View for person of id: 937
Derek Jacobi
Born: 22nd Oct 1938 Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Dept: Acting
Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
[ToDo] Show list of extra photos here.
Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 221
Film: 163 (74%)
Television: 58 (26%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action, Horror, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, War & Politics, Kids, Music, Talk, Reality
Filmography
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a g ... view
Character:
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
During their dog walks on Hampstead Heath, two older gentlemen find their conversations about everyday aches and weather growing into an unexpected co ... view
Character:
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
Over a million people a year are injected with animal venom, and many thousands die. We see how the nine main types of venom work their damage in the ... view
Character:
Narrator
2026
It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings. ... view
Character:
2026
Supermodel Kate Moss embarks on a journey of self-discovery when acclaimed artist Lucian Freud offers to paint her portrait. ... view
Character:
Lucian Freud
2026
A survivor, provocateur and true original, Marianne has spent more than six decades defying expectations — releasing over thirty-five albums while c ... view
Character:
The Narrator
2025
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christmas pantomime, where a straight-talking dance ins ... view
Character:
Albert
2025
Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as the ... view
Character:
The Friar
2024
A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her best, celebrating her much-loved appearances across ... view
Character:
Self
2024
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conq ... view
Character:
Gracchus
Sep 2024 (first aired)
John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears of ... view
Character:
Mr. Todd (1 ep.)
Oct 2023 (first aired)
The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extin ... view
Character:
(voice) (2 ep.)
Aug 2023 (first aired)
Two very different women, Alice a formidable PA and Cheryl a best-selling fantasy author, become trapped in a triangle of epic proportions with Rob an ... view
Character:
Sir Ralph Unwin (5 ep.)
2023
This existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as ... view
Character:
Errol
2023
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their ... view
Character:
Ambrose
Feb 2023 (first aired)
January 1943: Admiral Karl Dönitz, head of the Nazis’ U-boat fleet, has brought Britain to the brink of starvation by ruthlessly destroying close t ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice) (6 ep.)
2022
Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that enc ... view
Character:
Self
2022
Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set. ... view
Character:
David
2022
Follow the breathtaking adventures of divers looking for pearls in the Persian Gulf and learn how the gems brought fortune to the islands of Bahrain. ... view
Character:
Self
Aug 2022 (first aired)
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his p ... view
Character:
Erasmus Fry (1 ep.)
Jun 2022 (first aired)
What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
2021
With the help of Hollywood, top Nazi Albert Speer tried to unscrupulously whitewash himself of his crimes in the 1970s. Speer gave long interviews to ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
2021
Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the fa ... view
Character:
Father Enoch
Mar 2021 (first aired)
The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series. ... view
Character:
Narrator (6 ep.)
2020
We mark 60 glorious years of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap, with a celebration of the women who have ruled the roost in Weathe ... view
Character:
Himself
2020
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they ... view
Character:
Mr. Brown
2020
Using rare archive footage and exclusive interviews, this series takes you to the heart of a war that was fought far from the bombs and shells of any ... view
Character:
2020
A chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave the mundane behind and start a new life. To take ... view
Character:
Dr. Hobson
2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India ... view
Character:
Lord Palmerston
2019
Luca is the pre-eminent artist of his generation and at the peak of his career, lauded, feted and collected by all. He is the ultimate showman however ... view
Character:
The Lawyer
2019
Brainy Roman teenager Atti is always coming up with schemes, but one ultimately goes too far, angering Emperor Nero. As punishment, the lad is exiled ... view
Character:
Claudius
Jul 2019 (first aired)
Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole new ... view
Character:
Narrator (10 ep.)
May 2019 (first aired)
Aziraphale and Crowley, of Heaven and Hell respectively, have grown rather fond of the Earth. So it's terrible news that it's about to end. The armies ... view
Character:
The Metatron (2 ep.)
Metatron (1 ep.)
2019
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond ... view
Character:
Professor Joseph Wright
Dec 2018 (first aired)
France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law a ... view
Character:
Bishop Myriel (1 ep.)
