David Tennant
Date of Birth: 18 Apr 1971
Country: UK
Biography: David Tennant was born David John McDonald in Scotland, to a father who was a Presbyterian minister. Brought up in Bathgate, he attended Paisley Grammar school and was first noticed by Scottish television at a Saturday youth club he attended. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2005, David was cast to play the role of the Doctor in the BBC's new series of "Doctor Who" alongside Billie Piper, after Christopher Eccleston decided to leave.
Total Credits at Criticker: 73 (Actor), 1 (Director)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (73) | Director (1)
- Doctor Who: Time Crash (2007)
- The Parting of the Ways (2005) - S1 E13
- The Christmas Invasion (2005) - S2
- New Earth (2006) - S2 E1
- Tooth and Claw (2006) - S2 E2
- School Reunion (2006) - S2 E3
- The Girl in the Fireplace (2006) - S2 E4
- Rise of the Cybermen (2006) - S2 E5
- The Age of Steel (2006) - S2 E6
- The Idiot's Lantern (2006) - S2 E7
- The Impossible Planet (2006) - S2 E8
- The Satan Pit (2006) - S2 E9
- Love & Monsters (2006) - S2 E10
- Fear Her (2006) - S2 E11
- Army of Ghosts (2006) - S2 E12
- Doomsday (2006) - S2 E13
- The Runaway Bride (2006) - S3
- Smith and Jones (2007) - S3 E1
- The Shakespeare Code (2007) - S3 E2
- Gridlock (2007) - S3 E3
- Daleks in Manhattan (2007) - S3 E4
- Evolution of the Daleks (2007) - S3 E5
- The Lazarus Experiment (2007) - S3 E6
- 42 (2007) - S3 E7
- Human Nature (2007) - S3 E8
- The Family of Blood (2007) - S3 E9
- Blink (2007) - S3 E10
- Utopia (2007) - S3 E11
- The Sound of Drums (2007) - S3 E12
- Last of the Time Lords (2007) - S3 E13
- Voyage of the Damned (2007) - S4
- Partners in Crime (2008) - S4 E1
- The Fires of Pompeii (2008) - S4 E2
- Planet of the Ood (2008) - S4 E3
- The Sontaran Stratagem (2008) - S4 E4
- The Poison Sky (2008) - S4 E5
- The Doctor's Daughter (2008) - S4 E6
- The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008) - S4 E7
- Silence in the Library (2008) - S4 E8
- Forest of the Dead (2008) - S4 E9
- Midnight (2008) - S4 E10
- Turn Left (2008) - S4 E11
- The Stolen Earth (2008) - S4 E12
- Journey's End (2008) - S4 E13
- The Next Doctor (2008)
- Planet of the Dead (2009)
- The Waters of Mars (2009)
- The End of Time: Part One (2009)
- The End of Time: Part Two (2010)
- The Day of the Doctor (2013)
- Wild Blue Yonder (2023)
- The Giggle (2023)
- Master and Apprentice (2023) - S1 E1
- Toil and Trouble (2023) - S1 E2
- Time to Fly (2023) - S1 E3
- Fallen Jedi (2023) - S1 E4
- Shadow Warrior (2023) - S1 E5
- Far, Far Away (2023) - S1 E6
- Dreams and Madness (2023) - S1 E7
- The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord (2023) - S1 E8
An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies," is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s. (imdb)
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In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple (Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith) reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece (Keeley Hawes), their Oxford student nephew (Jonathan Slinger), and married houseguests (Lambert Wilson, Jane Birkin), who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece enjoys romantic frolics with a soldier (David Tennant) and a hidden guerilla fighter (Gary Lydon). All of the principals are thrown into turmoil when one more guest (Fiona Shaw) arrives with considerable wit and unwanted advice. (imdb)
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Harry finds himself selected as an underaged competitor in a dangerous multi-wizardary school competition. (imdb)
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A British writer pursues a young actress to Hollywood and needs all the help he can get to win her love. (imdb)
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Retrace the thought experiments that inspired his theory on the nature of reality.
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The Quatermass Experiment (2005) - TV Movie
A contemporary adaptation of Nigel Kneale's seminal 1953 science fiction serial. (imdb)
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Einstein and Eddington (2008) - TV Movie
A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas. (imdb)
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Comic Relief 2009 (2009) - TV Special
The usual suspects are all out in force for the evening - Robbie Williams and Catherine Tate join Little Britain for the night, Harry Hill burps for charity and French and Saunders team up with Matt Lucas and Sienna Miller for their Mamma Mia! homage. (mirror.co.uk)
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Secret Smile (2005) - TV Movie
When Miranda (Kate Ashfield) Splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan (David Tennant) because he attacked her she finds out that he is now going out with her sister Kerry (Claire Goose) and later proposes to her. Miranda warns her sister, as Brendan swims his way into their family ruining peoples lives. This drama story turns into a Ultimate Terror Twist. (imdb)
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Traffic Warden (2004) - Short Film
A comic short - in fact, a bite-size romantic comedy - in which a serendipitous series of events leads a traffic warden (played by David Tennant) to find true love. (Shorts Movies)
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Hamlet (2009) - TV Movie
The Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny. Hamlet must decide whether to avenge his father's murder at the hands of his uncle Claudius, who has married his brother's wife - Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. This visually sumptuous screen version was filmed on location with all of the original stage cast. (BBC iPlayer)
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Recovery (2007) - TV Movie
Alan and Tricia Hamilton are very happy. He's the head of a building firm and on top of his game. She's a part-time beautician and mother to their two sons. One day their perfect, if unremarkable, life is torn apart when a last-minute decision to pop out for a quick drink with a colleague sees Alan step out in front of a passing car. The resulting accident leaves him in a deep coma but with remarkably few physical injuries.. (imdb)
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A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
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On the eve of World War Two, the adopted daughter of a traditional British family discovers some secret recordings that could change government policy. Then her friends begin to die in mysterious circumstances.
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The girls of St. Trinians are on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton is related to a famous pirate. (imdb)
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Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres (2008) - TV Special
The Doctor confronts a Graske as he poses a threat not just to the Doctor, but to the BBC Proms. (imdb)
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Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest (2007) - TV Movie
In this animated adventure The Doctor and Martha Jones trek through space and time in a race against the galaxy's greatest despot, Balthazar, to follow a complex trail of clues to discover the location of the legendary lost spaceship, the Infinite, which, according to myth, can grant anybody their hearts desire. (imdb)
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United (2011) - TV Movie
United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy. (imdb)
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Doctor Who: Dreamland (2009) - TV Mini-Series
doctor who goes to area 51 where he tries to thwart and alien invasion, along the way he gains two new companions.
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Sweetnightgoodheart (2005) - Short Film
Pete (David Tennant) is ready to break up with Juliet, his girlfriend of three years. When she gets home, she mistakes his words and actions for a proposal and before he can correct her mistake, their house is full of family, friends and champagne. (indiemoviesonline.com)
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This update of the 1985 horror comedy focuses more on terror than laughs when teen Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) suspects that his new neighbor, the sinister Jerry Dandrige (Colin Farrell), is a vampire, and turns to a self-styled vampire expert, Peter Vincent (David Tennant), for help. Las Vegas magician Vincent proves useless, and it's up to Charley to save his mom, Judy (Toni Collette), and girlfriend, Amy, from the seductive bloodsucker.
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Learners (2007) - TV Movie
Bev is a downtrodden housewife who's failed her driving test eight times, having only been instructed by her impatient husband Ian. After registering with a driving school, she develops a crush on her instructor, Chris. (imdb)
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When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent. (imdb)
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Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. (imdb)
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A worried new teacher has to juggle a pregnant wife and a class of children on a road trip to the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition. (imdb)
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Casanova (2005) - TV Mini-Series
After a life spent seeking pleasure and decadence, Casanova seeks his one true love, Henriette. (imdb)
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Single Father (2010) - TV Mini-Series
After his wife Rita's fatal car accident, Dave tries to raise his four children, helped by Rita's best friend Sarah. Things get complicated when mourning gives way to romantic feelings, while his kids remain sincere priority. (imdb)
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The Escape Artist (2013) - TV Mini-Series
Revolves around Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm who specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to mention a shocking twist in the tale (imdb)
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013) - TV Movie
The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special is coming up, and Fifth Doctor Peter Davison worries that he'll be left out. When he finds that Sixth Doctor Colin Baker and Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy share his worries, they hatch a plan to make themselves heard... (Poster by Simon Hodges)
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Penguins: Spy in the Huddle (2013) - TV Mini-Series
Spy in the Huddle spends nearly a year in the close company of penguins, deploying 50 spycams to capture as never before the true character of these birds.
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Biography of Lachlan Macquarie and his wife, Elizabeth, who arrived to govern the colony of New South Wales in Australia in 1810. In just over a decade, the couple transformed the prison colony into a proto nation.
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A veteran postman finds his beliefs challenged after he enters a TV talent show competition. UK animation based on the childrens' TV show. (imdb)
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A family go on holiday to Scotland to visit their terminally ill grandfather.
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Earthflight (2011) - TV Mini-Series
A nature documentary about a bird's-eye view of the natural world, joining the journeys of snow geese, cranes, albatrosses, eagles and other birds across six continents. Beginning in North America, snow geese face their biggest predator, pelicans glide under San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, bald eagles in Alaska swoop among brown bears, and on the Great Plains, cowbirds dive under the feet of fighting bison. (imdb)
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The Politician's Husband (2013) - TV Mini-Series
Aiden and Freya Hoynes are the golden couple of British politics. When Aiden suffers a humiliating political betrayal he is consigned to the back benches and a life of political obscurity. But it's when Freya is offered a senior cabinet post herself that the humiliation intensifies. Driven by a desire to avenge his downfall and increasingly threatened by his wife's meteoric rise, Aiden gambles it all. (amazon.com)
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Takin' Over the Asylum (1994) - TV Series
A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs. (imdb)
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Blackpool (2004) - TV Mini-Series
Soon after local entrepreneur Ripley Holden (Morrissey) opens his arcade in his beloved home town of Blackpool, a murder investigation makes tears at the fabric of his personal and professional lives. (imdb)
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Broadchurch (2013) - TV Series
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart. (imdb)
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Doctor Who (2005) - TV Series
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W1A (2014) - TV Series
Ian Fletcher, formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, has taken up the position of Head of Values at the BBC. (imdb)
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96 Ways to Say I Love You (2015) - Short Film
Two couples try to say 'I love you' for the first time. (imdb)
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Gracepoint (2014) - TV Mini-Series
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's family into further turmoil and upends the lives of all of the town's residents. (imdb)
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Jessica Jones (2015) - TV Series
Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.
