Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings

Richard John Ridings (born September 19, 1958) is an English actor. He portrayed Alan Ashburn in the ITV television drama Fat Friends, Bernard Green in the BBC One comedy-drama Common as Muck, Mr. Bumble in the BBC series Dickensian, and is the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig. He trained as an actor at Bretton Hall College, then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings.

  • Title: Richard Ridings
  • Popularity: 7.322
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1958-09-19
  • Place of Birth: Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Richard Riding
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Richard Ridings Movies

  • 2002
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    The Pianist

    The Pianist

    8.4 2002 HD

    The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced...

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  • 2005
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    The Brothers Grimm

    The Brothers Grimm

    5.8 2005 HD

    Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and...

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  • 2017
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    Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

    Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

    8.8 2017 HD

    Join Peppa in this exciting new preschool cinema experience, with plenty of snorts, giggles and jumping up and down in muddy puddles! Leading with...

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  • 1984
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    Lassiter

    Lassiter

    5.3 1984 HD

    Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.

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  • 2020
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    Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit

    Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit

    1 2020 HD

    The Peppa Pig Peppa's Christmas Visit DVD is Peppa Pig's exciting everyday adventure with little brother George and their family and friends. The...

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  • 2009
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    Creation

    Creation

    6.4 2009 HD

    A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to...

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  • 1999
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    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

    6.381 1999 HD

    In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and...

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  • 1988
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    The Yob

    The Yob

    1 1988 HD

    An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patrick gets his genes mixed with those of a football...

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  • 1996
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    On Dangerous Ground

    On Dangerous Ground

    4.8 1996 HD

    Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury...

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  • 1992
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    Dogboy

    Dogboy

    5 1992 HD

    Live action adaptation of Charles Burns' comic series from RAW magazine, premiered on MTV's Liquid Television.

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  • 1998
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    Up 'n' Under

    Up 'n' Under

    5.1 1998 HD

    The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten years. Ex-pro Arthur bets their boss that he could...

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  • 1989
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    Erik the Viking

    Erik the Viking

    5.8 1989 HD

    Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and...

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  • 2024
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    Peppa's Cinema Party

    Peppa's Cinema Party

    4 2024 HD

    In celebration of British children’s series Peppa Pig‘s 20th anniversary, the event offers ten exclusive never-before-seen season 10...

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  • 2019
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    Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

    Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

    7.6 2019 HD

    Join the party with Peppa and George in their brand new adventures as they dance in the mud at a children’s festival, celebrate Grandpa...

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  • 1995
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    Cruel Train

    Cruel Train

    4.5 1995 HD

    In wartime England, a railway official learns that the chairman of the line had sexually abused his wife as a child, then given him the job so he...

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  • 1997
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    Fierce Creatures

    Fierce Creatures

    6.147 1997 HD

    Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep...

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  • 2015
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    Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

    Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

    10 2015 HD

    Peppa Pig loves jumping up and down in puddles wearing her golden boots. Unfortunately, Mrs Duck takes a liking to Peppa's boots and runs away with...

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  • 2000
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    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    1 2000 HD

    This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had...

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  • 1985
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    Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

    Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

    5.6 1985 HD

    Cocky cockney snooker player Billy Kid accepts the challenge of a grudge match from Maxwell Randall (the Green Baize Vampire), six times world...

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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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  • 1995
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    Sorry About Last Night

    Sorry About Last Night

    6 1995 HD

    A romantic comedy written by and starring Alexei Sayle. A couple on a first date in London are determined to find a drink after closing time, to...

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  • 2016
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    The Carer

    The Carer

    6.7 2016 HD

    Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an...

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  • 2009
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    Faintheart

    Faintheart

    6.3 2009 HD

    A romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has to shape up in order to win back his wife.

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  • 1996
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    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

    5.5 1996 HD

    Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels,...

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  • 2012
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    The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    6.433 2012 HD

    In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.

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  • 2003
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    Margery and Gladys

    Margery and Gladys

    7.4 2003 HD

    When wealthy, recently-widowed suburban housewife, Margery (PENELOPE KEITH), and her ‘rough diamond’ of a cleaner, Gladys (JUNE BROWN),...

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  • 2005
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    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    6.8 2005 HD

    Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a...

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  • 2011
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    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    7.328 2011 HD

    A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel...

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  • 2006
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    Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

    6.899 2006 HD

    The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition,...

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  • 2002
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    Puckoon

    Puckoon

    6.167 2002 HD

    Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

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  • 2003
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    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

    5.7 2003 HD

    Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb...

