Jodie Whittaker
Also Known As: Jodie Auckland Whittaker, 조디 휘테커, 茱蒂·惠特克, جودی ویتاکر
Biography: Jodie Auckland Whittaker is an English actress, known for Venus (2006), Attack the Block (2011), and Broadchurch (2013-2017). In 2017, Whittaker was announced as the thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor on the BBC series Doctor Who, making her the first actress to headline the series.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Birthday: June 03, 1982
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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St. Trinian's
Overview: When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the red.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-21
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Capture
Overview: The search for their missing son leads a mother and father to a tech company, and a digital gatekeeper who seems to have all the answers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-02
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White Wedding
Overview: A young groom and his best man lost on the road trip to the wedding, run into a young English doctor. Set against South Africa's breathtaking landscapes, White Wedding is a high-spirited modern-day road comedy about love, commitment, intimacy, friendship, and the unbelievable obstacles that can get in the way of a fairy-tale ending.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-29
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Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Overview: Born in London to single mum Bridget, Austin Byrne returns with her to her hometown in Ireland as a very young boy and learns that, from family to neighbours to the Church, no-one has a good word to say about either of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-11
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Venus
Overview: Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about themselves.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-02
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Perrier's Bounty
Overview: A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-11
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St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Overview: The girls of St. Trinians are on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton is related to a famous pirate.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-18
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Thrush
Overview: An entire relationship told through photos in five minutes.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-13
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Untitled
Overview: A woman sits waiting for her train home. A stranger sits next to her and starts talking. He knows things about her that he shouldn't know, intricate details of her life and the lives around her, personal details of her past and future. He tells all this because he has a message, something she needs to hear...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-13
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Hello Carter
Overview: Recently sacked and interminably single, Carter is in a rut. So when he spies his beautiful ex-girlfriend through a library bookshelf, for a brief moment, things promise to get a whole lot better. But she is nine months pregnant. And about to go into labour.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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Mr. Dorothy
Overview: A fairytale revenge story by Gabriel Bisset-Smith.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-02
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Two Minutes
Overview: In this terribly poignant tale of memory, loss and love, Juliette, a young woman paying a visit to her Alzheimer's suffering father, unexpectedly triggers a brief but touching moment of lucidity between them. A moment she hopes she will never forget, but knows in her heart he has already forgotten.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-23
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Rachel
Overview: When a rare chance for a meeting with her estranged daughter presents itself, Rachel grabs it with both hands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-21
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Consuming Passion
Overview: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and moving stories of three very different women affected by the brand's success: co-founder Charles Boon's wife Mary, daydreaming 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-02
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Attack the Block
Overview: A teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-12
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A Thousand Kisses Deep
Overview: The suicide of an old woman from her apartment building sends a nurse on a strange journey back through time to try to rectify her past mistakes.
Genres: Romance Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-15
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Royal Wedding
Overview: It's July 1981, the Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana. In a small Welsh town where her fifteen-year-old daughter Tammy has organized a street party, Linda Caddock recently made redundant and married to wannabe singer and all-round dreamer Johnny, fears for the future. Neighbour Alan wants her to run off with him. But who will she choose?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-17
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Good Vibrations
Overview: The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-31
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Wish 143
Overview: A fifteen-year-old boy with only months to live is granted one wish from the Dreamscape Charity. But David doesn’t want to go to Disneyland or meet Gary Neville; what he really wants is an hour alone with a naked woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-19
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Get Santa
Overview: A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-05
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Black Sea
Overview: A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-05
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Good
Overview: When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by powerful political figures in the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing instantly advance. But after learning of the Reich's horrific plans for the future and the devastating effects they will have on people close to him, John must decide whether or not to take a stand and risk losing everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-31
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Hello Carter
Overview: Down-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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Tabby McTat
Overview: Busker Fred and his cat Tabby McTat entertain and delight passersby with music across London. One day, Fred falls, injures his leg, and is whisked away in an ambulance, leaving Tabby alone on the city's streets.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-23
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Ashes
Overview: One-time hard man Frank Barron is barely recognisable now he’s been afflicted with Alzheimer's, but when his estranged son Jamie visits him in hospital he realises the extra stress Frank is put under and decides to break him out in the hope of returning him to his family. As the two travel across the country, beginning to bond along the way, it soon transpires that both Frank and Jamie are at odds with their past.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-06
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Dust
Overview: A short story of a man who follows a young girl and her mum home from school one day. He waits outside their house until nightfall before breaking in. Once inside, events take an unexpected turn.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-24
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The Night Watch
