
Acting
Craig Charles
Born
1964-07-11 (62)
Place of birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
78 titles
Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is a British actor, television presenter and disc jockey. He is best known for his role as Dave Lister in the science-fiction comedy, Red Dwarf, as well as his work on The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC radio.
Known for
5.3The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.
Coronation Street
1960
7.1Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Have I Got News for You
1990
3.4A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Loose Women
1999
8.1The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf
1988
7.8A 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.
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
Pebble Mill
1991
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
6.8The posse meet three cat clerics who worship Lister as their God. Lister vows to help them as they're being hunted by Rodon, the ruthless feral cat leader who has vowed to wipe out all cats who worship anyone but him.
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land
2020
6.7A greedy real estate developer desecrates a sacred Viking burial ground, unleashing a comical nightmare upon the unsuspecting locals.
Zombie Apache
2025
NRA documentary about the making of the Red Dwarf special 'The Promised Land' (2020).
Red Dwarf: The Promised Doc
2020
6.5In a near-future where a virus has turned the population into rabid monsters, a desperate mother forms an unlikely friendship in order to return home and save her family.
Sam and Doug
2023
2010s · 6 titles
9.0A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction, and finally to his comeback.
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
2012
NRTwo decades after its unprecedented television broadcast, the cast, crew and fans of the notorious BBC 'Halloween Hoax' Ghostwatch look back at the show's unique production and legendary aftermath in this brand-new retrospective documentary. Includes never-before-seen material and interviews!
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012
NRKen Dodd: How Tickled We Were tells Sir Ken’s story from his boyhood growing up in the 1930s in Knotty Ash, through his big break into show business and then on to his unrivalled career in entertainment. Poignant and uplifting, the programme features interviews with the people who knew Sir Ken best – friends and family in Liverpool and beyond, and his many colleagues, admirers and fellow-performers from the world of entertainment. The programme also features an interview with Sir Ken’s wife, Lady Anne Dodd.
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
2018
NRA documentary of the making of the twelfth series of Red Dwarf (2017).
Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
2017
NRA documentary about the making of the tenth series of Red Dwarf (1988).
Red Dwarf: We're Smegged - Series X
2012
NRA documentary about the making of the eleventh series of Red Dwarf (1988).
Red Dwarf: Behind the Scenes - Series XI
2016
2000s · 17 titles
NROTT Productions go back for more Milton Keynes comic con action!
Collectormania 7
2005
4.0Hurled through a portal, the Red Dwarf crew discover they’re just characters in a TV series. Can they track down their creators and discover how long they have left to live?
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
2009
6.5A documentary about the second series of Red Dwarf (1988).
Red Dwarf: It's Cold Outside - Series II
2007
7.0Larry, a young criminal, is taught to walk away from a crime scene and never run by his Uncle Henry, a hitman. However he is a purse snatcher and soon learns that it is better to run away instead.
Don't Walk
2000
8.8A compilation of clips and interviews, originally broadcast on BBC2's Red Dwarf Night, celebrating the show's 10th anniversary in 1998, and subsequently included on the DVD release of Red Dwarf series II.
Red Dwarf A–Z
2003
7.7A documentary about the third series of Red Dwarf (1989).
Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III
2003
NRSet in the murky world of club culture, where Dench, a low life gangster runs the five biggest clubs in London, and supplies drugs to all of them. Everything seems to be going well until he gets greedy and decides to rip off his supplier by hijacking the next consignment before it reaches the UK. Trouble is the guy he's been dealing with forgot to mention that they belong to a psychotic American holed up in Morocco.
Clubbing to Death
2008
A documentary about the making of the first series of "Red Dwarf" (1988).
Launching Red Dwarf
2002
NRA documentary about the fifth series of Red Dwarf (1992).
Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V
2004
7.0A documentary about the sixth series of Red Dwarf (1993).
Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI
2005
7.5When the charismatic and eccentric art teacher Tatty falls in love with Amy, one of his students, he believes he has met the love of his life. Unfortunately Amy dies in an accident. Distraught and blaming himself, Tatty loses all focus on his own life and drinks heavily. In a state of delirium he creates a statue of Amy that he places in the dark interior of a haunted, burnt-out church. Tatty lives there, protecting his creation, and devoted to her for the next 13 years. On New Year s Eve, a magical night with the sky lit with fireworks, a clubhouse burns. Cal is on the run and takes refuge in the church and accidentally breaks the statue. The magic of the night and the mystery of the church combine to cast a spell and Amy comes alive. However, in order to remain alive, Amy must kiss the first man she sees.
Fated
2006
5.0A documentary about the seventh series of Red Dwarf (1997).
Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII
2005
6.5A documentary about the fourth series of Red Dwarf (1991).
Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV
2004
6.3A documentary about the first series of Red Dwarf (1988).
Red Dwarf: The Beginning - Series I
2007
4.0A documentary about the making of the Red Dwarf mini-series 'Back to Earth'.
Red Dwarf: The Making of Back to Earth
2009
NRHard-core villain Danny "The Dealer" Dempsey, awakes one morning, in his heavily secured home, to find a letter resting on his pillow. The dealer is totally bewildered how it got there, as there are no signs of an intruder or a break in. The mystery of who the letter is from (and what it contains) is something the dealer will not share, even with his closest friends or his very dear sister Sally.
The Dealer
2006
6.0A documentary about the eighth series of Red Dwarf (1999).
Red Dwarf: The Tank - Series VIII
2006
1990s · 9 titles
7.0For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind the most haunted house in Britain. This ground-breaking live television experiment does not go as planned, however.
Ghostwatch
1992
9.0Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ultimate faux pas and transforms a handsome young man into an ugly ape. Prince Cinders then spends all his time doing housework, while his brothers traipse about creating havoc.
Prince Cinders
1993
4.0In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall.
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
7.7Kryten presents a collection of bloopers from series 4 to 6 of Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
8.7A video release containing toxic waste from the first three series of space comedy Red Dwarf. Witness the cast, and a number of guest stars, forget lines, reach for misplaced props, or accidentally fall over in a selection of hilarious out-takes. Kryten, the 4000-series sanitation mechaniod, answers questions about Red Dwarf, and the video also includes a full length smeg mix of Cat's Tongue Tied song.
Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs
1995
NRCraig Charles's one man stand-up show, Craig Charles: Live on Earth, began its run in 1995 at the Duke of York Theatre in London’s West End with four sell-out nights. It was followed by three sell-out national tours in the space of eighteen months.
Craig Charles: Live on Earth!
1995
NR20th century television chef Ainsley Harriott beams himself aboard the space vessel Starbug in order to test the crew's culinary skills.
Can't Smeg Won't Smeg
1998
For the first time ever on video, witness the Big Break as you've never seen it before. Unseen Big Break features the ever funny Jim Davidson and his snooker sidekick, John Virgo in a brilliant collection of unseen clips taken from the hit TV show - all the out-takes, missed shots and cock ups, plus daft contestants and hilarious jokes they could never show on TV.
Unseen Big Break
1997
NRSwirly Thing Alert is a special put together by KCTS following Robert Llewellyn and Craig Charles around in their visit to Seattle in 1997. It includes telethon, interview and convention footage.
Swirly Thing Alert
1997
Undated · 2 titles
A deep dive into the notorious Halloween 1992 supernatural hoax aired on BBC.
Ghostwatch
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NRRuud Gullit, Marco van Basten, The brothers Koeman… These were some of the superstars from Holland whose blazing talents made the European Championship of 1988 so memorable and one to log indelibly in the whole recent legend of outstanding international football. Eight teams qualified for the tournament finals, including England who scored more goals than any other side, 18, to reach the final stages – and the Cinderella side from the Republic of Ireland, managed by Jack Charlton. But most of all Euro ’88 had a winning side who swept all before them in a colourful and passionate series of displays that will be viewed again and again by anyone fascinated and intrigued by the way the world’s most popular game is so sumptuously developing as it enters its second organised century. It is a must for fans and serious students alike.
