Clive Swift

Clive Swift

Clive Swift was a British actor known to millions as Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband Richard in BBC One's 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before breaking into television, also acted in such series as Peak Practice, Born and Bred and The Old Guys.

  • Title : Clive Swift
  • Popularity : 6.505
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1936-02-09
  • Place of Birth : Liverpool, England, UK
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  • Also Known As : Clive Walter Swift
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Clive Swift Movies

  • 1972
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    Frenzy

    Frenzy

    7.1 1972 HD

    After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.

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  • 1972
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    Death Line

    Death Line

    5.771 1972 HD

    There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the...

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  • 1976
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    5 1976 HD

    Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

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  • 1978
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    The Sailor's Return

    The Sailor's Return

    6 1978 HD

    Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife....

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  • 1976
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    Beasts: The Dummy

    Beasts: The Dummy

    1 1976 HD

    A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of...

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  • 1987
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    Cause Célèbre

    Cause Célèbre

    6 1987 HD

    When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions fall on the older woman's young lover, the newly...

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  • 1988
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    Young Toscanini

    Young Toscanini

    5.9 1988 HD

    A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

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  • 1968
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    5.5 1968 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    Henry IV Part 1

    Henry IV Part 1

    7 1979 HD

    Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed...

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  • 1990
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    Othello

    Othello

    7 1990 HD

    Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out of balance when secretly jealous, scheming...

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  • 1969
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    Birthday

    Birthday

    1 1969 HD

    Michael Frayn play part of TV series The Wednesday Play.

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  • 1971
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    The Stalls of Barchester

    The Stalls of Barchester

    6.214 1971 HD

    Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes...

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  • 1965
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    Catch Us If You Can

    Catch Us If You Can

    5.2 1965 HD

    Dinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for...

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  • 1980
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    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    5.5 1980 HD

    Adaptation of the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson

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  • 1972
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    A Warning to the Curious

    A Warning to the Curious

    6.912 1972 HD

    Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according...

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  • 2003
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    101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

    101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

    6 2003 HD

    Being one of 101 takes its toll on Patch, who doesn't feel unique. When he's accidentally left behind on moving day, he meets his idol, Thunderbolt,...

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  • 1986
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    All Together Now

    All Together Now

    1 1986 HD

    The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a newcomer to the village, who...

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  • 1972
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    Dead of Night: The Exorcism

    Dead of Night: The Exorcism

    7.5 1972 HD

    Four wealthy, middle-class friends gather for a Christmas dinner in a country cottage only to find that the past will not rest while they feast.

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  • 1970
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    Mad Jack

    Mad Jack

    1 1970 HD

    Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War

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  • 1977
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    The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

    1 1977 HD

    Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his...

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  • 2023
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    Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

    Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

    7 2023 HD

    Keeping Up Appearances remains one of Britain's best loved series. Running for 5 years throughout the 90s, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the...

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  • 1974
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    South Riding

    South Riding

    1 1974 HD

    An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel

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  • 1991
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    The War That Never Ends

    The War That Never Ends

    1 1991 HD

    The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broadcast-like monologues by Theucydides, Plato, and...

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  • 1973
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    The National Health

    The National Health

    6.6 1973 HD

    Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever,...

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  • 1968
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    All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

    1 1968 HD

    An adaptation directed by Claude Whatham for the BBC's Theatre 625 slot. Essentially a recording of John Barton's acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company...

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  • 2002
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    Young Arthur

    Young Arthur

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1973
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    Man at the Top

    Man at the Top

    5.1 1973 HD

    Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, his beautiful wife Alex, and daughter...

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  • 1982
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    Praying Mantis

    Praying Mantis

    5 1982 HD

    A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that...

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  • 1981
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    Excalibur

    Excalibur

    6.9 1981 HD

    A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his...

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  • 1975
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    The Breakthrough

    The Breakthrough

    1 1975 HD

    An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1966 short story of the same title, broadcast as part of the BBC's "BBC2 Playhouse".

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  • 1987
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    Pack of Lies

    Pack of Lies

    6.6 1987 HD

    A British couple are shocked out of their suburban malaise when British intelligence agent Stewart shows up at their door and wants to use their...

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  • 1997
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    The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

    The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

    9 1997 HD

    Daisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this TV-special are clips from prevous episodes.

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  • 1988
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    Journey's End

    Journey's End

    7 1988 HD

    A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.

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  • 2007
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    Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

    Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

    7.5 2007 HD

    When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new...

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  • 1984
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    A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    6.76 1984 HD

    Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a...

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  • 1985
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    The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

    1 1985 HD

    The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaption of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, first broadcast in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan...

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  • 1970
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    Roll On Four O'Clock

    Roll On Four O'Clock

    6 1970 HD

    Compelling drama from screenwriter Colin Welland set in a city comprehensive school of low expectations and ambitions. Pupil Latimer does not conform...

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  • 1985
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    What Mad Pursuit

    What Mad Pursuit

    1 1985 HD

    If you were a famous English novelist doing a whistle stop tour of the United States to promote your books, wouldn't you welcome with open arms the...

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  • 1984
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    Pericles, Prince of Tyre

    Pericles, Prince of Tyre

    7 1984 HD

    When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another...

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  • 1999
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    Aristocrats

    Aristocrats

    6 1999 HD

    18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox,...

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  • 1985
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    Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

    9.2 1985 HD

    At the Tranquil Repose mortuary, the Doctor and Peri uncover a sinister plot to create a new breed of Daleks under the supervision of the mysterious...

