Daphne Oxenford
Daphne Margaret du Grivel Oxenford was an English actress, known for her early stage roles, and later her radio and television work. She was the voice ("Are you sitting comfortably ...?") of BBC radio's Listen with Mother from its inception in 1950 to 1971. As spinster Esther Hayes, she was part of the original cast of Coronation Street.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.815 |
Birthday | 1919-10-31 |
Place of Birth | Barnet, London, England, UK |
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1980
Sweet William
4/2
William McClusky (Sam Waterston) is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naive Ann Walton (Jenny Agutter), bu...
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Sweet William
1987
The Reluctant Dragon
6/1
A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.
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The Reluctant Dragon
1975
Dawson's Electric Cinema
0/0
A comedy set in the 1920s with Les Dawson (as his own grandfather) and family running a flea-pit cinema.
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Dawson's Electric Cinema
1990
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
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Collection of music videos by Jimmy Somerville, both as solo artist as well as with the bands Bronski Beat and The Communards.
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Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1979
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
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Spoof story, set in the 1950s, about espionage in a humberside village.
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The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1968
Who Pays?
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After a scout troupe is tragically mowed down by a truck, responsibility passes around the driver,the poorly sited roadworks and the scout master for...
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Who Pays?
1967
The Waiting Game
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A henpecked trade union leader tries to bully and then bribe a vulnerable housing manager into letting him jump the queue and have a new council flat.
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The Waiting Game
1988
Girl from the South
5/3
ANNE is the daughter of well-to-do parents in the South of England.One morning, bored with Granny's attempts to entertain her, she leaves the safety o...
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Girl from the South
1987
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
7/4
As trouble brews on the space trading colony of Iceworld, the Doctor and Mel encounter their sometimes-ally Sabalom Glitz and a new friend who goes by...
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Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1973
That'll Be The Day
6.2/17
Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he di...
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That'll Be The Day
2002
Prince William
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Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales. After his father, he is next in line to the Brit...
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Prince William
1973
Jingle Bells
0/0
Play by Arthur Hopcraft about Christmas in a Northern town, and the relationship within a family.
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Jingle Bells
1975
All Creatures Great and Small
6.6/22
James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who—together with his mischievous...
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All Creatures Great and Small
1998
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
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Richard D'Oyly Carte, the theatrical impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, is tormented in a dream by his memories of this most tempes...
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
1981
Fothergill
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John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most...
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