2018
Spoof end-of-the-year review show written and presented by Rhys Thomas. ... view
Character:
2018
NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circ ... view
Character:
2018
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where ... view
Character:
Mr. Yaffe
2017
The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time determined to ignore a BBC blacklisting by hijacking a ... view
Character:
Scrooge
2017
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train. ... view
Character:
Edward Henry Masterman
2017
THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND CELEBRATED ITS EPIC TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN 2017. Over 4,000 Freemasons from Provinces ... view
Character:
2017
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell. ... view
Character:
Ross
2016
A director talks about his old horror film. It's Austria, Krampusnacht, December 1977. The Devonshires arrive at the alpine chalet for a holiday. The ... view
Character:
2016
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's lo ... view
Character:
Leopold Gursky
Nov 2016 (first aired)
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.
The Cro ... view
Character:
Duke of Windsor (1 ep.)
2016
Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy. ... view
Character:
Mercutio
2015
The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentative steps on the road to success. Long before they w ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
2015
A BBC Earth documentary inside the world of the most venomous creatures on Earth, with stories from survivors of deadly venom attacks from animals cou ... view
Character:
Narrator
2015
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, ... view
Character:
King
2015
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, more than any other, fits the category of ancient biography. Luke, as "narrator" of events, sees Jesus as the "Savior" of all peop ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2014
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and F ... view
Character:
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
2014
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray. ... view
Character:
Travers Twiss
Feb 2014 (first aired)
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'. ... view
Character:
Webster (1 ep.)
2013
Part of Channel 4 series Derek Jacobi has stepped in to voice lyrics in a incredibly moving new film. Taking the role of an ageing writer addressing a ... view
Character:
Man
2013
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit ... view
Character:
Claudius/Spooner
2013
Out in the English Channel is the tiny island of Sark, in August 1990, a French Physicist attempted a bizarre one man invasion attempt on the island. ... view
Character:
Narrator
2013
This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tacklin ... view
Character:
Self
Apr 2013 (first aired)
Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new upstair ... view
Character:
Stuart Bixby (12 ep.)
2013
The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the fasc ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
Nov 2012 (first aired)
Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate re ... view
Character:
Alan (24 ep.)
2012
It's the greatest mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? DEREK JACOBI leads an impressive cast on a quest to uncover the truth behin ... view
Character:
Himself
2012
Henry is a lonely child who lives for his favourite holiday. ... view
Character:
Narrator
2012
The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK and Canada. A small group of professional actors ... view
Character:
Sulla
Jun 2012 (first aired)
Celebrity hosts guide viewers through William Shakespeare's plays in performance. Each episode serves as a primer for newcomers to Shakespeare while s ... view
Character:
Himself (1 ep.)
May 2012 (first aired)
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will ... view
Character:
Lord Pirrie (12 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:
Sir Owen Morshead
2011
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fac ... view
Character:
Prologue
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Documentary, History
2011
A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutte ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
May 2011 (first aired)
The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice) (2 ep.)
Apr 2011 (first aired)
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where h ... view
Character:
Cardinal Orsini (2 ep.)
