Acting
Christopher Ellison
Born December 16, 1946 · London, England, UK (age 79)
Christopher Michael Ellison is a British actor from London. He is best known for his role as DCI Frank Burnside in the ITV police series The Bill and short-lived spin-off series Burnside.
Known For
Tango One · 2018Tango One
★ 5.22018
MovieCrimeDrama
Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Ransom · 1974Ransom
★ 5.51974
MovieActionDrama
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Ratburger · 2017Ratburger
★ 4.32017
MovieAdventureComedy
A girl rescues a rat which a malevolent salesman wants to turn into a burger and feed the local schoolchildren with.
Basement · 2010Basement
★ 3.12010
MovieHorror
Six friends are lured to an underground basement for a sinister experiment, will they escape, but most importantly will they live or die?
We Still Kill the Old Way · 2014We Still Kill the Old Way
★ 6.02014
MovieCrime
A group of aging London gangsters go on a vigilante killing spree when one of their number is murdered by a street gang.
Lady Oscar · 1979Lady Oscar
★ 5.71979
MovieHistoryDrama
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
Buster · 1988Buster
★ 5.71988
MovieComedyRomance
Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.
The Falklands Factor · 1983The Falklands Factor
★ 7.01983
MovieHistoryWar
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 firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
Movies
Tango One · 2018Tango One
★ 5.22018
MovieCrimeDrama
Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Ransom · 1974Ransom
★ 5.51974
MovieActionDrama
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Ratburger · 2017Ratburger
★ 4.32017
MovieAdventureComedy
A girl rescues a rat which a malevolent salesman wants to turn into a burger and feed the local schoolchildren with.
Basement · 2010Basement
★ 3.12010
MovieHorror
Six friends are lured to an underground basement for a sinister experiment, will they escape, but most importantly will they live or die?
We Still Kill the Old Way · 2014We Still Kill the Old Way
★ 6.02014
MovieCrime
A group of aging London gangsters go on a vigilante killing spree when one of their number is murdered by a street gang.
Lady Oscar · 1979Lady Oscar
★ 5.71979
MovieHistoryDrama
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
Buster · 1988Buster
★ 5.71988
MovieComedyRomance
Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.
The Falklands Factor · 1983The Falklands Factor
★ 7.01983
MovieHistoryWar
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 firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
We Still Steal the Old Way · 2017We Still Steal the Old Way
★ 5.72017
MovieCrimeDrama
The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's toughest prison. Once inside, they encounter their old nemesis Slick Vic Farrow (Billy Murray) who is intent on murdering the gang. The old-school criminals need to use all their wits to stage a daring escape, while dodging Slick Vic, and setting in motion a chain of events which leads to an explosive prison riot.
Unfair Exchanges · 1985Unfair Exchanges
1985
MovieDramaThriller
Julie Walters stars as a single mother seemingly haunted by a sinister telephone system that seems to have become an evil intelligence in its own right.
Bonded by Blood · 2010Bonded by Blood
★ 5.12010
MovieDramaThriller
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared criminals in the south of England, maintaining the hold on their empire with fear and violence until their untimely death.
Bonded by Blood 2 · 2016Bonded by Blood 2
★ 4.62016
MovieCrime
In the shadow of the Range Rover murders, drugs, violence and revenge continue to reign in a criminal underworld even darker and deadlier than before as a new generation of Essex Boys begin to carve their bloody mark.
Give My Regards to Broad Street · 1984Give My Regards to Broad Street
★ 5.11984
MovieDramaMusic
When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath.
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory · 2021The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
★ 4.82021
MovieHistoryHorror
Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there.
Combat Sheep · 2001Combat Sheep
★ 7.02001
MovieComedy
Combat Sheep is a heart warming Christmas story of four army mascots who have been made redundant due to military cutbacks and are jettisoned into the cold to face civvie life and it’s bleak options on offer.
Kill Two Birds · 1975Kill Two Birds
★ 8.01975
MovieTV MovieThriller
Two female tourists are taken hostage by criminals who are chasing a man recently released from prison who knows the whereabouts of stolen money
Two Golden Balls · 1994Two Golden Balls
★ 4.01994
MovieDramaTV Movie
A repressed anti-porn campaigner meets a glamorous American porn actress who changes her outlook on life.
King of Crime · 2018King of Crime
★ 4.52018
MovieCrimeDrama
Marcus King, an old school gangster, a crime lord, has left behind old school crime. He has manoeuvred his business into the leafy lanes of the suburbs and now, in place of pimps and dealers, his team consists of the best graduate geeks that money can bribe. No brothels, no casinos and no drugs - he's dragged serious, organised crime well and truly into the twenty-first century. From credit card cloning and skimming to Internet spamming and scamming, he is the king of Cyber Land.
Great Expectations · 2013Great Expectations
2013
MovieDrama
This stunning adaptation of Dickens' classic tale was captured live from the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End. Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse · 1978Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
★ 4.61978
MovieComedy
Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands off her.
Mob Handed · 2016Mob Handed
★ 3.62016
MovieThriller
A beautiful journalist will stop at nothing to get revenge for her daughter's murder. With no help from corrupt cops she decides to take the law into her own hands and joins a vigilante gang of gangsters and football hooligans to track down the sick, sadistic killers and get her justice....
