Movies: John Bird
- 1977
Jabberwocky (1977)
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A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis ...
- 1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
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Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solvi...
- 1985
Blue Money (1985)
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Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash....
- 1966
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
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Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe....
- 1980
The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
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Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the su...
- 2003
Winter Solstice (2003)
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When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes re...
- 1973
Yellow Dog (1973)
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A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation....
- 1982
King Lear (1982)
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King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and t...
- 1991
Bejewelled (1991)
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An American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up with a private investigator-in-training to try and recover them....
- 1969
The Best House in London (1969)
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In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel....
- 1980
High Tide (1980)
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Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last words lead him on a frantic quest for answers in the tidal estuaries of the West of England, where he fi...
- 1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)
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In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina...
- 1969
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here (1969)
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Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches....
- 1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
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Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening ...
- 1983
The Falklands Factor (1983)
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Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is...
- 1969
A Promise of Bed (1969)
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Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner whose suicide attempt is interrupted by the arrival of a hippy girl.An avid sex film fan and taxi driver,...
- 1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995)
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A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison Pearson, The Observer “painstakingly constructed.. sharp yet sensitive” Victor Lewis-Smith...
- 1970
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
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Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys ...
- 1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
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After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976-1981 er...
- 1981
Timon of Athens (1981)
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Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit....