Daphne Oxenford

Daphne Oxenford

Birthday: 1919-10-31

Place of Birth: Barnet, London, England, UK

Biography: Daphne Margaret du Grivel Oxenford was an English actress, known for her early stage roles, and later her radio and television work. She was the voice ("Are you sitting comfortably ...?") of BBC radio's Listen with Mother from its inception in 1950 to 1971. As spinster Esther Hayes, she was part of the original cast of Coronation Street.

Movies

Sweet William
Sweet William

William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann, ...

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The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon

A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frighten...

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Dawson's Electric Cinema
Dawson's Electric Cinema

A comedy set in the 1920s with Les Dawson (as his own grandfather) and family running a flea-pit cin...

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Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

Collection of music videos by Jimmy Somerville, both as solo artist as well as with the bands Bronsk...

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The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

Spoof story, set in the 1950s, about espionage in a humberside village....

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Who Pays?
Who Pays?

After a scout troupe is tragically mowed down by a truck, responsibility passes around the driver, t...

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The Waiting Game
The Waiting Game

A henpecked trade union leader tries to bully and then bribe a vulnerable housing manager into letti...

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Girl from the South
Girl from the South

ANNE is the daughter of well-to-do parents in the South of England.One morning, bored with Granny's ...

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Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Doctor Who: Dragonfire

As trouble brews on the space trading colony of Iceworld, the Doctor and Mel encounter their sometim...

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That'll Be The Day
That'll Be The Day

Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-l...

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Prince William
Prince William

Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales...

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Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells

Play by Arthur Hopcraft about Christmas in a Northern town, and the relationship within a family....

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All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of S...

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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models

Richard D'Oyly Carte, the theatrical impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, is tormen...

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Fothergill
Fothergill

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfords...

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Beloved
Beloved

When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion...

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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital m...

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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and Wind in the Willows....

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More Children's Summer Stories
More Children's Summer Stories

A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and The Wind in the Willows....

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The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows

Four animals named Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad try to navigate the Riverbank as well as the Wild Woo...

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