Maurice Roëves

Maurice Roëves

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maurice Roëves is a Scottish actor, born in Sunderland, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) on 19 March 1937. His television roles include Danger UXB (1979), The Nightmare Man (1981), the 1984 Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani, Days of our Lives (1986), Tutti Frutti (1987), Rab C. Nesbitt (1990), The New Statesman (1990), Spender (1991), Star Trek: The Next Generation, the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair (1998) and EastEnders (2003). He also played Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield in the 1996 television film Hillsborough, in which his character patrolled the FA Cup semi-final in the Liverpool F.C. game where a crush (blame on loss of police control) led to the deaths of 96 fans. In 2006 he starred in the BBC docudrama Surviving Disasters, portraying Sir Matt Busby in the story of the Munich air disaster. He starred as Robert Henderson in BBC Scotland's drama River City. His film roles include Oh! What a Lovely War, Ulysses, Hidden Agenda, the 1992 version of The Last of the Mohicans, the Judge Dredd movie (1995) and Beautiful Creatures (2000). In 2003 he appeared in May Miles Thomas's film Solid Air. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Roëves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Maurice Roëves
  • Popularity: 3.853
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1937-03-19
  • Place of Birth: Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Maurice Roëves
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Maurice Roëves Movies

  • 2005
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    The Dark

    The Dark

    5.743 2005 HD

    In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they...

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  • 2007
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    Hallam Foe

    Hallam Foe

    6.7 2007 HD

    Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death,...

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  • 1995
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    Moses

    Moses

    6.9 1995 HD

    When Pharaoh Rameses II begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Israelite Moses, called upon by God, leads his people to freedom.

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  • 1997
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    David

    David

    6.55 1997 HD

    A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to...

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  • 1969
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    Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

    6.6 1969 HD

    The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench...

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  • 1976
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    The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

    6.6 1976 HD

    When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious...

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  • 2009
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    The Damned United

    The Damned United

    7.2 2009 HD

    Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going...

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  • 2010
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    Making The Last of the Mohicans

    Making The Last of the Mohicans

    1 2010 HD

    Interviews with the cast and crew of the 1992 Michael Mann film.

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  • 1998
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    The Acid House

    The Acid House

    6.269 1998 HD

    A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor...

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  • 1995
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    Judge Dredd

    Judge Dredd

    5.806 1995 HD

    In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his...

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  • 1992
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

    7.4 1992 HD

    In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a...

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  • 2002
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    Family

    Family

    1 2002 HD

    Marion loses her job as a psychiatric nurse, but cannot let go of her responsibility for former patient, Thomas. When he goes on the run, Marion sets...

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  • 2000
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    Beautiful Creatures

    Beautiful Creatures

    5.7 2000 HD

    When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.

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  • 1966
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    Cock, Hen and Courting Pit

    Cock, Hen and Courting Pit

    1 1966 HD

    A couple revisit a past love affair when they meet again ten years later.

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  • 1982
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    Who Dares Wins

    Who Dares Wins

    5.9 1982 HD

    When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by...

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  • 1967
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    Ulysses

    Ulysses

    6 1967 HD

    Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship...

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  • 2000
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    Forgive and Forget

    Forgive and Forget

    5.5 2000 HD

    David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However, their friendship...

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  • 1981
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    The Journal of Bridget Hitler

    The Journal of Bridget Hitler

    1 1981 HD

    An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law – a young man named Adolf Hitler. Years...

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  • 1972
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    Highlands

    Highlands

    1 1972 HD

    The industries of the Scottish Highlands.

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  • 1995
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    919 Fifth Avenue

    919 Fifth Avenue

    1 1995 HD

    When Ben Constant agreed to write a biography on the wealthy Van Degan family, he never suspected the depth of scandal and intrigue surrounding them.

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  • 1968
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    Mackintosh

    Mackintosh

    1 1968 HD

    The life and work of the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

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  • 1984
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    Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

    Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

    9.6 1984 HD

    Arriving on the barren world of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. At the...

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  • 1980
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    S.O.S. Titanic

    S.O.S. Titanic

    5.9 1980 HD

    The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

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  • 2016
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    Murder: The Third Voice

    Murder: The Third Voice

    1.8 2016 HD

    When Rafe Carey’s body is washed up by the River Tweed, it looks like he’s drowned in a tragic accident on a day of extreme weather. He...

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  • 1996
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    Hillsborough

    Hillsborough

    7 1996 HD

    Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match...

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  • 1990
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    Hidden Agenda

    Hidden Agenda

    6.9 1990 HD

    In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British...

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  • 1970
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    A Day at the Beach

    A Day at the Beach

    4.9 1970 HD

    Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to...

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  • 2010
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    Brighton Rock

    Brighton Rock

    5.7 2010 HD

    Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

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  • 2015
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    6.47 2015 HD

    Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain...

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  • 1990
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    The Big Man

    The Big Man

    5.1 1990 HD

    An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.

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  • 1971
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    When Eight Bells Toll

    When Eight Bells Toll

    5.6 1971 HD

    In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the...

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  • 2000
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    The Sight

    The Sight

    5.3 2000 HD

    The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael...

