Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was a BAFTA Award winning English actor. He was best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 until 1977. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Lowe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Arthur Lowe
  • Popularity: 11.441
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1915-09-22
  • Place of Birth: Hayfield, Derbyshire, England
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Arthur Lowe Movies

  • 1971
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    Dad's Army
    Dad's Army

    4.75 1971 HD

    Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1979
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    The Lady Vanishes
    The Lady Vanishes

    6.025 1979 HD

    On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady,...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Cybill Shepherd

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  • 1973
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    Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
    Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall

    4.8 1973 HD

    London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jim Dale

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  • 1977
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    The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
    The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

    6.607 1977 HD

    John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: John Cleese

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  • 1972
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    The Ruling Class
    The Ruling Class

    6.481 1972 HD

    When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman;...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter O'Toole

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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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  • 1973
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    Theatre of Blood
    Theatre of Blood

    6.749 1973 HD

    A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Vincent Price

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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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    Blind Spot
    Blind Spot

    5.5 1958 HD

    US Army Officer Dan Adams, blinded during the war, is framed for a diamond smuggling rap. Upon regaining his sight, Adams goes after the real thieves...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert MacKenzie

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  • 1977
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    Philby, Burgess and Maclean
    Philby, Burgess and Maclean

    4.5 1977 HD

    Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Anthony Bate

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  • 1960
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    The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
    The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

    6.1 1960 HD

    London at the turn of the century. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England. Norgate, their...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Aldo Ray

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  • 1970
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    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

    6 1970 HD

    Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Cook

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  • 1955
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    One Way Out
    One Way Out

    5.5 1955 HD

    A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Jill Adams

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  • 1967
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    The White Bus
    The White Bus

    5.972 1967 HD

    A despondent young woman travels home to the North of England.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Patricia Healey

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  • 1979
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    The Plank
    The Plank

    7.4 1979 HD

    Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Eric Sykes

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  • 1973
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    No Sex Please: We're British
    No Sex Please: We're British

    5.219 1973 HD

    A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ronnie Corbett

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  • 1970
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    Spring and Port Wine
    Spring and Port Wine

    5.571 1970 HD

    A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Mason

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  • 1970
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    Some Will, Some Won't
    Some Will, Some Won't

    6 1970 HD

    Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ronnie Corbett

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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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Eric Portman

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  • 1956
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    Breakaway
    Breakaway

    5.5 1956 HD

    When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Tom Conway

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  • 1980
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    Sweet William
    Sweet William

    4 1980 HD

    William McClusky (Sam Waterston) is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naive Ann Walton (Jenny Agutter),...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sam Waterston

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  • 1949
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    Kind Hearts and Coronets
    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    7.7 1949 HD

    When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dennis Price

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  • 1971
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    A Hole Lot of Trouble
    A Hole Lot of Trouble

    7 1971 HD

    Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1955
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    The Reluctant Bride
    The Reluctant Bride

    5 1955 HD

    A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: John Carroll

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  • 1968
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    if....
    if....

    7.1 1968 HD

    In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Malcolm McDowell

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  • 1976
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    The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
    The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

    2 1976 HD

    Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Nicky Henson

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  • 1974
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    Man About the House
    Man About the House

    4.964 1974 HD

    An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Richard O'Sullivan

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  • 1978
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    Daphne Laureola
    Daphne Laureola

    6 1978 HD

    A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Joan Plowright

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  • 1956
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    The Green Man
    The Green Man

    7.2 1956 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Alastair Sim

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  • 1963
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    This Sporting Life
    This Sporting Life

    7.038 1963 HD

    In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Harris

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  • 1970
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    Fragment of Fear
    Fragment of Fear

    6.1 1970 HD

    A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: David Hemmings

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  • 1954
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    Final Appointment
    Final Appointment

    5.5 1954 HD

    A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: John Bentley

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  • 1979
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    Red, White, and Zero
    Red, White, and Zero

    5 1979 HD

    Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Zero Mostel

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  • 1957
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    Hour of Decision
    Hour of Decision

    6 1957 HD

    A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper columnist.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Jeff Morrow

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  • 1968
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    -about 'The White Bus'
    -about 'The White Bus'

    1 1968 HD

    Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.

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    Cast: Lindsay Anderson

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  • 1965
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    You Must Be Joking
    You Must Be Joking

    5.6 1965 HD

    A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Callan

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  • 1962
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    Go to Blazes
    Go to Blazes

    6.3 1962 HD

    A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dave King

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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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  • 1960
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    A Night Out
    A Night Out

    1 1960 HD

    Against the wishes of his domineering mother, Albert Stokes attends a work party. But the evening is not the escape he was hoping for.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tom Bell

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  • 1949
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    Stop Press Girl
    Stop Press Girl

    5.7 1949 HD

    A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sally Ann Howes

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  • 1958
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    Stormy Crossing
    Stormy Crossing

    4.8 1958 HD

    After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to her other boyfriend, Sheldon Lawrence. John Ireland...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: John Ireland

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  • 1954
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    The Mirror and Markheim
    The Mirror and Markheim

    1 1954 HD

    Based on a short gothic horror story “Markheim” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Philip Saville

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  • 1956
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    Who Done It?
    Who Done It?

