Peter Sallis
Also Known As: Peter John Sallis, Pete Sallis
Biography: Peter Sallis, OBE (born February 1, 1921 – June 2, 2017) was an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles required him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner. Sallis was best known for his role as the main character Norman Clegg in the long-running British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine, set in a Yorkshire town. He was the longest serving cast member, appearing in all 295 episodes, and by the end of the show's run was the only one surviving from the programme's first episode in 1973. He also appeared in all 13 of the episodes of the prequel series First of the Summer Wine as Norman Clegg's father. He was also famous for providing the voice of Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit films, again using a northern accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sallis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Twickenham, England, UK
Birthday: February 01, 1921
Deathday: June 02, 2017
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Gender: Male
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A Grand Day Out
Overview: Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-18
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The Wrong Trousers
Overview: Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-17
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A Close Shave
Overview: Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-07
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Overview: Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-15
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Witness for the Prosecution
Overview: Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-04
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Belonging
Overview: Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted Jess -- who selflessly quit her job -- enjoys looking after them. But when Jacob disappears one day, Jess' life falls apart, and she must learn to cope with things on her own in this touching drama.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-12
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A Matter of Loaf and Death
Overview: Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-25
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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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Taste the Blood of Dracula
Overview: Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-07
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The V.I.P.s
Overview: Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-01
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Stranger from Venus
Overview: Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a stranger with no pulse who has the power of life and death at his touch. He is here from Venus to warn Earth about the atom.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-23
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The Drummer and the Bloke
Overview: Alf and Jack, two labourers hired to work in a quarry,have decided to go on strike because of the degrading nature of the job.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-31
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Sweeney Todd
Overview: A fiendish barber in early 19th century London has many dark secrets in his past and also in his present day activities.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-16
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Rapture
Overview: Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her father threatens to break up the union.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-23
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I Thank a Fool
Overview: After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-14
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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Overview: This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars no longer with us, and celebrity fans, we learn the secrets of this comedy classic and get to see previously unseen interviews and rare behind-the-scenes archive footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-05
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Clash by Night
Overview: A gangster is caught and arrested by police. When he's being transported by bus -- filled with innocent civilians -- it's hi-jacked by his gang in attempt to free their boss. They hide out. As the authorities close in they threaten to torch the barn the escapee and his men are hiding in -- with their hostage inside.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-29
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Inadmissible Evidence
Overview: A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-23
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You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Overview: Actress attended by homosexual dresser.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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Brand
Overview: Brand's a bleak and desolate play that challenges the notion of a stern and stoic faith in the will of God. The title character is a pastor who returns to his ancestral home to find the villagers on the verge of starvation. He believes ministering to these poor people to be his calling. Over the course of the play, however, he faces many difficult choices. The decisions he makes, based on his stark and idealistic view of morality, have dire consequences for all the people he touches and, ultimately, for his own embattled soul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-11
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Getting Sam Home
Overview: Three old chums agree to take the ailing Sam on one last trip to see his flousy girl-friend, Lily Bless Her, in the middle of the night.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-27
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Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
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Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-14
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Wallace & Gromit The Classic Collection
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-21
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Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Overview: Wallace and Gromit try out ten of their latest inventions—which rarely work as planned.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-15
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The Curse of the Werewolf
Overview: A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-01
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The Road Builder
Overview: The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-25
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Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Overview: Anthology of Aardman Animation short films released in theaters in 1996, centered on the new release of the third Wallace & Gromit short, "A Close Shave." Includes: "A Close Shave," "Creature Comforts" and "Heat Electric Commercials" by Nick Park; "Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct", "Rex the Runt: Dreams" and "Ident" by Richard Goleszowski; "Wat's Pig" and "My Baby Just Cares For Me" by Peter Lord; "Early Bird" by Peter Lord and David Sproxton; "Pib and Pog" directed by Peter Peake
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-14
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Beyond Our Means
Overview: A couple invite an old school friend for a reunion dinner, it is during the conversation (with the friend now an eminent surgeon) the couple come to the stark realization that their son is showing symptoms of a looming brain tumour.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-18
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Overview: Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-26
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The Obelisk
Overview: A seaside resort in 1938. For Hilda, it seems as if romance almost died when she married school teacher Ernest. Only the movies can keep this spark alive. As she follows her pompous husband up the cliff walk to visit the obelisk, she wonders how he will react to the two sailors who want to join them.The boisterous Tiny is rather coarse, but his friend Stan has lovely manners and such very blue eyes....
