Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

Susan Johnston, OBE (née Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014–2015). She won the 2000 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family.

  • Title: Sue Johnston
  • Popularity: 12.037
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-12-07
  • Place of Birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Susan Wright, Susan Johnston, OBE
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Sue Johnston Movies

  • 2006
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    Imagine Me & You
    Imagine Me & You

    7.578 2006 HD

    During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Piper Perabo

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  • 1997
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    Preaching to the Perverted
    Preaching to the Perverted

    6.1 1997 HD

    A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Guinevere Turner

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  • 1997
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    Face
    Face

    6.2 1997 HD

    Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Robert Carlyle

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  • 1996
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    Brassed Off
    Brassed Off

    7 1996 HD

    A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pete Postlethwaite

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  • 2009
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    The Turn of the Screw
    The Turn of the Screw

    5 2009 HD

    A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Michelle Dockery

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  • 2011
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    Lapland
    Lapland

    1 2011 HD

    Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend...

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    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2014
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    500 Miles North
    500 Miles North

    7.5 2014 HD

    To claim a huge inheritance, two estranged brothers must travel to the wilds of Scotland in an old camper van to spread their father’s ashes....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Joseph Morgan

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  • 1999
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    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

    1 1999 HD

    The BBC drama about growing up in the turbulent, tuneful '60s. Manchester, England, 1965. "You'll never meet anybody worth knowing working at the...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Gillian Kearney

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  • 1997
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    Brookside: The Lost Weekend
    Brookside: The Lost Weekend

    6.8 1997 HD

    A special, video only story set on the Brookside close. On Friday 14th November 1997, a five night a week storyline ended in a cliffhanger and this...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 1998
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    Brookside: Friday the 13th
    Brookside: Friday the 13th

    5.5 1998 HD

    There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2016
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    Golden Years
    Golden Years

    6.4 2016 HD

    Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Bernard Hill

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  • 2014
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    Caring for the Recently Deceased
    Caring for the Recently Deceased

    1 2014 HD

    A recent widow's life changing experience when her useless husband returns from the grave.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Melanie Walters

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  • 1994
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    Measure for Measure
    Measure for Measure

    1 1994 HD

    Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tom Wilkinson

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  • 2016
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    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    5.667 2016 HD

    Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Rebecca Front

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  • 2000
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    New Year's Day
    New Year's Day

    5 2000 HD

    Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bobby Barry

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  • 2018
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    Walk Like a Panther
    Walk Like a Panther

    6.2 2018 HD

    A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Stephen Graham

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  • 2001
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    Score
    Score

    1 2001 HD

    Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Eve Myles

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  • 2018
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    Death on the Tyne
    Death on the Tyne

    6.4 2018 HD

    Draper's Tours are taking Mildred and her care home friends on an overnight ferry trip from North Shields to Amsterdam, where things will quickly...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Johnny Vegas

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  • 1992
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    Bitter Harvest
    Bitter Harvest

    1 1992 HD

    A young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an emotional journey to piece...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Josette Simon

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  • 2017
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    Diana and the Paparazzi
    Diana and the Paparazzi

    1 2017 HD

    Marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, this documentary reveals how Diana learned to...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Diana, Princess of Wales

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  • 2012
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    Barbara's Old Ring
    Barbara's Old Ring

    7 2012 HD

    Christmas is coming but Barbara is not happy. Not only has she lost her wedding ring but Jim has won on a scratch card she found down the back of the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Caroline Aherne

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  • 2008
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    The New Sofa
    The New Sofa

    7.7 2008 HD

    Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides...

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    Cast: Caroline Aherne

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  • 2019
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    The Cure
    The Cure

    7.5 2019 HD

    The story of an ordinary woman who exposed one of the worst hospital care scandals in the history of the NHS. Based on the inspiring real-life story...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sian Brooke

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  • 2016
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    World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
    World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

    7 2016 HD

    A retelling of England's only World Cup victory, fifty years later, placing special emphasis on the work of manager Sir Alf Ramsey.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Jason

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  • 2015
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    The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
    The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

    9 2015 HD

    The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One tells the stories behind some of the greatest Beatles songs ever. With interviews from Beatles’...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: John Lennon

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  • 2006
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    The Queen of Sheba
    The Queen of Sheba

    7.5 2006 HD

    Tension mounts in the Royle household as the family contemplates the prospect of becoming fully laminated throughout. Dr Mahmoud prescribes new...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ricky Tomlinson

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  • 1998
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    The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
    The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

    1 1998 HD

    Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in...

