Dandy Nichols

Dandy Nichols

From Wikipedia Dandy Nichols (21 May 1907 – 6 February 1986) was an English actress most noted for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the racially bigoted and misogynistic character Alf Garnett in the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. She appeared in numerous films, which included Carry On Doctor, Ladies Who Do, The Holly and the Ivy, The Vikings, the Beatles' film Help!, Georgy Girl, Doctor in Clover, The Birthday Party, The Bed Sitting Room, O Lucky Man!, Confessions of a Window Cleaner and Britannia Hospital amongst others. After finding fame in Till Death Do Us Part, Nichols found work in television, notably playing opposite Alastair Sim in William Trevor's production of The Generals Day. She made appearances in Flint, The Tea Ladies and Bergerac. Onstage, she appeared in Ben Travers's comedy Plunder, as well as playing alongside Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud in David Storey's Home, in both London and on Broadway.

  • Title: Dandy Nichols
  • Popularity: 14.453
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1907-05-21
  • Place of Birth: Fulham, London, England, UK
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Dandy Nichols Movies

  • 1967
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    Carry On Doctor

    Carry On Doctor

    6.5 1967 HD

    Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jim Dale

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  • 1956
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    Yield to the Night

    Yield to the Night

    6.9 1956 HD

    Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Diana Dors

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  • 1948
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    The Fallen Idol

    The Fallen Idol

    7.156 1948 HD

    Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ralph Richardson

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  • 1974
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    Confessions of a Window Cleaner

    Confessions of a Window Cleaner

    4.8 1974 HD

    Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that some female customers expect additional service....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robin Askwith

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  • 1969
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    Till Death Us Do Part

    Till Death Us Do Part

    7.2 1969 HD

    The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Warren Mitchell

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  • 1949
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    The History of Mr. Polly

    The History of Mr. Polly

    7.8 1949 HD

    Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Mills

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  • 1972
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    The Alf Garnett Saga

    The Alf Garnett Saga

    4.5 1972 HD

    Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is not only having trouble coping with his new...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Warren Mitchell

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  • 1962
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    Don't Talk to Strange Men

    Don't Talk to Strange Men

    6.4 1962 HD

    An innocent girl is "groomed" over the telephone, and nearly becomes the victim of an attacker.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Christina Gregg

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  • 1949
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    Now Barabbas

    Now Barabbas

    6.5 1949 HD

    A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Greene

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  • 1948
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    Here Come the Huggetts

    Here Come the Huggetts

    6.4 1948 HD

    The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix'...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Warner

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Stanley Holloway

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  • 1972
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    Home

    Home

    7.8 1972 HD

    David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Gielgud

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  • 1955
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    The Deep Blue Sea

    The Deep Blue Sea

    5.2 1955 HD

    A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Vivien Leigh

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  • 1963
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    Ladies Who Do

    Ladies Who Do

    7.045 1963 HD

    The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peggy Mount

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  • 1968
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    The Birthday Party

    The Birthday Party

    6.3 1968 HD

    Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Robert Shaw

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  • 1956
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    Not So Dusty

    Not So Dusty

    6.3 1956 HD

    Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. Meanwhile one...

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    Cast: Bill Owen

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  • 1973
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    O Lucky Man!

    O Lucky Man!

    6.8 1973 HD

    This sprawling, surrealist comedy serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Malcolm McDowell

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  • 1958
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    The Strange World of Planet X

    The Strange World of Planet X

    4.125 1958 HD

    Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Forrest Tucker

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  • 1972
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    The General's Day

    The General's Day

    1 1972 HD

    When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Alastair Sim

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  • 1969
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    The Bed Sitting Room

    The Bed Sitting Room

    5.833 1969 HD

    In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Rita Tushingham

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  • 1970
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    First Love

    First Love

    5.2 1970 HD

    The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Moulder-Brown

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  • 1953
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    Street Corner

    Street Corner

    5.6 1953 HD

    London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Anne Crawford

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  • 1964
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    The Leather Boys

    The Leather Boys

    6.6 1964 HD

    An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working class marriage and her husband's relationship with...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rita Tushingham

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Kathleen Harrison

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  • 1954
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    Time Is My Enemy

    Time Is My Enemy

    5.8 1954 HD

    A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Dennis Price

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  • 1952
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    The Holly and the Ivy

    The Holly and the Ivy

    6.739 1952 HD

    An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ralph Richardson

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  • 1953
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    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    5 1953 HD

    A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Stanley Holloway

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  • 1952
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    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    6.5 1952 HD

    A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare,...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Jack Warner

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  • 1956
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    Lost

    Lost

    7 1956 HD

    U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: David Farrar

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  • 1966
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    Georgy Girl

    Georgy Girl

    6.3 1966 HD

    A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lynn Redgrave

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  • 1979
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    Design for Living

    Design for Living

    1 1979 HD

    Design for Living presents a trio of neurotic but intensely artistic characters: Gilda, Otto and Leo. Set in Paris, Otto and Leo both fall in love...

    Genre:

    Cast: Rula Lenska

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  • 1962
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    Crooks Anonymous

    Crooks Anonymous

    6.3 1962 HD

    A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Leslie Phillips

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  • 1950
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    Your Witness

    Your Witness

    5.714 1950 HD

    Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Montgomery

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  • 1967
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    How I Won the War

    How I Won the War

    5.588 1967 HD

    An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Crawford

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  • 1965
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    Help!

    Help!

