Michael Apted

Michael Apted

Michael David Apted, CMG (10 February 1941 – January 8, 2021) was a British director, producer, writer and actor. One of the most prolific English film directors of his generation, he is known for directing: the Up series (1964–2019), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and the American film, Coal Miner's Daughter (1980); the latter being nominated for seven Academy Awards, including for the Best Picture. He also directed Nell (1994), which received three Golden Globe Award nominations and one Academy Award nomination. On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors' Guild of America. He returned to television, directing the first three episodes of the TV series Rome (2005). Apted directed Amazing Grace, which premiered at the closing of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

  • Popularity : 1.323
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1941-02-10
  • Place of Birth : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Michael Apted Movies

  • 2002
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    Best Ever Bond

    Best Ever Bond

    5 2002 HD

    Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

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  • 2016
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    Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

    Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

    8 2016 HD

    Explore the country legend's hard-fought road to stardom. From her Appalachian roots to the Oscar-winning biopic of her life, Coal Miner's Daughter,...

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  • 2014
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    Bending the Light

    Bending the Light

    3.5 2014 HD

    From acclaimed director Michael Apted (The Up Series, Masters of Sex, The World is Not Enough) comes a revealing look at the art of filmmaking and...

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  • 2018
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    CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

    CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

    5.2 2018 HD

    An investigation into the way media portrayals impact the actual inclusion of people with disabilities in society.

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  • 2000
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    Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn

    Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn

    5.6 2000 HD

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  • 1985
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    Spies Like Us

    Spies Like Us

    6.2 1985 HD

    Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

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  • 2018
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    Hillbilly

    Hillbilly

    7 2018 HD

    A documentary that examines the cultural stereotype of the people of Appalachia and how that has affected America's relationship with its rural...

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  • 1995
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    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    6.7 1995 HD

    Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British...

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  • 1977
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    21 Up

    21 Up

    7.4 1977 HD

    After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! and 7 Plus Seven. The subjects are...

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  • 1991
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    35 Up

    35 Up

    7.7 1991 HD

    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have...

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  • 1999
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    42 Up

    42 Up

    7.6 1999 HD

    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have...

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  • 2006
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    49 Up

    49 Up

    7.3 2006 HD

    49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the...

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  • 2012
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    56 Up

    56 Up

    7.2 2012 HD

    When a cross-section of seven-year-olds were interviewed for 7 Up in 1964 it was immediately evident that their social backgrounds influenced their...

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  • 1970
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    7 Plus Seven

    7 Plus Seven

    7.3 1970 HD

    After a 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! The subjects are interviewed as to the...

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  • 1984
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    28 Up

    28 Up

    7.5 1984 HD

    Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose,...

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  • 2019
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    7 Up & Me

    7 Up & Me

    7.5 2019 HD

    In celebration of the release of 63 Up, the 2019 installment of Michael Apted's groundbreaking documentary series that began in 1964, a number of...

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  • 2020
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    Belushi

    Belushi

    6.8 2020 HD

    Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the...

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  • 2019
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.2 2019 HD

    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have...

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  • 2000
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    James Bond Down River

    James Bond Down River

    5 2000 HD

    Promotional documentary filmed at the London East End Docklands area and River Thames for the filming of the opening boat chase for The World Is Not...

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  • 1994
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    Nell

    Nell

    6.551 1994 HD

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  • 2002
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    Enough

    Enough

    6.7 2002 HD

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  • 1988
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    Gorillas in the Mist

    Gorillas in the Mist

    7 1988 HD

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  • 2001
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    Enigma

    Enigma

    6.3 2001 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    6.443 2010 HD

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  • 1996
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    Extreme Measures

    Extreme Measures

    6 1996 HD

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  • 1999
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    42 Up

    42 Up

    7.6 1999 HD

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  • 1977
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    21 Up

    21 Up

    7.4 1977 HD

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  • 1984
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    28 Up

    28 Up

    7.5 1984 HD

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  • 1991
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    35 Up

    35 Up

    7.7 1991 HD

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  • 1992
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    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    7.4 1992 HD

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  • 1979
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    Agatha

    Agatha

    6.3 1979 HD

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  • 1983
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    Gorky Park

    Gorky Park

    6.3 1983 HD

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  • 1992
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    Thunderheart

    Thunderheart

    6.2 1992 HD

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  • 1987
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    Critical Condition

    Critical Condition

    5.5 1987 HD

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  • 1985
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    Sting: Bring on the Night

    Sting: Bring on the Night

    7.6 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Sting: Bring on the Night

    Sting: Bring on the Night

    7.6 1985 HD

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  • 1992
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    Incident at Oglala

    Incident at Oglala

    7.2 1992 HD

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  • 1974
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    Stardust

    Stardust

    5.7 1974 HD

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  • 1981
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    Continental Divide

    Continental Divide

    6 1981 HD

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  • 1998
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    Always Outnumbered

    Always Outnumbered

    6.4 1998 HD

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  • 2006
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    49 Up

    49 Up

    7.3 2006 HD

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  • 1999
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    The World Is Not Enough

    The World Is Not Enough

    6.3 1999 HD

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  • 2006
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    Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

    6.9 2006 HD

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  • 1980
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    Coal Miner's Daughter

