Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington is a British director and actor who, together with director Michael Bogdanov, founded the English Shakespeare Company. Although primarily a stage actor, he is best known to wider audiences for his role as Moff Jerjerrod, commanding officer of the Death Star in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and as Michael Foot in The Iron Lady, opposite Meryl Streep.

  • Title: Michael Pennington
  • Popularity: 4.67
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-06-07
  • Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Homepage: http://www.michaelpennington.me.uk/
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Michael Pennington Movies

  • 1969
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    Hamlet
    Hamlet

    5.6 1969 HD

    Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Nicol Williamson

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  • 2005
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    Fragile
    Fragile

    6.509 2005 HD

    Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Calista Flockhart

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  • 1983
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    Return of the Jedi
    Return of the Jedi

    7.897 1983 HD

    Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Mark Hamill

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  • 1970
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    Mad Jack
    Mad Jack

    1 1970 HD

    Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1978
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    Danton's Death
    Danton's Death

    1 1978 HD

    Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ian Richardson

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  • 1987
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    The Return of Sherlock Holmes
    The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    5.2 1987 HD

    Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically frozen for eighty years.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Margaret Colin

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  • 2011
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    The Iron Lady
    The Iron Lady

    6.366 2011 HD

    A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

    Genre: History

    Cast: Meryl Streep

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  • 2014
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    Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
    Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

    7 2014 HD

    The story of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and the discoveries they made.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 2008
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    Florence Nightingale
    Florence Nightingale

    6.7 2008 HD

    Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Laura Fraser

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  • 1982
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    Outside Edge
    Outside Edge

    1 1982 HD

    The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Eddington

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  • 1976
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    The Witches of Pendle
    The Witches of Pendle

    1 1976 HD

    A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Stratton

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  • 1986
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    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    2 1986 HD

    Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 1982
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    Cymbeline
    Cymbeline

    6.6 1982 HD

    Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Johnson

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  • 2015
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    1945: The Savage Peace
    1945: The Savage Peace

    7.4 2015 HD

    How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 1984
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    The Mayor of Montemilone
    The Mayor of Montemilone

    5 1984 HD

    Dino Labriola runs the small town of Montemilone in the deep south. He was elected the first Communist mayor. Now he faces the problems of a town...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 2013
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    Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
    Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

    7.8 2013 HD

    A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Tennant

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  • 2002
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    Pyramid
    Pyramid

    6 2002 HD

    Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that even with our 21st-century technology, we could...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Omar Sharif

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  • 2003
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    Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
    Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

    7.2 2003 HD

    Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Robert Shannon

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  • 2021
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    Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
    Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

    1 2021 HD

    A biographical documentary film about the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, to commemorate Ray's centenary year. The film covers Ray's life...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sandip Ray

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  • 1986
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    The Marlowe Inquest
    The Marlowe Inquest

    1 1986 HD

    In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th century in order to determine what...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 1993
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    The Last Bolshevik
    The Last Bolshevik

    7.4 1993 HD

    A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Aleksandr Medvedkin

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  • 1985
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    Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
    Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

    1 1985 HD

    As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal involving Lord Alfred Douglas and his lordship's...

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Gambon

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  • 1981
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    A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
    A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

    1 1981 HD

    In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Peter Vaughan

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  • 1970
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    Degas and Pissario Fall Out
    Degas and Pissario Fall Out

    1 1970 HD

    A forgotten gem made for the British arts anthology series Without Walls, this half-hour drama imagines the two 19th century impressionist painters...

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    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 2008
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    Airborne: The RAF at 90
    Airborne: The RAF at 90

    1 2008 HD

    The RAF sprang to life during the First World War. It took off into a dangerous adulthood during the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Germany,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 2002
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    The Dinosaur Hunters
    The Dinosaur Hunters

    5 2002 HD

    One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Henry Ian Cusick

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  • 1968
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    The Tycoon
    The Tycoon

    1 1968 HD

    When millionaire businessman Guy Taylor takes up with the beautiful Rachel Bell, two years married to a struggling sculptor, he starts to question...

    Genre:

    Cast: Rudolph Walker

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  • 1977
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    It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
    It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

    1 1977 HD

    A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive?

