Alun Armstrong

Born: 1946-07-17

Alun Armstrong is a prolific English character actor. Armstrong grew up in County Durham in North East England. He first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, "the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals... I always play very colourful characters, often a bit crazy, despotic, psychotic." His numerous credits include six different Dickens adaptations and seven series as eccentric ex-detective Brian Lane in New Tricks. Armstrong is also an accomplished stage actor who spent nine years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and he won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.


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as Baltus Hafez
Released: 2001-05-04

Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the...

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Van Helsing

as Cardinal Jinette
Released: 2004-05-03

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the...

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as Mornay
Released: 1995-05-24

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William...

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Eragon

as Uncle Garrow
Released: 2006-12-14

In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads...

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Sleepy Hollow

as High Constable
Released: 1999-11-19

Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator, is determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman.

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as Cpl. Davies
Released: 1977-06-15

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII...

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as Owens
Released: 1992-06-04

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack...

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as Wyatt
Released: 2000-12-08

Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has...

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The Saint

as Inspector Teal
Released: 1997-04-03

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for...

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Oliver Twist

as Magistrate Fang
Released: 2005-09-23

Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski...

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Krull

as Torquil
Released: 1983-07-29

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien...

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Van Helsing: The London Assignment

as Cardinal Jinetta (voice)
Released: 2004-05-11

It tells of the events before the film, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing travels to...

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White Hunter, Black Heart

as Ralph Lockhart
Released: 1990-05-16

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to...

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Black Beauty

as Reuben Smith
Released: 1994-07-29

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty...

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The Duellists

as Lacourbe
Released: 1977-08-31

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and...

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The French Lieutenant's Woman

as Grimes
Released: 1981-08-28

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about...

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Split Second

as Thrasher
Released: 1992-05-01

In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his...

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Get Carter

as Keith
Released: 1971-02-03

Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's...

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Onegin

as Zaretsky
Released: 1999-12-22

In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing...

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Possum

as Maurice
Released: 2018-10-26

A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his...

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Millions

as Saint Peter
Released: 2004-04-29

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of...

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It's All About Love

as David
Released: 2003-01-10

The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on...

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An Awfully Big Adventure

as Uncle Vernon
Released: 1995-07-21

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby...

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Harrison's Flowers

as Samuel Brubeck
Released: 2000-09-23

1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported...

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Les Misérables - 25th Anniversary in Concert

as Monsieur Thenardier (1985 Cast)
Released: 2010-10-03

This concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables,...

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When I'm Sixty-Four

as Jim
Released: 2004-08-04

When widowed cabbie Ray and retired teacher Jim meet by chance, they discover they long for the...

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MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

as Capshaw
Released: 1994-11-24

A close friend of MacGyver is murdered. In searching for a reason for this assassination...

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Funny Cow

as Lenny
Released: 2018-04-20

A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up...

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G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

as Uncle Henry
Released: 1999-10-01

Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to...

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The Likely Lads

as Tommy
Released: 1976-02-01

With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the...

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Golden Years

as Sid
Released: 2016-04-29

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have...

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Blue Ice

as Osgood
Released: 1992-10-09

An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid...

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The 14

as Tommy
Released: 1973-06-15

Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true...

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Carrie's War

as Mr. Samuel Evans
Released: 2004-01-01

Carrie's War is an adaptation of a 1973 children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second...

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Strictly Sinatra

as Bill
Released: 2001-06-29

In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly...

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That Summer of White Roses

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

World War II finally reaches a Yugoslavian lake, where a lifeguard shelters a refugee and her son.

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Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

as Thenardier
Released: 1995-10-14

The top stars from the original London and Broadway productions join together with a 150-voice...

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Paradise Found

as Camille Pissarro
Released: 2003-01-01

Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict...

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With or Without You

as Sammy
Released: 1999-09-10

Rosie and Vincent know each other for ten years, and are married for five. She doesn't like her...

