
On the Black Hill
Overview: The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land disputes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-12
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The Falklands Play
2002-04-10
The Falklands Play
Overview: The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increasingly come to specialise in dramatic reconstructions of history. It was originally commissioned by the BBC in 1983, for production and broadcast in 1986, but was subsequently shelved by Controller of BBC One Michael Grade due to its alleged pro-Margaret Thatcher stance and jingoistic tone. This prompted a press furore over media bias and censorship.The play was not staged until 2002, when it was broadcast in separate adaptations on BBC Television and Radio.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-10
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Theban Plays: Antigone
1986-09-19
Theban Plays: Antigone
Overview: In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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Shadows in the Sun
2009-06-15
Shadows in the Sun
Overview: A mysterious young loner changes the lives of one family and helps them rediscover their roots and deep affection for one another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-15
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Let There Be Light
1970-01-23
Let There Be Light
Overview: What was it like to go to school 100 years ago?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-23
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Redemption
1991-07-03
Redemption
Overview: After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-03
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Ice Age
1978-05-17
Ice Age
Overview: ' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger arrives at the old people's home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. Should he be brought to trial for collaborating with the Nazis? Or will the young partisan carry through his original plan to kill him?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-17
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Doctor Who: The Savages
2025-03-24
Doctor Who: The Savages
Overview: The Doctor, Steven and Dodo land on an alien world in this animated reconstruction of a lost 1966 Doctor Who adventure. There, they meet two peoples; the cutthroat Savages, and civilised Elders, who claim to know all about the Doctor and his travels. Is all as it seems, and will the TARDIS crew come out in one piece if it isn't?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-24
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