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Joss Ackland

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Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland, CBE (born 29 February 1928) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. [1]

181 relations: A Different Loyalty, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, A Killing on the Exchange, A Little Night Music, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 film), A Murder of Quality (film), A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (film), A Place of One's Own, A Woman Named Jackie, A Zed & Two Noughts, Above and Beyond (miniseries), Adam Dalgliesh, Adaptations of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Alec Guinness, Aleister Crowley, Always on My Mind, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anthony Hopkins, Aristotle Onassis, Ashenden (TV series), Asylum (2005 film), BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Barnes, London, BBC, BBC Television Shakespeare, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, C. S. Lewis, Cape Town, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Citizen X, Codename: Kyril, Crescendo (film), D3: The Mighty Ducks, David Copperfield (1966 TV serial), Deadly Voyage, Decline of an Empire, Demi Moore, Discworld, Ebury Publishing, Elaine Paige, Elsie Fogerty, Enemy at the Door, England Made Me (film), Evita (musical), Flawless (2007 film), Gerald Westerby, Giorgino, Great Expectations, Heat of the Sun, Henri Matisse, ..., Henry VII of England, Henry VIII of England, Hermann Göring, Hermione Gingold, Hitler: The Last Ten Days, Hodder & Stoughton, How About You (film), Hugh Wheeler, I'll Be There (2003 film), Icon (film), In Search of the Castaways, Incident at Victoria Falls, Isaac, It Couldn't Happen Here, Jacob (film), Jean Simmons, Jock Delves Broughton, Jonathan Miller, Juan Perón, Judi Dench, Julius Caesar, K-19: The Widowmaker, Kensington, Kenya, King Arthur, King Lear, Kingdom (UK TV series), Lady Jane (1986 film), Landfall (film), Leo Tolstoy, Lethal Weapon 2, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995 film), Maggie Smith, Midsomer Murders, Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film), Moscow Zero, Motor neuron disease, Mr. Forbush and the Penguins, Music video, My Giant, Mystery and Imagination, Nigel Hawthorne, No Good Deed (2002 film), Noah, North Kensington, Nowhere to Run (1993 film), Occult, Once Upon a Crime, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Operation Daybreak, Order of the British Empire, Othello (2001 film), Passion of Mind, Penny Gold, Pet Shop Boys, Pitlochry, Plantation, Prisoners of the Sun (film), Radio Times, Rasputin the Mad Monk, Return of the Saint, Rise of the Ogre, Room 13, Rough Cut (1980 film), Royal Albert Hall, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, Royal Flash (film), S*P*Y*S, Saint Jack, Seven Days to Noon, Shadowlands (play), Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series), Shirley's World, Siân Phillips, Silver Bears (film), Stephen Sondheim, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Surviving Picasso, Swept from the Sea, Tales of the Unexpected (TV series), Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, Testament: The Bible in Animation, The Apple (1980 film), The Avengers (TV series), The Black Windmill, The Bridge (1992 film), The Crezz, The Gentle Touch, The Greek Tycoon, The Happiness Cage, The House That Dripped Blood, The Hunt for Red October (film), The Little Prince (1974 film), The Man Who Lived at the Ritz, The Mighty Ducks, The Object of Beauty, The Old Vic, The Palermo Connection, The Persuaders!, The Princess and the Goblin (film), The Protectors, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series), The Sicilian, The Sicilian (film), The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It, The Sweeney, The Thief and the Cobbler, The Three Musketeers (1973 film), The Troubleshooters, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You), They Do It with Mirrors, Tim Rice, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series), To Kill a Priest, Tom Courtenay, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, Tre colonne in cronaca, Unseen University, Vanessa Redgrave, Villain (1971 film), Watership Down (film), When We Are Married, White Mischief (film), Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, Workaholic, Z-Cars. Expand index (131 more) »

A Different Loyalty

A Different Loyalty is a 2004 drama film inspired by the story of British traitor Kim Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in Beirut and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union.

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A Kid in King Arthur's Court

A Kid in King Arthur's Court is a 1995 family film directed by Michael Gottlieb and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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A Killing on the Exchange

A Killing on the Exchange is a six-part British television crime drama series, first broadcast on 6 March 1987, that aired on ITV.

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A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 film)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sen noci svatojánské) is a 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka.