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-13
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Doctor in Love
Overview: Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-12
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The Zoo Story
Overview: Peter and Jerry meet on a park bench in New York City's Central Park. Peter is a wealthy publishing executive with a wife, two daughters, two cats, and two parakeets. Jerry is an isolated and disheartened man, desperate to have a meaningful conversation with another human being. He intrudes on Peter's peaceful state by interrogating him and forcing him to listen to stories about his life and the reason behind his visit to the zoo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-12
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Lady Killer
Overview: A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-18
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Quay South
Overview: Facing pressure from authorities to relinquish control of his ship the Ebb Tide, Capt. Daniel Thwaite (Roger Livesey) struggles to decide what course of action he should pursue in this riveting military drama set in 1940 northeastern England. Based on a novel by Howard Clewes, this episode from the "ITV Television Playhouse" series co-stars Michael Bates, Miriam Karlin and Peter Barkworth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-10
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Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
Overview: Hours of Doggone Fun and Games with Gromit! Wallace and Gromit star in 10 mini-shorts featuring more of Wallace's zany inventions. The Making of The Were Rabbit and how he was brought to life. Take a walk with Nick Park as he visits The Amasing World of Wallace and Gromit. Learn to draw Gromit." the Gromit cam,' Printable Wallace and Gromit activity sheets and much more! Howl along with funny friends in Gromit's Funny Scenes
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-02
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The Trial
Overview: Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this nightmare.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-21
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The Bible: In the Beginning...
Overview: Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Genres: Adventure History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-28
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The Millionairess
Overview: When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-18
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A Night to Remember
Overview: The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-03
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Overview: A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-16
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Mr. Denning Drives North
Overview: When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-18
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My Lover, My Son
Overview: A woman deals with an unhappy marriage, the death of her lover, and her son's involvement in a crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-13
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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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Easy
Overview: Quirky Jamie Harris is a magnet for less-than-kind men as she hops beds. But things start to look up when she becomes the object of affection of two seemingly normal men. Unfortunately, there's the immense problem of her self-imposed 90-day moratorium on sex.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-10
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She Loves Me
Overview: BBC production of the 1963 Broadway musical which was based on Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 film "The Shop Around The Corner."
Genres: Comedy Music Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-22
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Displacements
Overview: An abstract film, collecting together the 6 rooms Dave McKean made for Chris Petit to reshoot, cut-up, and generally abuse, in pursuit of images for his film 'Asylum', made in collaboration with the writer Iain Sinclair.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Scream and Scream Again
Overview: A serial killer who drains his victims for blood is on the loose and London police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-02
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The Capone Investment
Overview: Abridged movie version of the 1974 British TV series concerning the whereabouts of Al Capone's illegal gains, garnered during the Prohibition era.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-07
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How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Overview: This featurette from The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) details the history of Wallace and Gromit, their Oscar-winning short films and how Aardman Animations and DreamWorks came to work together.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-28
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Child's Play
Overview: A science-fiction film about children who manage to split the atom and thereby create a new form of popcorn.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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The Crane
Overview: An enigmatic fragment of a bigger story, showing events leading up to a pivotal moment in the life of a strange, troubled young man. After losing his home, fiancée and job, he finds a moment of hopefulness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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The Moonstone
Overview: Adaptation of the classic novel. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close to Rachel's heart.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Shopper 13
Overview: It’s just a short nip to the shops but it can become a daily chore when you have all that cheese to carry home. Wallace has decided to save his legs by initiating a program of guided shopping trolleys to the supermarket. Mission 13 is the big one; he’s going for the largest ball of Edam on the shelf. All seems to be going well until disaster strikes on the return leg. Can the heroic Gromit save the day by piloting the stricken craft back to 62 West Wallaby street or will the cheese be lost forever?
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The Autochef
Overview: Breakfast is Wallace and Gromit’s favourite meal. But why bother cooking yourself when you have an “Autochef”, the combined cooker and waiter on wheels? Wallace is anxious to prove that his troublesome invention is perfectly safe around the home. Gromit isn’t so sure about the cheeky robot and he may have good reason to be wary.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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A Christmas Cardomatic
Overview: It’s nearly Christmas and Wallace is getting into the festive spirit. He’s decided to make some “tasteful” Christmas cards with the help of Gromit, lots of glitter and his brand new card-making machine. But Wallace is so carried away by the resulting masterpiece that he fails to notice the extraordinary scene unfolding in the garden.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The Tellyscope
Overview: It has always been Gromit’s job to walk over and switch the TV channels on Wallace’s aging set. Wallace decides to save his legs by inventing a simple “remote control” device. Unfortunately, though the machine provides fingertip control, it is hardly “instant”. When Wallace turns on the TV and is confronted by a hard-hitting penguin documentary, he needs to change channel fast. That’s when Wallace realises the flaw in his design…
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The Snowmantron
Overview: It’s time for the annual West Wallaby Street Snowman Competition and this time, Wallace is determined to win. Gromit may be a dab hand (or paw) at sculpting but Wallace has his new “SpeedeeSnowman” which will do the whole job at the touch of a few buttons. Wallace is thrilled with his resulting masterpiece but Gromit is left feeling rather flat…
