Bernard Hill

Born: 1944-12-17

Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill is the only actor to have appeared in more than one of the three films awarded 11 Oscars, and one of only three actors to have starred in more than one film grossing more than $1 billion USD, namely: Titanic and The Return of the King (the others being Orlando Bloom who also starred in The Return of the King, as well as Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp who also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Alice in Wonderland). Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King. Hill died on 5th May 2024 at the age of 79.


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as Edward Smith
Released: 1997-11-18

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later....

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as Théoden
Released: 2003-12-17

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Théoden
Released: 2002-12-18

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy...

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as Judge Hopkins (voice)
Released: 2012-08-03

In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his...

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The Bounty

as William Cole
Released: 1984-05-04

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This...

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as General - Desert Sequence
Released: 2008-12-25

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native...

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The Ghost and the Darkness

as Dr. David Hawthorne
Released: 1996-10-11

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John...

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The Scorpion King

as Philos
Released: 2002-04-18

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the...

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First Knight

as Knight (uncredited)
Released: 1995-07-07

The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period...

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as Sergeant Putnam
Released: 1982-12-01

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes...

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True Crime

as Warden Luther Plunkitt
Released: 1999-03-19

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve...

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Gothika

as Phil Parsons
Released: 2003-11-21

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Egeus
Released: 1999-05-20

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend,...

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Shirley Valentine

as Joe Bradshaw
Released: 1989-08-30

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine...

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Wimbledon

as Edward Colt
Released: 2004-09-13

British tennis player Peter clutches to an embarrassingly low position on the tennis-ranking...

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Mountains of the Moon

as Dr. Livingstone
Released: 1990-02-16

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find...

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Drowning by Numbers

as Madgett
Released: 1988-09-10

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another...

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Franklyn

as Esser
Released: 2008-10-16

Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated...

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Trial by Combat

as Blind Freddie
Released: 1976-04-01

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law...

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The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

as King William III
Released: 2005-06-03

The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is...

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The Chain

as Nick
Released: 1984-01-01

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on...

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Madagascar Skin

as Flint
Released: 1995-01-26

This is the story of Harry and Flint, an unlikely couple. Harry is a shy young gay man who can't...

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The Boys & Girl from County Clare

as John Joe
Released: 2003-09-12

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at...

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The Moor

as Thornley
Released: 2024-06-14

Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the...

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The Wind in the Willows

as The Engine Driver
Released: 1996-10-16

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his...

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Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

as Captain EJ Smith
Released: 2012-04-08

James Cameron brings together some the world's leading Titanic experts, including engineers,...

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Restless Natives

as Will's father
Released: 1985-06-01

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks...

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Joy Division

as Dennis
Released: 2006-11-17

A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is...

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Double X: The Name of the Game

as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
Released: 1992-06-05

Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But...

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Forever Young

as Oscar Smith
Released: 2024-01-26

An aging woman is given the chance to be young again and right her past but is faced with a...

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Skallagrigg

as John
Released: 1994-03-09

Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in...

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The Loss of Sexual Innocence

as Susan's Father
Released: 1999-04-29

The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.

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Theban Plays: Antigone

as Messenger
Released: 1986-09-19

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an...

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The Black Stuff

as Yosser Hughes
Released: 1980-01-02

A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesborough. After a day of work, the group...

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The Mill on the Floss

as Edward Tulliver
Released: 1997-10-12

Lawyer Wakem takes the mill on the river Floss away from Edward Tulliver (whose ancestors have...

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North v South

as John Claridge
Released: 2015-10-16

For decades the criminal underworlds of the North and South bumped along begrudgingly. Like the...

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Reflections on Titanic

as Self
Released: 2012-09-10

An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the...

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The Tragedy of Richard III

as First Murderer
Released: 1983-01-23

Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the...

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The Kid

as Uncle David
Released: 2010-04-22

Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his...

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Great Expectations

as Abel Magwitch
Released: 1999-04-12

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few...

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A Question of Faith

as Frederick
Released: 2000-01-01

A man at a monastery realizes he is a woman.

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Golden Years

as Arthur
Released: 2016-04-29

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

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The Heart of the Earth

as Sr. Crown
Released: 2007-03-17

Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British...

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Canoe Man

as John Darwin
Released: 2010-03-30

The story of the "Canoe Man" John Darwin who faked his own death and tried to start a new life...

