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Birthday:

03-03-1958 (66 years)

Birthplace:

Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Miranda Jane Richardson (born March 3, 1958) is an English actor. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage. She has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning twice for Enchanted April (1992) and the TV film Fatherland (1994). In 1996, one critic asserted that she is "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" after she appeared in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival. Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End debut in the 1981 play Moving, before being nominated for the 1987 Olivier Award for Best Actress for A Lie of the Mind. Her television credits include Blackadder (1986–1989), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Merlin (1998), The Lost Prince (2003), Gideon's Daughter (2006), the sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007), and Rubicon (2010). She was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Operation Orangutan.

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The Hours

Act like Vanessa Bell

event2002 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Act like Rita Skeeter

event2005 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.

Paris Je T'aime

Act like La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)

event2006 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Empire of the Sun

Act like Mrs. Victor

event1987 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

Sleepy Hollow

Act like Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch

event1999 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.

The Apostle

Act like Toosie

event1997 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.

Get Carter

Act like Gloria Carter

event2000 star_border 5.2 top_panel_open

Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible.

Southland Tales

Act like Nana Mae Frost

event2007 star_border 5.2 top_panel_open

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Damage

Act like Ingrid Fleming

event1992 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

The Prince & Me

Act like Queen Rosalind

event2004 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige and Edward come from two different worlds, but there is an undeniable attraction between them.

Fred Claus

Act like Annette Claus

event2007 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.

The Evening Star

Act like Patsy Carpenter

event1996 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.

The Miracle Maker

Act like Mary Magdalene (voice)

event2000 star_border 6 top_panel_open

A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.

Fatherland

Act like Charlie Maguire

event1994 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

The Crying Game

Act like Jude

event1992 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

Chicken Run

Act like Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

event2000 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.

Kansas City

Act like Carolyn Stilton

event1996 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Alice in Wonderland

Act like Queen of Hearts

event1999 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?

Puffball

Act like Mabs Tucker

event2007 star_border 3.7 top_panel_open

Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house.

Spinning Into Butter

Act like Dean Catherine Kenney

event2007 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

A hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean (Parker) in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race and prejudice, while maintaining her administration's politically correct policies.

Snow White

Act like Queen Elspeth

event2001 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.

The Actors

Act like Mrs. Magnani

event2003 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.

Enchanted April

Act like Rose Arbuthnot

event1991 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

Spider

Act like Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg

event2002 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

The Phantom of the Opera

Act like Madame Giry

event2004 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

Dance with a Stranger

Act like Ruth Ellis

event1985 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

The Magician's Elephant

Act like Madam LaVaughn (voice)

event2023 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.

Turtle: The Incredible Journey

Act like Narrator (Voice)

event2009 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

The story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream up towards the Arctic and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic across to Africa and back to the beach where she was born. But the odds are stacked against her; just one in ten thousand turtles survive the journey.

The Rage in Placid Lake

Act like Sylvia Lake

event2003 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. To his parents' horror, he gets a normal job.

Wah-Wah

Act like Lauren Compton

event2005 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.

Provoked: A True Story

Act like Veronica Scott

event2007 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.

The Big Brass Ring

Act like Dinah Pellarin

event1999 star_border 4.4 top_panel_open

Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.

Made in Dagenham

Act like Barbara Castle

event2010 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

The King and I

Act like Anna Leonowens (voice)

event1999 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.

Tom & Viv

Act like Vivienne Haigh-Wood

event1994 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.

The Young Victoria

Act like Duchess of Kent

event2009 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

St. Ives

Act like Susan Gilchrist

event1998 star_border 5.7 top_panel_open

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating with women. Both men have their eyes on the lovely Flora, who resides with her aunt, the iconoclastic and well-traveled Miss Susan Emily Gilcrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques's grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way. Can Miss Gilcrist contrive to make everything work out?

The House

Act like Aunt Clarice (voice)

event2022 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.

Gideon's Daughter

Act like Stella

event2005 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death. Nighy is a PR guru who has to stop and re-evaluate his world when his daughter threatens to leave his life, perhaps as revenge for his serial infidelities. Richardson plays a mother trying to bury her grief in an unconventional way after the loss of her young son.

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Act like Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

event1988 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Act like (archive footage)

event2012 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Act like Self – Contributor

event2023 star_border 8 top_panel_open

A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia.

