Walter Sparrow

Walter Sparrow

Walter Leonard Sparrow was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner. He began his career as a stand up comedian before turning to drama and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his movie debut in 1965's Dr.Terror's House of Horrors. As well as Robin Hood, Sparrow appeared in more than 30 films, including I Hired A Contract Killer, The Accidental Tourist, The Secret Garden, Now & Then, Jane Eyre, Ever After and Treasure Island. He also appeared in over 50 television guest spots on both American and British TV. One of his more notable guest appearances was in the 1989 episode Danger UXD of the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which had 16.1 million viewers, as porn shop owner Dirty Barry.

  • Title: Walter Sparrow
  • Popularity: 8.202
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1927-01-22
  • Place of Birth: Eltham, London, England, UK
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Walter Sparrow Movies

  • 1989
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    Somewhere to Run
    Somewhere to Run

    1 1989 HD

    Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.

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  • 1985
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    Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
    Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

    4.5 1985 HD

    The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a...

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  • 1995
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    Now and Then
    Now and Then

    6.866 1995 HD

    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta...

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  • 1965
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    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    6.387 1965 HD

    Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An...

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  • 1970
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    The Hunting of Lionel Crane
    The Hunting of Lionel Crane

    1 1970 HD

    An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.

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  • 1965
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    The Pistol
    The Pistol

    1 1965 HD

    A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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  • 1998
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    The Woodlanders
    The Woodlanders

    5.1 1998 HD

    The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after...

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  • 1999
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    Treasure Island
    Treasure Island

    4.8 1999 HD

    Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling...

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  • 1993
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    Shadowlands
    Shadowlands

    6.9 1993 HD

    C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.

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  • 1991
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    Smack and Thistle
    Smack and Thistle

    1 1991 HD

    With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go straight and stay clean... as soon as he's seen to one...

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  • 1969
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    Zeta One
    Zeta One

    3.9 1969 HD

    Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets.

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  • 1993
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    U.F.O. The Movie
    U.F.O. The Movie

    6.2 1993 HD

    The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is captured by a gang of feminist aliens from the 25th century...

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  • 1994
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    Dirtysomething
    Dirtysomething

    5 1994 HD

    Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the...

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  • 1984
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    Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
    Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

    1 1984 HD

    Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score

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  • 1977
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    The Kitchen
    The Kitchen

    1 1977 HD

    Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his...

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  • 1971
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    Edna: The Inebriate Woman
    Edna: The Inebriate Woman

    1 1971 HD

    A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the...

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  • 1993
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    The Secret Garden
    The Secret Garden

    7.413 1993 HD

    A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's...

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  • 1996
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    Jane Eyre
    Jane Eyre

    6.9 1996 HD

    Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns...

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  • 1990
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    I Hired a Contract Killer
    I Hired a Contract Killer

    6.901 1990 HD

    After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a...

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  • 1991
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    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    6.9 1991 HD

    Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England....

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  • 1998
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    EverAfter
    EverAfter

    7.4 1998 HD

    Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a...

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  • 1999
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    Prometheus
    Prometheus

    5.6 1999 HD

    Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggles, its dreams and its icononography - at the very...

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  • 1988
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    The Accidental Tourist
    The Accidental Tourist

    6.217 1988 HD

    After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate,...

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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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  • 1987
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    Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
    Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video

    6.5 1987 HD

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas usually means a little over-indulgence, but to...

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  • 1999
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    Simon Magus
    Simon Magus

    7.3 1999 HD

    Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid...

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  • 1992
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    Memento Mori
    Memento Mori

    6.2 1992 HD

    Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

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  • 1985
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    Young Sherlock Holmes
    Young Sherlock Holmes

    6.739 1985 HD

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his...

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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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  • 1976
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    The Portland Millions
    The Portland Millions

    1 1976 HD

    Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.

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  • 1981
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    Only Fools and Horses
    Only Fools and Horses

    7.921 1981 HD

    The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of 'Trotters Independent Traders PLC' who scrape their living by selling...

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  • 1993
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    Harry's Mad
    Harry's Mad

    1 1993 HD

    Harry's Mad was a children's television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on CITV from 4 January...

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  • 1971
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    Budgie
    Budgie

    7 1971 HD

    Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and...

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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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  • 1995
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    The Thin Blue Line
    The Thin Blue Line

    7.1 1995 HD

    The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a police station that ran for two series on the BBC from 1995 to 1996. It was...

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  • 1979
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    Shoestring
    Shoestring

    6.8 1979 HD

    Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat
    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1996
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    Dalziel & Pascoe
    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.318 1996 HD

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

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  • 1975
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    Rumpole of the Bailey
    Rumpole of the Bailey

    7.063 1975 HD

    Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

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  • 1968
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    The Champions
    The Champions

    6.1 1968 HD

    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network...

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  • 1988
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    The Storyteller
    The Storyteller

    8.093 1988 HD

    The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

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  • 1994
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    Anna Lee
    Anna Lee

    7.071 1994 HD

    Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London Weekend Television. Following a 1993 pilot, five...

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  • 1981
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    Private Schulz
    Private Schulz

    5.8 1981 HD

    Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in...

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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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  • 1964
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    The Wednesday Play
    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written...

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  • 1975
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    Angels
    Angels

    3.7 1975 HD

    Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus...

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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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  • 1965
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    BBC Play of the Month
    BBC Play of the Month

    5 1965 HD

    Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on...

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  • 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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  • 1985
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    Howards' Way
    Howards' Way

    5.6 1985 HD

    The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best...

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  • 1978
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    The Famous Five
    The Famous Five

    7 1978 HD

    The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series...

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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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  • 1993
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    Peak Practice
    Peak Practice

    5.875 1993 HD

    Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty
    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 1994
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    Paris (UK)
    Paris (UK)

    1 1994 HD

    Paris is a British sitcom produced by Talkback Productions for Channel 4. It was written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan,...

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  • 1989
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    The Paradise Club
    The Paradise Club

    5.8 1989 HD

    The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were...

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  • 1991
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    Gone to the Dogs
    Gone to the Dogs

    6 1991 HD

    Comedy drama about rivalry in the lucrative world of greyhound racing. Self-made millionaire Larry Patterson is powerful and charismatic, with the...

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  • 1978
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    All Creatures Great and Small
    All Creatures Great and Small

    7.641 1978 HD

    All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the...

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  • 1971
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    The Onedin Line
    The Onedin Line

    6.8 1971 HD

    The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in...

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  • 1971
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    The Onedin Line
    The Onedin Line

    6.8 1971 HD

    The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in...

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  • 1989
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    Birds of a Feather
    Birds of a Feather

    6 1989 HD

    Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson...

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  • 1976
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    Victorian Scandals
    Victorian Scandals

    1 1976 HD

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