Alex Norton

Alex Norton

Alex Norton is a Scottish television, film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series Taggart, and Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down. He played eleven roles in Bill Douglas' 1986 film Comrades and has starred in the key films of Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero and Comfort and Joy) as well as big Hollywood productions like Braveheart, White Hunter Black Heart and Patriot Games. He was one of the founder members of the 7:84 company, touring Scotland with The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil in the 1970s.

  • Title: Alex Norton
  • Popularity: 6.708
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1950-01-27
  • Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Alex Norton Movies

  • 2006
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    7.364 2006 HD

    Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.

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  • 1984
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    Comfort and Joy

    Comfort and Joy

    6.6 1984 HD

    Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between...

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  • 1983
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    Local Hero

    Local Hero

    6.7 1983 HD

    An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

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  • 2000
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    Complicity

    Complicity

    5.9 2000 HD

    Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some...

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  • 1992
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    Blame It on the Bellboy

    Blame It on the Bellboy

    5.3 1992 HD

    Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a...

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  • 1992
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    Patriot Games

    Patriot Games

    6.7 1992 HD

    When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

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  • 1985
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    A Sense of Freedom

    A Sense of Freedom

    6.4 1985 HD

    The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.

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  • 2000
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    Beautiful Creatures

    Beautiful Creatures

    5.7 2000 HD

    When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.

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  • 1994
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    Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

    Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

    6.6 1994 HD

    Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a...

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  • 2023
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    Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

    Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

    7 2023 HD

    Sir Tony Robinson takes a journey back in time to find out where Blackadder really began, and to uncover the story of the previously-unseen pilot...

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  • 1998
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    The Game

    The Game

    1 1998 HD

    A play about three Scottish football fans (and one of their long suffering football widow wives!) enduring the trials of their team in the 1978 FIFA...

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  • 1988
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    Lucky Sunil

    Lucky Sunil

    1 1988 HD

    Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles...

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  • 2012
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    Sir Billi

    Sir Billi

    3.4 2012 HD

    An aging, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle...

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  • 1983
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    Dead on Time

    Dead on Time

    6.5 1983 HD

    Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes...

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  • 1974
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    The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

    The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

    1 1974 HD

    In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of...

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  • 2002
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    Billy Bongo

    Billy Bongo

    1 2002 HD

    A young Scottish man becomes a local celebrity... but to what end?

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  • 2002
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    The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    7.668 2002 HD

    Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13...

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  • 1989
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    Leaving

    Leaving

    1 1989 HD

    A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in...

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  • 1996
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    When Saturday Comes

    When Saturday Comes

    5.9 1996 HD

    Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other...

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  • 2023
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    Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

    Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

    1 2023 HD

    The story of the extraordinary friendship between Scottish film maker Bill Douglas and his lifelong companion and collaborator Peter Jewell. Bill...

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  • 1995
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    Braveheart

    Braveheart

    7.942 1995 HD

    Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's...

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  • 2014
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    Still Game: The Story So Far

    Still Game: The Story So Far

    10 2014 HD

    A celebration of the sitcom Still Game, featuring interviews with the cast, celebrities who have appeared on the show and super fans. Including a...

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  • 2015
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    Sean Connery: In His Own Words

    Sean Connery: In His Own Words

    6 2015 HD

    Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray...

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  • 2022
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    Ooh the Banter!

    Ooh the Banter!

    1 2022 HD

    Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous celebration of Scotland's most valuable export...

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  • 2013
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    Two Doors Down

    Two Doors Down

    6.5 2013 HD

    Comedy set in a chaotic Hogmanay party. Beth and Eric Baird's Hogmanay goes horribly wrong as family, friends and neighbours descend on their home....

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  • 1967
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    The Hunch

    The Hunch

    1 1967 HD

    A pleasure cruiser is abandoned by all aboard and Ian, Janet and Harry, children of a trawler skipper go out in their launch to claim her. They are...

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  • 1973
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    Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket

    Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket

    1 1973 HD

    Travelling the Scottish Highlands by bus.

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  • 1981
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    Gregory's Girl

    Gregory's Girl

    6.7 1981 HD

    A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

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  • 1998
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    Little Voice

    Little Voice

    6.5 1998 HD

    After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her...

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  • 1987
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    Comrades

    Comrades

    6.974 1987 HD

    The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign...

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  • 1989
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    Scandal

    Scandal

    5.9 1989 HD

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

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  • 1992
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    An Ungentlemanly Act

    An Ungentlemanly Act

    5.5 1992 HD

    Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually...

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  • 1997
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    Deacon Brodie

    Deacon Brodie

    1 1997 HD

    Drama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 Deacon Brodie a master cabinet maker and town...

