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Place of Birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography: From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
The young druid Imp y Celyn comes to Ankh-Morpork to become a famous musician, but a new guitar from...
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Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing...
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Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a rash-like eczema, growing...
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Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. T...
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Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islam...
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A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Gri...
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A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentr...
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A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he m...
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The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests....
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"I like preaching... Only two things in my life have ever excited me as much: playing football and m...
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Rita and Sue are two teenagers living on a run-down council estate in Bradford, who both share a job...
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In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince ...
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A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast ...
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James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows th...
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Speech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that they've fi...
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Strayman, a spontaneous poet, is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of life'...
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