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The Dinner Party

as Jim
Released: 2007-09-09

Young couple Jackie and Leo move from North London to a suburban home in the green belt paradise...

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Witness Against Hitler

as Pastor Harold Poelchau
Released: 1996-03-10

The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World...

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American Friends

as Dr. Weeks
Released: 1991-03-22

Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American...

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London Kills Me

as John Stone
Released: 1991-12-13

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost,...

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle

as Singer
Released: 1985-01-01

The hardships faced by a woman trying to survive a bloody civil war while caring for the...

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This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
Released: 2000-01-26

This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper...

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Out of Innocence

as Detective Callaghan
Released: 2019-04-12

After a police investigation, a young mother, confused and scared, confesses to a crime she did...

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A Night on the Tyne

as Willy
Released: 1989-07-12

When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the...

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Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

as Maxwell Randall, The Green Baize Vampire
Released: 1985-11-25

Cocky cockney snooker player Billy Kid accepts the challenge of a grudge match from Maxwell...

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Sorry About Last Night

as Mickey
Released: 1995-12-27

A romantic comedy written by and starring Alexei Sayle. A couple on a first date in London are...

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Shooting the Chandelier

as Brodovich
Released: 1977-10-26

During the closing days of the Second World War, a young Czechoslovakian woman, Blanka, is...

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Breaking the Code

as Mick Ross
Released: 1996-09-17

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the...

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Only Make Believe

as Michael Biddle
Released: 1973-02-12

Playwright Christopher Hudson finds his medical problem hinders his writing. He employs...

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Aristocrats

as Lord Holland
Released: 1999-06-20

18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters -...

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The House

as Mr. Smeth
Released: 1984-09-27

Set in 1884, and based on the assumption that Britain is one of the Baltic states between Russia...

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Nineteen96

as Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs
Released: 1989-09-17

Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are...

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Doggin' Around

as Charlie Foster
Released: 1994-10-16

The past catches up with an ageing American jazz pianist when he returns to the clubs of...

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7 Up 2000

as Himself - Narrator
Released: 2000-04-13

A new generation of British children feature in a follow-up to the original 7 Up series

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Measure for Measure

as Provost
Released: 1979-02-18

When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in...

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Mr Moon's Last Case

as Narrator
Released: 1983-01-01

Play based on Brian Patten's book. Local children and retired detective Moon band together to...

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Our Day Out

as Mr. Briggs
Released: 1977-12-12

When a teacher takes a group of troubled school children on a school trip to Conwy in Wales, the...

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Sticky Wickets

as Evans
Released: 1990-10-14

It's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But...

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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

as Ernest Whitehouse
Released: 2008-05-27

The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's.

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The Childeater

as Stefano
Released: 1989-01-01

Oscar nominated short film from 1989

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The Widowmaker

as Dad
Released: 1990-12-29

The Widowmaker is a 1990 made for television film starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong,...

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Looking After Number One

as Dick
Released: 1990-02-06

Dick is a pigeon fancier. Jean sort of fancies Dick. When a stray bird brings them together,...

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The Eyes Have It

as Mike
Released: 1973-06-09

A group of terrorists posing as plumbers set up base at a school for the blind. The students...

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The Nicky Nack

as uncredited
Released: 2021-10-07

A man walking home from his local pub one night is tormented by a terrifying sound: The Nicky Nack.

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The Sex Victims

as George
Released: 1973-04-04

A lone truck driver who is lured into the woods by a nubile Lady Godiva discovers after he’s...

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Easy Go

as First docker
Released: 1974-03-07

A hot day by the Thames - very hot for some Deptford children. When they and some dockers spot a...

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MacGyver

as Chief Superintendent Capshaw
First aired: 1985-09-29

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...

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Downton Abbey

as Stowell
First aired: 2010-09-26

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the...

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Married... with Children

as Trevor
First aired: 1987-04-05

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally...

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The Sweeney

as Peter Jenner
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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Inspector Morse

as Superintendent Holdsby
First aired: 1987-01-06

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Inspector Herbert
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Lightborne
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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New Tricks

as Brian Lane
First aired: 2004-01-01

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...

