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Bill Paterson

William Tulloch Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. Paterson has appeared in films and television series including Comfort and Joy (1984), Traffik (1989), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), The Witches (1990), Wives and Daughters (1999), Sea of Souls (2004–2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Miss Potter (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), Doctor Who (2010), Outlander (2014), Fleabag (2016–2019), Inside No. 9 (2018), Good Omens (2019), Brassic (2020) and House of the Dragon (2022). He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Scottish BAFTAs. William Tulloch Paterson was born in Glasgow on 3 June 1945. Paterson was raised in Dennistoun by his father, a plumber, and his mother, a hairdresser. He states that his interest in acting began with a school trip to the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals in 1961. However, after school he chose to initially pursue a career based on an interest in architecture and spent three years as a quantity surveyor's apprentice before deciding to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 June 1945 (age 80)
  • Place of BirthGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Bill Paterson

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William Tulloch Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. Paterson has appeared in films and television series including Comfort and Joy (1984), Traffik (1989), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), The Witches (1990), Wives and Daughters (1999), Sea of Souls (2004–2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Miss Potter (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), Doctor Who (2010), Outlander (2014), Fleabag (2016–2019), Inside No. 9 (2018), Good Omens (2019), Brassic (2020) and House of the Dragon (2022). He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Scottish BAFTAs. William Tulloch Paterson was born in Glasgow on 3 June 1945. Paterson was raised in Dennistoun by his father, a plumber, and his mother, a hairdresser. He states that his interest in acting began with a school trip to the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals in 1961. However, after school he chose to initially pursue a career based on an interest in architecture and spent three years as a quantity surveyor's apprentice before deciding to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 June 1945 (age 80)
  • Place of BirthGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
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The House Was Not Hungry Then
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3.8
2025
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Arthur's Whisky
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5.778
2024
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A Bear Named Wojtek
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10.0
2024
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Children of the Wicker Man
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2024
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The Spirit of 1926
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2022
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The Colour Room
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6.346
2021
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Marionette
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6.266
2020
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Love Sarah
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6.291
2020
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Rebecca
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6.297
2020
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The Day Mountbatten Died
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10.0
2019
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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
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6.382
2018
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Wonderdate
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8.0
2018
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Zanzibar
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2018
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
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6.83
2017
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Dad's Army
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5.0
2016
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Churchill's Secret
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6.327
2016
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The Vote
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8.4
2015
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High-Rise
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5.629
2015
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Documenting John Grierson
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2014
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The List
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4.367
2013
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Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
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2012
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The Man who Crossed Hitler
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6.227
2011
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Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
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5.5
2011
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The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
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2011
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Ghosts in the Machine
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2009
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Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
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7.3
2009
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Creation
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6.402
2009
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1929: The Great Crash
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6.7
2009
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Into the Storm
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6.363
2009
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The Man Who Lives with Bears
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2008
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
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6.012
2008
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The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
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8.333
2008
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
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2007
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Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
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6.9
2007
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Intervention
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1.0
2007
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Miss Potter
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6.62
2006
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Amazing Grace
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6.9
2006
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A War on Science
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9.0
2006
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Fascism in Colour
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7.5
2006
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Rag Tale
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3.2
2005
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Lie with Me
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4.5
2004
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Bright Young Things
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6.318
2003
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Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
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2003
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Crush
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5.7
2002
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The Entity
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8.0
2002
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Home Road Movies
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6.25
2002
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Othello
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6.6
2001
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The Whistle-Blower
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8.0
2001
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Behind Bars
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2001
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Complicity
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5.9
2000
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Sunshine
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6.507
1999
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The Match
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5.821
1999
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Heart
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5.5
1999
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Chrono-Perambulator
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1999
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Hilary and Jackie
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6.612
1998
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Mr White Goes To Westminster
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2.0
1997
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Spice World
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4.851
1997
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Victory
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5.083
1996
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The Writing on the Wall
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2.375
1996
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Chaplin's Goliath
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6.5
1996
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The Riddle of the Sands
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1995
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Richard III
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6.719
1995
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The Turnaround
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4.0
1995
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The Pen
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1995
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Hard Times
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7.0
1994
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Wall of Silence
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1993
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Chaplin
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7.436
1992
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In Dreams
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7.0
1992
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Tell Tale Hearts
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1992
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God on the Rocks
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1992
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Truly Madly Deeply
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6.9
1991
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The Object of Beauty
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5.211
1991
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The Witches
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6.934
1990
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Yellowbacks
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7.0
1990
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The Return of the Musketeers
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6.2
1989
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Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
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7.5
1989
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The Rachel Papers
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5.1
1989
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Byrne About Byrne
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1988
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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7.0
1988
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Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
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1988
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Just Ask for Diamond
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4.3
1988
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Friendship's Death
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6.75
1987
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Coming Up Roses
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6.6
1987
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The Interrogation of John
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1987
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Lily My Love
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1987
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Hidden City
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5.1
1987
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Defence of the Realm
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6.375
1986
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God's Chosen Car Park
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1986
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Dutch Girls
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3.833
1985
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Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
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1985
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Comfort and Joy
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6.6
1984
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The Killing Fields
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7.464
1984
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A Private Function
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6.3
1984
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The Ploughman's Lunch
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4.7
1983
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The Cherry Orchard
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1981
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United Kingdom
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1981
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One Fine Day
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2.0
1979
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Licking Hitler
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1978
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Jackie McCafferty's Romance
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1978
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The Odd Job
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5.9
1978
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The Vanishing Army
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1978
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The Garden Beyond
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1977
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The Thin End of the Wedge
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1977
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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
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1974
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Clydescope
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7.0
1974