Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Gladiator II
as GracchusYears after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius...
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After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one...
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Cinderella
as KingWhen her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel...
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The Day of the Jackal
as Inspector CaronAn international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to...
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Nanny McPhee
as Mr. WheenWidower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have...
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The Golden Compass
as Magisterial EmissaryAfter overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree...
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Murder on the Orient Express
as Edward Henry MastermanGenius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the...
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Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond...
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As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death...
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The Secret of NIMH
as Nicodemus (voice)A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's...
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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen...
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Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched...
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Ironclad
as CornhillIn the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his...
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My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen MorsheadLondon, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of...
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The Odessa File
as Klaus WenzerFollowing the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out...
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The Body
as Father LavelleAn ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the...
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Gosford Park
as ProbertIn 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of...
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Tolkien
as Professor Joseph WrightEngland, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien...
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Hamlet
as King ClaudiusHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying...
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There Be Dragons
as HonorioArising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated...
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Dead Again
as Franklyn MadsonIn 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a...
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Henry V
as ChorusGritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
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Looking for Richard
as Self - IntervieweeAl Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern...
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Stratton
as RossA British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
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Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'AillieresThe story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a...
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Come Away
as Mr. BrownBefore Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When...
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The Medusa Touch
as Townley - PublisherA French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe...
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Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as ClaudiusRoman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul...
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The Gathering Storm
as Stanley BaldwinA love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill...
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Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against...
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Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan GrossAfter again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary...
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Effie Gray
as Travers TwissA look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage...
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Basil
as Father FrederickA lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his...
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Francis BaconIn the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his...
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The Human Factor
as Arthur DavisA low-ranking Secret Service agent is conned into supplying information to Eastern Bloc...
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The Secret Garden
as Archibald CravenWhen a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera...
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Allelujah
as AmbroseWhen news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the...
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Othello
as CassioGeneral Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude FrolloQuasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer,...
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Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In...
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Strings
as Nezo (voice)Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to...
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The History of Love
as Leopold GurskyThe story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for...
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Little Dorrit
as Arthur ClennamA drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is...
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The Tenth Man
as The ImposterDuring World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in...
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Up at the Villa
as Lucky LeadbetterSuperficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale...
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Witness Against Hitler
as GeneralThe true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World...
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Endgame
as Rudolph AgnewThe time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha...
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Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin NeelyThe film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris...
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The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire FairfieldAfter precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings...
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various CharactersThe comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as SelfBroadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...
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Revelation
as LibrarianSince A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a...
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The Gospel of Luke
as Narrator (voice) – King James VersionTHE GOSPEL OF LUKE, more than any other, fits the category of ancient biography. Luke, as...
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The Host
as Dr. HobsonA chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to...
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Two Men Went To War
as Maj. MertonComedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see...
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The Old Curiosity Shop
as GrandfatherA kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop...
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Muse of Fire
as SelfFunny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about...
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The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Lord PalmerstonThe Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who...
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The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven (voice)Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled...
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor FousnelThe true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the...
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Say Your Prayers
as Father EnochTwo orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the...
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Inside the Third Reich
as Adolf HitlerA dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and...
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as SelfReflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four...
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Rhythm of Life
as SelfA star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song...
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Breaking the Code
as Alan TuringA biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the...
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Verona's Romeo & Juliet
as The FriarSet in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on...
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Three Sisters
as AndreiNearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual...
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Claudius/SpoonerTo celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National...
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series,...
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as ScroogeThe Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time...
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The Martini Shot
as ErrolThis existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he...
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Revengers Tragedy
as The DukeA film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a...
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Hamlet
as HamletHamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's...
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Achilles
as NarratorWith the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the...
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A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel DewberryJefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career....
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On Wings of Fire
as SelfMaestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic...
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Richard II
as King Richard IIRichard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he...
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David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Priam Huntington (voice)Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell...
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Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as MercutioLive theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring...
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Aladdin
as The Magician (voice)A young man's life is turned around with the help of a genie inside a lamp.
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The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for...
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Guantanamero
as GuidoAfter a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They'll be looking...
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A Bird Flew In
as DavidCharts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.
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The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as SelfA documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film...
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Last Will. & Testament
as HimselfIt's the greatest mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? DEREK JACOBI leads an...
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The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles DickensA journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel...
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Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto PinochetIn 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being...
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Blue Blood
as GregoryA debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on...
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David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice)Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of...
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Hordedef (voice)How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy...
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Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. SimpsonNewcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in...
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Discovering Hamlet
as HimselfIN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the...
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David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed...
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The Halloween Kid
as NarratorHenry is a lonely child who lives for his favourite holiday.
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Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
as Narrator (voice)A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at...
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Venom
as NarratorA BBC Earth documentary inside the world of the most venomous creatures on Earth, with stories...
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Margot
as Fred AshtonAt the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina...
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Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
as uncreditedTHE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND CELEBRATED ITS EPIC TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AT THE ROYAL...