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The Bully Proof Vest
Overview: It can be a hard life ‘up North’ and home security can be a problem these days. So perhaps Wallace is right to be scared when the lights go out one dark and stormy night. A cup of tea and a cracker should calm his nerves but who is that lurking in the shadows? It may be time to utilize the ultimate burglar deterrent, Wallace’s fearsome “Bully Proof Vest”…
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The 525 Crackervac
Overview: Gromit’s daily chores include sweeping up, unfortunately Wallace wants to help. The 525 Crackervac will save Gromit’s time and take the strain out of cleaning and it has a “cracker sensor” to boot!! However, things don’t go quite as Wallace planned and it’s up to Gromit to save the day.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The Turbo Diner
Overview: Another chore Gromit dislikes is clearing the table after meals. Wallace’s Turbo Diner is designed to do the job fast and efficiently; all they have to do is top up the electricity meter. Everything seems to be going well until the lights start flickering.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The Snoozatron
Overview: Getting to sleep can be a problem when you eat as much cheese as Wallace. His solution is the “Snoozatron”, a simple device to aid the restless insomniac. For Wallace the machine is a triumph of precision engineering. For Gromit, his part in the machine’s cycle is a regular chore he could do without…
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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The Soccamatic
Overview: When Wallace takes Gromit to the park for a game of football he plays to win. Unfortunately, he is constantly frustrated by Gromit’s goalkeeping prowess. Wallace is forced to reveal his “Soccamatic”, a circa 1938 penalty taking machine he recently purchased mail order from Preston North End FC. It seems that Wallace has finally got the upper hand as balls whistle past the hapless dog. But Gromit has an ace up his sleeve…
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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Colour Me Kubrick
Overview: The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-06
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The Scapegoat
Overview: An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-06
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Frankenstein: The True Story
Overview: Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-19
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Wuthering Heights
Overview: A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-09
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Charlie Bubbles
Overview: Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-11
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Overview: A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-27
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No Love for Johnnie
Overview: Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-14
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Song at Twilight
Overview: Eddie Ritchie once ' played for England,' or did he? The team have their doubts.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-05
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Heart to Heart
Overview: A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-06
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The Third Secret
Overview: A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. However, the truth turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-02
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The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Overview: On August the 15th, 1945, after the official surrender of the Empire of Japan, Admiral Matome Ugaki led the last Special Attack Force pilots across the Pacific, to crash into American ships. Thirty-five years later, the men who serviced the aeroplanes are still meeting up for their annual dinner. Now settled into civilian jobs - dentist, baker, taxi-driver, insurance salesman - and with children and grandchildren, they bemoan the decay of traditional Japanese values. Hard liquor is imbibed, toasts raised to the memory of the heroic dead, and old rivalries resurface. The survivors' dissatisfaction with post-war life comes to a head when, in a moment of drunken inspiration, Tokkotai the airline pilot decides on a symbolic gesture to show that the kamikaze spirit lives on.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-17
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Come Home Charlie and Face Them
Overview: Adapting R.F. Delderfield's classic story of love, lust, crime and betrayal, this three-part mini-series centres around a young bank clerk whose yearning to escape the mundanity of 1930s small-town life is answered all too readily when he falls for an exotic beauty with dangerous intentions.
Genres: Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-25
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Orson Welles Over Europe
Overview: When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films, television, theatre and bullfighting. Simon Callow trails the complex actor-director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-27
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The Incredible Sarah
Overview: The legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt's unconventional life and career are examined in this biopic. At an audition in 1860, the teenage Bernhardt proclaims herself the greatest actress of her time. Her career blossoms, as does her private life. But art and life don't stay balanced, much to the frustration of her lovers. The eccentric Bernhardt eventually does marry another actor, but it's her life on stage that ultimately gives her the most satisfaction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-05
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Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Overview: The TARDIS arrives on Earth in a new ice age. The travellers make their way into a base where scientists, commanded by Leader Clent, are using an ioniser device to combat the advance of a glacier.
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-16
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The Daedalus Equations
Overview: Hans Daedalus has defected from East Germany to the West. Is it possible that his opacity equations live on after his death?
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-20
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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Overview: Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with labor-intensive stop-motion techniques) brings Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book to life. When the villainous Weasel and his crew of thugs kidnap an unsuspecting Toad and send an impostor to take over Toad Hall, Badger, Rat and Mole aren't fooled. But can they figure out a way to save their friend before it's too late?
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-06
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The Mouse on the Moon
Overview: Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them to the moon.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-07
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Hotel!
Overview: The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to by a host of wacky characters who obviously don't get out much.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-17
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Who Killed Lamb?
Overview: A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-04
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Overview: Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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The Prison
Overview: A successful Paris magazine proprietor embarks on a destructive voyage of self-discovery after his wife shoots dead her own sister, with whom he has had an affair for several years.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-24
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The Ladies: Joan
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-18
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