Bert Parnaby
Oyuncu · 1924 – 1992 · Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
James Bertram "Bert" Parnaby (4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s. His TV roles included performances in Blackadder, By the Sword Divided, Juliet Bravo, Inspector Morse and Last of the Summer Wine. In 1988, he appeared as Father Christmas in the BBC adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. His film credits included Prick Up Your Ears (1987), The Dressmaker (1988) and The Reunion (1989). Whilst living in Didsbury, Bert was a schoolmaster at Manchester Grammar School during the 1950s and early 1960s. Teaching English, he was greatly involved in the production of teachers’ plays. He subsequently became an HMI (one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools). On leaving the education profession, Parnaby worked as a producer and performer for the BBC. His monologues on breakfast radio often started ‘I hate …’, for example the edition about the Post Office, which was based on the Didsbury branch, albeit unnamed. Parnaby died in July 1992 at the age of 68, shortly after the death of his wife Jane. A bench in their memory was later erected in Drummer Street, Cambridge.
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Dizi6.2DramPembe Diziİngiliz ait tıbbi dram televizyon dizisi Casualty (Kaza) , 6 Eylül 1986 tarihinde yayınlanmaya başladi.
Casualty
1986 · 88 votes
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Bergerac
1981 · 25 votes
Dizi7.9SuçDramBaşmüfettiş Morse'un sağlam bir müzik kulağı, bira zevki ve vakalara hassas bir burnu vardır. Her ilginç vakayı çözmek için Dedektif Çavuş Lewis ile yola çıkarlar.
Dizi7.8KomediDramThe trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · 49 votes
Dizi8.0KomediBlackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.
Blackadder
1983 · 579 votes
Dizi7.4KomediThe Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · 19 votes
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Lovejoy
1986 · 56 votes
Dizi6.0DramA series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels.
The Play on One
1988 · 3 votes
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The Chronicles of Narnia
1988 · 26 votes
Dizi7.0DramA 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
Dizi7.0DramThis classic period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family, living peacefully in Arnescote Castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. Sir Martin Lacey, the head of the family, is steadfastly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher - son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell.
By the Sword Divided
1983 · 2 votes
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Anthology of plays written by new writers, set in a function room above a public house.
Function Room
1985
Dizi7.0KomediNightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards working the night shift. It was written by Paul Makin and produced by Alomo Productions for Channel 4 in 1990.
Nightingales
1990 · 7 votes
Dizi9.0DramA British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.
The Contract
1988 · 1 votes
Dizi7.0A young Englishman becomes convinced that his friend and guardian has been murdered by his mysterious second wife.
My Cousin Rachel
1983 · 2 votes
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Film6.7DramWhen the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · 106 votes
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1988 · 28 votes
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The Dressmaker
1988 · 5 votes
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Reunion
1989 · 24 votes
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Bad News
1983 · 6 votes
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Rainy Day Women
1984 · 1 votes
FilmKomediTV MovieBlack comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.
Gas and Candles
1991
Film7.5KorkuGizem11-year-old Nick moves into a large old house with his sisters Jennie and Clare, left in the care of Helga the Swedish au pair while their parents are away in America. Nick is unhappy at his new school, where he is befriended by a boy named Sam and intimidated by scripture teacher Mr. Crabb, who is interested in the occult and demonology. Nick hears voices in the house and receives messages on his computer screen; he also suffers inexplicable blisters on his feet and grazes on his elbows and knees. When he dreams of burning and wakes up in a bed full of ashes, Nick tells a psychiatrist that he feels he is possessed by a demon.
Daemon
1985 · 3 votes
FilmKomediPostman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at his local cinema. However, he is unaware that the cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a smoke screen to view a pornographic film and that Bean's wife, traffic warden Monica, is the star.
Dirty Movie
1984