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Save a Little Sunshine (1938)
Character: Walter
Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.
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Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do (1989)
Character: Self
A celebration of Max Miller , comedian and star. Presented by Gerald Scarfe with Max Bygraves Charlie Chester , Doris Hare Jean Kent , Alec McCowen, Tommy Trinder , Max Wall, Bernie Winters and Max Miller 'I'm ready for bed - anybody?' Max Miller , dazzling in chintz and gaudy plus-fours, one foot on the footlights, leering and howling with delight, confronted his audience. Sexual innuendo was his game. He trod a dangerous line, just this side of respectability, across the Music Halls of the 30s and 40s. On the stage of the Hackney Empire, with chorus girls and full supporting acts, Gerald Scarfe re-creates Max Miller 's rise from the back streets of Brighton to the top of the bill. The most outrageous comedian of his day, Max was banned by the BBC, in trouble over the Royal Command Performance, admired and hated by the comics of his age - and ours
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Franklin's Farm (1972)
Character: Reinhardt
A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.
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Earthstars (1985)
Character: Honest Horace
A young girl's dreams at Christmas time come tales of faraway lands and strange creatures, of three weary travelers and the bright light which they follow. The stories carry her away into the sparkling night on a magical journey that not only reveals the hidden star shapes of nature but also leads her to the mysterious Star of Bethlehem. Directed by David Gladwell Requiem for a Village (1975) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) and originally broadcast on Sunday 29th December, 1985 at 17:15
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Little Dorrit (1987)
Character: Flintwinch
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
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The Bouncing Boy (1972)
Character: Les
A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
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The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101 (1966)
Character: Professor Cecil Havelock-Montague, Ph.D., LL.D., B.A.T.
From the study of his rundown English manor, an old British Professor instructs the audience as to the dangers associated with vampires, and exactly how to kill them. Scenes from Roman Polanski's horror/comedy classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers, are interspersed throughout.
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On the Air (1934)
Character: Boots
Musical featuring radio and variety stars on holiday, who help a village vicar stage a local concert.
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Mrs Capper's Birthday (1985)
Character: Mr. Godsall
Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
Character: Juggler
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
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Jabberwocky (1977)
Character: King Bruno the Questionable
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
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Strike It Rich (1990)
Character: Bowles
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
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A Killer in Every Corner (1974)
Character: Jorg Kesselheim / George Thibedon
A criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.
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Hanover Street (1979)
Character: Harry Pike
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Character: Arthur Barrymore
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969)
Character: Roundhead Leader (segment "The Cavaliers")
A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Character: Inventor
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
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We Think the World of You (1988)
Character: Tom
An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.
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