James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is a Northern Irish actor. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Nesbitt grew up in the nearby village of Broughshane, before moving to Coleraine, County Londonderry. He wanted to become a teacher, like his father, so began a degree in French at the University of Ulster. He dropped out after a year when he decided to become an actor, and transferred to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After graduating in 1987, he spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical Up on the Roof (1987, 1989) to the political drama Paddywack (1994). He made his feature film debut playing talent agent Fintan O'Donnell in Hear My Song (1991). Nesbitt got his breakthrough television role playing Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama Cold Feet (1998–2003), which won him a British Comedy Award, a Television and Radio Industries Club Award, and a National Television Award. His first significant film role came when he appeared as pig farmer "Pig" Finn in Waking Ned (1998). With the rest of the starring cast, Nesbitt was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In Lucky Break (2001), he made his debut as a film lead playing prisoner Jimmy Hands. The next year, he played Ivan Cooper in the television film Bloody Sunday, about the 1972 shootings in Derry. A departure from his previous "cheeky chappie" roles, the film was a turning point in his career. He won a British Independent Film Award and was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Nesbitt has also starred in Murphy's Law (2001–2007) as undercover detective Tommy Murphy—a role that was created for him by writer Colin Bateman. The role twice gained Nesbitt Best Actor nominations at the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA). In 2007, he starred in the dual role of Tom Jackman and Mr Hyde in Steven Moffat's Jekyll, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 2008. Nesbitt has since appeared in several more dramatic roles; he starred alongside Liam Neeson in Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), and was one of three lead actors in the television miniseries Occupation (2009) and The Deep (2010). He also starred in the movies Outcast (2010) and Emilio Estevez's The Way (2011), and has been cast in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit (2012/13). Nesbitt is married to former actress Sonia Forbes-Adam, with whom he has two daughters. He is a patron of numerous charities and in 2010 accepted the ceremonial position of Chancellor of the University of Ulster.

  • Title: James Nesbitt
  • Popularity: 7.727
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1965-01-15
  • Place of Birth: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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James Nesbitt Movies

  • 2007
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    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    1 2007 HD

    Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas...

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  • 2002
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    Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    7.3 2002 HD

    The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

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  • 2004
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    Millions

    Millions

    6.4 2004 HD

    Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the...

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  • 2009
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    Cherrybomb

    Cherrybomb

    5.6 2009 HD

    Teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns...

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  • 2001
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    Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

    6.212 2001 HD

    Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from...

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  • 1997
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    Welcome to Sarajevo

    Welcome to Sarajevo

    6.4 1997 HD

    Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar...

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  • 2010
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    Matching Jack

    Matching Jack

    6.2 2010 HD

    A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is...

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  • 2009
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    Five Minutes of Heaven

    Five Minutes of Heaven

    6.2 2009 HD

    The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting...

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  • 2012
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    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    7.357 2012 HD

    Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their...

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  • 2008
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    Blessed

    Blessed

    5.8 2008 HD

    A successful city trader suddenly loses everything he truly cares about. Seeking comfort in isolation on a remote island, his life is turned upside...

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  • 1999
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    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell

    5.4 1999 HD

    As a young soldier in the Belgian Army, Indy learns firsthand the savagery of warfare while participating in the Battle of the Somme. Almost...

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  • 2023
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    The Coronation Concert

    The Coronation Concert

    6 2023 HD

    Take That, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Sir Bryn Terfel, Freya Ridings and many more perform live from Windsor Castle in celebration of...

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  • 2013
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    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

    7.574 2013 HD

    The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to...

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  • 2010
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    The Way

    The Way

    7.1 2010 HD

    When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for...

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  • 2004
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    Quite Ugly One Morning

    Quite Ugly One Morning

    5 2004 HD

    Investigative reporter Jack Parlabane stumbles across the aftermath of a murder scene in Edinburgh, and when he shows little sign of shock at the...

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  • 2011
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    Coriolanus

    Coriolanus

    5.9 2011 HD

    Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his...

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  • 2014
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    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

    7.323 2014 HD

    Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it:...

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  • 2001
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    Women Talking Dirty

    Women Talking Dirty

    5 2001 HD

    A lively, outspoken single mother develops an unlikely friendship with a shy cartoonist.

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  • 1998
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    Resurrection Man

    Resurrection Man

    6.1 1998 HD

    Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A...

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  • 2004
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    Wall of Silence

    Wall of Silence

    8 2004 HD

    The tale of a gang killing near a south-east London council estate.

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  • 2009
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    Occupation

    Occupation

    7.8 2009 HD

    Three ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.

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  • 2005
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    Big Dippers

    Big Dippers

    1 2005 HD

    Two small time crooks steal a briefcase and are amazed to find it contains £2million. But when it seems that the money was going to be used to...

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  • 2005
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    Match Point

    Match Point

    7.4 2005 HD

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

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  • 1989
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    Virtuoso

    Virtuoso

    1 1989 HD

    In 1962, the young pianist, John Ogdon wins international success in Moscow and embarks on a whirlwind career. Ten years later he suffers the onset...

