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Alan Freeman

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Alan Freeman

Born July 6, 1927 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died November 27, 2006 · aged 79

Alan Leslie Freeman MBE (6 July 1927 – 27 November 2006), nicknamed "Fluff", was an Australian-born British disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years, best known for presenting Pick of the Pops from 1961 to 2000. Born and educated in Melbourne, Australia, Freeman worked as an assistant paymaster/accountant for one of Australia's largest timber companies after leaving sch…

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Absolute BeginnersAbsolute Beginners · 1986
Absolute Beginners
★ 5.51986
MovieDramaMusic
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsDr. Terror's House of Horrors · 1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
★ 6.51965
MovieHorror
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Radio WonderfulRadio Wonderful · 1973
Radio Wonderful
1973
MovieDocumentary
This documentary is about the first five years of BBC Radio 1 and contains interviews with the disc jockeys and other folk who were involved in the station's inception. It also contains footage from the previous pirate radio era as a means of explaining why Radio 1 came about.
SebastianSebastian · 1968
Sebastian
★ 6.41968
MovieDramaRomance
Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.
Between Those Four WallsBetween Those Four Walls · 1962
Between Those Four Walls
1962
MovieDocumentary
A guide to interior home decoration overloaded with facts and figures, with an insight into paper, manufacture and wallpaper design.
Swinging U.K.Swinging U.K. · 1964
Swinging U.K.
★ 4.51964
MovieMusic
Alan Freeman, Brian Matthew and Kent Walton present the 'Top Of The Pops' of 1964 with performances from The Four Pennies, Millie, The Merseybeats and The Migil Five.
U.K. Swings AgainU.K. Swings Again · 1965
U.K. Swings Again
★ 3.01965
Movie
Three disc jockeys introduce a selection of different UK artists from the 1960s, including Lulu, The Applejacks, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Animals, and more.
The Young OnesThe Young Ones · 1982
The Young Ones
★ 7.91982
SeriesComedy
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).

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