Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson is a Welsh actor, appearing on stage, film and television. His most notable role to date is the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein.

  • Title: Karl Johnson
  • Popularity: 8.619
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-03-01
  • Place of Birth: Wales, UK
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Karl Johnson Movies

  • 2006
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    The Illusionist

    The Illusionist

    7.296 2006 HD

    With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But...

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  • 1998
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    Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

    Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

    6 1998 HD

    In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer,...

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  • 2009
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    I Know You Know

    I Know You Know

    5.8 2009 HD

    Jamie, an 11-year-old boy, is fascinated by his father Charlie’s espionage work until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie lives in...

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  • 2006
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    Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

    Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

    2 2006 HD

    Elizabeth David is the most important cookery writer of the 20th century. David's public image was of an elegant, respectable and somewhat austere...

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  • 2021
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    National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

    National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

    1 2021 HD

    A community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams. The retired sea captain yearning for his lost love. The landlady living...

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  • 1981
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    Sons and Lovers

    Sons and Lovers

    1 1981 HD

    An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel

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  • 1978
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    Jubilee

    Jubilee

    5.941 1978 HD

    Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.

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  • 1989
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    The Shawl

    The Shawl

    1 1989 HD

    Miss A, troubled by problems, consults a clairvoyant. Can he solve them for her by summoning the spirits? Or is he just a fraud, out to steal her...

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  • 2011
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    The Deep Blue Sea

    The Deep Blue Sea

    5.861 2011 HD

    The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

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  • 1991
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    Close My Eyes

    Close My Eyes

    6 1991 HD

    After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously...

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  • 1993
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    Wittgenstein

    Wittgenstein

    6.3 1993 HD

    A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose...

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  • 2011
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    National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

    National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

    8 2011 HD

    Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck...

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  • 2011
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    The Pier

    The Pier

    1 2011 HD

    After 20 years of no contact with his father, Jack McCarthy (played by Hurley) travels from New York to his father Larry's death bed in Cork. Upon...

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  • 1996
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    Saint-Ex

    Saint-Ex

    3 1996 HD

    Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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  • 1979
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    The Tempest

    The Tempest

    6 1979 HD

    Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping...

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  • 2014
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    Under Milk Wood

    Under Milk Wood

    6.1 2014 HD

    An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with...

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  • 2007
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    Dog Altogether

    Dog Altogether

    6.8 2007 HD

    Joseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape...

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  • 2007
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    Four Last Songs

    Four Last Songs

    5.8 2007 HD

    A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption.

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  • 2014
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    Mr. Turner

    Mr. Turner

    6.542 2014 HD

    Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful...

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  • 2023
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    National Theater Live: The Crucible

    National Theater Live: The Crucible

    8 2023 HD

    A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be...

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  • 2004
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    England Expects

    England Expects

    8 2004 HD

    The story follows former football hooligan Ray Knight (Steven Mackintosh), a normal everyday family man who works as a security guard at a financial...

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  • 2010
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    Third Star

    Third Star

    7.061 2010 HD

    James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is...

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  • 2014
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    The Gospel According to St Derek

    The Gospel According to St Derek

    1 2014 HD

    Using interviews with close family, friends and collaborators, The Gospel According to St. Derek bears witness to Derek Jarman’s unique...

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  • 1988
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    The Black and Blue Lamp

    The Black and Blue Lamp

    1 1988 HD

    Satirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police force has been represented on TV for four decades. In...

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  • 1978
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    Cold Harbour

    Cold Harbour

    1 1978 HD

    A beautiful Chilean exile called Tina is stranded in a new country.

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  • 2002
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    Tomorrow La Scala!

    Tomorrow La Scala!

    1 2002 HD

    Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.

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  • 2007
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    Hot Fuzz

    Hot Fuzz

    7.564 2007 HD

    Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he...

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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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  • 1987
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    A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for the Dying

    5.791 1987 HD

    Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his...

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  • 2009
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    Is Anybody There?

    Is Anybody There?

    6.2 2009 HD

    A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

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  • 1987
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    Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears

    6.6 1987 HD

    When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they...

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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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  • 2015
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    National Theatre Live: Hamlet

    National Theatre Live: Hamlet

    7.4 2015 HD

    As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages...

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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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  • 2002
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    Pure

    Pure

    6.2 2002 HD

    A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.

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  • 2013
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    The Sea

    The Sea

    6.1 2013 HD

    A man returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.

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  • 2012
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    Good Vibrations

    Good Vibrations

    6.745 2012 HD

    The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label...

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  • 2017
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    Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

    5.5 2017 HD

    A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.

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  • 2017
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    The Death of Stalin

    The Death of Stalin

    7.012 2017 HD

    When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble,...

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  • 2018
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    King Lear

    King Lear

    5.9 2018 HD

    An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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  • 2018
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    Peterloo

    Peterloo

    6.8 2018 HD

    An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in...

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  • 2016
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    Aberfan: The Green Hollow

    Aberfan: The Green Hollow

    6.333 2016 HD

    A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, written by Owen Sheers and performed by a stellar cast of Wales's best-known...

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  • 2004
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    When I'm Sixty-Four

    When I'm Sixty-Four

    5.3 2004 HD

    When widowed cabbie Ray and retired teacher Jim meet by chance, they discover they long for the same things from life: adventure, challenge and love....

