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Philip Jackson
Born: 18th Jun 1948 Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Dept: Acting
Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948) is an English actor, known for his many television and film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Japp in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series Robin of Sherwood.
Jackson was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire. He started acting while studying Drama and German at the University of Bristol, and has worked in the theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and London. His stage work includes Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre in the West End in 1991 and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds in 2010. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Little Voice (1998).
His television appearances have included Coronation Street, Robin of Sherwood, A Touch of Frost, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Little Britain, Hamish Macbeth, Raised by Wolves and Last of the Summer Wine. He has also appeared in the films Scum, Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street, Brassed Off, Mike Bassett: England Manager, "Grow Your Own", and My Week with Marilyn. He also appeared in the music video of A-Ha's "Take On Me"
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 137
Film: 74 (54%)
Television: 63 (46%)
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Filmography
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While Poirot sleeps on an airplane flight from Paris to London, a notorious French moneylender is murdered with a poisoned dart. ... view
Character:
Chief Inspector Japp
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True Love (Once Removed) is a British drama directed by Director, Kevin Thomas. The film is about the belief in a fated destiny vs. the free will to f ... view
Character:
Bus driver
2026
A feature length documentary celebrating the life of Britain’s beloved comedy icon Victoria Wood delving into the complex inner world of this nation ... view
Character:
Self
Nov 2024 (first aired)
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he ... view
Character:
Trevor (1 ep.)
2023
A 1960s period thriller centring around a gang of ex-airforce servicemen who now run a nefarious smuggling operation. ... view
Character:
Mikey
Original title: Der Pfau
2023
When investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country estate, the signs are not good for a relaxing weekend i ... view
Character:
Lord Hamish
Jun 2022 (first aired)
Old grudges, new rivalries. A tangled web of murder and revenge spirals in a fractured Nottinghamshire mining community. Powerful drama with Lesley Ma ... view
Character:
Mickey Sparrow (12 ep.)
Jun 2022 (first aired)
Jonathan's life revolves around his nine year-old son Spencer, and he's always deferred the big and small decisions to his partner Claire. So when Cla ... view
Character:
Peter (1 ep.)
Nov 2021 (first aired)
A look at the multi-billion dollar business surrounding international professional football where players are bought and sold at the end of the Englis ... view
Character:
Martin Dewsbury (10 ep.)
May 2021 (first aired)
After their trip to Middlesbrough turned a little more explosive than they thought, Gemma and Terry finally decide to pack up the smouldering remains ... view
Character:
Phil (1 ep.)
2020
British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his de ... view
Character:
Self - Inspector Japp, ITV's Poirot
May 2020 (first aired)
A series of four short dramas depicting life in lockdown. Each episode will be 15 minutes in duration and will reflect what families are going through ... view
Character:
Peter (4 ep.)
2020
A sixty-two-year-old divorcee with two grown-up children and no sign any grandchildren on the way decides to secretly undergo treatment to have a baby ... view
Character:
Howard
2018
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manches ... view
Character:
John Knight
2018
On her 18th birthday, headstrong and artistic Charlie makes a startling discovery—the man married to her mother, isn't her father. Recruiting Oz, a ... view
Character:
William
Feb 2018 (first aired)
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the ... view
Character:
Chamberlain (1 ep.)
Sep 2017 (first aired)
Steve and Nicky are both on their second marriages and have decided that moving to the countryside from the city is the answer to all their dreams. Th ... view
Character:
Ken (13 ep.)
Feb 2017 (first aired)
The story of British-Asian junior doctor Ruby Walker who arrives at the run-down Good Karma Hospital to join a dedicated team of over-worked medics. R ... view
Character:
Paul Smart (6 ep.)
Mar 2015 (first aired)
Set on a Wolverhampton council estate, Raised By Wolves is modern day reimagining of the childhood of Caitlin Moran and her brothers and sisters.
Sin ... view
Character:
Grampy (12 ep.)
Aug 2014 (first aired)
Sitcom following the ups and downs of three retired couples living in Thurnemouth, 'Norfolk's only West-facing resort'. ... view
Character:
Alan (12 ep.)