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  • 1975
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    Goodbye

    Goodbye

    10 1975 HD

    "All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's...

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  • 1976
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    Buffet

    Buffet

    1 1976 HD

    A quick drink in the buffet before going home. Freddie's nerves are taking a hammering lately; the economy is in dire trouble and who can blame a...

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  • 2013
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    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    1 2013 HD

    This retrospective documentary looks back on the making of director John Boorman's 1981 movie, Excalibur. Self-described as the toughest film he ever...

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  • 1983
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    Martin Luther, Heretic

    Martin Luther, Heretic

    1 1983 HD

    Martin Luther inspires a breakaway from the Roman Catholic church and is the founder of Protestantism.

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  • 1980
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    An Ordered Life

    An Ordered Life

    1 1980 HD

    Colin Jeavons is the German composer Anton Webern who survives Naziism only to be shot by an American GI in the closing days of WW2. Daniel Gerroll...

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  • 1979
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    Home-Movies

    Home-Movies

    1 1979 HD

    A 1979 production from BBC2 Playhouse by Denis Cannan

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  • 1981
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    The Potsdam Quartet

    The Potsdam Quartet

    1 1981 HD

    ' They're mortal enemies, we just hate each other. So surely if they can agree about the destiny of mankind, we can save our quartet from the...

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  • 1978
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    Foreign Affairs

    Foreign Affairs

    1 1978 HD

    Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Susan and Viktor - a reunion which leads to unforeseen complications.

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  • 1976
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    Beloved

    Beloved

    1 1976 HD

    When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion, called the Abode of Love.

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  • 1990
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    Keeping Up Appearances

    Keeping Up Appearances

    7.6 1990 HD

    Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you...

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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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  • 1986
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    A Very Peculiar Practice

    A Very Peculiar Practice

    7.8 1986 HD

    A young and idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker arrives at Lowlands University to work at the Health Centre, but has to cope with an eccentric set of...

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  • 1980
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    The Gentle Touch

    The Gentle Touch

    7 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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  • 1979
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    Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

    6.7 1979 HD

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

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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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  • 1987
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    Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

    7.82 1987 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...

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  • 1985
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    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    6.9 1985 HD

    A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1976
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    Beasts

    Beasts

    6.8 1976 HD

    Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United...

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  • 1978
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    Hazell

    Hazell

    5.3 1978 HD

    Hazell is a British television series that ran from 1978–1979, about a fictional private detective named James Hazell.

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  • 1988
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    Gentlemen and Players

    Gentlemen and Players

    5 1988 HD

    Gentlemen and Players is a British television series produced by TVS Television for the ITV network. An aspirational late 1980s drama series,...

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  • 2002
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    Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

    8.5 2002 HD

    Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. Created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, Born and...

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  • 1968
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    The Expert

    The Expert

    9.5 1968 HD

    The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a...

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  • 2007
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    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    3.7 2007 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...

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  • 1972
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    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    7 1972 HD

    Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It ran for a...

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  • 2009
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    The Old Guys

    The Old Guys

    6.5 2009 HD

    The Old Guys is a British comedy television series that revolves around two aging housemates: Tom Finnan and Roy Bowden. The pair live across the...

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  • 1986
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    First Among Equals

    First Among Equals

    1 1986 HD

    First Among Equals is a ten-part serial based on Jeffrey Archer's 1984 novel First Among Equals, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network...

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  • 2012
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    Cuckoo

    Cuckoo

    6.7 2012 HD

    Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively...

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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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  • 1970
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    Waugh on Crime

    Waugh on Crime

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1976
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    Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

    1 1976 HD

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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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  • 1980
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    The Nesbitts Are Coming

    The Nesbitts Are Coming

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

    5.5 1985 HD

    Mr Pickwick, Tupman, Winkle, Snodgrass and Sam Weller begin their travels through the England of stage-coaches and coaching inns.

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  • 1993
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    Peak Practice

    Peak Practice

    5.875 1993 HD

    Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...

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  • 1978
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    Bless Me Father

    Bless Me Father

    6.2 1978 HD

    Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye, Patrick McAlinney, David Ryall, Derek Francis and Sheila...

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  • 1975
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    Shadows

    Shadows

    5.7 1975 HD

    Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over three...

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  • 2004
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    Hustle

    Hustle

    7.623 2004 HD

    A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.

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  • 1971
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    A Ghost Story for Christmas

    A Ghost Story for Christmas

    7.4 1971 HD

    A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at...

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  • 1981
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    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    5 1981 HD

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced...

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  • 2015
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    Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

    Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

    10 2015 HD

    Valentine is famous for writing parenting guide books and being the perfect woman, wife and mother. But out of the blue, her husband announces he...

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  • 1982
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    The Barchester Chronicles

    The Barchester Chronicles

    7 1982 HD

    Against the sumptuous background of Peterborough Cathedral and its environs, one is carried into Trollope's world of the intriguing machinations of...

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.5 1997 HD

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

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  • 1969
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    Dombey and Son

    Dombey and Son

    1 1969 HD

    Charles Dickens' classic novel is given its first television adaptation in this classic 1969 BBC production. Paul Dombey is a well-to-do shipping...

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  • 2005
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.5 2005 HD

    The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.1 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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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.1 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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  • 1972
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    The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

    8.5 1972 HD

    A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

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