Patsy Rowlands
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Birthday: January 19, 1931
Deathday: January 22, 2005
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Carry On Matron
1972-05-05
Carry On Matron
Overview: A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-05
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Carry On Dick
1974-02-01
Carry On Dick
Overview: Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-01
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Carry On Girls
1973-11-09
Carry On Girls
Overview: Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-09
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972-11-20
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Overview: An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
Genres: Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-20
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That's Carry On!
1977-11-10
That's Carry On!
Overview: Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series. From the original, military mayhem of Carry On Sergeant, through to the really ancient archaeological gags of Carry On Behind, our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-10
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The Snag
1963-08-04
The Snag
Overview: When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic center, only Emma Mannering's corset shop stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends his unscrupulous assistant Ed Crayshaw to "fix" things, but instead, he's double-crossed.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-04
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Carry On Again Doctor
1969-12-05
Carry On Again Doctor
Overview: Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-05
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Carry On Behind
1975-06-10
Carry On Behind
Overview: Professors Vrooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. With a randy Major owning the site, a snobbish mother, and the two professors' constant innuendos, the story ends with a sinking caravan site and a striptease performance as a replacement for the cabaret night.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-10
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Carry On at Your Convenience
1971-12-10
Carry On at Your Convenience
Overview: At WC Boggs' Lavatory factory, Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat. However, eventually everyone gets fed up with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-10
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Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
1996-04-13
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
Overview: Documentary and celebration of the life and career of British comedian Kenneth Williams.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-13
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Joseph Andrews
1977-03-09
Joseph Andrews
Overview: Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-09
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What's a Carry On?
1998-12-29
What's a Carry On?
Overview: Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-29
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Bless This House
1972-09-08
Bless This House
Overview: The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door! What’s more, Sid’s outspoken and madcap family hinder neighbourly relations even further.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-08
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The Unforgettable Sid James
2000-12-05
The Unforgettable Sid James
Overview: A profile of the comedy actor, best known for starring in many films of the Carry On franchise, with contributions from family, friends, co-stars and fans. The programme looks at his early life in South Africa, his start in films as a heavy in 1940s and 1950s crime thrillers, and his big break appearing in Hancock's Half Hour on radio and TV.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-05
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Carry On Abroad
1972-12-01
Carry On Abroad
Overview: A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-01
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Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
1964-06-05
Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
Overview: Maud has two men in her life - George and Errol. In an effort to decide which boyfriend to keep, she visits a clairvoyant who tells her that her ideal partner may, in fact, be a third person she has yet to meet. Recorded in a single studio, with minimalist sets.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-05
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Dateline Diamonds
1965-09-27
Dateline Diamonds
Overview: In this swinging romp through 1960s London, the frenzied manager of mod-rockers the Small Faces (made up of Steve Marriott, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan and Ronnie Lane) gets into trouble when he agrees to use the band to smuggle diamonds out of the country. Songs include the Small Faces' "I've Got Mine," "It's Too Late," "Come On Children" and "Don't Stop What You're Doing" and The Chantelles' "I Think of You" and "Please Don't Kiss Me."
Genres: Comedy Music Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-09-27
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Carry On Henry
1971-06-03
Carry On Henry
Overview: Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...
Genres: Adventure Comedy History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-03
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Femme Fatale
1993-02-07
Femme Fatale
Overview: Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempers. She marries, but the lust she inspires in the villagers makes them drop dead.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-07
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980-12-01
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Overview: Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Genres: TV Movie Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-01
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On the Fiddle
1961-10-10
On the Fiddle
Overview: Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-10
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The Rose Affair
1961-10-08
The Rose Affair
Overview: A young woman befriends a lonely millionaire with a disfigured face whose ruthless business practices are threatening to ruin her father. A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-08
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The Brain
1962-09-05
The Brain
Overview: A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-05
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Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......?
1965-11-08
Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......?
Overview: Henry Wilkes cultivates rare tropical plants.The length to which he goes to propagate and nurture new hybrids alarms his wife.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-08
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The Cater Street Hangman
1998-12-19
The Cater Street Hangman
Overview: With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-19
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Sammy's Super T-Shirt
1978-01-01
Sammy's Super T-Shirt
Overview: A young boy's lucky t-shirt is transformed through a power surge and gives its wearer super-powers.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Kinvig (TV pilot)
1981-09-04
Kinvig (TV pilot)
Overview: Lazy repairman Des Kinvig's life changes when he imagines meeting a glamorous alien from Mercury, who looks a lot like his latest customer Miss Griffin.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-04
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A Kind of Loving
1962-04-12
A Kind of Loving
Overview: As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-12
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In Dreams
1992-12-23
In Dreams
Overview: Lenny has some perplexing dreams.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-23
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Carry On Loving
1970-09-20
Carry On Loving
Overview: The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-20
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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
1981-01-04
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Overview: When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-04
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Tess
1979-10-06
Tess
Overview: A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-06
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In the Doghouse
1962-05-17
In the Doghouse
Overview: After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-17
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A Stitch in Time
1963-12-01
A Stitch in Time
Overview: An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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Ladies
1980-03-27
Ladies
Overview: MIRIAM: "Here we are; celebrating a marriage, eating a cake, drinking, standing in a uniform, standing in a canteen ... with a Teasmade and a red red garter ... and I want an explanation." VALERIE: "I want to know why you all resent me." BRENDA: "Because you're not one of us."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-27
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Please Sir!
1971-05-01
Please Sir!
Overview: Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class indulge in their usual activities. A small feud with some stereotypical upper class children in red blazers is resolved with a false rape allegation. A case of some stolen money is resolved through Mr. Hedges trusting the class. At the final dance Mr. Hedges is ensnared in the romantic clutches of Miss Cutforth, contrary to his wishes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-01
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Tom Jones
1963-08-24
Tom Jones
Overview: Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
Genres: Comedy Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-24
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When We Are Married
1987-12-26
When We Are Married
Overview: Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth television film version of this play by J.B. Priestley made by the BBC.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-26
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Crimestrike
1990-10-01
Crimestrike
Overview: What would happen if the nation’s criminals decided to go on strike? A comedy drama based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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Three Piece Suite
1977-01-01
Three Piece Suite
Overview: Miniseries comprising short plays featuring Diana Rigg and guests.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Over the Odds
1961-11-01
Over the Odds
Overview: A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-01
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