John Challis
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Biography: John Challis was an English actor best known for portraying dodgy second hand car dealer Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC television comedy series Only Fools and Horses and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK
Birthday: August 16, 1942
Deathday: September 19, 2021
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Gender: Male
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Drive Carefully, Darling
Overview: An exhortation to drivers to pay attention to road safety. In just 15 minutes, John Krish manages to give this road safety film something new and different by presenting events not from the point of view of the driver, but of his brain, memory and ego, who operate from a rather camp technology-driven command centre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Dracula
Overview: Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-13
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Wicked Willie Rides Again!
Overview: The talking penis, first seen in the books of Gray Joliffe, returns for his second animated outing.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Overview: When scientists in the Antarctic uncover a mysterious seed pod, the Doctor is called in to investigate. He soon realises it is extraterrestrial and extremely dangerous. At the same time, however, ruthless millionaire plant-lover Harrison Chase has learned of the find and decides he must have the pod for his collection of rare and beautiful flora. Meanwhile the pod itself harbours intelligent life with sinister plans of its own...
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-31
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Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
Overview: Things go terribly wrong for four youths, ejected from a London nightclub for rowdiness, after they decide to break into a Magic shop, where they tie up and terrorize the owner. They find to their cost that he deals in more than illusions...
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-04
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The Tichborne Claimant
Overview: Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-01
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Number on End
Overview: A documentary filmmaker’s latest work attracts the attentions of African secret agents - but what is it they want from the film?
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday
Overview: Ahead of the start of the tenth series of the award-winning ITV sitcom, this special programme talks to the show's creator and writer Derren Litten about how it was created and cast members talk about their roles.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-20
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The Story of Only Fools and Horses
Overview: How did John Sullivan first dream up Del Boy and Rodney Trotter ? Actors David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst team up with the writer to reveal how the enduring sitcom was created. Featuring celebrity fans, the stories behind the storylines and memorable scenes from the comedy.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-20
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Before Water Lilies
Overview: For various reasons, a number of people have come see the painting Water Lilies by Claude Monet in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Two businessmen caught up in office politics discover the truth about themselves and their situation. Angie and Marcia, two elderly matrons, find a place to rest their weary feet. David, a shy English student, meets a young student museum guide, and a married couple find the peace of the room gives them the strength to talk truthfully about their relationship.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-24
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A Turn for the Worse
Overview: Simon Simpson runs an entertainment agency in Liverpool. At one of his regular auditions in The Bootle Railway Club he sees an aggressive young man fresh from the dole queue who dreams of becoming a professional comedian. Simpson believes the boy has talent and starts to groom him for 'stardom'.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-28
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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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Boycie in Belgrade
Overview: Join John Challis on his journey to the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, where he aims to uncover why ‘Only Fools and Horses’ is so popular in the small Balkan nation, apparently it’s the most watched show in Serbia, but why? Boycie is received in Serbia as almost a national hero, causing a media frenzy everywhere he goes on his voyage to learn about the people and the country. From a Royal Palace, to a brandy distillery, to a university teaching cockney rhyming slang; the documentary will keep you entertained as well as discover what it is that unites this tiny Balkan state with British humour.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-07
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Sleepwalker
Overview: A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of witnessing a murder in a strange house - or is it a dream?
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-07
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Who Killed Lamb?
Overview: A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-04
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Scarfe's Follies
Overview: Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe looks at that most English of things - the folly.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-28
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