Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan
Total Credits at Criticker: 26 (Actor)
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Guernsey
Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to. (Circe Films)
Never Let Me Go
As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.
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The Arbor
Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. (imdb)
Within The Whirlwind
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life. (imdb)
King Lear
King Lear (2008) - TV Special
A film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage production. King Lear decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three daughters, with disastrous results.
Wallis & Edward
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonized as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and Edward is the first time that the events have been considered from Wallis's point of view. The drama follows the beginning of their affair whilst Edward was Prince of Wales and Wallis was still married to Ernest Simpson. (imdb)
Sightseers
Chris (Steve Oram) wants to show Tina (Alice Lowe) his world and he wants to do it his way - on a journey through this sceptred isle in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. Tina's led a sheltered life and there are things that Chris needs her to see - the Crich Tramway Museum, the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Keswick Pencil Museum and the rolling countryside that separates these wonders in his life. But it doesn't take long for the dream to fade. (mubi.com)
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Appropriate Adult
Appropriate Adult (2011) - TV Mini-Series
Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice. (imdb)
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Alan Partridge gets caught up in an armed siege in his hilariously actiontastic first feature film. North Norfolk Digital is taken over by a huge conglomerate and rebranded as Shape radio. Sacked breakfast DJ Pat Farrell promptly goes postal with a shotgun and it's up to Alan to resolve the rapidly escalating hostage situation.
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The Falling
It's 1969 at an English girls school full of seething hormones and turbulent emotions; Lydia and Abbie are best friends, existing largely in a universe of two. Abbie is the undisputed leader, with natural charisma and magnetism, and Lydia is fixated on her friend, having long been emotionally abandoned by her single mum. Lydia's fragile world starts to unravel when her brother and Abbie sleep together, and a tragedy and ensuing mysterious delirium overtake the school. (letterboxd.com)
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A Midsummer Night\
A boy dreams the play. Authority in Athens is shaky: Hermia rejects her father's choice, the Duke backs her father, and the Duchess sides with Hermia. Dad's choice, Demetrius, pursues Hermia but is loved by Helena. When Hermia and her lover meet in the woods the next night, Helena tells Demetrius in hopes she can follow and change his mind. (imdb)
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W1A
W1A (2014) - TV Series
Ian Fletcher, formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, has taken up the position of Head of Values at the BBC. (imdb)
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Eye in the Sky
A thriller set in the world of remotely piloted aircraft warfare. (imdb)
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Neil Gaiman\
Adaptations of the fantastical short stories written by author, Neil Gaiman. (imdb)
Inside No. 9
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A Very English Scandal
British politician Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his ex-lover and is forced to stand trial in 1979. (imdb)
Official Secrets
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (imdb)
Rialto
Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive gure in his life, Colm struggles with his relationship to his own son, whilst at work a recent takeover threatens his job. Written by adambc-30717
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Days of the Bagnold Summer
A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom. (imdb)
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The Dig
An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938. (imdb)
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
Four-part drama based on the extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons. (imdb)
My Name Is Leon
Based on the novel by Kit De Waal
Empire of Light
A love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s (imdb.com).
Black Mirror
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The Change
The Change (2023) - TV Series
Sharp comedy series following 50 year old Linda as she goes through the menopause.
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system. (imdb)
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