Polly Hemingway
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Bradford born actress married to fellow actor Roy Marsden
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Adult: No
Birthday: December 04, 1946
Age: 78 years old
Gender: Female
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Set Fire to the Stars
Overview: An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-07
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Obituaries
Overview: Two old men in a nursing home engage in an ongoing competition. When the home is due to receive a visit from a member of the royal family, only one of them will be able to be represented.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-16
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A Very Polish Practice
Overview: Screen One movie that is a continuation of Andrew Davies' brilliant series A Very Peculiar Practice. Dr. Daker feels finally settled in his life in Poland with his new wife and son, but he soon find things to be just as tumultuous, not least because Bob Buzzard is still around. And is that those nuns again?
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-06
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She Stoops to Conquer
Overview: Adaptation of the play by Oliver Goldsmith.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-27
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Wuthering Heights
Overview: Gipsy boy Heathcliffe is adopted by a god-fearing landowner in northern England and grows up as the soul-mate of the daughter, Cathy Earnshaw. When father dies, stern son Hindley returns and bans Heathcliffe to the stables; when they spy upon their upper class neighbors, Edgar Linton sends the dogs upon them and chases Heath but starts an affair -love comes only from him- with her. When Hindley's socialite wife Frances dies in childbirth, he is completely embittered, becomes a drunk unable to care for his son Hareton and has to sell Wuthering Hights- to Heathcliffe. After a misunderstanding Cathy marries Linton, Heath retorts by a loveless match with his sister. Even Cathy's death doesn't stop the cycle of spite, grief and harm so it poisons the next generation's lives as well while she keeps haunting Heathcliffe
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Little Bird
Overview: A film that searches the dilemma of a middle age couple Ellen and Michael Hall, who have lost their only child tragically in a car accident. They are desperately seeking to adopt. They foster a young girl and after several months the child welfare service decide that in the interests of the young girl, that she should be removed from the care of the Halls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-01
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Hard Labour
Overview: A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-12
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Fair Game
Overview: It is 1970, there is World Cup and General Election fever. Marco, a wealthy Italian has come to England to discover his true identity. Carl, a student is torn between canvassing for the Labour party, watching the World Cup or going on a walking holiday with his girlfriend Ellie. Their paths cross in Preston library and the three take an epic journey across the Pennines.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-11
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The Locksmith
Overview: When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-25
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Pretending to Be Judith
Overview: James, a jewellery store operator, spots Maria in a bit part in a play and asks her to impersonate his mistress, Judith, who died in an accident, so that he can reenact significant scenes from their relationship. 23-year-old Maria, long the victim of various sorts of abuse, agrees, attracted by what she sees as the love between these people. She lives with an emotionally disturbed gambler, Hugo, who is her boyfriend and occasionally her pimp; he sees through this odd role-playing game and tries to save Maria from what he perceives as danger, while she increasingly loses herself in Judith's identity.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-12
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Peterloo
Overview: An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-01
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The Mallens
Overview: Adaptation of the Mallen series of novels by Catherine Cookson.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-10
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Standing in for Henry
Overview: At an advertising agency in Nottingham, young graphic designer Graham is recruited as a temporary replacement for the iconic Henry. The agency are desperate to be part of the Swinging Sixties but not without Henry. Can Graham replace him?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-19
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Electric in the City
Overview: The Mozart Cafe explodes, a city is blacked out, a great newspaper goes to the wall, and a prophet is seen to have feet of clay!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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Stepping Out
Overview: A new flat and a new friend. For Emmie life would be lovely-but her daughter hardly visits any more and won't even let Mum make those wonderful bouffant frocks for her ballroom dancing ...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-04
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