Walter Sparrow

Walter Sparrow

Walter Leonard Sparrow was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner. He began his career as a stand up comedian before turning to drama and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his movie debut in 1965's Dr.Terror's House of Horrors. As well as Robin Hood, Sparrow appeared in more than 30 films, including I Hired A Contract Killer, The Accidental Tourist, The Secret Garden, Now & Then, Jane Eyre, Ever After and Treasure Island. He also appeared in over 50 television guest spots on both American and British TV. One of his more notable guest appearances was in the 1989 episode Danger UXD of the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which had 16.1 million viewers, as porn shop owner Dirty Barry.

  • Title: Walter Sparrow
  • Popularity: 21.65
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1927-01-22
  • Place of Birth: Eltham, London, England, UK
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Walter Sparrow Movies

  • 1995
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    Now and Then
    Now and Then

    6.9 1995 HD

    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Christina Ricci

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  • 1969
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    Zeta One
    Zeta One

    3.8 1969 HD

    Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: James Robertson Justice

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  • 1994
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    Dirtysomething
    Dirtysomething

    5 1994 HD

    Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Rachel Weisz

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  • 1971
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    Edna: The Inebriate Woman
    Edna: The Inebriate Woman

    1 1971 HD

    A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Patricia Hayes

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  • 1993
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    The Secret Garden
    The Secret Garden

    7.407 1993 HD

    A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Kate Maberly

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  • 1990
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    I Hired a Contract Killer
    I Hired a Contract Killer

    6.913 1990 HD

    After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud

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  • 1991
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    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    6.9 1991 HD

    Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England....

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Kevin Costner

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  • 1998
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    EverAfter
    EverAfter

    7.417 1998 HD

    Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Drew Barrymore

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  • 1999
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    Prometheus
    Prometheus

    5.6 1999 HD

    Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggles, its dreams and its icononography - at the very...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Feast

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  • 1988
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    The Accidental Tourist
    The Accidental Tourist

    6.208 1988 HD

    After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: William Hurt

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  • 1991
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    Let Him Have It
    Let Him Have It

    6.644 1991 HD

    In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Christopher Eccleston

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  • 1987
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    Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
    Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video

    1 1987 HD

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas usually means a little over-indulgence, but to...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Griff Rhys Jones

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  • 1999
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    Simon Magus
    Simon Magus

    7.3 1999 HD

    Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Noah Taylor

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  • 1985
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    Young Sherlock Holmes
    Young Sherlock Holmes

    6.731 1985 HD

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Nicholas Rowe

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  • 1992
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    Memento Mori
    Memento Mori

    7 1992 HD

    Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maggie Smith

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  • 1993
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    Shadowlands
    Shadowlands

    6.915 1993 HD

    C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anthony Hopkins

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  • 1993
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    U.F.O. The Movie
    U.F.O. The Movie

    6.2 1993 HD

    The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is captured by a gang of feminist aliens from the 25th century...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Roy 'Chubby' Brown

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  • 1984
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    Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
    Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

    1 1984 HD

    Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Lindsay

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  • 1985
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    Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil
    Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

    4.5 1985 HD

    The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: John Shea

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  • 1989
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    Somewhere to Run
    Somewhere to Run

    1 1989 HD

    Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robin Weaver

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  • 1965
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    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    6.373 1965 HD

    Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Peter Cushing

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  • 1970
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    The Hunting of Lionel Crane
    The Hunting of Lionel Crane

    1 1970 HD

    An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Robert Powell

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  • 1965
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    The Pistol
    The Pistol

    1 1965 HD

    A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Clive Endersby

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  • 1998
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    The Woodlanders
    The Woodlanders

    5.1 1998 HD

    The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rufus Sewell

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  • 1999
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    Treasure Island
    Treasure Island

    4.8 1999 HD

    Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Jack Palance

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  • 1991
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    Smack and Thistle
    Smack and Thistle

    1 1991 HD

    With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go straight and stay clean... as soon as he's seen to one...

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    Cast: Charlie Caine

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  • 1977
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    The Kitchen
    The Kitchen

    1 1977 HD

    Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his...

