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Jimmy Akingbola is an English stage, television and film actor.
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Sarah Smile
Act like Uriel
event2005 star_border 7
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While looking for some money, a homeless man stumbles upon an autistic girl named Sarah.
Othello
Act like Othello
event2008
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Frantic Assembly takes Shakespeare’s muscular and beautiful text, combines its own bruising physicality, and presents an Othello firmly rooted in a volatile 21st century. This is a world of broken glass and broken promises, of poisonous manipulation and explosive violence.
Handle with Care: Jimmy Akingbola
Act like Self
event2022
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Jimmy Akingbola reveals the truth of growing up in the care system in England, where the number of children in care has risen by a massive 28 per cent in the past decade to almost half a million.
Out of Darkness
event2013 star_border 8
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A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that won't let go.
Habibti
Act like Marlon
event2010 star_border 3.8
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A veiled Arab woman, steeped in tradition, journeys to London to visit her estranged daughter only to find her living with a black boyfriend..
Anansi
Act like Kojo
event2003
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The story of an adventurous odyssey experienced by a group of West Africans to build a new life in Germany.
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Act like Keen Petshop Keeper
event2015 star_border 6.7
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Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Mrs. Silver, but he is too shy to disclose how he feels. Mr. Hoppy longs to express his feelings to Mrs. Silver, but he can never bring his lips to form the words. Mrs. Silver has a small pet tortoise, Alfie, whom she loves very much. One morning, Mrs. Silver mentions to Mr. Hoppy that even though she has had Alfie for many years, her pet has only grown a tiny bit and has gained only 3 ounces in weight. She confesses that she wishes she knew of some way to make her little Alfie grown into a larger, more dignified tortoise. Mr. Hoppy suddenly thinks of a way to give Mrs. Silver her wish and win her affection.
Blood Cells
Act like Debo
event2014 star_border 4.8
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A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, momentous news from home compels an exiled young man to embark upon an intense and surreal journey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain.
Spectral
Act like Sgt. Steve McFadden
event2016 star_border 6.5
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A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
Full-Dress
Act like Bertie
event2019
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Two friends set out to make a movie that will change their lives, but they borrow money from the wrong guy. When they lose their star, and the production falls apart, they become aware that the situation is much graver than once thought. As their fates are decided, the audience realizes everything is not as it seems.
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Act like Dandini
event2020 star_border 6.6
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Olivia Colman leads a stellar cast of actors, entertainers and comedians in a very special ‘stay-at-home’ adaptation of Cinderella for Comic Relief.
Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
Act like Kwame Nkrumah
event2019 star_border 7
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Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around the world, events that define our present reality.
Rogue Agent
Act like Andrew
event2022 star_border 6.3
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Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Holby Blue
Act like Constable Neil Parker (20 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7.1
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The police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting the usual crime with drug offenders and gang members, but today they are faced with the threat of terrorism on their own soil. A Spin off from Holby City and Casualty.
The Royal
Act like Corporal Frederick Collins (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 7.6
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Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
The Crouches
Act like Dennis Ubakema (12 ep.)
event2003 star_border 1
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The Crouches is a sitcom that aired on BBC One between 2003 and 2005, starring Rudolph Walker. Other main cast members were Robbie Gee and Jo Martin. Walker played Robbie Gee's father, and Mona Hammond, who played Jo's mother. The show was not well received by critics and only two series were made. It ratings were moderate, attracting an average of 3 million viewers.
Childhood sweethearts Roly Crouch and Natalie have been married for 18 years. Roly works at for the London Underground at Lambeth North as a Station Assistant. Roly has two best mates, Ed and Bailey. Bailey, who is portrayed by Don Warrington is his boss, and Ed, who is portrayed by Danny John-Jules is also a station assistant.
Ed is married to Lindy. Their relationship is rocky, and even when Lindy chucks him out of the house at times, he still thinks that she loves him and that it is her way of expressing her love to him.