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  • 1994
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    A Pinch of Snuff

    A Pinch of Snuff

    1 1994 HD

    Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Calliope Kinema Club, a film club notorious for...

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  • 2019
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    Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year

    Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year

    3 2019 HD

    Tang Yuan, Jiao Zi and their family enjoy Chinese New Year together, learning about traditions, and sharing Peppa Pig stories.

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  • 2005
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    Frozen

    Frozen

    5.7 2005 HD

    It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened....

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  • 2005
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    7.6 2005 HD

    A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.

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  • 1987
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    The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

    6.2 1987 HD

    Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A...

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  • 2011
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    Isle of Spagg

    Isle of Spagg

    1 2011 HD

    On the other side of the Vertic Sea where things are distinctly fishier.

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  • 2016
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    The Carer

    The Carer

    6.7 2016 HD

    Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an...

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  • 1988
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    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    7.527 1988 HD

    'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on...

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  • 2013
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    Peppa Pig: The Holiday

    Peppa Pig: The Holiday

    1 2013 HD

    Join Peppa and friends for 10 episodes, brand new to DVD for Easter 2013 including the 4 part special The Holiday. Includes: 1) Flying on Holiday 2)...

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  • 1990
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    King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

    6.4 1990 HD

    In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is...

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  • 1988
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    Out of Town

    Out of Town

    6 1988 HD

    A man walking on a country road gets his foot stuck in a hole. But why will nobody stop to help?

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  • 2013
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    Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation

    Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2000
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    Fat Friends

    Fat Friends

    7.6 2000 HD

    Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern...

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.6 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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  • 1986
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    Matlock

    Matlock

    7.1 1986 HD

    Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced...

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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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  • 1997
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    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    7 1997 HD

    Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom.

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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

    6.3 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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  • 1988
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    Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

    8 1988 HD

    The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

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  • 2004
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    Peppa Pig

    Peppa Pig

    6.6 2004 HD

    Peppa Pig is an energetic piggy who lives with Mummy, Daddy, and little brother George. She loves to jump in mud puddles and make loud snorting...

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  • 2002
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    Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

    8.5 2002 HD

    Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. Created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, Born and...

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  • 2004
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    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.4 2004 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

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  • 2006
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    Mayo

    Mayo

    4.2 2006 HD

    Charismatic detective Gil Mayo wise-cracks his way through a variety of murder mysteries alongside his sexy colleague, Alex Jones. Matters aren't...

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  • 1982
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    Timewatch

    Timewatch

    6.9 1982 HD

    Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first...

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  • 2000
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    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

    7.6 2000 HD

    Dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the...

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  • 1984
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    Fairly Secret Army

    Fairly Secret Army

    6 1984 HD

    Fairly Secret Army is a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The...

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  • 2008
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    Merlin

    Merlin

    7.8 2008 HD

    The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.

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  • 1999
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    Relic Hunter

    Relic Hunter

    6.7 1999 HD

    Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the...

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  • 2007
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    Roman Mysteries

    Roman Mysteries

    5 2007 HD

    Roman Mysteries is a television series based on the series of children's historical novels by Caroline Lawrence. It is reportedly the most expensive...

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  • 2005
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    ShakespeaRe-Told

    ShakespeaRe-Told

    7.667 2005 HD

    Four of Shakespeare's plays are dramatically relocated to the modern day.

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  • 2003
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    The Royal

    The Royal

    7.6 2003 HD

    Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

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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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  • 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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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    6.7 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 1994
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    Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

    8.4 1994 HD

    Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first...

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  • 1988
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    Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

    8 1988 HD

    The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

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  • 2016
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    Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

    Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

    6.4 2016 HD

    In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the...

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  • 1994
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    The Ink Thief

    The Ink Thief

    1 1994 HD

    The Ink Thief steals the power of children's imaginations by taking the ink from drawings and pulling two young children into his world inhabited by...

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  • 1992
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    Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series

    7.4 1992 HD

    Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against...

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  • 2013
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    Endeavour

    Endeavour

    8.1 2013 HD

    The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.

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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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  • 1982
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    The Comic Strip Presents...

    The Comic Strip Presents...

    7.333 1982 HD

    The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip...

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  • 1985
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    Dempsey and Makepeace

    Dempsey and Makepeace

    6.4 1985 HD

    Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The...

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  • 1985
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    Home to Roost

    Home to Roost

    6.3 1985 HD

    Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry...

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  • 1983
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    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    7.1 1983 HD

    Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever...

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  • 2001
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    Murder in Mind

    Murder in Mind

    8.4 2001 HD

    Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of...

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