John Sessions

John Sessions

Birthday: 1953-01-11

Place of Birth: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Biography: Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Movies

High Heels and Low Lifes
High Heels and Low Lifes

A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and t...

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The Bounty
The Bounty

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when t...

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The Last Station
The Last Station

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth...

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Spies and Lies
Spies and Lies

A true story. 1942. New Zealand is at war. Times are desperate. The Japanese invasion seems imminent...

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Nativity!
Nativity!

Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans...

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Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles

In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off ...

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Belfast
Belfast

Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood ...

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Reichenbach Falls
Reichenbach Falls

A psychological thriller, set in the heart of Edinburgh and featuring the underbelly of the capital ...

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Filth
Filth

A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates a...

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Five Children and It
Five Children and It

The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ear...

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Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge

An attorney plays match-maker for her ex-husband, by hiring an actress to seduce him - all in an att...

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Sellers' Best
Sellers' Best

One of the all-time greatest comedians, Peter Sellers’ mimicry, timing, instinct and ability to deci...

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Breaking the Mould
Breaking the Mould

A historical drama that tells the story of the development of penicillin in the 1930's/40's, by a gr...

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The English Harem
The English Harem

Tracy a young working class girl, who - against the wishes of her parents and racist ex-boyfriend - ...

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My Night with Reg
My Night with Reg

Six gay friends discuss love, friendship and infidelity over the course of three significant evening...

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Castaway
Castaway

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year wit...

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Around The World In 80 Days
Around The World In 80 Days

Travel back in time to a scene set in London in 1872, where a young Phileas Fogg is about to wager a...

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Lighthouse Hill
Lighthouse Hill

After his best friend dies, Charlie hits the road and stumbles into Lighthouse Hill, a village where...

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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

Pudsey the cheeky London stray dog is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, u...

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George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and de...

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The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one ma...

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The Silent Storm
The Silent Storm

An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister h...

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The Real American: Joe McCarthy
The Real American: Joe McCarthy

An unflinching look at the rise and fall of one of the most infamous political figures in US history...

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30 Years of Comic Strip
30 Years of Comic Strip

In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retro...

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Loving Vincent
Loving Vincent

A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist'...

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Citizen Locke
Citizen Locke

Story of John Locke......

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Margaret
Margaret

A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as s...

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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors a...

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Legend
Legend

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their ...

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The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of mo...

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We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

Comedy drama about the beginnings of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's writing partnership and their str...

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Scoop
Scoop

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat...

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In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by...

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Red Top
Red Top

Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally...

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The Hunt for Tony Blair
The Hunt for Tony Blair

The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film, ...

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The Hunt for Tony Blair
The Hunt for Tony Blair

The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film, ...

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Hawking
Hawking

The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrat...

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The Key
The Key

The story of three generations told against the backdrop of the 20th century. The drama focuses on t...

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Faith
Faith

A short film on the subject of an Arsenal fan's protest and based on an original short story by Feve...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is...

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Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, d...

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The Rack Pack
The Rack Pack

The 1980s snooker rivalry between Alex “Hurricane” Higgins and Steve “The Nugget” Davis, two very di...

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One of the Hollywood Ten
One of the Hollywood Ten

Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Te...

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Whisky Galore
Whisky Galore

The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where...

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Whoops Apocalypse
Whoops Apocalypse

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrori...

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The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a foc...

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Henry V
Henry V

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co...

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Denial
Denial

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Hol...

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Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the...

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Mr. Holmes
Mr. Holmes

In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memo...

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Stella Street
Stella Street

Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton...

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Low Winter Sun
Low Winter Sun

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the per...

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Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out i...

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Sky Bandits
Sky Bandits

A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I....

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Faeries
Faeries

While waiting for their new home to be renovated, Nellie and her younger brother George are sent to ...

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Inconceivable
Inconceivable

A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that...

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Rag Tale
Rag Tale

A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids....

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Intrigo: Dear Agnes
Intrigo: Dear Agnes

What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another h...

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Finding Your Feet
Finding Your Feet

A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair....

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The Scarlet Tunic
The Scarlet Tunic

Passions erupt between a German hussar (Jean-Marc Barr) serving with King George III's personal cava...

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Balls
Balls

Balls takes as its starting point Heathcliff, the foundling character central to Wuthering Heights, ...

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The Pope Must Die
The Pope Must Die

A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, ...

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The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society wh...

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David Macaulay: Roman City
David Macaulay: Roman City

The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. Th...

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David Macaulay: Mill Times
David Macaulay: Mill Times

Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girl...

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Hiroshima: The Aftermath
Hiroshima: The Aftermath

Brand new documentary marking the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings which ende...

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Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream

A documentary detailing the journey it took two passionate filmmakers to achieve their impossible dr...

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Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette

In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seducti...

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The Legend of the Tamworth Two
The Legend of the Tamworth Two

Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of two pigs, named Butch and Sundance, who staged a...

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Queen's Park Story
Queen's Park Story

Gus's girlfriend has thrown him out after his infidelity. One day he sees a girl painting in the par...

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A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'
A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

Documentary about the making of David Lean's 1945 film "Brief Encounter"....

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Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is trie...

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The Treasure Seekers
The Treasure Seekers

Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially...

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The Making of Plus One
The Making of Plus One

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Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People

A drama documentary on the life and work of Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. Produced for Channel ...

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The Town That Floored the World
The Town That Floored the World

How did the Scottish east coast port town of Kirkcaldy become the world centre for linoleum? The Tow...

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Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Frederick is a young medieval French prince with magical powers, turned into a frog by his evil sorc...

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Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

An animated adventure following the Seventh Doctor as he attempts to stop General Tannis' plans for ...

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The Man
The Man

Lenny Henry plays the boss of an ailing (so he is broke) travel agency and he alo sings in an R&B pu...

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Some Enchanted Evening
Some Enchanted Evening

Bobby Buffet is a musical director who has been dragged to London to remount a Broadway musical in t...

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The Domino Effect
The Domino Effect

If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in di...

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