Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind. He had been badly injured in 1941 whilst on active service on board HMS Prince of Wales when she fought the Bismarck at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and remained totally blind for two years, though he later regained some sight in his right eye. During this period, Esmond dictated an early autobiography to his secretary, Annabella Cloudsley, Seeking The Bubble (Hutchinson & Co. 1943). He played the captain of the HMS Prince of Wales in the 1960 movie Sink the Bismarck! He starred as Professor Ernest Reinhart in the 1961 British science fiction television series, A for Andromeda, alongside Patricia Kneale and Peter Halliday. His daughter is the actress Rosalind Knight. Knight died of a heart attack. He was cremated. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esmond Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Esmond Knight
  • Popularity: 4.692
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1906-05-04
  • Place of Birth: East Sheen, Surrey, England
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  • Also Known As: Esmond Penington Knight, Эсмонд Найт
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Esmond Knight Movies

  • 1960
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    Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom

    7.4 1960 HD

    Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which...

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  • 1969
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    Anne of the Thousand Days

    Anne of the Thousand Days

    7.038 1969 HD

    Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

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  • 1948
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    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    7.4 1948 HD

    Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version...

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  • 1984
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    The Element of Crime

    The Element of Crime

    6.359 1984 HD

    Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to...

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  • 1963
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    Decision at Midnight

    Decision at Midnight

    6 1963 HD

    Adaptation of the play Music at Midnight, set in the Iron Curtain.

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  • 1965
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    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    7 1965 HD

    British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final...

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  • 1935
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    Crime Unlimited

    Crime Unlimited

    5.8 1935 HD

    A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.

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  • 1968
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    The Parachute

    The Parachute

    1 1968 HD

    As the Nazis grow ever more powerful in Germany, Werner grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in...

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  • 1951
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    The River

    The River

    7.2 1951 HD

    Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the...

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  • 1947
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    Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

    7.5 1947 HD

    A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are...

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  • 1960
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    Sink the Bismarck!

    Sink the Bismarck!

    6.8 1960 HD

    The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World...

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  • 1948
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    The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

    8 1948 HD

    In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious...

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  • 1934
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    The Blue Squadron

    The Blue Squadron

    1 1934 HD

    Anglo Italian aviation drama. Now lost.

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  • 1934
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    Waltzes from Vienna

    Waltzes from Vienna

    5.3 1934 HD

    Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl...

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  • 1947
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    Uncle Silas

    Uncle Silas

    5.8 1947 HD

    Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast...

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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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  • 1940
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    Contraband

    Contraband

    6.9 1940 HD

    When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved...

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  • 1943
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    The Silver Fleet

    The Silver Fleet

    6 1943 HD

    Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to...

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  • 1977
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    The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    6.2 1977 HD

    The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public,...

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  • 1973
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    Yellow Dog

    Yellow Dog

    2.2 1973 HD

    A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.

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  • 1935
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    Dandy Dick

    Dandy Dick

    5.8 1935 HD

    The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various...

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  • 1936
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    Black Roses

    Black Roses

    1 1936 HD

    Released in Germany as Schwarze Rosen, Black Roses represented the return to UFA studios of British musical comedy favorite Lillian Harvey, after...

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  • 1937
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    The Vicar of Bray

    The Vicar of Bray

    5.5 1937 HD

    The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external...

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  • 1941
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    This England

    This England

    6.2 1941 HD

    Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans,...

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  • 1938
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    Weddings Are Wonderful

    Weddings Are Wonderful

    1 1938 HD

    Romantic comedy of misunderstandings.

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  • 1947
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    The End of the River

    The End of the River

    5 1947 HD

    A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder.

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  • 1947
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    Holiday Camp

    Holiday Camp

    6.1 1947 HD

    The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend...

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  • 1934
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    Girls Will Be Boys

    Girls Will Be Boys

    4.3 1934 HD

    The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a...

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  • 1944
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    A Canterbury Tale

    A Canterbury Tale

    6.9 1944 HD

    Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

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  • 1939
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    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    6.6 1939 HD

    During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of...

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  • 1952
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    Girdle of Gold

    Girdle of Gold

    7.7 1952 HD

    The adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her drunken, money-loving husband.

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  • 1972
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    The Boy Who Turned Yellow

    The Boy Who Turned Yellow

    5.3 1972 HD

    John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back...

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  • 1968
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    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale

    1 1968 HD

    King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life,...

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  • 1936
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    Pagliacci

    Pagliacci

    1 1936 HD

    Canio and his Comedia dell'Arte troupe tour Italy. His wife Nedda meets a young cadet and they plan to elope. He tries to leave her when he finds how...

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  • 1933
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    The Bermondsey Kid

    The Bermondsey Kid

    1 1933 HD

    A newsboy enters a boxing championship where he is matched with a sick friend.