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  • 1987
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    Hidden City

    Hidden City

    5.1 1987 HD

    Cassies Stuart leads the uncooperative Charles Dance into a world of misplaces government secrets, capalistic artists and bungling secret agents....

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  • 1998
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    Orphans

    Orphans

    6.7 1998 HD

    A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of...

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  • 1989
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    Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

    Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

    7 1989 HD

    Johnny Fortune (Damon Lowry) is no good to anyone, not mean, but just no good. Surrounded by violence and dishonesty, Johnny lives with Kate. Johnny...

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  • 1984
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    Every Picture Tells a Story

    Every Picture Tells a Story

    1 1984 HD

    James Scott's biopic of his father William Scott, his childhood and his origins as a painter.

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  • 1991
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    Chernobyl: The Final Warning

    Chernobyl: The Final Warning

    5.2 1991 HD

    True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.

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  • 1991
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    Under Suspicion

    Under Suspicion

    5.869 1991 HD

    In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to...

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  • 1990
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    White Hunter, Black Heart

    White Hunter, Black Heart

    6.3 1990 HD

    Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his...

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  • 1998
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    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    7.2 1998 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 1991
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    Robin Hood

    Robin Hood

    5.7 1991 HD

    The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

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  • 1994
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    White Goods

    White Goods

    6 1994 HD

    Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot,...

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  • 1975
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    Just Another Saturday

    Just Another Saturday

    8 1975 HD

    It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns...

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  • 1993
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    Down Among the Big Boys

    Down Among the Big Boys

    7 1993 HD

    Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy...

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  • 1977
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    The Thin End of the Wedge

    The Thin End of the Wedge

    1 1977 HD

    A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for friends he can tap and discovers that the...

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  • 1989
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    Countdown to War

    Countdown to War

    5 1989 HD

    Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell,...

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  • 2020
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    Dragon Rider

    Dragon Rider

    7.1 2020 HD

    An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” -...

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  • 2013
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    Dream Me Up Scotty!

    Dream Me Up Scotty!

    1 2013 HD

    Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 100 years audiences have struggled to understand...

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  • 2022
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    The Sea Beast

    The Sea Beast

    7.352 2022 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.635 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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  • 1983
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    Taggart

    Taggart

    6.316 1983 HD

    Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde...

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  • 1997
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    Renford Rejects

    Renford Rejects

    7 1997 HD

    Renford Rejects was a teen sitcom produced and broadcast by Nickelodeon UK between 1997 and 2001. The show briefly aired in the United States on Nick...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.65 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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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.3 1986 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    Unsolved

    Unsolved

    1 2004 HD

    Unsolved was a regional television documentary series produced by Grampian Television.

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  • 1983
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    Blackadder

    Blackadder

    8 1983 HD

    Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle...

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  • 1995
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    Backup

    Backup

    4.5 1995 HD

    Drama about the working lives of policemen and women in an Operational Support Unit.

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  • 1996
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    Bad Boys

    Bad Boys

    1 1996 HD

    A pair of small-time crooks, Wayne Todd and Fraser Hood, who met in jail are reunited when Wayne leaves London after being threatened by a thug and...

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  • 2019
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    Good Omens

    Good Omens

    8 2019 HD

    Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.

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  • 2013
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    Shetland

    Shetland

    7.5 2013 HD

    Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the...

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  • 2016
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    Two Doors Down

    Two Doors Down

    7.2 2016 HD

    Comedy centred around a couple and their insufferable neighbours.

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  • 1988
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    The One Game

    The One Game

    5 1988 HD

    The One Game is a four-part 1988 British television drama serial, produced by Central Independent Television and broadcast on ITV from 4 June to 25...

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  • 1981
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    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.4 1981 HD

    Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars...

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  • 1996
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    The Crow Road

    The Crow Road

    6.818 1996 HD

    History student Prentice returns home to attend his grandmother’s funeral. As the McHoan family gathers together to mark the solemn occasion,...

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  • 1999
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    Extremely Dangerous

    Extremely Dangerous

    1 1999 HD

    Extremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-National Criminal Intelligence Service undercover agent convicted...

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  • 2011
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    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    5 2011 HD

    Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction

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  • 2019
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    Hatton Garden

    Hatton Garden

    5.6 2019 HD

    The story of the audacious jewellery, gold and cash burglary at the heart of London's diamond district executed by an elderly gang of career...

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  • 1995
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    Hamish Macbeth

    Hamish Macbeth

    7.667 1995 HD

    Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C....

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  • 2006
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    Waterloo Road

    Waterloo Road

    7.2 2006 HD

    Waterloo Road is a UK television drama series the first broadcast was in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Originally set in a troubled...

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