Peter Wight

Born: 1950-01-01

Peter Wight is a British character actor of stage, film and TV who is perhaps best known for his work with Mike Leigh on films such as Meantime, Naked, Vera Drake, Another Year and Mr Turner. Wight regularly plays a police officer - most notably in the BBC sitcom Early Doors and in the mid 90s BBC drama Out of the Blue, as well as films like Shiner, Atonement and The Look of Love - and has had numerous period roles in dramas such as Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Our Mutual Friend. His other films include Hot Fuzz, Babel, Cass, and The Sense of an Ending.


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Pride & Prejudice

as Mr. Gardiner
Released: 2005-09-16

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is...

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Atonement

as Police Inspector
Released: 2007-02-27

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives...

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as Roy Porter
Released: 2007-02-14

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the...

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Babel

as Tom
Released: 2006-10-26

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for...

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as Laird Of Glendarick
Released: 1959-12-15

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct...

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Naked

as Brian
Released: 1993-09-14

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London...

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The Sense of an Ending

as Colin Simpson
Released: 2017-03-10

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to...

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Secrets & Lies

as Father in Family Group
Released: 1996-05-24

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth...

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Womb

as Ralph
Released: 2010-07-15

A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to...

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My Week with Marilyn

as Lucy's Father
Released: 2011-11-23

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of...

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The Program

as Sunday Times Editor
Released: 2015-09-16

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour...

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Cyrano

as Ragueneau
Released: 2021-04-14

A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal...

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Mr. Turner

as Joseph Gillot
Released: 2014-10-31

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes...

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Scanners III: The Takeover

as Mark Dragon
Released: 1992-01-31

A young scanner with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine...

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Flood

as Johnson - Transport Chief
Released: 2007-08-24

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

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Vera Drake

as Det. Inspector Webster
Released: 2004-10-22

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a...

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Persuasion

as Admiral Croft
Released: 2007-04-01

Royal Navy Captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous...

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Trespass Against Us

as Dog Owner
Released: 2016-10-14

Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest...

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Kon-Tiki

as Spinden
Released: 2012-08-24

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a...

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The Look of Love

as Police Inspector
Released: 2013-04-26

Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest...

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as Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
Released: 2012-03-09

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing...

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The Gathering

as Dave Elford
Released: 2003-02-23

Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with...

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Another Year

as Ken
Released: 2010-11-05

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family...

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Meantime

as Estate Manager
Released: 1983-10-16

A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession...

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Ethel & Ernest

as Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice)
Released: 2016-10-15

This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an...

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Heidi

as Pastor
Released: 2005-08-19

Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his...

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Lassie

as Dr. Jarrett
Released: 2005-12-16

A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away...

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Only You

as Andrew
Released: 2019-07-12

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.

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FairyTale: A True Story

as Newspaper Editor
Released: 1997-10-24

Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of...

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The Statement

as Inspector Cholet
Released: 2003-12-12

The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World...

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Cass

as Cecil
Released: 2008-01-08

The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple...

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Another Mother's Son

as Rene
Released: 2017-03-24

The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian...

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Personal Services

as Detective Gibson
Released: 1987-02-12

The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the...

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Jane Eyre

as Clergyman
Released: 1997-03-09

Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who...

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The Fourth Angel

as M.P.
Released: 2001-08-15

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft...

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Hard Boiled Sweets

as Jimmy 'The Gent'
Released: 2012-03-09

Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’...

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Lucky Break

as George Barratt
Released: 2001-08-24

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets...

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Uncle Vanya

as Telegin
Released: 2020-10-27

During a hot summer, Sonya and her uncle Vanya spend their days idle in a dilapidated farmhouse...

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Three Blind Mice

as Tomlinson
Released: 2003-10-08

Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and...

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Best Laid Plans

as Roger
Released: 2012-02-03

David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of...

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A Bunch of Amateurs

as Mike Bell
Released: 2008-11-17

Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career....

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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

as Charlie Williams
Released: 2006-03-16

Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a...

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Hamlet

as Polonius
Released: 2018-03-31

Hamlet captures the Almeida Theatre's 2017 acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's great...

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Ghosted

as uncredited
Released: 2011-06-24

‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his...

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Shiner

as Det. Insp. Grant
Released: 2000-09-22

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

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Early Doors - Live

as Nige
Released: 2021-09-09

Early Doors was a TV hit when the sitcom was originally aired on the BBC in 2003 and gained cult...

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Murphy's Stroke

as Betting Office Clerk
Released: 1980-05-21

The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer...

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Codename: Kyril

as Evans
Released: 1988-03-29

At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely...

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Will You Love Me Tomorrow

as John
Released: 1987-01-18

Inspired by the true story of Mary Bell; Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering...

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The Bitch

as Ricky
Released: 1979-09-19

The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which...

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The Brides in the Bath

as Charles Burnham
Released: 2003-12-31

Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder...

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Speaking In Tongues

as Ben's Father
Released: 1994-07-27

Tony Marchant's eloquent and painful play about the changes to how people are employed, and what...

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Care

as Francis Chambers
Released: 2000-10-08

A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home -...

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The Security Men

as Kenneth
Released: 2013-04-12

A group of night security guards working at the fictional Whittington shopping centre in Greater...

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Uncle Adolf

as Heinrich Hoffman
Released: 2005-01-03

A young girl becomes the great love of the Nazi leader's life. It spans the years between 1929...

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The Casebook of Eddie Brewer

as Ray Riddle
Released: 2012-03-18

Eddie Brewer is an old-school paranormal investigator, being followed as part of a documentary.