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    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2010
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    Joe's Crackers
    Joe's Crackers

    7.2 2010 HD

    It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ricky Tomlinson

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  • 2009
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    The Golden Egg Cup
    The Golden Egg Cup

    8 2009 HD

    Jim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children - but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Caroline Aherne

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  • 2010
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    The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
    The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

    8.375 2010 HD

    Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mark Radcliffe

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  • 2021
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    Help
    Help

    7.075 2021 HD

    Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jodie Comer

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  • 2021
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    Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
    Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

    6.5 2021 HD

    Robbo is a remarkable feature film that tells the story of one of England and Manchester United’s greatest ever midfielders. From a working...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bryan Robson

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  • 2022
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    Downton Abbey: A New Era
    Downton Abbey: A New Era

    7.18 2022 HD

    The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hugh Bonneville

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  • 1970
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    Bilby
    Bilby

    1 1970 HD

    Fred is an ice cream van man, unfortunately he is manslipping down the leaderboard of ice cream sales. Lucy and Grumble give him the advice to embark...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Clive Russell

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  • 2020
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    David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
    David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

    1 2020 HD

    Sir David Jason is a bona fide TV legend and one of the finest actors of his generation. As part of Channel 5's latest series of tribute...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Jason

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  • 2023
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    Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
    Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

    8 2023 HD

    The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Caroline Aherne

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  • 2024
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    The Big Snow of '47
    The Big Snow of '47

    1 2024 HD

    Houses buried under snow. Rivers frozen solid. World War II bombers dropping bread to isolated villages. How did Brits survive the snowiest winter...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2024
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    Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
    Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

    1 2024 HD

    Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston celebrate four decades on screen together, as the two acting stalwarts share the meaningful locations around the...

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    Cast: Ricky Tomlinson

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  • 2009
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    Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
    Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

    7 2009 HD

    A documentary featuring several individuals with Tourettes Syndrome and how they are able to cope with the condition.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John Davidson

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  • 2024
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    The One Show
    The One Show

    4.667 2024 HD

    A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Alex Jones

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  • 2023
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    Strictly Come Dancing
    Strictly Come Dancing

    6.117 2023 HD

    A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges...

    Genre:

    Cast: Claudia Winkleman

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  • 1999
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    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

    6.5 1999 HD

    Ellie and Arden Brooks seem to be destined to play out their lives behind a Manchester chip shop counter. Mercilessly put down by their strict...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 1993
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    Inspector Morse
    Inspector Morse

    7.798 1993 HD

    Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: John Thaw

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

    6.425 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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  • 2000
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    The Royle Family
    The Royle Family

    7.694 2000 HD

    British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ricky Tomlinson

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  • 2012
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    Gates
    Gates

    7 2012 HD

    Gates is a British comedy television series shown on the Sky Living channel. The first series of 5 episodes ran from 14 August to 11 September...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joanna Page

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  • 2011
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    Waking the Dead
    Waking the Dead

    7.406 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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  • 1994
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    Luv
    Luv

    1 1994 HD

    Luv is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1993 which ran for 18 episodes. The writer and executive producer was Carla Lane. The main...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jan Ravens

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  • 2009
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    Jam & Jerusalem
    Jam & Jerusalem

    6.955 2009 HD

    Jam & Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Salima Saxton

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  • 2022
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    Today
    Today

    5.8 2022 HD

    Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on...

    Genre: News

    Cast: Al Roker

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  • 2010
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    A Touch of Frost
    A Touch of Frost

    7.429 2010 HD

    Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Jason

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  • 1997
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    Crime Traveller
    Crime Traveller

    8.25 1997 HD

    Detective Jeff Slade teams up with scientist Holly Turner, whose late father has created a time machine that can travel back several hours. Together...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2015
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    The Paul O'Grady Show
    The Paul O'Grady Show

    4.4 2015 HD

    The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul O'Grady

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  • 2008
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    Little Dorrit
    Little Dorrit

    7.8 2008 HD

    Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Claire Foy

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  • 2013
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    The Alan Titchmarsh Show
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    3.7 2013 HD

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently...

