Sue Johnston

Profile

Susan Johnston, OBE (née Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014–2015). She won the 2000 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family. Born : 7th-Dec-1943

Movie Credits

Imagine Me & You

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.
Released : 9th-Sep-2005

Preaching to the Perverted

A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.
Released : 4th-Jul-1997

Face

Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.
Released : 26th-Sep-1997

Brassed Off

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
Released : 1st-Nov-1996

The Turn of the Screw

A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons behind his expulsion. With Miles back at home, the governess starts noticing ethereal figures roaming the estate's grounds. Desperate to learn more about these sinister sightings she discovers that the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of her predecessor hold grim implications for herself. As she becomes increasingly fearful that malevolent forces are stalking the children the governess is determined to save them, risking herself and her sanity in the process.
Released : 30th-Dec-2009

Lapland

Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Christmas in Lapland.
Released : 24th-Dec-2011

500 Miles North

To claim a huge inheritance, two estranged brothers must travel to the wilds of Scotland in an old camper van to spread their father’s ashes. James and John haven’t spoken in ten years; John is now a thrusting executive with a wandering eye, James, a lonely, socially maladjusted, alcoholic. It’s only the sudden death of the father who rejected them as children, that draws them back together. Their father’s letters and the people they meet, start to heal old wounds, helping them come to terms with the pains of both past and present, but there is a secret waiting five hundred miles north in the highlands that could shatter them forever.
Released : 1st-Jan-2014

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

The BBC drama about growing up in the turbulent, tuneful '60s. Manchester, England, 1965. "You'll never meet anybody worth knowing working at the Chip Shop," says Ellie and Arden Brookes' overbearing granny. But that's where the sisters meet The Ice Cubes, a struggling rock trio that opens their eyes to the whole swingin' world beyond staid Manchester. Arden sees lead singer Dallas McCabe as her ticket out. Ellie has more practical plans, but she and Dallas get drawn together by the music and their irresistible attraction to each other. A story of twin sisters who are each other's best friend-and worst enemy.
Released : 5th-Sep-1999

Brookside: Friday the 13th

There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.
Released : 14th-Nov-1998

Brookside: The Lost Weekend

A special, video only story set on the Brookside close. On Friday 14th November 1997, a five night a week storyline ended in a cliffhanger and this video completes the story - a tale of kidnapping extortion and violence. The action-packed episode features faces from the show's past including Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston) and wayward son Barry Grant (Paul Usher), and is written by series creator Phil Redmond.
Released : 15th-Nov-1997

Golden Years

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime.
Released : 29th-Apr-2016

Caring for the Recently Deceased

A recent widow's life changing experience when her useless husband returns from the grave.
Released : 28th-Jul-2014

Measure for Measure

Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Released : 5th-Nov-1994

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the people who made some of the very best British sitcoms. From The Likely Lads to I'm Alan Partridge, we find out the inspiration behind some of the most-loved characters and how they reflect the times they were living in.
Released : 12th-Sep-2016

New Year's Day

Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.
Released : 1st-Jan-2000

Walk Like a Panther

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
Released : 9th-Mar-2018

Score

Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.
Released : 5th-Jun-2001

Death on the Tyne

Draper's Tours are taking Mildred and her care home friends on an overnight ferry trip from North Shields to Amsterdam, where things will quickly turn turbulent as the passengers and crew begin to get bumped off one-by-one. Throughout it all, Terry is still desperate to pop the question to Gemma, even if the circumstances are less than romantic.
Released : 15th-Dec-2018

Bitter Harvest

A young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an emotional journey to piece together her story.
Released : 22nd-Jul-1992

Diana and the Paparazzi

Marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, this documentary reveals how Diana learned to manipulate and control the photographers who pursued her ever since she started seeing the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, in the early '80s. Contributions from tabloid editors, royal photographers, Diana's friends, and former Press Attaché and her royal bodyguard.
Released : 17th-Aug-2017

Barbara's Old Ring

Christmas is coming but Barbara is not happy. Not only has she lost her wedding ring but Jim has won on a scratch card she found down the back of the sofa whilst looking for the ring and has kept quiet about his hundred pounds winnings. Nor is he especially sympathetic about Dave's impotency problem, though the entire Royle family unite to help recently widowed Joe from next door enjoy a restaurant-style evening in their house with the equally scatty Philomena, whom he has met through a want ad. On Christmas Day Barbara lashes out at Jim for his laziness and juvenile antics - though his description of a busty barmaid cures Dave's problem. However she is in for a pleasant surprise when she discovers just how he spent his scratch card winnings.
Released : 25th-Dec-2012

