John Bird

Born: 1936-11-22


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Jabberwocky

as 1st Herald
Released: 1977-03-28

A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper...

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Berger
Released: 1976-10-24

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Frog Footman
Released: 1966-12-28

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by...

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Take a Girl Like You

as Dick Thompson
Released: 1970-12-16

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before...

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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

as Self
Released: 1989-01-01

After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial...

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Winter Solstice

as Barry
Released: 2003-12-25

When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very...

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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as Self - Various Roles
Released: 1982-03-01

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the...

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King Lear

as Duke of Albany
Released: 1982-09-19

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

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The Taming of the Shrew

as Pedant
Released: 1980-10-23

Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's...

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Fothergill

as HG Wells
Released: 1981-01-08

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame,...

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The Alf Garnett Saga

as Willis
Released: 1972-08-30

Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf...

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High Tide

as Cyril
Released: 1980-03-11

Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four...

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Blue Money

as Harry Diamond
Released: 1985-03-01

Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full...

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The Falklands Factor

as Lord North
Released: 1983-04-26

Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos...

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Timon of Athens

as Painter
Released: 1981-04-16

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his...

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Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

as Self
Released: 1995-12-19

A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. ...

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A Promise of Bed

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1969-12-01

Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son...

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The Children Of Dynmouth

as Commander Abigail
Released: 1987-04-24

The plot follows Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy as he wanders around...

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Bejewelled

as Eustace
Released: 1991-01-20

An American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up...

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Mrs. Capper's Birthday

as Maurice
Released: 1985-11-17

Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and...

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Circles Of Deceit

as George
Released: 1990-04-11

Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with...

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The Best House in London

as Home Secretary
Released: 1969-01-01

In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution...

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A Walk in the Forest

as Desmond Hughes
Released: 1980-05-14

A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident.

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30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

as Herbert Greenslade
Released: 1968-03-04

A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both...

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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

as 1st Official
Released: 1999-01-01

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A...

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After the Dance

as John Reid
Released: 1992-12-05

David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a...

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The Breaking of Bumbo

as Jock
Released: 1970-09-28

The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is...

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Blue Remembered Hills

as Raymond
Released: 1979-01-30

On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West...

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Red, White, and Zero

as Man on Train
Released: 1979-12-21

Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of...

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Midsomer Murders

as St John Beachwood
First aired: 1997-03-23

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

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Have I Got News for You

as Self
First aired: 1990-09-28

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories...

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Inspector Morse

as George Linacre
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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Play for Today

as Raymond
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 Captain Wigmore
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 Desmond Hughes
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 Lord North
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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Jonathan Creek

as D.I. Nathan Gallo
First aired: 1997-05-09

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural...

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Jonathan Creek

as Horace Greeley
First aired: 1997-05-09

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural...

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Sooty & Co.

as Self
First aired: 1993-09-06

Second incarnation of the childrens puppet show, picking up almost directly where "The Sooty...

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Omnibus

as Self
First aired: 1967-10-13

Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the...

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Celebrity Mastermind

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-12-26

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is...

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Murder Most Horrid

as Duncan Jupp
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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Yes, Prime Minister

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-01-09

James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled...

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One Foot In the Grave

as Lewis Atterbury
First aired: 1990-01-04

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of...

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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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Performance

as John Reid
First aired: 1991-02-22

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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Cluedo

as Professor Plum
First aired: 1990-07-25

Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a...

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A Bit of Fry & Laurie

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-01-13

A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and...

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Dick Turpin

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-01-06

Richard O'Sullivan stars as Dick Turpin in this action-filled adventure series chronicling the...

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The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self
First aired: 1976-04-01

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human...

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Home to Roost

as FG Fielding
First aired: 1985-04-19

Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s....

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A Very Peculiar Practice

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-05-21

A young and idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker arrives at Lowlands University to work at the Health...

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A Very Peculiar Practice

as Ernest Hemingway
First aired: 1986-05-21

A young and idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker arrives at Lowlands University to work at the Health...

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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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Filthy Rich & Catflap

as Dingo Wucker
First aired: 1987-01-07

Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy,...

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-16

A British television series based on the book of the same name written by Sue Townsend.

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Lytton's Diary

as Jacko
First aired: 1985-01-09

Peter Bowles gives a memorable performance as Fleet Street's most successful gossip columnist,...

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Absolute Power

as Martin McCabe
First aired: 2003-11-10

Stephen Fry and John Bird star as spin doctors Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe as they bring...

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Oxbridge Blues

as Clive
First aired: 1984-11-14

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

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Anna Lee

as Adrian Wesley
First aired: 1994-02-27

Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London...

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A Little Princess

as Mr. Carmichael
First aired: 1987-01-18

Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an army colonel in a Victorian London girls' school. But...

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Armchair Thriller

as Cyril (uncredited)
First aired: 1978-02-21

Armchair Thriller is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in two series in 1978 and...

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Armchair Thriller

as Cyril
First aired: 1978-02-21

Armchair Thriller is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in two series in 1978 and...

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Famous, Rich and Homeless

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-06-24

Four famous volunteers agree to swap their lavish lifestyles, fame and fortune for a world of...

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The Dangerous Brothers

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-01-01

The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade...

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In the Red

as Controller, Radio 4
First aired: 1998-05-26

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

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The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-02-17

Seven Hilariously comic situations from the fertile imaginations of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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Joint Account

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-01-26

British sitcom about a role reversed married couple.

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Educating Marmalade

as Mr Atkins
First aired: 1982-10-25

Marmalade Atkins is the naughtiest girl in the world. In fact, she's so wicked that her parents...

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