David Suchet

Born: 1946-05-02

David Suchet, OBE, CBE, (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recognized for his RTS- and BPG award-winning performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British TV mini-drama “The Way We Live Now”, alongside Matthew Macfadyen and Paloma Baeza, and a 1991 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) nomination. He is known for his role as Agatha Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot in the long-running British TV dramatic series “Poirot”. Suchet's older brother, John Suchet, is a British television presenter and newsreader.


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as Rita's Dad (voice)
Released: 2006-10-22

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on...

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American Assassin

as Director Stansfield
Released: 2017-09-14

Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran...

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A Perfect Murder

as Mohamed Karaman
Released: 1998-06-05

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the...

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Arthur and the Invisibles

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2006-12-13

Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric...

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as Lew Vogel
Released: 2008-02-28

Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family....

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Executive Decision

as Nagi Hassan
Released: 1996-03-15

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned...

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Iron Eagle

as Minister of Defense Col. Akir Nakesh
Released: 1986-01-17

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle...

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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

as Buller
Released: 1984-03-30

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The...

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The In-Laws

as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux
Released: 2003-05-23

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws...

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Harry and the Hendersons

as Jacques Lafleur
Released: 1987-06-05

Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the...

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The Falcon and the Snowman

as Alex
Released: 1985-01-25

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood...

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Flood

as Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
Released: 2007-08-24

Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with...

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Thirteen at Dinner

as Insp. Japp
Released: 1985-09-19

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces...

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Moses

as Aaron
Released: 1995-12-18

When Pharaoh Rameses II begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Israelite Moses,...

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Wing Commander

as Capt. Jason Sansky
Released: 1999-03-11

The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video...

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Effie Gray

as Mr. Ruskin
Released: 2014-03-08

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage...

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Foolproof

as Leo Gillette
Released: 2003-10-03

Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to...

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RKO 281

as Louis B. Mayer
Released: 2000-04-07

In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater,...

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Solomon

as Joab
Released: 1997-12-15

David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the...

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The Little Drummer Girl

as Mesterbein
Released: 1984-10-19

An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli...

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Peter Pan Goes Wrong

as Narrator
Released: 2016-12-31

The Olivier Award-winning Mischief Theatre brings Peter Pan Goes Wrong to BBC One. As part of...

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To Kill a Priest

as Bishop
Released: 1988-09-07

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

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Dracula

as Abraham Van Helsing
Released: 2006-12-28

The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Clopin Trouillefou
Released: 1982-02-02

Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer,...

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Live from Baghdad

as Naji Al-Hadithi
Released: 2002-12-07

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of...

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A Bear Named Winnie

as General Hallholland
Released: 2004-12-12

Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts...

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The Missionary

as Corbett
Released: 1982-11-02

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as John Barsad
Released: 1980-12-02

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the...

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A World Apart

as Muller
Released: 1988-06-17

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the...

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Diverted

as Samuel Stearn
Released: 2009-03-08

On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander,...

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The Last Innocent Man

as Jonathan Gault
Released: 1987-04-19

A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his...

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Deadly Voyage

as Vlachos
Released: 1996-06-14

When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to...

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Victoria & Albert

as Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, MD
Released: 2001-08-26

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage....

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Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story

as Himself
Released: 2023-04-09

A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.

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Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

as Self
Released: 2023-12-12

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square join with award-winning artists Lea Salonga...

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Red Monarch

as Beria
Released: 1983-06-16

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of...

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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

as Oberon
Released: 2016-04-23

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark...

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Der Fall Lucona

as Rudi Waltz
Released: 1993-06-10

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Cruel Train

as Ruben Roberts
Released: 1995-01-01

In wartime England, a railway official learns that the chairman of the line had sexually abused...

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Sunday

as Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
Released: 1997-05-01

Mistaking a homeless man for a famous director, a British actress seeks career help from him.

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When the Whales Came

as Will
Released: 1989-03-28

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their...

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Cause Célèbre

as T.J. O'Connor
Released: 1987-08-23

When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions...

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Blott on the Landscape

as uncredited
Released: 1985-02-06

Bawdy adaption of Tom Sharpe's comic tale. A landowning MP attempts to have a motorway built...

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Act of God

as Dr. Benjamin Cisco
Released: 2009-01-01

When a heart surgeon chooses to save one female patient's life over another, her boyfriend looks...

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Long Day's Journey Into Night

as James Tyrone
Released: 2014-01-01

Long Day's Journey into Night focuses on one day in the life of the Tyrone family. Youngest son...

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Sabotage!!

as Napoleón
Released: 2000-10-14

June, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in...

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The Secret Agent

as Alfred Verloc
Released: 1992-10-28

1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred...

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All My Sons

as Joe Keller
Released: 2011-01-01

Arthur Miller's scathing portrait of American society is revived here by director Howard Davies...

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Trenchcoat

as Inspector Stagnos
Released: 1983-03-11

An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a...

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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1990-09-28

Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could...

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David Suchet on the Orient Express

as Himself - Presenter
Released: 2010-07-07

In this travelogue, actor David Suchet journeys across Europe aboard the world famous Orient...

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The Stanford Prison Experiment

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2002-05-11

An intensive psychological test by Professor Philip Zimbardo in 1971 saw US students volunteer...

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Murrow

as William Shirer
Released: 1986-01-19

Follow legendary news reporter/commentator from his radio broadcasts from the rooftops of London...

