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Dan Zeff

Dan Zeff is a BAFTA Award-winning British TV director and writer currently living and working in the UK. He works across drama and comedy. Recent work includes the highly acclaimed Inside No. 9 episodes "The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge" and "Séance Time", the BBC3 comedy series Siblings and The Ice Cream Girls, an award-winning three-part psychological thriller for ITV. His drama credits include th…

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That SundayThat Sunday · 1994
That Sunday
7.31994
MovieDramaComedy
Romantic comedy/short film from 1994, starring Alan Cumming and Minnie Driver.
The Queen and IThe Queen and I · 2018
The Queen and I
6.32018
MovieComedyTV Movie
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
The Trial of Elizabeth GadgeThe Trial of Elizabeth Gadge · 2015
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
MovieDrama
Two of England's most notorious and feared witch-finders are summoned by Sir Andrew Pike to the unassuming village of Little Happens in order to try a defenceless old woman. Elizabeth Gadge stands accused of consorting with the Devil, most lewdly and on divers occasions. If she is found guilty, she will burn. It is very definitely the most exciting event in Little Happens since the business of the escaped cow.
The Long Day ClosesThe Long Day Closes · 1992
The Long Day Closes
7.21992
MovieDrama
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.
Consuming PassionConsuming Passion · 2008
Consuming Passion
6.42008
MovieDramaRomance
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and moving stories of three very different women affected by the brand's success: co-founder Charles Boon's wife Mary, daydreaming 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie.
SweetnightgoodheartSweetnightgoodheart · 2005
Sweetnightgoodheart
7.52005
MovieComedy
Pete 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.
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever AfterHansel & Gretel: After Ever After · 2021
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After
7.12021
MovieFantasyFamily
Hansel and Gretel have fled the gingerbread house, but what if the wicked witch survived after all?
HattieHattie · 2011
Hattie
5.72011
MovieTV MovieDrama
Reveals how the home life of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacque was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier.

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SunburnSunburn · 1999
Sunburn
4.81999
SeriesComedyDrama
Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve. The cast included Michelle Collins, Rebecca Callard, Sharon Small, George Layton and Sean Maguire, with Paul Nicholas joining later. The series was created by Mike Bullen, who was interested in the behind-the-scenes lives of holiday reps after watching the docusoap Holiday Reps. Bullen wrote most of the first series but scaled back his involvement in the second; most of that series' episodes were written by Lizzie Mickery and Sally Wainwright.

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