Saint-Ex

Act like Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

event1996 star_border 3 top_panel_open

Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

The Designated Mourner

Act like Judy

event1997 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judy's father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view.

Twisted Obsession

Act like Marilyn

event1989 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.

Orankipelastus

Act like Narrator (voice)

event2015 star_border 7 top_panel_open

A rehabilitation centre in western Kalimantan in Borneo aims to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned orangutans for release back into the wild.

The Night and the Moment

Act like Julie

event1995 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

The Night and the Moment is a 1995 erotic drama. A writer (Dafoe) is invited to the house of a noblewoman (Olin) who adores free-thinkers. He attempts to seduce her but she insists that he tell her of his past love exploits. While doing so, he takes her through his time in prison where he was unknowingly incarcerated in the cell beside hers.

Old Times

event1991 star_border 5 top_panel_open

The scene is a fashionably remodeled farmhouse in the countryside somewhere beyond London, where a prosperous and urbane couple are entertaining the wife's former roommate and friend whom they have not seen for twenty years. At first the husband and wife banter, then the friend joins them and a flood of intertwining memories ensues. The action shifts back and forth in time, as recollection of what did-or, perhaps, did not-happen are pondered and, as the tension builds, we are aware that the husband and the friend have become locked in a duel for the wife's very soul. Reveries and ambiguities abound, hinting at much more than is said, and forming together into a surprising entity which challenges the heart and mind and will linger on enticingly in the memory. Doollee.com

Belle

Act like Lady Ashford

event2013 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.

Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey

Act like Narrator (voice)

event2015 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

A look at the phenomenal success of novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

The Bachelor

Act like Friederike / Widow Sommer

event1990 top_panel_open

In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.

The Scold's Bridle

Act like Dr. Sarah Blakeney

event1998 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.

After Pilkington

Act like Penny Newhouse

event1987 star_border 7 top_panel_open

The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Act like Mrs Tweedy (voice)

event2023 star_border 7 top_panel_open

A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Act like Miss Fowl

event1999 star_border 4.1 top_panel_open

Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks, two minutes and five seconds in the Children's Prison hundreds of miles away from civilization. It is a dark, dirty dungeon-like place where the children work and are kept in cells. There are the three head characters, Master Fish, a fish/human, Mistress Fowl, a bird like woman and the Hooded Fang himself. They also have green henchmen who spray "slime resistors" at the children to prevent them escaping. Two child agents try to help him out, as the children also come up with a plan for escape.

Les Dogs

Act like Bride's Mother

event1990 top_panel_open

Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and bride exchange insults and a gun battle ensues in which many guests - and Les Dogs - are casualties though the happy couple escape. Victor, who has wandered in on the scene, is asked to take wedding photographs and has a series of dreamlike fantasies all based around his infatuation with Angela.

Testament of Youth

Act like Miss Lorimer

event2014 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

Hidden Universe

event2013 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

An extraordinary journey deep into space offering fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.

Demonella

Act like Marie Antoinette

event1993 top_panel_open

Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams, a piece called 'Demonella' he is anxious to fulfill his part of the deal, to give the Devil his mother's secret recipe for chicken soup to serve her celebrity guests in Hell.

Jealousy

Act like Stella/Elsbeth

event1993 top_panel_open

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 with her handsome water aerobics instructor. Seeing a name and number in her diary he follows her in drag, only to find it is a transvestite club she is covering as a journalist and where he is embarrassingly chatted up. In the event his suspicions are correct but the proof comes at a cost.

Century

Act like Clara

event1993 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

Muppets Most Wanted

Act like Berliner at Window

event2014 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.

Lost Property

Act like Anne

event1986 top_panel_open

Anne and John Forrest live in an old Victorian school building. But what for Anne is the fulfillment of her childhood fantasy about a “pretend” school is too real for John and a former pupil at the school.

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Act like Queenie

event1999 star_border 7 top_panel_open

What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of human history.

A Fox's Tale

Act like Anna Conda (voice)

event2008 star_border 1.7 top_panel_open

The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

Act like Mrs Blitherington

event2014 star_border 4.5 top_panel_open

Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town for being a nuisance.

