Paul Popplewell
Paul Popplewell is a British actor. He became a professional actor at 16, leaving college after gaining the lead role of Simon in the BBC television drama Criminal.
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Peterloo
A drama about the infamous 1819 Manchester massacre, which killed an estimated 18 protesters and injured up to 700.
Journeyman
A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.
ID2: Shadwell Army
A young British Asian, Mo is a fast-rising police officer who goes under cover infiltrating Shadwell's resurgent hooligan element, who are fired up by Shadwells's takeover by a Russian oligarch and their unlikely adventure into European competition.
'71
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
The Look of Love
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.
Inside Men
The story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.
Tyrannosaur
The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
The Trip
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
Dog Altogether
Joseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape in search of a single grain of redemption that might restore hope to his fractured life.
In This World
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan.
Heartlands
Expelled from his local darts team, a mild mannered newsagent rushes across the country to the final on his own.
Bright Young Things
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount.
Morvern Callar
Following her boyfriend's suicide, supermarket clerk Morvern Callar passes off his unpublished novel as her own...
24 Hour Party People
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
A shambling, out-of-work actor, desperate to win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend, unexpectedly stumbles upon a way to turn back the clock.
FairyTale: A True Story
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story