Alexander Armstrong
Also Known As: Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong
Biography: Alexander Armstrong is a British comedian, actor and television presenter.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rothbury, Northumberland, England, UK
Birthday: August 14, 1970
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Gender: Male
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Birthday Girl
Overview: John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-06
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The Perfect Scary Movie
Overview: A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-29
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Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Overview: Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by a different guest presenter each week.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-28
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Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Overview: Join Peppa in this exciting new preschool cinema experience, with plenty of snorts, giggles and jumping up and down in muddy puddles! Leading with "Peppa Visits London," the first of the never-before-seen episodes, Peppa and her friends hop on board a double-decker red bus as the Queen takes them on an unforgettable tour of iconic London landmarks including Big Ben, Tower Bridge and Trafalgar Square. The other new ‘oink-tastic episodes include "The Police," "Canal Boat,""‘The Zoo," "Move to the Music" and a four-part story in which viewers will join Peppa on an Australian holiday to visit her old friend, Kylie Kangaroo.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-07
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The Trial of Tony Blair
Overview: Biting political satire starring Robert Lindsay as a beleaguered Tony Blair, who stubbornly refuses to see the danger he faces from a Special Tribunal on Iraq that has been set up to investigate war crimes
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-15
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Skellig
Overview: An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his brand new baby sister has fallen ill. One day, while cleaning out the garden shed, he stumbles across something mysterious, a strange creature huddled in the corner; weak of body but strong of will. This is Skellig.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-27
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Micro Men
Overview: In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-08
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Christmas at the Riviera
Overview: The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-23
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Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
Overview: Sir Bruce Forsyth hands over his Hall of Fame to Alexander Armstrong to host. Saturday night entertainment comes to life as some of our best-loved entertainers take to the stage to celebrate the artists who inspired their careers. Featuring Catherine Tate, Beverley Knight, Shona McGarty, Kimberly Wyatt and Adam Garcia, Jamie Raven and Katherine Ryan.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-02
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There's No Business...
Overview: There's No Business... is a 1994 British partially improvised comedy film directed by Kevin Molony and produced by Claudia Lloyd for Prospect Pictures. It stars Raw Sex (Simon Brint and Rowland Rivron) as Ken Bishop and his stepson Duane, and Lee Cornes as their musical agent Dickie Valentino, in their attempt to remake a track by Ken's old band, 'The Nice Twelve' for a TV advert for 'Pinkies', a brand of kitchen gloves made by Mort Clayton (Mac McDonald). Alexander Armstrong (Tim) and Sam Graham (Fergus) work for the fictional advertising agency Sprote and Sprote. The film takes its name from the 1954 film There's No Business Like Show Business which itself borrowed the 1946 song of the same name by Irving Berlin, written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Hacks
Overview: A satirical swipe at the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the British newspaper industry.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Hey Duggee's Cinema Outing
Overview: Duggee, the large friendly dog, leads his after-school club members through a range of fun activities in this compilation of episodes from the gentle pre-school children's animated series.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-20
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Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
Overview: Nine famous faces are pushed to their physical and emotional limits in a valiant attempt to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, to raise money for Comic Relief and help change lives this Red Nose Day, with their turmoil and triumphs revealed in Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-13
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Match Point
Overview: Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris. But Chris has his eye on Tom's fiancee Nola.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-26
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Anthony
Overview: In July 2005, black teenager Anthony Walker was murdered by two white men in an unprovoked racist attack in a Liverpool park. He was just 18 years old. This film tells the story of how this talented young man's life might have turned out.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-27
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Plunkett & MacLeane
Overview: Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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A Very Royal Wedding
Overview: Marking the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, this documentary celebrates the lavish wedding with archival footage and interviews. Sharing their memories are Joan Collins, Sheila Hancock, and Prince Michael of Kent who was page boy in the ceremony. And meet the ordinary people who made "the people's wedding" such a special occasion, including one of the seamstresses responsible for the spectacular wedding dress.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-30
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Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
Overview: Only shown at live events, Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes is made from unseen sketches and outtakes from seminal British TV series Brass Eye.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-11
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The House Across The Street
Overview: Farce written by Shaheen Khan and Sudha Bhuchar about two 39-year-old twins living with their manipulative mother in suburbia.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-14
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Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Overview: Peppa Pig loves jumping up and down in puddles wearing her golden boots. Unfortunately, Mrs Duck takes a liking to Peppa's boots and runs away with them! With the help of her friends, Peppa must travel across land, sea, and even into space to track down the golden boots before the big Puddle Jump competition.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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Corée du Sud, leçons de gastronomie
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-01-24
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The Story of 'Are You Being Served?'
Overview: Cast, crew and writers of the much-loved sitcom set in a department store look back on its 13 year run. Chock-full of innuendo, dodgy lifts, occasional customers and much loved regulars, this documentary tells the story of the long running farce set in the clothing section of a dilapidated department store. It's an affectionate look back at one of Britain's most popular sitcoms, where off camera the veneer of camaraderie concealed an undercurrent of envy and sadness.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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My Family and Other Animals
Overview: An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-27
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The Sound of Music Live!
