Daniel Mays

Daniel Mays

Daniel Mays was born on March 31, 1978 in Epping, Essex, England as Daniel Alan Mays. He is an actor, known for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), The Bank Job (2008) and Atonement (2007). He has performed five plays at the Royal Court Theatre in London including two in the theatre's 50th Anniversary year in parts that were specifically written for him. He won the Best Actor prize at the Palmare Television Festival 2003 for his performance in the hard hitting improvised BBC film Rehab. He has made two films with the acclaimed British director Mike Leigh. All or Nothing (2002) and the 1950s abortion drama, Vera Drake (2004), which received 3 Academy Award Nominations, the Golden Lion Award for Best Film, 3 Bafta Awards and 6 British Independent Film Awards including Best British Independent Film. Son of Toni Mays.

  • Title: Daniel Mays
  • Popularity: 8.578
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1978-03-31
  • Place of Birth: Epping, Essex, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Daniel Alan Mays, Danny Mays, 丹尼爾·梅斯, 丹尼爾.梅斯
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Daniel Mays Movies

  • 2005
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    The Secret Life of Words

    The Secret Life of Words

    6.95 2005 HD

    A touching story of a deaf girl who is sent to an oil rig to take care of a man who has been blinded in a terrible accident. The girl has a special...

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  • 2004
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    Vera Drake

    Vera Drake

    7.177 2004 HD

    Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

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  • 2008
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    Shifty

    Shifty

    5.667 2008 HD

    Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer...

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  • 2009
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    The Firm

    The Firm

    5.7 2009 HD

    Set in the 1980s, Dom is a teenager who finds himself drawn into the charismatic world of football 'casuals,influenced by the firm's top boy, Bex....

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  • 2008
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    The Bank Job

    The Bank Job

    6.829 2008 HD

    Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old...

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  • 2002
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    Bodily Harm

    Bodily Harm

    5.5 2002 HD

    Mitchel, a mild-mannered suburban stockbroker spirals out of control after losing his job, finding his wife in flagrante with a sleazy neighbour, and...

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  • 2006
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    A Good Year

    A Good Year

    6.7 2006 HD

    Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a...

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  • 2002
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    All or Nothing

    All or Nothing

    7 2002 HD

    Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two...

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  • 2010
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    Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

    Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

    6.296 2010 HD

    Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once...

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  • 2010
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    Made in Dagenham

    Made in Dagenham

    6.707 2010 HD

    A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

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  • 2011
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    The Adventures of Tintin

    The Adventures of Tintin

    6.897 2011 HD

    Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive...

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  • 2006
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    Middletown

    Middletown

    4.2 2006 HD

    An overzealous priest returns to his home town and ends up battling against his brother for the heart of the locals.

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  • 2023
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    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    7.001 2023 HD

    A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.

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  • 2008
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    Consuming Passion

    Consuming Passion

    7.1 2008 HD

    Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and...

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  • 2005
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    Class of '76

    Class of '76

    5.4 2005 HD

    Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the only thing they have in common is being...

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  • 2013
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    Welcome to the Punch

    Welcome to the Punch

    5.835 2013 HD

    When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's...

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  • 2002
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    Dead Casual

    Dead Casual

    1 2002 HD

    The only things Wayne cares about are that Chelsea wins at the football, how much beer there is in the fridge, and his son's viewing habits. When...

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  • 2013
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    Byzantium

    Byzantium

    6.292 2013 HD

    Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local resort.

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  • 2012
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    Mrs Biggs

    Mrs Biggs

    7.8 2012 HD

    The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald...

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  • 2023
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    Your Christmas or Mine 2

    Your Christmas or Mine 2

    6.2 2023 HD

    They've swapped Christmas – again. Can Hayley and James' relationship survive another turbulent family Christmas or has their future together...

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  • 2022
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    Maryland

    Maryland

    7 2022 HD

    Lucy Kirkwood’s Maryland takes us to the dark heart of male violence against women but manages to do so with humour and wit. An outstanding...

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  • 2020
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    The Rhythm Section

    The Rhythm Section

    5.503 2020 HD

    When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of...

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  • 2014
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    Common

    Common

    6.4 2014 HD

    Multi-award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern's brand new film based on the UK's controversial joint enterprise law. Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars...

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  • 2008
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    White Girl

    White Girl

    5.6 2008 HD

    Debbie, a working class single mother from Leeds, moves her family to Bradford, where they find themselves in an ethnic minority. Daughter Leah must...

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  • 2015
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    Victor Frankenstein

    Victor Frankenstein

    5.949 2015 HD

    Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

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  • 2009
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    Mr. Nobody

    Mr. Nobody

    7.817 2009 HD

    Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

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  • 2016
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    The Infiltrator

    The Infiltrator

    6.677 2016 HD

    A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

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  • 2009
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    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    6.7 2009 HD

    Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for...