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A Murder of Quality (film)

A Murder of Quality is a 1991 television film directed by Gavin Millar, based on the 1962 novel A Murder of Quality by John le Carré, first screened on 10 April 1991 on ITV in the United Kingdom and shown in the United States of America on 13 October 1991 on the A&E network.

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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (film)

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square is a 1979 British heist film directed by Ralph Thomas, written by Guy Elmes and starring Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias, and David Niven subtitled "based on one of the biggest robberies in London".

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A Place of One's Own

A Place of One's Own is a 1945 British film directed by Bernard Knowles.

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A Woman Named Jackie

A Woman Named Jackie is a 1991 American television miniseries chronicling the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts is a 1985 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway.

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Above and Beyond (miniseries)

Above and Beyond is a four-hour 2006 miniseries aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on October 29 and 30, 2006.

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Adam Dalgliesh

Adam Dalgliesh (pronounced "dal-gleash") is a fictional character who has been the protagonist of fourteen mystery novels by P. D. James; the first being James's 1962 novel Cover Her Face.

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Adaptations of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886.

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Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.

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Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley (born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer.

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Always on My Mind

"Always on My Mind" is a song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson, recorded first by Gwen McCrae (as "You Were Always On My Mind") and Brenda Lee in 1972.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber Kt (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.

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Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937), better known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor, widely considered to be one of the world's greatest living actors.

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Aristotle Onassis

Aristotle Socrates Onassis (Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, Aristotelis Onasis; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975), commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a Greek shipping magnate who amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men.

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Ashenden (TV series)

Ashenden is a BBC1's four part TV series based on the spy novel, Ashenden: Or the British Agent, by W. Somerset Maugham, that aired from 17 November to 8 December 1991, directed by Christopher Morahan, with Alex Jennings in the title role, Joss Ackland as Cumming, Ian Bannen as 'R' and Jason Isaacs as Andrew Lehman.

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Asylum (2005 film)

Asylum is a 2005 Anglo-Irish drama film directed by David Mackenzie and made by Mace Neufeld Productions, Samson Films, Seven Arts Productions, Zephyr Films Ltd and released by Paramount Classics.

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BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film.

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Barnes, London

Barnes is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television.

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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 American science fiction comedy film, and the directing debut of Pete Hewitt.

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C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan

Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan (1611 – 25 June 1673) served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War.

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Citizen X

Citizen X is an American made-for-TV film, released in 1995, which covers the efforts of detectives in the Soviet Union to capture an unknown serial killer of women and children in the 1980s, and the successive bureaucratic obstacles they encounter.

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Codename: Kyril

Codename: Kyril is a 208-minute British serial, first broadcast in 1988.

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Crescendo (film)

Crescendo is a 1970 British psychological thriller film directed by Alan Gibson and starring Stefanie Powers, James Olson and Margaretta Scott.

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D3: The Mighty Ducks

D3: The Mighty Ducks (also known as The Mighty Ducks 3 or The Mighty Ducks: Part 3) is a 1996 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Robert Lieberman.

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David Copperfield (1966 TV serial)

David Copperfield is a BBC television serial starring Ian McKellen in the title role of the adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel that began airing in January 1966.

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Deadly Voyage

Deadly Voyage is a 1996 television film directed by John Mackenzie and written by Stuart Urban.

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Decline of an Empire

Decline of an Empire is a 2014 British biographical historical drama film produced and directed by Michael Redwood about the life of Catherine of Alexandria.

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Demi Moore

Demi Gene Guynes (born November 11, 1962), professionally known as Demi Moore, is an American actress, former songwriter, and model.

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Discworld

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), set on the fictional Discworld, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin.

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Ebury Publishing

Ebury Publishing is a division of Penguin Random House, and is a well-known publisher of general non-fiction books in the UK.

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Elaine Paige

Elaine Paige (born Elaine Jill Bickerstaff, 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre.

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Elsie Fogerty

Elsie Fogerty, CBE, LRAM, (16 December 1865, London – 4 July 1945, Leamington, Warwickshire) was an English teacher who bravely departed from the customary practice of “voice and diction” also called elocution.

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Enemy at the Door

Enemy at the Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV.

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England Made Me (film)

England Made Me is a 1973 British drama film directed by Peter Duffell, starring Peter Finch, Michael York, Hildegarde Neil, and Michael Hordern, and based on the novel England Made Me by Graham Greene.

