
Birthday:
08-20-1956
(68 years)
Birthplace:
Bristol, England
Their works
- Release swap_vert
- Title swap_vert
- Ratings swap_vert
close
The Doctor and the Devils
Act like Harding
event1985 star_border 6.4
top_panel_open
In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.
Mothering Sunday
Act like Giles Hobday
event2021 star_border 5.4
top_panel_open
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul is the boy from the manor house nearby, Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.
Henry V
Act like Duke Humphrey of Gloucester
event1989 star_border 7.2
top_panel_open
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Rogue Trader
Act like Peter Norris
event1999 star_border 5.9
top_panel_open
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
Fire, Ice & Dynamite
Act like Alexander
event1990 star_border 4.6
top_panel_open
Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!
The Dark Angel
Act like Captain Oakley
event1987 star_border 7.5
top_panel_open
The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with considerable relish by Jane Lapotaire) is a cruel, brandy-swigging schemer with an unhealthy interest in Maud's inheritance and an approach to childcare that would make Mary Poppins faint. When Maud's father dies she has no choice but to live with her wicked uncle Silas, who will inherit the family fortune if Maud should happen to die. This is not a recipe for domestic bliss and soon it seems that everyone but Maud is either bad, mad, or both.
May We Borrow Your Husband?
Act like Peter Travis
event1986
top_panel_open
An author seeking solitude in a small hotel in the South of France is an unwilling witness to a relationship between a young couple and two interior designers.
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
Act like Narrator
event1995 star_border 4.4
top_panel_open
A writer taking a rest in a country hotel is obsessed with a strange woman in the same hotel. The woman seems to observe him in provocative ways, but he does not dare to approach her. One day he follows her to her room and listens to strange “erotic” sounds from inside, and begins to have erotic thoughts.
Time and the Conways
Act like Robin Conway
event1985
top_panel_open
1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to conjure with them and offers a dark glimpse of what the future could really bring.
On Island West
Act like Hector
event2021
top_panel_open
In a dystopian Britain flooded by climate change, Arya is raised as a militant racist on an isolated island. When a mixed race stranger arrives, she sees the monstrous truth of her world through his eyes. Arya must decide between freedom and justice, and the only home she’s ever known.
Wuthering Heights
Act like Edgar Linton
event1992 star_border 6.6
top_panel_open
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
David Rose
Act like Doctor
event2011
top_panel_open
Ten year old Stella Stewart's world changes when a strange young man enters her life with heartbreaking consequences.
The House on Garibaldi Street
Act like Nicholaus Eichmann
event1979 star_border 5.5
top_panel_open
When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.
Two Days, Nine Lives
Act like Rupert
event2001 star_border 1
top_panel_open
A drug addict checks into rehab.
A Life for a Life
Act like Taylor
event1998
top_panel_open
The 1998 dramatization of a 1970s UK miscarriage of justice, centered around Stefan Khizcho, and his mother's subsequent battle for his freedom.
Warriors
Act like Major 'Brick' Stone
event1999 star_border 6.7
top_panel_open
If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the story of five young soldiers and their harrowing experiences in the region.
Spice World
Act like Doctor
event1997 star_border 4.8
top_panel_open
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
Sunday Pursuit
Act like Mr. Gerald
event1990 star_border 4
top_panel_open
Thomas Wilkins has faithfully worked his entire life on Saville Row. Suddenly he is fired by his boss Mr Gerald, who wants a younger man with new ideas. Thomas advertise under "Lonely Hearts" and receives an answer.
Bliss
Act like Dr Sam Bliss
event1995
top_panel_open
Dr. Sam Bliss, a medical research scientist based at Cambridge University, investigates bizarre and unexplained deaths, with the help of his assistant, Dr. Melanie Kilpatrick.
Beyond Reason
Act like Duncan McAllister
event1995
top_panel_open
Drama based on a real-life story of a love affair between a married army captain and a young female soldier. Susan Christie and Duncan McAllister have an affair, but Duncan ends the relationship when he's posted to Germany. Three days later, Susan and Duncan's wife, Penny, go for a walk in the woods in Northern Ireland. Fifteen minutes later, Penny is dead and Susan claims they were attacked by an unknown man.
Bait
Act like Tim Leigh
event2019 star_border 6.9
top_panel_open
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
Murder On Line One
Act like Simon
event1989 star_border 6
top_panel_open
A series of heinous murders ends with the arrest of the supposed killer. But when similar grisly killings continue, a beautiful reporter sets out to prove that the police are holding the wrong man. Or are they?
