Judi Dench
Birthday: 1934-12-09
Place of Birth: York, North Yorkshire, England
Biography: Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
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Chocolat
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Notes on a Scandal
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Tomorrow Never Dies
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GoldenEye
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Nine
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Hamlet
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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Shakespeare in Love
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Tea with Mussolini
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Jack & Sarah
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Henry V
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The Chronicles of Riddick
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Quantum of Solace
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. Afte...
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Pride & Prejudice
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The Shipping News
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A Room with a View
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A Dairy Tale
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Iris
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from t...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Ladies in Lavender
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Allelujah
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Rage
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Home on the Range
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Macbeth
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Casino Royale
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The World Is Not Enough
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Die Another Day
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A Study in Terror
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Skyfall
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Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Richard Eyre talks to Judi Dench about her art, her career and views on acting....
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84 Charing Cross Road
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Bugs!
Explore the extraordinary hidden world of insects, where a leaf weighs more than a car, rain drops f...
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Jane Eyre
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A Handful of Dust
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Mrs Brown
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We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
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Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
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The Coronation Concert
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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My Week with Marilyn
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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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Dead Cert
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Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard ...
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J. Edgar
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The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estat...
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The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find their beloved family estate and...
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Langrishe, Go Down
In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate...
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Ghosts
Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's...
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Four in the Morning
The parallel stories of two couples in crises and their connections to a drowned woman found in a ri...
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi...
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Wetherby
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the ...
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Everything or Nothing
The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Ha...
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Stars in Shorts
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Fi...
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Run For Your Wife
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie ...
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Philomena
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to l...
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful mus...
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Muse of Fire
Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespear...
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Absolute Hell
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very...
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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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Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Angelina can't believe her ears when Miss Lilly announces that she'll be taking her ballet class to ...
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Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Angelina and her ballet class are putting on a special performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Royal P...
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Make and Break
Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure....
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament...
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Tulip Fever
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two inv...
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One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
The gloriously glamorous Dame Edna entertains a celebrity audience in this 1988 special....
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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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Born to be The King
As Prince Charles, the longest serving heir apparent, ascends the throne as King, those who know him...
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she...
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Friend Request Pending
FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern soci...
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J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
J.R.R.T.: A Study of J.R.R. Tolkien is a 1992 documentary, narrated by Judi Dench, produced to celeb...
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Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been sec...
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Quintessentially British
This unique and cheeky documentary explores Britain and what makes our country great from our tradit...
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with...
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The Vote
On 7 May, churches, school halls, and back rooms of community centres will be turned into polling st...
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Spirited
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit f...
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Best Ever Bond
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast...
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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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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
On 3 May 2022, Cameron Mackintosh invited many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in Lond...
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Village Wooing
Adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw. (Synopsis) Richard Briers tries to woo Judi Dench in ...
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Spectre
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M ...
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Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession....
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the l...
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Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the paren...
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Saigon: Year of the Cat
The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Sa...
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Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
From the BBC archives, before their talents were recognised by royal decree, the early work and care...
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Murder on the Orient Express
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Ori...
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Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim....
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Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Unlikely besties Dame Judi Dench and Jay Blades take each other down memory lane, as they share the ...
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Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over h...
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Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. Aft...
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: ...
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Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
A BAFTA tribute celebrating the career of Billy Connolly....
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My Homeland
Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen throug...
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The Browning Version
Adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play produced for the BBC in 1985....
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James Bond Supports International Women's Day
This short film is made by 'We Are Equals' to celebrate International Women's Day. James Bond video ...
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Red Joan
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she ...
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Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
A fungi expert also shows Judi the incredible action going on beneath her feet, revealing an astonis...
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Six by Sondheim
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through ...
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On Giant's Shoulders
The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the dru...
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Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon ...
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Nothing Like a Dame
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atki...
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Palo Santo
Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped and i...
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Cats
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer...
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All Is True
London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accide...
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He Who Rides a Tiger
Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth ...
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The Third Secret
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst ...
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The Angelic Conversation
The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreaml...
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Blithe Spirit
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summ...
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Six Minutes to Midnight
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in...
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Into the Woods
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curs...
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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining b...
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The Comedy of Errors
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identic...
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Off the Rails
Now in their 50’s, three friends recreate an inter-rail journey across Europe, but this time 18-year...
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Belfast
Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood ...
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GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
A short documentary about the cast of GoldenEye....
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie ...
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Highly Classified: The World of 007
His world is full of glamour, mystery and intrigue and now you get to be a part of it! Let gadget wi...
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The Life of Shakespeare
Dramatically presented and narrated by the late internationally renowned actor of stage and screen I...
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The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Presented by Theatre Support Fund+, The Shows Must Go On! and National Theatre Live, the world’s mos...
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Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
It's Christmas, and Angelina Mouseling (Finty Williams) is auditioning for the lead role in the musi...
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Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
Hilarious rare and unseen footage of Britain's beloved comedy duo, including some footage previously...
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Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Documentary about the legendary Diva Maria Callas....
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Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
Angelina, the remarkable prima ballerina mouse stars in 4 new adventures in Lights, Camera, Action! ...
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Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance is a delightful and charming children's movie that follows t...
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Tea with Judi Dench
Dame Judi Dench opens up her beautiful country home to long-time friend and sometime collaborator, K...
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