The New Sofa

Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides the yuletide log and, much to his dismay, Dave's mum and dad are invited to join the festivities.
Released : 25th-Dec-2008

The Cure

The story of an ordinary woman who exposed one of the worst hospital care scandals in the history of the NHS. Based on the inspiring real-life story of Julie Bailey.
Released : 19th-Dec-2019

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

A retelling of England's only World Cup victory, fifty years later, placing special emphasis on the work of manager Sir Alf Ramsey.
Released : 22nd-May-2016

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One tells the stories behind some of the greatest Beatles songs ever. With interviews from Beatles’ insiders including musicians, friends, fellow performers and celebrity fans, we’ll hear about the stories behind the Fab Four’s best-loved hits
Released : 11th-Nov-2015

The Queen of Sheba

Tension mounts in the Royle household as the family contemplates the prospect of becoming fully laminated throughout. Dr Mahmoud prescribes new medication for Nana in the form of yellow tablets; coincidentally they turn out to be the same colour as the tablets that Joe was prescribed for the swelling when he got his bits stuck in his zip. Meanwhile, a mysterious ginger visitor reminds Nana of her favourite musical.
Released : 29th-Oct-2006

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in the 50s that ended in heartbreak, and what eventually happened to the pair years later.
Released : 30th-Aug-1998

Joe's Crackers

It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the precinct while Dave and Denise are feeling the effects of the recession the most, and worry that Anthony's lavish gifts will eclipse their gift of a fridge magnet.
Released : 25th-Dec-2010

The Golden Egg Cup

Jim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children - but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours buying an HD satellite box.
Released : 25th-Dec-2009

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.
Released : 10th-Nov-2010

Help

Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
Released : 16th-Sep-2021

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Robbo is a remarkable feature film that tells the story of one of England and Manchester United’s greatest ever midfielders. From a working class kid in the North East of England to a national treasure honoured by the Queen, this new film gives a previously unseen insight into the man they call ‘Captain Marvel’.
Released : 29th-Nov-2021

Downton Abbey: A New Era

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.
Released : 27th-Apr-2022

Bilby

Fred is an ice cream van man, unfortunately he is manslipping down the leaderboard of ice cream sales. Lucy and Grumble give him the advice to embark on an epic trip to the coast to see a long lost love.
Released : Unknown

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

Sir David Jason is a bona fide TV legend and one of the finest actors of his generation. As part of Channel 5's latest series of tribute documentaries, we celebrate his life and remarkable career. Narrated by Sue Johnston, we tell the real story behind his greatest TV creations, from Pop Larkin to Granville, Jack Frost to Del Boy and much more. We chronicle the superstar's early-stage career and hear what his fellow thespians really thought of the dashing young actor.
Released : 21st-Dec-2020

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her lifelong friends, including Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Craig Cash and producer Andy Harries.
Released : 25th-Dec-2023

The Big Snow of '47

Houses buried under snow. Rivers frozen solid. World War II bombers dropping bread to isolated villages. How did Brits survive the snowiest winter ever recorded - and could it happen again? A host of familiar faces including John Craven, Amanda Barrie, Timothy West and Neil Kinnock share their childhood memories of the icy winter of '47 and explain why it remains unparalleled to this day.
Released : 1st-Jan-2024

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston celebrate four decades on screen together, as the two acting stalwarts share the meaningful locations around the country that have shaped their lives.
Released : 19th-Jan-2024

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

A documentary featuring several individuals with Tourettes Syndrome and how they are able to cope with the condition.
Released : 27th-May-2009

TV Credits

The One Show

Self - Guest - A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
Released : 14th-Aug-2006

Strictly Come Dancing

Self - A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?
Released : 15th-May-2004

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Irma - Ellie and Arden Brooks seem to be destined to play out their lives behind a Manchester chip shop counter. Mercilessly put down by their strict grandmother, the swinging sixties have yet to impact upon their fun-starved, sexually repressed lives. But it's 1965 and times are changing - fast!
Released : 5th-Sep-1999

