Michael Attwell

Michael Attwell

Michael John Attwell was an English film and television actor. Often cast as heavies and laconic hardmen for his bulk and imposing height, he is possibly best known for his role as Kenny Beale in the television soap opera EastEnders

  • Title: Michael Attwell
  • Popularity: 0.8145
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-01-16
  • Place of Birth: Watford, Hertfordshire, England
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Michael Attwell Movies

  • 2001
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    High Heels and Low Lifes

    High Heels and Low Lifes

    6.1 2001 HD

    Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.

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  • 1995
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    Joseph

    Joseph

    8.2 1995 HD

    Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph governed the country during a seven year famine, during which his brothers visit Egypt seeking grain, only to encounter their brother, presumed long dead.

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  • 1986
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    Hangman

    Hangman

    1 1986 HD

    Construction safety film hosted by a hangman executioner in a black mask.

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  • 2006
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    Missing

    Missing

    6 2006 HD

    Sybil Foster escapes from a psychiatric hospital, only to find herself the prime suspect in a series of murders. The police investigation, led by DS Doug Duvall unearths skeletons from her past, and a link to a prominent political figure who may hold the key to unlock the secrets of the past - and open the door to solving the mysteries of the present.

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  • 1996
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    Poldark

    Poldark

    6.4 1996 HD

    The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama, starring John Bowe and Mel Martin, and featuring a young Ioan Gruffudd in one of his earliest roles.

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  • 1985
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    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    5.5 1985 HD

    When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

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  • 1987
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    Gentry

    Gentry

    7 1987 HD

    Gerald and Susannah, an affluent young couple, inspect a shabby town house for sale. Gerald has plans to renovate it and sell it on for a big profit. But their expedition quickly turns into a nightmare when three criminals arrive, searching for the money they hid in the building years ago.

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  • 2001
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    Bodywork

    Bodywork

    2.7 2001 HD

    Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead prostitute is discovered in the trunk, and Virgil is accused of her murder. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, unorthodox police procedure and some clever body work of his own, he sets out to clear his name.

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  • 1994
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    Tom & Viv

    Tom & Viv

    6.1 1994 HD

    The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.

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  • 2000
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    Circus

    Circus

    4.9 2000 HD

    Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.

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  • 1986
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    Labyrinth

    Labyrinth

    7.3 1986 HD

    Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.

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  • 1988
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    The Tenth Man

    The Tenth Man

    6.6 1988 HD

    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 execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.

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  • 1967
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    Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

    Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

    7.3 1967 HD

    The TARDIS arrives on Earth in a new ice age. The travellers make their way into a base where scientists, commanded by Leader Clent, are using an ioniser device to combat the advance of a glacier.

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  • 1985
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    Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

    Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

    7 1985 HD

    An alien distress call draws the Doctor and Peri to Earth, 1985, where they uncover a Cyberman plot to change the course of history.

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  • 1991
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    Redemption

    Redemption

    1 1991 HD

    After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?

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  • 1997
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    Hostile Waters

    Hostile Waters

    6 1997 HD

    Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total annihilation.

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  • 2004
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    The Long Bank Holiday

    The Long Bank Holiday

    8 2004 HD

    A spate of computer thefts from government offices, a possible suicide under the wheels of a high-speed train, an absconded lifer on the loose, and a grisly trove of human bones in a garden all conspire to keep Davies on the job during a long Easter weekend.

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  • 1995
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    Bugs

    Bugs

    6.8 1995 HD

    Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers and other modern technology. It was originally broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One, and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Carnival Films.

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  • 1972
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    Are You Being Served?

    Are You Being Served?

    7.283 1972 HD

    This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of the show's humor parodies Britain's class system, and many of the show's characters are based on stereotypes of the period, including the effeminate Mr. Humphries and the rich, but stingy, store owner.

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  • 1994
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    Wycliffe

    Wycliffe

    6 1994 HD

    Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.

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  • 2006
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    Hotel Babylon

    Hotel Babylon

    7.3 2006 HD

    Hotel Babylon is a British television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones. The show followed the lives of workers at a glamorous five-star hotel.

