Richard Beckinsale
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Biography: Richard Beckinsale was an English actor, best known for his roles as Lennie Godber in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge and Alan Moore in the British ITV sitcom Rising Damp. He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. He died of a congenital heart defect at the age of just thirty one in 1979
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: July 06, 1947
Age: 77 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 19, 1979
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Porridge
Overview: Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-12
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The Lovers!
Overview: Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Rentadick
Overview: Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-31
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Overview: Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-03
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Three for All
Overview: A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-01
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Comedy Classics: Porridge
Overview: An homage to the prison comedy series Porridge, created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. This documentary examines how Ronnie Barker’s Fletch influenced Slade Prison’s characters. There is also a look at 1978’s Going Straight, Porridge: The Movie, the US remake On the Rocks, and the 2017 reboot starring Kevin Bishop and Ricky Grover.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Overview: Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-24
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Porridge: No Way Out
Overview: Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-24
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Bloody Kids
Overview: Two boys pull a Saturday night prank on the police in a seaside British town.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-22
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Detective Waiting
Overview: A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But the big man doesn't realize, that this mouse roars.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-14
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The Floater
Overview: A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-29
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Last Summer
Overview: A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-22
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