Derek Francis

Derek Francis

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Derek Francis  (born 7 November 1923 in Brighton - died 27 March 1984 in Wimbledon, London) was an English comedy and character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Francis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Derek Francis
  • Popularity: 2.534
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1923-11-07
  • Place of Birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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Derek Francis Movies

  • 1967
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    Carry On Doctor

    Carry On Doctor

    6.5 1967 HD

    Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his...

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  • 1960
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    The Criminal

    The Criminal

    6.4 1960 HD

    When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has...

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  • 1972
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    Carry On Matron

    Carry On Matron

    6.2 1972 HD

    A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises...

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  • 1976
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    To the Devil a Daughter

    To the Devil a Daughter

    5.561 1976 HD

    An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using...

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  • 1966
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    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    5.939 1966 HD

    Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals...

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  • 1970
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    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    6.9 1970 HD

    A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

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  • 1964
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    The Tomb of Ligeia

    The Tomb of Ligeia

    6.262 1964 HD

    Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself...

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  • 1965
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    Pity About the Abbey

    Pity About the Abbey

    1 1965 HD

    Satirical play in which businessmen want to destroy Westminster Abbey to make way for a bypass.

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  • 1966
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    The Connoisseur

    The Connoisseur

    1 1966 HD

    George Stoupe, successful housemaster at the public school, has an eye to the main chance against his retirement. He chooses the boys for his house...

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  • 1961
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    Two Living, One Dead

    Two Living, One Dead

    7 1961 HD

    Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one...

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  • 1970
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    Man of Violence

    Man of Violence

    5.6 1970 HD

    Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country...

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  • 1967
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    Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

    Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

    5.6 1967 HD

    Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into...

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  • 1962
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    Backfire!

    Backfire!

    5 1962 HD

    Arson is the way out for a failing cosmetics company.

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  • 1963
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    The Snag

    The Snag

    1 1963 HD

    When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic center, only Emma Mannering's corset shop stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends...

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  • 1962
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    Captain Clegg

    Captain Clegg

    6.235 1962 HD

    A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and...

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  • 1972
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    Carry On Abroad

    Carry On Abroad

    6.3 1972 HD

    A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been...

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  • 1969
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    Carry On Camping

    Carry On Camping

    6.551 1969 HD

    Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to...

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  • 1969
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    Crossplot

    Crossplot

    5.5 1969 HD

    A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an...

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  • 1971
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    Say Hello to Yesterday

    Say Hello to Yesterday

    4.2 1971 HD

    Approaching middle-age and stuck in an unfulfilled marriage, a suburban British housewife allows herself a sexual fling with a brash young hunk she...

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  • 1963
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    The Hi-Jackers

    The Hi-Jackers

    7.1 1963 HD

    A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.

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  • 1966
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    Press for Time

    Press for Time

    5.6 1966 HD

    Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible...

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  • 1984
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    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

    8 1984 HD

    Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in...

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  • 1977
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    Jabberwocky

    Jabberwocky

    6 1977 HD

    A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures....

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  • 1964
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    Ring of Spies

    Ring of Spies

    6.9 1964 HD

    The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research...

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  • 1983
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    The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

    4.9 1983 HD

    Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady,...

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  • 1971
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    Carry On Henry

    Carry On Henry

    6.1 1971 HD

    Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and...

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  • 1969
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    Remember the Germans

    Remember the Germans

    1 1969 HD

    The conflict of a German man, Robert, who worked during the war for U.S Intelligence and now has been drawn back to his country to be honoured by his...

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  • 1977
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    Short Back and Sides

    Short Back and Sides

    1 1977 HD

    A city planner puts his breinchild into operation without considering the heartbreak it causes to the people affected.

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  • 1973
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    The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler

    6.3 1973 HD

    The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.

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  • 1979
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    Electric Eskimo

    Electric Eskimo

    1 1979 HD

    A young Eskimo boy accidentally gets hit by a mysterious ray during a secret British experiment and finds that he is now electrified.

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  • 1975
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    Mrs. Amworth

    Mrs. Amworth

    5.8 1975 HD

    A vampire terrorizes a quiet English town.

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  • 1970
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    Carry On Loving

    Carry On Loving

    5.6 1970 HD

    The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough...

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  • 1977
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    Three Dangerous Ladies

    Three Dangerous Ladies

    5 1977 HD

    Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with...

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  • 1971
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    The Statue

    The Statue

    4.7 1971 HD

    Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing...

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  • 1963
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    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    6.2 1963 HD

    A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London...

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  • 1965
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    The Little Ones

    The Little Ones

    1 1965 HD

    The story of Ted and Jackie, two London kids who decide to run away to Liverpool and, from there, stow away on a ship bound for Jamaica - the home of...

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  • 1961
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    No Love for Johnnie

    No Love for Johnnie

    5.5 1961 HD

    Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional...

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  • 1962
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    Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

    1 1962 HD

    A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.

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  • 1964
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    The Comedy Man

    The Comedy Man

    7.2 1964 HD

    A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and...

