Martin Shaw
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Biography: Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently. He has also acted on stage and in film, and has narrated numerous audiobooks and presented various television series, including the 2006 series Martin Shaw: Aviators.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Birthday: January 21, 1945
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Gender: Male
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Macbeth
Overview: Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-20
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An Audience with Mel Brooks
Overview: Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British Shakespearean actor Jonathan Pryce. Brooks Spontaneous humor, social commentaries and zany sketches leave the audience rolling in the aisles and will leave you wanting more of Mel!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-04
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Overview: Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-20
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The Murder Room
Overview: London's Dupayne Museum is in danger of closing since one of the trustees feels that the money expended on preserving the past could be better spent addressing the problems of living people. One of the museum's collections concerns murders committed between the world wars. When a killing that reflects one of the cases on display occurs, history seems to be repeating itself.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-31
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Operation: Daybreak
Overview: Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-01
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Operation Jericho
Overview: Actor and aviator Martin Shaw takes to the skies to rediscover one of the most audacious and daring raids of World War II. On the morning of 18th February 1944, a squadron of RAF Mosquito bombers, flying as low as three metres over occupied France, demolished the walls of Amiens Jail in what became known as Operation Jericho. The reasons behind the controversial raid remain a mystery to this day. This dramatic documentary investigates the missing pieces of the story, with interviews from survivors and aircrew, and tries to find out why the raid was ordered and by whom.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-23
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Beasts: Buddyboy
Overview: When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale's "Beasts" horror anthology miniseries.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-30
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Electra
Overview: Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-24
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Clouds Are Not Spheres
Overview: Until recently geometry was 'cold', incapable of describing the irregular shape of a cloud, the slope of a mountain or the beauty of the human body. With fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot gave us a language for our natural world. In this captivating documentary, the man himself explains this groundbreaking discovery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Ladder of Swords
Overview: An escaped convict, pursued by an obsessive policeman, hides out in a travelling circus
Genres: Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-12
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Black and Blue
Overview: When a local black politician is murdered an undercover police officer unveils a web of police corruption which puts lives at risk and threatens the whole community.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-27
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6 Days
Overview: London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.
Genres: Action Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-09
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
Overview: Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
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Achilles Heel
Overview: A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-18
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Son of the City
Overview: Welfare worker Carol is attacked in a swimming pool by the attendant George Lease.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-15
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Cream in My Coffee
Overview: Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit reveal the origins of both their pleasures and problems. Somewhere between the past and the present, Dennis Potter attempted to find "the shape of a life, of two lives..."
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-02
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Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Overview: A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and actors Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-23
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Polanski Meets Macbeth
Overview: A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Love's Labour's Lost
Overview: A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-14
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East Lynne
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Mrs Henry Wood.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-29
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Intrigue
Overview: A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-11
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.
Genres: Horror Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-03
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Facelift
Overview: In a dystopian future, the population is divided between the elite "numbers" and the destitute "names" who escape the hardships of the their lives at a magic cabaret run by Zax. When Zax falls for a slumming-it "number" he builds a robot replica of her.
Genres: Science Fiction Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-21
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Truth or Dairy
Overview: This classic Vegan Society video remains one of the most entertaining and informative introductions to veganism. Viewers will learn why avoiding meat, leather, dairy and eggs is not only the most healthy way to live but also the most compassionate. Highly recommended for both existing vegans and anyone considering becoming a vegan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde
Overview: The story of Oscar Wilde's life, told by his grandson and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-15
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Dam Busters Declassified
Overview: Martin Shaw takes a fresh look at one of the most famous war stories of them all. The actor, himself a pilot, takes to the skies to retrace the route of the 1943 raid by 617 Squadron which used bouncing bombs to destroy German dams. He sheds new light on the story as he separates the fact from the myth behind this tale of courage and ingenuity. Using the 1955 movie The Dam Busters as a vehicle to deconstruct the raid, he tries to piece together a picture of perhaps the most daring attack in the history of aviation warfare.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-17
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