Jason Watkins
Biography: Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 28, 1966
Deathday: N/A
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Confetti
2006-05-05
Confetti
Overview: A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-05
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The Trick
2021-10-18
The Trick
Overview: The Trick tells the story of world-renowned Professor Philip Jones; Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia, who back in 2009 found himself at the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism. With time running out against an unseen enemy, The Trick looks at the potentially devastating consequences to humanity from climate change denial; how a media storm undermined public confidence in the science and how the concept of ‘truth’ took a back seat causing us to lose a decade of action.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-18
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High Hopes
1989-01-13
High Hopes
Overview: Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-13
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Miss Austen Regrets
2008-02-03
Miss Austen Regrets
Overview: An outwardly confident but unmarried woman on the verge of her fortieth birthday reflects on her past suitors and the choices she once made while attempting to help her marriage minded niece choose between a number of potential suitors in this tale inspired by the life and letters of Jane Austen. Jane Austen is about to turn forty, but she still hasn't found her ideal man. When Jane is approached by her niece Fanny and asked to help select the perfect husband for the young girl, the aging spinster begins to wonder why it is that she never found a man to share her own life with. Perhaps if Jane had accepted the proposal of a wealthy landowner she could have saved her family from financial ruin, and what of the handsome young physician who once warmed to Jane after tending to her ailing family members?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-03
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Nativity!
2009-11-27
Nativity!
Overview: Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-27
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Lost Christmas
2011-12-11
Lost Christmas
Overview: An Urban Fairy Tale set in Manchester. A story of how a series of tragic events, that blight a young boy's life on Christmas Eve, take him on a journey where a chance meeting with a mysterious stranger may have the key to help and give him a perfect Christmas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-11
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Circus
2000-05-05
Circus
Overview: Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-05
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Sabotage!!
2000-10-14
Sabotage!!
Overview: June, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in history. He has spent his whole life creating a mystique, becoming synonymous with determination, strength and mystery. But, that whole super-leader trip is smothering him and he just can't stand it anymore. Meanwhile, one of his aides, le maréchal Hugo Armani, has only one dream: to emulate the man who is his idol, his emperor. Armani picks the battle of Waterloo as the moment for his borderline psychotic attack - the first case of Napoleonic delirium in modern psychiatry. Due to the shortage of maréchals at the moment, Napoleon's got no choice: he has to leave Armani in command. Unbalanced Armani, so unexpectedly promoted, now leads the troops of France.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-14
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Something Borrowed
2020-10-24
Something Borrowed
Overview: When a sweet old woman lends her pen to a hopeless young chap, a whirlwind of a chase ensues.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-24
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Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
2012-11-23
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Overview: This sequel to the popular British comedy sees a new teacher (David Tennant) take over. When he enters his school in the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition, he and his pregnant wife, and the schoolchildren, embark on an epic road trip that ends up with a birth and a donkey, where he must embrace his fears and become a hero.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-23
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Sixty Six
2006-11-03
Sixty Six
Overview: A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-03
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The One Note Man
2023-08-08
The One Note Man
Overview: A musical man lives a careful life. Each day is like the next, just how he likes it. One day, however, misfortune and fate collide, breaking his routine and rocking his world forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-08
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The Overcoat
2017-11-14
The Overcoat
Overview: A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-14
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In Denial of Murder
2004-02-29
In Denial of Murder
Overview: Dramatisation of the Stephen Downing case which involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32 year old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in central England. Following a campaign by a local newspaper, his conviction was overturned in 2002, after Downing had served 27 years in prison. The case is thought to be the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, and attracted worldwide media attention.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-29
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Wicked Little Letters
2024-02-23
Wicked Little Letters
Overview: When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-23
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
2022-12-23
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Overview: The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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Housewife, 49
2006-12-10
Housewife, 49
Overview: Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her son Cliff leaves to join the troops - provoking a painful confrontation with her husband Will.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-10
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My Family and Other Animals
2005-12-27
My Family and Other Animals
Overview: An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-27
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Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014-11-14
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
Overview: This Christmas the pupils of St Bernadette's and their much-loved, madcap teacher Mr. Poppy are back for their biggest adventure yet involving fantastic flashmobs, excitable elves, Christmas carols and of course Archie the donkey! When their new teacher Mr. Shepherd loses his memory and forgets all about Christmas, as well as his fiancée Sophie and the whereabouts of the beloved Archie, it's up to the pupils of St Bernadette's to save the day. Led by the ever enthusiastic Mr Poppy, they embark on a Christmas journey like never before - but time is against them if they are to help Mr Shepherd get to New York in time for his magical yuletide wedding!
