
William Travis
Actor · b. 1969
William Travis is a British character actor from Lancashire known for his roles in Where the Heart Is, This Is England '90, and numerous appearances in Coronation Street. He is a prolific TV actor with credits including The Responder, Father Brown and Waterloo Road.
Series16
TV7.7DramaCrimeFather Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Father Brown
2013 · 146 votes
TV7.5ComedyDramaThe story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
Shameless
2004 · 161 votes
TV7.3Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureThe exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
Torchwood
2006 · 590 votes
TV6.4MysteryCrimeIn the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · 29 votes
TV7.1ComedyDramaFrank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · 50 votes
TV7.7DramaIn the small, fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite is an engaging story of life, love, family and people’s ever-changing fortunes in rural England. Set against the rugged landscape of Yorkshire, it follows the busy professional and family lives of District Nurses, as they bring nursing and emotional care to young and old alike. The first four series concentrates on the lives of district health nurses Peggy Snow and Ruth Goddard. The story expands to focus on the lives of more Skelthwhaite residents, particularly those related to the nurses as well as those employed in a local toilet tissue factory.
Where the Heart Is
1997 · 3 votes
TV8.2DramaCrimeHow certain people end up being accused of a crime.
Accused
2010 · 59 votes
TV7.0DramaCrimeUnder pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?
The Responder
2022 · 137 votes
TV6.7CrimeDramaBlue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.
Blue Murder
2003 · 15 votes
TV7.8DramaIt's 1986 - the year Maradona ends England's World Cup dreams in Mexico; the year Top Gun is the highest grossing film; the year over 3.4 million Brits are unemployed and the year Shaun is leaving school.
This Is England '86
2010 · 160 votes
TV5.9MysteryCrimeDCI Ellis, a tenacious cop, is parachuted into failing investigations alongside her partner DS Harper. Each case will bring her to a different police station where she'll have to not only immerse herself in the case, but also win over the local police.
Ellis
2024 · 48 votes
TV7.9DramaShaun, Harvey, Gadget, Trev and Kelly hit up the nightlife of raves and ecstasy. Woody and Lol are happy, living together with their kids and Combo is still in prison. But things slowly change. This is the year 1990 and This is England.
This Is England '90
2015 · 107 votes
TV7.5DramaSet during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years before. She and Woody both find themselves struggling to cope with their lives without each other after he leaves the gang. Lol is carrying the burden of her guilt, whilst Woody is trying to build a domestic life with a new girlfriend and a potential promotion at work. Shaun has started drama college and, although still in a relationship with Smell, he has grown close to a girl performing in his Christmas play.
This Is England '88
2011 · 121 votes
TV8.3DramaSorted is a six-part BBC television comedy-drama series about the personal and professional lives of several postmen. It initially broadcast in 2006 on BBC One and BBC HD. Created by Danny Brocklehurst, the series, set in Manchester but filmed in Stockport, stars Neil Dudgeon, Will Mellor, Hugo Speer, Cal MacAninch, and Dean Lennox Kelly.
Sorted
2006 · 3 votes
TV7.0DramaVideo store clerk Steve Baxter realises that he is in fact the Son of God. He has just a few days to find the human race's Third Testament and thus avert the Apocalypse.
The Second Coming
2003 · 26 votes
TV7.8DramaFollows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
The Royal
2003 · 10 votes
Movies2
Movie6.7ComedyDramaTwo years after founding his own bank, local hero Dave Fishwick takes on the predatory payday lenders bringing misery to his small English town.
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
2025 · 29 votes
- Movie
Andy Butters throws aside the dependable potato and risks the future of his farm and daughter on magical Soul Flowers.
Soul Flowers
2010