Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin (10 August 1932-14 April 2023) was an English actor and writer. He won the 1962 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his role in A Taste of Honey (1961).

  • Title: Murray Melvin
  • Popularity: 2.357
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1932-11-30
  • Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK
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Murray Melvin Movies

  • 1975
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    Barry Lyndon

    Barry Lyndon

    8 1975 HD

    An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond...

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  • 1994
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    Doomsday Gun

    Doomsday Gun

    5.5 1994 HD

    Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When...

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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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  • 1971
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    The Boy Friend

    The Boy Friend

    6.6 1971 HD

    The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which...

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  • 1971
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    The Devils

    The Devils

    7.5 1971 HD

    In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria...

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  • 1961
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    A Taste of Honey

    A Taste of Honey

    6.9 1961 HD

    While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and...

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  • 2021
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    Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl

    Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl

    1 2021 HD

    Born James Henry Miller in 1915, MacColl became prominent on the folk scene in the 1950s and was also a labour activist and actor. This affectionate...

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  • 1975
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    Lisztomania

    Lisztomania

    5.9 1975 HD

    In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keeps getting sucked back in by his seductive fellow...

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  • 1970
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    Start the Revolution Without Me

    Start the Revolution Without Me

    5.8 1970 HD

    Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other,...

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  • 1968
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    The Fixer

    The Fixer

    5.8 1968 HD

    Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a...

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  • 1963
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    Sparrows Can't Sing

    Sparrows Can't Sing

    5.2 1963 HD

    Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up...

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  • 1982
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    Nutcracker

    Nutcracker

    2 1982 HD

    A Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run by a powerful, wealthy lady (Joan Collins).

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  • 1974
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    Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

    4.7 1974 HD

    Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the...

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  • 2006
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    Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image

    Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image

    8.8 2006 HD

    A documentary exploring Bill Douglas' struggle from childhood poverty to acclaimed filmmaker of Comrades and the Trilogy.

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  • 2010
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    The Village

    The Village

    3.6 2010 HD

    A mysterious series of suicides fills the people of a small town with anxiety. Shortly before her eighteenth birthday, Kirsten sets out to solve the...

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  • 1979
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    Stories from a Flying Trunk

    Stories from a Flying Trunk

    1 1979 HD

    A magical blend of choreography, stop-motion and live action, Stories from a Flying Trunk captures the enchantment of three classic stories from Hans...

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  • 1977
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    Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

    5.6 1977 HD

    Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and...

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  • 1988
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    Testimony

    Testimony

    5.7 1988 HD

    The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

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  • 1977
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    Joseph Andrews

    Joseph Andrews

    4.7 1977 HD

    Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph...

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  • 1960
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    Suspect

    Suspect

    6.5 1960 HD

    A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that...

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  • 1992
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    As You Like It

    As You Like It

    5.5 1992 HD

    Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad...

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  • 2023
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    The Undertaker

    The Undertaker

    1 2023 HD

    A meek undertaker becomes trapped in a violent world when a gangster enlists him to dispose of a growing number of corpses.

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  • 1973
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    Ghost in the Noonday Sun

    Ghost in the Noonday Sun

    4.2 1973 HD

    A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more...

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  • 1962
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    Solo for Sparrow

    Solo for Sparrow

    1 1962 HD

    A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works. When his superiors think...

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  • 1984
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    This Office Life

    This Office Life

    1 1984 HD

    On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled. There was a luncheon voucher scheme, a pension...

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  • 1966
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    Alfie

    Alfie

    6.451 1966 HD

    A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.

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  • 1990
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    The Krays

    The Krays

    6 1990 HD

    The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and...

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  • 1962
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    H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

    6.5 1962 HD

    Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual...

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  • 1966
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    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    5.5 1966 HD

    The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".

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  • 1990
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    The Fool

    The Fool

    7 1990 HD

    A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working...

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  • 1976
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    The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

    The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

    2 1976 HD

    Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963...

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  • 2002
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    Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

    Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

    6.9 2002 HD

    Hell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark Kermode chats to Russell as well as two of the...

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  • 1999
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.3 1999 HD

    Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy...

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  • 2012
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    The Grey Mile

    The Grey Mile

    1 2012 HD

    Terry 'The Taxman' Tempest, the greatest bank robber there ever was, whose true identity was never discovered, finds himself languishing in a...

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  • 1963
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    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    5.1 1963 HD

    A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.

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  • 2017
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    The Lost City of Z

    The Lost City of Z

    6.404 2017 HD

    A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced...

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  • 1967
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    Smashing Time

    Smashing Time

    6.2 1967 HD

    Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.

