John Challis
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Birthday:1942-08-16
Place of Birth:Bristol, England, UK
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Dracula (1974)
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
Wicked Willie Rides Again! (1991)
The talking penis, first seen in the books of Gray Joliffe, returns for his second animated outing.
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom (1976)
When scientists in the Antarctic uncover a mysterious seed pod, the Doctor is called in to investigate. He soon realises it is extraterrestrial and...
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964)
Things go terribly wrong for four youths, ejected from a London nightclub for rowdiness, after they decide to break into a Magic shop, where they tie...
The Tichborne Claimant (1999)
In the late 19th century, Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his...
Number on End (1980)
A documentary filmmaker’s latest work attracts the attentions of African secret agents - but what is it they want from the film?
Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday (2018)
Ahead of the start of the tenth series of the award-winning ITV sitcom, this special programme talks to the show's creator and writer Derren Litten...
The Story of Only Fools and Horses (2002)
How did John Sullivan first dream up Del Boy and Rodney Trotter ? Actors David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst team up with the writer to reveal how the...
Before Water Lilies (1981)
For various reasons, a number of people have come see the painting Water Lilies by Claude Monet in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Two...
A Turn for the Worse (1981)
Simon Simpson runs an entertainment agency in Liverpool. At one of his regular auditions in The Bootle Railway Club he sees an aggressive young man...
You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks (2016)
Picking up where Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's classic comedy left off, it's 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well...
Boycie in Belgrade (2021)
Join John Challis on his journey to the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, where he aims to uncover why ‘Only Fools and Horses’ is so popular...
Sleepwalker (1975)
A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of...
Scarfe's Follies (1988)
Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe looks at that most English of things - the folly.
Podshock (2010)
The cast and crew of The Seeds of Doom look back on the making of this story.
Who Killed Lamb? (1974)
A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there...
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie (1991)
Del and Rodney touch down in Miami, and hire a camper van. Very soon they run into trouble: it just so happens that Del is a dead ringer for...
Tea for Two (2015)
Jim and Alice are serving behind the counter of an idyllic but quiet British village tea shop. When some customers finally arrive, they soon discover...
Burning an Illusion (1981)
A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks...
Five Seconds to Spare (2000)
A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his dreams, but winds up the sole witness to a bizarre murder.
Dream (2001)
16-year-old Emma has a dream - her boyfriend Tommy, has a completely different one. Emma is less at the slow small town life; Tommy wants to get...
The Sweeney (1975)
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Thriller (1973)
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...
The Green Green Grass (2005)
Sitcom spin-off from Only Fools and Horses, featuring the characters of Boycie and Marlene adapting to life in rural Shropshire. Starring John...
The Bill (1984)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...
Softly, Softly (1966)
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of...
Z-Cars (1962)
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...
Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire...
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada...
Heartbeat (1992)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
We Have Been Watching (2017)
This series features some of Britain's best-loved comedians and funniest comedy actors gathering together for a jolly night in front of the telly,...
C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985)
C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987. A spin-off of the series The Gentle Touch, Maggie Forbes...
Crown Court (1972)
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...
Citizen Smith (1977)
Classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting Popular Front. Hoping to emulate his icons, Wolfie...
Play for Today (1970)
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...
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently...
Then Churchill Said to Me (1993)
Sitcom set in the government's secret underground headquarters during the Second World War.
Brett (1971)
Brett, a journalist with a taste for the high life and a penchant for trouble. a powerful and ambitious man who would become a tycoon, but with his...
Doctor Who (1963)
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...
Strippers: Cars for Cash (2012)
Manic Mechanics pits two teams of car dismantlers against each other to hunt down cars to buy, break and sell the parts. They have to be first to the...
Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to...
Casualty (1986)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...
Sooty (2011)
The fifth incarnation of 'The Sooty Show' sees Richard, Sooty, Sweep and Soo start a new job as handymen at a seaside holiday park.
The Story of Only Fools And Horses (2017)
In this definitive six-part UKTV Original, Gold explores every aspect of Britain's most loved sitcom, Only Fools and Horses. With exclusive access to...
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
The New Statesman (1987)
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Howards' Way (1985)
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best...
Benidorm (2007)
Set in the Solana all-inclusive Resort, Benidorm follows the antics of regulars and first-time holiday makers on their journeys abroad.
Ready, Steady, Cook (1994)
Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes
Loose Women (1999)
A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik...
Brass Eye (1997)
Investigative reporter Chris Morris puts modern Britain under the spotlight, and smacks the issues of the day till they bleed. He tackles weighty...
The Legend of Robin Hood (1975)
The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.
The Misfit (1970)
The Misfit is an ATV sitcom created by Roy Clarke, broadcast from 1970 to 1971 on ITV. Basil Allenby-Johnson returns from Colonial Malaya to an...