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Penny Dreadful

as Vincent Brand
First aired: 2014-05-11

Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Frontier

as Lord Benton
First aired: 2016-11-06

The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in...

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Bleak House

as Inspector Bucket
First aired: 2005-10-27

The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and...

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Thriller

as Mike
First aired: 1973-04-14

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...

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Little Dorrit

as Ephraim Flintwinch
First aired: 2008-10-26

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who...

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The Hollow Crown

as Northumberland
First aired: 2012-06-30

A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.

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The Storyteller

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-05-15

The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

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Justice

as Bob Graham
First aired: 1971-10-08

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...

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Public Eye

as Vince Gregson
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Enemy at the Door

as Louis Mendoza
First aired: 1978-01-28

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for...

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Breeders

as Jim
First aired: 2020-03-02

Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child...

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Messiah

as DCI Charlie McIntyre
First aired: 2001-05-26

Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

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A.D.

as Gamesmaster
First aired: 1985-03-31

A 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.

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Porridge

as Spraggon
First aired: 1974-09-05

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three...

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The New Avengers

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-10-22

The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during...

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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Scaife
First aired: 1973-01-09

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January...

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Sherwood

as Gary Jackson
First aired: 2022-06-13

Two murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in...

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Our Friends in the North

as Austin Donohue
First aired: 1996-01-15

An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.

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Oliver Twist

as Mr. Fleming
First aired: 1999-11-28

Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by...

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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Caliban (voice)
First aired: 1992-11-09

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by...

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David Copperfield

as Dan Peggotty
First aired: 1999-12-25

Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather...

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Garrow's Law

as John Southouse
First aired: 2009-11-01

The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the...

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Prime Suspect 1973

as Clifford Bentley
First aired: 2017-03-02

Prime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police...

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Father Brown

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-26

Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.

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Tom Jones

as Squire Western
First aired: 2023-04-30

A reimagining of Henry Fielding's "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling," the tale of an...

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Year of the Rabbit

as Chief Inspector Hugh Wisbech
First aired: 2019-06-10

Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit is a hardened booze-hound...

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Days of Hope

as Billy Shepherd
First aired: 1975-09-11

Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives...

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Dark Angel

as George Stot
First aired: 2016-10-31

The story of Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, a poisoner whose methods leave no visible...

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Underworld

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-11-04

A pair of unexceptional suburban siblings are drawn into a dark web of crime and danger.

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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

as George Mole
First aired: 2001-02-02

Adrian Mole: the Cappuccino Years is a British television series which was first aired on BBC...

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Between The Sheets

as Peter Delany
First aired: 2003-11-17

Between the Sheets is a 2003 British television mini-series. This carnal, comedic drama is based...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-11-07

Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister...

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A Sharp Intake of Breath

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-07-28

British sitcom in which happy-go-lucky character Peter Barnes comically and haphazardly tries to...

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Sparkhouse

as Richard Bolton
First aired: 2002-09-01

The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family,...

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A Passionate Woman

as Donald (1980s)
First aired: 2010-04-11

1950s period drama based on the true story of a housewife and mother whose life is turned upside...

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Stanley and the Women

as Rufus Hilton
First aired: 1991-11-28

The life of Stanley Duke, a fortysomething advertising executive, is thrown into turmoil when...

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In the Red

as DCI Frank Jefferson
First aired: 1998-05-26

A series of killings of bank managers has London in a turmoil, all the way up to Parliament. And...

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This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Asst. Chief Const. George Oldfield
First aired: 2000-01-26

Dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the...

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Bedtime

as Neil Henshaw
First aired: 2001-08-28

Bedtime was a British comedy-drama written and directed by Andy Hamilton and broadcast by the...

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Get Lost!

as Neville Keaton
First aired: 1981-06-12

Leeds schoolteacher Judy Threadgold investigates the disappearance of her husband with the aid...

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