Daphne Oxenford

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.

  • Title: Daphne Oxenford
  • Popularity: 1.939
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-10-31
  • Place of Birth: Barnet, London, England, UK
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Daphne Oxenford Movies

  • 1980
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    Sweet William

    Sweet William

    4 1980 HD

    William McClusky (Sam Waterston) is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naive Ann Walton (Jenny Agutter),...

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  • 1987
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    The Reluctant Dragon

    The Reluctant Dragon

    6 1987 HD

    A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.

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  • 1975
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    Dawson's Electric Cinema

    Dawson's Electric Cinema

    1 1975 HD

    A comedy set in the 1920s with Les Dawson (as his own grandfather) and family running a flea-pit cinema.

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  • 1990
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    Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

    Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

    1 1990 HD

    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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  • 1979
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    The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

    The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

    1 1979 HD

    Spoof story, set in the 1950s, about espionage in a humberside village.

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  • 1968
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    Who Pays?

    Who Pays?

    1 1968 HD

    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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  • 1967
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    The Waiting Game

    The Waiting Game

    1 1967 HD

    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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  • 1988
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    Girl from the South

    Girl from the South

    5 1988 HD

    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...

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  • 1987
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    Doctor Who: Dragonfire

    Doctor Who: Dragonfire

    7.4 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    That'll Be The Day

    That'll Be The Day

    6.2 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    Prince William

    Prince William

    1 2002 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Jingle Bells

    Jingle Bells

    1 1973 HD

    Play by Arthur Hopcraft about Christmas in a Northern town, and the relationship within a family.

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  • 1975
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    All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small

    6.6 1975 HD

    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...

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  • 1998
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    Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models

    Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models

    1 1998 HD

    Richard D'Oyly Carte, the theatrical impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, is tormented in a dream by his memories of this most...

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  • 1981
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    Fothergill

    Fothergill

    1 1981 HD

    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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  • 1976
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    Beloved

    Beloved

    1 1976 HD

    When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion, called the Abode of Love.

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  • 1979
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    To the Manor Born

    To the Manor Born

    6.8 1979 HD

    Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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  • 1970
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    Shadows of Fear

    Shadows of Fear

    6 1970 HD

    Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.

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  • 1984
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    Fresh Fields

    Fresh Fields

    6.6 1984 HD

    Fresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames Television for ITV between 7 March 1984 and 23 October...

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  • 1984
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    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

    7.9 1984 HD

    The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story...

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  • 1995
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    How to be a Little Sod

    How to be a Little Sod

    6 1995 HD

    Set in the baby's perspective of the first years of its life, almost an instructional video for baby's explaining how to be the worst infant you can...

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  • 1996
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    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    7.2 1996 HD

    Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her...

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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5.4 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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  • 1996
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    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    7.2 1996 HD

    Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 2003
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    The Royal

    The Royal

    7.6 2003 HD

    Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

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  • 1994
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    (All Quiet on the) Preston Front

    (All Quiet on the) Preston Front

    5.3 1994 HD

    All Quiet on the Preston Front (or the shortened Preston Front as it became known for series two and three) was a BBC comedy drama about a group of...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 2006
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    Legends

    Legends

    5 2006 HD

    The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

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  • 1974
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    Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

    7.442 1974 HD

    Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

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  • 1991
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    The House of Eliott

    The House of Eliott

    5.889 1991 HD

    Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.5 1997 HD

    The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

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  • 1985
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    EastEnders

    EastEnders

    4.1 1985 HD

    The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End...

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  • 1979
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    To the Manor Born

    To the Manor Born

    6.8 1979 HD

    Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her...

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  • 1976
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    Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

    1 1976 HD

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