Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (born January 30, 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.7822 |
| Birthday | 1974-01-30 |
| Place of Birth | Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Sarah Caroline Colman, Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman, Sarah Caroline Olivia Sinclair, Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, |
2006
Confetti
5.422/77
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
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Confetti
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
6.904/549
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public...
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2023
Wonka
7.033/4546
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with...
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Wonka
2007
Hot Fuzz
7.57/8588
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...
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Hot Fuzz
2009
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
6/28
An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has li...
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Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
2005
Zemanovaload
5.611/9
John Davies suffers from multiple obsessive compulsive disorders. When his current model girlfriend leaves him, he decides to replace her with the num...
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Zemanovaload
2016
Attenborough at 90
8/1
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of his life and career with broadcaster Kirsty Young,...
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2021
Ron's Gone Wrong
7.849/2068
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't qui...
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Ron's Gone Wrong
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman
5.9/467
A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time.
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
9/3
Ten big-name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come together to record an album for Children in Need.
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2021
Superworm
6.3/13
Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and is always saving the day. But who can save him when he gets too full of himself and is captured by the e...
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Superworm
2018
The Super Squirrels
9/2
The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on earth, so what is the secret to their success? There are squirrels that can glide through the air...
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The Super Squirrels
2011
The Iron Lady
6.351/1926
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
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The Iron Lady
2008
Consuming Passion
6.357/7
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and mov...
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Consuming Passion
2011
Tyrannosaur
7.236/518
The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of r...
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Tyrannosaur
2024
Paddington in Peru
6.81/747
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 ad...
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Paddington in Peru
2012
Hyde Park on Hudson
5.3/218
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the...
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Hyde Park on Hudson
2013
I Give It a Year
5.506/810
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their...
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I Give It a Year
2014
Locke
6.89/3031
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his c...
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Locke
2024
Wicked Little Letters
6.913/724
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is...
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Wicked Little Letters
2016
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
0/0
"The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis" charts the story of a man fighting to rebuild his relationships after a devastating infection took his limbs, p...
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The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
2013
The Murder in Angel Lane
6.9/25
When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up agains...
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The Murder in Angel Lane
2013
The Thirteenth Tale
6.521/71
Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initiall...
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The Thirteenth Tale
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
7.806/62
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. B...
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2019
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
0/0
Nine famous faces are pushed to their physical and emotional limits in a valiant attempt to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, to rai...
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Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
2014
Cuban Fury
6.093/349
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite h...
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Cuban Fury
2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
8.216/9205
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one li...
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2026
Wicker
0/0
On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded...
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Wicker
2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
6.784/491
On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.
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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2018
The Private Life of the Royal Academy
0/0
Filmed over 5 years, this documentary goes behind the scenes at one of Britain's most remarkable institutions as it celebrates its 250th anniversary....
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The Private Life of the Royal Academy
2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
5.283/30
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. Af...
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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2007
Dog Altogether
6.75/14
Joseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape i...
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Dog Altogether
2014
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
6.5/19
Thomas is working at the Clay Pits when a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstable. A flash of lightning reveals what looks like gi...
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Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
2005
Buried Alive
0/0
A comic tale of one man's quest for world fame by burying alive himself for a month.
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Buried Alive
2015
London Road
5.512/41
London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of...
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London Road
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
5.2/29
Through in-depth interviews with cast and crew, and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, Assembled uncovers how Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” was...
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2015
The Lobster
7.022/7066
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partne...
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The Lobster
2014
The Kármán Line
6.6/16
When a mother is hit by a rare condition that sees her lift off the ground at a slow but ever increasing rate, her husband and daughter are forced to...
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The Kármán Line
2007
Grow Your Own
6.5/15
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years
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Grow Your Own
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
6.391/23
Shiver me timbers. Surprises await Thomas and his friends as they dig up their most daring adventure yet. Unearthing an old pirate ship, Thomas is on...
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Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2025
The Roses
6.649/773
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed i...
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The Roses
2018
The Favourite
7.479/6033
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hil...
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The Favourite
2023
Change the Ending
0/0
Not all fairy tales end the way we expect. Alzhemier Research charity promotional film.
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Change the Ending
2026
Jimpa
6.7/8
Hannah and her non-binary teenager Frances visit her gay grandfather Jimpa in Amsterdam. Frances expresses a desire to stay with their grandfather for...
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Jimpa
2012
Bad Sugar
6/1
A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas,...
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Bad Sugar
2008
Hancock & Joan
4.1/5
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.
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Hancock & Joan
2015
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
7.8/4
On his 89th birthday, renowned English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough pays his first ever visit to the White House to be interviewe...
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David Attenborough Meets President Obama
2016
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
6.8/14
We're Going on a Bear Hunt follows the intrepid adventures of siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the baby and Rufus the dog, who decide one day to go o...
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
6.705/10714
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
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Murder on the Orient Express
2011
See Me
0/0
Three 16 year old school girls and their 30-something teacher are trapped in one room on a school detention. They are bored, frustrated and waiting fo...