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Ellie Harrison

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  • 2009
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    The Street
    The Street

    7.6 2009 HD

    Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Timothy Spall

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  • 1995
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    Medics
    Medics

    4.5 1995 HD

    Medics was a British medical drama series first broadcast on ITV on 14 November 1990. The show ran for five series with a total of 40 episodes. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 1998
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    Duck Patrol
    Duck Patrol

    5 1998 HD

    Duck Patrol is a British television comedy series that originally aired in 1998. Produced by LWT for the ITV network, it centered around a river...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Richard Wilson

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  • 2010
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    A Passionate Woman
    A Passionate Woman

    6.3 2010 HD

    1950s period drama based on the true story of a housewife and mother whose life is turned upside down by a handsome Polish man at her local dance...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2011
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    Sugartown
    Sugartown

    10 2011 HD

    Comedy drama revolving around a small seaside hamlet in the north of England, as a former resident returns with big plans for the community's...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Miranda Raison

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  • 2011
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    Baby Hospital
    Baby Hospital

    1 2011 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2016
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    Rovers
    Rovers

    7.1 2016 HD

    Established in 1884, Redbridge Rovers F.C. are one of the oldest club's in England - and one of the worst. A sitcom that introduces us to the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 1998
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    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    6.923 1998 HD

    Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Patricia Routledge

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  • 2003
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    Brookside
    Brookside

    5.941 2003 HD

    The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: Amanda Burton

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  • 2013
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    Being Eileen
    Being Eileen

    1 2013 HD

    Being Eileen is a BBC "heart-warming" comedy-drama which began as a new six-part series on 4 February, and ended on 11 March 2013. Originally titled...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Georgia Doyle

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  • 2018
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    Age Before Beauty
    Age Before Beauty

    3.3 2018 HD

    Bel, after spending the past 18 years as a homemaker, steps in to save the family business in a failing family run beauty salon in Manchester’s...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Polly Walker

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  • 2021
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    The Cockfields
    The Cockfields

    7.1 2021 HD

    Simon is taking girlfriend Donna back home to the Isle of Wight for the very first time. Can he survive a long birthday weekend with his biological...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joe Wilkinson

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  • 2023
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    Time
    Time

    7.619 2023 HD

    Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Siobhan Finneran

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  • 2017
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    Timeshift
    Timeshift

    7 2017 HD

    Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2024
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    Would I Lie to You?
    Would I Lie to You?

    7.582 2024 HD

    A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton)....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: David Mitchell

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  • 2015
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    Downton Abbey
    Downton Abbey

    8.095 2015 HD

    A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maggie Smith

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  • 2021
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    Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
    Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors

    1 2021 HD

    An intimate look at the palace that has been a private home to the royal family for more than 300 years.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2003
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    My Uncle Silas
    My Uncle Silas

    1 2003 HD

    In 1901, a middle-class schoolboy whose parents are working abroad spends his summer in Bedfordshire with his great-uncle Silas. Though 60 years old,...

    Genre:

    Cast: Albert Finney

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  • 2024
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    Truelove
    Truelove

    5.333 2024 HD

    A group of old friends reunited at a funeral make a drunken pact. Rather than let each other suffer a slow and painful decline they would engineer a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Lindsay Duncan

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  • 2005
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    Cutting It
    Cutting It

    6.6 2005 HD

    Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday hair salon, where Allie's sisters Darcey and Sydney...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sarah Parish

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  • 1998
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    The Jump
    The Jump

    6 1998 HD

    Having married into a family with Mafia connections, Donna thought her husband George was the diamond in the rough. But after his arrest, she sees...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Adrian Dunbar

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  • 1998
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    Performance
    Performance

    1 1998 HD

    An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2019
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    Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
    Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

    8 2019 HD

    Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule is a panel show that sees Harry Hill presiding over two teams tasked with saving planet earth from alien invasion!...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Harry Hill

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  • 1970
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    Generation Z
    Generation Z

    1 1970 HD

    The future looks bleak for today's youth - austerity, soaring house prices, student debt, a broken political system... And to add insult to injury,...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Sue Johnston

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  • 2024
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    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    5 2024 HD

    Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Tim Wonnacott

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  • 1993
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    Full Stretch
    Full Stretch

    10 1993 HD

    Comedy drama series about an ex footballer's limo service business

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Kevin McNally

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  • 2024
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    Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
    Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

    1 2024 HD

    Actors Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston are celebrating four decades on screen together in an all-new More4 series visiting landmark places from...

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    Cast: Ricky Tomlinson

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  • 2024
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    Ricky, Sue and a Trip or Two
    Ricky, Sue and a Trip or Two

    1 2024 HD

    TV royalty Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston explore the nostalgic and the new on a very special road trip across the country, to the places that...

    Genre:

    Cast: Ricky Tomlinson

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