George Cole

George Cole

George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 - 5 August 2015) was an English film and television actor with a career which ran from the 1940s to the first decade of the twenty first century. Best known in the role of Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV hit drama show 'Minder', Cole's career began in the role of the young evacuee in the wartime thriller 'Cottage to Let', alongside long-time friend, Alastair Sim, and went onto to encompass over 40 movies, including the popular St Trinian's films, and a host of television roles.

  • Popularity : 4.683
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1925-04-22
  • Place of Birth : Tooting, South London, England, UK
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George Cole Movies

  • 1960
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    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    6.1 1960 HD

    The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the...

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  • 1954
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    The Belles of St. Trinian's

    The Belles of St. Trinian's

    6.2 1954 HD

    The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when...

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  • 1963
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    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    7 1963 HD

    Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his...

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  • 1970
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    The Vampire Lovers

    The Vampire Lovers

    6.4 1970 HD

    In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust...

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  • 2002
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    Bodily Harm

    Bodily Harm

    5.5 2002 HD

    Mitchel, a mild-mannered suburban stockbroker spirals out of control after losing his job, finding his wife in flagrante with a sleazy neighbour, and...

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  • 1996
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    Mary Reilly

    Mary Reilly

    5.8 1996 HD

    A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

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  • 1951
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    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.4 1951 HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...

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  • 1971
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    Fright

    Fright

    6.1 1971 HD

    Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of...

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  • 1966
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    The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

    The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

    5.8 1966 HD

    The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

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  • 1956
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    The Weapon

    The Weapon

    5.9 1956 HD

    A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder...

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  • 1963
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    Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

    Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

    7 1963 HD

    English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.

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  • 1957
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    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

    6.4 1957 HD

    With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However,...

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  • 1950
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    Morning Departure

    Morning Departure

    6.6 1950 HD

    The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

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  • 1951
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    Laughter in Paradise

    Laughter in Paradise

    6.7 1951 HD

    When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something...

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  • 1959
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    The Bridal Path

    The Bridal Path

    5.5 1959 HD

    Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued...

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  • 1941
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    Cottage to Let

    Cottage to Let

    6.5 1941 HD

    Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly...

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  • 2001
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    Station Jim

    Station Jim

    7 2001 HD

    At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon...

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  • 1948
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    My Brother's Keeper

    My Brother's Keeper

    6.1 1948 HD

    War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan...

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  • 1955
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    Quentin Durward

    Quentin Durward

    6 1955 HD

    During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The...

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  • 1955
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    The Constant Husband

    The Constant Husband

    6.9 1955 HD

    Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his...

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  • 1956
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    The Green Man

    The Green Man

    7 1956 HD

    Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing...

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  • 2008
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    Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

    Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

    8.3 2008 HD

    "Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget theme song to The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Walt...

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  • 1950
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    Gone to Earth

    Gone to Earth

    6.1 1950 HD

    Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack...

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  • 1965
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    One Way Pendulum

    One Way Pendulum

    5.5 1965 HD

    A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to...

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  • 1955
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    A Prize of Gold

    A Prize of Gold

    5.4 1955 HD

    A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.

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  • 1952
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    Top Secret

    Top Secret

    6 1952 HD

    A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention....

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  • 1973
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    Take Me High

    Take Me High

    4.9 1973 HD

    Tim (Cliff Richard) is a successful ambitious young financier working for a London Merchant bank, but even his happy-go-lucky attitude is severely...

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  • 1953
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    Will Any Gentleman...?

    Will Any Gentleman...?

    5.6 1953 HD

    A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the...

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  • 1952
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    Folly to Be Wise

    Folly to Be Wise

    6.7 1952 HD

    A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately...

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  • 1949
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    The Spider and the Fly

    The Spider and the Fly

    6.9 1949 HD

    "The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe...

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  • 1956
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    It's a Wonderful World

    It's a Wonderful World

    5.3 1956 HD

    Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the tune hits the top of...

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  • 2007
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    A Class Apart

    A Class Apart

    1 2007 HD

    An outspoken single mum is determined her son will go to the school of her choice, and he ends up at a private school. Only then does she discover...

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  • 1959
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    Don't Panic Chaps!

    Don't Panic Chaps!

    5.6 1959 HD

    During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean....

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  • 1953
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    Our Girl Friday

    Our Girl Friday

    5.1 1953 HD

    Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and...