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  • 1976
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    Shout at the Devil

    Shout at the Devil

    6 1976 HD

    During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German...

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  • 1966
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    Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

    4.8 1966 HD

    Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original...

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  • 1990
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    Sunday Pursuit

    Sunday Pursuit

    4 1990 HD

    Thomas Wilkins has faithfully worked his entire life on Saville Row. Suddenly he is fired by his boss Mr Gerald, who wants a younger man with new...

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  • 1972
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    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    4.4 1972 HD

    A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's...

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  • 1985
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    Sacred Hearts

    Sacred Hearts

    4 1985 HD

    A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, Oona Kirsch) in World War II England.

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  • 1999
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    Stanley and Us

    Stanley and Us

    6 1999 HD

    Three hapless directors arrive in England from Italy to make a documentary on their idol. The funny thing is, they have no interviews lined up! Not...

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  • 1991
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    Let Him Have It

    Let Him Have It

    6.6 1991 HD

    In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American...

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  • 1973
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    Gawain and the Green Knight

    Gawain and the Green Knight

    4.6 1973 HD

    The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.

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  • 2001
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    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    6.7 2001 HD

    Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand, sneak into Paris, then Lenormand will reveal...

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  • 1961
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    Petticoat Pirates

    Petticoat Pirates

    6.2 1961 HD

    Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine...

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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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    Slipstream

    Slipstream

    4.5 1989 HD

    In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of...

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  • 2004
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    The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

    7.3 2004 HD

    Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as The Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure...

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  • 1977
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    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

    6.1 1977 HD

    Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and...

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  • 2018
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    The Ghost of Peter Sellers

    The Ghost of Peter Sellers

    5.8 2018 HD

    A documentary about Peter Medak's unreleased film 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun', starring Peter Sellers and filmed in Cyprus in 1973.

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  • 1964
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    The Diary of a Nobody

    The Diary of a Nobody

    1 1964 HD

    Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril...

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  • 1994
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    Princess Caraboo

    Princess Caraboo

    5.4 1994 HD

    Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims...

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  • 1973
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    The Adventures Of Don Quixote

    The Adventures Of Don Quixote

    1 1973 HD

    A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win...

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  • 1995
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    Bugs

    Bugs

    6.8 1995 HD

    Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and...

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  • 2006
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    Torchwood

    Torchwood

    7.275 2006 HD

    The exploits a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 2000
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    Starhunter

    Starhunter

    5.1 2000 HD

    Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television

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  • 1995
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    Oscar's Orchestra

    Oscar's Orchestra

    5.7 1995 HD

    Oscar's Orchestra is a British children's animated TV series that ran from 1994 to 1996 comprising a total of three seasons and 39 episodes. The...

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  • 1985
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    Bulman

    Bulman

    6.7 1985 HD

    Bulman is a Granada TV series which ran from 1985–1987 and followed the fortunes of the major character from the earlier XYY Man and Strangers...

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  • 1964
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    Six

    Six

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1978
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    Clouds of Glory

    Clouds of Glory

    5 1978 HD

    Dramatization by Melvyn Bragg and Ken Russell of the lives of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.

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  • 1968
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    Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

    1 1968 HD

    Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken...

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  • 1969
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    The Flaxton Boys

    The Flaxton Boys

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1997
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    Jonathan Creek

    Jonathan Creek

    7.5 1997 HD

    Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to...

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  • 1990
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    Chillers

    Chillers

    6.2 1990 HD

    Based on Patricia Highsmith short stories. Displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving into the darkest depths of human nature.

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  • 1985
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    Super Gran

    Super Gran

    6.538 1985 HD

    Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with super powers and her arch nemesis, The Scunner...

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  • 2004
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    The Genius of Mozart

    The Genius of Mozart

    1 2004 HD

    Looks at Mozart's extraordinary short life and revolutionary music through a distinctive mix of costume drama and documentary.

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  • 1985
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    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

    6.5 1985 HD

    After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his...

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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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  • 2018
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    Starhunter ReduX

    Starhunter ReduX

    4.7 2018 HD

    It's a time when humans have spread across the solar system, colonizing planets and building new worlds. Rule of law has broken down on this new...

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  • 1968
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    The Tyrant King

    The Tyrant King

    6.5 1968 HD

    The Tyrant King follows three teenagers as they traverse London searching for an answer to a hidden secret. A quest fraught with drama and danger...

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  • 2022
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    Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey

    Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey

    1 2022 HD

    STANLEYANDUS is a docuseries on Stanley Kubrick, featuring original sequences shot between 1997 and 2001. It includes about 50 re-edited interviews...

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