Ken Campbell

Ken Campbell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kenneth Victor Campbell (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English writer, actor, director and comedian known for his work in experimental theatre.He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre."   Campbell achieved notoriety in the 1970s for his nine-hour adaptation of the science-fiction trilogy Illuminatus! and his 22-hour staging of Neil Oram's play cycle The Warp. The Guinness Book of Records listed the latter as the longest play in the world. The Independent said that, "In the 1990s, through a series of sprawling monologues packed with arcane information and freakish speculations on the nature of reality, he became something approaching a grand old man of the fringe, though without ever discarding his inner enfant terrible."  The Times labelled Campbell a one-man whirlwind of comic and surreal performance. The Guardian, in a posthumous tribute, judged him to be "one of the most original and unclassifiable talents in the British theatre of the past half-century. A genius at producing shows on a shoestring and honing the improvisational capabilities of the actors who were brave enough to work with him."   The artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse said, "He was the door through which many hundreds of kindred souls entered a madder, braver, brighter, funnier and more complex universe."   Description above from the Wikipedia article  Ken Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Ken Campbell
  • Popularity: 2.941
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1941-12-10
  • Place of Birth: Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Kenneth Campbell
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Ken Campbell Movies

  • 2000
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    Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

    6.5 2000 HD

    Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late...

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  • 2004
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    Creep

    Creep

    5.914 2004 HD

    Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the...

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  • 1985
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    Letter to Brezhnev

    Letter to Brezhnev

    6.4 1985 HD

    The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet...

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  • 1985
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    In the Secret State

    In the Secret State

    1 1985 HD

    A Government Department with data on us all in its computers is not functioning quite as its ex-Head intended. Frank Strange sets out to clear his...

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  • 1985
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    Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

    Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

    1 1985 HD

    Drama documentary which takes the form of an up-dated version of Pygmalion. With a special music score by jazz group Working Week, with real...

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  • 1981
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    Towers of Babel

    Towers of Babel

    1 1981 HD

    A BAFTA award nominated black comedy about life and death in a London tower block.

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  • 1979
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    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    6.3 1979 HD

    Amnesty decided not to present a benefit show in 1978 in order to consider how to make better use of the performing talent so favourably disposed to...

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  • 2000
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    The Skulls

    The Skulls

    5.8 2000 HD

    A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it...

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  • 1998
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    The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

    The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

    5.8 1998 HD

    Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.

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  • 1985
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    Unfair Exchanges

    Unfair Exchanges

    1 1985 HD

    Julie Walters stars as a single mother seemingly haunted by a sinister telephone system that seems to have become an evil intelligence in its own...

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  • 1978
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    Dinner at the Sporting Club

    Dinner at the Sporting Club

    1 1978 HD

    John Thaw plays Vinny Mathews a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience as to whether or not to provide a fighter for a Sporting...

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  • 2012
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    Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

    Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

    7.4 2012 HD

    Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to...

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  • 1967
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    The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick

    The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick

    1 1967 HD

    Thomas Chadwick is a man of dignity. He knows what's right and nothing will deter him from it. Unfortunately he cannot quite find the right job to go...

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  • 1967
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    Poor Cow

    Poor Cow

    6.395 1967 HD

    A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison....

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  • 1985
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    The Bride

    The Bride

    5.3 1985 HD

    Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed...

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  • 1968
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    Uncle Silas

    Uncle Silas

    1 1968 HD

    After her father's death, Maud, a young heiress, is sent to live with her Uncle Silas. She finds her new guardian living in a gothic nightmare of a...

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  • 1989
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    Scandal

    Scandal

    5.9 1989 HD

    An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through...

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  • 1985
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    The Moon Over Soho

    The Moon Over Soho

    1 1985 HD

    A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.

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  • 1999
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.3 1999 HD

    Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy...

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  • 1969
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    The Big Flame

    The Big Flame

    5 1969 HD

    After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...

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  • 1979
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    The Tempest

    The Tempest

    6 1979 HD

    Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping...

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  • 1968
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    Inspector Clouseau

    Inspector Clouseau

    5 1968 HD

    Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the...

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  • 1985
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    Joshua Then and Now

    Joshua Then and Now

    5.25 1985 HD

    Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, allegedly his autobiography, it tells the story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to...

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  • 1998
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    Extraordinary Visitor

    Extraordinary Visitor

    3.4 1998 HD

    As the new millennium approaches, God considers pulling the plug on the planet unless St. John the Baptist finds a reason to spare humanity. John...

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  • 1976
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    Justine by the Marquis de Sade

    Justine by the Marquis de Sade

    2.6 1976 HD

    A series of non-dramatic tableaux representing scenes from De Sade's novel.

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  • 1985
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    A Zed & Two Noughts

    A Zed & Two Noughts

    7 1985 HD

    Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.