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Bellman and True

as Hiller
Released: 1987-11-12

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security...

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Outpost 11

as Cranleigh
Released: 2012-09-01

Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, Outpost 11 is the story of...

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Dirtysomething

as Larry
Released: 1994-04-06

Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry,...

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Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2006-08-01

A moving documentary made to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat...

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Runners

as Trevor Field
Released: 1983-08-18

When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out...

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The Art of Tripping

as uncredited
Released: 1993-02-23

Based on the idea that drugs have influenced some of our greatest minds (Poe, Baudelaire etc.),...

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The Criminal

as Det. Insp. Walker
Released: 1999-10-01

Jasper Rawlins, a none-too-successful musician, finds himself chatting with a beautiful woman at...

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Going Off Big Time

as Murray
Released: 2000-09-21

After surviving prison, a man has to forge a career in the crime world

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Interlude: City of a Dead Woman

as Richard
Released: 2017-04-06

A former opera singer, a priest and a bullfighter meet on the island of Patmos, seeking...

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Hard Labour

as Edward Thornley
Released: 1973-03-12

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

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Ocean Odyssey

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2006-05-24

The largest predator on the planet, the sperm whale, is your host for an amazing exploration of...

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Exodus

as Pharoah Mann
Released: 2007-09-04

The story of Exodus is relocated to the seaside town Margate. Moses lives in the Promised Lands...

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The Spongers

as Sullivan
Released: 1978-01-24

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother,...

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She Fell Among Thieves

as Carson
Released: 1978-03-01

While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm...

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Eisenstein

as The voice of Stalin
Released: 2000-09-08

A glimpse at the life of legendary Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.

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It Could Happen to You

as Syph
Released: 1976-11-11

An educational film about the perils associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The...

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Squaring the Circle

as Lech Walesa
Released: 1984-05-23

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist...

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Our Flesh and Blood

as Bernard Blincoe
Released: 1977-01-18

TV play by Mike Stott. Comedy about a couple expecting their first baby.

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A Question of Identity

as Erwin van Haarlem
Released: 1992-11-13

Erwin van Haarlem is a man of mystery. Living in London in 1986 and ostensibly a Dutch art...

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Shepherd on the Rock

as Tam Ferrier
Released: 1993-01-01

A developer tries to take over a Scottish shepherd's land.

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No Surrender

as Bernard
Released: 1985-09-11

It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in...

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The Burston Rebellion

as Tom Higdon
Released: 1985-02-24

Drama reconstructing the events of a strike by the schoolchildren of a Norfolk school in 1914,...

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Shoot the Revolution

as Octavian Barbu
Released: 1990-12-16

During the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, a young girl is shot in the head by Tudor...

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Bombay Railway

as Narrator
Released: 2008-01-01

As a sequel to BBC Four's acclaimed Monsoon Railway, this two-part observational documentary...

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The Sorrows

as uncredited
Released: 2013-01-19

Sarah grows up with mentally ill parents, and an unexpected pregnancy pushes her toward what she...

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Henry VI Part 3

as Duke of York
Released: 1983-01-16

The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.

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Henry VI Part 1

as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
Released: 1983-01-02

The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.

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Boy Soldier

as Officer
Released: 1987-01-30

A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn,...

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Save Angel Hope

as Oscar Kurz
Released: 2007-10-20

Con artists profit from a charity campaign to raise money for a fictitious hospital.

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Henry VI Part 2

as Duke of York
Released: 1983-01-09

The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.

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The Peddler

as Graham
Released: 1976-03-23

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married,...

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Speaking In Tongues

as Joe
Released: 1994-07-27

Tony Marchant's eloquent and painful play about the changes to how people are employed, and what...

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No Go: The Free Derry Story

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2006-09-06

On the 14th August 1969 the British Army were deployed onto Northern Ireland’s streets for the...

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Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

as Narrator
Released: 2016-02-01

A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin...

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From Moscow to Pietushki

as Readings (voice)
Released: 1990-04-04

A look at Benedict Yerofeyev, the elusive author of the Russian underground classic From Moscow...

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Titanic: Case Closed

as uncredited
Released: 2012-01-01

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Pit Strike

as Tom
Released: 1977-09-22

1972: striking miners converge on London's power stations. Among them, the huge, dignified...

