Biography

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

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2000

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial stra...

Saving Grace

2000 Crime Comedy

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1999

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman...

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

1999 History Music

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2003

The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq thr...

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

2003

5.5

1984

Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the...

Bloodbath at the House of Death

1984 Comedy Horror

6

1982

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-...

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982 Comedy Music

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1996

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Pa...

Giving Tongue

1996 Comedy Drama

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1973

A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in th...

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973 Comedy

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2005

Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young...

Match Point

2005 Drama Thriller

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1993

British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Althou...

Don't Leave Me This Way

1993 Drama

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1981

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "frien...

Timon of Athens

1981 Drama

6.5

2003

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a c...

Calendar Girls

2003 Drama Comedy

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Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches....

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

n/a Comedy

5

1995

The story of Henry Purcell....

England, My England

1995 History

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1965

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working ...

The End of Arthur's Marriage

1965 Music TV Movie

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1990

A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home....

Life After Life

1990 TV Movie Comedy

5.354

2000

Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, mat...

Maybe Baby

2000 Comedy Romance

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2001

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there...

The Tailor of Panama

2001 Drama Thriller

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1996

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Pa...

Giving Tongue

1996 Comedy Drama

7

1978

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness....

The Light Princess

1978 Fantasy

10

1995

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons...

A Very Open Prison

1995 Comedy TV Movie

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