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  • 2023
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    The Heist Before Christmas

    The Heist Before Christmas

    5 2023 HD

    After a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as...

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  • 2000
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    Wild About Harry

    Wild About Harry

    6.1 2000 HD

    A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.

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  • 2014
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    Gold

    Gold

    6.3 2014 HD

    An offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten years in order to reconnect with his daughter and...

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  • 1996
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    Jude

    Jude

    6.298 1996 HD

    In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is...

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  • 1970
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    Ireland's Rugby Number 10

    Ireland's Rugby Number 10

    10 1970 HD

    The number 10 in rugby is arguably the most important player on the pitch. They are the master tactician and the playmaker, the goal kicker and the...

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  • 1995
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    Go Now

    Go Now

    6.6 1995 HD

    Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick...

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  • 1998
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    Waking Ned

    Waking Ned

    7.055 1998 HD

    When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

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  • 1991
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    Hear My Song

    Hear My Song

    5.9 1991 HD

    Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the...

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  • 2010
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    Outcast

    Outcast

    5.2 2010 HD

    When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or...

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  • 1986
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    The End of the World Man

    The End of the World Man

    3 1986 HD

    When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the Glen that the girls use as a retreat from the...

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  • 1993
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    Love Lies Bleeding

    Love Lies Bleeding

    1 1993 HD

    Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole...

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  • 2004
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    James Nesbitt Presents Eat My Goal

    James Nesbitt Presents Eat My Goal

    1 2004 HD

    Eat My Goal is the search for the ultimate moment of footballing humiliation. Join die hard footie fan James Nesbitt as he celebrates the lighter...

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  • 2012
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    Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story

    Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story

    1 2012 HD

    In 1978 the Undertones released Teenage Kicks, one of the most perfect and enduring pop records of all time - an adolescent anthem that spoke to...

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  • 2007
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    James Ellis: An Actor's Life

    James Ellis: An Actor's Life

    1 2007 HD

    Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.

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  • 2019
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    Lost Lives

    Lost Lives

    6 2019 HD

    This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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  • 1997
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    This Is the Sea

    This Is the Sea

    5.7 1997 HD

    The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened...

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  • 2020
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    James Nesbit: A Game of Two Halves

    James Nesbit: A Game of Two Halves

    1 2020 HD

    James Nesbitt travels round the globe to see the impact of Soccer Aid across the world.

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  • 1984
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    The Cry

    The Cry

    1 1984 HD

    Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He catches sight of a youth being beaten up and...

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  • 2013
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    River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

    River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

    5 2013 HD

    James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains...

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  • 2000
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    The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

    The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

    5.7 2000 HD

    Unimpressive, 24-year-old virgin, Eamonn (Kris Marshall) lives in Belfast with his mother, during the Troubles. Local girl, Mary Malloy (Tara O'Neil)...

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  • 2010
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    Alex Higgins: The People's Champion

    Alex Higgins: The People's Champion

    7.7 2010 HD

    One man transfixed television viewers during snooker's golden age - Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. This poignant documentary charts the remarkable rise...

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  • 1997
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    The James Gang

    The James Gang

    5 1997 HD

    After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.

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  • 2002
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    Top Gear

    Top Gear

    7.464 2002 HD

    This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The...

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  • 2007
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    Jekyll

    Jekyll

    7.624 2007 HD

    Tom Jackman is learning to cope with his alter ego, the dark and mysterious Hyde, who threatens his life and family. They also have to live in the...

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  • 1998
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    Cold Feet

    Cold Feet

    7.9 1998 HD

    Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their...

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  • 2006
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    Soccer Aid

    Soccer Aid

    5.2 2006 HD

    Soccer Aid is a biennial British charity event that has raised £6.5 million in aid of UNICEF UK through ticket sales and donations. The event...

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  • 1995
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    Soccer AM

    Soccer AM

    6.7 1995 HD

    Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League. Originally presented by Jane...

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  • 2006
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    The One Show

    The One Show

    4.6 2006 HD

    A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

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  • 2001
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    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    5.8 2001 HD

    Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.

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  • 1992
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    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    6.521 1992 HD

    At the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family expeditions as a 9-year-old to the battlefields of...

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  • 2003
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    The Terry and Gaby Show

    The Terry and Gaby Show

    5 2003 HD

    The Terry and Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on Five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and April 2004, produced by Chris...

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  • 2021
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    Bloodlands

    Bloodlands

    6.769 2021 HD

    Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.

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  • 1992
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    Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

    5.6 1992 HD

    Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims...

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  • 1996
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    Ballykissangel

    Ballykissangel

    6.9 1996 HD

    Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young...

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.4 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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  • 2001
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    Murphy's Law

    Murphy's Law

    7.6 2001 HD

    Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy is a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment, he is given one last chance by his boss...

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  • 2009
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    Occupation

    Occupation

    1 2009 HD

    A powerful, affecting drama that spans the five years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Follow the lives of three soldiers and friends as they...