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Evita (musical)

Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics and book by Tim Rice.

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Flawless (2007 film)

Flawless is a 2007 British fictional crime film directed by Michael Radford, written by Edward Anderson, and starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore.

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Gerald Westerby

Gerald Westerby, or Jerry Westerby, is a fictional character created by John le Carré, and is the titular figure in The Honourable Schoolboy.

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Giorgino

Giorgino is a 1994 French film directed by Laurent Boutonnat.

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel: a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip.

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Heat of the Sun

Heat of the Sun is a police drama TV serial, set in 1930s Kenya.

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Henri Matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Hermann Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering;; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.

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Hermione Gingold

Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold (9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona.

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Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 British-Italian biographical drama film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide.

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Hodder & Stoughton

Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.

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How About You (film)

How About You is a 2007 Irish film directed by Anthony Byrne.

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Hugh Wheeler

Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987) was a British screenwriter, librettist, poet, and translator.

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I'll Be There (2003 film)

I'll Be There is a 2003 British-American comedy drama film directed and co-written by Craig Ferguson, who, in his directorial debut, also stars in the film with singer Charlotte Church in her film debut.

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Icon (film)

Icon (or Frederick Forsyth's Icon) is a 2005 made-for-television thriller film directed by Charles Martin Smith and very loosely based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth.

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In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways (Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, lit. The Children of Captain Grant) is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–1868.

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Incident at Victoria Falls

Incident at Victoria Falls (also known as Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls and Sherlock Holmes: The Star of Africa) is the 1992 sequel to Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady, and the second and final film in the proposed series of television films Sherlock Holmes the Golden Years written by Bob Shayne.

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Isaac

According to the biblical Book of Genesis, Isaac (إسحٰق/إسحاق) was the son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob; his name means "he will laugh", reflecting when Sarah laughed in disbelief when told that she would have a child.

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It Couldn't Happen Here

It Couldn't Happen Here is a 1988 musical film starring the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys and based on the music from their first two studio albums Please and Actually.

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Jacob (film)

Jacob is a 1994 German/Italian/American television movie by Five Mile River Films, based on the novel Giacobbe by Francesco Maria Nappi, which is in turn based on a biblical account from the Book of Genesis about Jacob.

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Jean Simmons

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was an English actress and singer.

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Jock Delves Broughton

Sir Henry John Delves Broughton, 11th Baronet DL (10 September 1883 – 5 December 1942) was a British baronet who is chiefly known for standing trial for the murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll.

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Jonathan Miller

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller, CBE (born 21 July 1934) is an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist, and medical doctor.

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Juan Perón

Juan Domingo Perón (8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine army lieutenant general and politician.

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Judi Dench

Dame Judith Olivia Dench, (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), known by his cognomen Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

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K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 historical thriller film about the first of many disasters that befell the Soviet submarine ''K-19''.

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Kensington

Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, West London, England.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.

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King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.

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Kingdom (UK TV series)

Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network.

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Lady Jane (1986 film)

Lady Jane is a 1986 British costume drama romance film directed by Trevor Nunn, written by David Edgar, and starring Helena Bonham Carter as the title character.

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Landfall (film)

Landfall is a 1949 British war film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett and Kathleen Harrison.

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Leo Tolstoy

Count Lyov (also Lev) Nikolayevich Tolstoy (also Лев) Николаевич ТолстойIn Tolstoy's day, his name was written Левъ Николаевичъ Толстой.

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Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Derrick O'Connor and Joss Ackland.

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995 film)

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a 1995 British thriller film directed by Henry Cole and starring Elizabeth Hurley, C. Thomas Howell and Joss Ackland.

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Maggie Smith

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress.

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997.

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Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film)

Miracle on 34th Street is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy film written and produced by John Hughes, and directed by Les Mayfield (the two would reunite for 1997's ''Flubber'').

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Moscow Zero

Moscow Zero is a 2006 film directed by María Lidón.

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Motor neuron disease

A motor neuron disease (MND) is any of several neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscles of the body.

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Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

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Music video

A music video is a short film that integrates a song with imagery, and is produced for promotional or artistic purposes.

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My Giant

My Giant is a 1998 comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann.

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Mystery and Imagination

Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas.