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  • 2009
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    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

    7 2009 HD

    Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and...

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  • 2016
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    Dad's Army

    Dad's Army

    4.965 2016 HD

    A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German...

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  • 2007
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    Atonement

    Atonement

    7.645 2007 HD

    As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime...

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  • 1970
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    The Thursday Murder Club

    The Thursday Murder Club

    1 1970 HD

    Four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and, led by a former spy, form the Thursday Murder Club to solve cold cases for fun....

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  • 2003
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    Rehab

    Rehab

    1 2003 HD

    TV drama - following Adam Bishop, a petty criminal, as he leaves prison for a drugs rehabilitation programme in order to turn his life around.

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  • 2007
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    Half Broken Things

    Half Broken Things

    6.75 2007 HD

    A middle aged house-sitter meets two tearaways, and together they form a surrogate family

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  • 2005
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    Beneath the Skin

    Beneath the Skin

    6.1 2005 HD

    A stalker tackles three women in London. First 23-year old likable schoolteacher Zoe Haratounian, who beats off a thief and gets declared a local...

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  • 2016
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    The Limehouse Golem

    The Limehouse Golem

    6.219 2016 HD

    A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical...

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  • 2001
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    Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    6.943 2001 HD

    The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love...

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  • 2007
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    Consent

    Consent

    7 2007 HD

    Work colleagues Becky and Steve get drunk at a work party at an up-market hotel and end up having sex. She claims it was rape; he claims it was...

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  • 2017
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    Against the Law

    Against the Law

    7 2017 HD

    United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and...

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  • 2005
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    The Best Man

    The Best Man

    5.3 2005 HD

    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...

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  • 2016
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    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    7.494 2016 HD

    A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

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  • 2018
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    Two for Joy

    Two for Joy

    7.5 2018 HD

    A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.

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  • 2018
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    Swimming with Men

    Swimming with Men

    6 2018 HD

    A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.

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  • 2018
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    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

    7.6 2018 HD

    On the day before Mother's Day 1993, Colin and Wendy Parry's lives are torn apart when their youngest son Tim is killed in a terrorist attack by the...

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  • 2019
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    Fisherman's Friends

    Fisherman's Friends

    6.717 2019 HD

    Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life...

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  • 2018
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    My Dinner with Hervé

    My Dinner with Hervé

    6.3 2018 HD

    An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous...

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  • 2018
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    The Interrogation of Tony Martin

    The Interrogation of Tony Martin

    5.8 2018 HD

    Norfolk, England, 1999. During three days, farmer Tony Martin is questioned by police following the violent death of Fred Barras, a teenage burglar...

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  • 2019
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    1917

    1917

    7.992 2019 HD

    At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on...

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  • 2020
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    The Kemps: All True

    The Kemps: All True

    9 2020 HD

    Spandau Ballet global superstars Gary and Martin Kemp, their lives, and their careers.

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  • 2022
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    Your Christmas or Mine?

    Your Christmas or Mine?

    6.4 2022 HD

    Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad...

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  • 2007
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    Saddam's Tribe

    Saddam's Tribe

    1 2007 HD

    The invasion of Iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to Saddam Hussein's brutal regime. But behind the headlines lay an even more extraordinary story...

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  • 2024
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    The Awakening

    The Awakening

    1 2024 HD

    Intrigued by waking up daily with muddy feet, a clean-living man records himself sleeping, with nightmarish results.

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  • 2008
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    Ashes to Ashes

    Ashes to Ashes

    7.643 2008 HD

    Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar...

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  • 2005
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    Funland

    Funland

    6.4 2005 HD

    Funland is a comedy thriller serial, produced by the BBC, about a detective who arrives in Blackpool to find the killer of his mother with only the...

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  • 2004
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    Top Buzzer

    Top Buzzer

    7 2004 HD

    Top Buzzer was a British sitcom written by Johnny Vaughan and Ed Allen, styled as television's first ever "dope opera". It was shown on MTV in 2004...

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  • 2009
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    Plus One

    Plus One

    5.6 2009 HD

    Plus One is a British sitcom that aired on Channel 4 from January 9 to February 6, 2009. The series stars Daniel Mays as Rob Black, a man trying to...

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  • 2009
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    Red Riding

    Red Riding

    7.3 2009 HD

    Thrilling trilogy of films based on David Peace's cult noir novels about Yorkshire during the 1970s and 80s: a world of paranoia, corruption and the...

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  • 2012
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    6.2 2012 HD

    In this two-part miniseries adaptation of the classic adventure novel, young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can direct a schooner to an island known...

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  • 2012
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    Public Enemies

    Public Enemies

    7.7 2012 HD

    Public Enemies explores the relationship between 28-year-old Eddie, recently released on life licence from prison after serving 10 years, and his...

