Paul Copley
Paul is a long established and much respected British actor and voiceover artist. Born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25th November 1944 he grew up beside a dairy farm. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-education Company in 1971. In 1976, Paul won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for his role in John Wilson's For King and Country. With many and varied roles to follow, Paul soon established himself as one of the UK's leading stage, film, television and radio actors. In 2011-2015 Paul gained worldwide recognition appearing in 16 episodes of the hugely popular television series Downton Abbey playing the popular role of farmer Mr Mason. Paul is married to the actress Natasha Pyne. They married in 1972, after both performing in a Leeds Playhouse production of Frank Wedekind's Lulu, adapted by Peter Barnes, directed by Bill Hays in 1971.
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII...
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Enola Holmes
as Station MasterWhile searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to...
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Downton Abbey: A New Era
as MasonThe Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the...
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The Remains of the Day
as Harry SmithA rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested...
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Zulu Dawn
as Cpl. StoreyIn 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
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Jude
as Mr. WillisIn late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar...
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Blow Dry
as KenThe annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian...
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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as MathewsLieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of...
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Hornblower: Mutiny
as MathewsHornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain...
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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as MatthewsActing Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess...
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The Sound of Music Live!
as FranzThe popular musical is brought to life on soundstages at London's Three Mills Studio, in a live...
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Hornblower: The Even Chance
as MatthewsPortsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio...
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A Christmas Carol
as Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Hornblower: Loyalty
as MatthewsHornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping...
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Hornblower: Duty
as MatthewsAdmiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship...
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Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as MathewsActing Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes...
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Hornblower: Retribution
as MatthewsHornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial...
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Death of a Princess
as Steve JacksonA journalist investigates a newspaper story of the execution of an Arab princess.
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Which Side Are You On?
as Narrator (voice)The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs,...
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The Many Lives of Albert Walker
as Danny PeckAfter killing his English partner, a Canadian businessman assumes his identity. Things begin to...
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Black Jack
as NarratorWhen honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure...
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Reg
as uncreditedIn June 2003, Reg Keys and his wife Sally return to their home in the Welsh countryside. As they...
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A Room for the Winter
as RobertJames van Santen, a white South African writer facing imminent arrest for acts of sabotage, has...
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The Shadow in the North
as PatonSally Lockhart crosses paths with the nefarious industrialist Axel Bellman, the richest and most...
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Written in Blood
as Brian ChappelA best selling author finds his horror novels coming to life.
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Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
as Local ManOedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the...
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Alfie Darling
as BakeyAlfie meets his romantic match when the modern-day Casanova falls in love with a career woman....
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Silas Marner
as William DaneAdaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he...
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A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as TomA black comedy about excessive consumption. A young couple are determined to make a break with a...
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Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
as FinneganGraeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem...
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Cries from a Watchtower
as AndyA watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.
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Testimony of a Child
as GerryBeing accused of child abuse is a nightmare every family dreads. The Taylors are an ordinary...
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Father Dear Father
as DumboAfter divorcing his wife, Patrick Glover decides it is time to remarry, and chooses his literary...
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Marian, Again
as Phillip WalshSchool teacher Chris Bevan is a dutiful husband to his dull wife, Josie, and ingrate daughters....
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Diane
as JimTeenager Diane Weaver lives in a small council flat with her brooding father, the groundskeeper...
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Ghost in the Water
as Mr. ReedJudith Allchurch and Ian Stevens star in this drama based on the story by Edward Chitham. When...
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Speech Day
as Woodwork MasterSpeech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that...
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The Key
as uncreditedThe story of three generations told against the backdrop of the 20th century. The drama focuses...
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A Pinch of Snuff
as Charlie HeppelwhiteReceiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the...
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Ropeless
as Larry WindsorA veteran washerman hangs thousands of wet clothes under the scorching sun: one oddity, he...
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The Nest Egg
as uncreditedThe Nest Egg: the story of a chicken suit, benevolence and eggs.
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On a Paving Stone Mounted
as uncreditedAn impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a...
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Destiny
as Paul McShaneA small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election...
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Doll’s Eye
as Social WorkerExamines contradictory male attitudes towards women in 1980's Britain
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The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
as Great Uncle GeoffreyHenry is forced to stay with his passionless great-uncle and slips into a fantastical world...
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Mucking Out
as Brian Wilson'I'm an expert on pigs now. How many people can claim they've castrated 1.000 baby pigs? Not...
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Ticker
as HowardHoward drives his partner Joseph from their farm to hospital to undergo high risk surgery. The...
