Roger Delgado

Roger Delgado

Roger Delgado (1 March 1918 - 18 June 1973), full name Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto, was a British actor, who will forever be known for being the first actor to play The Master in Doctor Who. Born in Whitechapel, within the sound of Bow Bells, to a Belgian mother and a Spanish father, Delgado was brought up in Bedford Park and attended the LSE before WWII was declared. His war service saw him rise to the rank of a major, serving with both the Leicestershire Regiment and the Royal Signals, despite his dislike of guns. He made his TV debut in 1948 and starred in several TV and film productions before his untimely death at the age of 55 in a car accident whilst filming the Franco/German TV production La Cloche tibétaine in Turkey. He had married twice, firstly to Olga Anthonisz and then, following his divorce. to Kismet Shahani who survived him.

  • Title: Roger Delgado
  • Popularity: 4.101
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-03-01
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Roger Delgado Movies

  • 1964
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    Hot Enough for June

    Hot Enough for June

    6.1 1964 HD

    A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.

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  • 1962
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    In Search of the Castaways

    In Search of the Castaways

    6.4 1962 HD

    Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the...

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  • 1967
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    The Mummy's Shroud

    The Mummy's Shroud

    5.5 1967 HD

    Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they...

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1969
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    The Assassination Bureau

    The Assassination Bureau

    6.4 1969 HD

    In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are...

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  • 1961
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    The Singer Not the Song

    The Singer Not the Song

    6.8 1961 HD

    A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

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  • 1977
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    The Last Appointment!

    The Last Appointment!

    1 1977 HD

    Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie.

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  • 1956
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    Bhowani Junction

    Bhowani Junction

    5.9 1956 HD

    Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.

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  • 1956
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    The Advancing Shadow

    The Advancing Shadow

    1 1956 HD

    1950s BBC Drama

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  • 1970
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    Underground

    Underground

    6 1970 HD

    An American intelligence agent attempts to kidnap a top Nazi general.

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  • 1958
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    Sea Fury

    Sea Fury

    6 1958 HD

    The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the...

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  • 1958
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    Mark of the Phoenix

    Mark of the Phoenix

    4.8 1958 HD

    A jewel thief finds himself a target when a smuggled cigarette case made from a stolen new metal falls into his hands.

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  • 1966
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    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

    6.1 1966 HD

    A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

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  • 1972
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    Antony and Cleopatra

    Antony and Cleopatra

    5.6 1972 HD

    Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play....

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  • 1959
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    First Man into Space

    First Man into Space

    4.88 1959 HD

    The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...

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  • 2011
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    Jikuu Bouken Doctor Who

    Jikuu Bouken Doctor Who

    1 2011 HD

    A short piece involving the Third Doctor, drawn and animated entirely in the anime style of the 1980s (ala Bubblegum Crisis, Macross, etc.) by...

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  • 1955
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    Storm Over the Nile

    Storm Over the Nile

    6.1 1955 HD

    In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's...

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

    Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

    7.6 1971 HD

    The Master, an old adversary of the Doctor, has arrived on Earth to destroy humanity with the aid of the Nestene Consciousness and their army of...

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  • 1972
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    Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

    Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

    7.4 1972 HD

    The Master joins forces with The Sea Devils to take over the world, unless The Doctor and The Royal Navy can stop them.

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  • 1972
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    Doctor Who: The Time Monster

    Doctor Who: The Time Monster

    7.5 1972 HD

    The Master, in the guise of Professor Thascalos, has constructed at the Newton Institute in Wootton a device known as TOMTIT - Transmission Of Matter...

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  • 1961
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    The Terror of the Tongs

    The Terror of the Tongs

    5.8 1961 HD

    In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets,...

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  • 1970
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    You Can't Win 'Em All

    You Can't Win 'Em All

    5.8 1970 HD

    During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them...

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  • 1962
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    The Road to Hong Kong

    The Road to Hong Kong

    5.7 1962 HD

    When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are...

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  • 1953
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    The Broken Horseshoe

    The Broken Horseshoe

    5 1953 HD

    When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.

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  • 1957
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    Man in the Shadow

    Man in the Shadow

    1 1957 HD

    The wife of a condemned man tries to save him in England by finding the real killer.