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  • 1981
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    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.7 1981 HD

    Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.894 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.7 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

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  • 1996
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    Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

    7.5 1996 HD

    A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

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  • 1987
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    Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

    7.9 1987 HD

    Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.

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  • 2003
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    Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

    Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

    6.7 2003 HD

    Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from 4 September 2003 to 16 October 2003 on BBC. The programme examines seven engineering feats that occurred during the Industrial Revolution.

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.6 1951 HD

    Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

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  • 1997
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    Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

    6.8 1997 HD

    Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 series 10 had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. The latest series was number 12 which aired in February 2009.

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  • 1987
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    Never Say Die

    Never Say Die

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1985
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    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    5.6 1985 HD

    When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

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  • 2003
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    The Last Detective

    The Last Detective

    7.7 2003 HD

    "Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.

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  • 1993
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    Then Churchill Said to Me

    Then Churchill Said to Me

    5.5 1993 HD

    Sitcom set in the government's secret underground headquarters during the Second World War.

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  • 2002
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    Daniel Deronda

    Daniel Deronda

    7.6 2002 HD

    In 1870s England, idealist Daniel Deronda seeks his mysterious origins and becomes entangled in the lives of the self-centered Gwendolen Harleth, who is trapped in a loveless marriage, and Jewish singer Mirah Lapidoth.

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.894 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    7 1979 HD

    Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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  • 2006
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    Missing: All Secrets Have a Price

    Missing: All Secrets Have a Price

    1 2006 HD

    A young homeless girl is suspected of being a gruesome serial killer.

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6.2 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

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  • 1994
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    Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

    8.3 1994 HD

    Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.

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  • 2000
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    Border Cafe

    Border Cafe

    1 2000 HD

    Comedy drama series from Preston Front writer Tim Firth. Set in the fictional town of Hale Point on the borders of England and Wales, home to a cross-section of amazing, colourful characters who, under normal circumstances, would never have met. Rock star Charlotte Smith quits at the height of her fame and buys the American diner on the outskirts of her home town so she can settle down with her builder boyfriend David Doyle. He invites his daft elder brother Kidder to become the chef while the nervous Ronnie gives up her life as "Charlotte" in a copycat band to become waitress. The Border Cafe becomes a meeting place for all sorts of curious characters and a centre of intrigue. But as the cafe takes off, the whole notion of whose life depends on whose starts to shift with dramatic consequences

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  • 1989
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    The Paradise Club

    The Paradise Club

    5.8 1989 HD

    The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were broadcast between 1989 and 1990. The show focuses upon two brothers, Frank & Danny Kane. Their mother, Ma Kane, is the matriarch of a criminal gang in South London, helped by her son Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club on the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.

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  • 1979
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    Turtle's Progress

    Turtle's Progress

    6 1979 HD

    Turtle's Progress is a British television series broadcast between 1979 and 1980. The offbeat humour of the show attracted a small but cult audience, and the show only ran for two series.

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7.1 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1993
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    Scarlet and Black

    Scarlet and Black

    5.9 1993 HD

    An ambitious young man seduces women of high social standing in order to improve his prospects.

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  • 1993
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    Harry

    Harry

    3.5 1993 HD

    Harry is a television drama series produced by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC1 between 18 September 1993 and 12 April 1995. The programme follows a journalist called Harry Salter, who ran a news agency in the English town of Darlington.

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  • 1994
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    Anna Lee

    Anna Lee

    6.9 1994 HD

    Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London Weekend Television. Following a 1993 pilot, five two-hour programmes were produced in 1994, loosely based on the detective novels of Liza Cody. Private investigator Anna Lee works for the Brierly Security agency after leaving the police force. Each episode features a different mystery.

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  • 1981
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    Only Fools and Horses

    Only Fools and Horses

    8.064 1981 HD

    Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.

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  • 1987
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    Crossbow

    Crossbow

    6.2 1987 HD

    Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. As Governor of Austria, Gessler plans to stop the Swiss uprising. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's chagrin, there is no stopping William Tell's legendary strength and skill.

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