Simon Callow Archives | Memorable TV

Dead Head (BBC Thriller, Denis Lawson, Lindsay Duncan)

In four part thriller serial Dead Head, after witnessing a murder small time crook Eddie Cass (Denis Lawson) is somewhat disturbed to find himself targeted by...

Episodes2 years ago

Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Body in the Library (S1EP1 ITV 12 Dec 2004, Ian Richardson)

The Body in the Library: Dolly Bantry calls upon her old friend Miss Marple when the strangled corpse of an unknown blonde girl is found in the...

Episodes2 years ago

Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue (S2EP1 ITV 25 Dec 1987, Simon Callow)

The Wolvercote Tongue: Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura...

TV2 years ago

The Woman in White, The (BBC Thriller, Tara Fitzgerald)

Period mystery serial The Woman in White, written by Wilkie Collins in 1860, was one of the great spooky novels of the Victorian era. The story...

Episodes3 years ago

Screen Two: Femme Fatale (S9EP4 BBC2 7 Feb 1993, Donald Pleasence, Simon Callow)

In Simon Gray scripted comedy drama Femme Fatale the arrival of beautiful Italian woman Maddalena has a disturbing effect on the men of sleepy Devon village...

Movies4 years ago

Viceroy’s House (2017, )

In this period drama, based on the true story, it is 1947 and Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back...

Episodes4 years ago

The Dead Room (A Ghost Story For Christmas) airs Mon 24 Dec on BBC-4

Mark Gatiss brings the Christmas ghost story tradition back to life with The Dead Room, a chilling new tale for BBC Four. Written and directed by...

TV4 years ago

Arn: The Knight Templar (DR1 2010, Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin)

In this six part period drama Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as...

Movies4 years ago

Maurice (1987, James Wilby, Hugh Grant)

James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant followed up the success of A Room with a View with this adaptation of E M Forster’s most personal novel...

Movies4 years ago

Notting Hill (1999, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts)

Divorcee William Thacker (Hugh Grant) runs an unprofitable bookshop in London’s fashionable Notting Hill, which attracts American movie star Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) as a customer....

News5 years ago

Death in Paradise, Simon Callow, Sian Gibson & Denis Lawson all to guest star

Season seven of the BBC’s perennially popular crime drama Death in Paradise, set to premiere early 2018, has lined up an impressive roster of guest stars....

Episodes5 years ago

The Sweeney: Down To You, Brother (ITV 22 Nov 1976, with Kenny Lynch)

In Down To You, Brother Jack bumps into villain Meadows at a charity boxing do. Somewhat the worse for drink Meadows tells Jack that he got...

TV6 years ago

Chance In A Million (Channel 4 1984-1986, Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn)

In sitcom Chance in a Million Tom Chance (Simon Callow) is a walking disaster area. Everywhere he goes, he leaves chaos in his wake. If an...

Episodes6 years ago

George III – The Genius Of The Mad King (BBC-2 30 Jan 2017 with Robert Hardman)

One off documentary The Genius Of The Mad King, airing on BBC Two on Monday 30 January 2017, is a fascinating glimpse into the opening of...

TV6 years ago

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (BBC-4 2012, Oliver Lansley)

Biopic Best Possible Taste told the life story of often controversial radio DJ and entertainment legend Kenny Everett (played superbly by Oliver Lansley) focusing on his...

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Simon Callow

Dead Head (BBC Thriller, Denis Lawson, Lindsay Duncan)

Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Body in the Library (S1EP1 ITV 12 Dec 2004, Ian Richardson)

Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue (S2EP1 ITV 25 Dec 1987, Simon Callow)

The Woman in White, The (BBC Thriller, Tara Fitzgerald)

Screen Two: Femme Fatale (S9EP4 BBC2 7 Feb 1993, Donald Pleasence, Simon Callow)

Viceroy’s House (2017, )

The Dead Room (A Ghost Story For Christmas) airs Mon 24 Dec on BBC-4

Arn: The Knight Templar (DR1 2010, Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin)

Maurice (1987, James Wilby, Hugh Grant)

Notting Hill (1999, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts)

Death in Paradise, Simon Callow, Sian Gibson & Denis Lawson all to guest star

The Sweeney: Down To You, Brother (ITV 22 Nov 1976, with Kenny Lynch)

Chance In A Million (Channel 4 1984-1986, Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn)

George III – The Genius Of The Mad King (BBC-2 30 Jan 2017 with Robert Hardman)

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (BBC-4 2012, Oliver Lansley)

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