Derek Jacobi
Birthday: 1938-10-22
Place of Birth: Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Biography: Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Gladiator
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Underworld: Evolution
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The Golden Compass
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Hamlet
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Henry V
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Stranger in Town
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Enigma
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The Day of the Jackal
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Gosford Park
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
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Animated Epics: Beowulf
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Strings
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The Odessa File
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Nanny McPhee
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The Secret of NIMH
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Moss & Freud
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The Medusa Touch
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Dead Again
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Revengers Tragedy
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic...
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Allelujah
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The Old Curiosity Shop
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The Body
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The Gathering Storm
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill durin...
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The Wyvern Mystery
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Bye Bye Blackbird
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Anonymous
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The Vision Thing
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Othello
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There Be Dragons
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The Riddle
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Achilles
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Ironclad
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Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high...
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Little Dorrit
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The Human Factor
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security ...
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Two Men Went To War
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, ...
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Adam Resurrected
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A Bunch of Amateurs
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Up at the Villa
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of de...
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The Secret Garden
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix ...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Gladiator II
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Cyrano de Bergerac
As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyran...
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Joe Maddison's War
Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the w...
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Anastezsi
A talented young violinist enrols at an isolated music school. But when he begins having visions of ...
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Breaking the Code
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital co...
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On Wings of Fire
Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic tha...
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Pinochet in Suburbia
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame...
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The Tenth Man
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation...
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Last Will. & Testament
It's the greatest mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? DEREK JACOBI leads an imp...
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Effie Gray
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride...
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Guantanamero
After a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They'll be looking for...
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Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Over a million people a year are injected with animal venom, and many thousands die. We see how the ...
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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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Witness Against Hitler
The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World War II...
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Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The C...
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Grace of Monaco
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political...
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The Secret Garden
Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled Engli...
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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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Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Two astronauts await the news that will decide their fate....
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Diamonds
Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of ...
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The Martini Shot
This existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he believe...
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The King's Speech
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabet...
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Richard II
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is th...
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The Fool
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper ...
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Blue Blood
A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom h...
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Discovering Hamlet
IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the fir...
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Looking for Richard
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world t...
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The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as h...
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Juliet & Romeo
Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the ...
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Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sar...
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Three Sisters
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exil...
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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces tha...
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Much Ado About Nothing
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre...
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Pearl Islands
Follow the breathtaking adventures of divers looking for pearls in the Persian Gulf and learn how th...
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The Gospel of Luke
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, more than any other, fits the category of ancient biography. Luke, as "narrator"...
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Wilfred
Imagining the unimaginable through the eyes of Wilfred Owen, combining reconstructions of Owen’s war...
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The Dinosaur Hunters
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 1...
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Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentativ...
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The Fishing Match
Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting K...
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Rhythm of Life
A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rh...
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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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Hamlet
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost ha...
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests....
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Endgame
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is ...
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Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum is a bitter sweet comedy that tells the story of Sidney, an eccentric gay Jewish m...
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Jail Caesar
The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK...
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, ...
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The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
Out in the English Channel is the tiny island of Sark, in August 1990, a French Physicist attempted ...
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Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families wh...
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The History of Love
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his ...
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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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Great Escape: The Untold Story
A documentary about the 1944 mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for Br...
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Margot
At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and N...
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Inquisition
Set in the Spain of 1680, a time of torture and interrogation by the Grand Inquisitor. A young man a...
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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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Hereafter
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by ...
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Stratton
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell....
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One of Those Days
We've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be deali...
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time deter...
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The Chimes
A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a...
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Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy is a British family television film following the life of a borde...
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David Macaulay: Cathedral
Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spect...
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Tolkien
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)...
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Tomb Raider
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her ...
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the islan...
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Nothing Is Truer than Truth
NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl o...
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Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Brainy Roman teenager Atti is always coming up with schemes, but one ultimately goes too far, angeri...
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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
Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girl...
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone...
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Come Away
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When the...
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Morris: A Life with Bells On
The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Danci...
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Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs...
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Charlotte
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of F...
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The Congress
For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least und...
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion....
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The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fie...
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Circle of Deceit
John is a special forces operative who retires after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing, bu...
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The Art of Francis Bacon
This film explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HDTV. The works are comp...
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The Host
A chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave...
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Muse
Luca is the pre-eminent artist of his generation and at the peak of his career, lauded, feted and co...
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Olivier Talks About Othello
Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."...
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I, Claudius: A Television Epic
The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series....
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The Statue of Liberty
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations ...
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A Bird Flew In
Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set....
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Charles Dickens's England
The film looks at the places Charles Dickens lived and worked and how he used them in his novels and...
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Say Your Prayers
Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction ...
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Lead Heads
A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their despera...
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Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
We mark 60 glorious years of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap, with a celebration...
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The Making of Gosford Park
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Robert Altman's 2001 film 'Gosford Park'. Cast and crew re...
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Basil
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-...
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Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documenta...
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Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND CELEBRATED ITS EPIC TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AT THE ROYAL ALBERT H...
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Venom
A BBC Earth documentary inside the world of the most venomous creatures on Earth, with stories from ...
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Mysterious Castles of Clay
Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers Joa...
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My Week with Marilyn
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his ...
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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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Cinderella
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmot...
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Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
With the help of Hollywood, top Nazi Albert Speer tried to unscrupulously whitewash himself of his c...
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You
Part of Channel 4 series Derek Jacobi has stepped in to voice lyrics in a incredibly moving new film...
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Breaking The Codes
Using rare archive footage and exclusive interviews, this series takes you to the heart of a war tha...
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Tinsel Town
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christm...
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The Ties That Bind Us
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the s...
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
A young man with cerebral palsy leaves the safety of his care home to search for a wrecked aircraft,...
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Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. R...
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Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her be...
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One Corpse Too Many
Assigned by King Stephen to dispose of 94 hanged rebels, Cadfael discovers the body of a murdered ma...
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The Sanctuary Sparrow
Liliwin is a poor acrobat hired to entertain at an Aurifaber wedding. But when he is dismissed and t...
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The Leper of St. Giles
When a cruel middle-aged baron and a beautiful wealthy orphan are to be wed at the abbey, it comes a...
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Monk's Hood
When an unpleasant and cruel nobleman spites his stepson by ceding his estate to the abbey, he ends ...
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The Virgin in the Ice
Dire deeds during a winter storm leave Brother Oswin beaten near to death, Sister Hilaria dead, and ...
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Frank and Percy
During their dog walks on Hampstead Heath, two older gentlemen find their conversations about everyd...
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Broken English
A survivor, provocateur and true original, Marianne has spent more than six decades defying expectat...
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The Devil of Christmas
A director talks about his old horror film. It's Austria, Krampusnacht, December 1977. The Devonshir...
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 5. While searching for her somewhere lost handkerch...
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Mist: The Story of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist is a puppy with a lofty goal: She wants to be the best sheepdog she can be! Born with two sibli...
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