    6.846 1965 HD

    An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: George Harrison

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  • 1966
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    The Stable Door

    The Stable Door

    1 1966 HD

    This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted...

    Genre:

    Cast: Harry Locke

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  • 1958
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    The Vikings

    The Vikings

    7.039 1958 HD

    Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Kirk Douglas

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  • 1957
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    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    5.6 1957 HD

    Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dirk Bogarde

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  • 1953
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    Women of Twilight

    Women of Twilight

    5.3 1953 HD

    When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Freda Jackson

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  • 1953
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    The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

    The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

    6 1953 HD

    The story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hugh McDermott

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  • 1948
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    Scott of the Antarctic

    Scott of the Antarctic

    7.1 1948 HD

    The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: John Mills

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  • 1956
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    Tiger in the Smoke

    Tiger in the Smoke

    7.1 1956 HD

    In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Donald Sinden

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  • 1950
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    Dance Hall

    Dance Hall

    4.6 1950 HD

    Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Natasha Parry

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  • 1954
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    Mad About Men

    Mad About Men

    6.1 1954 HD

    Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Glynis Johns

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  • 1954
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    The Crowded Day

    The Crowded Day

    5.4 1954 HD

    One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Gregson

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  • 1965
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    Rotten to the Core

    Rotten to the Core

    6.5 1965 HD

    Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Charlotte Rampling

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  • 1948
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    Woman Hater

    Woman Hater

    7 1948 HD

    A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Stewart Granger

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  • 1949
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    Don't Ever Leave Me

    Don't Ever Leave Me

    7.5 1949 HD

    Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jimmy Hanley

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  • 1965
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    The Early Bird

    The Early Bird

    7.6 1965 HD

    Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Norman Wisdom

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  • 1975
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    Three for All

    Three for All

    1 1975 HD

    A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Adrienne Posta

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  • 1965
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    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

    5.8 1965 HD

    A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Kim Novak

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  • 1964
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    Act of Murder

    Act of Murder

    1 1964 HD

    A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Anthony Bate

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  • 1982
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    Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital

    6.393 1982 HD

    Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Graham Crowden

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  • 1980
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    Kate: The Good Neighbour

    Kate: The Good Neighbour

    1 1980 HD

    Kate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from her past.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rachel Kempson

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  • 1973
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    The Death of Glory

    The Death of Glory

    1 1973 HD

    Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when...

    Genre:

    Cast: Warren Clarke

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  • 1966
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    Doctor in Clover

    Doctor in Clover

    6 1966 HD

    Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Leslie Phillips

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  • 1954
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    Adventure in the Hopfields

    Adventure in the Hopfields

    7.5 1954 HD

    A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Mandy Miller

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  • 1956
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    The Feminine Touch

    The Feminine Touch

    6 1956 HD

    Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Baker

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  • 1952
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    Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

    Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

    4.158 1952 HD

    The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bela Lugosi

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  • 1961
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    The Trouble with Our Ivy

    The Trouble with Our Ivy

    1 1961 HD

    A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbor acquires a fast-growing creeper.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: John Barrie

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  • 1965
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    A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    1 1965 HD

    The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard,...

    Genre:

    Cast: Sybil Thorndike

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  • 1976
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    In the Labyrinth

    In the Labyrinth

    1 1976 HD

    After 30 years apart, a man is reunited with his mother, who resides on a psychiatric ward.

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Gambon

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  • 1955
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    A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

    6.5 1955 HD

    A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Jack Watling

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  • 1948
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    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    6.9 1948 HD

    In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1975
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    Till Death Us Do Part

    Till Death Us Do Part

    7.295 1975 HD

    Following the chronicles of the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf Garnett, a reactionary working-class man who holds...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Warren Mitchell

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  • 1992
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    In Sickness and in Health

    In Sickness and in Health

    7.813 1992 HD

    Sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part' with the bad tempered Alf Garnett, who has not mellowed with the years and is as bigoted as ever.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Warren Mitchell

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  • 1981
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    Till Death...

    Till Death...

    6 1981 HD

    Alf and Elsie Garnett retire to Eastbourne, so Rita and Michael Jr. become the main characters who try to keep Alf out of trouble.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Patricia Hayes

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  • 1967
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1967 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Johnny Briggs

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  • 1966
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    Emergency – Ward 10

    Emergency – Ward 10

    5 1966 HD

    Emergency – Ward 10 is a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between...

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: Richard Thorp

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  • 1961
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    Ask Mr Pastry

    Ask Mr Pastry

    1 1961 HD

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    Cast: Dandy Nichols

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  • 1991
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    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.467 1991 HD

    Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Nettles

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  • 1972
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    Shirley's World

    Shirley's World

    5 1972 HD

    Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season. The sitcom was...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Shirley MacLaine

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  • 1984
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    5.9 1984 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1968
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1968 HD

    Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Richard Bradford

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  • 1963
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    Maigret

    Maigret

    6.909 1963 HD

    BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Rupert Davies

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  • 1975
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    Late Call

    Late Call

    1 1975 HD

    Elderly couple Sylvia and Arthur Calvert are forced to move in with their widowed son and his children in Carshall New Town.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dandy Nichols

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  • 1982
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    Objects of Affection

    Objects of Affection

    1 1982 HD

    A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.

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  • 1970
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    NBC Experiment in Television

    NBC Experiment in Television

    1 1970 HD

    An attempt by NBC to emulate the success of the CBS hit The Twilight Zone, this hour-long anthology series showcased different actors, stories and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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