Ted & Ralph

Act like Henrietta Blough-Pendleton

event1998 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

One-off comedy drama featuring characters from award-winning BBC sketch series 'The Fast Show'. Ralph Mayhew (Charlie Higson) lives alone in a faded stately home. His only friend is Ted (Paul Whitehouse), the elderly Irish estate worker. But their way of life is under threat: Ralph must marry before his 35th birthday or lose everything. Just when it all seems hopeless, along comes Wendy (Kathy Burke). As Ralph's affection for Wendy grows, his dependence on Ted wanes. Is this the end of a beautiful friendship ? Is Wendy all that she seems ? Will Ralph go through with the marriage ? And will he save the Hall ?

The Yellow Tie

Act like Ioana Celibidache

top_panel_open

Sergiu Celibidache's fairy tale journey: from Moldavia to the Berlin Philharmonic. Despite World War II and countless challenges, he pursued his musical dreams with relentless dedication and refusal to compromise, inspiring many.

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Act like Early Bird

event1989 star_border 5.2 top_panel_open

Joe and Sarah Marriot are a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families that have come to the site on holiday provide great comedy and plenty of people watching for the Marriots. Of course, you'd expect hilarity from characters dubbed the Fitness Family, Mr. and Mrs. Topless, Fatty Granada, and the In-the-Trades. But the Marriots' enjoyment of observing the outside world turns inward when the entrance of Early Bird, a free-spirited female, shakes up their little nest.

Comic Aid

event2005 star_border 5 top_panel_open

Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sale – the DVD features the entire uncut show for all those unfortunate enough to have missed out on tickets. The 3 hour show sees Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Graham Norton, Julian Clary, and Lily Savage host a stellar comic line-up that includes; Lee Evans, Dawn French, Jimmy Carr, Ardal O’Hanlon, Johnny Vegas, Bill Bailey, Bo’ Selecta! star The Bear, Jo Brand, Jon Culshaw, Omid Djalili, Otis Lee Crenshaw, Eddie Izzard, The League Of Gentlemen with Miranda Richardson, Alistair McGowan, Dylan Moran, Dave Spikey, Simon Pegg & Jessica Stevenson. Psychological illusionist Derren Brown and international percussion sensation Stomp also present their own unique blend of stage entertainment.

Falling Angels

Act like Mary Field

event2003 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

The wickedly funny story of three sisters' coming of age in a wildly dysfunctional family, set against the backdrop of the 60's, free love, the Cold War, LSD and the dawn of feminism. Affectionately dubbed "Little Women on acid", this is a story about the destructive effects of secrecy and the bonds of duty between parents and their children.

Eat the Rich

Act like DHSS Blonde

event1987 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Act like Eva Braun

event2004 star_border 5.3 top_panel_open

A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I. to play the part of Winston Churchill. Their take on the war depicts a handsome Churchill falling in love with Princess Elizabeth, who is herself involved in the war as an undercover agent.

An Inspector Calls

Act like Sybil Birling

event2015 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

Northern England, 1912. The dinner of a wealthy family is interrupted by Inspector Goole, who only announces that a young woman has committed suicide. Then, he simply asks everyone present, one by one, if they knew her.

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

Act like Sandra

event1992 star_border 4.5 top_panel_open

Darkly comic murder mystery adapted from Bernice Rubens 's Booker Prize-winning bestseller. Luke Wakefield is not so much a knight in shining armour as an oddball in a suit. And his crusade is more of a "who ami" than a "whodunit".

The Fool

Act like Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

event1990 star_border 7 top_panel_open

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.

The Line, the Cross & the Curve

Act like Mysterious Woman

event1993 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.

Churchill

Act like Clementine Churchill

event2017 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.

Stronger

Act like Patty Bauman

event2017 star_border 7 top_panel_open

A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.

iBoy

Act like Nancy 'Nan' Harvey

event2017 star_border 6 top_panel_open

After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of super powers.

The Master Builder

Act like Hilde Wangel

event1988 top_panel_open

Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself. The arrival of a young woman called Hilda stirs up memories and feelings with stories of a promise he made her many years ago.

Redemption

Act like Valerie Paris

event1991 top_panel_open

After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?

Casanova

Act like Marquise d'Urfé

event2015 star_border 8.2 top_panel_open

Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behind him. But old habits die hard, and temptation is everywhere as Casanova finds a wealth of new opportunity and trouble.

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

event2008 star_border 8 top_panel_open

To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of the much-loved sitcom appear together in a documentary for the first time. The show includes an exclusive in-depth interview with Edmund Blackadder himself, Rowan Atkinson - the first time he has agreed to be interviewed about his experience making the show.

