Frances Barber

Born: 1958-05-13


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as Carol Harmison
Released: 2005-09-29

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional...

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Don't See
as Carol Harmison
Released: 2007-02-09

Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this...

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Mr. Holmes

as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Released: 2015-06-19

In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable...

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The Escape

as Alison
Released: 2018-04-25

An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.

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Castaway

as Sister Saint Winifred
Released: 1986-03-05

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year...

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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

as Joy
Released: 2017-11-17

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric...

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The Bookshop

as Jessie
Released: 2017-11-10

Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local...

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Evilenko

as Fenja Evilenka
Released: 2004-04-16

For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler...

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Still Crazy

as Lady in Black
Released: 1998-10-30

In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies,...

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Blue Iguana

as Princess
Released: 2018-08-23

He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never...

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Dead Fish

as S & M Prostitute
Released: 2005-10-11

Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the...

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The Escort

as Jessica
Released: 1999-11-17

Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself....

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Prick Up Your Ears

as Leonie Orton
Released: 1987-04-17

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at...

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The Chosen

as Natalia Sedova
Released: 2016-09-02

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet...

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A Zed & Two Noughts

as Venus de Milo
Released: 1985-10-04

Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.

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Giorgino

as Marie
Released: 1994-10-05

October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a...

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The Missionary

as Mission Girl
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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Esther Kahn

as Rivka Kahn
Released: 2000-10-04

A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.

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Photographing Fairies

as Beatrice Templeton
Released: 1997-09-19

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He...

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Shiner

as Georgie
Released: 2000-09-22

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

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Superstition

as Isabella Flores
Released: 2001-10-13

19 year old babysitter aupair Julie is accused of murder when the bed of the sheltered baby...

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Hamlet

as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Released: 2024-02-27

A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined...

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Muse of Fire

as Self
Released: 2013-09-26

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about...

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King Lear

as Goneril
Released: 2008-08-06

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...

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Secret Friends

as Angela
Released: 1991-06-21

During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity...

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The Leaving of Liverpool

as Ellen, Lil's Mother
Released: 1992-07-08

A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from...

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McKellen: Playing the Part

as uncredited
Released: 2018-05-25

Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part is a unique journey through the key...

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Hancock

as Freddie Hancock
Released: 1991-09-01

Screen One biopic detailing the final eight years in the life of comedian Tony Hancock, from the...

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The Red Siren

as Eva
Released: 2002-08-21

Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no...

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The Grasscutter

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-01

An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government...

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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

as Rosie
Released: 1987-10-30

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst...

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The IT Crowd Manual

as Self
Released: 2014-01-04

This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the cult...

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A Royal Scandal

as Lady Jersey
Released: 1997-10-10

The doomed marriage of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick.

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We'll Take Manhattan

as Diana Vreeland
Released: 2012-01-26

We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean...

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A Bird Flew In

as Marie
Released: 2022-09-30

Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.

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Flyfishing

as Frances
Released: 2003-02-02

Two flatmates struggling to pay the rent are persuaded to join an escort agency. What seems at...

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Soft Top Hard Shoulder

as Miss Trumble
Released: 1993-01-15

Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back...

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The Legend of the Tamworth Two

as Miss Piggy (voice)
Released: 2004-04-12

Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of two pigs, named Butch and Sundance, who...

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We Think the World of You

as Megan
Released: 1988-12-22

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of...

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Home Sweet Home

as Melody
Released: 1982-03-16

Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.

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The Fattest Man in Britain

as Janice
Released: 2009-12-20

Georgie Godwin is the fattest man in Britain. A tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent,...

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The Queen and I

as Princess Margaret
Released: 2018-12-24

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and...

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Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

as Sally Denton
Released: 1995-02-05

A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after...

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Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

as Herself
Released: 2021-05-28

With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a decade of Robert...

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Twelfth Night, or What You Will

as Viola / Cesario
Released: 1988-12-30

The tale begins when a brother and sister are separated in a shipwreck, but survive to be washed...