Tor! Total Football
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Series credits
5.3The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.
Coronation Street
1960
7.1Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Have I Got News for You
1990
3.4A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Loose Women
1999
8.1The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf
1988
7.8A 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.
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
Pebble Mill
1991
6.0Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
5.3An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
An Audience with...
1978
7.0A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes.
Lexx
1997
6.0The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. The show pushed forward the boundaries of youth TV, always coming close to going too far.
The Word
1990
6.0Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally.
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002
No synopsis available yet.
Daytime Live
1987
6.7The Gadget Show is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which is broadcast on Channel 5 is currently presented by Jason Bradbury and Rachel Riley with Jon Bentley and Pollyanna Woodward. Originally a thirty-minute show, it was extended to forty-five minutes, then later to sixty minutes. Repeats have also aired on the digital channel 5*, syndicated broadcasts on Discovery Science and Dave, and Channel 5's Internet on-demand service Demand 5. In Australia, it is aired on The Lifestyle Channel.
The Gadget Show
2004
7.2Anthology drama series.
Screen One
1989
7.8Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players to get to him. Contestants throw themselves into daunting physical challenges as they attempt to storm Takeshi's Castle and win the grand prize of one million yen. The show has become a cult television hit around the world. A special live "revival" was broadcast on April 2, 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Takeshi's Castle
2002
6.2What would happen if Keith Lemon had permission to snoop around celebrities' homes? Find out as Through The Keyhole returns, with everyone's favourite strawberry-blonde presenter at the helm!
Through the Keyhole
2013
7.0Teams of amateur robot fighting enthusiasts battle it out over a series of rounds in a huge purpose-built arena aiming to become the Robot Wars Champion.
Robot Wars
1998
7.0A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires.
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
6.0Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make the public laugh, while raising money to help people around the world and in the United Kingdom. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, an annual (previously biennial) telethon held in March. The first live fundraising evening, held on 4 April 1986, featured comedians and pop stars, including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Kate Bush and co-founder Lenny Henry.
Comic Relief
1988
6.6Stand-up comedians Richardson and Beaumont play exaggerated versions of themselves as viewers get a glimpse into their home and work lives, surrounded by their celebrity friends and their Hebden Bridge neighbours.
Meet the Richardsons
2020
The Games is a British reality television series that ran on Channel 4 for four series, in which 10 celebrities competed against each other, by doing Olympic-style events, such as weight lifting, gymnastics and diving. At the end of the series, the contestants with the most points from each round were awarded either a gold, silver or bronze medal. The show was mainly filmed in Sheffield, at the Sheffield Arena, Don Valley Stadium and Ponds Forge. In later series, the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield, iceSheffield and in series 4 the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham were used for the first time. The Games was presented by Jamie Theakston for the entirety of its run, with track-side reports from Jayne Middlemiss in series 1–3 and Kirsty Gallacher in series 4. The Games also had an after-show called The Games: Live at Trackside, aired on Channel 4's sister channel E4. The first series was presented by Dougie Anderson, whilst the second was hosted by Gamezville presenters Darren Malcolm and Jamie Atiko. Justin Lee Collins and Caroline Flack took over as presenters for the third and fourth series. For the final series an extra one-hour show was added on E4 in the afternoon called The Games: Live at the Heats, and the evening show changed title to become The Games: Inside Track.
The Games
2003
8.1Fifteen former I’m a Celebrity campmates return to take on South Africa, an even harder proposition that will push them to their limits and test them like never before in bigger and tougher challenges, and a harsher and more unforgiving environment as they compete against each other to become the first ever 'I'm A Celebrity Legend'.
