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Paul McGann

Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-11-14

Popularity

1.0

Biography

Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959) is an English actor who made his name on The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. He is also known for his role in Withnail and I, and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie as well as other media that features his incarnation of the character.

Movie Credits

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

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2.0

2019

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

Nero's Sunken City

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4.3

2017

Nero's Sunken City

The One That Got Away

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5.8

1996

The One That Got Away

Gypo

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5.2

2005

Gypo

Alien³

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6.4

1992

Alien³

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

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10.0

2019

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Withnail & I

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7.3

1987

Withnail & I

The Rainbow

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5.6

1989

The Rainbow

Hornblower: Mutiny

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7.3

2001

Hornblower: Mutiny

Doctor Who

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6.2

1996

Doctor Who

Tiger Island

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0.0

2012

Tiger Island

Super Powered Owls

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0.0

2015

Super Powered Owls

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

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8.5

2014

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

The Orangutan King

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10.0

2005

The Orangutan King

Hornblower: Loyalty

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7.2

2003

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Duty

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7.4

2003

Hornblower: Duty

Mia and the Dragon Princess

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6.6

2023

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Lesbian Vampire Killers

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5.2

2009

Lesbian Vampire Killers

My Kingdom

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5.1

2001

My Kingdom

Godard & Others

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5.2

2010

Godard & Others

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

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5.9

2012

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

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0.0

2014

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Catherine the Great

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5.5

1996

Catherine the Great

Dealers

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4.8

1989

Dealers

Paper Mask

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5.6

1990

Paper Mask

Hornblower: Retribution

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7.4

2001

Hornblower: Retribution

Downtime

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5.0

1997

Downtime

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

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0.0

2014

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

Swallow Your Dreams

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10.0

2022

Swallow Your Dreams

Otherworld

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5.1

2003

Otherworld

Withnail and Us

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6.2

1999

Withnail and Us

Drowning in the Shallow End

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0.0

1990

Drowning in the Shallow End

The Day of the Sun Dog

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0.0

2023

The Day of the Sun Dog

If I Had You

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7.0

2006

If I Had You

Brady and Hindley: Possession

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6.5

2013

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Hotel!

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4.5

2001

Hotel!

The Importance of Being Earnest

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4.7

1988

The Importance of Being Earnest

Star Trek Story

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0.8

1996

Star Trek Story

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

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7.8

2013

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Merchant of Venice

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1.0

1996

The Merchant of Venice

The Undertaker

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5.0

2023

The Undertaker

Talking Doctor Who

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5.0

2023

Talking Doctor Who

Doctor Who Am I

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4.8

2022

Doctor Who Am I

My Dad Was a Communist

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0.0

2008

My Dad Was a Communist

Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann

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0.0

2019

Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann

Lie with Me

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4.5

2004

Lie with Me

Cariani and the Courtesans

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0.0

1987

Cariani and the Courtesans

Death of an Idealist

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0.0

2005

Death of an Idealist

Empire of the Sun

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7.5

1987

Empire of the Sun

Afraid of the Dark

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5.4

1991

Afraid of the Dark

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

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8.2

2013

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

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0.0

2005

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

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7.4

2014

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Gaskin

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0.0

1983

Gaskin

Queen of the Damned

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6.1

2002

Queen of the Damned

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

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0.0

1984

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

The Three Musketeers

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6.4

1993

The Three Musketeers

The Dance of Shiva

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0.0

1998

The Dance of Shiva

The Hanging Gale

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0.0

1995

The Hanging Gale

Brakes

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5.6

2017

Brakes

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

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8.0

2013

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

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5.9

2014

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

Always Crashing in the Same Car

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6.7

2007

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Absence

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7.0

2015

Absence

The 9/11 Surfer

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6.0

2011

The 9/11 Surfer

Fables of Forgotten Things

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4.0

2008

Fables of Forgotten Things

Blood Strangers

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4.8

2002

Blood Strangers

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

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0.0

2016

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

B&B

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6.3

2017

B&B

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

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6.0

1996

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

FairyTale: A True Story

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6.4

1997

FairyTale: A True Story

The Monk

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1.7

1990

The Monk

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

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8.0

2011

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

The Other Prince William

‌

0.0

2015

The Other Prince William

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

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9.0

2015

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Picasso's Last Stand

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0.0

2018

Picasso's Last Stand

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

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7.3

2013

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

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8.7

2015

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

World of Compulsive Hoarders

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0.0

2007

World of Compulsive Hoarders

Art Is...