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  • 2014
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    Luna

    Luna

    6.6 2014 HD

    Renowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live action and gorgeously wrought animation to this dreamlike...

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  • 1981
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    The Nightmare Man

    The Nightmare Man

    6 1981 HD

    A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffikin has just discovered a dismembered corpse on...

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  • 2008
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    Fast Track: No Limits

    Fast Track: No Limits

    5.9 2008 HD

    An action movie centered around a group of street racers.

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  • 1971
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    Orkney

    Orkney

    1 1971 HD

    Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.

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  • 1973
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    The Operation

    The Operation

    1 1973 HD

    David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.

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  • 1980
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    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    6.7 1980 HD

    Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into...

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  • 1994
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    The Negotiator

    The Negotiator

    1 1994 HD

    A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a...

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  • 2013
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    Harrigan

    Harrigan

    4.7 2013 HD

    Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life...

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  • 1981
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    Escape to Victory

    Escape to Victory

    6.888 1981 HD

    A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of...

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  • 1982
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    Inside the Third Reich

    Inside the Third Reich

    7.3 1982 HD

    A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based...

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  • 2003
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    Solid Air

    Solid Air

    1 2003 HD

    Seeking refuge, compulsive gambler Robert Houston Junior comes home to his estranged father, Robert Senior. Discovering a lapsed compensation claim...

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  • 1966
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    The Fighting Prince of Donegal

    The Fighting Prince of Donegal

    5.6 1966 HD

    Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then...

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  • 1976
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    Willie Rough

    Willie Rough

    1 1976 HD

    In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a...

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  • 1988
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    Unreported Incident

    Unreported Incident

    1 1988 HD

    Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne were once, briefly, enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border; now their lives have become inextricably...

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  • 1983
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    Heather Ann

    Heather Ann

    1 1983 HD

    Cornish fisherman John Lewis is waiting for a stroke of luck which will give him the money to pay his debts and rid himself of his wife and his...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1980
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    Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

    7.292 1980 HD

    A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank...

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  • 2007
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    Skins

    Skins

    8.1 2007 HD

    Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.

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  • 1982
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    Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

    7.1 1982 HD

    Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To...

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  • 1987
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    8.4 1987 HD

    Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new...

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  • 1981
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    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.4 1981 HD

    Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.864 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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  • 1981
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    The Nightmare Man

    The Nightmare Man

    6 1981 HD

    The population of a small Scottish island is gripped with fear following a strange discovery and a series of savage murders. Adapted from David...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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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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  • 1981
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    The Chinese Detective

    The Chinese Detective

    7.25 1981 HD

    Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use...

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  • 1975
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    Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    7.067 1975 HD

    Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

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  • 1989
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    Baywatch

    Baywatch

    5.939 1989 HD

    Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.

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  • 1970
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    Doomwatch

    Doomwatch

    5.667 1970 HD

    Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the...

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  • 1984
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    7.2 1984 HD

    Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt....

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  • 2001
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    Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

    7.2 2001 HD

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

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  • 1962
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    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    6 1962 HD

    Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country...

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  • 1991
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    Spender

    Spender

    7 1991 HD

    Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and...

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  • 1975
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    Oil Strike North

    Oil Strike North

    5 1975 HD

    Oil Strike North is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975. The series was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and dealt with life on...

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  • 1979
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    Danger UXB

    Danger UXB

    8 1979 HD

    Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series about World War II developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian...

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  • 1987
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    Tutti Frutti

    Tutti Frutti

    7.1 1987 HD

    Tutti Frutti is a BBC Scotland six part drama series, transmitted in 1987 and written by John Byrne. It starred Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson,...

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  • 1997
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    Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

    6.2 1997 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...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.125 1970 HD

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

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  • 1977
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    Target

    Target

    6.5 1977 HD

    A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.

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  • 1973
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    Warship

    Warship

    5.5 1973 HD

    Warship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977. The series dealt with life on board a Royal Navy...

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  • 1972
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    The Shadow of the Tower

    The Shadow of the Tower

    5 1972 HD

    The Shadow of the Tower is a historical drama that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It was a prequel to the earlier serials The Six Wives of Henry VIII...

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  • 1978
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    BBC Television Shakespeare

    BBC Television Shakespeare

    5.2 1978 HD

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

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  • 1969
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    Paul Temple

    Paul Temple

    5 1969 HD

    Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis...

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  • 1998
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    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

    7.8 1998 HD

    Becky Sharp is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost.

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  • 1978
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    Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

    7 1978 HD

    Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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  • 1985
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    Lytton's Diary

    Lytton's Diary

    5 1985 HD

    Peter Bowles gives a memorable performance as Fleet Street's most successful gossip columnist, Neville Lytton. Co-created by Bowles, this highly...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

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

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  • 1974
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    Playhouse

    Playhouse

    7 1974 HD

    BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by...

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  • 1987
    imgS4 E6

    The New Statesman

    The New Statesman

    7.511 1987 HD

    The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

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  • 1987
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    Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

    5.9 1987 HD

    Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake...

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  • 1988
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    The Play on One

    The Play on One

    5.5 1988 HD

    A series of plays specially written for television.

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  • 1982
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    Cheers

    Cheers

    7.6 1982 HD

    The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

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