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Maxwell

as Robert Maxwell
Released: 2007-05-04

Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and...

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The Cause

as Reger
Released: 1981-02-03

"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway...

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Being Poirot

as Narrator
Released: 2013-11-13

After 25 years playing Hercule Poirot, British actor David Suchet explores the enduring appeal...

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The Jesus Storybook Bible

as Narrator
Released: 2011-02-01

The award-winning Jesus Storybook Bible, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago,...

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David Suchet: People I Have Shot

as Himself - Presenter
Released: 2012-03-25

David Suchet follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Fleet Street photographer Jimmy...

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More Than Words

as Self
Released: 2018-01-29

TV miniseries "More than words explores the possibilities and ways of behavior in non-verbal...

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The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet

as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Released: 2013-03-17

David Suchet, TV's Poirot, has spent more of his life acting out the plots and dramas created by...

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Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies

as uncredited
Released: 2000-02-19

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This Changed Everything

as Narrator
Released: 2016-10-03

This Changed Everything: 500 Years of the Reformation celebrates the fruits of the Reformation...

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The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

as Lady Bracknell
Released: 2015-10-08

National treasure and Poirot star David Suchet starred as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar...

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Doctor Who

as The Landlord
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Hercule Poirot
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Play for Today

as Reger
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Richard & Judy

as Self
First aired: 2001-11-26

Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and...

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The Professionals

as Krivas
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Public Eye

as Martin Kulman
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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Tales of the Unexpected

as Yves Drouard
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Timewatch

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1982-09-29

Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical...

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His Dark Materials

as Kaisa (voice)
First aired: 2019-11-03

Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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The Hollow Crown

as Duke of York
First aired: 2012-06-30

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

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The Protectors

as Detective
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...

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The Protectors

as Leo
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...

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Q&A

as Self - Panellist
First aired: 2008-05-22

Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to...

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Capitaine Marleau

as Herbert White
First aired: 2015-09-15

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes...

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Urban Myths

as Salvador Dali
First aired: 2017-01-19

Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of...

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Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self
First aired: 2004-10-12

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering...

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Murder in Mind

as Edward Palmer
First aired: 2001-04-22

Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories...

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Inspector Tsientsin
First aired: 1983-09-05

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a...

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The Play on One

as Joe
First aired: 1988-01-19

A series of plays specially written for television.

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Great Expectations

as Mr. Jaggers
First aired: 2011-12-27

The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.

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Going Postal

as Reacher Gilt
First aired: 2010-05-30

Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his...

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The Dame Edna Experience

as Self
First aired: 1987-09-12

The Dame Edna Experience is a British television comedy talk-show hosted by Dame Edna Everage....

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The Goes Wrong Show

as Self/ Narrator
First aired: 2019-12-23

What’s the worst that could happen? A troupe of am dram actors take on some prestige...

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The Way We Live Now

as Augustus Melmotte
First aired: 2001-11-11

Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks...

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Master of the Game

as André d'Usseau
First aired: 1984-02-19

Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie...

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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Leopold Bloom
First aired: 1988-01-10

This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph...

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Henry VIII

as Thomas Wolsey
First aired: 2003-10-12

The life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging...

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NCS: Manhunt

as DI John Borne
First aired: 2002-03-04

NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the...

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Hidden

as Sir Nigel Fountain
First aired: 2011-10-06

Hidden is a 2011 British television drama starring Philip Glenister, Thekla Reuten, Anna...

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Press

as George Emmerson
First aired: 2018-09-06

The lives of the editors and journalists working at a left-leaning broadsheet and a populist...

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Playing Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-07-29

John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing...

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Oxbridge Blues

as Colin
First aired: 1984-11-14

An anthology series of seven linked plays about the lives of people connected with the...

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Decline and Fall

as Dr. Fagan
First aired: 2017-03-31

Paul Pennyfeather is an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s who is...

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Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-11-09

Imagine crashing through the acid storms of Venus, taking a space walk in the magnificent rings...

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Oppenheimer

as Edward Teller
First aired: 1980-10-29

This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he...

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Blott on the Landscape

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-02-06

A thwarted Lady Maud runs off to her solicitor to start divorce proceedings and that gives Sir...

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Moses

as Aaron
First aired: 1996-04-07

An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lovingly told production of...

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The Jesus Storybook Bible

as Narrator
First aired: 2013-04-23

Some people think the Bible is a book of rules. Or a book of heroes. But the Bible is most of...

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The Phoenix and the Carpet

as The Phoenix
First aired: 1997-11-16

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Freud

as Freud
First aired: 1984-09-14

The life and times of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.

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Seesaw

as Morris Price
First aired: 1998-03-12

A well-to-do family is torn apart by the kidnapping of their teenage daughter in this harrowing...

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Concorde

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2017-12-04

Concorde is a two-part documentary telling the story of the supersonic passenger jet.

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David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul

as Self - Host
First aired: 2012-12-23

In this two-part documentary series, David Suchet undertakes an epic journey spanning the...

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The Story of Jesus

as Narrator
First aired: 2011-04-22

Nine of the world's leading Biblical experts re-examine the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.

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Hercule Poirot

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-10-06

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David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter

as Himself - Presenter
First aired: 2015-04-03

Actor David Suchet goes in search of one of the most puzzling characters in history - the man we...

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