
Paul Bown
Actor · b. 1957 · Fenton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Paul Bown is an English actor. Bown is best known for playing Malcolm Stoneway in the Granada Television sitcom Watching.
Series18
TV7.4ComedyCrimeA brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Death in Paradise
2011 · 344 votes
TV6.2DramaSoapDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Casualty
1986 · 88 votes
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 · 144 votes
TV7.4CrimeDramaA sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Vera
2011 · 179 votes
TV7.1CrimeDramaSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Heartbeat
1992 · 34 votes
TV6.5DramaPeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
Peak Practice
1993 · 10 votes
TV7.3DramaComedyNew Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
New Tricks
2004 · 67 votes
TV8.1CrimeDramaThe early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Endeavour
2013 · 296 votes
TV8.0ComedyMr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he creates havoc wherever he goes.
Mr. Bean
1990 · 1.6K votes
TV6.3DramaMysteryA traumatic head injury leaves Sophie with extreme memory loss. In her quest to put the pieces of her life back together—with help from her husband and friends—Sophie begins to question the truth behind her picture-perfect life.
Surface
2022 · 92 votes
TV7.5MysteryCrimeKeeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.
No Offence
2015 · 74 votes
TV9.0DramaIn the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
Born and Bred
2002 · 3 votes
TV8.2ComedyA young couple from Merseyside and their off again/on again relationship.
Watching
1987 · 8 votes
TV7.0DramaMurder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun Hill borough of London, as featured in The Bill.
Murder Investigation Team
2003 · 4 votes
TV9.5CrimeDramaMerseybeat follows the fortunes of Newton Park police force, as the officers struggle to balance their demanding work and home lives.
Merseybeat
2001 · 2 votes
- TV7.0Comedy
1961: the days of happy motoring and AA patrolmen were duty-bound to salute to every passing passenger that bore an AA badge on their vehicle, and hapless patrolman Harry Thorpe struggles with his job. He frequently clashes with his superior, one Inspector Leonard Spanwick, who also happens to reside in a caravan in Harry's back garden and is romantically involved with his blowsy sister Joyce. Leonard often makes Harry's life difficult, and he struggles to keep his local branch afloat and recruit new members, which is compounded by the intense competition from the rival RAC organisation, who are keen to drain away their trade. Although he's dedicated, Harry often has difficulty trying to stay up to date with some of the organisation's recent advancements.
The Last Salute
1998 · 2 votes
TV8.5DramaComedyDiamond Geezer is a British television comedy drama written by Caleb Ranson which stars David Jason as a jewel thief and professional con man.
Diamond Geezer
2005 · 2 votes
TV6.3Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyB.B. Miller, accidental time-traveller and Ben Hardy, a street urchin from Victorian England, arrive back in the middle of the English Civil War on B.B.'s motorbike time machine. Before their hectic and hilarious adventures are over, they're practically blown up, nearly dissected by mad scientists, almost axed to death, and then meet their worst nightmare in the evil Witchfinder General.
Time Riders
1991 · 3 votes
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Movie7.2DramaHistoryTaking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
The Damned United
2009 · 732 votes
Movie6.1ActionCrimeTwo friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001 · 74 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceIn late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.
Jude
1996 · 154 votes
Movie4.9ComedyScience FictionThe story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...
Morons from Outer Space
1985 · 47 votes
Movie6.6ComedyDorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an incurable disease, and has one desire: be left alone. When Dorottya becomes his carer they both hope their wish will be fulfilled.
The Carer
2016 · 36 votes
Movie6.7HistoryDramaAn epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Peterloo
2018 · 161 votes
Movie6.4CrimeDramaDeeply mentally unbalanced drifter Eunice roams grim northern Britain committing psychosexual serial murders of both men and women while ostensibly searching for an unknown woman named Judith. She spares the life of lonely but kind-hearted gas station cashier Miriam, who abandons her dismal life to follow her damaged new lover. While attempting to hide the evidence of her multiple crimes, Miriam tries to understand Eunice's bizarre quest.
Butterfly Kiss
1995 · 39 votes
Movie6.4ComedyDisgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
The Hippopotamus
2017 · 120 votes
Movie6.0DramaGemma collects money out of parking meters. But really she's obsessed with Elvis.
Caught in a Trap
2008 · 1 votes
Movie5.7DramaComedyTelevision drama based on a true story about a group of planespotters wrongly accused of being spies. 14 planespotters are arrested for behaving 'suspiciously' at an air base in Greece and are accused of being spies because of the telescopes, radio scanners and aircraft serial numbers they have in their possession. They plead their innocence but the farce turns into a nightmare when the group are held in squalid Greek prisons.
Planespotting
2005 · 3 votes
Movie4.0HorrorActionWhen high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city.
Movie6.7DramaWhen Alfred Polly fails to find fulfilment as a shop keeper, he leaves his wife and sets out on the open road to see where freedom leads.
The History of Mr Polly
2007 · 3 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThrillerTwo guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a mobile disco service for fellow soul lovers, which leads them to buy an ice cream van, and the adventure begins. Before long they find themselves on the run from the bad guys and the police.
Coast to Coast
1987 · 3 votes
- MovieDramaTV Movie
In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre 's get the job of keeping order on the streets. But when a demonstrator dies after a riot, who will the public - and the Police Force itself - hold accountable?
Reasonable Force
1988
Movie5.0DramaA brilliant but misguided man feels that he has the right to decide who is worth their place on earth.
The Arbiter
2013 · 1 votes