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0.0

2013

Art Is...

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

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0.0

2018

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Churchill: When Britain Said No

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8.0

2015

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Davros Connections

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0.0

2007

Davros Connections

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

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6.4

2012

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

Ghosts on the Underground

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7.0

2005

Ghosts on the Underground

The Biographer

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0.0

2002

The Biographer

Doctor Who: Shada

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7.0

2003

Doctor Who: Shada

The Day John Lennon Died

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8.0

2010

The Day John Lennon Died

Streets of Yesterday

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7.0

1989

Streets of Yesterday

Whistling Wally

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0.0

1982

Whistling Wally

Listening

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7.3

2003

Listening

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

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7.8

2019

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

Tree of Hands

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0.0

1989

Tree of Hands

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

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7.8

2003

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

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8.0

2017

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Perplexed Music

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0.0

2017

Perplexed Music

Kidnapped

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0.0

2005

Kidnapped

Digging The Great Escape

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0.0

2011

Digging The Great Escape

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

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0.0

2024

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who at the Proms

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7.2

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

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7.4

2008

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

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8.0

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Churchill’s Forgotten War

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8.0

2024

Churchill’s Forgotten War

The Ties That Bind Us

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0.0

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

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5.0

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

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10.0

2015

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

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0.0

2014

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

Shark: Beneath the Surface

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0.0

2015

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

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0.0

2014

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

The Marbles

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0.0

2025

The Marbles

Getting a Head

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0.0

2008

Getting a Head

Tv Credits

Luther

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7.9

2010

Luther

Tripping Over

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0.0

2006

Tripping Over

True Dare Kiss

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7.0

2007

True Dare Kiss

Collision

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7.0

2009

Collision

Fish

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5.7

1977

Fish

Play for Today

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6.3

1970

Play for Today

The Monocled Mutineer

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7.0

1986

The Monocled Mutineer

Sea of Souls

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7.6

2004

Sea of Souls

Fish

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0.0

2000

Fish

Wildest Middle East

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9.0

2014

Wildest Middle East

Annika

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7.2

2021

Annika

Wildest Latin America

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8.0

2012

Wildest Latin America

Forgotten

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7.3

1999

Forgotten

Secrets of the Castle

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9.4

2014

Secrets of the Castle

Wildest Islands

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8.1

2012

Wildest Islands

Natural World

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7.1

1983

Natural World

A Mother's Son

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6.8

2012

A Mother's Son

Sweet Revenge

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0.0

2001

Sweet Revenge

Moving On

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7.1

2009

Moving On

Hornblower

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7.7

1998

Hornblower

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

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3.9

2021

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

New Tricks

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7.4

2004

New Tricks

Shark

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8.4

2015

Shark

Bible Mysteries

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7.5

2004

Bible Mysteries

The Musketeers

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7.0

2014

The Musketeers

Waking the Dead

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7.2

2001

Waking the Dead

Anne

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7.1

2022

Anne

Nature Boy

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8.0

2000

Nature Boy

The Musketeers

‌

7.0

2014

The Musketeers

Ripper Street

‌

7.4

2012

Ripper Street

Wild Sri Lanka

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7.8

2015

Wild Sri Lanka

Kidnapped

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6.0

2005

Kidnapped

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

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7.0

2007

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

Nice Town

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5.5

1992

Nice Town

Agatha Christie's Marple

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7.8

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

Horizon

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7.4

1964

Horizon

McDonald & Dodds

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7.6

2020

McDonald & Dodds

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

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8.0

2016

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Victorian Sensations

‌

0.0

2019

Victorian Sensations

Psycho

‌

0.0

2005

Psycho

Wildest Europe

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0.0

2017

Wildest Europe

Give us a Break

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6.5

1983

Give us a Break

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

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6.4

2013

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Wildest Indochina

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8.6

2014

Wildest Indochina

Testament: The Bible in Animation

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6.4

1996

Testament: The Bible in Animation

The Hanging Gale

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4.3

1995

The Hanging Gale

Agatha Christie's Poirot

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8.2

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Twisted Tales

‌

7.0

2005

Twisted Tales

Our Mutual Friend

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7.8

1998

Our Mutual Friend

The Bletchley Circle

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7.6

2012

The Bletchley Circle

Doctor who main range : eighth doctor

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0.0

2001

Doctor who main range : eighth doctor

Bookish

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6.8

2025

Bookish