Peter Capaldi
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born April 14, 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2012, Capaldi wrote (with Tony Roche), directed and performed in The Cricklewood Greats, an affectionate spoof documentary about a fictitious film studio, which tracks real developments and trends throughout the history of British cinema. Film roles include Oldsen in Local Hero, Angus Flint in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm, and Mr Curry in Paddington and its sequel, Paddington 2. As a director, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and helmed two series of sitcom Getting On.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.7537 |
| Birthday | 1958-04-14 |
| Place of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As |
1988
Dangerous Liaisons
7.192/1243
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for...
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Dangerous Liaisons
1997
Bean
6.469/2537
Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him f...
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Bean
1988
The Lair of the White Worm
5.941/296
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable o...
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The Lair of the White Worm
1983
Local Hero
6.778/385
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
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Local Hero
2021
National Theatre Live: Constellations
10/1
A quantum physicist and a beekeeper meet at a barbeque. They hit it off, or perhaps they don’t. They go home together, or maybe they go their separate...
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National Theatre Live: Constellations
2006
Aftersun
8/1
Jim and Sue married young and 20 years later find themselves on holiday in Spain - an anniversary present from their children - with very little to sa...
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Aftersun
2014
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
7.2/4
Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman embark on a global tour to key cities across the planet - taking in Cardiff, London, Seoul, Sydney, New York, Mexico C...
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Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2011
The Murder at Road Hill House
6.1/51
In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was...
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The Murder at Road Hill House
1997
I Hate Christmas Too
6/1
An unhappy man has an encounter with the ghost of a World War I soldier, who tells him about the 1914 Christmas truce and gives him a new perspective...
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I Hate Christmas Too
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
2021
The Suicide Squad
7.47/9374
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X...
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The Suicide Squad
2004
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
4.3/6
Jet lives a joyful life working at a factory with his girlfriend who he's deeply in love with. Shortly after they decide to get married and live toget...
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Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
1990
December Bride
6.9/6
At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, sh...
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December Bride
1989
Rosie the Great
0/0
The British Government wants to ruin the island of Longsea with a military base that they’re pushing forward with even after the Island’s council demo...
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Rosie the Great
2004
Salvage
6/2
A man suffering from sex addiction seeks help.
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Salvage
2005
House of 9
5.015/237
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they mu...
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House of 9
2009
In the Loop
7.035/751
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers...
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In the Loop
2013
World War Z
6.823/16218
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning...
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World War Z
2011
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
3.2/15
After sixteen years at Her Majesty's Pleasure, Britain's hardest man is released from prison, and into the care of a documentary film crew headed by a...
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Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2005
Wild Country
4.4/12
A group of friends are pursued by a sinister force after rescuing an abandoned child.
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Wild Country
2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
6/5
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to...
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Pinochet in Suburbia
2002
Solid Geometry
4.375/8
A successful young man's world view is turned upside-down when he inherits his great-great-grandfather's diaries, and starts pursuing the mystical geo...
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Solid Geometry
1998
What Rats Won't Do
4.8/17
Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has...
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What Rats Won't Do
1996
Giving Tongue
1/2
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunt...
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Giving Tongue
2013
The Fifth Estate
6.01/1059
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the...
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The Fifth Estate
1985
John and Yoko: A Love Story
5.7/3
Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.
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John and Yoko: A Love Story
2012
The Cricklewood Greats
7/1
Peter Capaldi embarks upon a personal journey to discover the shocking history of the stars of north London's famous film studios, Cricklewood Film St...
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The Cricklewood Greats
2013
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
7/6
Inside The Mind of Leonardo is based on the artist’s private journals dating from the Italian Renaissance. With over 6,000 pages of handwritten notes...
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Inside the Mind of Leonardo
2015
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
8.5/2
The Doctor contemplates a journey to see an old acquaintance and digs a well. Released in cinemas alongside the 3D double-bill of Dark Water and Death...
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Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
1993
Selling Hitler
7/2
In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop...
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Selling Hitler
1987
Up Line
0/0
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deployi...
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Up Line
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
6.294/253
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla unco...
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
2003
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
7.333/9
After her husband's death, A woman starts looking for independence.
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Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
1993
Jealousy
0/0
Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory and convinced she is having an affair...
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Jealousy
2014
Paddington
7.117/4120
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, w...
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Paddington
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
6.2/11
Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name i...
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Soft Top Hard Shoulder
2014
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
7.747/255
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Cl...
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Doctor Who: Last Christmas
1991
Do Not Disturb
2/1
When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of literary enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writ...
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Do Not Disturb
1994
Captives
5.8/42
A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriage, and emb...
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Captives
1986
God's Chosen Car Park
0/0
Nathaniel Box, a self-styled prophet, along with his daughter Barbara and her fiancé Curtis, holds a night time press conference in an underground car...
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God's Chosen Car Park
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
8.191/766
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in spa...
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2002
Max
6.088/108
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at p...
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Max
1999
The Greatest Store in the World
4.8/6
Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternativ...
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The Greatest Store in the World
2001
Hotel!
4.5/4
The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to...
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Hotel!
2004
Modigliani
7.039/204
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo...
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Modigliani
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
7.978/161
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon...
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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
4.5/2
Darkly comic murder mystery adapted from Bernice Rubens 's Booker Prize-winning bestseller. Luke Wakefield is not so much a knight in shining armour...
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Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
2014
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
7.752/117
The newly-regenerated Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the man he has become. All the while, they reunite wit...
