Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.6841 |
| Birthday | 1938-10-22 |
| Place of Birth | Leytonstone, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | 데릭 자코비, デレク ジャコビ, درک جاکوبی, |
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Hamlet
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Henry V
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Stranger in Town
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Enigma
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The Old Curiosity Shop
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2001
The Body
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2002
The Gathering Storm
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The Wyvern Mystery
5.2/10
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2005
Bye Bye Blackbird
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Anonymous
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The Vision Thing
0/0
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Othello
6.367/30
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Othello
2011
There Be Dragons
5.122/143
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2007
The Riddle
4.8/23
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Achilles
5.526/19
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Achilles
2011
Ironclad
6.15/808
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Little Dorrit
6.357/14
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5.823/31
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2002
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6.654/13
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2008
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6.142/106
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5.667/21
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2000
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5.347/36
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7.684/49
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5.033/30
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5.773/33
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Gladiator II
6.603/4569
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Cyrano de Bergerac
6.625/4
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Joe Maddison's War
4.25/4
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2007
Anastezsi
7/1
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Breaking the Code
5.5/18
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On Wings of Fire
8.75/2
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2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
5.333/6
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2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
7/7
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1988
The Tenth Man
6.7/30
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2012
Last Will. & Testament
5.333/3
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2014
Effie Gray
5.962/196
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2007
Guantanamero
4/7
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Venom! Nine Ways to Die
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
7.8/6
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1996
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8/2
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Witness Against Hitler
2011
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
6.4/8
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2014
Grace of Monaco
6/629
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1994
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5.9/20
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2013
Muse of Fire
6.5/2
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2007
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
0/0
Two astronauts await the news that will decide their fate.
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Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2009
Diamonds
4.7/3
Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.
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2023
The Martini Shot
6.5/6
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2010
The King's Speech
7.733/9384
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1978
Richard II
8/3
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1990
The Fool
8/3
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1974
Blue Blood
4.308/13
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1990
Discovering Hamlet
5.857/7
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1996
Looking for Richard
6.815/149
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2002
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
4.5/6
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2025
Juliet & Romeo
6.231/13
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1986
Mr. Pye
0/0
Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantas...
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Mr. Pye
1970
Three Sisters
4.292/12
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support he...
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Three Sisters
1980
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
9/1
The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces that she intends to divorce him. He is knocked down o...
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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1967
Much Ado About Nothing
6.333/3
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in w...
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Much Ado About Nothing
2022
Pearl Islands
0/0
Follow the breathtaking adventures of divers looking for pearls in the Persian Gulf and learn how the gems brought fortune to the islands of Bahrain.
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Pearl Islands
2015
The Gospel of Luke
8.2/4
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The Gospel of Luke
2000
Wilfred
9/1
Imagining the unimaginable through the eyes of Wilfred Owen, combining reconstructions of Owen’s war experiences with animation and readings from his...
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Wilfred
2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
6.5/2
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific...
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The Dinosaur Hunters
2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
0/0
The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentative steps on the road to success. Long before they w...
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1962
The Fishing Match
0/0
Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels b...
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The Fishing Match
2001
Revelation
5.071/28
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Revelation
1980
Hamlet
6.2/15
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then...
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Hamlet
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
7/7
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2009
Endgame
5.863/51
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Endgame
2008
Sidney Turtlebaum
3.333/3
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Sidney Turtlebaum
1992
Aladdin
5.6/15
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Aladdin
2012
Jail Caesar
6.3/3
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Jail Caesar
2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear
7/2
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2013
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
0/0
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The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
8/23
Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.
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2016
The History of Love
6.4/96
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The History of Love
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
6.707/10615
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Murder on the Orient Express
2001
Great Escape: The Untold Story
7.5/2
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Great Escape: The Untold Story
2009
Margot
5.542/12
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2002
Inquisition
7/1
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2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
6.2/4
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2010
Hereafter
6.147/1826
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2017
Stratton
5.022/230
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One of Those Days
7.3/3
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The Halloween Kid
0/0
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
7.679/28
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The Chimes
7/1
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2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
7/2
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David Macaulay: Cathedral
0/0
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Tolkien
6.914/1554
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Tomb Raider
6.365/8418
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Tomb Raider
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
6.237/19
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Nothing Is Truer than Truth
3.5/4
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Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
5.204/82
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David Macaulay: Roman City
9/2
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
0/0
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David Macaulay: Mill Times
0/0
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Come Away
5.824/319
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2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
6.5/4
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Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
1/2
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Charlotte
8/1
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1989
The Congress
7.6/5
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2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
7.161/28
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The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
6.417/12
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Circles of Deceit
7.75/2
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The Art of Francis Bacon
0/0
This film explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HDTV. The works are complemented solely with Bacon’s own words, recorded b...
