Roddy Doyle
Writer · b. 1968 · Dublin, Ireland
Roddy Doyle was born on 8 May 1958 in Dublin, Ireland. He is a BAFTA winning writer and producer, known for The Commitments (1991), Family (1994) and Rosie (2018). He is married to Belinda. They have three children.
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TV7.2DocumentaryOmnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.
Omnibus
1967 · 9 votes
TVDocumentaryComedyColm Meaney presents a celebration of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Dublin family the Rabbittes and the film adaptations of the books, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van.
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Movie8.0DocumentaryDocumentary about the 1991 film
The Commitments - Looking Back
2004 · 1 votes