Swann

Act like Sarah Maloney

event1997 star_border 4 top_panel_open

Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure poet who was brutally murdered in a small town in rural Ontario.

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

Act like Miss Straugheim

event1993 top_panel_open

A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in order to ensure the continuity of their race and whom they imprison in their sex factory. Fortunately for the world the secret agent James Blond,a decidedly non-feminist secret agent,sets out to rescue the men and see off the Space Rats in his own inimitable way.

The Innocent

Act like Mary Turner

event1985 star_border 10 top_panel_open

A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.

Mountain Language

Act like Young Woman

event1988 star_border 4 top_panel_open

Harold Pinter play starring Michael Gambon. 'Your language is forbidden. It is dead. No one is allowed to speak your language. Your language no longer exists. Any questions?'

Transmutations

Act like Oriel

event1985 star_border 3.8 top_panel_open

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city.

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Act like Self / Mrs. Victor

event2013 star_border 8.3 top_panel_open

A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's frank and open conversations combine with personal interviews from some of the greats who have worked with him.

Sweet As You Are

Act like Julia Perry

event1988 star_border 1 top_panel_open

A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life.

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Act like Self

event2000 star_border 7 top_panel_open

A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.

Rams

Act like Kat

event2020 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley—so the brothers must work together to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together.

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

Act like Self

event2001 star_border 6 top_panel_open

An intimate behind the scenes short film while shooting the Black Adder special Back and Forth.

The Death of the Heart

Act like Daphne Heccomb

event1987 top_panel_open

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Act like Rita Skeeter

event2010 star_border 7.7 top_panel_open

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

Broken Skin

event1991

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Act like Self

event2008 star_border 8 top_panel_open

A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.

Communicators From Hell

event1989 top_panel_open

John Cleese training video.

The Demon Lover

Act like Gina

event1986 top_panel_open

When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realises what the consequences could be.

Like Tears in Rain

Act like Self

event2024 star_border 8 top_panel_open

His entire life, the charismatic actor Rutger Hauer kept the outside world at a distance. His inner circle included only a small group of people, among them director and goddaughter Sanna Fabery de Jonge. In this film, she unravels the mystery surrounding Rutger and reveals a man even more fascinating than the roles he played.

This Morning

Act like Self (1 ep.)

event1988 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

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.

Shooting Stars

Act like Self (1 ep.)

event1993 star_border 7.6 top_panel_open

Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.

The One Show

Act like Self - Guest (2 ep.)

event2006 star_border 4.6 top_panel_open

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

(6 ep.)

event2007 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Revolving around the life of Vivienne Vyle, a daytime TV presenter/agony aunt in the mold of Trisha, the show focuses on not only the problems of her guests but the problems Vivienne faces herself in regards to her love and home life.

Absolutely Fabulous

Act like Bettina (1 ep.)

event1992 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.

Good Omens

Act like Madame Tracy (6 ep.)

event2019 star_border 8 top_panel_open

Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces in order to prevent Armageddon. They attempt to raise the Antichrist in a balanced and human way, but are they focusing their efforts in the right direction?

The Storyteller

Act like Witch (1 ep.)

event1988 star_border 8.1 top_panel_open

The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

The Lost Prince

Act like Queen Mary (2 ep.)

event2003 star_border 7 top_panel_open

The life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.

Merlin's Apprentice

Act like Lady of the Lake (2 ep.)

event2006 star_border 4.8 top_panel_open

Merlin and a young thief embark on a dangerous quest to find the Holy Grail and save Camelot.

A Woman of Substance

Act like Paula McGill Amory (3 ep.)

event1985 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the twentieth century, to respected business woman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble beginnings, Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years, she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds.

V Graham Norton

Act like Self (1 ep.)

event2002 star_border 5 top_panel_open

V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 26 December 2003. It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually laden with sexual innuendo. The studio games were later featured on the clip show Nortonland in 2007 on digital channel Challenge. The show featured a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact with the public live. The feature was made technically possible using digital microwave link technology provided by Rear Window Television with the 'spontaneous' webcam feature always produced as a full quality Outside Broadcast, before being made to look like a traditional webcam at the studios.

A Dance to the Music of Time

Act like Pamela Flitton (4 ep.)

event1997 star_border 5.3 top_panel_open

A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.