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The Host
5.6/19
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Muse
0/0
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Olivier Talks About Othello
0/0
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2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
7/1
The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.
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The Statue of Liberty
6.9/15
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2022
A Bird Flew In
0/0
Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.
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2009
Charles Dickens's England
0/0
The film looks at the places Charles Dickens lived and worked and how he used them in his novels and stories.
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2021
Say Your Prayers
7.3/9
Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the fa...
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Lead Heads
0/0
A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a g...
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2020
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
0/0
We mark 60 glorious years of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap, with a celebration of the women who have ruled the roost in Weatherf...
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2002
The Making of Gosford Park
5.333/6
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Robert Altman's 2001 film 'Gosford Park'. Cast and crew relate some of their experiences with making the fil...
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1998
Basil
5.45/30
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to pl...
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2008
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
0/0
Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Napl...
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2017
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
0/0
THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND CELEBRATED ITS EPIC TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN 2017. Over 4,000 Freemasons from Provinces...
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2015
Venom
10/2
A BBC Earth documentary inside the world of the most venomous creatures on Earth, with stories from survivors of deadly venom attacks from animals cou...
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1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay
6.4/5
Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. (na...
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2011
My Week with Marilyn
6.672/1366
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince an...
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2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
7/1
It's Christmas, and Angelina Mouseling (Finty Williams) is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza, Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Wh...
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2015
Cinderella
6.826/7452
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope,...
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Cinderella
2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
0/0
With the help of Hollywood, top Nazi Albert Speer tried to unscrupulously whitewash himself of his crimes in the 1970s. Speer gave long interviews to...
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2013
You
0/0
Part of Channel 4 series Derek Jacobi has stepped in to voice lyrics in a incredibly moving new film. Taking the role of an ageing writer addressing a...
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2020
Breaking The Codes
0/0
Using rare archive footage and exclusive interviews, this series takes you to the heart of a war that was fought far from the bombs and shells of any...
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2025
Tinsel Town
5.776/38
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christmas pantomime, where a straight-talking dance instr...
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Tinsel Town
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
0/0
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.
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The Ties That Bind Us
2004
Cloud Cuckoo Land
7/1
A young man with cerebral palsy leaves the safety of his care home to search for a wrecked aircraft, finding adventure, freedom, and love along the wa...
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
2005
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
0/0
Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Released as an extra on the 2005 extended version B...
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2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
4.5/2
A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her best, celebrating her much-loved appearances across...
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Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
1994
One Corpse Too Many
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Assigned by King Stephen to dispose of 94 hanged rebels, Cadfael discovers the body of a murdered man among the corpses and given just four days to so...
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One Corpse Too Many
1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow
0/0
Liliwin is a poor acrobat hired to entertain at an Aurifaber wedding. But when he is dismissed and the master of the house is found unconscious and ro...
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The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
The Leper of St. Giles
0/0
When a cruel middle-aged baron and a beautiful wealthy orphan are to be wed at the abbey, it comes as no surprise when the sadistic nobleman is found...
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The Leper of St. Giles
1994
Monk's Hood
0/0
When an unpleasant and cruel nobleman spites his stepson by ceding his estate to the abbey, he ends up being poisoned by one of Brother Cadfael's medi...
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Monk's Hood
1995
The Virgin in the Ice
0/0
Dire deeds during a winter storm leave Brother Oswin beaten near to death, Sister Hilaria dead, and a pair of young siblings lost in the woods fleeing...
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The Virgin in the Ice
Frank and Percy
0/0
During their dog walks on Hampstead Heath, two older gentlemen find their conversations about everyday aches and weather growing into an unexpected co...
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Broken English
7.5/4
A survivor, provocateur and true original, Marianne has spent more than six decades defying expectations — releasing over thirty-five albums while con...
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2016
The Devil of Christmas
0/0
A director talks about his old horror film. It's Austria, Krampusnacht, December 1977. The Devonshires arrive at the alpine chalet for a holiday. The...
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The Devil of Christmas
1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
0/0
"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 5. While searching for her somewhere lost handkerchiefs, little Lucie meets Mrs. Tiggy Winkle, a hedg...
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
2005
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
0/0
Mist is a puppy with a lofty goal: She wants to be the best sheepdog she can be! Born with two siblings at Borough Farm, Mist sets out to prove hersel...
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Heartstopper Forever
7.1/148
It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.
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Heartstopper Forever
2001
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
6/2
A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy using the complete text of the play but performed by child actors.
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2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
0/0
Spoof end-of-the-year review show written and presented by Rhys Thomas.
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