Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour is an English television, stage and film actress, known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom "Rising Damp" from 1974 until 1978; Madame Olympe Maxime in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005) and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" (2010) and Mrs. Lintott in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys". She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner.

  • Title: Frances de la Tour
  • Popularity: 10.953
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1944-07-30
  • Place of Birth: Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Frances J. de Lautour
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Frances de la Tour Movies

  • 2005
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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    7.816 2005 HD

    When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Daniel Radcliffe

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  • 2010
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    The Book of Eli
    The Book of Eli

    6.785 2010 HD

    A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Denzel Washington

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  • 1985
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    Murder with Mirrors
    Murder with Mirrors

    6.389 1985 HD

    When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Helen Hayes

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  • 1980
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    Rising Damp
    Rising Damp

    5.5 1980 HD

    Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Leonard Rossiter

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  • 2006
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    The History Boys
    The History Boys

    6.6 2006 HD

    The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Richard Griffiths

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  • 2010
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    Alice in Wonderland
    Alice in Wonderland

    6.636 2010 HD

    Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Mia Wasikowska

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  • 2010
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    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    7.755 2010 HD

    Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Daniel Radcliffe

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  • 2011
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    Hugo
    Hugo

    7.176 2011 HD

    Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Asa Butterfield

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  • 2010
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    The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
    The Nutcracker: The Untold Story

    5.073 2010 HD

    Set in 1920s Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Elle Fanning

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  • 1977
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    Wombling Free
    Wombling Free

    9.5 1977 HD

    The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter left by the humans. There's always time for a...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: David Tomlinson

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  • 2010
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    National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
    National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

    8 2010 HD

    National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play The Habit of Art, with Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Griffiths

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  • 2012
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    Private Peaceful
    Private Peaceful

    6.636 2012 HD

    Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jack O'Connell

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  • 1974
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    All Good Men
    All Good Men

    1 1974 HD

    On the eve of an in-depth television interview, Edward Waite, former Labour cabinet minister, calls his family together for a birthday celebration...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bill Fraser

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  • 2012
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    Suspension of Disbelief
    Suspension of Disbelief

    4.3 2012 HD

    Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Sebastian Koch

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  • 2013
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    Trap for Cinderella
    Trap for Cinderella

    5.3 2013 HD

    A young girl, suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Tuppence Middleton

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  • 2014
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    Into the Woods
    Into the Woods

    5.754 2014 HD

    In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Anna Kendrick

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  • 2013
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    National Theatre Live: People
    National Theatre Live: People

    8 2013 HD

    People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing through one’s house. But with the park a jungle...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Frances de la Tour

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  • 1972
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    Our Miss Fred
    Our Miss Fred

    6.4 1972 HD

    Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Danny La Rue

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  • 1994
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    Genghis Cohn
    Genghis Cohn

    4.5 1994 HD

    In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Antony Sher

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  • 2015
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    The Lady in the Van
    The Lady in the Van

    6.413 2015 HD

    The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Maggie Smith

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  • 2013
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    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    7 2013 HD

    To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Roger Allam

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  • 2015
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    Survivor
    Survivor

    5.663 2015 HD

    A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Pierce Brosnan

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  • 2015
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    Mr. Holmes
    Mr. Holmes

    6.465 2015 HD

    In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ian McKellen

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  • 1990
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    Strike It Rich
    Strike It Rich

    5 1990 HD

    A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Lindsay

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  • 1991
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    Bejewelled
    Bejewelled

    4.4 1991 HD

    An American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up with a private investigator-in-training to try and...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Emma Samms

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  • 2015
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    Miss You Already
    Miss You Already

    7.4 2015 HD

    The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Drew Barrymore

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  • 2016
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    Alice Through the Looking Glass
    Alice Through the Looking Glass

    6.561 2016 HD

    Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Mia Wasikowska

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  • 1970
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    Every Home Should Have One
    Every Home Should Have One

    4.6 1970 HD

    Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Marty Feldman

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  • 2018
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    The Highway Rat
    The Highway Rat

    6.4 2018 HD

    The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the highway, he searches for sugary treats to steal, until...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Rob Brydon

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  • 1972
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    Right To Work March
    Right To Work March

    1 1972 HD

    They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Frances de la Tour

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  • 1994
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    Genghis Cohn
    Genghis Cohn

    4.5 1994 HD

    In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Antony Sher

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  • 1999
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    The Cherry Orchard
    The Cherry Orchard

    5 1999 HD

    Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charlotte Rampling

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  • 2020
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    Enola Holmes
    Enola Holmes

    7.284 2020 HD

    While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Millie Bobby Brown

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  • 1976
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    To the Devil a Daughter
    To the Devil a Daughter

    5.538 1976 HD

    An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Richard Widmark

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  • 2020
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    Dolittle
    Dolittle

    6.613 2020 HD

    After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Robert Downey Jr.