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White City

as Alice
Released: 1985-01-02

A film based on Townshend's album "White City: A Novel". The story is based on the area where...

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An Ideal Husband

as Mrs. Cheveley
Released: 2018-06-05

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured...

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Young Soul Rebels

as Ann
Released: 1991-08-09

Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

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Chambre à part

as Gert
Released: 1989-11-22

Martin and Gert lead a very quiet life, until the day when their path crosses that of Marie and...

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Trick or Treat

as Miss Ferguson
Released: 2019-10-25

Greg Kielty's life is turned upside down when his estranged brother Dan turns up, claiming to...

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Those Glory Glory Days

as Woman
Released: 1983-11-17

Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the...

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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

as Mrs Ambrigail
Released: 2021-12-24

1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an...

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Scarborough Ahoy!

as Maria
Released: 1994-11-01

A boozy barmaid (Frances Barber) and her newly found gay friend (Con O’Neill) quit London and...

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Acceptable Levels

as Jill
Released: 1983-01-01

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast,...

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Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

as Anna Lindsay
Released: 1994-09-28

1794, During the French Revolution : Benjamin Constant meets Germaine de Staël and falls madly...

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Hard Feelings

as Viv
Released: 1984-03-20

Brixton in the early 80s. Viv presides over a cheerfully immoral and variously under-employed...

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May I Kill U?

as Bernice
Released: 2013-01-11

A PC becomes a vigilante after a head trauma.

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In The Cold Light Of Day

as Mother
Released: 1994-06-15

It is the late 1930s and some British households still eagerly await the arrival of electricity....

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A Flame to the Phoenix

as Wanda Grabinska
Released: 1983-12-15

A countess and her military sons prepare for the German invasion of Poland in 1939 as World War...

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Tea

as Woman
Released: 1998-01-01

A middle-aged woman and a young man drink tea and discuss masturbation.

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Return to Blood River

as Karen
Released: 1994-04-13

Douglas Livingstone has direct experience of the tensions in South Africa. On a research visit...

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3 Steps to Heaven

as Andrea Wallis
Released: 1995-01-01

A bereaved woman adopts multiple disguises to track down the last three people to see her...

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Doctor Who

as Madame Kovarian
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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Doctor Who

as Eye Patch Lady
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 Lady Millicent
First aired: 1989-01-08

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

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Merlina Rival
First aired: 1989-01-08

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

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Midsomer Murders

as Ingrid Lockston
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Midsomer Murders

as Constance Fielding
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Death in Paradise

as Diana Watson
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Play for Today

as Melody
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
First aired: 2004-12-12

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St...

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Inside No. 9

as Lesley
First aired: 2014-02-05

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant
First aired: 2011-10-24

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and...

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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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Hustle

as Clarissa
First aired: 2004-02-24

A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.

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Dalziel & Pascoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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The IT Crowd

as Doctor Mendall
First aired: 2006-02-03

Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful...

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The IT Crowd

as Herself
First aired: 2006-02-03

Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful...

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Law & Order: UK

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-02-23

Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and...

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New Tricks

as uncredited
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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Inspector Morse

as Nicole Burgess
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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Trial & Retribution

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-10-19

Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began...

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Father Brown

as Davina Malmort
First aired: 2013-01-14

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...

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Red Dwarf

as Genny
First aired: 1988-02-15

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep...

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Casualty

as Nancy
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Dagmara
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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Space Precinct

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-10-03

Space Precinct is a British television series that aired from 1994 to 1995 on Sky One and later...

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Murder Most Horrid

as Gloria Twigge
First aired: 1991-11-14

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various...

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Friday Night Dinner

as Sheila Bloom
First aired: 2011-02-25

Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something...

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Hotel Babylon

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-01-19

Hotel Babylon is a British television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen...

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Bremner, Bird and Fortune

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-10-17

Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by...

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Benidorm

as Daisy
First aired: 2007-02-01

Set in the Solana all-inclusive Resort, Benidorm follows the antics of regulars and first-time...