    Genre:

    Cast: Dimitri Andreas

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  • 1996
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    Jane Eyre
    Jane Eyre

    6.87 1996 HD

    Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Hurt

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  • 1996
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    The Thin Blue Line
    The Thin Blue Line

    7.1 1996 HD

    The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a police station that ran for two series on the BBC from 1995 to 1996. It was...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Rowan Atkinson

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  • 1969
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    The Champions
    The Champions

    6.029 1969 HD

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

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Alexandra Bastedo

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  • 1988
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    The Storyteller
    The Storyteller

    8.091 1988 HD

    The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: John Hurt

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  • 1983
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    Angels
    Angels

    3.7 1983 HD

    Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Shirley Cheriton

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  • 1991
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    Only Fools and Horses
    Only Fools and Horses

    7.907 1991 HD

    The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of 'Trotters Independent Traders PLC' who scrape their living by selling...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: David Jason

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  • 1996
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    Harry's Mad
    Harry's Mad

    1 1996 HD

    Harry's Mad was a children's television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on CITV from 4 January...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gareth Parrington

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  • 1972
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    Budgie
    Budgie

    7 1972 HD

    Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and...

    Genre:

    Cast: Adam Faith

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  • 1980
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    Shoestring
    Shoestring

    6.75 1980 HD

    Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Trevor Eve

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  • 2010
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    The Bill
    The Bill

    6.771 2010 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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Simon Rouse

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  • 2010
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    Heartbeat
    Heartbeat

    7 2010 HD

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

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Derek Fowlds

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  • 2007
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    Dalziel & Pascoe
    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.286 2007 HD

    British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Warren Clarke

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  • 1992
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    Rumpole of the Bailey
    Rumpole of the Bailey

    7.067 1992 HD

    Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leo McKern

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  • 1981
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    Private Schulz
    Private Schulz

    5.8 1981 HD

    Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Elphick

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  • 1994
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    Anna Lee
    Anna Lee

    7.2 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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Imogen Stubbs

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  • 1967
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    King of the River
    King of the River

    1 1967 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bernard Lee

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  • 1970
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    The Wednesday Play
    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1970 HD

    The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Webb

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  • 1967
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    No Hiding Place
    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1967 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Johnny Briggs

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  • 1983
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    BBC Play of the Month
    BBC Play of the Month

    5 1983 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2024
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    Casualty
    Casualty

    5.942 2024 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Beck

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  • 1990
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    The Paradise Club
    The Paradise Club

    5.8 1990 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leslie Grantham

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  • 1991
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    Gone to the Dogs
    Gone to the Dogs

    6 1991 HD

    Comedy drama about rivalry in the lucrative world of greyhound racing. Self-made millionaire Larry Patterson is powerful and charismatic, with the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Alison Steadman

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  • 2016
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    Birds of a Feather
    Birds of a Feather

    6.048 2016 HD

    Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pauline Quirke

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  • 1975
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    The Main Chance
    The Main Chance

    8 1975 HD

    The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Stride

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  • 1979
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    The Famous Five
    The Famous Five

    7 1979 HD

    The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Gary Russell

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  • 2002
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    Peak Practice
    Peak Practice

    5.5 2002 HD

    Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maggie O'Neill

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  • 1994
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    Paris (UK)
    Paris (UK)

    1 1994 HD

    Paris is a British sitcom produced by Talkback Productions for Channel 4. It was written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan,...

    Genre:

    Cast: Alexei Sayle

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  • 1990
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    All Creatures Great and Small
    All Creatures Great and Small

    7.6 1990 HD

    All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lynda Bellingham

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  • 1980
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    The Onedin Line
    The Onedin Line

    6.8 1980 HD

    The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jessica Benton

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  • 1980
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    The Onedin Line
    The Onedin Line

    6.8 1980 HD

    The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jessica Benton

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  • 1990
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    Howards' Way
    Howards' Way

    5.6 1990 HD

    The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Kate O'Mara

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  • 1981
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    Crown Court
    Crown Court

    5 1981 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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