Overview: Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken down, they enjoy a freedom never experienced before.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-04
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Type
Overview: A young woman with allergies finds love in her lost and lonely life.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-20
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One Day
Overview: A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-02
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That Christmas
Overview: It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-27
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Adult Life Skills
Overview: Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-24
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Emotional Fusebox
Overview: Anna lives a hermit's life in her Mum's garden shed, making videos starring her thumbs. She wants to stay there but her Mum has other plans.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-01
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Journeyman
Overview: A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-30
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Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World
Overview: Ollie Kepler’s Expanding Purple World is a darkly comic tale of a young man’s battle with madness. Ollie Kepler, wacky astronomy enthusiast and web designer, moves in with his best friend after he loses his fiancé, but is repeatedly drawn back to the place of her death – their empty, unpainted apartment. There, a broken promise made to her returns to haunt him with growing intensity. Ollie’s guilt merges with his scientific brilliance into a crazed attempt to redeem himself. Quitting his job in a bizarre act of defiance, Ollie spirals into a chilling world of obsession and tormenting voices, threatening both his friendship and sanity. Convinced that a strange piece of rock he has found is a micro-chip which holds a vital message from his fiancé, Ollie sets about trying to unlock it with disastrous results. Somehow purple holds the key. Disturbing and eerily humorous, the film explores the fantasies the mind creates when reality overwhelms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-18
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The Kid
Overview: Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life together again afterwards.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-22
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This Life +10
Overview: A decade on, This Life's Egg, Milly, Warren, Anna and Miles meet again at Ferdy's funeral. Egg has become a successful writer, Milly a full-time mum and Anna is still a lawyer, while Warren and Miles have pursued 'business' careers. Egg's latest book is based on the group's lives in the nineties when they shared a house. A TV production company, fronted by documentary film-maker Clare, is at the launch of Egg's book and suggests she films a reunion of the group. The reunion takes place in Miles' Mansion over a long weekend and the five old friends discover each other again.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-02
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The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
Overview: After Tom Hurndall is shot in the head in Gaza, his parents Anthony and Jocelyn arrive in Israel wanting to know how it could have happened. They expect sympathy and cooperation from the Israeli authorities, but are instead met with an official explanation that fails to tally with any eye-witness accounts, and a wall of silence. When an Israeli army report attempts to whitewash the incident, the Hurndalls decide the only way to establish the truth is to launch their own investigation into the shooting, a process which brings them face to face with both the Open-Fire regulations of the Israeli army in Gaza, and the soldier who pulled the trigger.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-13
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Spike Island
Overview: Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-11
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Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Overview: As the Twelfth Doctor nears regeneration, he stumbles on his first incarnation, also refusing to change. It takes a captain, a glass avatar and a familiar face to convince the Doctors the universe still needs them.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-25
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Roar
Overview: London. It's Christmas. Tom is a timid loner who cuts keys in a dry-cleaners in Soho. He's dominated by his extroverted boss, Mick, who habitually cracks on to his female clientele. One customer, Eva, is particularly unimpressed by Mick's behaviour. When Tom tries to apologise, she gives him the cold shoulder. Wanting emotional contact, Tom tries unsuccessfully to call his estranged father. Desperate, Tom takes drastic action.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-05
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Smoke
Overview: A love story told in reverse.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-20
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Behind the Block
Overview: An incredibly comprehensive look at the movie Attack The Block that takes viewers into the casting process, shares the details of the shoot, offers a raw glimpse into life on the set, examines the process of filming various scenes, and lots more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-25
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Bauhaus 100
Overview: In 1919 an art school opened in Germany that would change the world forever. It was called the Bauhaus. A century later, its radical thinking still shapes our lives today. Bauhaus 100 is the story of Walter Gropius, architect and founder of the Bauhaus, and the teachers and students he gathered to form this influential school. Traumatised by his experiences during the Great War, and determined that technology should never again be used for destruction, Gropius decided to reinvent the way art and design were taught. At the Bauhaus, all the disciplines would come together to create the buildings of the future, and define a new way of living in the modern world.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-21
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Overview: Ten big name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come together to record an album for Children In Need
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-30
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National Theatre Live: Antigone
Overview: In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political thriller.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-31
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Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Overview: In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky. Can they believe a word she says? And can she help solve the strange events taking place across the city?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-08
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The Big New Year's In
Overview: Paddy McGuinness hosts a star-studded party as he starts the countdown to 2021. A live extravaganza of fun, music and surprises, and a play-along quiz of 2020.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-31
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MacPat le chat chanteur
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Genres: Animation Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-01
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Overview: Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially shot feature for the Fifteenth Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a concert like no other in time and space, the much-loved music, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is accompanied by specially edited sequences from the series.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-24
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