John McArdle
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Biography: John McArdle is an English actor. He is most notable for playing Billy Corkhill in the soap opera Brookside, with many other smaller appearances in other soaps and dramas.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Birthday: August 16, 1949
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Gender: Male
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The Rochdale Pioneers
Overview: A film that tells the story of the birth of the co-operative movement in Rochdale in 1844.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-27
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Love Tomorrow
Overview: After an ex-ballet dancer's life is turned upside down after receiving devastating news, a chance encounter with a charismatic dancer marks the start to a fragile friendship that might turn into something more profound.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-08
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It's Not Unusual
Overview: A taxi driver is driven to distraction by her love of Tom Jones.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Place of the Dead
Overview: It was one of the last unexplored places on Earth; a terrifyingly deep gully in the heart of the Borneo jungle. It was the ultimate challenge – to climb down into it and explore what the locals call, "The Place of the Dead." Based on a true story that made headlines around the world, this adventure drama is the tale of men pushed to their limits and beyond, battling against forces that they could not comprehend.
Genres: Drama Adventure Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-18
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Our Kid
Overview: Twelve-year-old Laura's goal in life is to one day play football professionally. Laura has many footballing heroes, but it's her older brother Thomas who's her biggest hero.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-29
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Deer Woman Child
Overview: An infertile woman attempts to end her life; but an encounter with a wild doe prevents her from going through with her plan; and soon she discovers she is mysteriously pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-10
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Sucker Bait
Overview: An expedition sets out to discover what has happened to a lost colony on a distant planet. Amongst the scientists is a teenager raised to be a kind of human computer, able to make connections between different specialisms.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-15
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U Be Dead
Overview: A doctor and his girlfriend are stalked by a woman who claims to be in love with him. Meanwhile, the man falls in love with a younger woman. Based on a true story
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-05
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Revengers Tragedy
Overview: A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the revenge-obsessed Vindice, who has sworn to kill the evil Duke (Derek Jacobi) who murdered his one true love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-06
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Thacker
Overview: A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-20
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Rich Deceiver
Overview: Ellie and Malc Freeman are a working-class couple in their forties who live in a terrace house in a poor district of Liverpool. Ellie has a part-time job as a shop assistant; Malc is a warehouseman in a dead-end job. Ellie is convinced that Malc can do better. One day Ellie wins £1.5 million on the football pools. Resisting the temptation to spend all the money on herself, she invests it in a local security firm - on condition that they give Malc a job as a salesman... and that they don't reveal how he got his big break. But does Ellie like the man that her husband has turned into?
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-02
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Bambino Mio
Overview: A woman fights to adopt a war baby from the Third World after becoming unable to conceive.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-06
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Janice Beard 45 WPM
Overview: Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design company and falls for the mailboy, but he is hiding secrets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-29
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Wake Wood
Overview: The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-25
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Skallagrigg
Overview: Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to the authorities and help them. This charming story is how a group of disabled people went to chase that legend. To assist them John is forced to come to terms with his daughter and her friends.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-09
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Overview: Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-25
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My Fragile Heart
Overview: Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that Bernard Cleve is also living in Stoke. Bernard was accused of killing Trinas best friend many years ago but was never convicted. Another girl is killed and Bernard is again a suspect. Trina thinks he is innocent but places herself in danger in trying to prove it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-17
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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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