John Bird
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.244 |
| Birthday | 1936-11-22 |
| Place of Birth | Nottingham, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1977
Jabberwocky
6/274
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. T...
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Jabberwocky
1991
Bejewelled
4.4/4
An American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up with a private investigator-in-training to try and recov...
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Bejewelled
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
4/5
Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is not only having trouble coping with his new 'home'...
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The Alf Garnett Saga
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
7.5/2
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend conce...
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
0/0
A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook.
“marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison Pearson, The Observ...
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Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
2003
Winter Solstice
6.8/6
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend H...
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Winter Solstice
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
0/0
In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government...
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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1970
Take a Girl Like You
5.4/14
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,...
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Take a Girl Like You
1990
Circles Of Deceit
0/0
Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with secrets.
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Circles Of Deceit
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
2003
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
0/0
The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes. T...
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Between Iraq and a Hard Place
1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
4.2/4
A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Directo...
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30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
6/4
Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese,...
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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1969
The Best House in London
3.6/5
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
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The Best House in London
1996
Giving Tongue
1/1
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
1981
Timon of Athens
7/1
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthro...
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Timon of Athens
1979
Blue Remembered Hills
6.5/2
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, t...
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Blue Remembered Hills
1979
Red, White, and Zero
5/1
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderso...
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Red, White, and Zero
1969
A Promise of Bed
2.2/4
Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner whose...
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A Promise of Bed
1980
A Walk in the Forest
0/0
A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident.
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A Walk in the Forest
1980
High Tide
8/1
Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last word...
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High Tide
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
7/1
Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches.
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Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
1966
Alice in Wonderland
7.3/23
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th...
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Alice in Wonderland
1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
6.2/97
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud....
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1985
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
0/0
Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
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Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1980
The Taming of the Shrew
7.8/6
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista decl...
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The Taming of the Shrew
1985
Blue Money
4.9/10
Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.
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Blue Money
1982
King Lear
6/5
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youn...
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King Lear
1979
The Last Window Cleaner
0/0
When DC Denis Deacey finds himself surprisingly transferred to Belfast he gets digs in a most unusual boarding house called The Crumlin View where no...
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The Last Window Cleaner
1983
The Falklands Factor
0/0
Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkla...
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The Falklands Factor
1992
After the Dance
0/0
David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that s...
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After the Dance
1987
The Children Of Dynmouth
5.5/2
The plot follows Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy as he wanders around the dull seaside town of Dynmouth, spying on the town'...
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The Children Of Dynmouth
1981
Fothergill
0/0
John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most...
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Fothergill
1988
Scarfe's Follies
0/0
Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe looks at that most English of things - the folly.
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