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Nigel Hawthorne

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor.

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No Good Deed (2002 film)

No Good Deed is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Bob Rafelson, his last feature film to date.

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Noah

In Abrahamic religions, Noah was the tenth and last of the pre-Flood Patriarchs.

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North Kensington

North Kensington is an area of west London, England, north of Notting Hill and White City and south of Kensal Green, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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Nowhere to Run (1993 film)

Nowhere to Run is a 1993 American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by Robert Harmon.

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Occult

The term occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden".

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Once Upon a Crime

Once Upon a Crime is a 1992 ensemble black comedy mystery film starring Richard Lewis, John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young and Ornella Muti.

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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1975 comedy film, which is set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum.

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Operation Daybreak

Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the US) is a 1975 Second World War film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Othello (2001 film)

Othello is a 2001 British television film starring Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes.

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Passion of Mind

Passion of Mind is a 2000 American psychological romantic drama film starring Demi Moore.

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Penny Gold

Penny Gold is a 1973 British drama film directed by Jack Cardiff and starring James Booth, Francesca Annis, Nicky Henson and Joss Ackland.

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Pet Shop Boys

The Pet Shop Boys are an English synthpop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant (lead vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, vocals).

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Pitlochry

Pitlochry (Baile Chloichridh or Baile Chloichrigh in Gaelic) is a burgh in the county of Perthshire in Scotland, lying on the River Tummel.

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Plantation

A plantation is a large-scale farm that specializes in cash crops.

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Prisoners of the Sun (film)

Prisoners of the Sun is a 2013 British-French adventure horror film directed by Roger Christian starring John Rhys-Davies, David Charvet, Carmen Chaplin, Emily Holmes, Nick Moran, Joss Ackland, Michael Higgs, Gulshan Grover and Shane Richie.

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Radio Times

Radio Times is a British weekly television and radio programme listings magazine.

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Rasputin the Mad Monk

Rasputin, the Mad Monk is a 1966 Hammer film directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee as Grigori Rasputin, the Russian peasant-mystic who gained great influence with the Tsars prior to the Russian Revolution.

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Return of the Saint

Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States.

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Rise of the Ogre

Rise of the Ogre is an autobiography about the virtual band Gorillaz, ostensibly written by the four band-members in collaboration with (actual) Gorillaz musician and official scribe Cass Browne.

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Room 13

Room 13 is a gothic horror children's novel written by the acclaimed award-winning children's author Robert Swindells.

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Rough Cut (1980 film)

Rough Cut is a 1980 American heist film written by Larry Gelbart, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down and David Niven.

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Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941.

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Royal Central School of Speech & Drama

The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906 to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students.

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Royal Flash (film)

Royal Flash is a 1975 film based on George MacDonald Fraser's second Flashman novel, Royal Flash.

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S*P*Y*S

S*P*Y*S is a 1974 comedy directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, and Zouzou.

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Saint Jack

Saint Jack is a 1973 novel by Paul Theroux and a 1979 film of the same name.

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Seven Days to Noon

Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama/thriller film directed by John and Roy Boulting.

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Shadowlands (play)

Shadowlands is a play by William Nicholson.

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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (also known as The Animated Shakespeare) is a series of twelve half-hour animated television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, originally broadcast on BBC 2 and S4C between 1992 and 1994.

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Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)

Sherlock Holmes is the name given to the ITV TV series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, with the first two series bearing the title The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes on screen and being followed by subsequent sub-series bearing the titles of other short story collections by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Shirley's World

Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season.

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Siân Phillips

Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress, author and singer.

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Silver Bears (film)

Silver Bears is a 1978 joint British- and American-produced comedy thriller film based on a novel by Paul Erdman, directed by Ivan Passer and starring Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan and Joss Ackland.

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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theater.

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Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Stoke Mandeville Hospital is a large National Health Service (NHS) hospital in Aylesbury, England.

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Surviving Picasso

Surviving Picasso is a 1996 Merchant Ivory film directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins as the famous painter Pablo Picasso.

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Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea is a 1997 American drama film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, and Ian McKellen.

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Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)

Tales of the Unexpected (Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected) is a British television series which aired between 1979 and 1988.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

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Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a two-part television film adaptation of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob, and first broadcast on Sky1, and in High Definition on Sky1 HD, over Christmas 2006.

