Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston

Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.

  • Title: Michael Jayston
  • Popularity: 6.746
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-10-29
  • Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Michael James
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Michael Jayston Movies

  • 1997
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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    5.944 1997 HD

    In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Richard Crenna

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  • 1994
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    Highlander: The Final Dimension
    Highlander: The Final Dimension

    4.731 1994 HD

    Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal...

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Christophe Lambert

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  • 1970
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    Cromwell
    Cromwell

    6.6 1970 HD

    Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Harris

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  • 1972
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    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    6.1 1972 HD

    An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Fiona Fullerton

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  • 1973
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    Tales That Witness Madness
    Tales That Witness Madness

    5.553 1973 HD

    Dr. Tremayne is an enigmatic psychiatrist running an asylum that houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Jack Hawkins

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  • 1971
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    Nicholas and Alexandra
    Nicholas and Alexandra

    6.937 1971 HD

    Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1974
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    The Internecine Project
    The Internecine Project

    6.225 1974 HD

    Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: James Coburn

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  • 1974
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    Craze
    Craze

    5.1 1974 HD

    A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Jack Palance

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  • 1973
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    The Homecoming
    The Homecoming

    5.8 1973 HD

    In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Rogers

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  • 1980
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    Dominique
    Dominique

    5.4 1980 HD

    The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cliff Robertson

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  • 1968
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    5.3 1968 HD

    Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Derek Godfrey

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  • 1973
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    The Merchant of Venice
    The Merchant of Venice

    7 1973 HD

    An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Laurence Olivier

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  • 1987
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    Still Crazy Like a Fox
    Still Crazy Like a Fox

    7.7 1987 HD

    Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jack Warden

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  • 1978
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    She Fell Among Thieves
    She Fell Among Thieves

    1 1978 HD

    While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Malcolm McDowell

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  • 1973
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    Bequest to the Nation
    Bequest to the Nation

    5 1973 HD

    Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Glenda Jackson

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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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  • 1974
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    The Importance of Being Earnest
    The Importance of Being Earnest

    1 1974 HD

    Adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde.

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    Cast: Coral Browne

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  • 2009
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    Albert's Memorial
    Albert's Memorial

    8.7 2009 HD

    One-off comedy drama that follows the story of three World War II veterans: Harry, Frank and Albert. It is October 2000 and, at the age of 76,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Jason

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  • 1979
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    Zulu Dawn
    Zulu Dawn

    6.01 1979 HD

    In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Burt Lancaster

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  • 1983
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    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

    1 1983 HD

    Documentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1970
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    From This Day Forward
    From This Day Forward

    1 1970 HD

    Sheila Hancock stars as Ellie; a woman gathering her strength on the morning of the hardest day of her life. Unwaveringly, she prepares to perform...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sheila Hancock

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  • 2003
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    Finisterre
    Finisterre

    1 2003 HD

    London has always been a source of influence, inspiration and curiosity - Finisterre tries to identify the dreams that London holds for so many....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1971
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    Competition
    Competition

    1 1971 HD

    An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly...

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1974
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    A Coffin for the Bride
    A Coffin for the Bride

    8.3 1974 HD

    Mark Walker is in the lucrative business of marrying wealthy older women and murdering them after the honeymoon. That all changes when he falls for...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 2008
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    The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
    The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord

    1 2008 HD

    The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord was the umbrella title for a series of four 2|entertain documentaries. Each covered a different story within...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Eric Saward

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  • 1986
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    Doctor Who: Mindwarp
    Doctor Who: Mindwarp

    6.3 1986 HD

    As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where he faces an old adversary, Sil. As a scientist...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Colin Baker

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  • 1986
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    Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
    Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

    6.3 1986 HD

    The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Colin Baker

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  • 1986
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    Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
    Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

    5.8 1986 HD

    Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unlikely source to turn the tide of the High...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Colin Baker

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  • 1986
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    Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
    Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

    7.3 1986 HD

    As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future when he is travelling with a computer programmer...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Colin Baker

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  • 1973
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    Ring Once for Death
    Ring Once for Death

    8.5 1973 HD

    Recently widowed Laura Vallance returns home to England after many years living abroad. She knows few people in England, but she desires rest and...

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1972
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    Follow Me!
    Follow Me!

    7.6 1972 HD

    A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mia Farrow

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  • 1970
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    The Hero of My Life
    The Hero of My Life

    1 1970 HD

    The rise of Charles Dickens, from poverty to prosperity, traced and reflected in his writings.