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  • 1959
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    The Stranglers of Bombay

    The Stranglers of Bombay

    6.3 1959 HD

    In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of...

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  • 1953
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    The Captain's Paradise

    The Captain's Paradise

    5.5 1953 HD

    Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather...

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  • 1954
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    Beautiful Stranger

    Beautiful Stranger

    5 1954 HD

    An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.

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  • 1954
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    Third Party Risk

    Third Party Risk

    4.6 1954 HD

    Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling....

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  • 1957
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    Manuela

    Manuela

    5.7 1957 HD

    James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain –...

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  • 1953
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    Blood Orange

    Blood Orange

    5.3 1953 HD

    Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.

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  • 1960
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    Sands of the Desert

    Sands of the Desert

    6.3 1960 HD

    In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort...

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  • 1963
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    The Mind Benders

    The Mind Benders

    6.3 1963 HD

    A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might...

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  • 1966
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    Khartoum

    Khartoum

    6.2 1966 HD

    English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians...

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  • 1973
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    Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

    Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

    8 1973 HD

    In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo uncover a plot by the Master to provoke an interplanetary war between Earth and Draconia.

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: The Dæmons

    Doctor Who: The Dæmons

    7.4 1971 HD

    On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the Master summons the demon Azal: unexplained murders, a...

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: Colony in Space

    Doctor Who: Colony in Space

    7 1971 HD

    When the Master steals the Time Lords' secret file on the Doomsday Weapon, they grant the Doctor a temporary reprieve from his exile on Earth to deal...

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

    Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

    7 1971 HD

    Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor...

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  • 1971
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    Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

    Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

    6.8 1971 HD

    A group of gold-skinned aliens known as the Axons land on Earth and offer wondrous technology in exchange for fuel. The Doctor, however, isn't...

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  • 1957
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    The Case of The Smiling Widow

    The Case of The Smiling Widow

    1 1957 HD

    From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter Adams, artist and possible forger.

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  • 1963
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    The Running Man

    The Running Man

    6.6 1963 HD

    An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an...

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  • 1973
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    The Adventures Of Don Quixote

    The Adventures Of Don Quixote

    1 1973 HD

    A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 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...

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  • 1962
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    Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

    7 1962 HD

    Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1971
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    The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

    7.618 1971 HD

    An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

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  • 1971
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    Jason King

    Jason King

    7.3 1971 HD

    Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1968
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    The Champions

    The Champions

    6.1 1968 HD

    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network...

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  • 1956
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    The Buccaneers

    The Buccaneers

    6 1956 HD

    The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.

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  • 1974
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    The Zoo Gang

    The Zoo Gang

    7 1974 HD

    Six resistance fighters, known by their animal-based code names, fought during World War II. Their efforts came to a stop when one of their number,...

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  • 1971
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    7.3 1971 HD

    Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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  • 1970
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    Codename

    Codename

    1 1970 HD

    Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge...

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  • 1967
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1967 HD

    Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

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  • 1961
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    Plateau of Fear

    Plateau of Fear

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

    4 1961 HD

    Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden...

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  • 1958
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    The Adventures of William Tell

    The Adventures of William Tell

    6.3 1958 HD

    The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC...

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    7.6 1955 HD

    The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

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  • 1965
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    BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

    5 1965 HD

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

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  • 1960
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    Maigret

    Maigret

    6.9 1960 HD

    BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch...

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  • 1959
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    The Third Man

    The Third Man

    6.4 1959 HD

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  • 1955
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    Quatermass II

    Quatermass II

    6.1 1955 HD

    The serial sees Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group being asked to examine strange meteorite showers. His...

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    6.4 1955 HD

    The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 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...

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  • 1961
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    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

    4 1961 HD

    Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden...

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  • 1956
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    The Buccaneers

    The Buccaneers

    6 1956 HD

    The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.

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  • 1964
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    The Protectors

    The Protectors

    1 1964 HD

    Ex-insurance investigator Ian Souter sets up his own security agency

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  • 1961
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    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

    4 1961 HD

    Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden...

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  • 1963
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    The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

    8.2 1963 HD

    The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for...

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  • 1969
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    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    7.031 1969 HD

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation,...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1964
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    6.4 1964 HD

    Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1950
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    Sunday Night Theatre

    Sunday Night Theatre

    3.5 1950 HD

    Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The...

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