John Henshaw
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Biography: John Henshaw is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. Henshaw was born one of 12 children. He grew up in Ancoats, Manchester's "Little Italy" community. He was a refuse collector for ten years before deciding to become an actor at the age of 40. His first big break in acting was as a minder to Robert Lindsay's character Michael Murray in the acclaimed Channel 4 series, G.B.H. Other TV credits include The Royle Family, The Visit, Life on Mars, whilst film credits include the Steve Coogan comedy The Parole Officer, the Bert Trautmann biopic The Keeper, and the Ken Loach films Looking For Eric and The Angels' Share. Henshaw is chairman of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, an annual festival of new writing for theatre based in Manchester.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Manchester, England, UK
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Early Doors - Live
Overview: Early Doors was a TV hit when the sitcom was originally aired on the BBC in 2003 and gained cult status over its twelve-episode run. The cast took the show on a sell-out tour in 2018 and 2019 and have now released a recording of the live show to raise vital funds for The Christie Charitable Fund.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-09
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Starter for 10
Overview: In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-13
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A Bit of Tom Jones?
Overview: In a late night bar, Henry is approached by a mysterious woman who offers to sell him the severed "manhood" of Wales' greatest vocal entertainer. Believing he can make a fortune selling the infamous appendage on to obsessive fans, Henry stumps up the cash. To help find the right buyer, Henry teams up with his slightly dodgy best friend Teddy and together the two head off on an insane journey that leads them deep into the secret world of celebrity body part trading.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Looking for Eric
Overview: A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor -- the ex-footballer Eric Cantona.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-27
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The Angels' Share
Overview: Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-01
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The Ringer
Overview: A son is reunited with his long lost father for the first time. You might imagine it's time to discover everything about where he's come from and where he's going. But he's about to get a surprise...
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-21
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The Rochdale Pioneers
Overview: A film that tells the story of the birth of the co-operative movement in Rochdale in 1844.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-27
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Wolf Manor
Overview: Shooting a vampire flick in an old, abandoned manor house should have worked like a dream, but the film crew is out of their depth, over schedule and desperate to get the shoot finished and go home. However, as the moon turns full, the nightmare begins. Blood flows and the body count rises as cast and crew meet the manor’s resident werewolf…
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-28
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Put Your Coat On
Overview: A young girl heads out for a night of fun but just before she leaves, her mom tells her to "put your coat on".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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This Is Not a Love Song
Overview: Heaton and Spike are the unlikeliest pair: two loners who have found each other. When Spike commits a terrible crime, Heaton decides to stand by him - an act of astonishing, almost foolhardy loyalty. There begins a chase across a vast Northern landscape of moors, rivers and dark woods, the increasingly exhausted fugitives being hunted not by the police but by a posse of farmers intent on revenge. No ordinary chase film, This Is Not a Love Song is a love story trapped inside the body of a thriller.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Overview: Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-28
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Overview: Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-11
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Olly's Prison
Overview: "When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. The play moves through the prison of the mind, to that of the outside world in a search that leads to a tragedy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-01
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When Saturday Comes
Overview: Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his ultimate goal?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-01
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Grow Your Own
Overview: A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-15
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The Parole Officer
Overview: A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-10
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Happy Now
Overview: All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be coming back to haunt them. But can the daughter of Tina Trent, a local woman just returned from Alaska, be the same girl the two lads buried fourteen years earlier? Only local policeman Max Bracchi can solve the case with the help of a wrongly accused tramp, Tin Man.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-20
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Swallows and Amazons
Overview: Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-19
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Dancin' Thru the Dark
Overview: Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend—and the love of her life—Peter. Linda has to decide: Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter?
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-02
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The Fishmonger
Overview: In a small fishing village an established fishmonger, Davis, starts to have his supply bought from under him by new boy Alan Leech. This sets off a minor battle between the two for control of the fish supply. The battle results in an incident that sees one of the men re-evaluate his values in life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-17
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A Street Cat Named Bob
Overview: James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-04
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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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Someone Else
Overview: When thirty-something David isn't working as a photographer at a high-street photo studio he is stressing over his love-life. Torn between his rather-too-agreeable girlfriend Lisa and the exciting but tricky Nina, he has serious decision to make. When he gets it all wrong and loses them both he has to start all over again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-20
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Overview: Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-25
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Pin Cushion
Overview: Super close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes 'best friends' with Keely, Stacey and Chelsea. Used to being Iona's bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with Belinda, her neighbour.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-26
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The Keeper
Overview: The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-12-05
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The Night Runner
Overview: Talia runs at night, pushing her fragile heart to the limit. Casey saves lives, a heart surgeon frustrated with red tape. This tragic love story pushes all the boundaries with its controversial look at energy drinks and the affect they have on the heart.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Overview: In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Genres: Drama History Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-12
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In Our Name
Overview: Suzy's a British soldier, born and bred, but fitting back into civilian life after fighting in Iraq isn't easy. Haunted by the responsibility she feels for the death of an Iraqi child, she becomes obsessed with the safety of her own daughter, feeling the need to protect her against a threat that doesn't seem to exist. As Suzy's paranoia builds, her behaviour becomes more and more erratic, until finally, she puts her own child in serious danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-10
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Stan & Ollie
Overview: With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-28
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The Last British Execution
Overview: When an execution is sanctioned in the UK for the first time in almost 50 years, it soon becomes a media circus. The television rights are sold, and it becomes the worlds biggest reality TV show, re-branded as X-Day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-26
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Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Overview: What could be better? A footballer's wedding, a week in the sun, a luxury villa in historic Transylvania. It’s the trip of a lifetime for Coronation Street's favourite café owners Roy and Hayley Cropper, until the brash Glen and Verity appear... Opposites don't attract in this chaotic comic caper as the unlikely foursome embark on an adventure neither couple will ever forget. And when Weatherfield hell-raiser Becky McDonald jets in from her honeymoon, the stage is set for mountain mayhem deep in the heart of Dracula Country.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-26
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I'm Not in Love
Overview: Rob, in his late thirties, needs to decide if he wants to have a baby with his girlfriend Marta, but worries that he’s fallen out of love with her. He asks his seemingly unhappily married friends for advice, who all tell him that he won’t be able to do better so he might as well marry her. But when Rob eventually does propose to Marta, things don't go exactly to plan.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-12
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Sunny
Overview: After accidentally killing a mutual friend, a hitman is taken into the forest to make amends
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-03
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Closer to the Moon
Overview: A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Overview: Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-10
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Silky Hotel
Overview: From the billowing gauze of The Meatloaf Suite to the twinkling lights on The Kem & Amber terrace, every detail of Silky Hotel has been designed with obsessive care by romance gurus Jim and Barbara. This is the only hotel where you'll find the original tent peg from Brokeback Mountain and the air is infused with the delicate aroma of oysters. Prepare to smell the love. But Silky Hotel is in trouble. Guests don't turn up like they used to, and unbeknownst to Jim, the debt collectors are closing in. In a last-ditch effort to save Silky's, Barbara takes a punt on an advert from the local paper: 'TV SHOW WANTS THE WORLD'S MOST ROMANTIC HOTEL.' When flashy producer Coral arrives, Jim and Barbara must wrangle their motley crew of staff to ensure they make it onto TV. If they fail, it'll be check-out time at Silky Hotel - for good.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-26
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