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 2019
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    The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
    The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years

    1 2019 HD

    This is the definitive set of interviews with the team who brought the Colin Baker era of Doctor Who to life! This documentary includes the best...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Nicholas Briggs

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  • 1979
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    Gossip From The Forest
    Gossip From The Forest

    1 1979 HD

    The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hugh Burden

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  • 1981
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    From a Far Country
    From a Far Country

    3.864 1981 HD

    This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sam Neill

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  • 1989
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    Somewhere to Run
    Somewhere to Run

    1 1989 HD

    Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robin Weaver

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  • 1996
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    Element of Doubt
    Element of Doubt

    6.333 1996 HD

    A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Nigel Havers

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  • 2022
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    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

    7.6 2022 HD

    Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter O'Toole

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  • 1970
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    Macbeth
    Macbeth

    6 1970 HD

    Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and...

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1965
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    Love's Labour's Lost
    Love's Labour's Lost

    1 1965 HD

    A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bonnie Hurren

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  • 1975
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    King Lear
    King Lear

    1 1975 HD

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Hordern

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  • 1996
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    First Kid
    First Kid

    5.76 1996 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sinbad

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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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  • 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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  • 1989
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    A Bit of a Do
    A Bit of a Do

    6 1989 HD

    A Bit of a Do is a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: David Jason

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  • 1992
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    Haggard
    Haggard

    4 1992 HD

    Haggard a 1990—1992 British comedy television series. "Haggard" is about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 25-year-old son Roderick,...

    Genre:

    Cast: Keith Barron

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  • 1996
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    Outside Edge
    Outside Edge

    8 1996 HD

    Comedy-drama series starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, and Josie Lawrence about two couples united only by the fact that they play...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1973
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    The Edwardians
    The Edwardians

    5.667 1973 HD

    It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Thorley Walters

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  • 1988
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    Tales of the Unexpected
    Tales of the Unexpected

    6.7 1988 HD

    A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1973
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    UFO
    UFO

    7.7 1973 HD

    A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Ed Bishop

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  • 1987
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    C.A.T.S. Eyes
    C.A.T.S. Eyes

    5.667 1987 HD

    C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jill Gascoine

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  • 1973
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    Jane Eyre
    Jane Eyre

    4.3 1973 HD

    Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. This 1973 four-hour literary version was a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sorcha Cusack

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  • 1975
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    Quiller
    Quiller

    1 1975 HD

    Quiller is a British drama television . Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by English novelist Elleston Trevor who featured in a series...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Jayston

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  • 1981
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    Lady Killers
    Lady Killers

    5 1981 HD

    Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the...

    Genre:

    Cast: Robert Morley

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  • 1969
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    Detective
    Detective

    1 1969 HD

    A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Rupert Davies

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  • 1979
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    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    7.559 1979 HD

    George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level...

    Genre: War & Politics

    Cast: Alec Guinness

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  • 1976
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    Thriller
    Thriller

    6.7 1976 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1993
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    Press Gang
    Press Gang

    7.3 1993 HD

    The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a group of school pupils.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lucy Benjamin

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  • 2024
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    Casualty
    Casualty

    5.888 2024 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Beck

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  • 1994
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    Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes

    8 1994 HD

    Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Jeremy Brett

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  • 2024
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    Casualty
    Casualty

    5.888 2024 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Beck

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  • 2022
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    Holby City
    Holby City

    5.641 2022 HD

    Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

    Genre: Soap

    Cast:

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  • 2000
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    A Dinner of Herbs
    A Dinner of Herbs

    6 2000 HD

    After taking his young son Roddy to a remote Northumberland village, Peter Greenbank meets a violent death, leaving the boy alone with no family to...

    Genre:

    Cast: Melanie Clark Pullen

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  • 1989
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    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    7.855 1989 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sylvester McCoy

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  • 1993
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    Cluedo
    Cluedo

    6.4 1993 HD

    Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Richard Madeley

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  • 1976
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    Thriller
    Thriller

    6.7 1976 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2011
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    The Royal
    The Royal

    7.9 2011 HD

    Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michelle Hardwick

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  • 2024
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    Midsomer Murders
    Midsomer Murders

    7.565 2024 HD

    The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Neil Dudgeon

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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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  • 2000
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    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    6.2 2000 HD

    The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Baker

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  • 1985
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    Time for Murder
    Time for Murder

    1 1985 HD

    Written by six of Britain's finest writers (including Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, and Michael Robson), performed by leading actors, these are no...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast:

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  • 2015
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    Foyle's War
    Foyle's War

    7.791 2015 HD

    As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Michael Kitchen

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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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  • 1986
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    Big Deal
    Big Deal

    6.667 1986 HD

    The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ray Brooks

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  • 2024
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    Coronation Street
    Coronation Street

    5.322 2024 HD

    The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at...

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: William Roache

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  • 1970
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    The Wednesday Play
    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1970 HD

    The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Webb

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  • 1974
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    Armchair Theatre
    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1974 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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  • 1979
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    BBC2 Play of the Week
    BBC2 Play of the Week

    7 1979 HD

    Genre:

    Cast:

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