Adrian Scarborough — Actor (24)
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The Revengers' Comedies (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Revengers' Comedies
director: Malcolm Mowbray actor: Sam Neill / Helena Bonham Carter …
other title: Amori e vendette / Rache ist Süß …
After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to avenge the people who drove them to suicide. Henry will ruin the life of the woman who married Karen's boyfriend, while Karen will work as a secretary for the man who took Henry's job. Whether revenge will be sweet – or bittersweet – is anyone's guess.
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Restless (2012) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Restless
actor: Hayley Atwell / Rufus Sewell …
other title: Ruhelos / La Vie aux aguets …
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.
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The Chelsea Detective (2022) IMDb TMDB
The Chelsea Detective
director: Peter Fincham actor: Adrian Scarborough / Vanessa Emme …
other title: Chelsea Detective / O Detetive de Chelsea
Detective Inspector Max Arnold lives on a battered houseboat at the end of Cheyne Walk after separating from his art dealer wife Astrid. The son of a local bookshop owner, Max is a far cry from the affluent elite whose crimes he'll help solve along with D.C. Priya Shamsie.
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
director: John Maybury actor: Derek Jacobi / Daniel Craig …
other title: Love Is the Devil / Love is the Devil - Studie für ein Portrait von Francis Bacon …
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.
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Upstairs Downstairs (2010) IMDb TMDB
Upstairs Downstairs
director: Heidi Thomas actor: Keeley Hawes / Ed Stoppard …
other title: Rückkehr ins Haus am Eaton Place / Maîtres et Valets …
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould the lives of this wealthy family and their servants.‬
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Artemis Fowl (2020) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Artemis Fowl
director: Kenneth Branagh actor: Ferdia Shaw / Colin James Farrell …
Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.
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Into the Storm (2009) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Into the Storm
director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan actor: Brendan Gleeson / Adrian Scarborough …
other title: Into the Storm - La guerra di Churchill / Tempos de Tormenta …
This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the war years--even as his marriage was encountering its own struggles.
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Miranda (2009) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Miranda
★ 7.9 (10 ratings) director: Miranda Hart actor: Miranda Hart / Tom Ellis …
other title: Miranda (série de televisão)
Socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she's around her crush Gary.
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National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010) Douban
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
director: 尼古拉斯·希特纳 actor: 理查德·格雷弗斯 / 阿历克斯·杰宁斯 …
other title: 文艺趣向 / 艺术的习惯
讲述了一群剧团演员在排演一部名叫《Caliban's Day》（卡利班的胜利）的舞台剧，该剧通过一名叫卡利班的传记作家的视角，讲述英国诗人格雷格·奥登和作曲家本杰明·布里顿之间的故事，两位艺术家在年轻时曾是合作无间的好友，因一次不愉快的美国之旅分道扬镳，多年后布里顿拜访奥登，向对方透露自己将托马斯·曼的小说《死于威尼斯》改编成歌剧的计划，来向这位昔日的合作伙伴寻求建议，而这一切的背后是两人同为男同性恋的背景，有趣的是《死于威尼斯》这部作品刚好讲的是一位上年纪的作家对一位14岁美少年的爱慕，戏中戏的结构层层深入，引人入胜。
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Cranford (2007) TMDB
Cranford
director: Sue Birtwistle / Susie Conklin actor: Eileen Atkins / Judi Dench …
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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Christopher Robin (2018)
Christopher Robin
director: Marc Forster actor: Ewan McGregor / Hayley Atwell …
other title: Ritorno al Bosco dei 100 Acri / Jakob og Peter Plys …
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.
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The History Boys (2006)
The History Boys
★ 6.7 (6 ratings) director: Nicholas Hytner actor: Richard Griffiths / Stephen Campbell Moore …
other title: Fazendo História / Die History Boys - Fürs Leben lernen
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
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Bright Young Things (2003)
Bright Young Things
director: Stephen Fry actor: Stephen Campbell Moore / Emily Mortimer …
other title: Sexo, Escândalos e Celebridade / Escándalo con clase
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.