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Travellers
as Young William/Middle William/Sales RepAs Old William stands in an autumnal Yorkshire graveyard at his wife's funeral, a young man's...
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Bird Fancier
as Roy PearsonThere's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen...
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P.Q. 17
as PO Jordan"That order to scatter was as good as a death sentence to those merchant ships. And there isn't...
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Happy
as VernonThey train people to look after lads like Gary at the centre. So why does Vernon persist in...
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The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
as BillMarried life starts out full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda - but soon they are trapped in a...
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Midsomer Murders
as Frank DewarThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Vera
as Malcolm KenrichA sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...
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Downton Abbey
as Mr. MasonA chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the...
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Call the Midwife
as Tommy SmithDrama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of...
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Minder
as PalmerThis comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...
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Father Brown
as Mr FesteFather Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...
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Silent Witness
as uncreditedSilent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology...
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Torchwood
as Clement McDonaldThe exploits a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the...
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Waking the Dead
as uncreditedA detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Waking the Dead
as Clifford DayA detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Casualty
as Frederick ChambersDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Casualty
as Mick McCarthurDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Casualty
as ArthurDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Inside No. 9
as ErnieAn anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Peak Practice
as Tim ShardlowPeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...
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Peak Practice
as DS Patrick HopkinsPeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...
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New Tricks
as uncreditedNew Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...
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Heartbeat
as Dick RadcliffeSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Heartbeat
as Herbie LloydSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Heartbeat
as Malcolm StainsbySet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Play for Today
as uncreditedPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as AndyPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Cracker
as PathologistThe wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...
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Secret Army
as Eric FinchWorld War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being...
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The Bill
as uncreditedThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...
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Inspector George Gently
as uncreditedCrime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time...
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Hornblower
as MatthewsSet during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman,...
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Life on Mars
as Reg ColeA detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over...
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The Coroner
as John RoxwellHigh-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up...
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Dalziel & Pascoe
as uncreditedBritish crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...
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Last Tango in Halifax
as uncreditedCelia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put...
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Last Tango in Halifax
as HarryCelia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put...
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This Life
as Jerry CookCult drama series about a group of aspiring young lawyers sharing a shabby house in London,...
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Moving On
as RonnieMoving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone...
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Clocking Off
as uncreditedHow much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh...
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Code of a Killer
as Sidney JeffreysBased on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its...
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BBC Play of the Month
as uncreditedPlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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Tenko
as POWBased on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed...
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The Paradise Club
as Mousey PavittThe Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank...
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Stay Lucky
as uncreditedDrama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new...
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Queer as Folk
as Roy MaloneyStuart Jones has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention....
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White Heat
as Alan (present day)In 1965, seven students meet and, despite being an assorted mix of people, become friends while...
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The Worst Witch
as Algernon Rowan-WebbMildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch"...
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The Worst Witch
as Algernon Rowan WebbMildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch"...
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Kingdom
as Vincent StrakerKingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for...
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Survivors
as TedWhen a deadly virus wipes out most of the world's population, a handful of survivors struggle to...
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Roughnecks
as IanRoughnecks is a BBC comedy-drama series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC...
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The Lakes
as Peter QuinlanCompelling BBC1 drama series embracing sex, death and Catholic guilt, set in a small community...
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The Street
as uncreditedAnthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
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Broken
as Joe KerriganFather Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern,...
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Messiah
as Ian FleetCrime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.
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No Angels
as uncreditedNo Angels is a critically acclaimed British television comedy drama series, produced by the...
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Days of Hope
as Ben MatthewsDays of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives...
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Burn It
as Terry GrimshawCarl, Jon and Andy have been mates forever. They are Generation X-hardened party animals but...
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On the Edge
as RayDrama anthology championing new film-making talent that serves up a raw slice of real life in...
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Johnny and the Bomb
as Sgt. BourkeJohnny Maxwell stumbles upon a time machine when he helps an old woman, but little does he know...
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DI Ray
as TerryDI Ray is set in Birmingham and follows Leicester-born Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes...
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Young Charlie Chaplin
as Chimnery SweepThe challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin,...
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How Clean Is Your House?
as uncreditedHow Clean Is Your House? is a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which...
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How Clean Is Your House?
as Self - Narrator (voice)How Clean Is Your House? is a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which...
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The Royal
as NesbittFollows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...
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Dead Man Weds
as Blind ManDead Man Weds is a 6-part comedy series shown on ITV on British TV in January and early February...
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Treasure Island
as uncreditedTreasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel....
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Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
as NarratorSeries looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.
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