2014
A young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal air hostess but his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate th ... view
Character:
John Freeman
2013
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who co ... view
Character:
Bob
2013
In 1973 Ricky Tomilinson was imprisoned for unlawful assembly and conspiracy when picketing for support in Britain’s first National Building Strike ... view
Character:
Prison Governor
Original title: La migliore offerta
2013
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his ... view
Character:
Fred
2012
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses. ... view
Character:
Mr. Jackson
2012
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Fer ... view
Character:
Trevor
Sep 2012 (first aired)
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively ... view
Character:
Tony (2 ep.)
Apr 2012 (first aired)
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Ar ... view
Character:
Prison Governor (1 ep.)
2011
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince an ... view
Character:
Roger Smith
Oct 2011 (first aired)
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Sa ... view
Character:
David Witton (1 ep.)
Oct 2011 (first aired)
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction ... view
Character:
Self - Participant (1 ep.)
Original title: Borgríki
2011
A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prost ... view
Character:
William
2011
FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more ... view
Character:
Trevor
Jul 2011 (first aired)
Comedy drama revolving around a small seaside hamlet in the north of England, as a former resident returns with big plans for the community's re-devel ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
2010
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land ... view
Character:
Voice of Grand Lunar
Nov 2009 (first aired)
The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consec ... view
Character:
Harold Wilson (5 ep.)
Sep 2009 (first aired)
Gaynor Jacks, aged 29, returns to her mum and dad's house in Coventry after running off to find her place in the big wide world when she was 17-years- ... view
Character:
Roy Jacks (6 ep.)
2009
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 ... view
Character:
Bernard Ingham
Dec 2008 (first aired)
Crooked House is a British supernatural drama miniseries broadcast on BBC Four from 22-24 December 2008. Created and written by Mark Gatiss, and produ ... view
Character:
Joseph Bloxham (1 ep.)
Sep 2008 (first aired)
On a freezing December night in 1963, 13-year-old Alison Carter took her dog for a walk and was never seen again. As the entire country watched, newly ... view
Character:
Old George Bennett (3 ep.)
2008
A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing ... view
Character:
Alfred Roberts
2007
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' ... view
Character:
Mr. Croft
Oct 2007 (first aired)
Two-part TV drama based on the novel by John Cleland. Set in the 18th century, the story of a young country girl who through financial neccessity fall ... view
Character:
Mr. Croft (2 ep.)
2007
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years ... view
Character:
Big John
2007
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, w ... view
Character:
Stephen, Joe's Dad
Sep 2006 (first aired)
Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series. ... view
Character:
Jovius (1 ep.)
Jul 2006 (first aired)
Story line is set around Yorkshire's 'Chevin Chase Veterinary Surgery', The Chase follows the drama that surrounds the family who own the surgery, alo ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (9 ep.)
2005
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horr ... view
Character:
William
Oct 2005 (first aired)
Carter Krantz arrives in Blackpool to investigate the murder of his mother. He gets a job in the local strip club, and soon realises that the town has ... view
Character:
Leo Finch (11 ep.)
2005
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start t ... view
Character:
Mr. Barker
2004
Hairdresser Maria is fixated by The Sound of Music - it was the film she saw the night she was jilted 18 years ago. In a bid to confront her demons, M ... view
Character:
Torsten
May 2004 (first aired)
London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd. ... view
Character:
Samuel Pepys (3 ep.)
Mar 2004 (first aired)
Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005. Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst, a graduate of a posh girl ... view
Character:
Bill Jackson (1 ep.)
Feb 2004 (first aired)
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings. ... view
Character:
Arthur Bond (1 ep.)
Jan 2004 (first aired)
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council est ... view
Character:
Barry (1 ep.)
Jan 2004 (first aired)
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Ori ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: Mother Teresa
2003
The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a fait ... view
Character:
Logan
Sep 2003 (first aired)
A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2003
Everything is not as it seems for a man who recovers from a plane crash in which his family is killed. After plastic surgery and rehabilitation, he de ... view
Character:
Lawrence Augenblick
2003
Video diary from behind the scenes of 2002's "Cruise of the Gods." ... view
Character:
Self
2002
Andy Van Allen, former hero of the cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy receives an unusual off ... view
Character:
Hugh Bispham
Oct 2002 (first aired)
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War ope ... view
Character:
Alan Carter (1 ep.)
2002
A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and ... view
Character:
Norton
2002
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, ... view
Character:
Marmaladov
2001
After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the Wo ... view
Character:
Lonnie Urquart
2000
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests. ... view
Character:
Willis
Oct 2000 (first aired)
Len Green is a former bank robber and getaway driver who has retired from the criminal life and joined the undertakers run by his uncle. However, his ... view
Character:
Mickey Thomas (7 ep.)
May 2000 (first aired)
A series of ten 10-minute films – some humorous, some dramatic – capturing key in the lives of taxi drivers and their passengers. Among these jour ... view
Character:
Robert (1 ep.)
2000
Travel back in time to a scene set in London in 1872, where a young Phileas Fogg is about to wager a fortune in the hope of completing an impossible c ... view
Character:
Inspector Fix (voice)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1998
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedro ... view
Character:
George
1998
Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has ... view
Character:
1998
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she' ... view
Character:
Dave Simpson
1998
In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate reven ... view
Character:
De Wissembourg
Mar 1998 (first aired)
1961: the days of happy motoring and AA patrolmen were duty-bound to salute to every passing passenger that bore an AA badge on their vehicle, and hap ... view
Character:
Leonard Spanwick (12 ep.)
1998
A parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come to terms with the disappearance and death ... view
Character:
DS Yorke
Jan 1998 (first aired)
The Ambassador is a British television drama series produced by the BBC written by Hugh Costello.
The series starred Pauline Collins in the title rol ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 鸦片战争
1997
The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of ... view
Character:
船长怀特
Mar 1997 (first aired)
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his ... view
Character:
Daniel Snape (1 ep.)
1996
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competiti ... view
Character:
Jim
Feb 1996 (first aired)
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Dec 1995 (first aired)
In an alternate early nineteenth century London, the rightful Duke finds himself cheated out of his inheritance. A 6x25' TV adaptation of Joan Aiken's ... view
Character:
Eustace Buckle (6 ep.)
May 1995 (first aired)
The story of Eleanor Bramwell , a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues ... view
Character:
Ronald Kennedy (1 ep.)
Mar 1995 (first aired)
Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beato ... view
Character:
Malachi McBean (1 ep.)
Dec 1994 (first aired)
Henry Farr, a Wimbledon solicitor desperate to rid himself of his wife, settles on murder as a solution to his problem. ... view
Character:
Detective Inspector Russell Rush (2 ep.)
Jul 1994 (first aired)
After losing millions, social climbers Mark & Sophie invite themselves to live with Mark's salt-of-the-earth brother Clem & his wife Rosemary. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (7 ep.)
Original title: Sista dansen
1993
Blackpool, a dancing contest, a dead woman. This is the opening scene of this movie, which then continues by telling us the story preceding this sad a ... view
Character:
Police Inspector
1993
A teen, jailed in an adult prison in Britain, takes his own life in July 1990. ... view
Character:
Stan Eastwood
Original title: Bad Behaviour
1993
The McAllister family house is the setting for Gerry and Ellie's grapples with work, children and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the ... view
Character:
Howard Spink
Dec 1992 (first aired)
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like ... view
Character:
Sergent Sharpe (1 ep.)
D.S. Sharpe (1 ep.)
1992
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has h ... view
Character:
Ben Royce
Apr 1992 (first aired)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ... view
Character:
Ken Marsden (1 ep.)
Brian Simpson (1 ep.)
Nov 1991 (first aired)
Comedienne Dawn French tackles dark, tongue-in-cheek thrillers as her various characters embark on a different mystery every episode. In one way or an ... view
Character:
Patron (1 ep.)
Police Sergeant (1 ep.)
