Buki Armstrong

Acting

Buki Armstrong

Buki Armstrong is a British actress best known for her lead role as Pearl Parker in BBC drama South of the Border (1988-1990) and for playing Gerry in the BBC's ill-fated soap opera Eldorado. She is married to the actor and playwright Ayub Khan-Din.

Known For

A Masculine EndingA Masculine Ending · 1992
A Masculine Ending
★ 8.01992
MovieMysteryThriller
While English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved with the missing (murdered?) man, and decides to investigate for herself.
Masculine MescalineMasculine Mescaline · 1996
Masculine Mescaline
1996
Movie
A London 'wide boy' alcoholic is forced to face his responsibilities by a 'heavenly' messenger.
Business as UsualBusiness as Usual · 1987
Business as Usual
★ 6.51987
MovieDrama
After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice of her father and joins his son, a left-wing organizer, and takes her plight to the union.
Shalom SalaamShalom Salaam · 1989
Shalom Salaam
1989
Movie
Two disparate families become intertwined when a Jewish man and a Muslim woman fall in love while attending college.
Drop the Dead DonkeyDrop the Dead Donkey · 1990
Drop the Dead Donkey
★ 7.01990
SeriesComedy
A sitcom set in the offices of "GlobeLink News" after its acquisition by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant. Led by editor George Dent, the staff of GlobeLink battle to maintain the company as a serious news organization against Sir Roysten's right-hand man, Gus Hedges, who wants to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Roysten's business empire.
The Catherine Tate ShowThe Catherine Tate Show · 2004
The Catherine Tate Show
★ 6.82004
SeriesComedy
Comedy legend Catherine Tate plays all her best-loved characters in this riotous sketch show. Expect sulky teens, offensive nans and the most tactless women in the world.
South of the BorderSouth of the Border · 1988
South of the Border
★ 10.01988
SeriesDramaCrime
Female private detectives Pearl Parker and Finn Gallagher operate within the bustling multicultural communities of South London.
In the BeginningIn the Beginning · 2000
In the Beginning
★ 6.12000
SeriesDrama
In the Beginning is a 2-part biblical television miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars Martin Landau and Jacqueline Bisset and it premiered on NBC on November 12, 2000.

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