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BBC - Dave Allen at Peace (2018) Movies

Posted by notbanned at April 3, 2018

Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the UK and Ireland's comedy greats, with just a whiskey, a cigarette and nine-and-a-half fingers.

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The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) Movies

Posted by fekmax at Nov. 12, 2017

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen’s uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill’s cigarette case at the scene of the crime.

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BBC - Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen (2024) Movies

Posted by notbanned at March 30, 2024

2023 marked the tenth anniversary of same-sex marriage being legalised in England and Wales, and March 2024 is exactly a decade since the first wedding took place. To celebrate this momentous occasion, comedian, presenter and writer Tom Allen is pulling out all the stops to arrange a dream wedding for one gay couple.

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William (2019) Movies

Posted by Without at Oct. 18, 2019

Julian Reed and Barbara Sullivan create a Neanderthal baby using ancient Neanderthal DNA from a Neanderthal bog body. William must learn to exist in a world where he is the ultimate outsider, the only Neanderthal on the planet.

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Ch5. - William And Kate Too Good To Be True (2020) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 14, 2020

Documentary exploring the relationship between Prince William and Kate Middleton. The programme examines the lifelong preparation William has gone through for his eventual role as king and how public attitudes to the couple have shifted over the years, as well as considering what their eventual reign will be like.

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PBS - Underground Railroad: The William Still Story (2012) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Dec. 30, 2018

William Still was just a boy when he helped the first one escape. He never knew the man's name; only that he was being hunted by slave catchers.

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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Aug. 12, 2019

A son's riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller. The secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colby's son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal memoir of a family living in clandestine shadows, and an inquiry into the hard costs of a nation's most cloaked actions.

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BBC - The Greatest Knight: William Marshal (2014) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at July 5, 2017

The fascinating story of knighthood, told through the extraordinary life and times of William Marshal, whom many consider the world's greatest knight. From Europe's medieval castles to the holy city of Jerusalem, presenter Thomas Asbridge explores William's incredible life, revealing a rip-roaring adventure story in the spirit of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

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NHK - The Confessions of William Perry (2018) Movies

Posted by notbanned at March 22, 2018

William Perry served as US secretary of defense for 3 years, beginning in 1994. He granted NHK 20 hours of exclusive interviews, focused on the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis and tensions surrounding American military bases in Okinawa Prefecture that occurred during his tenure. The unknown story of Perry's friendship and disagreements with former Okinawa governor Masahide Ota, the close linkage between the North Korean nuclear crisis and negotiations over the plan to close the Futenma Marine airbase, the distrust that plagued Japan-US relations…

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The Women of Brewster Place Movies

Posted by at March 30, 2020

The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place is an American television miniseries that was broadcast on March 19 and 20, 1989 on ABC. The miniseries is based upon the critically acclaimed 1982 novel of the same name by Gloria Naylor. It was produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions with a teleplay by Karen Hall. The miniseries stars an ensemble cast of African-American actors and actresses such as Cicely Tyson, Oprah Winfrey, Jackée Harry, Robin Givens, Lynn Whitfield, Paula Kelly, Lonette McKee, Paul Winfield, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, William Allen Young, and a brief early appearance by a young Larenz Tate. The miniseries received such a good reception that it led to a weekly series entitled Brewster Place. However, it was short-lived due to low ratings. It is frequently broadcast on TV One and BET. The show's theme song was performed by American R&B singer Vesta Williams, who performed both the opening and closing credits.

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