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Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2007
The Rise of the Nutters
8.3/5
With Hugh in Australia and Glenn in Wales, Ollie is left in charge, feeding policies to junior minister Ben Swain. He is one of the 'Nutters', the gro...
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The Rise of the Nutters
2016
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
7/1
The Doctor and Bill are chased by a group of Daleks in a short introductory video to present Bill, the new companion, to audiences for the first time.
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Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
1996
Lost for Words
0/0
An account of the events that led a young tourist to permanent silence, after taking shelter with a peasant family whose dog he helped to exterminate.
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Lost for Words
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
6.5/6
Mickey Love is an aging television quiz show host who after climbing his way back to the top after conquering alcoholism has hosted the highly rated "...
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Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
2014
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
8.038/66
In this epic two-part finale, the Doctor comes face to face with the mysterious Missy, and an impossible choice is looming. With Cybermen on the stree...
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Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2010
Bistro
10/1
A restaurant diner is unable to make a pig of himself.
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Bistro
2017
Paddington 2
7.475/2690
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
1987
The Story of a Recluse
0/0
Fragment of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson, completed by Alasdair Gray. A dissolute medical student wakes up in the bedroom of a young woman who fa...
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The Story of a Recluse
1982
Living Apart Together
0/0
Starring musician B.A. Robertson as Ritchie Hannah a singer/songwriter returning to his mediocre life in Glasgow after the death of a friend Living Ap...
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Living Apart Together
1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
7/1
Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught...
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The Cloning of Joanna May
2003
Unconditional Love
6/1
A young criminal kidnaps a couple's young son and then blackmails them into committing his crime instead of asking for a ransom.
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Unconditional Love
1985
Turtle Diary
6.214/14
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd,...
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Turtle Diary
1989
Dream Baby
0/0
Annie Kirk's life is in chaos. She is broke, unemployed, can't pay her poll tax and has two boyfriends she wants to be shot of. She is determined to b...
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Dream Baby
1988
The Love Child
7/1
When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more t...
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The Love Child
2005
The Best Man
5.3/74
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start t...
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The Best Man
1997
Shooting Fish
6.3/84
Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
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Shooting Fish
2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
8.065/308
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the...
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Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
8.023/129
As the Twelfth Doctor nears regeneration, he stumbles on his first incarnation, also refusing to change. It takes a captain, a glass avatar and a fami...
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Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2018
Christopher Robin
7.304/2862
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and lovea...
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Christopher Robin
2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
6.414/521
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chron...
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
1995
Runway One
0/0
An Irish Garda finds himself involved in a complex smuggling operation.
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Runway One
2007
Magicians
5.9/73
A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.
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Magicians
2016
Prison, My Parents & Me
0/0
Nearly 10,000 children in Britain visit a parent in prison every week, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Catey Sexton gives a humane and sensitive insight int...
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Prison, My Parents & Me
1996
The Treasure Seekers
5.3/6
Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially strapped father.
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The Treasure Seekers
2019
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
7/3
Documentary following researchers as they try to take the first-ever picture of a black hole. They must travel the globe to build a revolutionary tele...
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How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
2019
Martin's Close
5.6/8
A young squire accused of murdering a young girl that did not return his feelings of love reveals a supernatural secret at his trial.
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Martin's Close
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
8.1/7
Peter Davison is on a new journey to discover everything he can about the Doctor's Companion. What exactly is a companion's role, how do you actually...
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2016
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
7.446/37
When brain-swapping aliens attack New York, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious masked superhero known only...
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Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
5/2
Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed, in the company of former cast members and celebr...
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Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2021
Benediction
6.157/86
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the gov...
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Benediction
2013
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
0/0
Famous for lines like 'It is better to be feared than loved', Machiavelli's notorious book, The Prince, has been a manual for tyrants from Napoleon to...
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Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
1998
Boswell's Boswell
0/0
A look at the life of James Boswell.
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Boswell's Boswell
2007
Spinners and Losers
8.3/3
Peter Mannion's speech on immigration, leaking the PM's policy, did not have the effect Tucker desired and now the PM is resigning, leaving the way cl...
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Spinners and Losers
1992
The Secret Agent
8/1
1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc, who is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to...
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The Secret Agent
2009
A Portrait of Scotland
0/0
A 400+ year history of major Scottish portrait painters, from the Enlightenment through modern times.
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A Portrait of Scotland
2004
Napoleon's Waterloo
0/0
Documentary about the conflict at Waterloo and Napoleon's personal rivalry with Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington.
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Napoleon's Waterloo
1989
Communicators From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video.
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Communicators From Hell
2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
0/0
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The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2022
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
0/0
Three years in the making, this feature-length documentary shines a light on the perilous state of Scotland’s salmon, and tells the compelling story o...
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Riverwoods: An Untold Story
2005
Michael Powell
0/0
The first episode of a new arts documentary program from BBC Scotland was dedicated to Michael Powell in his centenary year. The program interviews ma...
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Michael Powell
2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
7.2/4
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially sho...
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Doctor Who at the Proms
2025
The Academy of Armando
1/1
Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day Tod...
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The Academy of Armando
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
5.389/9
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still...
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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2020
The Big Night In
9/2
Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.
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The Big Night In
1989
Colleagues From Hell
0/0
John Cleese corporate training video series
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Colleagues From Hell
2022
Insanity
0/0
A man from mondas is granted with immortality, but it's not the blessing he desired.
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Insanity
2025
Lights Out
0/0
The Doctor gets a distress signal that sends him to a space station, where he encounters an old foe who likes to meddle with time and causes havoc for...
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