James Atherton

Acting

James Atherton

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Midsomer Murders poster
7.5

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 young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

Midsomer Murders

1997

Van der Valk poster
6.5

Set against the backdrop of the city of Amsterdam, Piet Van der Valk and his team investigate a series of high-profile cases immersed in the worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism and the fashion industry.

Van der Valk

2020

The Lazarus Project poster
7.1

George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organization that turns back time when the world is at threat of extinction.

The Lazarus Project

2022

Porters poster
7.7

Deluded Simon Porter, dreams of becoming a doctor - but he has to start from the bottom and be a porter. His plan? Work his way up to be the best porter the NHS has ever seen.

Porters

2017

Hot Flash poster
NR

Geri, a skint Yorkshire mum in peri-menopausal chaos, goes viral after a wine-fuelled rant about her menopause app idea. Betrayed by friends and terrified of public speaking, she must conquer her fears, pitch big, and finally back herself.

Hot Flash

2026

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NR

A female-led, independent, sci-fi thriller about a pioneering British medical scientist called Ann Waterman. After making a scientific breakthrough she is kidnapped and awakes in a future-tech medical prison, locked in a mysterious motion-capture style suit (MedSuit). Over the next year she is forced to watch her boyfriend's life play out without her; watch as a gripping conspiracy unfolds; slowly uncovers a web of secrets that will have huge consequences on her life and the rest of the world.

Slammer

2023

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 3 titles

Macbeth poster
6.8

Entirely shot on green screen, Shakespeare’s Macbeth has been reinvented by director Kit Monkman (The Knife That Killed Me) in an exciting new film adaptation. Starring Mark Rowley, (The Last Kingdom, Luther). Monkman’s unique adaptation successfully bridges the gap between theatre and film to create a wholly new type of imaginative space. This radical new adaptation puts the audience’s engagement with the story centre-stage, amplifying the theatrical context of the original and creating truly innovative and thrilling cinematic vistas, whilst maintaining the language and themes of Shakespeare’s original play. Using background matte painting and computer modelling to generate the world in which the action plays out, the green screen allows Monkman to create his vision of a multi-tiered globe in which the characters play out their various fates.

Macbeth

2018

Joe Maddison's War poster
4.2

Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard.

Joe Maddison's War

2010

Babs poster
7.3

This is the story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre one cold evening in 1993, the cheeky, chirpy blonde Babs recounts the people and events that have shaped her life and career over fifty years from 1943 to 1993. She contemplates her lonely childhood and WWII evacuation; her decision to go from Barbara Ann Deeks to Barbara Windsor, inspired by the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; her complicated relationship with her father; her doomed marriage to Ronnie Knight; capturing the attention of theatre director Joan Littlewood; and becoming the blonde bombshell in the Carry On films. Babs, ever the consummate professional, never lets her fans down whatever her personal anguish and steps on the stage to rapturous applause.

Babs

2017

Undated · 1 titles

Series credits