Suggs
Also Known As: Graham McPherson, Graham 'Suggs' McPherson
Biography: Graham McPherson, known by the stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band 'Madness'.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Birthday: January 13, 1961
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Gender: Male
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Madness: The Get up!
Overview: Lets face it, entertaining is the only thing we’re any good at… so we got together with Charlie Higson (from The Fast Show) and concocted a show featuring live music, new and classic Madness songs, comedy, some incredibly special guests and even Mike Barson playing the part of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. We’re calling it “The Get Up” we’re filming it at London’s Palladium and we’re beaming it into your Gogglebox of choice on 14th May 2021.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-14
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Madness: Live at Eden
Overview: Madness perform their greatest hits and more in an exclusive set live from the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-16
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Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Overview: Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, but all inspired by what dad does and doesn't do. Here's a mixture of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by the sometime head of the household. Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, Suggs and the Blockheads, Neil Young, James Brown, Pigbag and even Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly put in an appearance, making a cracking compilation for Father's Day.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-16
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Titanic: And The Band Played On
Overview: From the moment the ship sank, a series of powerful myths grew up around the Titanic. Perhaps the most potent of all was that of the band standing on deck, bravely playing on until the last lifeboat had left and there was no hope of escape. For the first time, Titanic: The Band Played On tells the story of those unsung heroes who were about to play for the last time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-12
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Dance Craze
Overview: Rocksteady to both a visual and musical documentary of the big shots of the English 2-Tone movement of the late 1970s that has the exhaustive, high-energy performances exploding onto stage. Jump, shout, twist and crawl and dance to the tunes of Ska and its anthems of its rough riders and three-minute heroes captivated in the moment of a generation of England's concrete jungles and razor blade alleys. No longer on your radio but now on stage, together, with the likes of Madness, The Specials and The Beat et al, this concert footage of an era is a must-see, rare and fascinating look into a once vibrant youth culture of working-class England and its musical dance craze.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-10
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Take It or Leave It
Overview: Autobiographical account of the cult 80's British pop group 'Madness (II)' , with members of the group playing themselves, charting their rise from humble beginnings as pub band The Invaders to chart success and their first overseas tour. The film follows the ups and downs of individual members of the group, and features all of their early hits including "The Prince", "One Step Beyond", "Baggy Trousers" and "Night Boat to Cairo"
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-08
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Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate
Overview: 'Madness' are about to release a new album after 10 years, which consists of an interrelated, song cycle about London called 'The Liberty of Norton Folgate'. Although the songs are on one level about different areas of London, they focus musically on the waves of immigration to the city - Irish, Jewish, Caribbean, Asian etc and the musical legacy they have contributed to the city. The concert is at the Hackney Empire, a show with powerful connections to the grand Music Hall traditions of the place, situating Madness where they belong, clearly within a uniquely English Popular Musical Culture with its roots in the Victorian period. Weaving through the concert, Suggs and Carl, take us back in time to the London of Karl Marx and Jack the Ripper. Humorously introducing the subject of each song, they take us on a tour through the psycho geography of the Old East End, Spitalfields, Smithfield, Wapping, Bethnal Green, ending down on the beaches of the Thames beyond Tower Bridge Finally.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-16
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Days Like These
Overview: Documentary containing interviews and concert footage of the various musicians and bands within the Red Wedge organization on a tour within the UK.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-15
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Two Tone Britain
Overview: Documentary tracing the history of the Two Tone record label which emerged in the late 1970s, the bands linked to it and their musical influences, and its place at the fore of promoting multi-cultural music and concepts and the Ska music revival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-29
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Madness: Before and After
Overview: Recorded from the Electric Ballroom and Camden's infamous Roundhouse in 2019, "Before and After" explores the history of one of Britain's biggest bands, told by the band themselves.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
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If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
Overview: Adrian Edmondson narrates a documentary chronicling the story of Stiff Records, a tiny independent that took music out of the boardroom and gave it back to the fans. Stiff's successes included Nick Lowe, the Damned, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Madness, Tracey Ullman and the Pogues. Contributors include Captain Sensible, Jonathan Ross, Suggs, Shane MacGowan and label founders Jake Riviera and Dave Robinson.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-14
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The Edge of Love
Overview: When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-20
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London: The Modern Babylon
Overview: London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-03
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Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Overview: Well meaning friends try to persuade Suzanne, a beautiful widow, to remarry and the choice seems to be between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-12
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Oil City Confidential
Overview: Director Julien Temple's film celebrates Canvey Island's Dr Feelgood, the Essex R 'n' B band that exploded out of the UK in the prog era of the early Seventies, delivering shows and albums that helped pave the way for pub rock and punk.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-20
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The Tall Guy
Overview: An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-01
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The Final Frame
Overview: When the notorious rock star, East, is murdered on stage at an Animal Rights benefit gig, young filmmaker Hadi captures vital evidence on videotape. He finds he has possession of the most sought-after footage in the TV industry - and the most lethal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-12
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My Life Story
Overview: Is it a Drama? A Comedy? Or Music Hall dream? Director Julien Temple (The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners) takes a stage show, adds some drama, archive, animation and music, then shakes it all up for MY LIFE STORY where singer Suggs, takes a hilarious, yet moving, look back at his life in music and words. The death of Suggs' beloved cat on his 50th birthday triggers a personal quest to discover what happened to the father he never knew. Stunned by what he learns Suggs is taken back through his life to a childhood on the streets of Soho featuring music written by The Kinks, Ian Drury and, of course, his beloved Madness.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-17
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Madness: Live - Goodbye Television Centre
Overview: As the BBC makes its exit from the iconic west London site of Television Centre, BBC Four presents a special night of celebration of the building and its 53-year history. To kick start proceedings, the nation's favourite nutty boys and national treasures Madness take to the stage at the front of BBC Television Centre to perform an hour-long concert in front of an assembled audience nine days before TV Centre closes its doors. To help launch this celebration of over 50 years of programme-making at TVC Madness treat us to new material and classics alike, such as One Step Beyond, I Never Knew Your Name, Baggy Trousers and Our House.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-22
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The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Overview: In the presence of HM the Queen and the royal family, an array of stars from the last sixty years of rock, pop and classical music perform on a spectacular stage built around the Queen Victoria Memorial, right in front of Buckingham Palace. Hit songs and show-stopping performances are promised, with hosts including Rob Brydon, Miranda Hart, Lenny Henry and Lee Mack. Proceedings conclude with HM the Queen lighting the National Beacon.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-03
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Madness: Mad Not Mad
Overview: Features promo videos and TV appearances to promote the 1985 album Mad Not Mad
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
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The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Overview: It's Christmas Eve and Nan receives some unexpected visitors, in the form of Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In this comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan is shown the error of her ways, but is it too late for her to swap her Scrooge-like misery for some seasonal goodwill?
Genres: Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-25
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