Joanna Lumley
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award.
Lumley's other television credits include The New Avengers (1976–1977), Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982), Sensitive Skin (2005–2007), Jam & Jerusalem (2006–2008) and Finding Alice (2021–present) as well as playing Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street in 1973. Her film appearances include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Shirley Valentine (1989), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She had roles in two episodes of Are You Being Served? (1973–1975) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to her first appearance on the show.
Lumley is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign. She supports charities and animal welfare groups, such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 15.751 |
| Birthday | 1946-05-01 |
| Place of Birth | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
| Also Known As | Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS, 조안나 럼리 , Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley, Dame Joanna Lumley, 瓊安娜‧盧利, |
1996
James and the Giant Peach
6.6/1323
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strang...
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James and the Giant Peach
2005
Corpse Bride
7.582/9396
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his...
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Corpse Bride
1971
The House That Dripped Blood
6.3/160
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
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The House That Dripped Blood
1997
Prince Valiant
5.2/66
An Arthurian legend of young Prince Valiant, son of the King of Scandia. After the King is exiled by an evil leader, the Prince travels to Camelot to...
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Prince Valiant
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
6.7/69
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough rela...
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Cold Comfort Farm
2001
The Cat's Meow
5.8/112
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
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The Cat's Meow
1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
5.6/147
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large count...
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula
2000
Maybe Baby
5.354/96
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. T...
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Maybe Baby
2004
Ella Enchanted
6.454/1850
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called g...
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Ella Enchanted
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
4.6/176
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...
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Curse of the Pink Panther
2016
Attenborough at 90
8/1
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of his life and career with broadcaster Kirsty Young,...
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Attenborough at 90
2021
Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
0/0
This inspiring film sees Joanna Lumley travel around the UK following adventurer Sacha Dench as she takes to the skies with just her electric paramoto...
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Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
2005
The Magic Roundabout
5.4/165
A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the...
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The Magic Roundabout
1999
Mad Cows
3.9/7
When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newly single mother Maddy goes shoplifting and ends up...
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Mad Cows
2023
Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
0/0
Dame Joanna Lumley offers a first-person retrospective of her most memorable screen roles.
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Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
2021
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
10/1
The illustrator and author paints scenes from a 70-year-long career, including his work with Roald Dahl. With David Walliams, Joanna Lumley, Peter Cap...
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Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
1998
A Rather English Marriage
5.7/11
A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the very same night. They...
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A Rather English Marriage
1989
Shirley Valentine
6.3/95
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while prepari...
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Shirley Valentine
2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
5.5/11
Whispers, an innocent and adorable baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, finds himself separated from his loving mother, Gen...
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
1995
Innocent Lies
4.833/18
In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague. Prime suspects are the me...
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Innocent Lies
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
5.7/7
A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her manipulating Aunt Emilie to avenge the death of her sister, Mis...
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo
2011
Late Bloomers
5.2/19
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hu...
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Late Bloomers
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
8/24178
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infi...
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The Wolf of Wall Street
1970
The Ballad of Tam Lin
5.2/12
Based upon the Celtic legend Tam Lin, a young man is bewitched by a beautiful, heartless, aging sorceress to become her lover. When his attention wand...
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The Ballad of Tam Lin
2019
Counting Tigers
0/0
This special feature showcases the intricacies of monitoring tigers in India and highlighting the positive impact on their global population.
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Counting Tigers
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
8/2
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2008
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
8.4/5
Comedy icon Joanna Lumley pursues a life-long dream to track down the elusive and beautiful Northern Lights. She travels North across the Arctic Circl...
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Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
1998
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
5.7/16
The fictional tale of the murderous 19th century barber (Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neighboring butcher (Joanna Lumley) for her renowned me...
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The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1999
Nancherrow
6/3
The basic story involves Loveday's struggle to keep the estate Nancherrow in the family after the death of her father.
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Nancherrow
1998
Coming Home
5.5/8
Drama about the Dunar and Carey-Lewis families, before during and after WW2.
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Coming Home
2012
The Making of a Lady
6.143/21
Poor but intelligent Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhurst, a widower pushed into providing an heir by his...
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The Making of a Lady
1970
The Breaking of Bumbo
2/1
The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in...
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The Breaking of Bumbo
2013
Gangsta Granny
6.1/31
A young boy is bored spending time with his dull grandma until he discovers she's an international Jewel thief.
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Gangsta Granny
2015
She's Funny That Way
5.95/664
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the productio...
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She's Funny That Way
1996
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
7.3/5
Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle of the international celebrity elite when Saffy is...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1998
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
10/1
During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who's working in a Help the Aged charity shop. There,...
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Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
6/1
Jennifer Saunders hosts a party of AbFab outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage.
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
2009
Boogie Woogie
5.043/92
In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he hopes to flip a Mondrian for millions. One of his a...
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Boogie Woogie
1980
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1/1
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
2024
My Week with Maisy
0/0
Mrs Foster, a retired lady whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is understandably anxious. The last thing she needs, is to have to sh...
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My Week with Maisy
1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6.6/1904
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women....