    Genre:

    Cast: Ian Bannen

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  • 1991
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    Richard II
    Richard II

    1 1991 HD

    Shakespeare's Richard II recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete...

    Genre:

    Cast: Ben Bazell

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  • 1991
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    Henry IV: Part 1
    Henry IV: Part 1

    1 1991 HD

    Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 recorded live at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete...

    Genre:

    Cast: Ben Bazell

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  • 1991
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    Henry IV: Part 2
    Henry IV: Part 2

    1 1991 HD

    Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Genre:

    Cast: Ben Bazell

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  • 1991
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    Henry V
    Henry V

    1 1991 HD

    Shakespeare's Henry V, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Genre:

    Cast: Ben Bazell

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  • 1991
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    Henry VI: House of Lancaster
    Henry VI: House of Lancaster

    1 1991 HD

    First part of an adapted version of Henry VI as performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Genre:

    Cast: Ben Bazell

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  • 1991
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    Henry VI: House of York
    Henry VI: House of York

    1 1991 HD

    Second part of an adapted version of Henry VI as performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

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    Cast: Ben Bazell

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  • 1991
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    Richard III
    Richard III

    1 1991 HD

    Shakespeare's Richard III, performed by the English Shakespeare Company as part of the complete Historical Octology.

    Genre:

    Cast: Ben Bazell

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  • 1970
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    The Dolly Scene
    The Dolly Scene

    1 1970 HD

    Anna can't seem to help ending up with the wrong partner in a line of disastrous affairs. Her hope now lies with a young man from the pop music scene.

    Genre:

    Cast: Sinéad Cusack

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  • 2024
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    Silent Witness
    Silent Witness

    7.5 2024 HD

    Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Emilia Fox

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  • 1994
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    Between the Lines
    Between the Lines

    5.6 1994 HD

    Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Siobhan Redmond

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  • 1972
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    Callan
    Callan

    7 1972 HD

    Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Edward Woodward

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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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  • 2009
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    Trial & Retribution
    Trial & Retribution

    6.2 2009 HD

    Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: David Hayman

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  • 1967
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    No Hiding Place
    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1967 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Johnny Briggs

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  • 1989
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    Summer's Lease
    Summer's Lease

    7.6 1989 HD

    Molly Pargeter is a forty-something wife and mother of three girls, who leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Susan Fleetwood

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  • 2015
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    Lewis
    Lewis

    7.6 2015 HD

    Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Kevin Whately

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  • 2007
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    Dalziel & Pascoe
    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.25 2007 HD

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

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Warren Clarke

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  • 2003
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    State of Play
    State of Play

    7.505 2003 HD

    The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Bill Nighy

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  • 1985
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    BBC Television Shakespeare
    BBC Television Shakespeare

    5.2 1985 HD

    The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1983
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    BBC Play of the Month
    BBC Play of the Month

    5 1983 HD

    Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2023
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    Endeavour
    Endeavour

    8.079 2023 HD

    The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Shaun Evans

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  • 1984
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    Freud
    Freud

    3 1984 HD

    The life and times of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Suchet

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  • 2009
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    The Lost World of Communism
    The Lost World of Communism

    6 2009 HD

    The Lost World of Communism is a three-part British documentary series which examines the legacy of Communism twenty years on from the fall of the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Hagen Koch

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  • 1984
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    Playing Shakespeare
    Playing Shakespeare

    10 1984 HD

    John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Lisa Harrow

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  • 2013
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    The Escape Artist
    The Escape Artist

    7 2013 HD

    A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Tennant

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  • 2024
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    Father Brown
    Father Brown

    7.438 2024 HD

    Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mark Williams

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  • 2004
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    Empire Warriors
    Empire Warriors

    1 2004 HD

    Four-part documentary series about four 'wars on terror' during the final phase of the British Empire. As the Union Jack finally descended on former...

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Pennington

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  • 2022
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    Raised by Wolves
    Raised by Wolves

    7.553 2022 HD

    After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful,...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Amanda Collin

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  • 1995
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    Cracker
    Cracker

    6.429 1995 HD

    The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Robbie Coltrane

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  • 1975
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    Public Eye
    Public Eye

    7.8 1975 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Alfred Burke

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