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The Chelsea Detective

as Olivia Arnold
First aired: 2022-02-07

Detective Inspector Max Arnold lives on a battered houseboat at the end of Cheyne Walk after...

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Silk

as Caroline Warwick
First aired: 2011-02-22

Silk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2011. Written...

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Rik Mayall Presents

as Sally Denton
First aired: 1993-05-20

Showcasing the talent and versatility of its star, Rik Mayall Presents comprises six episodes of...

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Timewatch

as Annie Besant
First aired: 1982-09-29

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

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Queens of Mystery

as Viv Collins
First aired: 2019-04-08

Matilda Stone is a perennially single female detective whose three aunts are well-known crime...

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Chef

as Anita Lawrence
First aired: 1993-01-28

Sharp knives and even sharper tongues! Meet Britain's finest, most short-fused chef, Gareth...

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Gimme Gimme Gimme

as Janine
First aired: 1999-01-08

Linda La Hughes (Kathy Burke) shares a flat with Tom Farrell (James Dreyfus). Linda is...

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Great Expectations

as Mrs. Brandley
First aired: 2011-12-27

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

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Whitstable Pearl

as Dolly Nolan
First aired: 2021-05-24

With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches...

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Bad Education

as Alfie's Mum
First aired: 2012-08-14

Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" –...

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The Street

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-04-13

Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.

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Love in a Cold Climate

as The Bolter
First aired: 2001-02-04

Dramatization of Nancy Mitford's novel about three aristocratic young girls' adventures in love.

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Beautiful People

as Miss Prentice
First aired: 2008-10-02

Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys...

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Vexed

as Pat Poynter
First aired: 2010-08-15

Comedy drama following a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything with...

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Funland

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-10-23

Funland is a comedy thriller serial, produced by the BBC, about a detective who arrives in...

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Mapp and Lucia

as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
First aired: 2014-12-29

1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint...

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The Ice House

as Diana Goode
First aired: 1997-04-05

A corpse is found in an ice house ten years after Phoebe's husband went missing. The police seem...

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The Nativity

as Elizabeth
First aired: 2010-12-20

Drama revealing the human story beneath the classic biblical tale, from the courtship of Mary...

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Monkey Dust

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-02-09

Monkey Dust is a British satirical cartoon, notorious for its dark humour and handling of taboo...

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The Storyteller: Greek Myths

as Medusa
First aired: 1991-03-30

A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and...

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Psychobitches

as Various Roles
First aired: 2013-05-30

Sky Arts takes famous females from history and puts them in the psychiatrist's chair.

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Pete versus Life

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-08-06

Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars...

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The Spa

as Virginia (Ginny) Trench
First aired: 2013-02-07

The Spa is a sitcom created, written and starring Derren Litten. It is set in a health spa in...

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Behaving Badly

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-02-20

Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by...

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The Nightmare Years

as Helga Bauer
First aired: 1989-11-17

Based on the historical work "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "The Nightmare Years" tells...

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The Orchid House

as Joan
First aired: 1991-02-21

A white, plantation owning family in Dominica waits for the return of the patriarch from WWI,...

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Dreamland

as Cheryl
First aired: 2023-04-06

In town of Margate, Eldest sister Trish is pregnant and expecting a girl baby. Her sisters Clare...

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The Leaving of Liverpool

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-07-08

The Leaving of Liverpool is a 1992 television mini-series, an Australian–British co-production...

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Rhodes

as Princess Catherine Radziwill
First aired: 1996-09-15

Martin Shaw stars as Cecil Rhodes, the man whose controversial career included the creation of...

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Let's Talk About Sex

as Narrator
First aired: 2019-04-05

When it's the big questions, who do you trust? Danny Dyer explains the birds and the bees along...

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Plastic Man

as Louise Ferman
First aired: 1999-05-19

A seemingly happily married, successful plastic surgeon embarks on a torrid affair with tragic...

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