2011
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged fathe ... view
Character:
Honorio
2011
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that u ... view
Character:
Cornhill
2011
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into ques ... view
Character:
King Lear
2010
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie ... view
Character:
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
2010
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways. ... view
Character:
Derek Jacobi
2010
Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him fo ... view
Character:
Mr. Simpson
2009
At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette de Valois is reducing her roles at the Roya ... view
Character:
Fred Ashton
Aug 2009 (first aired)
Takes viewers on a journey through time and space to relive all the action from the sci-fi show, featuring exclusive interviews with key actors offeri ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2009
The film looks at the places Charles Dickens lived and worked and how he used them in his novels and stories. ... view
Character:
Himself - Presenter
Apr 2009 (first aired)
The once mighty Denmont Corporation with headquarters in South Africa is on the verge of collapse, threatened by upstart rivals and new competition in ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
2009
Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter. ... view
Character:
Piers Denmont
2009
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African Nat ... view
Character:
Rudolph Agnew
2009
The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing. ... view
Character:
Quentin Neely
2008
Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career. When his sleazy agent signs him up for what he believe ... view
Character:
Nigel Dewberry
2008
Sidney Turtlebaum is a bitter sweet comedy that tells the story of Sidney, an eccentric gay Jewish man in his seventies. To punish the world Sidney ea ... view
Character:
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Napl ... view
Character:
Narrator
2008
After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an ... view
Character:
Dr. Nathan Gross
2008
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors. ... view
Character:
The Master (archive footage)
2008
We've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be dealing you one poor hand after another. Unfortunately ... view
Character:
Howard Whittam
2007
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his ... view
Character:
Grandfather
2007
In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan ... view
Character:
Magisterial Emissary
Original title: Arritmia
2007
After a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They'll be looking for him and he must keep moving. Ivan, a local Cuban, ... view
Character:
Guido
2007
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub ... view
Character:
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
2007
Two astronauts await the news that will decide their fate. ... view
Character:
President
Mar 2007 (first aired)
In the Night Garden is a magical place that exists between the waking and sleeping imagination of children close to the representation of a nursery rh ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice) (100 ep.)
2007
A talented young violinist enrols at an isolated music school. But when he begins having visions of the other students dead, he realises there is a si ... view
Character:
Balzer
2007
This film explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HDTV. The works are complemented solely with Bacon’s own words, recorded ... view
Character:
Derek Jacobi
2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy is a British family television film following the life of a border collie puppy as she grows up to become a working ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
2006
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to ... view
Character:
Senator Augusto Pinochet
2006
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts ... view
Character:
Alexander Corvinus
2005
Mist is a puppy with a lofty goal: She wants to be the best sheepdog she can be! Born with two siblings at Borough Farm, Mist sets out to prove hersel ... view
Character:
Narrator(voice)
2005
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and h ... view
Character:
Mr. Wheen
2005
A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city ... view
Character:
Lord Dempsey
2005
Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Released as an extra on the 2005 extended version B ... view
Character:
Self
Mar 2005 (first aired)
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a ... view
Character:
Professor Yana (1 ep.)
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each epis ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Dec 2004 (first aired)
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and rela ... view
Character:
Colonel Protheroe (1 ep.)
2004
It's Christmas, and Angelina Mouseling (Finty Williams) is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza, Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Wh ... view
Character:
Mr. Operatski (voice)
2004
The story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who ... view
Character:
Nezo
Oct 2004 (first aired)
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2004
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion. ... view
Character:
Other Voices (voice)
Jul 2004 (first aired)
The lives of characters who live, love and suffer through their association with the charismatic charms of gangster Harry Starks. ... view
Character:
Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby (4 ep.)
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:
Tacitus (3 ep.)
2004
A young man with cerebral palsy leaves the safety of his care home to search for a wrecked aircraft, finding adventure, freedom, and love along the wa ... view
Character:
Victor
Nov 2003 (first aired)
The Doctor, a time-traveling alien explorer, is sent by his people, the Time Lords, to liberate a small town in England from the tyrannical rule of a ... view
Character:
The Master (voice) (5 ep.)
Oct 2003 (first aired)
The life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 154 ... view
Character:
Narrator (2 ep.)
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award ... view
Character:
Self
2002
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
2002
Set in the Spain of 1680, a time of torture and interrogation by the Grand Inquisitor. A young man appears that is healing the sick and raising the de ... view
Character:
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
2002
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own. ... view
Character:
Maj. Merton
2002
The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series. ... view
Character:
Self
2002
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the reveng ... view
Character:
The Duke
2002
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Robert Altman's 2001 film 'Gosford Park'. Cast and crew relate some of their experiences with making the fil ... view
Character:
Self
2002
Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impre ... view
Character:
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
2002
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, mo ... view
Character:
Stanley Baldwin
2002
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from H ... view
Character:
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Feb 2002 (first aired)
The Jury is a British television serial broadcast in 2002. The series was the first ever to be allowed to film inside the historic Old Bailey courthou ... view
Character:
George Cording QC (6 ep.)