Macbeth · 1983Macbeth
★ 6.41983
MovieDrama
Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.
Psychopath Night · 2013Psychopath Night
2013
MovieDocumentary
Psychopath Night is a documentary that engages many leading experts, psychopaths/sociopaths themselves – including a convicted serial killer and a supposed sociopathic lawyer – and even the parent of a child psychopath, in order to explore a number of areas relating to psychopathy.
The Krays: Dead Man Walking · 2018The Krays: Dead Man Walking
★ 3.02018
MovieCrimeAction
Inspired by true events, the shocking story of London's most feared and notorious brothers Reggie and Ronnie Kray as they break Frank 'The Mad Axeman' Mitchell from Dartmoor Prison in December 1966.
TV Shows
Ready, Steady, Cook · 1994Ready, Steady, Cook
★ 8.01994
Series
Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes
Casualty · 1986Casualty
★ 6.21986
SeriesDrama
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Grange Hill · 1978Grange Hill
★ 6.71978
SeriesDrama
Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Minder · 1979Minder
★ 7.21979
SeriesComedyDrama
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Screen Two · 1985Screen Two
★ 7.11985
SeriesDrama
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Celebrity Big Brother · 2001Celebrity Big Brother
★ 5.02001
Series
Celebrity Big Brother is a British reality television game show in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize being donated to the winner's nominated charity at the end of the run.
The Bill · 1984The Bill
★ 6.81984
SeriesCrimeDrama
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
Bergerac · 1981Bergerac
★ 6.71981
SeriesDrama
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way.
While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.
The Professionals · 1977The Professionals
★ 7.61977
SeriesCrime
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley.
The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Birds of a Feather · 1989Birds of a Feather
★ 6.31989
SeriesComedyDrama
Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.
The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.
The Sweeney · 1975The Sweeney
★ 8.01975
SeriesDrama
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries · 1987The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
★ 6.61987
SeriesDramaMystery
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Thriller · 1973Thriller
★ 6.91973
SeriesDramaCrime
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
Never the Twain · 1981Never the Twain
★ 7.01981
SeriesComedy
Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four episodes out of six of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by Vince Powell and John Kane.
It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also starred Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner and Maria Charles.
The title is taken from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.
Bread · 1986Bread
★ 7.01986
SeriesComedy
Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991.
The series focused on the devoutly-Catholic and extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle, led by its matriarch Nellie through a number of ups and downs as they tried to make their way through life in Thatcher's Britain with no visible means of support. The street shown at the start of each programme is Elswick Street. A family called Boswell had also featured in Lane's earlier sitcom The Liver Birds and Lane admitted in interviews that the two families were probably related.
Nellie's feckless and estranged husband, Freddie, left her for another woman known as 'Lilo Lill'. Her children Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Billy continued to live in the family home in Kelsall Street and contributed money to the central family fund, largely through benefit fraud and the sale of stolen goods.
Dempsey and Makepeace · 1985Dempsey and Makepeace
★ 6.61985
SeriesDrama
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989.
The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
Strangers · 1978Strangers
★ 7.31978
SeriesCrimeDrama
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis.
A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not.
Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side · 2011Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
★ 6.52011
Series
The place to catch up on all things Celebrity Big Brother UK! Join Rylan Clark-Neal for the best mix of exclusive clips, news and reactions from the house, plus celebrity guests and live debates in the studio.
Screen One · 1989Screen One
★ 7.21989
SeriesDrama
Anthology drama series.
The Detectives · 1993The Detectives
★ 6.91993
SeriesComedy
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
Judge John Deed · 2001Judge John Deed
★ 6.82001
SeriesDrama
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove as the barrister Jo Mills, frequently the object of Deed's desire. A pilot episode was broadcast on 9 January 2001, followed by the first full series on 26 November 2001. The sixth and last series concluded on 18 January 2007. The programme then went on an indefinite break after Shaw became involved in another television programme, and he and Seagrove expressed a wish for the format of the series to change before they filmed new episodes. By 2009, the series had officially been cancelled. The six series produced make it the longest-running BBC legal drama.
The factual accuracy of the series is often criticised by legal professionals and journalists; many of the decisions taken by Deed are unlikely to happen in a real court. The romanticised vision of the court system created by Newman caused a judge to issue a warning to a jury not to let the series influence their view of trials—referring to an episode where Deed flouts rules when called up for jury duty. Another episode led to complaints about biased and incorrect information about the MMR vaccine, leading the BBC to ban repeats of it in its original form. All six series have been released on DVD in the UK.
The Gentle Touch · 1980The Gentle Touch
★ 7.21980
SeriesCrimeDrama
Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.
Brush Strokes · 1986Brush Strokes
★ 5.91986
SeriesComedy
Jacko is a painter and decorator with an eye for the ladies. He works with Eric, who's married to his sister Jean. The painting and decorating firm they work for is owned by Lionel Bainbridge.
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense · 1984Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
★ 6.51984
SeriesMysteryDrama
A short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials.
Co-produced by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, it is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all episodes feature American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It first broadcast in the UK on ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various regions.