Christopher Eccleston
1964 (62 года)Born in Salford, Lancashire, Eccleston was influenced by Ken Loach and Albert Finney. He studied at Salford Tech and the Central School of Speech and Drama, debuting professionally in A Streetcar Named Desire. He took various odd jobs before his acting career took off.
Eccleston was married to Mischka from 2011 to 2015 and has two children, Albert and Esme. He is a Manchester United supporter, a former marathon runner, and an ambassador for Mencap and the British Red Cross. He has spoken about his struggles with anorexia, body dysmorphia, and depression.
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
Solon Papadopoulos
Christopher Eccleston, Jimmy McGovern
The compelling tale of how a group of sacked dockers got together with scriptwriter Jimmy McGovern and novelist Irvine Welsh to turn their unique story into a film. In September 1995, five men were sacked for walking off the job when their overtime agreement was ditched. Dockers: Writing The Wrongs tells how the dockers spent a year producing the script based on their own experiences of the dramatic two and a half year dispute.
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Nick Hurran
Matt Smith, David Tennant
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Nicholas Hytner
Roger Allam, Jonathan Bailey
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best British actors for a unique evening of unforgettable performances, broadcast live from London to cinemas around the world.
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Doctor Who
James Strong, Graeme Harper
David Tennant, Matt Smith
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Doctor Who
Hillsborough
Charles McDougall
Christopher Eccleston, Ricky Tomlinson
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.
Hillsborough
Einstein's Big Idea
Gary Johnstone
Aidan McArdle, Anton Lesser
Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related by the formula E = mc2. In "Einstein's Big Idea," NOVA dramatizes the remarkable story behind this equation. E = mc2 was just one of several extraordinary breakthroughs that Einstein made in 1905, including the completion of his special theory of relativity, his identification of proof that atoms exist, and his explanation of the nature of light, which would win him the Nobel Prize in Physics. Among Einstein's ideas, E = mc2 is by far the most famous. Yet how many people know what it really means? In a thought-provoking and engrossing docudrama, NOVA illuminates this deceptively simple formula by unraveling the story of how it came to be.
Einstein's Big Idea
The Happiness Salesman
Krishnendu Majumdar
Christopher Eccleston, Archie Panjabi
Karen is resigned to a life of suburban ennui, the dreams of her youth a distant memory. On an autumn afternoon as she struggles to get her baby to sleep she is disturbed by a door-to-door Salesman. Desperate for adult companionship she engages with the enigmatic Salesman. He claims that he can sell her something that will radically change her life; he offers Karen, an opportunity to fulfill her long forgotten dreams and ambitions.
The Happiness Salesman
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Ricky Kelehar, Tina Flintoff
Morrissey, Bono
Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously melancholic bard.
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Richard III: The New Evidence
Gary Johnstone
Christopher Eccleston
Could King Richard III's spinal deformity have prevented him from leading the charge at the Battle of Bosworth? Modern scoliosis sufferer Dominic Smee and a team of scientists and medieval warfare experts embark on an extraordinary journey to reveal new research that's changing our knowledge of a defamed medieval king.
Richard III: The New Evidence
The Others
Alejandro Amenábar
Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
The Others
Young Woman and the Sea
Joachim Rønning
Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trek from France to England. In 1914 New York, Trudy Ederle, inspired by a ferry disaster, overcomes early setbacks to become a world record swimmer. After a disappointing Olympics, she trains to cross the English Channel. Despite sabotage from her guide, she successfully completes the crossing on her second attempt and is celebrated in New York. She later teaches swimming to deaf children and lives to 98.
Young Woman and the Sea
28 Days Later
Danny Boyle
Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
28 Days Later
Othello
Geoffrey Sax
Christopher Eccleston, Eamonn Walker
With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit still retaining the original's power and potency. The story is set in the London of the near future, a crime-ridden metropolis virtually torn apart by racial hostilities. By order of the Prime Minister, black police officer John Othello (Eamonn Walker) is promoted to Commissioner, a post dearly coveted by Othello's friend, mentor and fellow officer Ben Jago (Christopher Eccleston). Seething with jealousy, Jago contrives to discredit Othello in the eyes of the public, and to destroy John's interracial marriage to the lily-white Dessie (Keeley Hawes). Among those used as unwitting dupes to gain Jago's ends are Othello's trusted lieutenant, Michael Cass (Richard Coyle), scrupulously honest police constable Alan Roderick (Del Synnott), and Jago's own wife, Lulu (Rachael Stirling).
Othello
24 Hour Party People
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, Paddy Considine
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
24 Hour Party People