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  • 2008
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    Fairy Tales

    Fairy Tales

    1 2008 HD

    Four contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff.

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  • 2008
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    The Passion

    The Passion

    5.2 2008 HD

    The Passion is a television drama serial that tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus.

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  • 2008
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    Midnight Man

    Midnight Man

    5.2 2008 HD

    Disgraced journalist Max Raban is reduced to raking though bins for celebrity stories, a thankless task that suits him because of his phobia of...

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  • 1977
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    The Hollywood Greats

    The Hollywood Greats

    3.5 1977 HD

    Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on...

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  • 2011
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    The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

    4.7 2011 HD

    The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on...

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  • 2009
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    Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

    Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

    5.3 2009 HD

    Chris Moyles' Quiz Night is a British television comedy panel game show, presented by Chris Moyles. The show was originally shown on Channel 4 at 10...

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  • 1993
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    GMTV

    GMTV

    5.8 1993 HD

    GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3...

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  • 2010
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    The Deep

    The Deep

    5.9 2010 HD

    As the world's energy supplies dwindle, the Orpheus, a research submarine, delves into the deep of the Arctic Ocean searching for rare...

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  • 2011
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    Monroe

    Monroe

    7.25 2011 HD

    Monroe is a brilliant and unusual neurosurgeon. A flawed genius who never lets anyone forget his flaws or his genius. Each episode will feature one...

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  • 1998
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    Playing the Field

    Playing the Field

    5.2 1998 HD

    The on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly...

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  • 2014
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    The Missing

    The Missing

    7.1 2014 HD

    A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider...

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  • 2014
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    Babylon

    Babylon

    6.606 2014 HD

    London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary...

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  • 2021
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    Stay Close

    Stay Close

    6.984 2021 HD

    When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.

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  • 2018
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    James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain

    James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain

    8 2018 HD

    This six-part series unpicks the events that led to the most devastating disasters of the past 60 years, shining a spotlight on the human cost of the...

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  • 2003
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    Canterbury Tales

    Canterbury Tales

    6.9 2003 HD

    The Canterbury Tales is a series of six single dramas that originally aired on BBC One in 2003. Each story is an adaptation of one of Geoffrey...

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  • 1996
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    Ballykissangel

    Ballykissangel

    6.9 1996 HD

    Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young...

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  • 2016
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    Stan Lee's Lucky Man

    Stan Lee's Lucky Man

    6.9 2016 HD

    London cop and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton is on the verge of losing everything. On the night when his huge debts are to be called in, he meets...

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  • 1994
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    Common As Muck

    Common As Muck

    7.5 1994 HD

    Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men and their management staff. It ran for two series. The...

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  • 2006
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    The One Show

    The One Show

    4.6 2006 HD

    A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

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  • 2016
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    The Secret

    The Secret

    6.5 2016 HD

    The true story of a Sunday school teacher and respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who formed a murderous partnership.

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  • 2022
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    The John Bishop Show

    The John Bishop Show

    3.5 2022 HD

    Every week John Bishop will be doing his trademark everyman stand-up and shooting the breeze with some very special celebrity guests. Star...

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  • 2007
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    The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    7.155 2007 HD

    Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun...

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  • 2017
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    Stan Lee's Lucky Man: The Bracelet Chronicles

    Stan Lee's Lucky Man: The Bracelet Chronicles

    9 2017 HD

    The history of DI Harry Clayton's lucky bracelet is explored , as his brother Rich investigates past wearers both famous and infamous.

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  • 2022
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    Suspect

    Suspect

    6.1 2022 HD

    A Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she...

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  • 2005
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    OFI Sunday

    OFI Sunday

    1 2005 HD

    OFI Sunday was a British entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans. It aired Sunday's on ITV at 10:30 pm. The title stood for "Oh Flip It's Sunday",...

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  • 1962
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    The Late Late Show

    The Late Late Show

    5 1962 HD

    Chat show that looks at current affairs in Ireland

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  • 1996
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    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    7 1996 HD

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and...

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  • 2016
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    Michael McIntyre's Big Show

    Michael McIntyre's Big Show

    7.4 2016 HD

    Michael McIntyre's Big Show is a British variety and stand-up comedy television series, presented by British comedian, presenter and former Britain's...

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  • 1991
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    Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

    6.385 1991 HD

    The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.

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  • 2004
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    Passer By

    Passer By

    1 2004 HD

    Joe Keyes ignores a woman in distress in his rush to get home to his family. His decision to remain a passer-by has terrible consequences.

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  • 2002
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    Tractor Tom

    Tractor Tom

    10 2002 HD

    Tractor Tom has adventures on Fi's farm with his friends, Dusty, Matt, Buzz, Wheezy and others.

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  • 1998
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    Parkinson

    Parkinson

    1 1998 HD

    Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.

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  • 2019
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    DNA Journey

    DNA Journey

    6 2019 HD

    Celebrities are given a unique insight into their lives using innovative DNA science and technology to trace their ancestors.

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