Bernard Wrigley
Also Known As: not available
Biography: From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Birthday: Not available
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Soul Music
Overview: The young druid Imp y Celyn comes to Ankh-Morpork to become a famous musician, but a new guitar from a mysterious shop possesses him with a new kind of music - the Music with Rocks In. To make matters worse, Death, saddened by the death of his adopted daughter, has gone away to try and forget, and his granddaughter Susan suddenly has the family duty passed on to her.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-12
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A Day Out
Overview: Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Set in the summer of 1911 and projects an idyllic vision of Edwardian England .
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-24
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The Insurance Man
Overview: Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash gradually spreads over his body. After complaining to the management he is laid off work; his relationship with his fiancee is affected. In an attempt to get compensation from his former employers he looks to insurance firm Assicurazion Generali, where he encounters an enigmatic clerk called Kafka.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-22
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Afternoon Off
Overview: Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-03
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My Son the Fanatic
Overview: Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-21
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Brassed Off
Overview: A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Overview: A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-02
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The Parole Officer
Overview: A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-10
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Overview: The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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Said the Preacher
Overview: "I like preaching... Only two things in my life have ever excited me as much: playing football and making love." But his congregation feel he's gone too far this time...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-06
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Overview: Rita and Sue are two teenagers living on a run-down council estate in Bradford, who both share a job babysitting for Bob and Michelle's children. Whilst giving them a lift home one night, Bob decides to take Rita and Sue up to a deserted, country-side landscape. Clearly knowing what he has in mind, Rita and Sue are only too happy to oblige and both have a sexual encounter with him that becomes a regular occurrence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-20
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A Private Function
Overview: In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-09
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Sunset Across the Bay
Overview: A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature of their relationship, and what they have left.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-20
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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Overview: James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-09
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Speech Day
Overview: Speech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that they've finished with school and school with them, what comes next for Ronnie, Wally and Rob?
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-26
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Strumpet
Overview: Strayman, a spontaneous poet, is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of life's strays, he hooks up with Strumpet, a shy, homeless girl with an extraordinary gift for music. After Strayman's neighbour overhears them singing, the three set off for London - Strayman's dogs in tow - in search of fame, fortune, and Top Of The Pops.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-10
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