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See Me
2007
The Time of Your Life
10/1
A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what ha...
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The Time of Your Life
2019
Them That Follow
4.957/92
A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret t...
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Them That Follow
2017
The Alternativity
6.8/4
The story of how Britain’s favourite artist Banksy teamed up with Britain’s favourite film director Danny Boyle to put on a moving nativity play at Th...
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The Alternativity
2016
Behind Closed Doors
3.5/2
Victims of domestic violence bravely face the camera as they describe the horrors they've endured at the hands of those they love.
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Behind Closed Doors
2018
Let's Dance
6.1/9
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday charact...
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Let's Dance
2018
All The World's a Stage
4.5/2
All The World's A Stage is about an actor who loses his sense of identity and feels he can no longer perform. Due to this loss, he decides to quit the...
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All The World's a Stage
2020
The Father
8.092/3758
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved o...
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The Father
2016
Our Queen at Ninety
6/4
Documentary following the Queen and members of the British Royal Family.
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Our Queen at Ninety
2021
The Lost Daughter
6.445/1154
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
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The Lost Daughter
2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
7.831/3484
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's u...
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The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2005
Much Ado About Nothing
8.2/5
Tensions mount in the TV studio when a take-charge anchor is reunited with a man she has a "history" with.
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Much Ado About Nothing
2021
Mothering Sunday
5.39/136
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out...
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Mothering Sunday
2018
Unexpected Item
6/2
Sometimes you get more than you pay for, but life advice from a self service check out, is probably the strangest deal you'll get in the supermarket t...
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Unexpected Item
2022
Joyride
5.8/53
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, M...
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Joyride
2020
Nasrin
10/2
Secretly filmed in Iran for over two years, Nasrin is an immersive portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh and Iran’s...
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Nasrin
2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
7.7/3
In 2008, as the Large Hadron Collider searches for the Higgs boson, tragedy throws two sisters together. The collision threatens them all with chaos.
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National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
6.3/9
Olivia Colman leads a stellar cast of actors, entertainers and comedians in a very special ‘stay-at-home’ adaptation of Cinderella for Comic Relief.
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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
8.667/3
Celebrate International Women’s Day with this brand new inspiring film from LETTERS LIVE. In “LETTERS LIVE from the Archive: International Women’s Day...
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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
7.5/1
Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter" by Simon Garfield, Letters Live is a series of c...
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Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
7/1
Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same.
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Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2022
Empire of Light
6.604/645
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England...
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Empire of Light
2007
The Grey Man
6/1
Kevin Dodds is a browbeaten deputy bank manager who devises a cunning plan to rob his own bank. Based on the Andy McNab novel.
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The Grey Man
2026
Elsinore
0/0
The deeply emotional and inspirational true story of Ian Charleson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his greatest triumph. Facing his o...
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Elsinore
2007
Green Wing Special
10/1
Feature length special doubling as the finale of the show. Alan and Joanna are on the run after a crime spree and the HR staff begin to riot. Meanwhil...
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Green Wing Special
2026
The Fox
0/0
An affable foxhunter encounters a talking Fox who offers him an opportunity to transform his fiancée into the perfect woman.
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The Fox
Wild Bird
0/0
Fashion editor Isabella Blow takes her protégé, a young Alexander McQueen, on an imagined road trip seeking emotional redemption.
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Wild Bird
2014
Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed
10/1
Rumbling Rails! Thomas & Friends deliver mix-ups and mischief as signals get crossed on the Island of Sodor. Thomas digs Marion out of a deep hole, wh...
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Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed
2016
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
6.2/4
Thomas and Friends are racing on the rails. The clock is ticking for Thomas, Bertie and Spencer to get to the castle on time. As Philip shows Gordon h...
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Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
2016
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
7.5/2
Unwrap Christmas cheer with Thomas & Friends™. Percy delivers Santa's Christmas letters while Marion discovers a talking Christmas tree! Glynn the cof...
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Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
2016
Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue!
6/4
Duty calls at the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre! Rocky is called in to action to rescue poor derailed Henry. But when Rocky becomes derailed himself,...
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Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue!
2015
Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries
6/4
All aboard for a roaring good time with Thomas and his friends. The engines are filled with wonder at the fantastical new sights and sounds on Sodor....
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Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries
2016
Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures
0/0
Double up on your delivery of Thomas & Friends™ with 10 action-packed stories! All aboard for exciting rescues, engines tuning up and flocks of new f...
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Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures
2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
7/3
A 90-minute special, broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, London, celebrating Sir David Attenborough's groundbreaking career on the day of his 100th...
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David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2018
Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team!
0/0
Join Thomas and the new steam team as they embark on ALL-NEW adventures! Rebecca is the newest rookie on the rails, learning that you don't need to be...
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Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team!
2027
Bollywoof
0/0
A very British springer spaniel is lost in India, trying to find his human family. Basil the spaniel must team up with a streetwise Bollywood-obsessed...
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