Jessica Hynes
Birthday: Born in 1972-10-30 in London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson; born 30 October 1972) is an English actress and writer. She was known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007. She is possibly best known as one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom Spaced. She lives in London with her husband Adam Hynes, whom she met when she was 18, and married in 2002. They have three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Hynes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Spaced
Character: Daisy Steiner
Spaced: the anti-Friends, in that it examines the lives of common 20 somethings, but in a way that is more down to earth and realistic. Here we have Daisy and Tim; two 'young' adults with big dreams just trying to get by in this crazy world. They are thrown together in a common pursuit of tenancy, which they find by posing as a couple. The house has a landlady and an oddball artist living there. The series explores the ins and outs of London living....
Doctor Who Confidential
Character:
Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 ...
QI
Character: Self
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'....
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band....
Room 101
Character: Self
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101....
Asylum
Character: Martha
Asylum is a British comedy series which was shown on Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. Set in a mental asylum, it ran for one series of six episodes. Unlike traditional sitcoms or comedy television shows, it was to some extent an opportunity for stand-up routines by various comedians, mixed with an overall story involving much black humour. It is significant for involving a large number of British comedians, many who have gone on to work on some of the most successful comedy programmes of the la...
The Ranganation
Character: Self
Romesh Ranganathan, joined by celebrity guests and the Ranganation, his very own focus group of 25 members of the public, takes a funny, topical look at modern Britain....
Unnatural Acts
Character:
Unnatural Acts was a 1998 sketch comedy series written by Julian Barratt, Seán Cullen, Rich Easter, and Rich Fulcher on the Paramount Comedy Channel, now known as Comedy Central....
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Character:
A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by the ghost of his deceased partner Marty Hopkirk....
8 Out of 10 Cats
Character: Self
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas"....
The Royle Family
Character: Cheryl Carroll
British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV....
Bob & Rose
Character: Holly Vance
Bob Gossage is a thirtysomething teacher who has been gay all his life. Now, however, he quite unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with a woman, Rose Cooper. Various confusions and misunderstandings ensue, with Rose's heartbroken ex-boyfriend Andy, Bob's jealous colleague Holly, and his gay-rights campaigning mother Monica all getting caught up in the mix....
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character: Self - Guest
Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills....
Jack and Dean of All Trades
Character: Marv (voice)
Fresh out of university, childhood best friends Jack and Dean sign up with a London temp agency that places them in various jobs - some mundane, some a bit weird - but it's guaranteed that nothing with these two ever goes as planned....
One Night
Character: Carol
The story of four ordinary people whose fates are linked by a seemingly inconsequential event....
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Character: Self
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times is British comedy chat show hosted by comedian Justin Lee Collins which aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. The format is a weekly chat show that consists of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts and musical performances....
Doctor Who
Character: Joan Redfern
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it....
Twenty Twelve
Character: Siobhan Sharpe
A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth: the 2012 Olympics. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world....
Midsomer Murders
Character: Judith Lessiter
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty. ...
Doctor Who
Character: Verity Newman
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it....
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
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Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round was a comedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 6 episodes over one series in 1998. Alexei Sayle's final series was almost identical in format to The All New Alexei Sayle Show except with yet another change of writers.. Unusually, there was no studio audience. Sketches included the talents of Noel Fielding, Lee Hurst, Paul Putner, Gemma Rigg, Reece Shearsmith, Jessica Stevenson, David Walliams and Peter Serafinowicz The continuing adventures of Bobby Ch...
Up the Women
Character: Margaret
It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage. Gwen is the only member who actually enjoys the craft element of the meetings, while Helen thinks that craft is a little unnecessary, but she's not in...
W1A
Character: Siobhan Sharpe
The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of 'Head of Values' at the BBC. His task is to clarify, define, or re-define the core purpose of the BBC across all its functions and to position it confidently for the future, in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017 respectively....
People Like Us
Character: Sarah
People Like Us was a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer. Originally a radio show for BBC Radio 4 in three series from 1995 to 1997, it was made into a television series for BBC Two that aired from September 1999 to June 2000....
Hooten & The Lady
Character: Ella Bond
Hugely charismatic, roguish American adventurer Hooten and his fantastically feisty partner in crime, Lady Alexandra travel the world, from the Vatican to The Himalayas, the Amazon to Egypt, in their quest to save the world's lost treasures....
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Character: Self
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends....
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Character: Self - Guest
British comedian Richard Ayoade (later taken over by Joe Lycett), accompanied by a celebrity guest, takes a ruthlessly efficient approach to travel, covering everything top tourist destinations have to offer in just 48 hours....
The Witchfinder
Character: Old Myers
A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever....
Life After Life
Character: Mrs Glover
If you could live your life time and again, would you ever get it right? Ursula dies and is reborn, living through turbulent times - but what is it she needs to stay alive for?...
Six Pairs of Pants
Character:
A short-lived sketch show from the 1990s, featuring Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes in one of their first collaborations....
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Character:
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz....
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Character:
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show....
