Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He went to Manchester University to study drama. Whilst he was there he met Rik Mayall, and the pair began performing as 20th Century Coyote. The act continued after university when Adrian & Rik moved to London, and they became two of the leading lights in the new 'alternative comedy' scene, performing at the newly established Comedy Store, and setting up their own club, The Comic Strip, with 'Peter Richardson', Nigel Planer, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Alexei Sayle. This spawned two 1980s TV series: The Young Ones (1982), and The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) In the 1990's Ade & Rik continued their partnership with a new series called Bottom (1991), which ran for three seasons and became a major success on the live circuit. It was basically a live sitcom, liberally sprinkled with slapstick humour, and the pair did 5 long tours between 1993 and 2003. Simultaneously, Adrian established himself as an actor, doing two improvised TV films under the Screen One and Screen Two umbrella, with director Les Blair: Screen Two: Honest, Decent and True (1986), and Screen One: News Hounds (1990) (winner of the BAFTA for best single drama). He was a regular in the hospital drama Holby City (1999) from 2005 - 2008. He took the lead in a drama documentary about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the series Surviving Disaster (2006), and appeared as Henry Austen in the TV movie Miss Austen Regrets (2008), the film Blood (2012), and the drama series Prey (2014). But his most notable dramatic role to date is that of Count Rostov in the BBC series War & Peace (2016).
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Blood
as Tom TiernanThriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the...
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Miss Austen Regrets
as Henry AustenAn outwardly confident but unmarried woman on the verge of her fortieth birthday reflects on her...
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Guest House Paradiso
as EddieRichie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring...
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Interlude In Prague
as Herr LuptakThe incredible tale of Mozart's Prague years.
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Bottom: Exposed
as HimselfA made for TV documentary starring Adrian Edmondson and various fans detailing the creation,...
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Baron von Richthoven/SelfA countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans...
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Dead on Time
as FoolBernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard...
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The Pope Must Die
as Father RookieA less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the...
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Eat the Rich
as CharlesAlex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to...
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The Rizen
as InterviewerThe year is 1955. NATO and the Allied Forces have been conducting secret, occult experiments in...
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Slags
as AceTeen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that...
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The Yob
as MichaelAn illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director...
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Demonella
as Sid ViciousMusic producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman -...
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Private Enterprise
as BrianWhilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape...
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as Edward ActonThe Trick tells the story of world-renowned Professor Philip Jones; Director of Climate Research...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
as ZykeIn the eighteenth film in the series, in late 1918, the Great War may have ended, but a new...
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The Supergrass
as Dennis CarterWhile taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl...
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as HimselfAfter the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial...
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Susie
as MartinIn rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin...
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Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as BradRecorded at London's Royal Court Theatre before an audience of faithful fans, various cast...
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The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as uncreditedIn April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of...
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The Rizen: Possession
as The InterviewerA group of young urban explorers and a private military unit could become the final pieces in a...
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Selfimagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders,...
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Just Like That!
as SelfJust Like That! is a celebration of the comic genius of Tommy Cooper] - just like that! But...
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Dirty Movie
as BeanPostman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of...
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Summer School
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More Bad News
as Vim FuegoFour years after they were last the subject of a documentary, Bad News get back together again...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
as HimselfBritish comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters,...
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as Dame DollyA televised pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk featuring various celebrities.
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as SelfSince 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the...
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Oxford
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Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Gregory DawsonGovernor Wilkins brings rookie cop Lucille Bromley to see the imprisoned cannibal Dr Genghis in...
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Rocky Horror Show Live
as NarratorSweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of...
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
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The Strike
as Adrian/Slim/PolicemanPaul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984...
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How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
as uncreditedThis documentary explores the legacy of one of the most notorious British sitcoms of all time....
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as DickOn their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their...
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Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour
as EddieQueen Elizabeth is attending a parade in Hammersmith and Richie and Eddie plans on inviting the...
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War
as Various Roles1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and...
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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
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Four Men in a Car
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If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
as Self - NarratorAdrian Edmondson narrates a documentary chronicling the story of Stiff Records, a tiny...
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Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity
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Completely Bad News
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News Hounds
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Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
as uncreditedPart compilation/ part mockumentary on the first three Bottom live shows. Various characters...
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
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Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
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King Rocker
as (archive footage)How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the...
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South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as BillyIn the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the...
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as BillyTwo students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live...
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Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
as Eddie HitlerFilmed during their sell-out 1997 tour, Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island features Rik Mayall and...
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Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
as Keith MarshallA week in the life of Redditch investigative reporter Kevin Turvey. As you would expect, not a...
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The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
as HimselfGo behind the scenes with the late, great Rik Mayall (Richie) and Ade Edmondson (Eddie) as they...
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The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
as Sir Adrian DangerousStarring Richard Dangerous (Rick Mayall) and Sir Adrian Dangerous (Adrian Edmondson) as the...
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The Comic Strip
as uncreditedA tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s,...
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Bad News Tour
as Vim Fuego/Alan MetcalfeA documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick...
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Four Men in a Plane
as Ian CrispSalesmen Alan, Ian, Tim, and the pushy Tony are on a plane on their way to a sales conference....
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Bottom Live The Stage Show
as EddieRichie buys an inflatable doll named Monica as his lover, and he tries to conceal it from Eddie....
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Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Gordon/BillA hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of...
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Honest Decent & True
as Alun PickersgillTrendy employees of a small London ad agency try to market beer for an old-fashioned client.