Sweet Wine of Youth
Act like Rupert Brooke
event1979
top_panel_open
A Life of Rupert Brooke from his letters and poems
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Act like Andrew Hall (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 8.1
top_panel_open
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Act like Stephen Devenish (5 ep.)
event1987 star_border 6.2
top_panel_open
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Lillie
(2 ep.)
event1978 star_border 8.2
top_panel_open
The Rise and Fall of a Professional Beauty. It was the affair that shook Victorian society to its core. He was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society.
Peak Practice
Act like Dr. Will Preston (81 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.1
top_panel_open
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series.
Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
Celebrity Masterchef
(1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 5.8
top_panel_open
Chef and restaurateur John Torode and food writer and ingredients expert Gregg Wallace search for the country's top celebrity chef.
Father Brown
Act like Edward Reese (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.5
top_panel_open
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
The Dark Angel
Act like Captain Oakley (3 ep.)
event1989
top_panel_open
Maud Ruthyn, a lovely and sensitive girl, is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas Ruthyn, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything untoward happen to young Maud. With the tyrannical Madame De La Rougierre as her governess, Maud finds that the estate holds terrors beyond her imaginings
Casualty
Act like John Ferris (1 ep.)
event1986 star_border 6
top_panel_open
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Alex Rider
Act like Sir David Friend (3 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7.8
top_panel_open
Alex Rider is an ordinary teenager enlisted to work on behalf of MI6, where he uses skills he didn't know he had to become an extraordinary spy.
Pie in the Sky
Act like Chris Bentley (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 8.4
top_panel_open
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
Tilly Trotter
Act like Mark Sopwith (4 ep.)
event1999 star_border 6.5
top_panel_open
In 1830s rural England, a courageous young girl envied by women for her beauty, lusted after by men, is accused of witchcraft and forced to rise above the prejudice of many people in the community in which she lives.
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Act like Patrick Simmons (3 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7.2
top_panel_open
An advertisement announcing the time and place of a forthcoming murder appears among the ads of the paper in the small village of Chipping Cleghorn.
Midsomer Murders
Act like Reverend Oscar Hayden (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 7.5
top_panel_open
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Time for Murder
Act like Lawrence Penwarden (1 ep.)
event1985 star_border 4
top_panel_open
Written by six of Britain's finest writers (including Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, and Michael Robson), performed by leading actors, these are no ordinary tales of mystery and suspense. Each has its own twist, ranging from the darkly humorous to the truly macabre.
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Act like Frederick Greenwood (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.2
top_panel_open
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
Miss Marple
Act like Patrick Simmons (3 ep.)
event1984 star_border 8
top_panel_open
Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan Hickson who starred in a dozen television mysteries about Miss Marple over the course of a decade.
Heartbeat
Act like Edward Wilson (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 7
top_panel_open
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Lytton's Diary
Act like TV Interviewer (1 ep.)
event1985 star_border 5
top_panel_open
Peter Bowles gives a memorable performance as Fleet Street's most successful gossip columnist, Neville Lytton. Co-created by Bowles, this highly popular drama started life as a single play in the Storyboard anthology before continuing through two critically acclaimed series. Featuring appearances by Gwen Taylor, Ralph Bates, Pamela Salem, Jean Kent, Elspet Gray and Lee Patterson, this set comprises both series alongside the original Storyboard play.
Suave, shrewd and with an instinct for a good story (tempered by a strong sense of fair play and occasional threats of litigation...), Neville Lytton is justly famed for the Gossip Diary that peps up the pages of The Daily News. Society tit-bits often give way to high-profile exposés, however, when Lytton and his colleagues stumble upon shady dealings, corruption at the highest levels, cover-ups and con-artists...
Death in Paradise
Act like Jacob Doran (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.5
top_panel_open
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
Tripping Over
Act like Simon (2 ep.)
event2006
top_panel_open
Tripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK Tripping Over is repeated on Five Life.
The show is about three friends in London and two friends in Sydney, neither group knows each other but their parents do. They both take flights to each other's countries, and the two groups meet at the stop-over in Bangkok, where a tragic event changes their lives.
The series then follows the two groups of friends as they continue on their trips to each other's countries and back home. The programme focuses on the major life changes that occur during the mid-twenties, and how choices made here can affect a person's life for many years to come.
Show more expand_more
keyboard_double_arrow_down