    5.2 1956 HD

    This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Benny Hill

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  • 1957
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    Stranger in Town
    Stranger in Town

    6.5 1957 HD

    A vacationing journalist investigates the mysterious death of a composer and debunks the theory that it was suicide.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Alex Nicol

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  • 1963
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    The Snag
    The Snag

    1 1963 HD

    When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic center, only Emma Mannering's corset shop stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Derek Francis

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  • 2000
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    A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe
    A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe

    1 2000 HD

    Terry Wogan presents a compilation programme celebrating the unique talent of Arthur Lowe. Featuring interviews with those who knew him, and footage...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Terry Wogan

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  • 1969
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    It All Goes to Show
    It All Goes to Show

    1 1969 HD

    A fading seaside resort attempt to revive its fortunes with a summer show.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1977
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    Oh What A Lovely Report
    Oh What A Lovely Report

    1 1977 HD

    A humorous look at the preparation and writing of reports. Details the essential elements of good report writing. Intended for management in...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 2007
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    Hitler: The Comedy Years
    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    5 2007 HD

    A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Neil McCaul

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  • 1948
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    London Belongs to Me
    London Belongs to Me

    6.731 1948 HD

    Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Attenborough

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  • 1960
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    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

    1 1960 HD

    Saville is told by a palm reader he is doomed to become a murderer at some future time. He decides to get the inevitable out of the way before his...

    Genre:

    Cast: Terry-Thomas

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  • 1983
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    Wagner
    Wagner

    1 1983 HD

    A huge panorama of Richard Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Burton

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  • 2001
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    The Best of Morecambe and Wise
    The Best of Morecambe and Wise

    1 2001 HD

    Compilation of sketches featuring the much-loved funnymen Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Includes 'Anthony and Cleopatra' with Glenda Jackson, 'Monty...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Eric Morecambe

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  • 1966
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    Pardon the Expression
    Pardon the Expression

    5 1966 HD

    Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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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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  • 1981
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    Bless Me Father
    Bless Me Father

    6.2 1981 HD

    Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye, Patrick McAlinney, David Ryall, Derek Francis and Sheila...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1972
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    The Last Of The Baskets
    The Last Of The Baskets

    1 1972 HD

    Created by John Stevenson, the programme was about a factory worker Clifford Basket (played by Ken Jones) who inherited a title of the Earl of...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1983
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    Potter
    Potter

    6.333 1983 HD

    The time has come for Redvers Potter to relinquish his role as head of the family confectionary firm, Pottermints - his company has been taken over...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: John Barron

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  • 1982
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    A J Wentworth, BA
    A J Wentworth, BA

    6 1982 HD

    A J Wentworth, BA is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1982. Set in the 1940s, the programme was shown posthumously following the death of its...

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    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1977
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    Dad's Army
    Dad's Army

    7.392 1977 HD

    Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1969
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    The Avengers
    The Avengers

    7.68 1969 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Patrick Macnee

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  • 1983
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    BBC Play of the Month
    BBC Play of the Month

    5 1983 HD

    Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1977
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    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    1 1977 HD

    Seven Hilariously comic situations from the fertile imaginations of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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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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  • 1972
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    It's Murder. But Is It Art?
    It's Murder. But Is It Art?

    1 1972 HD

    This six-part comedy-thriller series from the BBC starred Arthur Lowe as an eccentric artist-turned-detective called Phineas Drake. Beautiful blonde...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1978
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    Laurence Olivier Presents
    Laurence Olivier Presents

    1 1978 HD

    Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1987
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    ITV Christmas Comedy
    ITV Christmas Comedy

    1 1987 HD

    Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the special edition of your favourtie comedy show to fill the gap between the staggeringly huge Christmas...

    Genre:

    Cast: Sid James

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  • 1969
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    Rogues' Gallery
    Rogues' Gallery

    10 1969 HD

    Rogues' Gallery was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1968 and 1969. It was set around London's Newgate Prison in the 18th...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jim Dale

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  • 1976
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    Bill Brand
    Bill Brand

    6.5 1976 HD

    Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jack Shepherd

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  • 1976
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    Mr. Men
    Mr. Men

    7.667 1976 HD

    The Mr Men are a whole host of brightly colored characters that live in Misterland. All of them have names like Mr Happy, Mr Clumsy and Mr Greedy and...

    Genre: Kids

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1983
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    The Morecambe & Wise Show
    The Morecambe & Wise Show

    6.45 1983 HD

    The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC2, specifically...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Eric Morecambe

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  • 2024
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    Coronation Street
    Coronation Street

    5.322 2024 HD

    The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at...

    Genre: Soap

    Cast: William Roache

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  • 1974
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    Microbes and Men
    Microbes and Men

    6 1974 HD

    Dramatised stories of the founders of modern medicine. Until the 1840s, medicine had remained basically unchanged since the days of the ancient...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Frank Gillard

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  • 2023
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    Dad's Army: The Animations
    Dad's Army: The Animations

    8 2023 HD

    Lost episodes of Dad's Army, animated to surviving soundtrack recordings.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1967
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    Turn Out the Lights
    Turn Out the Lights

    1 1967 HD

    Turn Out the Lights was an ITV sitcom series made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Monday 2 January to Monday 6 February 1967 by...

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    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1974
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    Armchair Theatre
    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1974 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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  • 1970
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    The Wednesday Play
    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1970 HD

    The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Webb

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  • 2023
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    Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes
    Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes

    10 2023 HD

    A new series of animated Dad's Army (1968) episodes, created using archive audio recordings of original (now lost) early television episodes.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Arthur Lowe

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  • 1956
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    The Errol Flynn Theatre
    The Errol Flynn Theatre

    1 1956 HD

    The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would also play the lead in every fourth show. His then-wife...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Errol Flynn

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