Nigel Havers
Also Known As: Nigel Allan Havers
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951) is an English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, and for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up. He portrayed the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street from 2009 to 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nigel Havers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
Birthday: November 06, 1951
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Gender: Male
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Empire of the Sun
Overview: Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-09
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Farewell to the King
Overview: An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Genres: War Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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Penelope
Overview: Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-01
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Chariots of Fire
Overview: In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-15
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The Whistle Blower
Overview: A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-21
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A Passage to India
Overview: Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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Full Circle
Overview: After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-09
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Quiet Days in Clichy
Overview: Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish himself as a serious writer in Paris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-05-09
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Bon Voyage
Overview: Roddy and Lola strike up a romance on the cruise liner SS Mara as it heads to Hong Kong from San Francisco.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-08
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The Heart Surgeon
Overview: Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to operate on her husband Larry, who is also his friend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-04
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Bridge of Time
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Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-15
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Lie Down with Lions
Overview: Doctor Peter Husak introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it's love on first sight. But when she learns, in a dramatic incident, that Jack's a C.I.A. agent, she leaves him and marries Husak instead. Together, they go into a war area in Nagorny Karabach for a relief organization.
Genres: Adventure Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-12
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Burke & Wills
Overview: A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-30
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An Audience with Freddie Starr
Overview: A celebrity audience pays tribute to the inimitable Freddie Starr, one of Britain's zaniest comedians.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-02
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Overview: The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Best Ever Bond
Overview: Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-22
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Tales of Television Centre
Overview: Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-17
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Susan
Overview: Follows a bedsit girl with a dark and damaging secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-19
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Sleepers
Overview: Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counterplots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-10
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Edward II
Overview: The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-06
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Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death
Overview: Maryam d'Abo suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 2007 and is lucky to be alive. Her experience inspired this film, made by her film director husband (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and Revolution). It leads the viewer on a personal journey of recovery, giving a sense of hope to those who are isolated by their condition, one that is not seen and therefore often misunderstood. At times both traumatic and uplifting, this is an intelligent and informative documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-07
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French Without Tears
Overview: The romantic and comic adventures of a group of Englishmen in France, on a course to learn the language.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-16
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Unity
Overview: Period Drama. The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930's went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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Soft Targets
Overview: Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-19
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Overview: Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-13
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The Cockfields Christmas Special
Overview: It's 27th December and Simon and Esther pay a flying visit to Ray and Sue. They can only stay for the day as Simon is so busy with work. Sue wishes they'd stay longer.
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Original Language: en
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Birth of The Beatles
Overview: The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-23
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Murder on the Blackpool Express
Overview: A Blackpool coach driver and a tour guide get caught up in a deadly comedic conspiracy when bus passengers begin mysteriously dying one by one.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-11
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Combat
Overview: A mother wants her son to marry but has to accept he is living with a man.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-28
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Coming Out
Overview: Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-10
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The Burning Season
Overview: Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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The Gentleman Thief
Overview: An adventure of A J Raffles.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-24
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Paradise Lost
Overview: A scientist in the rain forest squares off against a land developer while trying to solve some unexplained deaths.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-20
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Element of Doubt
Overview: A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-30
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Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Overview: Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with a music-filled, star-studded spectacular from the London Palladium.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-01
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Pope Joan
Overview: Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-16
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The Death of the Heart
Overview: A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-03
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Trouser bar
Overview: Set in a London gentleman's outfitters in 1976, and taking inspiration from the emotions aroused by a fetishist love of corduroy, leather and tight trousers, two men enter Sir John's Trouser Bar but little do they know the sexual adventures that await them inside.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-28
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Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Overview: British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-10
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The Next Voice You See
Overview: An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party where he believes he hears the voice of the gunman who cost him his sight.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-17
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We Love Sitcom
Overview: Panel quiz show hosted by Ben Miller, featuring a selection of sitcom stars who, split into teams, battle it out by testing their knowledge on British sitcoms past and present.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-09
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The Portland Millions
Overview: Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-17
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Prophecy
Overview: When a group of friends hold a séance in the basement of a London café they each receive a prophecy. Five years later and the prophecies have started to come true, but who made them and what is the connection with Oliver Halkin and his troubled son Edward?
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-09
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