    Coal Miner's Daughter

    7.3 1980 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Triple Echo

    The Triple Echo

    6.3 1972 HD

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  • 1982
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    P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

    P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

    7 1982 HD

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  • 1991
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    Class Action

    Class Action

    6.3 1991 HD

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  • 1970
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    7 Plus Seven

    7 Plus Seven

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1984
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    Firstborn

    Firstborn

    5.8 1984 HD

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  • 2012
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    Chasing Mavericks

    Chasing Mavericks

    7.026 2012 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Squeeze

    The Squeeze

    6.2 1977 HD

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  • 1997
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    Inspirations

    Inspirations

    6.8 1997 HD

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  • 2012
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    56 Up

    56 Up

    7.2 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    56 Up

    56 Up

    7.2 2012 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Collection

    The Collection

    5.7 1976 HD

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  • 2002
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    Lipstick

    Lipstick

    3 2002 HD

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  • 2007
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    The Power of the Game

    The Power of the Game

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1994
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    Moving the Mountain

    Moving the Mountain

    7.8 1994 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Paradise Run

    The Paradise Run

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1990
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    Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

    6.6 1990 HD

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  • 1993
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    Blink

    Blink

    6.2 1993 HD

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  • 1972
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    Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.

    Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1977
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    21 Up

    21 Up

    7.4 1977 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Long Way Home

    The Long Way Home

    7 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Long Way Home

    The Long Way Home

    7 1989 HD

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  • 1973
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    Kisses at Fifty

    Kisses at Fifty

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1984
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    28 Up

    28 Up

    7.5 1984 HD

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  • 1978
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    Stronger Than the Sun

    Stronger Than the Sun

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1991
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    35 Up

    35 Up

    7.7 1991 HD

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  • 1968
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    Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

    Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

    5 1968 HD

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  • 1999
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    42 Up

    42 Up

    7.6 1999 HD

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  • 2014
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    Bending the Light

    Bending the Light

    3.5 2014 HD

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  • 2017
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    Unlocked

    Unlocked

    6.3 2017 HD

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  • 2006
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    49 Up

    49 Up

    7.3 2006 HD

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  • 1970
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    Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

    Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Mosedale Horseshoe

    The Mosedale Horseshoe

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Day They Buried Cleaver

    The Day They Buried Cleaver

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    Number Ten

    Number Ten

    1 1968 HD

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  • 2000
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    Me & Isaac Newton

    Me & Isaac Newton

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1968
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    It’s Dearer After Midnight

    It’s Dearer After Midnight

    1 1968 HD

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  • 2006
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    Married in America 2

    Married in America 2

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1973
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    High Kampf

    High Kampf

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1968
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    Who Pays?

    Who Pays?

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1967
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    Son of the City

    Son of the City

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1972
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    Said the Preacher

    Said the Preacher

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1964
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    Seven Up!

    Seven Up!

    7.2 1964 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Reporters

    The Reporters

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Wednesday Love

    Wednesday Love

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1973
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    Highway Robbery

    Highway Robbery

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Jack Point

    Jack Point

    1 1973 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Grand Finale

    The Grand Finale

    5.1 2006 HD

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  • 2019
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.2 2019 HD

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  • 2002
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    Married in America

    Married in America

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1968
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    There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

    There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1974
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    Haunted: Poor Girl

    Haunted: Poor Girl

    7 1974 HD

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  • 1984
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    The River Rat

    The River Rat

    6.5 1984 HD

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  • 2019
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.688 2019 HD

    Over nearly six decades, the series has documented the group as they have become adults and entered middle-age, dealing with everything life has...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    6.1 1970 HD

    Serial monogamist Brian O'Hara hits his mid-30s and suddenly realizes he's the last bachelor standing in his circle of friends. Not averse to the...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    8.3 1970 HD

    A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    8.3 1970 HD

    A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    8.3 1970 HD

    A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    6.3 1970 HD

    Blind Justice is an American television series created by Steven Bochco about a blind New York City police detective. It was introduced mid-season in...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    1 1970 HD

    New York News is a newspaper drama which was broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1995 fall lineup.

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    5.9 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    5.5 1970 HD

    Follyfoot is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television and the independent...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    6 1970 HD

    Black and Blue was a BBC TV comedy-drama series, first broadcast in 1973. It was so named because of the black and blue humour. The show consisted...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    6.8 1970 HD

    Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    6 1970 HD

    A nostalgic drama set in 2035, when unlocked memories reveal key moments in the life of an old man living in a retirement home. Nurse Susan was...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    6 1970 HD

    Johnny Hawkins (Robert Urich) and his 16-year-old son, Dylan (Dalton James), renew their relationship traveling across America on a motorcycle.

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    3.8 1970 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.5 1970 HD

    Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear....

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7 1970 HD

    Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.078 1970 HD

    William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    10 1970 HD

    Shades of Greene is a British television series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene. The series began in 1975, with each...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.688 1970 HD

    Over nearly six decades, the series has documented the group as they have become adults and entered middle-age, dealing with everything life has...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.7 1970 HD

    A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.7 1970 HD

    A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    7.125 1970 HD

    A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of...

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  • 1970
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    63 Up

    63 Up

    1 1970 HD

    Following the experiences of a handful of couples over the course of a decade, producer Michael Apted shows how this ancient institution expresses...

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