Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth

Birthday: 1948-03-08

Place of Birth: Wuppertal, Germany

Biography: Gyles Daubeney Brandreth is an English writer, broadcaster, actor, and former Conservative Member of Parliament.

Movies

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2

Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team capt...

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In Charles Dickens Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
In Charles Dickens Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth travels to the places that inspired one of Britain's most famous storytellers....

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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by f...

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Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More
Hi-De-Hi!: All the Laughs & More

A celebration of the much-loved holiday camp sitcom, featuring classic scenes and interviews with me...

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Hardy's Britain
Hardy's Britain

Gyles Brandreth explores the landscape that influenced Thomas Hardy. The author spent most of his li...

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An Audience with Kenneth Williams
An Audience with Kenneth Williams

Outstanding raconteur Kenneth Williams regales his spellbound audience in typical fashion with a lon...

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Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs

Documentary in which the late impressionist's daughters get to the truth about their father's rise t...

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I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth

On stage – in person – for one special performance the great Dame Judi Dench and Gyles Brandreth bri...

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Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain and the Commonwea...

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Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determina...

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To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy

A feature-length special retrospective of one of Britain's most beloved sitcoms, with new and archiv...

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Elizabeth & Philip: Love and Duty
Elizabeth & Philip: Love and Duty

Kirsty Young celebrates the 70th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip by examining the...

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Kenneth Williams In His Own Words
Kenneth Williams In His Own Words

Kenneth Williams's comedy career highlights are celebrated in a documentary narrated by his friend a...

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In Jane Austen's Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth
In Jane Austen's Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth

Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth travels to the West Yorkshire moors, known as "Bronte Country". It is an...

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Prince Philip: An Extraordinary Life
Prince Philip: An Extraordinary Life

Born in Corfu in 1921, Prince Philip has lived on the national stage through Britain’s move from Emp...

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Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words

A look back at the life and work of one of Britain's greatest comediennes, featuring interviews with...

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The Battle for Britain's Breakfast
The Battle for Britain's Breakfast

The story of how the introduction of breakfast television to the UK in 1983 led to a fierce battle f...

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The Story of Panto with Gyles Brandreth
The Story of Panto with Gyles Brandreth

Panto-aficionado Gyles will immerse himself in every aspect of the genre, from its roots in commedia...

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Elementary My Dear Viewer
Elementary My Dear Viewer

Richard E. Grant looks at the history of Sherlock Holmes, including the many movie and TV adaptation...

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The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

A look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood. Starri...

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Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady is the first major documentary to look back on the development and...

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