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  • 1988
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    A Fish Called Wanda

    A Fish Called Wanda

    7.199 1988 HD

    While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

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  • 1990
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    Wings of Fame

    Wings of Fame

    6.7 1990 HD

    A famous movie actor claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengefully kills him but then dies as...

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  • 1985
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    Dreamchild

    Dreamchild

    6.7 1985 HD

    Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had...

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  • 1980
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    Breaking Glass

    Breaking Glass

    6.9 1980 HD

    Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her...

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  • 1992
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    Secret Nation

    Secret Nation

    5.2 1992 HD

    A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland...

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  • 1986
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    Smart Money

    Smart Money

    5.5 1986 HD

    Leon, a hacker convicted for a crime he did not commit, escapes from detention centre following the death of his father, to take revenge on the man...

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  • 1996
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    Hard Men

    Hard Men

    5.7 1996 HD

    British Gangster film with a tongue-in-cheek approach to the genre, including a part played by 'Mad' Frankie Fraser. When Tone's ex girlfriend...

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  • 1979
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    The Last Window Cleaner

    The Last Window Cleaner

    1 1979 HD

    When DC Denis Deacey finds himself surprisingly transferred to Belfast he gets digs in a most unusual boarding house called The Crumlin View where no...

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  • 1971
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    The Ken Campbell Roadshow

    The Ken Campbell Roadshow

    1 1971 HD

    The Ken Campbell Roadshow brings entertainment to the streets and pubs of Kirkby New Town.

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  • 1990
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    Crimestrike

    Crimestrike

    1 1990 HD

    What would happen if the nation’s criminals decided to go on strike? A comedy drama based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek.

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  • 1976
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    The Story of Pantomime

    The Story of Pantomime

    1 1976 HD

    This 1976 BBC documentary sees Ken Campbell (and his Roadshow) investigate the origins and the development of the traditional British Christmas...

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  • 1979
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    Phoelix

    Phoelix

    1 1979 HD

    An aged art connoisseur (Beaumont) and his young female neighbour (Coles), who has a job posing naked in a club, meet and exist in fantasy and...

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  • 1992
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    A Different Hand

    A Different Hand

    1 1992 HD

    A musical comedy drama about a young woman (played by Tina Leslie) rebelling against society's attitudes (including her parents, her doctor, her...

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  • 1976
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    The Mound Builders

    The Mound Builders

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1977
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    Secret Service

    Secret Service

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Rules of the Game

    The Rules of the Game

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1985
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    Unfair Exchanges

    Unfair Exchanges

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.6 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

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  • 1980
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    The Gentle Touch

    The Gentle Touch

    7.2 1980 HD

    The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing...

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  • 1975
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    Fawlty Towers

    Fawlty Towers

    8.2 1975 HD

    Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array...

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  • 1985
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    In Sickness and in Health

    In Sickness and in Health

    7.8 1985 HD

    Sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part' with the bad tempered Alf Garnett, who has not mellowed with the years and is as bigoted as ever.

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    6.7 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.4 1986 HD

    The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a...

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  • 1981
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    Private Schulz

    Private Schulz

    5.8 1981 HD

    Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in...

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  • 2002
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    Baby Bob

    Baby Bob

    10 2002 HD

    Baby Bob is an American sitcom that aired on CBS as a midseason replacement in March 2002. The Baby Bob character had previously been on television...

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  • 1978
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    6.5 1978 HD

    Law & Order is a series of four British television plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair. It was first transmitted in 1978 on BBC2.

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  • 1966
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    Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

    5.5 1966 HD

    Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to...

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  • 1996
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    Local Heroes

    Local Heroes

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1988
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    Erasmus Microman

    Erasmus Microman

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1999
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    Dooley Gardens

    Dooley Gardens

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1985
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    Super Gran

    Super Gran

    6.538 1985 HD

    Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with super powers and her arch nemesis, The Scunner...

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  • 1978
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    An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

    5.3 1978 HD

    An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian,...

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  • 1999
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    Six Experiments that Changed the World

    Six Experiments that Changed the World

    1 1999 HD

    Using archive footage and stills to set the scene as well as real-life re-enactment presenter Ken Campbell recreates six revolutionary scientific...

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  • 1995
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    Reality on the Rocks

    Reality on the Rocks

    1 1995 HD

    A trilogy of films in which the comic actor, Ken Campbell, tries to get to grips with Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.

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  • 1994
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    Middlemarch

    Middlemarch

    7.9 1994 HD

    19th century Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of change. In the provincial town of Middlemarch, the...

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  • 1984
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    8.1 1984 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...

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  • 1985
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    Home to Roost

    Home to Roost

    6.3 1985 HD

    Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry...

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  • 1977
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    The Professionals

    The Professionals

    7.4 1977 HD

    The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was...

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