James Hazeldine

James Hazeldine

British actor James Hazeldine was a well-known face both on British Television and on Stage. Best known for his role as Mike "Bayleaf" Wilson in the ITV drama, London's Burning (1988), many real-life firefighters thought Bayleaf was the character who closely and accurately portrayed your average real-life firefighter, a credit to his acting abilities. A meticulous performer, he was well-known for researching every part he played, and firmly believed that by accurately portraying a character the audience would feel much more involved in and enveloped by the performance. He played the role continuously for seven years from the serial's inception in 1988. (The character's sobriquet stemmed from a culinary bent for complex recipes). In a career spanning three decades, he also guested in such series as 'Boon' and 'Miss Marple', and, in the late 1980s, played the manager of the electrics company in Central's early-evening situation comedy, Young, Gifted and Broke (1989). In 1995, Hazeldine's character was written out of London's Burning of the actor's own volition, but he remained with the programme as a director. In years to come, he expanded his directing talents to encompass other UK drama serials, among them TV's The Knock (1994) and Heartbeat (1992). His acting CV also included sporadic film appearances, such as Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). Although renowned as a television performer, he was also a respected stage actor, having trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company and, at one time, acted on Broadway alongside Glenda Jackson. He was rehearsing for his role as Sigmund Freud in a new stage play, 'The Talking Cure', when he became ill. In 2002 he appeared in the controversial drama, Shipman, which re-enacted events surrounding the murderous killing spree of Dr Harold Shipman, Britain's most prolific serial killer. Hazeldine assumed the role of Detective Inspector Stan Egerton, the man charged with leading the investigation into the deranged doctor's crimes. Determined that the dramatization should be as authentic as possible, Hazeldine even met with the retired policeman to ensure a realistic portrayal of the diligent law enforcer. Ironically, while the Shipman drama was in production, the real-life Mr. Egerton died suddenly and prematurely of a coronary disorder. James Hazeldine died on 18 December 2002, aged 55. There will never be anyone quite like him again, British Television mourned the loss of a truly great actor, director and personality.

  • Title: James Hazeldine
  • Popularity: 3.051
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1947-04-04
  • Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire, England
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James Hazeldine Movies

  • 1980
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    Exchange and Divide

    Exchange and Divide

    1 1980 HD

    A marital breakdown is brought to life through a mixture of dramatisation, monologue, montage and animation. Through the perspectives of the husband,...

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  • 1982
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    Pink Floyd: The Wall

    Pink Floyd: The Wall

    7.964 1982 HD

    A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

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  • 1996
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    Emma

    Emma

    6.625 1996 HD

    Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful...

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  • 1971
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    Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

    6.9 1971 HD

    Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

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  • 1985
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    Chocky's Children

    Chocky's Children

    6 1985 HD

    A year has passed since Matthew said goodbye to his alien friend, and in the summer holidays he meets Albertine, a mathematical prodigy, with whom he...

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  • 1986
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    Chocky's Challenge

    Chocky's Challenge

    5.5 1986 HD

    Chocky hopes, with Matthew and Albertine's help, to help the human race discover cosmic power, which unlike Earth's finite natural resources, will...

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  • 1984
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    Chocky

    Chocky

    1 1984 HD

    Matthew Gore is an intelligent boy chosen by a mysterious extraterrestrial visitor to be a source of information about life on Earth. As his...

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  • 1991
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    A Small Dance

    A Small Dance

    1 1991 HD

    In the emptiness of the Lincolnshire fens, rural teenager Donna feels trapped in a joyless life with a domineering father and a dull job at the food...

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  • 1990
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    Close Relations

    Close Relations

    1 1990 HD

    At a family funeral, Trevor Orwin meets Jenny, the sister he never knew he had. The relationship that develops between them has a dramatic and...

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  • 1985
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    The Corsican Brothers

    The Corsican Brothers

    6 1985 HD

    In the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feelings of hate and reconciliation in their blood.

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  • 1986
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    London's Burning: The Movie

    London's Burning: The Movie

    8.5 1986 HD

    It's Josie Ingham's first day at Blackwall Firestation but things aren't going so well being the only female firefighter in an all-male team. Not...

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  • 1970
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    The Long Distance Piano Player

    The Long Distance Piano Player

    1 1970 HD

    The first Play for Today is the story of one man's obsession (to win the world long distance piano playing record) and the battle for good (his wife)...

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  • 1978
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    Red Shift

    Red Shift

    7.4 1978 HD

    Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and...

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  • 1973
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    Kisses at Fifty

    Kisses at Fifty

    1 1973 HD

    A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from his four children.

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  • 2002
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    Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

    Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

    6.7 2002 HD

    James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who...

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  • 1987
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    Business as Usual

    Business as Usual

    6 1987 HD

    After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over...

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  • 1991
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    Pirate Prince

    Pirate Prince

    10 1991 HD

    Jack Prince, a British renegade, joins a rebellion and becomes one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean

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  • 1972
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    The Ruling Class

    The Ruling Class

    6.377 1972 HD

    When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman;...

