John Fortune

John Fortune

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

  • Title: John Fortune
  • Popularity: 2.494
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1939-06-30
  • Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK
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John Fortune Movies

  • 2000
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    Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

    6.531 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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  • 1999
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    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    1 1999 HD

    In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the...

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  • 2003
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    Between Iraq and a Hard Place

    Between Iraq and a Hard Place

    1 2003 HD

    The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes....

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  • 1984
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    Bloodbath at the House of Death

    Bloodbath at the House of Death

    5.5 1984 HD

    Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier...

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  • 1982
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    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    6 1982 HD

    Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums –...

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  • 1996
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    Giving Tongue

    Giving Tongue

    1 1996 HD

    Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she...

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  • 1973
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    The Cobblers of Umbridge

    The Cobblers of Umbridge

    1 1973 HD

    A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.

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  • 2005
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    Match Point

    Match Point

    7.36 2005 HD

    Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris....

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  • 1993
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    Don't Leave Me This Way

    Don't Leave Me This Way

    7 1993 HD

    British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta...

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  • 1981
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    Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens

    7 1981 HD

    Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a...

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  • 2003
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    Calendar Girls

    Calendar Girls

    6.546 2003 HD

    Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

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  • 1970
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    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

    7 1970 HD

    Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches.

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  • 1995
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    England, My England

    England, My England

    5 1995 HD

    The story of Henry Purcell.

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  • 1965
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    The End of Arthur's Marriage

    The End of Arthur's Marriage

    5 1965 HD

    In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a...

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  • 1990
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    Life After Life

    Life After Life

    1 1990 HD

    A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.

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  • 2000
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    Maybe Baby

    Maybe Baby

    5.4 2000 HD

    Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life....

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  • 2001
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    The Tailor of Panama

    The Tailor of Panama

    6.019 2001 HD

    A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a...

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  • 1996
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    Giving Tongue

    Giving Tongue

    1 1996 HD

    Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she...

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  • 1978
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    The Light Princess

    The Light Princess

    7 1978 HD

    Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.

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  • 1995
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    A Very Open Prison

    A Very Open Prison

    10 1995 HD

    The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped...

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  • 1970
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    Take a Girl Like You

    Take a Girl Like You

    5.5 1970 HD

    Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,...

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  • 1965
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    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

    1 1965 HD

    An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...

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  • 1976
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    Jumbo

    Jumbo

    1 1976 HD

    "1975 was the year of the disaster movie, yeah? So what stops 1976 being the year of the disastrous disaster movie?"

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  • 1986
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    The Demon Lover

    The Demon Lover

    1 1986 HD

    When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little...

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  • 2006
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    Coup!

    Coup!

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Cobblers of Umbridge

    The Cobblers of Umbridge

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1970
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    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

    Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

    7 1970 HD

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  • 1972
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    Rentadick

    Rentadick

    4.4 1972 HD

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  • 1991
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    Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

    6.6 1991 HD

    A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every...

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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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  • 2008
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    Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

    1 2008 HD

    Rory Bremner takes a satirical look at the 2008 'credit crunch'. He spoofs politicians and other public figures to tell the story of the US and UK...

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  • 1976
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    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    5 1976 HD

    A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows...

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  • 1980
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    Yes Minister

    Yes Minister

    8.288 1980 HD

    Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations...

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  • 1999
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    Bremner, Bird and Fortune

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune

    6 1999 HD

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the...

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  • 2004
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    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.3 2004 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

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  • 1964
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    Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

    Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

    1 1964 HD

    Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life is a BBC-TV satire programme produced by Ned Sherrin, which aired during the winter of 1964–1965,...

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  • 1989
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    Rory Bremner

    Rory Bremner

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1993
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    Rory Bremner...Who Else?

    Rory Bremner...Who Else?

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1976
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    Well Anyway

    Well Anyway

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1981
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    Hi-de-Hi!

    Hi-de-Hi!

    7 1981 HD

    Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960, and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who...

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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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  • 1967
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    A Series Of Bird's

    A Series Of Bird's

    1 1967 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

    The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

    6.782 2010 HD

    Comedy about an inept American placed in charge of sales at his company's London branch. He has no experience with British culture, knows nothing...

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  • 2003
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    Spine Chillers

    Spine Chillers

    1 2003 HD

    Anthology series of black comedies, which sets out to deliver excellent stories with a darkly comic twist.

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  • 1989
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    Campion

    Campion

    5.6 1989 HD

    Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989...

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  • 2007
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    Comedy Showcase

    Comedy Showcase

    7 2007 HD

    Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much...

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  • 2005
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    Love Soup

    Love Soup

    7.75 2005 HD

    Bittersweet comedy drama about the eternal search for the perfect partner.

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  • 1990
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    7.1 1990 HD

    Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party,...

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  • 1970
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    6 1970 HD

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the...

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  • 1970
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    6 1970 HD

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the...

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