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  • 1982
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    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

    7 1982 HD

    The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.

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  • 1964
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    This Is My Street

    This Is My Street

    6.1 1964 HD

    A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.

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  • 2005
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    The Best Of Dick Emery

    The Best Of Dick Emery

    1 2005 HD

    Compilation of classic clips, featuring the best performances from across the much-loved comedian's long BBC career, including examples of Emery's...

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  • 1961
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    Never Back Losers

    Never Back Losers

    5 1961 HD

    Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator...

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  • 1965
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    Doctor Who: The Romans

    Doctor Who: The Romans

    7.9 1965 HD

    The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus...

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  • 1962
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    The Inspector

    The Inspector

    6.7 1962 HD

    At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

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  • 1964
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    Smokescreen

    Smokescreen

    7.2 1964 HD

    A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.

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  • 1974
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    K is for Killing

    K is for Killing

    1 1974 HD

    A husband and wife team are hired to protect an eccentric millionaire from an assassin but a series of murders follows.

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  • 1975
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    Murder Motel

    Murder Motel

    1 1975 HD

    A young woman looking into the disappearance of her fiance discovers that the last place he was seen was at a very strange motel.

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  • 1974
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    Who Killed Lamb?

    Who Killed Lamb?

    1 1974 HD

    A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there...

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  • 1984
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    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    7.448 1984 HD

    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

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  • 1963
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    Farewell Performance

    Farewell Performance

    1 1963 HD

    After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.

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  • 1973
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.6 1973 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

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  • 1968
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    Wild, Wild Women

    Wild, Wild Women

    1 1968 HD

    Wild, Wild Women was a British sitcom that aired on BBC from 1968 to 1969. Made in black-and-white, it starred Barbara Windsor and was written by...

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  • 1966
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    Softly, Softly

    Softly, Softly

    5 1966 HD

    Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of...

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  • 1962
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    Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

    7 1962 HD

    Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...

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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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  • 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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  • 1962
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    The Scales of Justice

    The Scales of Justice

    6.7 1962 HD

    Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for Anglo Amalgamated running around 30 minutes and...

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  • 1966
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    King of the River

    King of the River

    1 1966 HD

    King of the River is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967. The series centred around the King family and their...

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  • 1963
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    The Sentimental Agent

    The Sentimental Agent

    5.5 1963 HD

    The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated...

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  • 1970
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    Catweazle

    Catweazle

    7.5 1970 HD

    A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A British television series, created and written by...

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  • 1976
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    The New Avengers

    The New Avengers

    6.9 1976 HD

    The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The...

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  • 1972
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    Shirley's World

    Shirley's World

    5 1972 HD

    Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season. The sitcom was...

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  • 1971
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    7.3 1971 HD

    Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1970
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    Codename

    Codename

    1 1970 HD

    Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge...

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  • 1974
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    Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

    6.8 1974 HD

    "Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing...

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  • 1967
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1967 HD

    Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

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  • 1967
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    Witch Hunt

    Witch Hunt

    1 1967 HD

    Witch Hunt was a 1967 British supernatural television drama series shown on BBC2. Starring Patrick Kavanagh, and unfolding over 5 episodes, the plot...

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  • 1968
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    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1973
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    Whoops Baghdad

    Whoops Baghdad

    6 1973 HD

    Whoops Baghdad is a BBC television comedy programme first broadcast from 25 January to 1 March 1973. It stars Frankie Howerd, and was similar to his...

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  • 1968
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    Oh, Brother!

    Oh, Brother!

    6 1968 HD

    Oh, Brother! is a British situation comedy show on BBC television starring Derek Nimmo, which was broadcast between 1968 and 1970.

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  • 1959
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    International Detective

    International Detective

    7 1959 HD

    The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star...

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  • 1964
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    Detective

    Detective

    1 1964 HD

    A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC...

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  • 1965
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    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    3.8 1965 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

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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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  • 1977
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    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    5.5 1977 HD

    Adaptation of the Dickens novel.

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  • 1971
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    Justice

    Justice

    6 1971 HD

    Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974....

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  • 1973
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.6 1973 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

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  • 1971
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    Justice

    Justice

    6 1971 HD

    Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974....

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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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  • 1977
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    Beryl Reid

    Beryl Reid

    1 1977 HD

    Beryl Reid performs her favourite comedy sketches and scenes, featuring some of her own famous characters, with special guests.

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  • 1981
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    5 1981 HD

    Violence and Victorian gentility meet in this powerful adaptations of one of Dickens's greatest creations, his most piercing examination of upward...

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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  • 1974
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    Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

    7.4 1974 HD

    Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5.4 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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  • 1964
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    6.4 1964 HD

    Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second...

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  • 1972
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    Sykes

    Sykes

    6.4 1972 HD

    Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

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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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  • 1982
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    The Agatha Christie Hour

    The Agatha Christie Hour

    6.7 1982 HD

    This ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with wide-ranging themes. Some were romances, some had...

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