British Film Forever
Character: Narrator
Running for 7 weeks from July 2007, each week focused on a different genre, examining British film by genre. Presented by Jessica Stevenson (Shaun Of The Dead) the series featured over 200 exclusive interviews with leading actors and directors including Sir Michael Caine, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet....
Inside No. 9
Character: Helen
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'....
Miss Austen
Character:
Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine....
Gadget Man
Character:
Gadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart devices to decades old electronics to even older mechanical devices....
Black Books
Character: Eva
Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a ha...
World's Most Dangerous Roads
Character:
Celebrities drive on some of the most dangerous roads around the world, tackling impossible conditions to reach their goals....
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry....
Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts....
Insert Name Here
Character: Self - Panelist
Comedy panel show about people with the same first name, hosted by Sue Perkins....
There She Goes
Character: Emily
Comedy drama that shines a light on the day-to-day life of a family looking after their severely learning disabled girl, Rosie....
Dara O Briain's Science Club
Character: Herself
Dara Ó Briain's Science Club is a British science television series presented by Dara Ó Briain which first aired on BBC Two in 2012. Each week, the team take one subject and explore all possible angles, combining it with studio discussions in front of a live audience, films and on the spot reports....
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Character: Herself
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz....
Mood
Character: Laura
Sasha, a 25-year-old wannabe singer and rapper thrown out of home, but right now she’s a bedroom artist spending her days smoking weed, stalking her ex-boyfriend on social media and avoiding her family....
Years and Years
Character: Edith Lyons
As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could change the world....
Blandings
Character: Lady Daphne Littlewood
Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Mark Williams. The series was produced with the partial financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund....
David Mitchell's Outsiders
Character: Self
David Mitchell challenges a returning cast of three pairs of comedians to prove they've got the mettle and skills to thrive in the great outdoors....
The Franchise
Character: Steph Mundun
The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Because every f*ck-up has an origin story....
The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out....
The House of Eliott
Character: Charlotte Parker
Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s....
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Character: The Reddlehag
Legendary highwayman Dick Turpin sets out on a series of wildly absurd escapades when he's made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws—and tasked with outwitting utterly corrupt lawman Jonathan Wilde....
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Character: Self
This series is presented by self-confessed Python nut Hugh Bonneville, each show with a group of five famous comedians remembering their favourite Python moments. Each guest chooses a sketch (or two) and it's played with their comments.....
Hang Ups
Character: Katherine Pitt
After the collapse of his previous group therapy practice, Richard is no longer able to conduct the traditional 50-minute sessions most therapists have with their patients. Instead, he's developed a new form of therapy - weekly quick-fire sessions with his patients which take place online, through a webcam....
The Last Leg
Character: Self
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days....
Movie Credits
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character: Mafalda Hopkirk (voice)
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students to defend themselves against the dark arts....
Shaun of the Dead
Character: Yvonne
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners....
Magicians
Character: Linda Jones
A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition....
Confetti
Character: Sam (as Jessica Stevenson)
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'....
Catching the Bus
Character: Marion
Within an isolated forest clearing, two unlikely strangers meet up with a mutual agreement in mind....
Son of Rambow
Character: Mary Proudfoot
Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic....
A Brush With Comedy
Character: Self
Feature documentary from Louis Moir exploring the relationship between comedy and art, and the inner conflicts that lie within. Featuring the director's father Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, Spencer Jones, Simon Munnery, Miriam Elia and Bec Hill as they each prepare work for an exhibition....
Faintheart
Character: Cath
A romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has to shape up in order to win back his wife....
Burke & Hare
Character: Lucky
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist....
Pinochet in Suburbia
Character: WPC Broughton
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Ho...
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Character: Angel Matthews
This sequel to the popular British comedy sees a new teacher (David Tennant) take over. When he enters his school in the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition, he and his pregnant wife, and the schoolchildren, embark on an epic road trip that ends up with a birth and a donkey, where he must embrace his fears and become a hero....
Learners
Character: Beverley
Bev is a downtrodden housewife who's failed her driving test eight times, having only been instructed by her impatient husband Ian. After registering with a driving school, she develops a crush on her instructor, Chris....
Spaced: Skip to the End
Character: Self
A feature documentary about the making of and influence of the British television series Spaced. It also features an epilogue to the series....
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Character: Self
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 best-selling children’s books, culminating in a nationwide vote. Rik Mayall reads from George’s Marvellous Medicine....
Hollywood's Dark Secret
Character: Self
After decades of secrecy and cover-ups, Hollywood's Dark Secret was revealed to the world- on the wings of inspiring bravery. Voices that had long been silenced risked everything to share their shocking stories of abuse at the hands of some of the most powerful people in the world. Uncover the disturbing reality that is - the casting couch. The truth is out, and it is being heard....
Death of a Unicorn
Character:
Elliot and his daughter Riley accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend work retreat, where Elliot's billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties....