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Mad To Be Normal tells the story of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960's. (imdb)
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Spy in the Wild (2017) - TV Series
Animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to observe their behavior. (imdb)
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Buck Douglas, the famous "Alien Quest" TV show host visits Pontypandy and everyone in town searches for aliens. (imdb)
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Spies of Warsaw (2013) - TV Mini-Series
A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
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After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure. (imdb)
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In You, Me and Him we meet lesbian couple Olivia and Alex (Lucy Punch, Faye Marsay) who, despite their age difference, are very much in love. But as the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbour John (David Tennant) befriends them, they both start making some truly disastrous decisions.
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The Highway Rat (2017) - TV Special
A greedy rat travels the highway in search of other animals' food.
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A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob. (imdb)
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Final Space (2018) - TV Series
An astronaut named Gary and his planet-destroying sidekick Mooncake embark on serialized journeys through space in order to unlock the mystery of "Final Space," the last point in the universe, if it actually does exist.
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Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution. (imdb)
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Good Omens (2019) - TV Mini-Series
A tale of the bungling of Armageddon features an angel, a demon, an eleven-year-old Antichrist, and a doom-saying witch.
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gen:LOCK (2019) - TV Series
Earth, 2068. City by city, free society is being forcibly absorbed into a vast autocracy. One military force holds the line. One pilot could turn the tide.
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Camping (2018) - TV Series
Jennifer Garner stars in a new HBO comedy series that follows a group of old friends on a camping trip to celebrate a landmark birthday an occasion that sparks heightened emotions, latent tensions, and memories they'd rather forget. (HBO)
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Narrated by Doctor Who star David Tennant, Wings3D is the breathtaking aerial adventure that takes goose bumps to new heights. Emmy Award-nominated director John Downer uses breakthrough filming techniques and technology to bring you high-flying sights that will simply amaze you. Remarkable 3D footage captures majestic bald eagles scanning over the Grand Canyon, resplendent parrots on the wing, manta rays soaring skyward from the sea, barn swallows dive-bombing for a drink...
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How to Get Ahead... (2014) - TV Series
Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to survive and prosper in the most artistic, decadent and dangerous royal courts in history: Richard II of England's Medieval Court; Renaissance Florence under the reign of Italy's Grand Duke Cosimo Medici; and the flamboyant Baroque court of France's Sun King, Louis XIV.
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Staged (2020) - TV Series
David Tennant and Michael Sheen were due to star in a production of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' . The pandemic has halted that, but their director Simon Evans is determined not to let the opportunity pass him by. He knows how big a chance this is for him and turns his attention to cajoling his stars into rehearsing over the internet. All they need to do is read the first scene, but throughout the series they come up against a multitude of oppositional forces. - VG (imdb)
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Des (2020) - TV Mini-Series
In 1983 Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen is arrested after the discovery of human remains which have blocked a drain near his London home.
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Deadwater Fell (2020) - TV Mini-Series
When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community. (imdb)
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Derren Brown: Trick or Treat (2007) - TV Series
Volunteers choose between 2 cards: "Trick" or "Treat". Depending on which card is picked, Derren Brown provides the volunteer with either a good experience or a bad experience. (imdb)
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With his parents and all 10 sisters in tow, Lincoln Loud heads to Scotland and learns that royalty runs in the family in this global musical journey. (imdb)
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Around the World in 80 Days (2021) - TV Series
Gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days.
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The bitter Jake is a self-professed 'artist and filmmaker' who can't quite keep life together in the face of other people's success. Jake's life changes when small-time thief Jojo breaks into Jake's car and steals his briefcase containing a book on screen-writing and Jake's filofax of 'contacts'. Jojo's new script ensures he quickly becomes the talk of the town. Jake, meanwhile, decides to 'drop out of society' and takes a road trip to Brighton in search of some answers. (imdb)
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Inside Man (2022) - TV Mini-Series
A prisoner on death row in the US and a woman trapped in a cellar under an English vicarage, cross paths in the most unexpected way. (imdb)
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This story follows Maurice, a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a dumb-looking kid who plays a pipe and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate. (imdb)
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So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) - Direct-to-Video
A Pirate Captain shows the viewer the many tips and tricks to pirate life.
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Ahsoka (2023) - TV Mini-Series
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Litvinenko (2022) - TV Mini-Series
Determined detectives work to prove who was responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police. (imdb)
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There She Goes (2018) - TV Series
A young girl with a learning disability makes her way through life. (imdb)
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