Inspector Morse

Mrs. Bailey - Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
Released : 6th-Jan-1987

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self - A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Released : 12th-Oct-2004

The Royle Family

Barbara Royle - British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
Released : 14th-Sep-1998

Gates

Miss Hunter - Gates is a British comedy television series shown on the Sky Living channel. The first series of 5 episodes ran from 14 August to 11 September 2012. The show was originally due to be broadcast on Sky One but was delayed in order to launch on Sky Living as part of the channel's push into more female skewed comedy. The Show was filmed in Enfield, North London in August 2011 therefore making the show heavily delayed from its initial broadcast.
Released : 14th-Aug-2012

Waking the Dead

Dr. Grace Foley - A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
Released : 18th-Jun-2001

Luv

- Luv is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1993 which ran for 18 episodes. The writer and executive producer was Carla Lane. The main character, Terese Craven, was played by Sue Johnston.
Released : 9th-Mar-1993

Jam & Jerusalem

Sal Vine - Jam & Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally Phillips. Earlier episodes also starred Joanna Lumley and Doreen Mantle. On BBC America the first series was aired as Clatterford. The show centres on a Women's Guild in a fictional small West Country town called Clatterford St. Mary. It first aired on 24 November 2006. The second series began airing on 1 January 2008 with a 40-minute special and finished on 1 February 2008. The third series was filmed from April 2009. It consists of three one-hour specials, and began its broadcast on BBC One on 9 August 2009. In November 2009, on her blog, Pauline McLynn announced that Jam & Jerusalem would not be returning for a fourth series. She later stated that it was the decision of the BBC and not Jennifer Saunders.
Released : 24th-Nov-2006

Today

Self - Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.
Released : 14th-Jan-1952

A Touch of Frost

Phyllis Bowman - Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
Released : 6th-Dec-1992

Crime Traveller

- Detective Jeff Slade teams up with scientist Holly Turner, whose late father has created a time machine that can travel back several hours. Together they solve mysteries using the device. In the beginning of episodes (before they travel back in time), things happen because they DID travel back in time, and they are constantly working to avoid paradoxes. This approach to time-travel is unusual in sci-fi movies, and keeps the plot twisted.
Released : 1st-Mar-1997

The Paul O'Grady Show

- The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4, where the show was produced by Olga TV. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions.
Released : 11th-Oct-2004

Little Dorrit

- Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
Released : 26th-Oct-2008

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Self - The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
Released : 3rd-Sep-2007

The Street

- Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
Released : 13th-Apr-2006

Medics

- Medics was a British medical drama series first broadcast on ITV on 14 November 1990. The show ran for five series with a total of 40 episodes. The show came to end on 24 November 1995. It follows the everyday lives and loves, trials and tribulations of the doctors, nurses, patients and administrative staff of a large teaching hospital in the north-west of England near the city of Manchester.
Released : 14th-Nov-1990

Duck Patrol

Val Rutland - Duck Patrol is a British television comedy series that originally aired in 1998. Produced by LWT for the ITV network, it centered around a river police station by the River Thames. The script for the pilot episode 'Of Ducks and Men' was re-filmed with some changes to supporting cast and main cast uniforms, and retitled as 'Flying Colours' which then became the first episode of the following series.
Released : 19th-Jul-1998

A Passionate Woman

Betty (1980s) - 1950s period drama based on the true story of a housewife and mother whose life is turned upside down by a handsome Polish man at her local dance hall.
Released : 11th-Apr-2010

Sugartown

- Comedy drama revolving around a small seaside hamlet in the north of England, as a former resident returns with big plans for the community's re-development.
Released : 24th-Jul-2011

Baby Hospital

-
Released : 14th-Jun-2011

Rovers

Doreen - Established in 1884, Redbridge Rovers F.C. are one of the oldest club's in England - and one of the worst. A sitcom that introduces us to the characters who gather within the social club of a non-league football club.
Released : 24th-May-2016

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Helga Allowby - Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.
Released : 3rd-Jan-1996

Brookside

Sheila Grant - The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Released : 2nd-Nov-1982

