person

Kenneth Cranham

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-12-12

Place of Birth

Dunfermline - Scotland - UK

Kenneth Cranham

Biography

Scottish born actor Kenneth Cranham is one of the most recognisable character actors in Britain. Having trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, Cranham first came to prominence as Noah Claypole in the 1968 Carol Reed musical Oliver! In the late '70s, Cranham memorably played Sapper Salt in Euston Films' Danger UXB, before taking the title role in the popular postwar set period comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. His most famous film role from around this time was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellraiser II. In more recent years he has starred in the HBO series Rome, as well as the films Hot Fuzz, Layer Cake, Valkyrie, Made in Dagenham, Maleficent and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. Among many stage credits are West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, An Inspector Calls (both transferring to Broadway), The Ruffian on the Stair, The Birthday Party and Gaslight (at the Old Vic). For his role as Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2016, Cranham won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Andre in Florian Zeller's The Father. The play originated at the Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio in the Autumn of 2014, before touring the country and transferring to the West End in the Summer of 2015, and returning to the Duke of York's Theatre in Spring 2016. The play received an unprecedented five star review from every leading national press publication, and Cranham's performance was described as "the performance of his life" His first wife was actress Diana Quick. He has two daughters: Nancy Cranham with actress Charlotte Cornwell, and Kathleen Cranham with his second wife, actress Fiona Victory, whom he met on the set of Shine on Harvey Moon.

Also Known For

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Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Mar 03, 1972

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Gangster No. 1

Jun 09, 2000

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69

Layer Cake

Sep 30, 2004

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58

Bed of Roses

Jan 26, 1996

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68

Prospero's Books

Aug 30, 1991

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69

Chocolat

May 18, 1988

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63

Dead Man's Folly

Jan 08, 1986

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64

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Dec 23, 1988

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66

A Good Year

Sep 09, 2006

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59

Under Suspicion

Sep 27, 1991

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47

Joseph Andrews

Mar 09, 1977

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51

Tale of a Vampire

Feb 05, 1993

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67

Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea

May 12, 2007

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The Vision Thing

Oct 06, 1993

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Royal Celebration

Sep 26, 1993

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NA

Sling Your Hook

Apr 02, 1969

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Death of a Private

Dec 13, 1967

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63

Two Men Went To War

Nov 01, 2002

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70

Oliver!

Sep 26, 1968

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A Master of the Marionettes

Apr 18, 1989

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48

On Dangerous Ground

May 13, 1996

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48

Midnight Man

Aug 20, 1997

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58

Killing Hitler

Mar 30, 2003

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84

Pollyanna

Jan 01, 2003

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70

Maleficent

May 28, 2014

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50

Women Talking Dirty

Dec 07, 2001

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64

Stealing Heaven

May 20, 1988

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59

Closed Circuit

Aug 28, 2013

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50

Flying Blind

Apr 12, 2013

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47

The Legend of Hercules

Jan 10, 2014

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NA

Normal Service

Feb 02, 1988

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NA

A Little Bit of Lippy

Sep 16, 1992

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Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

May 05, 2006

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Making Waves

Jan 01, 1987

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NA

Just Another Secret

Jan 01, 1989

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NA

The Lavender List

Mar 01, 2006

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60

All the Way Up

Jun 01, 1970

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60

Graffiti Wars

Aug 14, 2011

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59

The Night Watch

Apr 04, 2011

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NA

Monkey Boy

Dec 31, 1992

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60

Born Romantic

Sep 14, 2000

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51

Trauma

Sep 17, 2004

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NA

Panto!

Dec 26, 2012

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NA

Donkeys' Years

Jan 01, 1980

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Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Jun 18, 2015

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NA

The Black and Blue Lamp

Sep 07, 1988

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Vampira

Oct 10, 1974

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Hot Fuzz

Feb 14, 2007

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RPM

Jun 23, 1998

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NA

Lady Windermere's Fan

Sep 15, 1985

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Man Dancin'

Feb 20, 2004

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78

Hannibal: The Man Who Hated Rome

May 15, 2004

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69

Valkyrie

Dec 25, 2008

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70

The Changeling

Jan 20, 1974

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47

Sparkling Cyanide

Oct 05, 2003

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73

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

Aug 05, 2009

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70

Requiem Apache

Oct 11, 1994

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Made in Dagenham

Oct 01, 2010

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NA

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Jan 24, 2010

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National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

Jun 30, 2011

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NA

Deep in the Heart

Oct 10, 1996

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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Nov 17, 2017