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Slapper

as Stuart
Released: 2008-06-21

A young boy watches a fight in a crowded bar: a masked man versus the people’s champ. But rather...

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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

as Self
Released: 2007-09-30

The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational...

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The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

as Reporter
Released: 1978-11-01

Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.

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The Passion

as Ron
Released: 1999-05-01

During a rural representation of The Passion of Christ, a young actor and a married costume...

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Sleepers

as Village Policeman
Released: 1991-04-10

Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under...

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Shakespeare’s Wart

as Director 1
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A desperate for work actor auditions for Shakespeare's Henry IV part 2 & is forced to perform...

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Brakes

as Alan
Released: 2017-11-24

Brakes is a dark, improv-based ensemble comedy set in London. Divided into two parts, it tells...

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Early Days

as Kate’s Dad
Released: 2018-07-13

In the days following her return from hospital, new mother Kate is rocked by finding her world...

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Meat

as Frank
Released: 1994-09-25

Brilliant, brutal and shocking drama starring Jonny Lee Miller and John Simm, following an...

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Sunshine City

as uncredited
Released: 1973-09-12

SUNSHINE CITY is Albie Thom’s sprawling, protoplasmic experimental portrait of his hometown of...

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Casualty

as Trevor
First aired: 1986-09-06

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

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Midsomer Murders

as Ludlow
First aired: 1997-03-23

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

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Silent Witness

as Lucas Garner
First aired: 1996-02-21

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology...

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The Crown

as Newspaper Editor
First aired: 2016-11-04

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime...

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New Tricks

as Colin Beck
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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His Dark Materials

as Boatman
First aired: 2019-11-03

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

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Life on Mars

as Frank Miller
First aired: 2006-01-09

A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over...

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Heartbeat

as Len Peters
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Heartbeat

as Bill Budge
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Waking the Dead

as Donald Hunt
First aired: 2001-06-18

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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Lark Rise to Candleford

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-01-13

Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the...

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The Sweeney

as Jimmy Park
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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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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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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Secret Army

as Squadron Leader Kennedy
First aired: 1977-09-07

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being...

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Accused

as Alan Maxfield
First aired: 2010-11-15

How certain people end up being accused of a crime.

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Ultimate Force

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-16

This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British...

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Out of the Blue

as D.C. Ron Ludlow
First aired: 1995-05-23

Out of the Blue follows a team of detectives at Brazen Gate CID through grisly murder cases,...

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Hamish Macbeth

as Sydney Braithwaite
First aired: 1995-03-26

Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is...

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Early Doors

as Nige
First aired: 2003-05-12

A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the...

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The Paradise

as Edmund Lovett
First aired: 2012-09-25

An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise...

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Party Animals

as George Morgan
First aired: 2007-01-31

Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors...

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Titanic

as Joseph Rushton
First aired: 2012-03-21

A heart-wrenching journey through Titanic's last moments, featuring both fictional and...

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Shine on Harvey Moon

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-01-08

Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8...

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Case Sensitive

as Robbie Proust
First aired: 2011-05-02

When Geraldine Bretherick and her 5-year-old daughter Lucy are found dead in the bathroom of...

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Room at the Top

as Mr. Hoylake
First aired: 2012-09-26

Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at...

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Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Ormonde
First aired: 2003-11-16

Charles II: The Power and the Passion is an award-winning British television mini-series,...

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This Time with Alan Partridge

as John Baskell
First aired: 2019-02-25

Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday...

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Boy Meets Girl

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-05-01

Dreamer Danny Reed's life is turned upside down when he is struck by lightning and wakes to find...

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Anna Lee

as Bernie Schiller
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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Our Mutual Friend

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-03-09

Epic Charles Dickens tale of passion, greed and betrayal. Lizzie and her father scrape a living...

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Our Zoo

as Albert Mottershead
First aired: 2014-09-03

The story of George, who being frustrated by memories of fighting in the great war and living...

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The Second Coming

as Chief Supt. Len Chadwick
First aired: 2003-02-09

Video store clerk Steve Baxter realises that he is in fact the Son of God. He has just a few...

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The Reckoning

as Peter Jaconelli
First aired: 2023-10-09

The life of Jimmy Savile, a man who, for decades, became one of the UK’s most influential...

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A Confession

as Charlie Edwards
First aired: 2019-09-02

The story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure...

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The Reckoning

as Frederick Taylor
First aired: 2011-01-06

Sally Wilson's daughter Amanda is stricken with a brain tumour and each day, her condition...

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Sunshine

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-10-07

Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers...

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Sunshine

as Philip
First aired: 2008-10-07

Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers...

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Hit & Miss

as Eddie
First aired: 2012-05-22

An assassin with a secret, Mia's life is changed forever by a letter from her ex.

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Money

as Vince People
First aired: 2010-05-23

A two-part adaptation of Martin Amis's cult '80s novel with Nick Frost as John Self, a...

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Fortysomething

as Nobby
First aired: 2003-06-29

Fortysomething is a 2003 British comedy-drama series, starring and directed by Hugh Laurie as...

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Public Enemies

as Ken Whiteley
First aired: 2012-01-04

Public Enemies explores the relationship between 28-year-old Eddie, recently released on life...

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I Want My Wife Back

as Don (Bex's father)
First aired: 2016-04-18

Murray is a nice guy. Everyone says so. So no-one is more surprised than Murray when, on her...

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Brief Encounters

as Brian
First aired: 2016-07-04

In the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families and...

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