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  • 2005
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.536 2005 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    Outcasts

    Outcasts

    6.272 2011 HD

    Seeking the chance to build a better future, a group of courageous pioneers departs Earth for Carpathia, a newly discovered planet in a distant...

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  • 2012
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    Playhouse Presents

    Playhouse Presents

    6 2012 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Mrs Biggs

    Mrs Biggs

    8 2012 HD

    Sheridan Smith steps into the role of Charmian, the wife of the infamous great train robber, Ronnie Biggs. Chronicling Charmian's dramatic life, from...

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  • 2004
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    Hustle

    Hustle

    7.623 2004 HD

    A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.

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  • 2001
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    In Deep

    In Deep

    10 2001 HD

    Lying, cheating, thieving—they’re the best undercover cops in the business. Liam Ketman (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) and Garth O'Hanlon...

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  • 2003
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    Keen Eddie

    Keen Eddie

    8.5 2003 HD

    Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who...

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  • 2019
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    Good Omens

    Good Omens

    8 2019 HD

    Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.

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  • 2002
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    Manchild

    Manchild

    4 2002 HD

    Stockbroker Terry, art expert Patrick, orthodontist James and decking supremo Gary have been friends since their schooldays. Now, having all reached...

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  • 2022
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    Magpie Murders

    Magpie Murders

    7.2 2022 HD

    An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.

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  • 2012
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    Line of Duty

    Line of Duty

    8.3 2012 HD

    A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

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  • 2017
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    Born to Kill

    Born to Kill

    7.026 2017 HD

    A haunting exploration of the mind of Sam, a teenager who's on the verge of acting out hidden psychopathic desires.

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  • 2005
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    Class of '76

    Class of '76

    10 2005 HD

    DI Tom Monroe investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of classmates over a period of years from the same 1976 form class.

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  • 2014
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    The Great War: The People's Story

    The Great War: The People's Story

    6.1 2014 HD

    Through original diaries, letters, and memoirs, this unforgettable documentary tells how the lives of regular British men and women were transformed...

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  • 2023
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    The Long Shadow

    The Long Shadow

    7.5 2023 HD

    Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the...

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  • 2014
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    Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

    8.026 2014 HD

    An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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  • 2014
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    The Great Fire

    The Great Fire

    7.4 2014 HD

    Inspired by the historical events of 1666 and with the decadent backdrop of King Charles II’s court, The Great Fire focuses on the...

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  • 2017
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    Guerrilla

    Guerrilla

    5 2017 HD

    Set against the backdrop of one of the most explosive times in U.K. history, Guerrilla tells the story of a politically active couple whose...

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  • 2024
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    Moonflower Murders

    Moonflower Murders

    7 2024 HD

    Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder...

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  • 2017
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    Urban Myths

    Urban Myths

    7.6 2017 HD

    Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore. But are they true? We take a slightly...

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  • 2002
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    Tipping the Velvet

    Tipping the Velvet

    6.875 2002 HD

    A tempestuous tale of love and life as a naïve girl discovers both romance and pain in the hidden, decadent world of bohemian London in the...

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  • 2024
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    Rob Beckett's Smart TV

    Rob Beckett's Smart TV

    8 2024 HD

    Hosted by the brilliant Rob Beckett alongside his team captains – TV fanatic Josh Widdicombe, and a lady who frankly is TV, Alison Hammond...

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  • 2017
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    Porters

    Porters

    8.5 2017 HD

    Deluded Simon Porter, dreams of becoming a doctor - but he has to start from the bottom and be a porter. His plan? Work his way up to be the best...

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  • 2020
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    White Lines

    White Lines

    6.63 2020 HD

    Zoe Walker leaves her quiet life behind to investigate her brother's disappearance in Ibiza, where she quickly heads down a decadent and dangerous...

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  • 1970
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    Bookish

    Bookish

    1 1970 HD

    Gabriel Book, proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop, relies on his vast collection to unravel baffling cases. He nurtures a group of lovable yet...

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  • 2019
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    Temple

    Temple

    6.54 2019 HD

    Talented and successful surgeon Daniel Milton has his world shattered when his wife Beth develops a fatal degenerative disease. After conventional...

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  • 2024
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    Franklin

    Franklin

    8.2 2024 HD

    In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on...

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  • 2020
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    Des

    Des

    7.188 2020 HD

    The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the...

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  • 2020
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    Code 404

    Code 404

    6.7 2020 HD

    In the near future, an undercover Detective Inspector gunned down and killed during a botched sting is brought back via an experimental Artificial...

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  • 1970
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    A Thousand Blows

    A Thousand Blows

    1 1970 HD

    Set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London.

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  • 1970
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    Lynley

    Lynley

    1 1970 HD

    Tommy Lynley is a brilliant police detective but an outsider in the force – simply by virtue of his aristocratic upbringing. He is paired with...

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