2001
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea ... view
Character:
Probert
2001
A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy using the complete text of the play but performed by child actors. ... view
Character:
Theseus (voice)
2001
Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped tur ... view
Character:
Priam Huntington (voice)
2001
An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was cru ... view
Character:
Father Lavelle
2001
Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody clandestine war. Missing for a few hundred years, ... view
Character:
Librarian
2001
A documentary about the 1944 mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for British and Commonwealth airmen that eventually was ... view
Character:
Narrator
2000
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests. ... view
Character:
Various Characters
2000
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor ... view
Character:
Squire Fairfield
2000
Imagining the unimaginable through the eyes of Wilfred Owen, combining reconstructions of Owen’s war experiences with animation and readings from hi ... view
Character:
Voice
May 2000 (first aired)
At a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of his uncle Pelias. Twenty years later, Jason returns hom ... view
Character:
Phineas (2 ep.)
2000
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. ... view
Character:
Gracchus
2000
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British ... view
Character:
Lucky Leadbetter
Mar 2000 (first aired)
A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by the ghost of his deceased partner ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1999
A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". The Chimes was a short novel by Cha ... view
Character:
Narrator
1999
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers. ... view
Character:
Father Leonor Fousnel
1998
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, ... view
Character:
Francis Bacon
1998
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to pl ... view
Character:
Father Frederick
1998
Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuri ... view
Character:
Narrator ( voice )
1996
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing. ... view
Character:
King Claudius
1996
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Ric ... view
Character:
Self - Interviewee
1996
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking ... view
Character:
Alan Turing
Sep 1996 (first aired)
The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and t ... view
Character:
Self (voice) (1 ep.)
1996
The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World War II, who, with a group of fellow devout Christians, p ... view
Character:
General
1995
Dire deeds during a winter storm leave Brother Oswin beaten near to death, Sister Hilaria dead, and a pair of young siblings lost in the woods fleeing ... view
Character:
Brother Cadfael
1995
With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War. ... view
Character:
Narrator
1994
Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled English orphan who lives in India but is transplanted t ... view
Character:
Archibald Craven (voice)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in eac ... view
Character:
Various (voice) (0 ep.)
(voice) (1 ep.)
1994
When an unpleasant and cruel nobleman spites his stepson by ceding his estate to the abbey, he ends up being poisoned by one of Brother Cadfael's medi ... view
Character:
Brother Cadfael
1994
When a cruel middle-aged baron and a beautiful wealthy orphan are to be wed at the abbey, it comes as no surprise when the sadistic nobleman is found ... view
Character:
Brother Cadfael
1994
Liliwin is a poor acrobat hired to entertain at an Aurifaber wedding. But when he is dismissed and the master of the house is found unconscious and ro ... view
Character:
Brother Cadfael
May 1994 (first aired)
Brother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk. A retired crusader disappointed in love, and now a herbalist in charge of the gardens of Shrew ... view
Character:
Brother Cadfael (13 ep.)
1994
Assigned by King Stephen to dispose of 94 hanged rebels, Cadfael discovers the body of a murdered man among the corpses and given just four days to so ... view
Character:
Brother Cadfael
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
1994
"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 5. While searching for her somewhere lost handkerchiefs, little Lucie meets Mrs. Tiggy Winkle, a hedg ... view
Character:
Jeremy Fisher (voice)
1994
The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in ... view
Character:
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
1993
John is a special forces operative who retires after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing, but his former bosses have other plans. He is re-act ... view
Character:
Randal
1993
In the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages from God. ... view
Character:
George Salisbury
Sep 1993 (first aired)
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets sho ... view
Character:
Jackson Hedley (1 ep.)
Dec 1992 (first aired)
Nine animated stories based on the original Peter Rabbit books by Beatrix Potter. ... view
Character:
Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice) (1 ep.)
1992
A young man's life is turned around with the help of a genie inside a lamp. ... view
Character:
The Magician (voice)
Sep 1992 (first aired)
From big cats to tiny weasels, this series follows the sometimes surprising evolution of the Carnivora - the mammals that eat meat. ... view
Character:
Narrator (7 ep.)