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JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2006-12-12

JFK enjoyed a number of sexual liaisons that could have ended his political career, but his...

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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

as Mick
Released: 1978-12-05

One man's view of the British Army in Germany - the social life, discipline, drink, women and,...

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Segunda oportunidad

as Peter
Released: 2018-11-03

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A Turn for the Worse

as Simon Simpson
Released: 1981-04-28

Simon Simpson runs an entertainment agency in Liverpool. At one of his regular auditions in The...

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Beatles Biggest Secrets

as Narrator
Released: 2004-12-02

Featuring new and exclusive interviews, Beatles' Biggest Secrets, reveals the inside story of...

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Daft Mam Blues

as Billy
Released: 1977-05-17

As sisters, Gladys and Iris never agree about anything - but on one point they're clear: their...

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The Titanic Chronicles

as (voice)
Released: 1999-01-01

"The Titanic Chronicles" is based on the 1912 Senate Hearings into the "Titanic" Disaster. The...

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Inside CERN

as Narrator
Released: 2016-08-10

BBC Horizon follows the ups and downs of an outstanding story in particle physics. In June 2015,...

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Housewives' Choice

as Eric
Released: 1976-10-19

Marcia is looking for someone to look after her baby and Joyce seems ideal, looking like a...

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The Law Lord

as Martin Allport
Released: 1992-03-22

A new government takes power with a drastically reduced majority. But the ambitious young Home...

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Titus: The Gorilla King

as Narrator
Released: 2008-01-01

The compelling story of one of the most successful mountain gorillas that has ever lived - a...

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Horizon

as Narrator
First aired: 1964-02-04

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen...

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Play for Today

as Graham
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Play for Today

as Edward
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Play for Today

as Eric
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Play for Today

as Bernard Blincoe
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Play for Today

as Mick
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Play for Today

as Sullivan
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Play for Today

as Simon Simpson
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Wolf Hall

as Duke of Norfolk
First aired: 2015-01-21

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the...

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Natural World

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-30

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and...

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Unforgotten

as Father Robert Greaves
First aired: 2015-10-08

London police detectives Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan investigate historic cold cases involving...

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I, Claudius

as Gratus
First aired: 1976-09-20

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies,...

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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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The Responder

as Tom Carson
First aired: 2022-01-24

Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired...

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Screen Two

as John
First aired: 1985-01-06

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

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HBO First Look

as Self
First aired: 1992-06-12

HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It...

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Between the Lines

as Chief Constable Harmsworth
First aired: 1992-09-04

Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation...

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Boys from the Blackstuff

as Yosser Hughes
First aired: 1982-10-10

Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian...

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Five Days

as Gerard Hopkirk
First aired: 2007-01-23

Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.

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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Bottom (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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Fox

as Vin Fox
First aired: 1980-03-10

Fox is a British television drama series produced by Euston Films and Thames Television for the...

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Wild China

as Himself - Narrator
First aired: 2008-05-11

The dazzling array of mysterious and wonderful creatures that live in China's most beautiful...

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Lipstick on Your Collar

as Uncle Fred
First aired: 1993-02-21

During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall...

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The Grid

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-07-19

A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell that...

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Village Hall

as Policeman
First aired: 1974-07-16

Village Hall is a drama anthology series made by Granada between 1974 and 1975. It is entirely...

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Surviving Disaster

as Himself - Narrator
First aired: 2006-01-10

Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.

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Surviving Disaster

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-01-10

Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.

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Fairy Tales

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-01-10

Four contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New...

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Sunshine

as George Crosby
First aired: 2008-10-07

Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers...

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BBC2 Play of the Week

as Carson
First aired: 1977-09-21

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From There to Here

as Samuel
First aired: 2014-05-22

From There To Here is set in the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale bombing and follows Daniel...

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The Gambling Man

as Frank nickle
First aired: 1995-02-26

Based on one of Catherine Cookson's most beloved works which revolves around slick cardplayer...

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Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

as Self
First aired: 2004-10-11

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of...

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Indian Hill Railways

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2010-02-14

From the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south - for a hundred years these little...

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India's Frontier Railways

as Narrator - (Voice)
First aired: 2015-03-12

Three-part series about trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan,...

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Bombay Railway

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2007-07-18

A sequel to the BBC's acclaimed Monsoon Railway. A two-part documentary looks at the incredible...

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