Martin Shaw
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1945-01-21
Place of Birth:Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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Macbeth (1971)
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but...

An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British...

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the...

The Murder Room (2004)
London's Dupayne Museum is in danger of closing since one of the trustees feels that the money expended on preserving the past could be better spent...

Operation: Daybreak (1975)
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.

Operation Jericho (2011)
Actor and aviator Martin Shaw takes to the skies to rediscover one of the most audacious and daring raids of World War II. On the morning of 18th...

Beasts: Buddyboy (1976)
When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction. Created...

Electra (1974)
Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.

Ladder of Swords (1990)
An escaped convict, pursued by an obsessive policeman, hides out in a travelling circus

Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
Until recently geometry was 'cold', incapable of describing the irregular shape of a cloud, the slope of a mountain or the beauty of the human body....

Black and Blue (1992)
When a local black politician is murdered an undercover police officer unveils a web of police corruption which puts lives at risk and threatens the...

6 Days (2017)
London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the...

Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted...

Achilles Heel (1973)
A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.

Son of the City (1967)
Welfare worker Carol is attacked in a swimming pool by the attendant George Lease.

Cream in My Coffee (1980)
Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit...

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' (2014)
A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer...

Polanski Meets Macbeth (1972)
A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.

Love's Labour's Lost (1975)
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and...

East Lynne (1982)
Adaptation of the novel by Mrs Henry Wood.

Intrigue (1988)
A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near...

Facelift (1984)
In a dystopian future, the population is divided between the elite "numbers" and the destitute "names" who escape the hardships of the their lives at...

Truth or Dairy (1994)
This classic Vegan Society video remains one of the most entertaining and informative introductions to veganism. Viewers will learn why avoiding...

The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde (1995)
The story of Oscar Wilde's life, told by his grandson and others.

Dam Busters Declassified (2010)
Martin Shaw takes a fresh look at one of the most famous war stories of them all. The actor, himself a pilot, takes to the skies to retrace the route...

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It...

The One Show (2006)
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

Davina (2006)
Davina was a British chat show hosted by Davina McCall. It first aired on BBC One on 15 February 2006, however, the show ended on 12 April 2006 at...

Barlow (1971)
Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role. Johns had previously played...

Always and Everyone (1999)
Always and Everyone was a British television drama that ran from 1999 to 2002. It dramatised the hectic everyday lives of the doctors and nurses...

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

Judge John Deed (2001)
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F....

Beasts (1976)
Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United...

Apparitions (2008)
Apparitions is a BBC drama about Father Jacob Myers, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, played by Martin Shaw, who examines evidence of miracles...

The Professionals (1977)
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was...

The New Avengers (1976)
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The...

Public Eye (1965)
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

Inspector George Gently (2008)
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have...

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 Last Place on Earth (1985)
The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland...

Rhodes (1996)
Martin Shaw stars as Cecil Rhodes, the man whose controversial career included the creation of de Beers, the addition of nearly one million square...

The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982)
Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.

Six Fifty-Five Special (1981)
Sally James and guest presenters invite established stars and newcomers to contribute to a lively half-hour of music and conversation.

Dalgliesh (1983)
Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published...

The Chief (1990)
The Chief is a British television crime drama series that aired on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995, starring Michael Cochrane, Tim...

Death in Holy Orders (2003)
Detective Adam Dalgliesh investigates the death of a young ordinand who died in mysterious circumstances.

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

For the Greater Good (1991)
While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish exposés of their scandalous private...

Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

Tony Awards (1956)
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

Cranford (2007)
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth...

The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)
Set in London between 1900 and 1925, the story follows Louisa Leyton/Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess", who works her way up from servant to renowned...

An Audience with... (1978)
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian,...

Villains (1972)
Villains is a crime drama series, shown in the UK in 1972, following the linked fates of nine bank robbers, led by George. It begins with the nine...

Strike (2017)
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and...

Wogan (1982)
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

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 Long Call (2021)
Detective Matthew Venn returns to the small North Devon community he grew up in with his husband and begins investigating a murder whilst coming to...

Doctor in the House (1969)
The misadventures of a group of medical students.

The Murder Room (2005)
Adam Dalgliesh looks into the connection between the grisly exhibits at the Dupayne family museum and the murder of adopted son Neville.

Our Lives (2017)
Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary things.

Strange Report (1969)
Strange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which had been marked "Open...