John Fortune

AKA:
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1939-06-30

Bristol, England, UK

Biography

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

Crew Roles

Coup!
Writer
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Writer
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
Writer
Rentadick
Additional Dialogue
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Writer
Creator
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {46}

Melvyn

2000-01-24 6.537

Saving Grace

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

2nd Official

1999-01-01 0

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the compo ...
Genre :History, Music, Drama

2003-01-05 0

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes. They begin with the formation of Iraq by the Britis ...
Genre :

John Harrison

1984-03-29 5.4

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Self - Various Roles

1982-03-01 6

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a mor ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, TV Movie

1996-09-01 1

Giving Tongue

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters ar ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Phil Cobbler

1973-01-01 0

The Cobblers of Umbridge

A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge. ...
Genre :Comedy

John the Chauffeur

2005-10-26 7.4

Match Point

Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris. But Chris has his eye on Tom's fiancee Nola. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance

George Saunders

1993-05-30 7

Don't Leave Me This Way

British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra st ...
Genre :Drama

Poet

1981-04-16 7

Timon of Athens

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit. ...
Genre :Drama

Frank

2003-09-02 6.5

Calendar Girls

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

George Parr

7

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

Rory Bremner looks back on the first year of Tony Blair's premiership through a series of sketches. ...
Genre :Comedy

Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

1995-01-01 5

England, My England

The story of Henry Purcell. ...
Genre :History

Server

1965-11-17 5.4

The End of Arthur's Marriage

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is hap ...
Genre :Music, TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Detective Inspector Curtin

1990-12-30 0

Life After Life

A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Acupuncturist

2000-06-02 5.4

Maybe Baby

Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Maltby

2001-03-30 6.039

The Tailor of Panama

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top pol ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Chief Executive

1996-09-01 1

Giving Tongue

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters ar ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Prince

1978-12-24 7

The Light Princess

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness. ...
Genre :Fantasy

Prime Minister

1995-12-09 10

A Very Open Prison

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Sir Gerald

1970-12-16 5.5

Take a Girl Like You

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she h ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Phaedrus

1965-11-14 0

The Drinking Party

An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reac ...
Genre :

Dick Thompson

1976-05-14 0

Jumbo

"1975 was the year of the disaster movie, yeah? So what stops 1976 being the year of the disastrous disaster movie?" ...
Genre :

Eric Farnham

1986-06-21 0

The Demon Lover

When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realises what the consequences could be. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, TV Movie

Self

2002-01-12 0

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his partnership with Dudley Moore. With contributions from ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Squire Thorpe

1991-11-14 6.6

Murder Most Horrid

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with mu ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery

1984-10-16 6.705

The Bill

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Various

2008-11-02 0

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

Rory Bremner takes a satirical look at the 2008 'credit crunch'. He spoofs politicians and other public figures to tell the story of the US and UK financial markets. ...
Genre :

Self

1976-04-01 5

The Secret Policeman's Ball

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians b ...
Genre :Comedy

1980-02-25 8.303

Yes Minister

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business. ...
Genre :Comedy, War & Politics

1999-10-17 6

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortun ...
Genre :Comedy

Mel Simons

2004-01-01 7.3

New Tricks

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pul ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1964-11-13 0

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life is a BBC-TV satire programme produced by Ned Sherrin, which aired during the winter of 1964–1965, in an attempt to continue and improve on the successful fo ...
Genre :

1989-05-31 0

Rory Bremner

Genre :

1993-10-09 0

Rory Bremner...Who Else?

Genre :Comedy

1976-09-24 0

Well Anyway

Genre :

Max Tewkesbury

1981-02-19 7

Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960, and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongs ...
Genre :Comedy

1978-12-03 5.2

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1967-10-03 0

A Series Of Bird's

Genre :

Magistrate

2010-10-01 6.8

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Comedy about an inept American placed in charge of sales at his company's London branch. He has no experience with British culture, knows nothing about sales, and has only one employee, Dave. Each epi ...
Genre :Comedy

Frank

2003-06-23 0

Spine Chillers

Anthology series of black comedies, which sets out to deliver excellent stories with a darkly comic twist. ...
Genre :Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy

Dr. Brian Kingston

1989-01-22 5.6

Campion

Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Comedy

Magistrate

2007-10-05 7

Comedy Showcase

Comedy Showcase is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier Comedy Playhouse. The format was replaced in 2 ...
Genre :Comedy

2005-09-27 8

Love Soup

Bittersweet comedy drama about the eternal search for the perfect partner. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

1990-09-28 7.096

Have I Got News for You

Hilarious, 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. ...
Genre :Comedy, News

Sir Vivian

1995-11-15 7

Queen's Nose

Children's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes. ...
Genre :Comedy