Being Eileen

Eileen Lewis - Being Eileen is a BBC "heart-warming" comedy-drama which began as a new six-part series on 4 February, and ended on 11 March 2013. Originally titled Lapland, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 24 December 2011. Although initially a single 75-minute episode which was set in Lapland, Finland, it was announced to having a series renamed Being Eileen, consisting of six 30 minute episodes, due to the success of the single episode. The series, written by Michael Wynne, features an ensemble cast. Headed by Sue Johnston, who plays Eileen Lewis, the programme focusses on her, the widowed matriarch of a "large, close-knit and dysfunctional Northern family". The single episode focused on the family's visit to Lapland, whilst the series focusses on their life in Birkenhead. Elizabeth Berrington and Stephen Graham, play Eileen's children, whilst William Ash and Julie Graham play their partners.
Released : 4th-Feb-2013

Age Before Beauty

Ivy-Rae Regan - Bel, after spending the past 18 years as a homemaker, steps in to save the family business in a failing family run beauty salon in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Family feuds and bitter rivalries, professional and personal, escalate in the salon amongst the Botox, fillers and facelifts.
Released : 31st-Jul-2018

The Cockfields

Sue - Simon is taking girlfriend Donna back home to the Isle of Wight for the very first time. Can he survive a long birthday weekend with his biological and extended family without losing his cool, or his girlfriend?
Released : 12th-Nov-2019

Time

June Cobden - Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.
Released : 6th-Jun-2021

Timeshift

Self - Narrator - Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
Released : 10th-Oct-2002

Would I Lie to You?

Self - A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Released : 16th-Jun-2007

Downton Abbey

Miss Denker - A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Released : 26th-Sep-2010

Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors

Narrator - An intimate look at the palace that has been a private home to the royal family for more than 300 years.
Released : 24th-Jun-2021

My Uncle Silas

Mrs. Betts - In 1901, a middle-class schoolboy whose parents are working abroad spends his summer in Bedfordshire with his great-uncle Silas. Though 60 years old, Silas relishes life—he’s a womanizer, drinker, and a poacher. At the prompting of his long-suffering housekeeper, Mrs. Betts, he takes on the occasional odd job.
Released : 28th-Oct-2001

Truelove

Marion - A group of old friends reunited at a funeral make a drunken pact. Rather than let each other suffer a slow and painful decline they would engineer a dignified death. But what starts out as a fanciful idea soon morphs into shocking reality.
Released : 3rd-Jan-2024

Cutting It

Caroline Ferraday - Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday hair salon, where Allie's sisters Darcey and Sydney work alongside them. As Allie and Gavin consider taking over a vacant property across the road, they are rocked by the news that a rival hairdresser has bought it. To make matters worse, Allie discovers that the new salon, Blade Runner, is run by her ex, Finn, and his wife, Mia Bevan. Finn fathered the child Allie claimed to have aborted. He left her when he found out she was pregnant, but he's back in town to try and woo Allie.
Released : 16th-Apr-2002

The Jump

Maeve Brunos - Having married into a family with Mafia connections, Donna thought her husband George was the diamond in the rough. But after his arrest, she sees layers of him beneath her worst fears, and finds herself fighting for her safety and sanity.
Released : 6th-Sep-1998

Performance

Mistress Overdone - An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Released : 22nd-Feb-1991

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

Self - Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule is a panel show that sees Harry Hill presiding over two teams tasked with saving planet earth from alien invasion! Each team must find clips, people, basically anything that is fun or funny enough for Harry to place in a capsule which, in the event that we're invaded by aliens, we can present to them to demonstrate earthlings are good fun and therefore worthy of saving. Over a series of rounds, the two teams of two present Harry with fun stuff which Harry must adjudicate on and ultimately decide what's in and what's out of the Fun Capsule with the triumphant team winning bragging rights. Along the way there will be sketches, studio items and special guests. And the occasional appearance of an alien.
Released : 2nd-Mar-2017

Generation Z

Cecily - The future looks bleak for today's youth - austerity, soaring house prices, student debt, a broken political system... And to add insult to injury, their hard-earned taxes are being eaten up by the elderly: smug, self-satisfied, small-minded, 'Little Englander' pensioners whose sole remaining purpose in life is to make it a misery for everyone else. In a small British town, tensions come to a head when a mysterious military convoy crashes outside the Sunnywise Retirement Home. The vehicles release a toxic substance, which leaks into the local environment and infects the residents of the retirement community. The symptoms of the infection quickly manifest: an overwhelming appetite for raw flesh. They're old, they're angry and they're on the rampage. As the military scrambles to control the outbreak and keep everything out of the media spotlight, a group of regular teenagers find themselves in the thick of the battle against these flesh-eating baby boomers.
Released : Unknown