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Muse
as The LawyerLuca is the pre-eminent artist of his generation and at the peak of his career, lauded, feted...
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Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Narrator ( voice )Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic...
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Nothing Is Truer than Truth
as uncreditedNOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth...
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The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice)One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the...
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The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well...
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King LearAn ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into...
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Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as PresidentTwo astronauts await the news that will decide their fate.
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Charlotte
as DaberlohnIn 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south...
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Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Narrator (voice)The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as...
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Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney TurtlebaumSidney Turtlebaum is a bitter sweet comedy that tells the story of Sidney, an eccentric gay...
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Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Guy BurgessRecruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become...
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Mysterious Castles of Clay
as NarratorMysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers...
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The Vision Thing
as George SalisburyIn the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages...
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The Congress
as (voice)For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least...
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Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as NarratorMist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy is a British family television film following the life of a...
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Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord DempseyA period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker...
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Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
as Himself (archive footage)
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
as NarratorNarrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this...
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The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek JacobiThis film explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HDTV. The works are...
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One of Those Days
as Howard WhittamWe've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be...
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Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - PresenterThe film looks at the places Charles Dickens lived and worked and how he used them in his novels...
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Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice)It's Christmas, and Angelina Mouseling (Finty Williams) is auditioning for the lead role in the...
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Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first...
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The Chimes
as NarratorA claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out...
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You
as ManPart of Channel 4 series Derek Jacobi has stepped in to voice lyrics in a incredibly moving new...
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I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as SelfThe cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.
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Breaking The Codes
as uncreditedUsing rare archive footage and exclusive interviews, this series takes you to the heart of a war...
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Great Escape: The Untold Story
as NarratorA documentary about the 1944 mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III...
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Family Guy
as Rupert (voice)Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...
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Doctor Who
as Professor YanaThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
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The Amazing World of Gumball
as Narrator (voice)The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore....
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NOVA
as Voice of Ernest ShackletonPBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines....
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Frasier
as Jackson HedleyAfter many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...
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The Crown
as Duke of WindsorThe gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime...
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Minder
as Freddie FentonThis comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...
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Agatha Christie's Marple
as Colonel ProtheroeThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St...
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Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Cadfael
as Brother CadfaelBrother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk. A retired crusader disappointed in love,...
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Inside No. 9
as WebsterAn anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Inside No. 9
as Dennis Fulcher (voice)An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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The Sandman
as Erasmus FryAfter years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as The StrangerA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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Good Omens
as The MetatronAziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.
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Good Omens
as MetatronAziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.
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BBC Television Shakespeare
as King Richard IIThe BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...
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I, Claudius
as ClaudiusAcclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies,...
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I, Claudius
as SelfAcclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies,...
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Les Misérables
as Bishop MyrielFrance, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in...
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Ludwig
as Mr. ToddJohn Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of...
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In the Night Garden
as uncreditedIn the Night Garden is a magical place that exists between the waking and sleeping imagination...
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Last Tango in Halifax
as AlanCelia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put...
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The Civil War
as VariousA documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the...
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Doctor Who Confidential
as uncreditedDoctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation...
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Who Do You Think You Are?
as SelfA British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering...
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Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
as uncreditedA modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who...
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Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
as NarratorUsing highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from...
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Jason and the Argonauts
as PhineasAt a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of...
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Lord PirrieBelfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its...
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Baseball
as Various (voice)The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and...
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as William DrewAdaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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The Lost Pirate Kingdom
as NarratorThe real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a...
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)Nine animated stories based on the original Peter Rabbit books by Beatrix Potter.
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The Jury
as George Cording QCThe Jury is a British television serial broadcast in 2002. The series was the first ever to be...
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The Pallisers
as uncreditedThis sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power,...
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Doctor Who Greatest Moments
as HimselfTakes viewers on a journey through time and space to relive all the action from the sci-fi show,...
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The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
as Sir Ralph UnwinTwo very different women, Alice a formidable PA and Cheryl a best-selling fantasy author, become...
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The Long Firm
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' ThursbyThe lives of characters who live, love and suffer through their association with the charismatic...
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The West
as Self (voice)The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the...
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Vicious
as Stuart BixbyFreddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly....
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The American Buffalo
as (voice)The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for...
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Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as The Master (voice)The Doctor, a time-traveling alien explorer, is sent by his people, the Time Lords, to liberate...
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Budgie
as Herbert FletcherBudgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dom ClaudeHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Archibald CravenHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ImposterHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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U-Boat Wargamers
as Narrator (voice)January 1943: Admiral Karl Dönitz, head of the Nazis’ U-boat fleet, has brought Britain to the...
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Shakespeare Uncovered
as HimselfCelebrity hosts guide viewers through William Shakespeare's plays in performance. Each episode...
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Mr. Pye
as Mr. PyeMr Pye travels to the Channel Island of Sark to spread the love of God. But doing good deeds...
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