I'm a Celebrity... South Africa
2023
5.2This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
This Morning
1988
No synopsis available yet.
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
7.5Maximum security prison Barfield has recently nearly been destroyed by a riot. Helen Hewitt, the first woman put in charge of the prison, is determined to clean up the place despite being greeted with open hostility.
The Governor
1995
6.8The definitive overview of the adventures of the legendary Boys from the Dwarf. This three-part series charts the origins, production and legacy of everything associated with the sci-fi comedy.
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
2020
Space Cadets is a comedy panel game broadcast on Channel 4 in 1997. It was presented by "High Commander" Greg Proops with Bill Bailey and Craig Charles as the "Space Captains". It ran for just one series with 10 episodes. Like the BBC's Have I Got News for You, the contestants were celebrities and the show was played mainly for laughs. Bestselling author Terry Pratchett once appeared as a guest. When the contestants were asked who was Britain's most shoplifted author, Pratchett immediately answered "I am!" which was the correct answer.
Space Cadets
1997
NRThis series features some of Britain's best-loved comedians and funniest comedy actors gathering together for a jolly night in front of the telly, watching clips from classic sitcoms and sketch shows both old and new.
We Have Been Watching
2017
8.0Craig Charles, the BBC 6 Music Radio DJ, star of Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, hosts the show alongside world renowned space journalist astrophysicist, and award-winning author Sarah Cruddas. Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies follows sci-fi favourite and long-time UFO enthusiast Craig and astrophysicist Sarah as they scrutinise compelling evidence relating to some of the most perplexing UFO encounters of recent years, revealing never before heard testimony to separate fact from fiction and ask: are the unexplained aerial phenomena prowling our skies extra-terrestrial?
Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
2022
7.5Captain Butler was a British sitcom starring Craig Charles as Butler, the captain of a motley crew of pirates which included Roger Griffiths, Shaun Curry, Lewis Rae and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Created by John Smith and Rob Sprackling, the series only ran for six episodes on Channel 4 during 1997. Its theme tune was The Sex Pistols version of "Friggin' In The Riggin'".
Captain Butler
1997
NRI'm A Celebrity... Unpacked is your place to get MORE of your favourite show! We're deep diving into the dynamics around the campfire and bringing you opinions hotter than the southern-hemi sun! Join Sam Thompson and Kemi Rodgers after I'm A Celebrity... South Africa every night for the juiciest debrief of an unmissable series!
I'm A Celebrity... Unpacked (South Africa)
2026
10.0Twelve-year-old Gordon Weaver is killed on waste-ground in Liverpool. His grandfather, Doyle, sends for the boy's father, who returns from Spain to search for the killers. He goes to an old friend to obtain finance for his stay, and gets involved in a raid on a city club owner.
The Marksman
1987
1.0Craig Charles hosts the daytime game show where contestants grab from a conveyor belt the moneybag with the correct answer to the question written on it - grab the right answer win the value of the bag, get it wrong and lose everything.
Moneybags
2021
Robot Wars Extreme was a series of special episodes of the television game show Robot Wars.
Robot Wars Extreme
2001
A virtual reality adventure game show in which sporting champions face challengers testing their stamina and mental agility in worlds created by advanced computer technology.
Cyberzone
1993
No synopsis available yet.
It's Wicked
1987
NRNearly three years after their parting, Ricky tracks Bianca and their son Liam down to a bedsit in Manchester. Chaos ensues. Spin off from Eastenders
Ricky and Bianca
2002
A series of 7 short programmes showing viewpoints on Easter, hosted by British comedians. Programmes combined animation techniques and comedy with the turmoil and pathos of the original Easter story.
The Easter Stories
1994
NRCan't imagine a world without Wi-Fi, smart phones or social media? You don't have to, as Craig Charles takes us on a nostalgic journey through some stand-out years that changed the course of history!
Best Year Ever
2022