Natural World

Act like Narrator (1 ep.)

event1983 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

The Oscars

Act like Self (2 ep.)

event1953 star_border 7 top_panel_open

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Rubicon

Act like Katherine Rhumor (13 ep.)

event2010 star_border 7.6 top_panel_open

An intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale.

Saturday Night Live

Act like Self - Host (1 ep.)

event1975 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Parade's End

Act like Mrs. Wannop (5 ep.)

event2012 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

The story of a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette in the midst of World War I and a Europe on the brink of profound change.

Merlin

Act like Lady of the Lake / Mab (2 ep.)

event1998 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.

Unnatural Causes

Act like Anne Forrest (1 ep.)

event1986 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

Series of seven psychological dramas concerning death by unnatural causes.

Die Kinder

Act like Sidonie Reiger (6 ep.)

event1990 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Die Kinder is a 1990 BBC political thriller written by Paula Milne, a six-part series made for television, and starred Miranda Richardson in the lead role as Sidonie Reiger. It also featured Frederic Forrest, Hans Kremer and Derek Fowlds. The story follows Sidonie as she tried to rescue her kidnapped children. Enlisting the aid of private investigator Lomax they find themselves caught between her husband's past radical associates and the secret services of several countries.

And Then There Were None

Act like Emily Brent (3 ep.)

event2015 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.

Dead Boss

Act like Jo (1 ep.)

event2012 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

Helen Stephens is wrongly sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering her boss Eric Bridges, the managing director of Entirely Tiles. Although she is sure that it will only be a matter of time before this mistake is rectified, everyone around her seems to be conspiring to keep her behind bars. Lawyer Tony is incompetent, sister Laura wants her flat, and fiancé Justin - her alibi - has disappeared. Colleague Henry seems to be the only one willing to help, but he has an ulterior motive.

Blackadder

Act like Nurse Mary (1 ep.)

event1983 star_border 8 top_panel_open

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.

Agony

Act like Gudrun (1 ep.)

event1979 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. It starred Maureen Lipman as a successful agony aunt but whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT. Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with issues that were seen as taboo at the time such as drug use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people. It also openly mocked the government, the ruling classes, and religion, and occasionally contained dark and dramatic storylines.

Casanova

Act like Marquise d'Urfé (1 ep.)

event2015 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

Mapp and Lucia

Act like Elizabeth Mapp (3 ep.)

event2014 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.

Girlfriends

Act like Sue (6 ep.)

event2018 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

After the dramatic and sudden death of Linda's husband Micky, childhood friends Linda, Sue and Gail find themselves back together again. Each has their own problems to face; from a looming divorce from the husband she still loves and the loss of a high-powered job through age discrimination, to juggling the endless responsibilities of their grandchildren and aging mothers.

Modern Love

Act like Jane (1 ep.)

event2019 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.

World Without End

Act like Mother Cecilia (8 ep.)

event2012 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.

The Last Anniversary

(6 ep.)

new_releases Release: March 27, 2025

A mystery that touches on family matters, motherhood and those women whose legacy defines the generations that blossom after them.

The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

Act like Corky (British dub voice) (52 ep.)

event2005 top_panel_open

An inspiring way kids to create weird and wonderful things out of everyday objects.

Curfew

Act like Lou (8 ep.)

event2019 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

When day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a deadly race for freedom. During this contest, alliances and friendships are both made and lost.

Fate: The Winx Saga

Act like Rosalind (5 ep.)

event2021 star_border 8 top_panel_open

The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

The Scold's Bridle

Act like Dr Sarah Blakeney (1 ep.)

event1998 top_panel_open

Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.

Final Chance to Save

Act like Herself (1 ep.)

event2005 top_panel_open

Sky One introduces the start of a new ongoing documentary series that highlights the potential extinction of some of the world's most famous species. Working with Tiger Aspect Productions, the series follows a team of experts assisted by a wellknown personality. Each documentary will highlight the plight of the world's most endangered animals including the tigers of India, Aye-Ayes and Gorillas. Presenters include Sanjeev Bhaskar, Bill Bailey, Miranda Richardson and Joe Simpson. Each of the presenters will draw on the expertise of local teams campaigning to save the endangered species and work with conservationists to develop and implement strategies to help in their fight for survival.

Performance

Act like Anna (1 ep.)

event1991 star_border 6 top_panel_open

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

The Comic Strip Presents...

Act like Bride's Mother (1 ep.)

event1982 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.

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