Overview: The popular musical is brought to life on soundstages at London's Three Mills Studio, in a live TV dramatisation of the timeless story of Maria and the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II.
Genres: Drama Music Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-20
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Scoop
Overview: An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
Overview: There's a new drink taking the world by storm - Bubbleshock! Everyone's drinking it. When Maria's dragged along to the factory tour by her new friend, Kelsey - a girl with an opinion on everything - she's plunged into the sinister world of Bubbleshock and the mysterious Mrs Wormwood. There's something terrible behind the hype - something Sarah Jane's interested in too...
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Rome's Invisible City
Overview: With the help of a team of experts and the latest in 3-D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong, along with Dr Michael Scott, explores the hidden underground treasures that made Rome the powerhouse of the ancient world.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-01
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Peppa's Cinema Party
Overview: In celebration of British children’s series Peppa Pig‘s 20th anniversary, the event offers ten exclusive never-before-seen season 10 episodes, including a three-part Wedding Party Special. A party bus bonus episode will also be included together with new interactive entertainment featuring Peppa and her friends breaking into the real world through a mixture of animation and live-action with five brand-new songs to sing along to.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-07
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Hey Duggee Is 10!
Overview: A cinema event celebrating the 10th anniversary of beloved British preschool series Hey Duggee.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
Overview: Alexander Armstrong explores the literature that inspired Michael Palin and Terry Jones's classic TV comedy Ripping Yarns, a loving parody of the Boys' Own books and magazines of their childhood.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-03
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Jackboots on Whitehall
Overview: A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.
Genres: War Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-08
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The Sight
Overview: The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying to contact him to solve murders of a serial killer. Michael, with the support of Jake, Detective Pryce and the ghosts, try to avoid the ninth crime and find the serial-killer.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-29
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Sheridan
Overview: To celebrate her love of music, Sheridan Smith performs songs from her new album as well as other musical numbers, all accompanied by a live orchestra in an hour long TV extravaganza, hosted by Alexander Armstrong.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-05
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Sharpe's Regiment
Overview: Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front that could jeopardize the Wellington's war.
Genres: War Action Adventure History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-01
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A Breed of Heroes
Overview: In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humour and the weird rituals of the officers' mess.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-04
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Never Mind the Horrocks
Overview: Jane Horrocks showcases her wide-ranging talents as a mimic and comedy performer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-19
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Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Overview: Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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We Are Most Amused and Amazed
Overview: A spectacular night of comedy and magic from The London Palladium to celebrate the 70th birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales and to raise funds for The Prince's Trust. Reuniting comedians Armstrong & Miller as hosts, the show also features the very best comedians and magicians from Britain and beyond. From the world of comedy, Bill Bailey, Rowan Atkinson, Sandi Toksvig, Omid Djalili, Mischief Theatre and Alistair McGowan and, from the world of magic, Penn & Teller, Dynamo and The Ehrlich Brothers. There are also some special appearances from Kylie Minogue, Cheryl, Jim Carter and Wallace & Gromit.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-13
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Hey Duggee: The Super Squirrel Badge & Other Stories
Overview: In ‘Hey Duggee: The Super Squirrel Badge & Other Stories’ we follow Duggee and his buddies from the Squirrel Club as they learn about teamwork, responsibility, solving problems and helping each other. In each of the ten episodes the club members go on a different adventure and earn a new badge to take home.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-16
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Hey Duggee at the Cinema! - Autumn Collection
Overview: This autumn join Duggee and the squirrels for a whole hour of fun and adventures.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Mojo
Overview: The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-02
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Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Overview: It's Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness - all she has to do is make a wish.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-25
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Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
Overview: A televised pantomime of Cinderella featuring various celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-02
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The Queen And Her Cousins With Alexander Armstrong
Overview: In this brand-new documentary marking The Queen’s 95th birthday, Alexander Armstrong meets the royal cousins who share details about their most famous relative and reveal what it’s like to be part of this extraordinary family. Sharing private letters, personal photos and rare memorabilia, they recount treasured memories for the first time and Alexander learns more about royal life in modern Britain. And, as he takes viewers on a road trip through the country and the dynasties, Alexander reveals he may have uncovered a new cousin who can take their place in the royal family tree.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-10
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The Royal Variety Performance 2018
Overview: Greg Davies, Alexander Armstrong, Alex Horne & Andrea Bocelli with others
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-19
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Hey Duggee at the Cinema!
Overview: Hey Duggee at the Cinema! is a compilation of cartoons in which a friendly dog runs an after-school club.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-14
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Hey Duggee at The Movies 4
Overview: Duggee returns to the big screen in 2022.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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