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2015
Absolutely Anything
5.9/1461
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
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Absolutely Anything
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
7/1
imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire, sillines...
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1971
Games That Lovers Play
4.2/5
Joanna Lumley and Penny Brahms star as notorious prostitutes Fanny Hill and Lady Chatterley faced with the challenge of seducing the seemingly impossi...
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Games That Lovers Play
1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
7.4/51
Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
5.2/276
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-ro...
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Trail of the Pink Panther
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
5.3/242
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around Londo...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
1984
Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
0/0
A compilation of nude celebrity scenes
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Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
2015
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
0/0
Joanna Lumley travels to the USA to follow in the King of Rock 'n' Roll's footsteps.
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Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2014
Bette Midler: One Night Only
0/0
Joanna Lumley hosts Bette Midler: One Night Only to celebrate 50 years of a divine career of The Divine Miss M, talking about her upcoming tour and he...
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Bette Midler: One Night Only
1994
Girl Friday
0/0
Glamorous actress Joanna Lumley undergoes a week's hardship on an isolated island off the coast of Madagascar. She is given a brief lesson in survival...
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Girl Friday
2014
Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
0/0
Joanna Lumley is on a mission to get to know the elusive, slightly eccentric front man of the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am. She travels to Los Angeles t...
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Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
2012
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
0/0
In search of the truth behind the story of Noah's Flood, Joanna Lumley and her team examine the theory that Noah's Ark was preserved on Mount Ararat,...
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Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
1999
Alice in Wonderland
6.3/344
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy W...
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Alice in Wonderland
2016
Me Before You
7.928/12456
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his...
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Me Before You
2017
Finding Your Feet
7.1/170
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
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Finding Your Feet
The Snowman Live Stage Show
0/0
The stage version of Raymond Briggs’ much-loved book has been delighting children everywhere since its premiere at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 199...
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The Snowman Live Stage Show
2004
Stories of Lost Souls
5.577/13
Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome.
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Stories of Lost Souls
2004
Standing Room Only
0/0
A group of theatre-goers wait in line to see a show by the "Man of a Thousand Faces". Throughout the film they encounter an elderly woman, and a Rasta...
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Standing Room Only
1999
Parting Shots
6.1/10
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he...
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Parting Shots
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
6.7/41
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the hor...
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.7/2
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a tri...
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
1969
Some Girls Do
5.9/18
A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner. A British agent...
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Some Girls Do
2017
Paddington 2
7.5/2388
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
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Paddington 2
2017
And the Winner Isn't
5.7/3
A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, as the pair track down celebrities and industry in...
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And the Winner Isn't
2011
Wogan on Wodehouse
0/0
Terry Wogan looks at the life and work of the writer P.G. Wodehouse, including interviews from rarely seen archive footage.
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Wogan on Wodehouse
2004
EuroTrip
6.6/2591
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
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EuroTrip
1995
The Forgotten Toys
7.9/25
A festive tale about two lost toys searching for a new home.
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The Forgotten Toys
1983
The Weather in the Streets
3/2
Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into first love.
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The Weather in the Streets
2017
Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
10/2
Ab Fab stars Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley share 25 years of friendship. The two funny ladies head to the Champagne region of France to find out h...
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Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
1973
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
5.3/3
Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK but that doesn't stop him having an affair with bot...
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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
2008
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
7/1
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
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Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
2019
7 Up & Me
7.5/2
In celebration of the release of 63 Up, the 2019 installment of Michael Apted's groundbreaking documentary series that began in 1964, a number of Brit...
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7 Up & Me
1982
Electric Blue - The Movie
5.3/7
A compilation of clips, hosted by Marilyn Chambers, taken from the 'Electric Blue' series of video tapes.
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Electric Blue - The Movie
1980
Electric Blue 002
4.5/2
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Electric Blue 002
2012
The Genius of Roald Dahl
0/0
David Walliams explores the magic behind the storytelling of Roald Dahl, one of the world's most successful children's authors, to try to understand t...
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The Genius of Roald Dahl
2020
In Search of Dracula
9/3
Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.
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In Search of Dracula
2018
20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
9/2
Exclusive performances and behind-the-scenes footage of the band
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20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
2021
Falling for Figaro
6.7/45
A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scot...
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Falling for Figaro
1979
The Plank
7.4/11
Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless d...
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The Plank
2020
Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
6.5/2
Featuring a whole host of Coronation Street stars past and present, this special explores the legacy of the world's longest-running soap opera.
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Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
0/0
Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at their favorite Dibley moments, and for the first...
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray
3/1
In a profile pic-obsessed, filter-fixated world where online and reality blur, influencer Dorian Gray makes a deal. For his social star never to fade....
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
2000
Mirrorball
8/2
Vivienne Keill and Jackie Riviera are a couple of aging stage actresses who live in vertically adjacent flats. The two are of questionable talent, and...
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Mirrorball
2025
Twiggy
0/0
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 196...
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Twiggy
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
0/0
A star-studded retrospective reunites the lead cast for the first time since 2016 to rampage down memory lane revealing how the show was made, pay tri...
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