Natalie used to be in a rap duo with best mate Lindy, who is portrayed by Llewella Gideon, called "Bun and Cheese". Nat said they wanted to be Britain's answer to Salt-n-Pepa, but their musical career didn't take off despite Roly's support. She now manages a discount store in Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre and longs for some sophistication in her life.
Bel-Air
Act like Geoffrey Thompson (30 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.9
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The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
Ballot Monkeys
Act like Martin (5 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.3
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Political comedy set on the campaign buses of the main parties as they battle their way through the chaos of the election campaign.
Rev.
Act like Mick (19 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7.3
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Sitcom about a former rural parish vicar trying to cope with the varied demands of running an inner-city church.
Arrow
Act like Baron Reiter (16 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.8
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Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
The Tower
Act like DC Steve Bradshaw (11 ep.)
event2021 star_border 6.7
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A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.
Living the Dream
Act like Paul (12 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.9
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A British family, the Pembertons, decide it’s time to leave rainy England and move to the sunshine state of Florida. They've bought an RV Park with plans for a booming family-run business, but it soon turns out that they are not going to be living the dream they hoped.
Blackbeard
Act like Black Caesar (2 ep.)
event2006 star_border 5.8
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Drama documentary about Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, who terrorised the British colonies in the Americas during the golden age of piracy.
In the Long Run
Act like Valentine Easmon (19 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.3
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Set in 1980s London, this comedy series follows the Easmon family, which has settled in England after having arrived from Sierra Leone a decade earlier. The Easmons’ son, Akuna, hangs out in the housing project where the family lives, playing soccer and dodging the local thugs. The family’s life is turned upside down when Walter’s brother Valentine arrives in the U.K., bringing chaos in his wake and igniting a passion for music in Akuna.
Twenty Twelve
Act like Receptionist (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.3
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A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth: the 2012 Olympics. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world.
Stupid!
(2 ep.)
event2004 star_border 7
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Stupid! was a British television comedy sketch show aimed at children of primary and secondary school age, which was first broadcast on CBBC and subsequently BBC One.
MacGyver
Act like Joseph (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7.3
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20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Most Dangerous Game
Act like Carter (uncredited) (4 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7
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Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Maynard accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he soon discovers that he’s not the hunter but the prey.
Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth
Act like Morda (2 ep.)
event2011 star_border 6
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The story of how Homo sapiens once shared the Earth with other species of hominid, and how, against all the odds, we survived.
Cheat
Act like DI Hammond (4 ep.)
event2019 star_border 6.4
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University lecturer Dr Leah Dale has always prided herself on her academic integrity so when final year student Rose, submits a suspiciously top-grade essay, Leah is quick to call her out. But there’s more going on than meets the eye as Rose takes the challenge as a personal affront, and what begins as a seemingly open and shut case of academic deception soon spirals out of control.
Bob Hearts Abishola
Act like Ade (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.5
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A love story about a middle-aged compression sock businessman from Detroit who unexpectedly falls for his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, while recovering from a heart attack and sets his sights on winning her over.
Kate & Koji
Act like Koji (12 ep.)
event2020 star_border 5.8
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Kate runs an old-fashioned café in a seaside town, and develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with asylum-seeking African doctor Koji. Although from different worlds, Kate and Koji are similar in ways they do not see for themselves.
Death in Paradise
Act like Terrance Jackson (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.5
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A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
Ready Steady Cook
Act like Self - Guest (1 ep.)
event1994
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Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes
Scorpion
Act like Jelani (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 8.2
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Eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis, an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru.
Ted Lasso
Act like Ollie (2 ep.)
event2020 star_border 8.4
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Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Sorry, I Didn't Know
Act like Host (24 ep.)
event2020 star_border 4
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Jimmy Akingbola hosts a panel show which takes a tour of black history across the globe.
This Morning
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 5.5
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This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
Big School
Act like Dr Dalton (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 6.9
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A comedy about a dysfunctional staff room, unrequited love and interactive whiteboards set in an urban secondary school. Chemistry teacher Mr. Church is hopelessly in love with the school's new French teacher, who in turn is being chased by a lothario gym teacher.
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