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  • 1976
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    Housewives' Choice
    Housewives' Choice

    1 1976 HD

    Marcia is looking for someone to look after her baby and Joyce seems ideal, looking like a perfect, kindly, respectable lady.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Frances de la Tour

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  • 2003
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    Love Actually
    Love Actually

    7.116 2003 HD

    Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hugh Grant

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  • 2012
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    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    6 2012 HD

    The cast and crew of "Hugo" discuss the process of adapting the book to screen, the work of director Martin Scorsese, the story's themes, the origins...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Asa Butterfield

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  • 1982
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    Skirmishes
    Skirmishes

    1 1982 HD

    Two sisters sit at the bedside of their dying mother. One has dedicated herself to looking after her mother, whilst the other has dedicated herself...

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    Cast: Gwen Taylor

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  • 1978
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    Rising Damp
    Rising Damp

    7.42 1978 HD

    Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Leonard Rossiter

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  • 1996
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    Cold Lazarus
    Cold Lazarus

    6.7 1996 HD

    The year is 2368 and a group of scientists are on the brink of a major breakthrough as they begin to tap into the memory of a man who died in the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Albert Finney

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  • 2005
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    Born and Bred
    Born and Bred

    8.5 2005 HD

    Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. Created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, Born and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jenna Russell

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  • 1984
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    Play for Today
    Play for Today

    5.9 1984 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2002
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    What's Your Problem?
    What's Your Problem?

    1 2002 HD

    A short TV series that tries to reflect what it really means to people to be disabled now, in the 21st century.

    Genre: Family

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  • 1990
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    Kind of Living
    Kind of Living

    5 1990 HD

    Trevor Beasley (Richard Griffiths), a schoolteacher, has his head stuck firmly in the past, despite having a new house, a new job, and a new baby....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tim Healy

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  • 2010
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    Heartbeat
    Heartbeat

    7 2010 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Derek Fowlds

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  • 2015
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    New Tricks
    New Tricks

    7.347 2015 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dennis Waterman

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  • 1993
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    Every Silver Lining
    Every Silver Lining

    1 1993 HD

    Nat Silver (Andrew Sachs) and his wife Shirley (Frances De La Tour) run a cafe, the Silver Diner in the East End of London. With the help of their...

    Genre:

    Cast: Andrew Sachs

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  • 1977
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    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    1 1977 HD

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

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  • 1994
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    Downwardly Mobile
    Downwardly Mobile

    1 1994 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Frances de la Tour

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  • 2016
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    The Collection
    The Collection

    6.8 2016 HD

    A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Coyle

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  • 2015
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    Vicious
    Vicious

    7.58 2015 HD

    Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ian McKellen

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  • 2007
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    Sensitive Skin
    Sensitive Skin

    7 2007 HD

    Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joanna Lumley

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  • 1993
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    Stay Lucky
    Stay Lucky

    6 1993 HD

    Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new life up north in Yorkshire. Helping widowed,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Niall Tóibín

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  • 2023
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    Outlander
    Outlander

    8.204 2023 HD

    The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Caitríona Balfe

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  • 1980
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    Flickers
    Flickers

    7 1980 HD

    Arnie Cole (Hoskins) and his wife Maud (de la Tour) are an odd couple, having entered into the state of matrimony for purely practical reasons....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bob Hoskins

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  • 2017
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    Man in an Orange Shirt
    Man in an Orange Shirt

    7.6 2017 HD

    A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and Thomas in the aftermath of World War 2, and to Adam and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Julian Morris

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  • 2018
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    Vanity Fair
    Vanity Fair

    7.467 2018 HD

    In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Olivia Cooke

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  • 2013
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    Agatha Christie's Marple
    Agatha Christie's Marple

    7.7 2013 HD

    The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Julia McKenzie

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  • 2014
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    Big School
    Big School

    6.92 2014 HD

    A comedy about a dysfunctional staff room, unrequited love and interactive whiteboards set in an urban secondary school. Chemistry teacher Mr. Church...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: David Walliams

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  • 2021
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    The Prince
    The Prince

    6.455 2021 HD

    In this biting animated satire, seven-year-old Prince George – youngest heir to the British throne – spills all the royal...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Gary Janetti

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  • 2013
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot
    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    8.2 2013 HD

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: David Suchet

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  • 1997
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    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    7 1997 HD

    Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Brian Blessed

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  • 2024
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    Professor T
    Professor T

    7.667 2024 HD

    Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Ben Miller

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  • 2011
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    Waking the Dead
    Waking the Dead

    7.4 2011 HD

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

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Trevor Eve

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  • 2023
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    Who Do You Think You Are?
    Who Do You Think You Are?

    6.452 2023 HD

    A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1983
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    The Bounder
    The Bounder

    6.333 1983 HD

    The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: George Cole

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  • 1986
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    Unnatural Causes
    Unnatural Causes

    5.5 1986 HD

    Series of seven psychological dramas concerning death by unnatural causes.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1984
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    Play for Today
    Play for Today

    5.9 1984 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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