Peter Birrel

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Sharpe: The Legend TrailerDavid TrailerI Was a Doctor Who Monster! Trailer

Peter Birrel (né Peter Cohen 19 July 1935 – 23 June 2004) was an English actor who played numerous parts on British television for nearly forty years. Birrel appeared in the Doctor Who story Frontier in Space in 1973, as well as in the documentary I Was a "Doctor Who" Monster. He also appeared in the first series of Alexander the Greatest. His film credits included Freelance (1971), Arch of Triumph (1984), and the television miniseries Freud (1984), War and Remembrance (1988) and Around the World in 80 Days (1989). In 1979 he played a guest-role in George and Mildred as George's brother Charlie Roper in the episode A Military Pickle He married actress Stephanie Cole in 1998. She was widowed by his death from cancer in Bath, aged 68 in 2004.

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What a Crazy World Trailer (1963)

02 July 1963

Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business.

Freelance Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

A street-smart witness to a gangland slaying tries to beat the hit man at his own game.

Sharpe: The Legend Trailer (1997)

13 October 1997

Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back.

David Trailer (1997)

23 March 1997

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories.

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery Trailer (1980)

13 May 1980

A group of fervent right wing French nationalists plan to finance a government coup and smash communists by pulling off a daring bank robbery.

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space Trailer (1973)

31 March 1973

In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo uncover a plot by the Master to provoke an interplanetary war between Earth and Draconia.

Stanley Trailer (1988)

31 January 1988

The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard of Cookham, his home village by the River Thames; and further scandalised the village when he decided that to nourish his imagination he needed two wives.

Arch of Triumph Trailer (1984)

19 December 1984

A 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was previously adapted in 1948 for a film of the same name with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.

Sharpe's Company Trailer (1994)

25 May 1994

Spain, 1812. The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe's past uses a beautiful woman to revenge himself on Sharpe, now the father of her child.

Mary's Wife Trailer (1980)

02 May 1980

A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.

I Was a Doctor Who Monster! Trailer (1996)

18 January 1996

To coincide with a new era for Doctor Who we take a nostalgic look back at the glory days of the programme in a tribute to its unsigned heroes.