Roger Nott
Actor · Cardiff, Wales, UK
Movies8
Movie5.2WarDramaA comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct episodes: as a child during the First World War; as an explorer in Mormon Utah; and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 · 26 votes
Movie6.3DramaHistoryHerbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002 · 8 votes
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Drama following the turbulent career of Labour politician Nye Bevan, founder of the National Health Service.
Nye
1982
Movie4.8HorrorA reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.
Darklands
1996 · 13 votes
Movie5.7ThrillerAfter she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a ride by a good-looking but somewhat mysterious young man, who she comes to suspect may be a dangerous escapee from a mental asylum.
Deadly Strangers
1975 · 16 votes
Movie7.5DramaA young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."
Movie5.6ThrillerDramaWelsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.
Giro City
1982 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DramaA single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.
Fighting Back
1986 · 1 votes
Series5
TV7.1ComedyDramaRoguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Minder
1979 · 30 votes
TV7.1DramaSeries of single made-for-television dramas.
Screen Two
1985 · 7 votes
TV7.6Action & AdventureCrimeThe lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
The Professionals
1977 · 47 votes
TV7.0DramaA ten-part serial based on Jeffrey Archer's 1984 novel of the same name, which follows the careers and personal lives of a quartet of fictional Parliament members from 1964 to 1991, with each vying to become Prime Minister.
First Among Equals
1986 · 1 votes
TV8.2DramaFormer soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian life after leaving the army.
Civvies
1992 · 4 votes