John Ringham
Also Known As: not available
Biography: John Ringham was born on February 10, 1928 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Just Good Friends (1983) and The River Flows East (1962). He died on October 20, 2008 in England, UK.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Birthday: February 10, 1928
Age: 97 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 20, 2008
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A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-24
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Stargazy on Zummerdown
Overview: In the 23rd Century, Britain (now called Albion) is made up of two distinct communities - the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-15
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Rating Notman
Overview: A BAFTA award nominated drama about a British POW's collaboration with the Nazis during WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-28
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Robin Hood Junior
Overview: Robin Hood Junior helps Maid Marion to escape from her wicked uncle.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Overview: The TARDIS materialises inside an Aztec tomb. Outside it, the Doctor and his companions soon discover that Mexico in the 15th century is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place... And with Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an ancient high priest called Yetaxa, the history teacher thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-13
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Rogue Male
Overview: In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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Brussel Sprouts
Overview: Two scout patrols from London's East End, meet up on a holiday in Kent and find it was not what they were expecting at all.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-02
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The Death of Adolf Hitler
Overview: The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-07
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V for Vendetta
Overview: In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-23
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The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
Overview: He's back! Everyone's favourite big, bouncy, big blob (well how many do you know?) In his new guises, Mr Blobby is a complete hoot, hilariously bumping, bashing and bruising his way through life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-05
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To Encourage the Others
Overview: The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-27
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Patty Fatty
Overview: A play by Kay McManus. Patricia is fifteen and fat, and feels the odd one out...until her brother's friend takes her out for a ride on his motorcycle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-01
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The Solarnauts
Overview: A pilot for an unproduced British science fiction space adventure series.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Theban Plays: Antigone
Overview: In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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Very Important Person
Overview: Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist who is sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he parachutes to safety - only to be sent to a POW camp, where he takes on the alias of Lieutenant Farrow. There, the somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits suspect their acerbic new fellow prisoner of being a spy, and all sorts of culture clashes and misunderstandings ensue.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-24
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Doctor Who: The Smugglers
Overview: The TARDIS arrives on the coast of seventeenth century Cornwall — much to the astonishment of Polly and Ben. Pirates led by Captain Samuel Pike and his henchman Cherub are searching for a hidden treasure, while a smuggling ring masterminded by the local squire is trying to off-load contraband.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Overview: When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor a temporary reprieve from his exile on Earth to deal with the crisis. He and Jo arrive on the planet Uxarieus and become enmeshed in a struggle between an agrarian colony and a powerful mining corporation.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-15
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After the Solo
Overview: "The voice will make its effect. And it will, undoubtedly, be very touching. But, tell me: after his voice has broken, can you make anything of him then?" After the solo, after the chorus, after the applause?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-25
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No Visible Scar
Overview: A wounded member of a rebel terrorist organisation is tended by an English nurse. She is imprisoned, interrogated, then released to face another form of interrogation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-17
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The Luddites
Overview: In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-23
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Remembering 'The Aztecs'
Overview: The guest actors of the 1964 "Doctor Who" (1963) story, "The Aztecs", reminisce about their time on the programme and making the series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-21
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Making Cocoa
Overview: An animated guide to making Cocoa the Aztec way.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-21
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Lifelike
Overview: The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-26
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Shadowlands
Overview: A play based on the friendship between CS Lewis and Joy Gresham.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-15
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