In Sickness and in Health (1985)
This final follow-up to 'Till Death Us Do Part' follows an aged Alf Garnett, now dealing with his wife Else's declining health and mobility, as well...
Government Job (2012)
The backbone of the "Državni Posao (Government Job)" are satirical talks between the three actors, the comments are reminiscent of the "stand-up"...
Wish Me Luck (1988)
A secret organisation called The Outfit recruits and trains civilians, sending them undercover to aid in the war effort, or placing them in...
Open All Hours (1976)
Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke, starring Ronnie Barker as penny-pinching corner-shopkeeper Albert...
Beau Geste (1982)
Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are...
ITV Playhouse (1967)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter,...
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
Anthology series of dramatic works.
City '68 (1967)
Forward thinking anthology of dramas about the emerging problems of a city.
Storyboard (1983)
Highly regarded anthology from the 1980s presenting a diverse range of high-quality single dramas that would serve as pilots for possible future...
Doctor Snuggles (1979)
Doctor Snuggles is an animated television series created by Jeffrey O'Kelly based on original artwork by Nick Price, about a friendly and optimistic...
The Newcomers (1965)
The Newcomers was a late 1960s BBC soap opera which dealt with the subject of a London family, the Coopers, who moved to a housing estate in the...
Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)
Set in the 1900s, when the British Secret Service was a new, unofficial arm of military activity, the series features Captain Robert Virgin - an...
Mr. Rose (1967)
Retirement has given Mr Rose the time not only to cultivate a cottage garden in Eastbourne but also to write his memoirs. And it’s the...
Big Breadwinner Hog (1969)
Big Breadwinner Hog is a British television thriller serial devised by Robin Chapman, produced by Granada TV and transmitted in eight parts, starting...
Who-Dun-It (1969)
Anthology of detective dramas set in the 1930s, conceived as puzzles for the viewers, who were given the same clues as the television detectives and...
Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East...
Canterbury Tales (1969)
Adaptation of Chaucer's tales, told by pilgrims on their journey from London to Canterbury.
Strange Report (1969)
Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which have been marked "Open File" by various government departments...
Whodunnit? (1973)
Whodunnit? is a British television game show, broadcast between 1972 and 1978 for ITV by Thames Television. It was written by Lance Percival and...
Nightingale's Boys (1975)
Seven-part drama series about a group of friends, reunited by their 6th form teacher Mr. Nightingale 25 years after leaving school.
Z-Cars (1962)
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...
Z-Cars (1962)
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...
The Cedar Tree (1976)
The Cedar Tree was a television serial that ran from 1976-1979 on ITV in the United Kingdom. It involved the story of the Bourne family, hailing...
Coronation Street (1960)
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at...
The Law Centre (1978)
Drama set in a centre where people in trouble can get free legal help.
Bloomers (1979)
Bloomers was a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979. It was in production in 1979 but only five episodes...
Play for Today (1970)
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...
Play for Today (1970)
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...
Sink or Swim (1980)
Sink or Swim is a BBC TV sitcom starring Peter Davison as Brian Webber, who lives in a flat above a London petrol station, and trying to make his way...
Murphy's Mob (1982)
Mac Murphy takes charge as manager of a struggling fictional Third Division football club, Dunmore United. The series follows a group of young...
Late Starter (1985)
When his wife walks out leaving him penniless, a retired university professor finds himself having to start again and having to live in a run down...
Juliet Bravo (1980)
Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the...
Chance in a Million (1984)
Chance in a Million is a British sitcom broadcast between 1984 and 1986, produced by Thames Television for Channel 4. The series was co-written by...
Strike it Rich! (1986)
The shareholders of a news agency have their changed lives forever when they receive a huge financial windfall from their dividends.
Alas Smith and Jones (1984)
A British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that ran on BBC One and BBC Two from 31 January 1984 to 14 October...
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984)
Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of...
Don't Wait Up (1983)
Doctor Tom Latimer splits from his wife Helen. Simultaneously, his father Toby, also a doctor, announces his intention to divorce his wife of 32...
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series. The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret....
Sitting Pretty (1992)
Sitting Pretty is a 1992 BBC television sitcom written by John Sullivan. The series starred Diane Bull, David Ashford and John Cater and was directed...
Get Back (1992)
Get Back is a British sitcom written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran that ran for two series between 1992 and 1993. It followed the Sweet family,...
Soldier Soldier (1991)
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.
Noel's House Party (1991)
Noel's House Party is a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the...
Wing and a Prayer (1997)
An inside, behind-the-scenes look at the practice of law, and the lawyers whose lives are caught up in their work with each other.
The Impressionists (2006)
The Impressionists is a three-part factual docudrama from the BBC, which reconstructs the origins of the Impressionist art movement.
Doctors (2000)
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families...
Doctors (2000)
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families...