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-14
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Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009-12-24
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Overview: This is the time of year when friends and family gather round the television to exchange the traditional greeting -“Don’t bother, there’s nothing on”. Well this Christmas join Victoria Wood for her ‘Mid Life Christmas’ featuring highlights from the Mid Life Olympics 2009, with the most unlikely sporting events and a dance number that brings together the killer combo of midriff bulge. Victoria then dons a bonnet and corset, for the popular costume drama Lark Pies to Cranchesterford, and revel in the further adventures of soap star Bo Beaumont played by long term collaborator Julie Walters. DVD extras include the searing in-depth documentary (!) ‘What larks!’
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-24
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The History of Mr Polly
2007-05-07
The History of Mr Polly
Overview: When Alfred Polly fails to find fulfilment as a shop keeper, he leaves his wife and sets out on the open road to see where freedom leads.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-07
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Fear of Fanny
2006-10-23
Fear of Fanny
Overview: The bizarre tale of Fanny Cradock, Britain's famous and maligned TV chef from 50s to the 70s.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-23
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The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005-12-25
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Overview: The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end up with their car being washed out to sea on a beach. Marcus (a businessman who deals with Dave's company) first appears in this episode.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-25
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Wild Child
2008-08-15
Wild Child
Overview: Sixteen-year-old Poppy has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-15
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The Golden Compass
2007-12-04
The Golden Compass
Overview: After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-04
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Tomorrow Never Dies
1997-12-11
Tomorrow Never Dies
Overview: A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-11
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Split Second
1992-05-01
Split Second
Overview: In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Genres: Action Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-01
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004-11-10
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Overview: Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time Mark spends with a gorgeous co-worker Rebecca and, despite a vacation meant to smooth things over, ends their relationship. On assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver - claiming to be a reformed man - they have a short dalliance, and she is arrested at the airport and temporarily jailed on the false accusation of drug smuggling before Mark, seemingly indifferent, comes to the rescue.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-10
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Bostock's Cup
1999-06-24
Bostock's Cup
Overview: Former players and associates of third division club Bostock Stanley gather for a celebratory dinner to commemorate their famous FA Cup victory twenty-five years previously during which a shocking truth is revealed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-24
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Sex 'n' Death
1999-12-14
Sex 'n' Death
Overview: The host of a British Shock-TV Show blurs the line between show business and life.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-14
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Hampstead
2017-06-23
Hampstead
Overview: Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-23
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The Children Act
2018-08-01
The Children Act
Overview: In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-01
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018-05-19
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Overview: Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-19
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Onegin
1999-12-22
Onegin
Overview: In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat – a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Through his best friend Lensky, Onegin is introduced to the young Tatiana. A passionate and virtuous girl, she soon falls hopelessly under the spell of the aloof newcomer and professes her love for him
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-22
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Are you Being Served
2016-08-28
Are you Being Served
Overview: Picking up where Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's classic comedy left off, it's 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, but he has a problem on his hands. Mr Humphries, Captain Peacock, Mr Rumbold and Mrs Slocombe all seem to be stuck in another era. A new member of staff, Mr Conway, joins the team but will he help shake things up or will he just put a cat amongst the pigeons?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-28
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State of Mind
2003-01-01
State of Mind
Overview: Reeling from the discovery of her husband's adultery, Grace moves back to her family home with her son. Amidst all this emotional turmoil, forensic psychologist Grace is asked by police to determine the guilt or innocence a man who killed his wife.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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She Stoops to Conquer
2003-04-08
She Stoops to Conquer
Overview: Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious step-mother, impassioned sweethearts, a pragmatic father and a pair of star-crossed suitors are sent spinning through a hilarous comedy of errors by one of the great characters of the stage, Tony Lumpkin. The National Theatre and Out Of Joint co-production of Goldsmith's comedy, recorded live on stage in Bath, after it's premiere at the Lyttelton theatre in London.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-08
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