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  • 1954
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    Happy Ever After

    Happy Ever After

    5.2 1954 HD

    The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary,...

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  • 1970
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    The Right Prospectus

    The Right Prospectus

    1 1970 HD

    A school story with a noticeable difference - the adults regress to children.

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  • 1959
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    Too Many Crooks

    Too Many Crooks

    7.2 1959 HD

    Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland...

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  • 1985
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    Blott on the Landscape

    Blott on the Landscape

    8.8 1985 HD

    Bawdy adaption of Tom Sharpe's comic tale. A landowning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home.

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  • 1953
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    The Intruder

    The Intruder

    7.2 1953 HD

    When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment....

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  • 1970
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    Killing Time

    Killing Time

    1 1970 HD

    Douglas Willetts is a shrew of a man in his mid-40s, barely able to communicate and renting a bedroom in a typically working-class two up-two down....

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  • 1955
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    Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will

    6.4 1955 HD

    A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face...

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  • 1956
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    The Anatomist

    The Anatomist

    6 1956 HD

    To acquire a fresh supply of cadavers for use in his medical school experiments, Dr. Knox turns two of his inept students into graverobbers.

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  • 1951
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    Lady Godiva Rides Again

    Lady Godiva Rides Again

    5.9 1951 HD

    Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff....

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  • 2000
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    The Ghost of Greville Lodge

    The Ghost of Greville Lodge

    6 2000 HD

    Teenager James Greville has lived in children's homes his whole life, so he is surprised when a Great Uncle invites him to his country manor for a...

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  • 1986
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    Day To Remember

    Day To Remember

    1 1986 HD

    Wally is spending Christmas with his wife Hilda at the house of their daughter and son-in-law. Wally is hoping that he will miraculously regain his...

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  • 1979
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    Getting in on Concorde

    Getting in on Concorde

    1 1979 HD

    Corruption can be the deadliest of vices, so can Willie pay the price and survive?

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  • 2007
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    The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party

    6 2007 HD

    Young couple Jackie and Leo move from North London to a suburban home in the green belt paradise of Southern England. At the birthday party of a...

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  • 1969
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    The Last Lonely Man

    The Last Lonely Man

    1 1969 HD

    What if it became possible for the personality to pass at the moment of death into the mind of someone still alive? Then the big new problem would...

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  • 1967
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    The Gentleman Caller

    The Gentleman Caller

    5.5 1967 HD

    Visiting unemployed brothers Clack and Ged, social security inspector Mr. Hicks finds few reasons for sympathy. However, the tables are turned on the...

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  • 1969
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    The Comic

    The Comic

    1 1969 HD

    The story of a comedian with a talent close to genius but with an insecurity problem.

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  • 1968
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    Sally Go Round the Moon

    Sally Go Round the Moon

    1 1968 HD

    A film by Alan Clarke for the 'A Man of Our Times' anthology series.

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  • 1952
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    Who Goes There!

    Who Goes There!

    5.7 1952 HD

    When Miles Cornwall returns suddenly to the home he shares with his father and sister in a grace-and-favour house at St. James's Palace, he's amazed...

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  • 1953
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    The Clue of the Missing Ape

    The Clue of the Missing Ape

    6 1953 HD

    Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

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  • 1944
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    Henry V

    Henry V

    6.6 1944 HD

    In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

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  • 1988
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    Natural Causes

    Natural Causes

    1 1988 HD

    Comedy thriller. Walter Bryce hires the professional services of the sinister Vincent to eliminate his rich, neurotic wife, Celia. All this to...

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  • 1952
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    The Happy Family

    The Happy Family

    7.2 1952 HD

    When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the...

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  • 1951
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    Flesh and Blood

    Flesh and Blood

    1 1951 HD

    Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various...

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  • 1990
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    Life After Life

    Life After Life

    1 1990 HD

    A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.

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  • 1948
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    6 1948 HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

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  • 1975
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    Lloyd George Knew My Father

    Lloyd George Knew My Father

    1 1975 HD

    When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to...

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  • 1943
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    The Demi-Paradise

    The Demi-Paradise

    6.5 1943 HD

    Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking...

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  • 1976
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    The Blue Bird

    The Blue Bird

    5.2 1976 HD

    A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune....

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  • 1954
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    An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls

    7.2 1954 HD

    An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious...