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
Character: Gail
Pudsey the cheeky London stray dog is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, until he meets siblings Molly, George and Tommy. After losing their father, their mother Gail is moving the family to the sleepy village of Chuffington and Pudsey tags along, to the dismay of their landlord, Mr. Thorne, and his cat Faustus. As Pudsey starts to settle in with the family and realises what he was missing when he was alone, he stumbles across Thorne's evil plan, and he determines to sa...
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Character: Herself
With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a decade of Robert Popper's iconic comedy, from celebrity fans to Paul Ritter's infamous squirrel-based catchphrase...
Seize Them!
Character: Leofwine
An arrogant queen becomes a fugitive in her own land after being overthrown by a charismatic revolutionary and must face hardship and danger as she embarks on a voyage to win back her throne....
The Lost Explorer
Character:
Director Tim Walker's 2010 short film The Lost Explorer starring Richard Bremmer, Olympia Campbell and Jessica Hynes. Based on a story by Patrick McGrath, the story begins with a child, Evelyn, stumbling upon a tent among brambles at the bottom of her garden. Inside, an explorer is dying of malaria and clutching a revolver......
Cider with Rosie
Character: Crabby
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War....
Tomorrow La Scala!
Character: Victoria
Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison....
Four Last Songs
Character: Miranda
A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption....
Swallows and Amazons
Character: Mrs. Jackson
Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve....
Winter
Character: Claudia
A tragic love story following Woods, a successful artist, after the death of his beloved wife and exploring the effects his crippling grief has on his two young sons....
Bridget Jones's Baby
Character: Magda
After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. Then her love life takes a turn - while a weekend away at a music festival, she meets a dashing American named Jack, who is everything Mark is not, and spends a night with him. A week...
Born Romantic
Character: Libby
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers, who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. A winning romantic comedy, Born Romantic is the second feature by British writer-director David Kane of This Year's Love fame....
Pure
Character: Paramedic (as Jessica Stevenson)
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation....
The Baby of Mâcon
Character: The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)
Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the Church exacts a terrible revenge....
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Character: Magda
Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time Mark spends with a gorgeous co-worker Rebecca and, despite a vacation meant to smooth things over, ends their relationship. On assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver - claiming to be a reformed man - they have a short dalliance, and she is arrested at the airport and temporarily jailed on the false accusation of drug smugg...
The Fight
Character: Tina Bell
Tina lives in a quiet seaside town but her life is anything but quiet - her mother is threatening to leave her father, her daughter is being bullied and she and her husband Mick are juggling full time jobs and three children. Determined to ditch the dysfunction and beat her inner demons, Tina puts on her fighting gloves - literally, stepping into the boxing ring to sweat out her anxieties and punch up her self-worth. But does she have what it takes to get her family off the ropes and emerge vict...
Shelter
Character: Wendie
When Ash and Wendie seek shelter from a downpour beneath the awning of a local butcher, this chance meeting won't be the only time their paths collide....
Chalet Girl
Character: Interviewer 2
While working a job at an exclusive ski resort to support her Dad, Kim learns to snowboard and is so good at it that she enters a competition with a huge cash prize. She has to dig deep to overcome her fears, but her life gets more complicated through her spoken-for boss, Jonny....
Paddington 2
Character: Miss Kitts
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen....
Songbird
Character: Sara
Joanne, lead singer of the once-popular 1990s Britpop band the Filthy Dukes, mistakenly enrolled in university after a drunken night out with her friend Sara. Determined to give the young students a run for their money as a party animal, she finds they aren’t interested in rock ’n’ roll. However, love and new beginnings might be on the cards for rocker Joanne....
Swing Kids
Character: Helga
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival....
Nativity Rocks!
Character: Angel Matthews
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition....
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Character: Self
Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with a music-filled, star-studded spectacular from the London Palladium....
The Queen of Sheba
Character: Cheryl Carroll
Tension mounts in the Royle household as the family contemplates the prospect of becoming fully laminated throughout. Dr Mahmoud prescribes new medication for Nana in the form of yellow tablets; coincidentally they turn out to be the same colour as the tablets that Joe was prescribed for the swelling when he got his bits stuck in his zip. Meanwhile, a mysterious ginger visitor reminds Nana of her favourite musical....
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
Character: The Good Fairy (as Jessica Stevenson)
An adaptation of the folktale about a lonely boy, his beloved cat, and the hard decisions that come with their adventures....
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Character: Sofie Dahl
Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and his idol Beatrix Potter. A magical story of what really can happen when you are brave enough to follow your dreams. Joining Dawn French who plays Beatrix, the cast includes Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nina Sosanya, Bill Bailey and Nick Mohammed....
Joe's Crackers
Character: Cheryl
It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the precinct while Dave and Denise are feeling the effects of the recession the most, and worry that Anthony's lavish gifts will eclipse their gift of a fridge magnet....
The Golden Egg Cup
Character: Cheryl Carroll
Jim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children - but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours buying an HD satellite box....
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Character: Self
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast....
Seagull
Character: Janet
After 8 years survival on a beach, Rose returns to her hometown to settle unfinished business....
Paddington in Peru
Character: Miss Kitts
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru....