Alan Starkey
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Biography: Alan Starkey was born on March 24, 1931 in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), A Sort of Innocence (1986) and Open All Hours (1976). He died on November 3, 2003 in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, France.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England, UK
Birthday: March 24, 1931
Deathday: November 03, 2003
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Gender: Male
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Scab
Overview: Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was written by Geoffrey Case and directed by Gordon Flemyng for Yorkshire Television and won the Rai award at the Prix Italia and the Prix Futura at the Berlin Film Festival in 1987.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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All Together Now
Overview: The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a newcomer to the village, who is an enthusiastic bandsman from the north, where they do these things properly.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-09
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The Dresser
Overview: In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-06
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Song of Experience
Overview: As the Lady Chatterley court case puts its seal on the 1950s, three boys set out for a day's train-spotting. They see more than just trains, though, on a day when innocence and illusion are lost.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-16
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Intensive Care
Overview: When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-09
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Keep an Eye on Albert
Overview: Pubs, pigeons, weight-lifting - that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But now Terry's best mate, Albert, is on leave from the Merchant Navy, and Albert knows how to treat a lady. 'Fireworks assured,' says the wrestling poster.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-11
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Buses
Overview: In Yorkshire during the twenties, it seems that everyone who holds a driver's licence wants to run his own private bus company, and young Jim Stone is no exception.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-13
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Mr. Love
Overview: An fifty-year-old mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Charlie
Overview: Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations when he stumbles across the dying Stan Peace, a shop steward in the Distributive Worker's Union. Peace dies, but Charlie wants to know why his name was in Peace's address book. As Charlie investigates, things get murkier.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-23
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One Hundred and Eighty!!!
Overview: A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-16
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