John Bird
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1936-11-22
Locus Natus: Nottingham, England, UK
Et ut:
Jabberwocky
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures....
release : 1977.03.28popularis : 11.85
Bejewelled
An American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up with a private investigator-in-training to try and...
release : 1991.01.20popularis : 1.53
The Alf Garnett Saga
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...
release : 1972.08.30popularis : 1.678
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth...
release : 1989.01.01popularis : 4.008
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...
release : 1995.12.19popularis : 2.077
Winter Solstice
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend...
release : 2003.12.25popularis : 5.221
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the...
release : 1999.01.01popularis : 3.661
Take a Girl Like You
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,...
release : 1970.12.16popularis : 2.339
Circles Of Deceit
Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with secrets.
release : 1990.04.11popularis : 0.89
The Breaking of Bumbo
The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in...
release : 1970.09.28popularis : 1.84
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes....
release : 2003.01.05popularis : 1.25
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he...
release : 1968.03.04popularis : 3.779
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums –...
release : 1982.03.01popularis : 3.487
The Best House in London
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
release : 1969.01.01popularis : 2.512
Giving Tongue
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she...
release : 1996.09.01popularis : 1.652
Timon of Athens
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a...
release : 1981.04.16popularis : 2.39
Blue Remembered Hills
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around,...
release : 1979.01.30popularis : 2.632
Red, White, and Zero
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated...
release : 1979.12.21popularis : 1.211
A Promise of Bed
Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner...
release : 1969.12.01popularis : 3.667
A Walk in the Forest
A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident.
release : 1980.05.14popularis : 2.351
High Tide
Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last...
release : 1980.03.11popularis : 1.773
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches.
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 1.475
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...
release : 1966.12.28popularis : 5.963
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud....
release : 1976.10.24popularis : 9.981
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
release : 1985.11.17popularis : 0.676
The Taming of the Shrew
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista...
release : 1980.10.23popularis : 2.003
Blue Money
Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.
release : 1985.03.01popularis : 1.568
King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...
release : 1982.09.19popularis : 5.223
The Last Window Cleaner
When DC Denis Deacey finds himself surprisingly transferred to Belfast he gets digs in a most unusual boarding house called The Crumlin View where no...
release : 1979.02.13popularis : 0.781
The Falklands Factor
Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the...
release : 1983.04.26popularis : 2.863
After the Dance
David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that...
release : 1992.12.05popularis : 2.86
The Children Of Dynmouth
The plot follows Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy as he wanders around the dull seaside town of Dynmouth, spying on the...
release : 1987.04.24popularis : 1.759