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  • 1970
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    A Room in Town

    A Room in Town

    1 1970 HD

    A woman discovers that her husband has rented a flat in London for his mistress, and sets out to catch him in the act

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  • 2000
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    The Sleeper

    The Sleeper

    4 2000 HD

    Violet Moon wants to be in control of the circumstances and people in her life. Particularly her son and daughter-in-law who she discovers are...

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  • 1982
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    The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales

    The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales

    7 1982 HD

    Story is told by George Cole and Sheila Hancock ; adapted by Milton Subotsky from the original stories by Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm...

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  • 1945
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    Journey Together

    Journey Together

    6.1 1945 HD

    Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.

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  • 1950
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    The Happiest Days of Your Life

    The Happiest Days of Your Life

    6.3 1950 HD

    Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The...

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  • 1965
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    The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

    The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

    1 1965 HD

    When a rapacious new landlord threatens to evict him, seize his horse, and leave him penniless, the young farmer Dick Turpin flees to London and...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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  • 1965
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    Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

    6.8 1965 HD

    Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at...

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  • 1992
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    Root Into Europe

    Root Into Europe

    6 1992 HD

    Root Into Europe is an ITV comedy-drama based on the character from William Donaldson's book The Henry Root Letters. Five episodes Written by...

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  • 1970
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    UFO

    UFO

    7.6 1970 HD

    A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    6.7 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 1970
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    Shadows of Fear

    Shadows of Fear

    6 1970 HD

    Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.

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  • 2005
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    Diamond Geezer

    Diamond Geezer

    7 2005 HD

    Diamond Geezer is a British television comedy drama written by Caleb Ranson which stars David Jason as a jewel thief and professional con man.

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  • 1997
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    Dad

    Dad

    6 1997 HD

    Dad is a BBC1 sitcom that ran for 13 episodes over two series and a Christmas special. Described by the BBC as a 'generation-gap comedy', it starred...

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  • 2004
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    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.4 2004 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

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  • 1982
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    The Bounder

    The Bounder

    6.333 1982 HD

    The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as...

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  • 1984
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    Comrade Dad

    Comrade Dad

    7.5 1984 HD

    Comrade Dad was a BBC television comedy satire series set in 1999 in Londongrad, the capital of the USSR-GB. The UK has been invaded by the Soviet...

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  • 1960
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    A Life Of Bliss

    A Life Of Bliss

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1975
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    Quiller

    Quiller

    1 1975 HD

    Quiller is a British drama television . Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by English novelist Elleston Trevor who featured in a series...

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  • 2007
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    That's What I Call Television

    That's What I Call Television

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    A Class Apart

    A Class Apart

    4 2007 HD

    A working class single mother appeals to send her son to the best state school in her area. When the headmaster of a local private school hears of...

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  • 1995
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    Good Friends

    Good Friends

    1 1995 HD

    My Good Friend was a British television sitcom that ran on ITV between 1995 and 1996. It starred George Cole and Richard Pearson as widowed pensioner...

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  • 1968
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    A Man of our Times

    A Man of our Times

    5 1968 HD

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  • 1985
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    Blott on the Landscape

    Blott on the Landscape

    7.5 1985 HD

    A thwarted Lady Maud runs off to her solicitor to start divorce proceedings and that gives Sir Giles his bright idea-why not run the proposed bypass...

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  • 1995
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    An Independent Man

    An Independent Man

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1978
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    Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

    7 1978 HD

    Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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  • 2002
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    Bodily Harm

    Bodily Harm

    1 2002 HD

    Mitchel, a mild-mannered suburban stockbroker spirals out of control after losing his job, finding his wife in flagrante with a sleazy neighbour, and...

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.554 1997 HD

    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...

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  • 1954
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    The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

    7.6 1954 HD

    Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series...

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  • 1977
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    Don't Forget To Write!

    Don't Forget To Write!

    6 1977 HD

    Don’t Forget to Write! is a British television sitcom, broadcast by the BBC from 1977 to 1979. The central character is George Maple (George...

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  • 2004
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    Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

    7.7 2004 HD

    The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    5.9 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1965
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    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    3.8 1965 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

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  • 1964
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    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops

    6.632 1964 HD

    The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.

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  • 1965
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    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    3.8 1965 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

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  • 1954
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    The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

    7.6 1954 HD

    Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series...

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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  • 1975
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    The Good Life

    The Good Life

    7.6 1975 HD

    Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of...

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