Tony London
Actor · London, England, UK
Movies9
Movie8.1DramaHistoryA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
The Elephant Man
1980 · 4.1K votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceJanuary 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
Sid and Nancy
1986 · 589 votes
Movie7.3TV MovieDramaCarlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.
Scum
1977 · 51 votes
Movie4.9DramaA teenager gets out of reform school and heads to Torquay for a swimming contest, where he meets a pair of young Northern lasses working as hotel chambermaids. However, their fun is interrupted by a gang of Scottish punks who come to cause trouble.
That Summer!
1979 · 8 votes
Movie5.2DramaComedyA dedicated teacher tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative school.
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978 · 6 votes
Movie4.7CrimeActionLondon gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
24 Hours in London
2000 · 6 votes
MovieDramaTV Movie"Why don't you keep that missus o' yours under control? She ain't exactly doin' you a packet o' good, is she? If she was mine I'd bloody put 'er right, I'll tell yer." The marriage of an introverted Scottish army sergeant and his loving, but independent wife is threatened by military life.
Movie5.0DramaA boy from Los Angeles travels to Tahiti, French Polynesia to visit his relatives only to find out his younger cousin is being abused by one of the locals.
Far Away Places
2018
- Movie
A small boy runs away from home for no apparent reason. The police find his body in London having died of exposure. Why did he leave home?
The Specialist
1980
Series9
TV7.1ComedyDramaRoguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Minder
1979 · 30 votes
TV6.7DramaChildren's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange Hill
1978 · 26 votes
TV7.0DramaA one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse
1974 · 1 votes
TV6.8Action & AdventureDramaDempsey 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.
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985 · 33 votes
TV7.9ComedyOpen All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert Arkwright, and David Jason as his nephew and assistant Granville. The programme originated as a 1973 episode of Barker’s comedy anthology Seven of One, and later ran for 26 episodes; the first series broadcast on BBC2, the remaining three series broadcast on BBC1.
Open All Hours
1976 · 61 votes
TV7.6DramaPennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs. During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
Pennies from Heaven
1978 · 17 votes
TV8.0DramaFamilyA group of 16-year-olds—Sean, Sammy, Roger, Dikey, Gerry, and Cathy—graduate from Meadowcroft Comprehensive School and are now out in the world looking for work.
Going Out
1981 · 2 votes
TV6.3DramaComedyTurtle's Progress is a British television series broadcast between 1979 and 1980. The offbeat humour of the show attracted a small but cult audience, and the show only ran for two series.
Turtle's Progress
1979 · 4 votes
- TVComedy
A sitcom about a mother who decides to embrace the principles of feminism.