Acting
Adam French
Known for
Acting
Credits
18 titles
Adam French is a retired British actor best known for a range of teenage roles in the 1980s, most specifically Clifford Pinner, the accident-prone, half-witted younger brother of Vince (Paul Nicholas) in Just Good Friends.
Known for
6.7Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange Hill
1978
7.0Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.
Bergerac
1981
6.6A bittersweet sitcom about a couple who meet again five years after he jilted her at the altar.
Just Good Friends
1983
6.3An anthology of seven psychological dramas, each with a different cast and crew, exploring deaths in unusual circumstances.
Unnatural Causes
1986
4.2Pete, an eighteen year old Isle of Wight deck chair attendant, meets fifteen gear old Swedish exchange student Annika. After a holiday romance, he follows her back to Sweden.
Annika
1984
The Squad is a 1980 ITV children's TV series about the fictional exploits of a group of Police Cadets. The character of Cadet Alan Martin was played by actor Mark Botham who later went on to play PC Danny Sparkes in the TV series Juliet Bravo.
The Squad
1980
Film credits
1980s · 9 titles
NRRobert Clark is 17, wheelchair-bound, and he hasn't long to live. But he tries to come to terms with a bleak outlook. So do his father and brother Mark. Out of the situation, the three discover a bond and a certain strength.
The Best Years of Your Life
1986
6.5Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
6.0While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from the past being mirrored in his own life.
A Pattern of Roses
1983
NR'They're no trouble', says the head-master, 'just give them something simple and undemanding to do - just keep their heads down'. It was better advice then he knew.
Simulation Exercise
1984
NRA bored and frustrated suburban housewife follows her dream of becoming a racing driver
Driving Ambition
1984
6.0Goodie-Two-Shoes is a 1984 British short film written and directed by Ian Emes. A teacher volunteers a group of misfit students to take a new dance class including a goodie-two-shoes and his bully. Awkwardness, friendship, competition, and romance follows. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Goodie-Two-Shoes
1984
7.0In the revolting and decaying Byzantium Hotel, young heroin addict Alex, played by Dexter Fletcher, relives an idyllic - and possibly apocryphal - past before slipping into a much more terrifying world. A sinister little girl wanders the corridors, cutting open her doll "to see what's inside" while winos and junkies prowl as flesh-eating zombies...
Wings of Death
1985
10.0Jerusalem is the Style Council's 'Magical Mystery Tour' - a bonkers jumble of imagery, concepts, and situations and outdoor locations that the band members find themselves in, which occasionally cuts to a song.
JerUSAlem
1986
NRAfter a 14 day survival exercise, Jet decides to leave home.
Wide Games
1983
1970s · 2 titles
NRThe London of bed-sits, rundown housing, a world of the eccentric and the lonely. Since her husband walked out Eileen battles on her own to make a life for her children. She needs someone-but some people don't think George is the right man.
Another Day
1978
NRBilly is a rather withdrawn little boy, untalkative for even a four-year-old. Who cares what happens to Billy when his father hits him?
Billy
1979
Series credits
6.7Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
Grange Hill
1978
7.0Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.
Bergerac
1981
6.6A bittersweet sitcom about a couple who meet again five years after he jilted her at the altar.
Just Good Friends
1983
6.3An anthology of seven psychological dramas, each with a different cast and crew, exploring deaths in unusual circumstances.
Unnatural Causes
1986
4.2Pete, an eighteen year old Isle of Wight deck chair attendant, meets fifteen gear old Swedish exchange student Annika. After a holiday romance, he follows her back to Sweden.
Annika
1984
The Squad is a 1980 ITV children's TV series about the fictional exploits of a group of Police Cadets. The character of Cadet Alan Martin was played by actor Mark Botham who later went on to play PC Danny Sparkes in the TV series Juliet Bravo.
The Squad
1980
6.1The Glory Boys is a three-part 1984 British political thriller miniseries produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, starring Rod Steiger and Anthony Perkins. In London, visiting Israeli scientist David Sokarev is targeted for assassination by two different terrorist organisations: one Irish, one Arab. After working at cross-purposes for an extended length of time, the hired killers from both factions decide to join forces to carry out their murderous assignment.
The Glory Boys
1984