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The Best of French & Saunders
as VariousA compilation of all the best sketches from Britain's favourite female comedy double-act. They...
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The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as SelfA look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents
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Red Nose of Courage
as John Major/Coco the ClownA clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some...
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Bottom Mindless Violence
as EddieThe only word to describe the amazing duo of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edminson is genius. For the...
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
as DickIn the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch...
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RSC Live: Twelfth Night
as MalvolioTwelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are...
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Bottom Fluff
as uncreditedBottom Fluff is a collection of bloopers from all 3 series of bottom.
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The Graham Norton Show
as SelfEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...
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Midsomer Murders
as Hugo WellesThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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The One Show
as Self - GuestA topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD....
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Death in Paradise
as Charles CrabtreeA brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...
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Would I Lie to You?
as SelfA comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per...
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Genius
as David HilbertThe life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final...
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3 Body Problem
as Denys PorlockAcross continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the...
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The Comic Strip Presents...
as DickThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Mike/Hatchett/Julio/Bolsen/Man in Cage/Jenkins/ZarkoffThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as DesmondThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Vim FuegoThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as PeterThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as BeanThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Eddie MonsoonThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Adrian/Slim/PolicemanThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Dreamy Time EscortThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as MichaelThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as BestmanThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as John Major - Coco the ClownThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Ian CrispThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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as Adrian DangerousThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...
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An Audience with...
as SelfAn Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...
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Great British Menu
as Self - Guest JudgeBritain's top chefs compete for the chance to cook a four-course banquet for a high-profile figure.
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Natural World
as NarratorNatural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and...
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Absolutely Fabulous
as uncreditedSet in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend...
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Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - ContestantEach week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills...
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Jonathan Creek
as Brendan BaxterWorking from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural...
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as VyvyanThe misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rik, the...
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as SelfOne of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies...
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War and Peace
as Ilya RostovA story that revolves around five aristocratic families, set during the reign of Alexander I,...
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Britain's Got More Talent
as SelfStephen Mulhern presents the sister show of Britain's Got Talent where he interviews the judges...
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as SelfGoing Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It...
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
as SelfA series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human...
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Bottom
as Edward Elizabeth HitlerRichie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic )...
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Blackadder
as Baron von RichtovenBlack Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders...
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Between the Covers
as SelfSara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of...
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Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
as uncreditedComic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities...
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Upstart Crow
as DogberryComedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself...
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Gadget Man
as uncreditedGadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart...
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A Spy Among Friends
as Sir Roger HollisFollow the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby,...
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Saturday Live
as uncreditedSaturday Live was a British television comedy and music show broadcast by Channel 4 from 1985 to...
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Celebrity Mastermind
as uncreditedCelebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is...
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Spine Chillers
as uncreditedAnthology series of black comedies, which sets out to deliver excellent stories with a darkly...
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Save Me
as Gideon CharlesNelson "Nelly" Rowe's life is turned upside down when he is arrested on suspicion of kidnapping...
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Urban Myths
as Leslie ConnOur Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of...
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The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Himself - ContestantWell-known faces don their aprons in this charity special. Who has got what it takes to go all...
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Prey
as DCI WarnerThree-part crime thriller. When detective Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case,...
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Press Gang
as Simon KnowlesThe activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a...
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as Noodle Pete (voice, English version)Ronja is the only daughter of Mattis, a bandit leader who lives in a castle in the middle of a...
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The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
as Headmaster WackvilleA Victorian comedy adventure in the style of Charles Dickens following shop owner Jedrington...
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Celebrity Catchphrase
as SelfIn this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out...
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One of Us
as Peter ElliotA horrific double murder rocks the lives of two families living side-by-side in isolated rural...
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Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Edward CatflapThe series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as...
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Bancroft
as Superintendent Cliff WalkerA dark and compelling thriller centering on Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft, a...
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French & Saunders
as JohnFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic...
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French & Saunders
as James MacaroonFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic...
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Twisted Tales
as uncreditedTwisted Tales is a dark and stylish comedy drama series. With intense scripts written by a mix...
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Cheat
as William VaughanUniversity lecturer Dr Leah Dale has always prided herself on her academic integrity so when...
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Catchphrase
as uncreditedStephen Mulhern hosts this remake of the 1980's game show where contestants have to guess a...
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The Pact
as RichardAnna, Nancy, Louie and Cat have had enough of their tyrannical young boss Jack Evans, and make a...
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Anna Lee
as Dominic JonesAnna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London...
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The Dangerous Brothers
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Rita Rudner
as uncreditedSinger, actress, dancer, comedienne: these are just some of the words the popular American comic...
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Happy Families
as uncreditedHappy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985...
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Surviving Disaster
as uncreditedNatural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.
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Out of Her Mind
as LewisHeartbreak, family and how to survive them - and just why is everyone pairing up and having...
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Hardwicke House
as TinyHardwicke House was a 1987 seven-episode sitcom produced by Central Independent Television for...
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Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
as uncreditedGroundbreaking alternative comedy programme bringing the new wave of humour to television for...
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Teenage Kicks
as uncreditedTeenage Kicks is a British sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson, Ed Coleman and Laura Aikman, filmed...
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This Morning
as SelfThis Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle,...
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Captain Star
as uncreditedCaptain Star was an animated television series starring Richard E. Grant as Captain Jim Star,...
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Ade at Sea
as SelfAde at Sea follows Ade Edmondson as he sets sail to find out more about Britain’s maritime past...
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