Michael Jayston
Birthday: 1935-10-29
Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Biography: Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
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From a Far Country
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne ...
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinki...
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Jap...
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Cromwell
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New W...
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Somewhere to Run
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London....
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One da...
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Tales That Witness Madness
Dr. Tremayne is an enigmatic psychiatrist running an asylum that houses four very special cases. Vis...
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Nicholas and Alexandra
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overt...
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The Internecine Project
Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when...
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Follow Me!
A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited Ameri...
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Craze
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god C...
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The Homecoming
In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor v...
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Element of Doubt
A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might ...
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Dominique
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death....
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts,...
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The Merchant of Venice
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house ...
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Still Crazy Like a Fox
Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on h...
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Macbeth
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become...
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King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their ...
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Love's Labour's Lost
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to ha...
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She Fell Among Thieves
While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A...
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Bequest to the Nation
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson an...
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The Hero of My Life
The rise of Charles Dickens, from poverty to prosperity, traced and reflected in his writings....
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The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team who brought the Colin Baker era of Doctor Who...
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Zulu Dawn
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership....
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Gossip from the Forest
The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War....
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Mad Jack
Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against th...
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Albert's Memorial
One-off comedy drama that follows the story of three World War II veterans: Harry, Frank and Albert....
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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
Documentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers a...
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From This Day Forward
Sheila Hancock stars as Ellie; a woman gathering her strength on the morning of the hardest day of h...
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Finisterre
London has always been a source of influence, inspiration and curiosity - Finisterre tries to identi...
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Competition
An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendl...
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A Coffin for the Bride
Mark Walker is in the lucrative business of marrying wealthy older women and murdering them after th...
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The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord was the umbrella title for a series of four 2|entertain docum...
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Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmf...
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Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future w...
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unl...
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Doctor Who: Mindwarp
As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where ...
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Ring Once for Death
Recently widowed Laura Vallance returns home to England after many years living abroad. She knows fe...
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UFO From Earth to the Moon
Interviewing cast and crew behind the scenes on UFO, this documentary lifts the lid on Gerry and Syl...
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Alec Guinness: A Class Act
The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and...
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The Last Romantic
Gantry lives with his adult daughter, Emily. He is working on a book and she is his assistant. His s...
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Green Julia
Two university students, one a physiologist, the other an economist, have been sharing an apartment,...
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