Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Birthday: 1952-07-15

Place of Birth: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Biography: Celia Imrie (born July 15, 1952) is an English actress. In a career starting in the early 1970s, Imrie has played Marianne Bellshade in “Bergerac,” Philippa Moorcroft in “Dinnerladies,” Miss Babs in “Acorn Antiques,” Diana Neal in “After You've Gone,” and Gloria Millington in “Kingdom.” Her other roles include in the films “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” the “Bridget Jones’ Diary” series, and “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.” She has been described as "one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades".

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Imagine Me & You
Imagine Me & You

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. T...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during ch...

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St Trinian's
St Trinian's

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the pro...

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Fifty-Four Days
Fifty-Four Days

When tragedy strikes, a spirited young woman turns to wild swimming in search of answers....

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Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased...

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Wimbledon
Wimbledon

Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high a...

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Highlander
Highlander

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on t...

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Assassin
Assassin

When the British government orders the assassination of an Air Ministry official suspected of leakin...

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Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a c...

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The Borrowers
The Borrowers

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowi...

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Lucky Break
Lucky Break

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lu...

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The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill durin...

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Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah

Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the ...

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St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle,...

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Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

The world’s funniest and most star-studded pantomime is back! Lily James heads the cast as famous na...

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Hilary and Jackie
Hilary and Jackie

The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her ...

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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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Heartlands
Heartlands

Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his soiled-rotten wif...

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel...

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The Planman
The Planman

A lawyer finds himself increasingly frustrated by the professional criminals he is called upon to de...

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Out of Bounds
Out of Bounds

Louise is an alienated boarding school student in the midst of a hot and heavy affair with the husba...

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Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Acorn Antiques: The Musical

Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is the all-singing, all-dancing and fully overalled stage version of th...

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Blue Black Permanent
Blue Black Permanent

In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic ...

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A Is for Acid
A Is for Acid

Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women...

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The Love Punch
The Love Punch

Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a wo...

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Pat and Margaret
Pat and Margaret

Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to p...

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Lost Connection
Lost Connection

David's 29th birthday also happens to be the day of his father's funeral. When David discovers that ...

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Love Again
Love Again

Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cel...

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My Angel
My Angel

Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a serious car accident. Eddie and his brother S...

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Thunderpants
Thunderpants

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, be...

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Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

Friends and fans pay tribute to a great comic talent in this celebration of the life and work of the...

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The Lavender List
The Lavender List

A political drama about the last days of Harold Wilson's Labour government in the 1970s and his curi...

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, ...

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What We Did on Our Holiday
What We Did on Our Holiday

Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's b...

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The Writing on the Wall
The Writing on the Wall

When a bomb explodes in a British RAF base in Germany, MI5 terrorist specialist Bull (Bill Paterson)...

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The Road to Coronation Street
The Road to Coronation Street

The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking ...

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The Harmfulness of Tobacco
The Harmfulness of Tobacco

An adaptation of a Chekhov monologue about a hen-pecked schoolmaster forced by his domineering wife ...

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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost

'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, ...

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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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Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridg...

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evi...

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Good Grief
Good Grief

When his husband unexpectedly dies, Marc's world shatters, sending him and his two best friends on a...

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Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm

After inheriting a farm at Christmas time, a widowed father makes a bumpy adjustment to village life...

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The Man Who Married Himself
The Man Who Married Himself

Oliver has a mid-life crisis, and decides to get married - to himself. This is the story of his rela...

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Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem

This documentary explores the enduring popularity of one of Britain's best loved crime dramas, Midso...

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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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Acorn Antiques
Acorn Antiques

Starring Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, with the snobby continuity annou...

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Robbie Coltrane at the BBC
Robbie Coltrane at the BBC

A look back at the life and career of Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's best-loved stars and a giant...

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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form....

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Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!

This Christmas the pupils of St Bernadette's and their much-loved, madcap teacher Mr. Poppy are back...

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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests....

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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shop...

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The Temptation Of Gracie
The Temptation Of Gracie

Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, splashes out on a week’s cookery course...

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The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club

A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder my...

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Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

A teacher comes to terms with his past during a school trip to Salisbury Cathedral....

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A Cure for Wellness
A Cure for Wellness

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "w...

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The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara sedu...

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Murder on the Moon
Murder on the Moon

After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. Whe...

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Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget Jones's Baby

After breaking up, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomet...

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Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on b...

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Mr White Goes To Westminster
Mr White Goes To Westminster

A journalist becomes an independent MP. Loosely based on the election of Martin Bell to the constit...

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Station Jim
Station Jim

At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes hi...

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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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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and for...

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Year by the Sea
Year by the Sea

Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod whe...

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Into the Blue
Into the Blue

Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now workin...

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Hospital!
Hospital!

Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type come...

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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 year...

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House of Whipcord
House of Whipcord

Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warde...

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The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native

Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fatefu...

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Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

A television comedy special broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 1992. Sketches, stand-up comedy an...

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An Audience With Victoria Wood
An Audience With Victoria Wood

British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi...

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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e...

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Monster Family
Monster Family

The Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, they plan a fun nigh...

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Malevolent
Malevolent

A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when ...

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Thacker
Thacker

A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. ...

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Old Flames
Old Flames

Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a...

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Player
Player

The story of a claustrophobic relationship between a single mother and her piano prodigy son. Arrivi...

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102 Boulevard Haussmann
102 Boulevard Haussmann

In 1916 author Marcel Proust is leading a reclusive life in Paris. He hires a quartet of musicians a...

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In ...

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The Nightmare Man
The Nightmare Man

A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffi...

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A Very Open Prison
A Very Open Prison

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons...

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To Provide All People
To Provide All People

To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journ...

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One Evening In June
One Evening In June

Mother and daughter's hidden insecurities and jealousy come to light one late Summer's evening. Amy ...

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Nativity Rocks!
Nativity Rocks!

The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacu...

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The World of Eddie Weary
The World of Eddie Weary

Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, No...

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D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes

Live from Southsea Common in Portsmouth, Huw Edwards introduces coverage of the National Commemorati...

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Plain Jane
Plain Jane

Drama set in 1911 about a love triangle concerning a father, his son and their maid, Jane....

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Revelation
Revelation

Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody ...

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Cinderella: After Ever After
Cinderella: After Ever After

Cinderella weds her Prince Charming, only to find married life isn't all it's cracked up to be....

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Love Sarah
Love Sarah

A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London...

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Louisa: An Amazing Adventure
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure

January 1899 saw the worst storm at sea in living memory and the most astonishing lifeboat rescue at...

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Acts of Godfrey
Acts of Godfrey

At a two-day business conference, God (Simon Callow) decides to romantically pair Terry, a moral cru...

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Ice Age
Ice Age

' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger arrives at...

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Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment

Michael Caine teaches the art of movie acting to five young actors, who perform scenes from Alfie (1...

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Remembering Douglas Camfield
Remembering Douglas Camfield

The life and work of respected director Douglas Camfield is remembered in this documentary....

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Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons

When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape...

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Thora Hird Tribute
Thora Hird Tribute

Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron an...

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Down, Down, Down
Down, Down, Down

Three generations of women reckon with their relationship with alcohol - and each-other....

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Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then

Comedy legend Stanley Baxter returns from retirement and returns to the Christmas schedules with a t...

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Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

A look back at Victoria Wood's hugely successful television career. Featuring sketches, stand-up, ch...

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Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

An amateur production of A Christmas Carol at a retirement home is reluctantly directed by reclusive...

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A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone

Newlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the c...

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