Christopher Godwin
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Biography: Christopher Godwin (born 5 August 1943) is a British actor who has been active since the late 1960s. He made his TV debut at the age of 25, when he took on the role of PC Grange in an episode of Softly, Softly. He has since made appearances in television dramas including Z-Cars, Nearly a Happy Ending, Return to Waterloo, South of the Border, Return to Treasure Island, Nice Work, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, My Family and Other Animals, FairyTale: A True Story, The Bill, Murder in Mind, Waking the Dead and The Peter Principle (There's Something About Geoffrey). His film career has included roles in Porridge (1979), Charlie Muffin (1979), Bullshot (1983), A Handful of Dust (1988), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), Jinnah (1998), Scoop (2006), A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013), The Crucible (2014), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Emma (2020), and The Dig (2021). In 2012, he guest starred in Season 1, Episode 4 of A Young Doctor's Notebook as Leopold Leopoldovitch. He also voiced Darth Vowrawn in the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic, Chancellor Roderick in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition, and he played the voice of 3 people in the video game Subnautica (Paul Torgal, Lifepod 7 Crew, and Captain Hollister). In January 2016, he played Lord Berners in Episode 3 of the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama What England Owes. He is also the voice of King Carnelian in Dragon Quest XI.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Overview: After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-30
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Overview: Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams about the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers in Cair Paravel. But his uncle and aunt don’t like to hear him thinking of such things, and plan to murder him and take his throne. Caspian’s tutor, Dr. Cornelius manages to save him, and not only teach him about the old ways, but bring him into the real Narnia and introduce him to the real Narnia. But Caspian’s plight is desperate, and he must use the legendary horn to call help from another world: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Then, Lucy and Edmund are sent back to Narnia, along with their cousin Eustace, to assist Caspian on a voyage. Along their journey the children battle dragons and sea serpents, and sail across a golden lake to reach the edge of the world.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-19
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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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Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: When the King of Navarre and his three courtiers forswear all pleasure - particularly of the female variety - in favour of a life of study, the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies plays havoc with their intentions. Using every kind of verbal gymnastics to poke fun, Shakespeare's most intellectual comedy is brought to hilarious life in this highly entaining production, rich in visual humour and sexual innuendo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-28
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A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
Overview: Cast into a violent and bloody world of murder, Hereward, a novice monk, must deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne - a book of great beauty and power - to the safety of the Iona monastery, while being pursued by a Viking death squad hell- bent on its capture. On his way to the monastery, he meets a fierce and skilled swordsman who answers his prayers and dedicates his life to protecting Hereward while he delivers the book. In the midst of their journey, they are confronted by Vikings ready to kill in order to get what they want, leaving Hereward and his protector at their mercy.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-10
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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Overview: It’s a cold Christmas Eve and mean-spirited miser Ebenezer Scrooge has an unexpected visit from the spirit of his former business partner Jacob Marley. Bound in chains as punishment for a lifetime of greed, the unearthly figure explains it isn’t too late for Scrooge to change his miserly ways in order to escape the same fate, but first, he’ll have to face three more eerie encounters. Filmed at the Alexander Palace Theatre, London.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-27
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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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Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: Hotspur is dead and Prince Hal has proved his mettle on the battlefield, but King Henry IV lies dying and the rebels show no sign of surrendering. Even Sir John Falstaff is forced out of the taverns to raise a militia, but will his attachment to Hal be rewarded with promotion and the life of ease he feels sure he deserves? Henry IV Part 2 includes some of the greatest moments in Shakespeare: the deathbed scene of the old King, when Hal contemplates the crown; and Hal's devastating rejection of Falstaff himself. Roger Allam ('a Falstaff to treasure' - The Times) won the 2011 Best Actor Olivier Award for his performance in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. 'Jamie Parker (Prince Hal) is 'terrific to watch' (London Evening Standard); he appeared in As You Like It at the Globe in 2009, and was also in The History Boys at the National Theatre, on Broadway and on film.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-25
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Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: Prince Hal, son of King Henry IV, seems to be squandering his life away with the fat knight Sir John Falstaff and the whores, boozers and petty rogues of Eastcheap. But beside these scenes of glorious misrule gathers a nationwide rebellion led by the Duke of Northumberland and his charismatic son, Hotspur. The first installment of Shakespeare's gripping account of the rise of Hal from idle barfly to monarch-in-waiting combines compelling power politics with the hilarious antics of Falstaff, Shakespeare's greatest comic creation.
Genres: Comedy Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-27
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Every Home Should Have One
Overview: Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that make the product seem sexy. This leads him to confrontation with the "Keep Television Clean" movement, of which his wife is a senior member.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-05
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The Miniaturist
Overview: A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-26
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The Crucible
Overview: Richard Armitage stars in Yael Farber's powerful production of Arthur Miller's timeless witch hunt parable.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-04
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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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Blackball
Overview: Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-18
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Cold Enough for Snow
Overview: Doting parents must adjust to life without their children as their offspring leave for college and form relationships.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-31
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Charlie Muffin
Overview: Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But then a high-ranking Soviet spy-master hints that he wants to defect, and both British Intelligence and the CIA want him and will do anything to get him. Charlie may be the only man who can bring the defection off successfully, but is the whole thing an elaborate set-up? And when your so-called allies are stabbing each other and you in the back to get this prize, whom can Charlie trust on either side?
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-11
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Mary Poppins Returns
Overview: Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
Genres: Fantasy Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-13
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Return to Waterloo
Overview: A man taking the train to work one morning is overcome by melancholy memories and morbid fantasies.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-01
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Emma.
Overview: In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-13
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National Theatre Live: This House
Overview: It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority government by sending its whips out wheeling and dealing with the Liberals, Scottish Nationalists and Northern Irish politicians. But this fragile alliance lasts only until October, when another election is called. This time, Labour win with a tiny majority of just three. Now things get tougher as old cross-Party agreements break down and even sick and dying MPs are wheeled into the chamber to cast their votes! James Graham's acclaimed new play whisks us back to the days of the UK's previous hung Parliament, when politics got really dirty in the battle for power.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-15
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Don't Be Silly
Overview: Play about middle class domestic abuse.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-24
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A Handful of Dust
Overview: English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London. Trusting to a fault, Tony is unaware that anything is amiss until his wife suddenly asks for a divorce. With his life in turmoil, Tony goes on a haphazard journey to South America.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-24
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The Dig
Overview: As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-14
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The Avengers
Overview: British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-13
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National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Overview: Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new life in California. Their story is one of false hopes, wrong turns and broken dreams, but also a hymn to human kindness and a tribute to the endurance of the human spirit.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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