Don Warrington
Biography: Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams, 23 May 1951) is a Trinidadian-born British actor. He is best known for playing Philip Smith in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp (1974–78), and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in the BBC detective series Death in Paradise (2011–present).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 23, 1951
Deathday: N/A
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Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994-01-01
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Overview: Kryten presents a collection of bloopers from series 4 to 6 of Red Dwarf.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Futureshock: Comet
2008-01-02
Futureshock: Comet
Overview: A comet hits Ireland, and a bigger one is on its way towards the U.S. where 900 million people have to be evacuated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-02
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Lighthouse
2000-02-04
Lighthouse
Overview: A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks. Mixed survivors of cons and prison guards struggle ashore, only to discover to their horror that another survivor got there first - the murderous & psychotic Leo Rook. Stranded, with no means of escape or call for help, the survivors must face a night of terror as they struggle to survive.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-04
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The Lion of Africa
1987-06-28
The Lion of Africa
Overview: Brooke Adams plays a woman who has to put up with Brian Dennehy's character if she wants to get across a desolate section of Africa. They fight and naturally sparks fly.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-28
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'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996-08-16
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Overview: A compilation of the many characters played by Leonard Rossiter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-16
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Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023-06-25
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
Overview: The forgotten story of the daring and bloody criminal plot to kidnap Princess Anne in March 1974, which led to an extraordinary shootout in the shadow of Buckingham Palace.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-25
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The Last Giraffe
1979-06-07
The Last Giraffe
Overview: An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe of Kenya by adopting an orphaned animal whose mother had been slain by a notorious poacher.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-07
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Hamlet
1996-12-25
Hamlet
Overview: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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Rising Damp
1980-05-03
Rising Damp
Overview: Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger, Miss Jones, flirts with Philip rather than him, despite his pitiful attempts at seduction.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-03
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Babymother
1998-09-11
Babymother
Overview: A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all-girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing estate with little support, the odds are obviously against her. Emotionally she struggles too as she learns at her mother's death that her actual mother is the woman she had thought was her older sister. With the help of a female agent, the group starts to get some exposure and rises above their setting.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Tube Tales
1999-11-19
Tube Tales
Overview: Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-19
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Land of the Blind
2006-05-01
Land of the Blind
Overview: A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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Fat Slags
2004-10-15
Fat Slags
Overview: Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-15
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The Trick
1997-10-17
The Trick
Overview: Three talent scouts are auditioning for the best eponymous 'trick'. After kicking out a magic chef type, a guy comes in who unfolds a magic door from a pen.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-17
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Tube Tales
1999-11-19
Tube Tales
Overview: Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-19
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Bloodbath at the House of Death
1984-03-29
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Overview: Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-29
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Borderland
1988-09-27
Borderland
Overview: South Africa 1988: living in isolation, Anya, a white journalist, is forced to examine her reasons for exile by the unexpected arrival of two old friends, now lovers. But being in love takes on a different meaning here. They each have to discover what matters most - perhaps nobody can really escape ...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-27
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The Ark
2015-03-30
The Ark
Overview: Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a desert in order to save both his family and the faithful from a devastating flood. A seemingly impossible task, especially when his sons refuse to believe him and help, Noah risks ridicule and humiliation from the degenerate townsfolk as well as his loving but exasperated family, in his quest to carry out his God-given task.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-30
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Rhythm of Life
2021-07-03
Rhythm of Life
Overview: A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-03
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The Glass Man
2011-08-26
The Glass Man
Overview: The chilling story of a middle class man whose desperate weathering of the current economic crisis ends with the arrival one night of a debt collector with an offer that surely cannot be turned down.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-26
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010-05-07
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Overview: Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-07
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Still We Thrive
2022-03-26
Still We Thrive
Overview: A rich tapestry of image, music and poetry is interwoven in this powerful meditation on Black resilience.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-26
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King Lear
2016-07-11
King Lear
Overview: Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-11
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You, Me and Him
2018-02-01
You, Me and Him
Overview: Despite their age difference, Lesbian couple Olivia and Alex are very much in love. But as the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbour John befriends them, they both start making some truly disastrous decisions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-01
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8 ½ Women
1999-05-22
8 ½ Women
Overview: Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up their very own harem in their Genevan estate after watching 8½.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-22
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Manilla Envelopes
2006-01-01
Manilla Envelopes
Overview: Also known as The Battersea Ripper, this is a comic crime thriller set in London concerning a young girl's kidnapping and the hapless police and reporters trying to get to the truth. It has never been released to DVD and has only ever had a limited theatrical screening in 2006.
Genres: Crime Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Toys That Made Christmas
2011-12-25
The Toys That Made Christmas
Overview: The Toys That Made Christmas. Spirograph, Fuzzy Felt, Barbie, Meccano - Robert Webb tells the story of our Christmases through the toys we played with and loved.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-25
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Club Havana
1975-10-25
Club Havana
Overview: After 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship which causes conflict within a Jamaican family. Reconstructed from the surviving unedited studio footage by Simon Coward (Research Manager, Kaleidoscope). An episode of the BBC drama series Second City Firsts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-25
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Carbon Copy
1975-08-03
Carbon Copy
Overview: In Howard Schuman’s contribution to the Against the Crowd series, Jamaican Albert Sharpe II (Warrington) is no longer at ease with the cultured white family who have virtually adopted him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-03
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Night Shift
Night Shift
Overview: Lenny and Chris are on their way to a job. But it gets complicated. Very complicated. And they haven’t reckoned on just who they’re there to kidnap, and who else might have had the same idea…
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Original Language: en
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On Christmas Night
2016-12-25
On Christmas Night
Overview: Don Warrington narrates the account in Luke's Gospel of the shepherds' visit to the Christ Child, and the Adventist Vocal Ensemble sing Sweet Little Jesus Boy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-25
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The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000-09-25
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Overview: Tribute to the much-loved character actor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-25
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Camping
1990-02-09
Camping
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1990-02-09
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God, Smell and Her
2009-01-28
God, Smell and Her
Overview: A stream of consciousness, a journey, a wonder of human beings, life and the world, of the corporeal and what can not be seen, but there is. A woman traveling around the world. We follow her to Ireland, Iceland, India, Spain and Egypt, where she faces both real and fictional people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-01-28
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Shelf
2024-09-30
Shelf
Overview: A heart warming story about some unfortunate changes in Grant's (Don Warrington MBE) life, as he takes on a new challenge, a simple wooden shelf. How hard can it be?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-30
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