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Acting
Alethea Charlton
Born August 9, 1931 · Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Died May 6, 1976 · aged 44
No biography available.
Known For
This Body Is Mine · 1971This Body Is Mine
★ 6.01971
MovieThrillerDrama
Allen Meredith is a brilliant scientist but too mild-mannered to make an impact or fight for the money he needs. He has invented a process to exchange minds between bodies. His ambitious wife Ann persuades him to invite his boss, the domineering Jack Gregory, to their house for dinner. Once there, they drug him and Allen swaps bodies with Jack, then goes back to work to transfer millions into his account. But meanwhile Ann is finding the combination of Jack's masculine personality in Allen's body rather attractive and they begin making their own plans.
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler · 1965Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
★ 7.41965
MovieScience FictionAction
In England, 1066, the Doctor confronts a mysterious Monk who is attempting to change history.
O Fat White Woman · 1971O Fat White Woman
★ 9.01971
MovieDramaTV Movie
The wife of a public school head becomes gradually aware that her husband has been physically abusing his pupils. Written by the master of late-middle-age morality plays, William Trevor.
The Bankrupt · 1972The Bankrupt
★ 8.01972
MovieFantasyHorror
Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his situation.
Atatürk: Father of the Turks · 1970Atatürk: Father of the Turks
★ 8.01970
MovieDocumentary
In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child · 1963Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
★ 7.41963
MovieScience FictionDrama
Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
Someone at the Top of the Stairs · 1973Someone at the Top of the Stairs
★ 7.61973
MovieThrillerTV Movie
A young woman and her friend rent a room in a boarding house. Soon they become aware of the fact that the other "renters" are a very strange lot, and that there are some very odd goings-on in the house that seem to be centered in the attic... Part of the ITV 'Thriller' anthology series.
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary · 1970Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
MovieComedyDrama
Set in 1923, a British author named Marie Stopes is having quite the tumultuous life until one day she attempts to sue Dr. Halliday Sutherland for libel, since she thinks he criticized her birth control clinic. A lawyer named Patrick Hastings comes to represent Stopes, and judge Ernest Charles comes to represented Dr. Halliday Sutherland.
Movies
This Body Is Mine · 1971This Body Is Mine
★ 6.01971
MovieThrillerDrama
Allen Meredith is a brilliant scientist but too mild-mannered to make an impact or fight for the money he needs. He has invented a process to exchange minds between bodies. His ambitious wife Ann persuades him to invite his boss, the domineering Jack Gregory, to their house for dinner. Once there, they drug him and Allen swaps bodies with Jack, then goes back to work to transfer millions into his account. But meanwhile Ann is finding the combination of Jack's masculine personality in Allen's body rather attractive and they begin making their own plans.
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler · 1965Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
★ 7.41965
MovieScience FictionAction
In England, 1066, the Doctor confronts a mysterious Monk who is attempting to change history.
O Fat White Woman · 1971O Fat White Woman
★ 9.01971
MovieDramaTV Movie
The wife of a public school head becomes gradually aware that her husband has been physically abusing his pupils. Written by the master of late-middle-age morality plays, William Trevor.
The Bankrupt · 1972The Bankrupt
★ 8.01972
MovieFantasyHorror
Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his situation.
Atatürk: Father of the Turks · 1970Atatürk: Father of the Turks
★ 8.01970
MovieDocumentary
In the documentary, the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the last period of the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence and the developments in the first years of the Republic of Turkey are told in parallel. The documentary prepared by Michael Adams consists of recordings made by the BBC in 1970 in Çanakkale, Samsun, Amasya, Sivas and Ankara, as well as historical footage.
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child · 1963Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
★ 7.41963
MovieScience FictionDrama
Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
Someone at the Top of the Stairs · 1973Someone at the Top of the Stairs
★ 7.61973
MovieThrillerTV Movie
A young woman and her friend rent a room in a boarding house. Soon they become aware of the fact that the other "renters" are a very strange lot, and that there are some very odd goings-on in the house that seem to be centered in the attic... Part of the ITV 'Thriller' anthology series.
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary · 1970Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
MovieComedyDrama
Set in 1923, a British author named Marie Stopes is having quite the tumultuous life until one day she attempts to sue Dr. Halliday Sutherland for libel, since she thinks he criticized her birth control clinic. A lawyer named Patrick Hastings comes to represent Stopes, and judge Ernest Charles comes to represented Dr. Halliday Sutherland.
TV Shows
Doctor Who · 1963Doctor Who
★ 7.91963
SeriesDrama
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Upstairs, Downstairs · 1971Upstairs, Downstairs
★ 7.81971
SeriesDrama
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Thirty-Minute Theatre · 1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
★ 4.21965
SeriesDrama
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
ITV Playhouse · 1967ITV Playhouse
★ 7.01967
SeriesDrama
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
The Wednesday Play · 1964The Wednesday Play
★ 5.21964
SeriesDrama
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre · 1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre
★ 7.01969
Series
Anthology series of dramatic works.
The Expert · 1968The Expert
★ 9.01968
SeriesDrama
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976.
The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases.
The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · 1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
★ 7.51971
SeriesMysteryCrime
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
Doomwatch · 1970Doomwatch
★ 6.41970
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers.
The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
Manhunt · 1970Manhunt
★ 6.81970
SeriesDrama
Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend Television in 1969 and broadcast nationwide.
Out of the Unknown · 1965Out of the Unknown
★ 7.11965
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories.
The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.
Tales of the Tardis · 2023Tales of the Tardis
★ 5.62023
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time.
Sam · 1973Sam
★ 7.51973
Series
Sam is a drama set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1967Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
SeriesDrama
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories embodying the author's interest in boxing, the supernatural, and medical matters.
The Lotus Eaters · 1972The Lotus Eaters
★ 7.51972
SeriesDrama
Follows the lives of British expatriates living on the island of Crete, where their secrets will soon rise to the surface.
Shadows of Fear · 1970Shadows of Fear
★ 6.71970
Series
Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.
Armchair Theatre · 1956Armchair Theatre
★ 6.01956
SeriesDrama
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.