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  • 1958
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    Battle of the V-1

    Battle of the V-1

    4 1958 HD

    1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak (Michael Rennie) and his watchmaker friend Tadek (David Knight) are working for the Polish resistance lead...

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  • 1944
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    Henry V

    Henry V

    6.582 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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  • 1969
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    Where's Jack?

    Where's Jack?

    7.2 1969 HD

    Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.

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  • 1935
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    Someday

    Someday

    1 1935 HD

    “Curley Blake is a lift operator in a block of flats. He is in love with Emily, the cleaning girl. When Emily returns from a stay in hospital,...

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  • 1935
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    Father and Son

    Father and Son

    1 1935 HD

    A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.

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  • 1944
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    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.5 1944 HD

    A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness...

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  • 1928
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    The Blue Peter

    The Blue Peter

    1 1928 HD

    After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.

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  • 1981
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    Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida

    8 1981 HD

    The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal...

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  • 1931
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    77 Park Lane

    77 Park Lane

    1 1931 HD

    When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his...

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  • 1984
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    A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

    7.6 1984 HD

    A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals...

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  • 1931
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    Deadlock

    Deadlock

    1 1931 HD

    A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.

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  • 1931
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    The Ringer

    The Ringer

    1 1931 HD

    Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.

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  • 1931
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    Romany Love

    Romany Love

    1 1931 HD

    A musical film directed by Fred Paul

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  • 1957
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    The Prince and the Showgirl

    The Prince and the Showgirl

    6.3 1957 HD

    An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

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  • 1938
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    What Men Live By

    What Men Live By

    8 1938 HD

    A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God.

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  • 1978
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    Romeo & Juliet

    Romeo & Juliet

    7.4 1978 HD

    Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil...

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  • 1976
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    Robin and Marian

    Robin and Marian

    6.3 1976 HD

    Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

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  • 1956
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    Helen of Troy

    Helen of Troy

    6 1956 HD

    Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by...

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  • 1981
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    Antony & Cleopatra

    Antony & Cleopatra

    6.3 1981 HD

    Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers...

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  • 1953
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    The Steel Key

    The Steel Key

    5.5 1953 HD

    An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.

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  • 1969
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    Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

    Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

    6.5 1969 HD

    The TARDIS materialises in Earth's future on a space beacon just before it is attacked by pirates. The travellers find themselves trapped in a sealed...

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  • 1987
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    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    4.6 1987 HD

    With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor,...

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  • 1955
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    The Dark Avenger

    The Dark Avenger

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1971
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    Elizabeth R

    Elizabeth R

    7.4 1971 HD

    This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin...

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  • 1966
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    Softly, Softly

    Softly, Softly

    5 1966 HD

    Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of...

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  • 1962
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    Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

    7 1962 HD

    Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...

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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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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.29 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1959
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    Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

    6.7 1959 HD

    The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.

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  • 1976
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    I, Claudius

    I, Claudius

    7.8 1976 HD

    Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors -...

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  • 1968
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    The Champions

    The Champions

    6 1968 HD

    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network...

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  • 1962
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    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    6 1962 HD

    Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country...

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  • 1966
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    King of the River

    King of the River

    1 1966 HD

    King of the River is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967. The series centred around the King family and their...

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  • 1956
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    The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    4.4 1956 HD

    The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by...

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  • 1971
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    7.3 1971 HD

    Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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  • 1977
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    1990

    1990

    6 1977 HD

    The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically...

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  • 1963
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    Festival

    Festival

    1 1963 HD

    An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.

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  • 1960
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    An Age of Kings

    An Age of Kings

    4.7 1960 HD

    A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.

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  • 1983
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    My Cousin Rachel

    My Cousin Rachel

    6 1983 HD

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  • 1965
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    BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

    5 1965 HD

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

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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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  • 1987
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    Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

    6.4 1987 HD

    Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle,...

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  • 1957
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    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1978
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    BBC Television Shakespeare

    BBC Television Shakespeare

    5.2 1978 HD

    The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and...

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  • 1964
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    Detective

    Detective

    1 1964 HD

    A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC...

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  • 1960
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    Barnaby Rudge

    Barnaby Rudge

    5 1960 HD

    Barnaby Rudge is a British drama television series which originally aired on the BBC in thirteen episodes between 30 September and 23 December 1960....

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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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  • 1974
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    Bedtime Stories

    Bedtime Stories

    1 1974 HD

    Modern-day interpretation of fairy tales, with a contemporary, darker twist.

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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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  • 1971
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    Cousin Bette

    Cousin Bette

    3.5 1971 HD

    Adaptation of the Balzac novel. A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak...

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  • 1965
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    Public Eye

    Public Eye

    7.8 1965 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

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  • 1961
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    A for Andromeda

    A for Andromeda

    5 1961 HD

    Set in 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful...

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  • 1955
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.4 1955 HD

    This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American show of the same name. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews...

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