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Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation is a 1996 animated series that was produced by and shown on Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C).

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The Apple (1980 film)

The Apple (also called Star Rock) is a 1980 science fiction musical comedy film written and directed by Menahem Golan.

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The Avengers (TV series)

The Avengers is an espionage British television series created in 1961.

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The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine, John Vernon, Janet Suzman and Donald Pleasence.

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The Bridge (1992 film)

The Bridge is a 1992 independent film based on the novel by Maggie Hemingway.

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The Crezz

The Crezz is a British television drama produced by Thames Television and shown on the ITV network in 1976.

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The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980–84.

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The Greek Tycoon

The Greek Tycoon is a 1978 American drama film, of the roman à clef type, directed by J. Lee Thompson.

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The Happiness Cage

The Happiness Cage is a 1972 American science fiction film directed by Bernard Girard.

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The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood is a 1971 British horror anthology film directed by Peter Duffell and distributed by Amicus Productions.

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The Hunt for Red October (film)

The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American espionage thriller film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, that stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill.

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The Little Prince (1974 film)

The Little Prince is a 1974 British-American fantasy-musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.

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The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz is a 1982 novel by A. E. Hotchner.

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The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks (also known as The Mighty Ducks: Part 1) is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film about a minor ice hockey team, directed by Stephen Herek and starring Emilio Estevez.

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The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty is a 1991 comedy crime–drama film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell.

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The Old Vic

The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, not-for-profit producing theatre, located just south-east of Waterloo station on the corner of the Cut and Waterloo Road in Lambeth, London, England.

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The Palermo Connection

Dimenticare Palermo (Forgetting Palermo) is a 1989 Italian political thriller film starring James Belushi, directed by Francesco Rosi and co-written by Gore Vidal.

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The Persuaders!

The Persuaders! is an action/adventure/comedy series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, produced by ITC Entertainment, and initially broadcast on ITV and ABC in 1971.

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The Princess and the Goblin (film)

The Princess and the Goblin (A hercegnő és a kobold) is a 1991 British-Hungarian-American animated musical fantasy film directed by József Gémes and written by Robin Lyons, an adaptation of George MacDonald's 1872 novel of the same name.

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The Protectors

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson.

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British anthology mystery television series that was produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on the ITV Network.

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The Sicilian

The Sicilian is a novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo.

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The Sicilian (film)

The Sicilian is a 1987 action film based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo.

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The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It is a 1977 comedy directed by Joseph McGrath and starring John Cleese.

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The Sweeney

The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London.

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The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler is a British-American-Canadian animated fantasy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Canadian animator Richard Williams.

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The Three Musketeers (1973 film)

The Three Musketeers (also known as The Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds) is a 1973 film based on The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père.

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The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters (titled Mogul for the first series) is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot.

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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993.

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These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)

"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" is a standard with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Jack Strachey, both Englishmen.

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They Do It with Mirrors

They Do It with Mirrors is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the title of Murder with Mirrors and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 17 November that yearChris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon.

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Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1979 seven-part drama spy mini-series made by BBC TV.

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To Kill a Priest

To Kill a Priest is a 1988 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland.

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Tom Courtenay

Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (born 25 February 1937) is an English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Doctor Zhivago (1965).

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Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness is an action-adventure game, the sixth instalment in the Tomb Raider series, acting as a direct sequel to Tomb Raider Chronicles and The Last Revelation.

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Tre colonne in cronaca

Tre colonne in cronaca (Three columns in the news) is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina.

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Unseen University

The Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels.

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Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress of stage, screen and television, and a political activist.

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Villain (1971 film)

Villain is a 1971 gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T. P. McKenna and Donald Sinden.

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Watership Down (film)

Watership Down is a 1978 British animated adventure-drama film written, produced and directed by Martin Rosen and based on the novel of the same name by Richard Adams.

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When We Are Married

When We Are Married is a comedy by the English dramatist, J. B. Priestley.

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White Mischief (film)

White Mischief is a 1987 British film dramatizing the events of the Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in 1941, when Sir Henry "Jock" Delves Broughton was tried for the murder of Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll.

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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a 1978 comedy mystery film starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Morley based on the novel Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyons.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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Workaholic

A workaholic is a person who works compulsively.

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Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Lancashire (now Merseyside).

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References

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