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant - Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
Released : 24th-Oct-2011

Full Stretch

Grace Robbins - Comedy drama series about an ex footballer's limo service business
Released : 5th-Jan-1993

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

Herself - Actors Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston are celebrating four decades on screen together in an all-new More4 series visiting landmark places from their lives and the special destinations the pair have always wanted to see together.
Released : 19th-Mar-2024

Ricky, Sue and a Trip or Two

Self - TV royalty Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston explore the nostalgic and the new on a very special road trip across the country, to the places that shaped their lives.
Released : 19th-Mar-2024

Search - Add-ons, Builds, Videos, Hardware

Search Movies, TV Shows or Persons

Disclaimer - This is a news site. All the information listed here is to be found on the web elsewhere. We do not host, upload or link to any video, films, media file, live streams etc. Kodiapps is not responsible for the accuracy, compliance, copyright, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content streamed to/from your device. We are not connected to or in any other way affiliated with Kodi, Team Kodi, or the XBMC Foundation. We provide no support for third party add-ons installed on your devices, as they do not belong to us. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with all your regional legalities and personal access rights regarding any streams to be found on the web. If in doubt, do not use.
DMCA Policy - Privacy Policy

Kodiapps app v7.0 - Available for Android. You can now add latest scene releases to your collection with Add to Trakt. More features and updates coming to this app real soon.

Tip : Add https://kodiapps.com/rss to your RSS Ticker in System/Appearance/Skin settings to get the very latest Movie & TV Show release info delivered direct to your Kodi Home Screen. Builders are free to use it for their builds too.

You can get all the latest TV Shows & Movies release news direct to your Twitter. Never miss your fave TV Shows & Movies again. Send a follower request via the social media link.

Latest Movies

Exhuma 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

Accidental Texan 2023 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

Arthur the King 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

Monkey Man 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

The Cost 2023 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

Dangerous Waters 2023 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

Downtown Owl 2023 - Movies (Apr 23rd)

Token Taverns 2023 - Movies (Apr 22nd)

Time Addicts 2023 - Movies (Apr 22nd)

Tigers on the Rise 2024 - Movies (Apr 22nd)

Fern Brady Autistic Bikini Queen 2024 - Movies (Apr 22nd)

Tiger 2024 - Movies (Apr 22nd)

Hip-Hop and the White House 2024 - Movies (Apr 22nd)

Locked in My House 2024 - Movies (Apr 22nd)

My Child Has My Doctor’s Face 2024 - Movies (Apr 21st)

When Evil Lurks 2023 - Movies (Apr 21st)

Flying for the Flag 2023 - Movies (Apr 21st)

Stockholm Bloodbath 2023 - Movies (Apr 21st)

The Bricklayer 2023 - Movies (Apr 20th)

The Breaking Ice 2023 - Movies (Apr 20th)

Profile

Sue Johnston

Movie Credits

Imagine Me & You

Preaching to the Perverted

A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.Released : 4th-Jul-1997

Face

Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.Released : 26th-Sep-1997

Brassed Off

The Turn of the Screw

Lapland

Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Christmas in Lapland.Released : 24th-Dec-2011

500 Miles North

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Brookside: Friday the 13th

There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.Released : 14th-Nov-1998

Brookside: The Lost Weekend

Golden Years

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime.Released : 29th-Apr-2016

Caring for the Recently Deceased

A recent widow's life changing experience when her useless husband returns from the grave.Released : 28th-Jul-2014

Measure for Measure

Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.Released : 5th-Nov-1994

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

New Year's Day

Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.Released : 1st-Jan-2000

Walk Like a Panther

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.Released : 9th-Mar-2018

Score

Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.Released : 5th-Jun-2001

Death on the Tyne

Bitter Harvest

A young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an emotional journey to piece together her story.Released : 22nd-Jul-1992

Diana and the Paparazzi

Barbara's Old Ring

The New Sofa

Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides the yuletide log and, much to his dismay, Dave's mum and dad are invited to join the festivities.Released : 25th-Dec-2008