Dec 1991 (first aired)
A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce. ... view
Character:
Daedalus (1 ep.)
1991
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is so ... view
Character:
Franklyn Madson
1990
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c ... view
Character:
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Sep 1990 (first aired)
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... view
Character:
William Russell / Various (voice) (9 ep.)
1990
IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the gui ... view
Character:
Himself
1989
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France. ... view
Character:
Chorus
1989
For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful ... view
Character:
(voice)
1989
How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who ... view
Character:
Hordedef (voice)
1988
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execu ... view
Character:
The Imposter
1987
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in ... view
Character:
Arthur Clennam
1987
When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country ma ... view
Character:
Archibald Craven
Jul 1986 (first aired)
Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993.
Numerous episodes were produced including one named "Bosw ... view
Character:
George Salisbury (1 ep.)
1986
Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees o ... view
Character:
Self
1986
Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality anima ... view
Character:
Pierre (voice)
Mar 1986 (first aired)
Mr Pye travels to the Channel Island of Sark to spread the love of God. But doing good deeds means something strange starts to happen to him, he start ... view
Character:
Mr Pye (4 ep.)
1986
Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantas ... view
Character:
Mr. Pye
1985
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and pro ... view
Character:
Self (voice)
1985
As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before th ... view
Character:
Cyrano de Bergerac
1982
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent ... view
Character:
Kurt Limmer
1982
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, es ... view
Character:
Nicodemus (voice)
1982
An eccentrically-dressed stranger gets off a train and within a few days has endeared himself to the citizens of the town with his jovial behaviour an ... view
Character:
The Stranger
May 1982 (first aired)
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based up ... view
Character:
Adolf Hitler (2 ep.)
1982
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod ... view
Character:
Dom Claude Frollo
1981
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlot ... view
Character:
Daberlohn
Original title: Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste
1980
The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces that she intends to divorce him. He is knocked down o ... view
Character:
Martin Beck
1980
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then ... view
Character:
Hamlet
1979
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate. ... view
Character:
Arthur Davis
Oct 1979 (first aired)
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ... view
Character:
Freddie Fenton (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:
The Stranger (1 ep.)
Drioli (1 ep.)
1978
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet ... view
Character:
King Richard II
Dec 1978 (first aired)
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produc ... view
Character:
Richard II (1 ep.)
1978
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He re ... view
Character:
Townley - Publisher
1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. (na ... view
Character:
Narrator
1977
Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949. ... view
Character:
Guy Burgess
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augu ... view
Character:
Claudius (12 ep.)
1974
A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begi ... view
Character:
Gregory
1974
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration cam ... view
Character:
Klaus Wenzer
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Anthology series of thirteen one-hour love stories based on the short stories of Henry James. ... view
Character:
Bertram Braddle (1 ep.)
Mar 1974 (first aired)
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology ... view
Character:
Voice of Ernest Shackleton (1 ep.)
Jan 1974 (first aired)
This sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based o ... view
Character:
Lord Fawn (8 ep.)
1973
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated g ... view
Character:
Inspector Caron
Sep 1971 (first aired)
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detecti ... view
Character:
William Drew (1 ep.)
Apr 1971 (first aired)
Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and broad ... view
Character:
Herbert Fletcher (1 ep.)
1970
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support he ... view
Character:
Andrei
Sep 1967 (first aired)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhy ... view
Character:
Gerry (1 ep.)
1967
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in w ... view
Character:
Don John
1965
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful. ... view
Character:
Cassio
1965
Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello." ... view
Character:
(archive footage)
Feb 1964 (first aired)
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. ... view
Character:
Narrator (1 ep.)
1962
Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels b ... view
Character:
Eric
Jul 1956 (first aired)
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 produ ... view
Character:
Eric (1 ep.)
Apr 1956 (first aired)
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards ... view
Character:
Self - Winner (1 ep.)
Self - Nominee (1 ep.)
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christo ... view
Character:
Dom Claude (1 ep.)
Archibald Craven (1 ep.)
Imposter (1 ep.)