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'Tis Pity She's a Whore

May 07, 1980

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59

Fragment of Fear

Sep 03, 1970

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61

Otley

Mar 11, 1969

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Shiner

Sep 22, 2000

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Lady Audley's Secret

May 17, 2000

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Official Secrets

Aug 30, 2019

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Blackball

May 18, 2003

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57

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

Feb 18, 1999

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51

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

Jul 13, 2000

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60

Night Flight

Feb 02, 2002

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62

Robin and Marian

Mar 11, 1976

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48

Vigo

Sep 14, 1998

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NA

The Caretaker

Jun 07, 1981

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67

The Boxer

Dec 31, 1997

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NA

The Sin Bin

Mar 17, 1981

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NA

Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires

Nov 10, 2018

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NA

Dark Ditties Presents: The Offer

Aug 01, 2017

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50

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Apr 20, 2000

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67

The Birthday Party

Jun 21, 1987

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67

Mr. Jones

Oct 03, 2019

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NA

Joe Orton Laid Bare

Nov 25, 2017

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70

The Merchant of Venice

Dec 17, 1980

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10

Achilles Heel

Mar 18, 1973

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43

Suspension of Disbelief

Nov 01, 2012

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The Dumb Waiter

Jun 23, 1985

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NA

Butterflies Don't Count

Nov 28, 1978

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57

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

Jun 08, 2000

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The Last Yellow

Jan 01, 1999

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NA

Heroes & Villains: Napoleon

Nov 11, 2007

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NA

The Party

Mar 08, 1988

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Born a King

Apr 25, 2019

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NA

The Voynich Mystery

Jan 01, 2002

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Up Pompeii

Mar 11, 1971

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5 Days of War

Jun 06, 2011

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NA

The Man from Montevideo

May 24, 2007

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Murder Most Horrid

Nov 14, 1991

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Believe Nothing

Jul 14, 2002

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Budgie

Apr 09, 1971

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Rome

Aug 28, 2005

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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Mar 04, 1992

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Finding Alice

Jan 17, 2021

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76

Hustle

Feb 24, 2004

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Heartbeat

Apr 10, 1992

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65

Dalziel & Pascoe

Mar 16, 1996

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78

Inspector Morse

Jan 06, 1987

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63

Murder Investigation Team

May 03, 2003

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56

Between the Lines

Sep 04, 1992

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73

Lovejoy

Jan 10, 1986

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79

Brideshead Revisited

Oct 12, 1981

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75

Shine on Harvey Moon

Jan 08, 1982

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58

Van der Valk

Sep 13, 1972

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73

New Tricks

Jan 01, 2004

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NA

A Sort of Innocence

Dec 01, 1986

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60

Chimera

Jul 07, 1991

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71

Natural World

Oct 30, 1983

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55

From a Bird's Eye View

Sep 18, 1970

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60

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Dec 03, 1978

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74

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Nov 17, 1996

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71

Moving On

May 18, 2009

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Without Motive

Oct 02, 2000

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War and Peace

Jan 03, 2016

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Crown Court

Oct 11, 1972

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74

37 Days

Mar 06, 2014

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Lilies

Jan 12, 2007

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Rules of Engagement

Jun 12, 1989

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Sins

Oct 24, 2000

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In the Flesh

Mar 17, 2013

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The Bell

Jan 13, 1982

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Dickens

May 11, 2002

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Casualty

Sep 06, 1986

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Minder

Oct 29, 1979

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Enemy at the Door

Jan 28, 1978

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Kavanagh Q.C.

Jan 03, 1995

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Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

May 26, 2016

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65

The Line of Beauty

May 17, 2006

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75

Lilies

Jan 12, 2007

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NA

The Genius of Mozart

Mar 19, 2004

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Our Mutual Friend

Mar 09, 1998

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The White Princess

Apr 16, 2017

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Therese Raquin

Mar 12, 1980

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Bancroft

Dec 11, 2017

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70

Heroes and Villains

Nov 11, 2007

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78

Merlin

Sep 20, 2008

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NA

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

May 17, 2009

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jan 10, 1990

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57

Hatton Garden

May 20, 2019

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75

Midsomer Murders

Mar 23, 1997

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80

Inside No. 9

Feb 05, 2014

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74

Death in Paradise

Oct 25, 2011

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80

Danger UXB

Jan 08, 1979

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80

Danger UXB

Jan 08, 1979

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Play for Today

Oct 15, 1970

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The Play on One

Jan 19, 1988

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The Play on One

Jan 19, 1988

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76

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Sep 14, 2008

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

Sep 05, 1983

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76

The Spanish Princess

May 05, 2019

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71

Strike

Aug 27, 2017

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NA

Theatre Night

Sep 15, 1985

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77

Agatha Christie's Marple

Dec 12, 2004

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76

Trying

May 01, 2020

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50

BBC Play of the Month

Oct 19, 1965

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54

Coronation Street

Dec 09, 1960