David Sibley
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Biography: David Sibley is an English actor. He is best known for character roles in several cult television series: as twisted radio DJ Tom Everett in BBC television detective series Shoestring; and in Doctor Who as Pralix. He appeared on a DVD extra when this story was released recently.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: UK
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Birthday: July 16, 1948
Age: 76 years old
Gender: Male
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At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
Overview: A rich and challenging account of the experiences of a German Jewish musician who settled in Britain to escape Nazi persecution. Two of his friends are being sued by a former SS Kommandant, who denies their accusation that he was responsible for the genocide of 300 Belgians. Documentary interviews and archive footage merge with dramatised scenes to create a new way of representing history and memory.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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An Inspector Calls
Overview: An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1945 (in Russia) and 1946 (in the UK). It is considered to be one of Priestley's best known works for the stage and one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre. The play's success and reputation has been boosted in recent years by a successful revival by English director Stephen Daldry for the National Theatre in 1992. This is a re-edited version of the 1982 BBC TV adaptation, originally serialised in three parts.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-02
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Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
Overview: Rik Mayall plays an estate agent who takes on the identity of a dead gangster.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-29
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Hammer A.D. 2023
Overview: A short documentary to celebrate Hammer Films' 89th anniversary. Discover how Hammer has shaped the horror genre, influenced culture, and what the future holds. Featuring insights from new CEO and Chairman John Gore, candid conversations with legendary Hammer Glamour icons Caroline Munro and Madeline Smith, plus contributions from writer and actor Mark Gatiss. Plus, voices of the horror community — from seasoned critics to influential content creators — discuss the indelible mark Hammer Films has made on the genre.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-11
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Mr. Nice
Overview: Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-07
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45 Years
Overview: There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-29
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The Sleeping Room
Overview: In an old building, Bill and Blue, a call girl, discover a mutoscope and a secret room that is key to unlocking a dark secret related to Blue's family.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-23
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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Overview: Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-31
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Gandhi
Overview: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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Traitors
Overview: A play about the gunpowder plot written from a new angle by Jimmy McGovern.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-05
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A Question of Time
Overview: Set in 1914, lodger Sam and his married landlady, Ann (10 lears his senior), fall in love. He marries a tart who falsely claims to be pregnant. But, when he returns from the war that killed his landlady's husband, he finds his wife with another man. He returns to his first love, Ann. But the widow has remarried.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-12
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The Kitchen
Overview: Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his most performed play. The Kitchen has been produced in sixty cities including Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris - where it was the first widely recognized production by Théâtre du Soleil in 1967, Moscow, Montreal and Zurich.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-02
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Stars of the Roller State Disco
Overview: Video-shot on studio sets, Stars of the Roller State Disco borders on science fiction of the dystopian variety. Unemployed youngsters spend their days at the roller disco of the title, circling round and round, before being called to take up low-paid jobs as they become available. They leave the building in a wash of light, though we do not go through that door with them. For others it's a subsistence existence of vending machine food, video games, with sex and drug freely available as distractions. (Television @ The Digital Fix)
Genres: Science Fiction Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-04
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Care
Overview: A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a personal battle made doubly difficult by crusading reporters determined to expose the scandal.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-08
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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Overview: The Doctor and Romana learn the second segment of the Key to Time is on the planet Calufrax. Yet they arrive on a planet called Zanak, which has been hollowed out and fitted with hyperspace engines, allowing its insane, half-robot Captain to materialise it around smaller planets and plunder their resources.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-21
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Great Balls of Fire!
Overview: The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-30
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Overview: Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the palace of Emperor Karl of Austria. Endangering his life and the lives of his royal charges, Indy gambles all in a desperate attempt to bring the war more quickly to an end. Then, in chaos-ridden Russia, Indy finds his espionage work once again threatening lives when he infiltrates a group of young Bolsheviks and begins to empathize with their plight. As the country lurches toward revolution, Indy finds himself torn between loyalty to his friends and his military duty.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-26
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Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-03
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Hands of a Murderer
Overview: Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' brother, Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his captive to decode highly classified military documents.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-16
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The Year London Blew Up
Overview: Told through documentary, drama and first-hand accounts, this revealing film is a unique account of the most ruthless IRA bombing campaign ever to hit mainland Britain.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-01
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Guest House Paradiso
Overview: Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-03
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Willow
Overview: The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-20
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Incognito
Overview: Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and gets into bed with in Paris, Marieke, turns out to be an arts expert Harry's clients are using to check the counterfeit picture he painted.
Genres: Crime Thriller Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-14
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The Last Letter from Your Lover
Overview: A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-23
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Princess Caraboo
Overview: Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced she is what she claims to be and investigates. Is Caraboo really a princess?
Genres: Comedy Drama History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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Redemption
Overview: After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-03
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Fatal Spring
Overview: 'Can you imagine, just try to imagine the numbers of good men who are going to be slaughtered this summer ...' Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets - who were also three courageous soldiers - gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-07
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Sky Lark
Overview: PETER: What can I do? PHYLLIDA: Surprise me. Faced with that challenge, Peter's imagination takes off in a way which surprises everyone.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-27
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