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  • 1970
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    Sovereign's Company

    Sovereign's Company

    7 1970 HD

    Sovereign's Company is the story of a boy from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction, who goes to a military academy as an...

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  • 1970
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    Ride, Ride

    Ride, Ride

    6 1970 HD

    An art student encounters a mysterious girl at a psychedelic party. She insists he give her a ride home on his motorbike, when something very strange...

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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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  • 2000
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    Hero of the Hour

    Hero of the Hour

    6 2000 HD

    A security guard foils an armed robbery and becomes a national hero, but his new-found fame cannot appease his guilty conscience.

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  • 1986
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    Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

    Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

    6.6 1986 HD

    Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector...

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  • 1976
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    The Lady of the Camellias

    The Lady of the Camellias

    1 1976 HD

    The doomed love story between Marguerite Gautier, a French courtesan frequented by high-class gentlemen, who is suffering from tuberculosis, and a...

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  • 1974
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    Stardust

    Stardust

    5.7 1974 HD

    Jim MacLaine is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international...

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  • 1976
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    For Services to Myself

    For Services to Myself

    1 1976 HD

    A proud socialist and community activist wrestles with the decision to accept an honour from the Queen

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  • 1971
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    Everybody Say Cheese

    Everybody Say Cheese

    1 1971 HD

    Comedy play about a seaside photographer, Henry Hunter, who goes to Margate every year to work, staying with his friends Frank and Hylda. However, he...

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  • 1983
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    6.4 1983 HD

    Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the...

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  • 1992
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    My Friend Walter

    My Friend Walter

    1 1992 HD

    Bess Throckmorton, a farmer's daughter from Devon, encounters an ancient relative who soon reveals himself to be the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh,...

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  • 1978
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    The Medusa Touch

    The Medusa Touch

    6.79 1978 HD

    A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He...

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  • 1982
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    John David

    John David

    1 1982 HD

    Patrick and Judith have everything prepared for the arrival of their first child but when he is born, they are quite unprepared for the crisis they...

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  • 1977
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    Love on a Gunboat

    Love on a Gunboat

    1 1977 HD

    In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has...

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  • 1987
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    On the Palm

    On the Palm

    1 1987 HD

    Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome...

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  • 1978
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    Forgotten Love Songs

    Forgotten Love Songs

    1 1978 HD

    'The man knew what he wanted. A relationship that was loving, but not possessive. In other words, he wanted to maintain his sanity.'

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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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  • 1999
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    The Last Train

    The Last Train

    7.3 1999 HD

    The Last Train is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated...

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  • 2002
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    The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

    The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

    7.1 2002 HD

    DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.

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  • 1979
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    The Omega Factor

    The Omega Factor

    6.5 1979 HD

    The Omega Factor is a British television series produced by BBC Scotland in 1979. It was created by Jack Gerson and produced by George Gallaccio, 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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  • 1996
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    Dalziel & Pascoe

    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.3 1996 HD

    British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 1983
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    One Summer

    One Summer

    7.7 1983 HD

    One Summer is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng. It stars David Morrissey and Spencer...

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  • 1979
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    Kids

    Kids

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Vice

    The Vice

    5.5 1999 HD

    The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of...

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  • 1988
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    Streets Apart

    Streets Apart

    1 1988 HD

    Childhood sweethearts Bernie and Sylvia are reunited after twenty years and resume their relationship, although their lives have become very...

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  • 1986
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    Chocky's Challenge

    Chocky's Challenge

    1 1986 HD

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  • 2001
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    Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

    Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

    3 2001 HD

    Adrian Mole: the Cappuccino Years is a British television series which was first aired on BBC One in 2001. The series was based on the fifth book...

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  • 1976
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    Cilla's World Of Comedy

    Cilla's World Of Comedy

    7.5 1976 HD

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  • 1989
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    Young, Gifted And Broke

    Young, Gifted And Broke

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Grand

    The Grand

    5 1997 HD

    The Grand is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997–1998. It was written by Russell T Davies and set in a hotel in...

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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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  • 1969
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    The Main Chance

    The Main Chance

    8 1969 HD

    The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden...

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  • 1987
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    Truckers

    Truckers

    1 1987 HD

    Comedy Drama about a Northern Haulage Firm struggling in the recession hit 1980's in the UK

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  • 1984
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    Chocky

    Chocky

    6.3 1984 HD

    Chocky is a 1984 children's television drama based on the 1968 novel by John Wyndham and was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. Two sequels were...

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  • 1973
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    Sam

    Sam

    5 1973 HD

    Sam is a drama set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period.

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  • 1964
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    Horizon

    Horizon

    7.328 1964 HD

    Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

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  • 1984
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    Miss Marple

    Miss Marple

    8 1984 HD

    Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan...

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  • 1986
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    Noel's Christmas Presents

    Noel's Christmas Presents

    1 1986 HD

    Noel Edmonds' journeys around Britain and the world to take gifts and surprises to deserving people. 

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  • 1986
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    London's Burning

    London's Burning

    7.6 1986 HD

    London's Burning is a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of...

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  • 1970
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    London's Burning

    London's Burning

    7 1970 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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