Josie Lawrence
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Josie Lawrence is a British film and television actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 06, 1959
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
Overview: a spoof TV documentary film (a "mockumentary") charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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Enchanted April
Overview: When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-27
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Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Overview: Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is the all-singing, all-dancing and fully overalled stage version of the beloved TV spoof. The triumphant West End production brought together Julie Walters (Mrs Overall), Celia Imrie (Miss Babs) and Duncan Preston (Mr Clifford) - the original cast of the series. It was directed by Sir Trevor Nunn ("Les Miserables", "Woman in White", "Starlight Express") and written by Julie's understudy, the award-winning Victoria Wood. Filmed during the sell-out run at the beautiful Haymarket Theatre, the musical features an all-star supporting cast of Josie Lawrence, Neil Morrissey & Sally Ann Triplett.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-13
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Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Overview: This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical theatre was extraordinary, including 900 published songs, 40 Broadway musicals and several film scores. Rodgers, together with lyricists Lorenz Hart and later Oscar Hammerstein II, wrote many of the best known musicals of the 20th Century, including Babes In Arms, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. This performance at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, directed for the stage by Simon Callow, includes songs, dance, staged numbers and anecdotes featuring leading stars from both Broadway and London's West End. The cast comprises luminaries drawn from Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate, Chicago, The King and I and other recent productions as well as from television. This musical extravaganza features many of Rodgers' best-loved classics.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Flint Street Nativity
Overview: With angels crying in the toilets all because of a jealous Angel Gabriel, it could only be the eagerly awaited performance of the Primary school nativity play - this time with a twist! The UK's finest comedy actors take the leading roles as the eight year old performers. Through the inevitable mishaps, misunderstandings, young egos, fears of failure and fallings out, the children's characters evolve into mirror images of thier parents, the nativity play's audience. You'll be drawn into the amusing and enchanting worlds and minds of young children and reminisce about your own childhood performances!
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-22
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An Audience with Ken Dodd
Overview: Marking 40 years in show business, legendary comedian and entertainer Ken Dodd presents this comedy extravaganza, entertaining a host of celebrities including Frank Carson, Samantha Fox and Warren Mitchell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-03
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A Clever Woman
Overview: Phoebe and Dot have returned to their family home on the Isle of Wight a year after the death of their composer mother. As they prepare the house for its sale, clearing decades of family clutter, they have started to work on a site-specific performance piece about their complex relationship with their mother and her serial infidelities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-21
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Queen of the Wild Frontier
Overview: Convicts Mick and Gary are being escorted to the dentist when their prison van has an accident and they wind up at a remote farmhouse occupied by Fiona and Susie, two sex-starved sisters who have been waiting to have babies with the right men, whilst these two may not be the right ones, they are certainly available.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-06
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A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre
Overview: On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge is visited by three spirits, representing his past, present and future, and, after seeing what they have to show him, must make a determination of how he will continue to live his life.
Genres: Fantasy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-22
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Finding Your Feet
Overview: A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-26
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Bill's New Frock
Overview: Bill wakes up one morning to discover - he's a girl!
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-28
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Overview: This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some not seen for over 50 years, plus rare footage of routines performed in Australia when Cook and Moore made two episodes of their show, Not Only... But Also..., for the country back in 1971. Rob Brydon narrates this very special programme as Pete and Dud fans, friends and colleagues watch these newly discovered clips in the studio for the very first time. The programme includes contributions from Not Only... But Also... producer Dick Clement, Pete and Dud collaborator Barry Humphries, and long-time fans Richard Ayoade, Josie Lawrence, Will Sharpe and Ronnie Wood as they enjoy the sketches and reflect on the career of one of Britain's best-loved comedy partnerships.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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Gogs: Gogwana
Overview: A short film about a family of prehistoric characters.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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Married 2 Malcolm
Overview: Malcolm tries to keep his dual lives -- and two wives -- separate, but when both of his spouses want to attend the same concert, he runs into a big problem.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-25
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Bonobo
Overview: Judith, an uptight divorcee, is appalled when her daughter Lily quits law school to move into a commune of hippie-misfits who live according to the behavioural principles of the bonobo monkey, a species famous for its 'make love not war' philosophy.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-05
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Overview: A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-26
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
Overview: The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be entertaining, educational, challenging and at times downright silly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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The Tale of Pigling Bland
Overview: Pigling Bland is a young pig who is forced to leave home, along with his brother Alexander, when his mother realizes that she is unable to feed all eight of her piglets. Pigling Bland becomes separated from Alexander and gets hopelessly lost.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-27
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Mother's Pride
Overview: A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-02
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