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  • 1982
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    The Magic Shop

    The Magic Shop

    1 1982 HD

    A father and son enter a magic shop that may contain real magic.

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  • 2016
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    Winter Thaw

    Winter Thaw

    1 2016 HD

    In late nineteenth-century Russia, Martin Avdeitch is a humble shoemaker whose life has been characterized by grief. Martin must find the courage to...

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  • 2021
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    Dream Horse

    Dream Horse

    7 2021 HD

    The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience,...

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  • 2008
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    The Edge of Love

    The Edge of Love

    6.2 2008 HD

    When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's...

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  • 2006
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    Copying Beethoven

    Copying Beethoven

    6.4 2006 HD

    A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new...

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  • 2005
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    Heidi

    Heidi

    7.5 2005 HD

    Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder...

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  • 2013
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    Mr Invisible

    Mr Invisible

    7 2013 HD

    A lonely old man seems invisible to the world around him. But when he journeys to the heart of London, being 'invisible' proves to be his greatest...

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  • 2020
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    Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

    Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

    1 2020 HD

    Hamm is an ageing, blind tyrant who is confined to a wheelchair – but soon becomes locked in a bleakly funny and subversively devastating...

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  • 2019
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    The Last Vermeer

    The Last Vermeer

    6.5 2019 HD

    A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a...

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  • 2016
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    Mother

    Mother

    1 2016 HD

    In the aftermath of his mother's death, Edwin reaches out to his extended family for support.

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.552 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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  • 2005
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    Rome

    Rome

    8.256 2005 HD

    A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

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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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  • 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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  • 2013
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    Atlantis

    Atlantis

    6.488 2013 HD

    A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and desperate for answers, Jason washes up on the shores of...

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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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  • 2008
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    Lark Rise to Candleford

    Lark Rise to Candleford

    8.31 2008 HD

    Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers,...

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  • 1989
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    8.135 1989 HD

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

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  • 2004
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    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.3 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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  • 2002
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    What's Your Problem?

    What's Your Problem?

    1 2002 HD

    A short TV series that tries to reflect what it really means to people to be disabled now, in the 21st century.

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  • 1994
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    The Lifeboat

    The Lifeboat

    1 1994 HD

    The lives and missions of the crew of a Welsh rescue boat.

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  • 1985
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    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    1 1985 HD

    National Theatre Cottesloe production filmed for Channel 4

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  • 2016
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    Mum

    Mum

    7.547 2016 HD

    A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year of new beginnings as she rebuilds her life following...

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  • 1989
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    Rules of Engagement

    Rules of Engagement

    2 1989 HD

    Political intrigue and murder occurs when the English town of Portsmouth is sealed off by the military during the eve of World War III.

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  • 1998
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    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

    7.8 1998 HD

    Becky Sharp is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost.

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  • 1972
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    Rainbow

    Rainbow

    6.7 1972 HD

    Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories. Join George, Bungle, Zippy, and all their friends at the Rainbow House, always an exciting...

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  • 1955
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    The Sooty Show

    The Sooty Show

    6.1 1955 HD

    The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures...

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  • 2017
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    Born to Kill

    Born to Kill

    7.026 2017 HD

    A haunting exploration of the mind of Sam, a teenager who's on the verge of acting out hidden psychopathic desires.

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  • 2023
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    Wolf

    Wolf

    6.9 2023 HD

    DI Jack Caffery is a young man searching for himself. Obsessed with the neighbour he believes murdered his 10 year-old brother in the 90s, Jack finds...

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  • 2023
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    The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

    The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

    6.8 2023 HD

    Two very different women, Alice a formidable PA and Cheryl a best-selling fantasy author, become trapped in a triangle of epic proportions with Rob...

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  • 2022
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    Suspicion

    Suspicion

    6.7 2022 HD

    Five ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They embark on a desperate race against time to prove their...

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  • 2022
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    Halo

    Halo

    8.3 2022 HD

    Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories...

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  • 1989
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    5 1989 HD

    A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil...

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  • 1981
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    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.4 1981 HD

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

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  • 2024
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    Truelove

    Truelove

    6.5 2024 HD

    A group of old friends reunited at a funeral make a drunken pact. Rather than let each other suffer a slow and painful decline they would engineer a...

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  • 1984
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    Night Court

    Night Court

    7.3 1984 HD

    An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

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  • 2021
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    Too Close

    Too Close

    5.9 2021 HD

    A dedicated forensic psychiatrist, Emma Robertson, is assigned to assess the sanity of Connie Mortensen, a “yummy mummy” accused of a...

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  • 1988
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    The Play on One

    The Play on One

    6 1988 HD

    A series of plays specially written for television.

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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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  • 2014
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    Lovesick

    Lovesick

    7.3 2014 HD

    After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.

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  • 1981
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    Sons and Lovers

    Sons and Lovers

    5 1981 HD

    Sons and Lovers is a 1981 BBC television serial based on the D. H. Lawrence book Sons and Lovers. It starred Eileen Atkins, Tom Bell, Karl Johnson...

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  • 1999
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    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    7.1 1999 HD

    The tale of David Copperfield from his birth and idyllic upbringing through hardship and adventure leading to his eventual discovery of his vocation...

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