Peter Martin
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Biography: Born 1934, Peter Martin was an English actor best known for playing Joe Carroll in The Royle Family and Len Reynolds in Emmerdale. As well as this, he appeared in many other productions on both screen and stage. He passed away on 19th April 2023.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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Birthday: Not available
Age: Not available
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 19, 2023
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Wynne and Penkovsky
Overview: The true story of Greville Wynne, the British businessman who doubled as a spy on his trips to Russia, and Colonel Penkovsky, the high-ranking Soviet Intelligence officer who passed key information to the West.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-01
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The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Overview: The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-29
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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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Walk Like a Panther
Overview: A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-09
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Nearly a Happy Ending
Overview: A play by Victoria Wood. Maureen has been faithfully attending the slimmers' club for months. Now the weeks of endless crispbreads have paid off - but is her optimism misplaced? Sequel to Wood's earlier play Talent, featuring the same characters of lifelong friends Maureen and Julie.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-31
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England's Greens and Peasant Land
Overview: A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf Course or the Allotments - will the greens survive or the peasant lands?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-05
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Barbara's Old Ring
Overview: Christmas is coming but Barbara is not happy. Not only has she lost her wedding ring but Jim has won on a scratch card she found down the back of the sofa whilst looking for the ring and has kept quiet about his hundred pounds winnings. Nor is he especially sympathetic about Dave's impotency problem, though the entire Royle family unite to help recently widowed Joe from next door enjoy a restaurant-style evening in their house with the equally scatty Philomena, whom he has met through a want ad. On Christmas Day Barbara lashes out at Jim for his laziness and juvenile antics - though his description of a busty barmaid cures Dave's problem. However she is in for a pleasant surprise when she discovers just how he spent his scratch card winnings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-25
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A Dedicated Man
Overview: Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes distraught when she learns that Maurice has been offered a more prestigious job at a luxury hotel. Maurice explains to Edith that he can only take the position if he is married. Unaware Edith's crush, Maurice proposes. She accepts and they set up a household for business purposes only -- complete with a photograph of a make-believe son. As Edith continues to live with this charade, her obsession with Maurice and the "son" grows, leading to a shocking and disturbing outcome!
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-31
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Buses
Overview: In Yorkshire during the twenties, it seems that everyone who holds a driver's licence wants to run his own private bus company, and young Jim Stone is no exception.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-13
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The Golden Egg Cup
Overview: Jim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children - but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours buying an HD satellite box.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-25
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Funny Bones
Overview: Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-20
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Joe's Crackers
Overview: It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the precinct while Dave and Denise are feeling the effects of the recession the most, and worry that Anthony's lavish gifts will eclipse their gift of a fridge magnet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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On the Palm
Overview: Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome change from the dole. Until he finds himself digging dirt on an old friend....
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-05
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The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Overview: Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-10
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One Hundred and Eighty!!!
Overview: A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-16
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Overview: Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bridegroom trying to get back to his bride with the help of his newfound friend Pandora/Julie (Bonham Carter) the stripper. It was the third episode of the first series of the Granada Television series Rik Mayall Presents.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-03
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