Jonathan Miller

Jonathan Miller

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett. Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre. As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.

  • Title: Jonathan Miller
  • Popularity: 3.553
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1934-07-21
  • Place of Birth: London, England
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  • Also Known As: Sir Jonathan Miller, Dr. Jonathan Miller
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Jonathan Miller Movies

  • 2009
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    Ghosts in the Machine

    Ghosts in the Machine

    1 2009 HD

    Documentary charting the history of the supernatural on British TV, revisiting classic ghost stories and controversial shows. Contributors include...

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  • 1971
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    West Side Stories

    West Side Stories

    1 1971 HD

    Two impressions of New York - a city of dreams or nightmares. The Outsider: Jonathan Miller 'If you enter New York in the first place in a show...

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  • 1995
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    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    1 1995 HD

    A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison...

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  • 1965
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    One Way Pendulum

    One Way Pendulum

    5.5 1965 HD

    A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to...

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  • 2011
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    Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

    7 2011 HD

    Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great...

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  • 2002
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    Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

    Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

    1 2002 HD

    TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his...

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  • 1964
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    Beyond the Fringe

    Beyond the Fringe

    7 1964 HD

    A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway...

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  • 1987
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    The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado

    The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado

    1 1987 HD

    A chance to see director Jonathan Miller at work on his acclaimed staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic opera.

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  • 2010
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    The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

    The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

    1 2010 HD

    Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon...

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  • 1969
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    The Zoo in Winter

    The Zoo in Winter

    10 1969 HD

    Jonathan Miller visits the Regent's Park Zoo and gives his personal opinions on the animals and their enclosures.

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  • 2002
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    Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

    Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

    6 2002 HD

    Veteran radio, theatre, television and film actor Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts, but beneath that elegant stage presence lies the...

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  • 1989
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    Dialogue in the Dark

    Dialogue in the Dark

    1 1989 HD

    A summer evening in Edinburgh, 1776. The ailing philosopher David Hume has an unexpected visitor.

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  • 1987
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    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    6.2 1987 HD

    Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and...

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  • 1991
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    La Fanciulla Del West

    La Fanciulla Del West

    1 1991 HD

    Live from La Scala Sunday 03 February 1991

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  • 1980
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    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    7.8 1980 HD

    Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista...

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  • 1968
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    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    6.452 1968 HD

    A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during...

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  • 1968
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    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    6.452 1968 HD

    A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during...

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  • 2004
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    Nabucco

    Nabucco

    1 2004 HD

    Live performance at Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, June 2004. Original stage production by Operhaus Zurich. DVD: Dynamic, live recording Cat: 33465. ...

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  • 1981
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    Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida

    8 1981 HD

    The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal...

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  • 1981
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    Antony & Cleopatra

    Antony & Cleopatra

    6.3 1981 HD

    Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers...

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  • 1966
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    7.3 1966 HD

    Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...

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  • 1983
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    The Beggar's Opera

    The Beggar's Opera

    1 1983 HD

    A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.

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  • 2002
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    Tamerlano

    Tamerlano

    1 2002 HD

    Handel's 1724 opera Tamerlano followed the success of his previous year's Giulio Cesare with another colourful historical costume drama. This time...

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  • 1982
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    King Lear

    King Lear

    6 1982 HD

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...

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  • 1970
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    Take a Girl Like You

    Take a Girl Like You

    5.4 1970 HD

    Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,...

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  • 1981
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    Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens

    7 1981 HD

    Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a...

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  • 1975
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    King Lear

    King Lear

    1 1975 HD

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...

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  • 1966
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    7.3 1966 HD

    Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...

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  • 1966
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    7.3 1966 HD

    Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...

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  • 2019
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    The Mikado

    The Mikado

    1 2019 HD

    ENO revival of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta about a small Japanese town, where Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of...

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  • 1964
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    Beyond the Fringe

    Beyond the Fringe

    7 1964 HD

    A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway...

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  • 1988
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    Candide

    Candide

    9 1988 HD

    Bernstein's comic opera, based on Voltaire's classic satire, directed by Jonathan Miller and John Wells, is performed in a new production by Scottish...

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  • 1986
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    Prisoner of Consciousness

    Prisoner of Consciousness

    1 1986 HD

    Jonathan Miller's acclaimed documentary on Clive Wearing - the man with the ten-minute memory.

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  • 2005
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    La Clemenza di Tito

    La Clemenza di Tito

    1 2005 HD

    This is an effective staging, though the set looks medieval and the costumes are modern. It’s well paced, well played, well sung. Jonas...

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  • 2020
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    Così fan tutte - ROH

    Così fan tutte - ROH

    1 2020 HD

    Containing some of the most beautiful arias and attractive ensembles in all opera, Così fan tutte is packed with both pathos and humour....

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  • 1987
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    The Mikado

    The Mikado

    1 1987 HD

    Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The...

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  • 1968
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    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    6.452 1968 HD

    A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during...

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  • 1981
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    Othello

    Othello

    6.1 1981 HD

    Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides...

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  • 1981
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    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale

    9.3 1981 HD

    The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter...

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  • 1976
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    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    6.5 1976 HD

    The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at...

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  • 1969
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    The Zoo in Winter

    The Zoo in Winter

    10 1969 HD

    Jonathan Miller visits the Regent's Park Zoo and gives his personal opinions on the animals and their enclosures.

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  • 1981
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    Antony & Cleopatra

    Antony & Cleopatra

    6.3 1981 HD

    Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers...

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  • 1998
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    Le Nozze di Figaro

    Le Nozze di Figaro

    1 1998 HD

    The Met assembled a vocal dream team for Jonathan Miller’s stylish production of the eternal Mozart masterpiece: Renée Fleming as the...

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  • 1981
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    Othello

    Othello

    6.1 1981 HD

    Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides...

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  • 1965
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    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

    1 1965 HD

    An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...

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  • 1965
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    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

    1 1965 HD

    An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...

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  • 1965
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    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

    1 1965 HD

    An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love...

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  • 1987
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    The Mikado

    The Mikado

    1 1987 HD

    Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The...

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.3 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1976
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    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Ball

    5 1976 HD

    A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows...

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  • 1987
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    Acting

    Acting

    1 1987 HD

    A series of workshops led by leading actors on the techniques of acting in film, opera, and on stage

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  • 2002
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    7 2002 HD

    Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and...

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  • 1982
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    Timewatch

    Timewatch

    6.857 1982 HD

    Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first...

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  • 1983
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    States of Mind

    States of Mind

    1 1983 HD

    Series of programmes about psychology, in which Jonathan Miller talks to eminent psychologists about their theories and beliefs.

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  • 2004
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    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    8 2004 HD

    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary...

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  • 1997
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    Ruby

    Ruby

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Body in Question

    The Body in Question

    10 1978 HD

    The Body in Question is a landmark British medical documentary series of 13 shows made for the BBC. It was a groundbreaking show, being the first to...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.6 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 2002
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    7 2002 HD

    Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and...

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  • 1970
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    5.2 1970 HD

    The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and...

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  • 1970
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    6.857 1970 HD

    Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first...

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  • 1970
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    7.5 1970 HD

    A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at...

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  • 1970
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    7.5 1970 HD

    A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at...

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  • 1970
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    10 1970 HD

    The Body in Question is a landmark British medical documentary series of 13 shows made for the BBC. It was a groundbreaking show, being the first to...

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