1989
Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbour ... view
Character:
Martin Burke
Jan 1989 (first aired)
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poiro ... view
Character:
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp (46 ep.)
Assistant Commissioner Japp (1 ep.)
1988
Seeking to avert a prophecy which foretells of a seventh son someday supplanting the current king, the unscrupulous monarch seeks out this luck child ... view
Character:
King
May 1988 (first aired)
The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends. ... view
Character:
King (1 ep.)
1988
'Please don't slam your door - we have a delicate child', but when the baby cries, Deb ignores it. There is a secret which is destroying Deb's marriag ... view
Character:
Greg
1987
Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome c ... view
Character:
Dawlish
1987
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A cr ... view
Character:
Burkinshaw
1987
In a cell in a London police station, a suspected I.R.A. bomber, Roche, has been detained for questioning. To help them in the interrogation, the Lond ... view
Character:
Detective Superintendent Derek Harris
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional ... view
Character:
Rob Royson (1 ep.)
1986
A documentary about the work and life aboard the old coaster "Carrick" as she plies the waters of the North Sea and the English Channel trading to the ... view
Character:
Narrator
1985
In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of gettin ... view
Character:
Andrew Merry-Lees
1985
At the local camera club the men are arriving for a glamour session. The model is on her way. George wants a 'nice friendly evening's photography'. Th ... view
Character:
Bob
1984
When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording ... view
Character:
Alan
Apr 1984 (first aired)
Herne the Hunter picks Robin of Loxley as his successor in his mission to support the oppressed. Robin builds his army and leads a guerrilla attack to ... view
Character:
Abbot Hugo de Rainault (26 ep.)
1984
His family massacred by Norman soldiers, Robin takes on the mantle of the Hooded Man, a champion long prophesied. His first challenge is to free Maid ... view
Character:
Abbot Hugo de Rainault
1983
While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death o ... view
Character:
Builder
1982
At the moment money is scarce and times are hard for everyone -even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But their luck could change ... view
Character:
Denny
1980
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined. ... view
Character:
Colin Pasmore
1980
Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red light district. On the boat going home, Clive and Stewart admit to no ... view
Character:
Clive
Apr 1980 (first aired)
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmissi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1979
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory. ... view
Character:
Mr Greaves
May 1979 (first aired)
Two Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Paul Nicholas and Su Pollard. It aired for one series in 1979 and marked the television comedy debut of ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 1979 (first aired)
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and p ... view
Character:
George Forester (1 ep.)
1979
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in ... view
Character:
Bernard
Jul 1978 (first aired)
Set in Bolton, Lancashire, Charlie Fisher, a keen young agent, gets employed by the Lancastrian Insurance Company. ... view
Character:
Geoffrey (1 ep.)
Jun 1978 (first aired)
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his no ... view
Character:
Nose Treacy (1 ep.)
Mar 1978 (first aired)
Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny ... view
Character:
Dave (2 ep.)
1977
Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing. ... view
Character:
Geoff
1976
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures. ... view
Character:
2nd CID Officer
1976
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo ... view
Character:
1st Seaman
1976
Medieval Mystery Cycle first performed in Chester in the 14th century. ... view
Character:
1976
Miss Shepherd of the registry office is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected. ... view
Character:
Stan
1975
Pubs, pigeons, weight-lifting – that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But now Terry's best mate, Albert, is on leave from the Me ... view
Character:
Tarpy
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britai ... view
Character:
Boatman (1 ep.)
1974
"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets ... view
Character:
Ken
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also t ... view
Character:
Melvin 'Dylan' Bottomley (1 ep.)
Mar 1974 (first aired)
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ... view
Character:
Clive (1 ep.)
Denny (1 ep.)
1973
An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students. ... view
Character:
Jeff
1973
Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon. ... view
Character:
Hippie
Jan 1973 (first aired)
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dal ... view
Character:
Gordon (3 ep.)
1971
When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him. ... view
Character:
Harry
Oct 1970 (first aired)
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 tha ... view
Character:
Colin Pasmore (1 ep.)
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
Thompson (1 ep.)