The Cure

The story of an ordinary woman who exposed one of the worst hospital care scandals in the history of the NHS. Based on the inspiring real-life story of Julie Bailey.Released : 19th-Dec-2019

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

A retelling of England's only World Cup victory, fifty years later, placing special emphasis on the work of manager Sir Alf Ramsey.Released : 22nd-May-2016

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

The Queen of Sheba

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in the 50s that ended in heartbreak, and what eventually happened to the pair years later.Released : 30th-Aug-1998

Joe's Crackers

The Golden Egg Cup

Jim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children - but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours buying an HD satellite box.Released : 25th-Dec-2009

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.Released : 10th-Nov-2010

Help

Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.Released : 16th-Sep-2021

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Downton Abbey: A New Era

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.Released : 27th-Apr-2022

Bilby

Fred is an ice cream van man, unfortunately he is manslipping down the leaderboard of ice cream sales. Lucy and Grumble give him the advice to embark on an epic trip to the coast to see a long lost love.Released : Unknown

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her lifelong friends, including Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Craig Cash and producer Andy Harries.Released : 25th-Dec-2023

The Big Snow of '47

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston celebrate four decades on screen together, as the two acting stalwarts share the meaningful locations around the country that have shaped their lives.Released : 19th-Jan-2024

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

A documentary featuring several individuals with Tourettes Syndrome and how they are able to cope with the condition.Released : 27th-May-2009

TV Credits

The One Show

Strictly Come Dancing

Self - A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?Released : 15th-May-2004

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Inspector Morse

Mrs. Bailey - Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.Released : 6th-Jan-1987

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self - A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.Released : 12th-Oct-2004

The Royle Family

Barbara Royle - British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.Released : 14th-Sep-1998

Gates

Waking the Dead

Dr. Grace Foley - A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.Released : 18th-Jun-2001

Luv

A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.
Released : 4th-Jul-1997

Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.
Released : 26th-Sep-1997

Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Christmas in Lapland.
Released : 24th-Dec-2011

There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.
Released : 14th-Nov-1998

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime.
Released : 29th-Apr-2016

A recent widow's life changing experience when her useless husband returns from the grave.
Released : 28th-Jul-2014

Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Released : 5th-Nov-1994

Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.
Released : 1st-Jan-2000

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
Released : 9th-Mar-2018

Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.
Released : 5th-Jun-2001

A young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an emotional journey to piece together her story.
Released : 22nd-Jul-1992

Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides the yuletide log and, much to his dismay, Dave's mum and dad are invited to join the festivities.
Released : 25th-Dec-2008

The story of an ordinary woman who exposed one of the worst hospital care scandals in the history of the NHS. Based on the inspiring real-life story of Julie Bailey.
Released : 19th-Dec-2019

A retelling of England's only World Cup victory, fifty years later, placing special emphasis on the work of manager Sir Alf Ramsey.
Released : 22nd-May-2016

Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in the 50s that ended in heartbreak, and what eventually happened to the pair years later.
Released : 30th-Aug-1998

Jim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children - but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours buying an HD satellite box.
Released : 25th-Dec-2009

Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.
Released : 10th-Nov-2010

Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
Released : 16th-Sep-2021

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.
Released : 27th-Apr-2022

Fred is an ice cream van man, unfortunately he is manslipping down the leaderboard of ice cream sales. Lucy and Grumble give him the advice to embark on an epic trip to the coast to see a long lost love.
Released : Unknown

The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her lifelong friends, including Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Craig Cash and producer Andy Harries.
Released : 25th-Dec-2023

Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston celebrate four decades on screen together, as the two acting stalwarts share the meaningful locations around the country that have shaped their lives.
Released : 19th-Jan-2024

A documentary featuring several individuals with Tourettes Syndrome and how they are able to cope with the condition.
Released : 27th-May-2009

Self - A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?
Released : 15th-May-2004

Mrs. Bailey - Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
Released : 6th-Jan-1987

Self - A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Released : 12th-Oct-2004

Barbara Royle - British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
Released : 14th-Sep-1998

Dr. Grace Foley - A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
Released : 18th-Jun-2001

- Luv is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1993 which ran for 18 episodes. The writer and executive producer was Carla Lane. The main character, Terese Craven, was played by Sue Johnston.
Released : 9th-Mar-1993