Lindsay Duncan
Television

Lindsay Duncan

Section Title: Television
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1975	Up Pompeii!	Scrubba	Series (BBC), special episode 'Further Up Pompeii!'

1976	One-Upmanship	Series (BBC), episode 'Woomanship'

1977	The New Avengers	Jane	Series, episode 'The Angels of Death'

1979	The Winkler	Diane	ITV Playhouse

1980	Dick Turpin	Catherine Langford	Series, episode 'Deadlier Than the Male'

1980	Grown-Ups	Christine Butcher	BBC2 Playhouse, directed by Mike Leigh

1982	Muck and Brass	Jean Torrode	Series, episodes 'Public Relations' and 'Our Green and Pleasant Land'

1982	On Approval	Helen Hayle	Filmed production of Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval, BBC Play of the Month

1983	Reilly, Ace of Spies	The Plugger	Mini series, episode 'After Moscow'

1984	Rainy Day Women	Karen Miller	BBC Play for Today

1984	Travelling Man	Andrea	Series, episodes 'First Leg', 'The Collector', 'The Watcher', 'Grasser', 'Moving On', 'Sudden Death'

1986	Dead Head	Dana	Series, episodes 'Why me?', 'Anything for England', 'The Patriot'

1986	Kit Curran	Pamela Scott	Series, all episodes

1989	These Foolish Things	Gutrune Day	BBC The Play on One

1989	Traffik	Helen Rosshalde	Mini-series, written by Simon Moore, all episodes

1988–1990	Colin's Sandwich	Rosemary	Series, episodes 'Enough' (1988) and 'Zanzibar' (1990)

1990	TECX	Laura Pellin	Series, épisode 'Getting Personnel'

1991	The Storyteller: Greek Myths	Medea	Series, episode 'Theseus & the Minotaur'

1991	Screenplay	Kath Peachey	Series, episode 'Redemption'

1991	G.B.H.	Barbara Douglas	Mini-series, witten by Alan Bleasdale, episodes 'Only Here on a Message', 'Send a Message to Michael', 'Message Sent', 'Message received', 'Message Understood', 'Over and Out' Nominated – TV BAFTA for Best Actress

1993	A Year in Provence	Annie Mayle	Miniseries, all episodes. After Peter Mayle's book.

1994	The Rector's Wife	Anne Bouverie	Series, all episodes. After the novel by Joanna Trollope.

1995	Just William	Lady Walton	Series, episode 'William Clears the Slums'

1995	Jake's Progress	Monica	Miniseries, episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6

1999	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling	Lady Bellaston	Miniseries, episodes 1, 3, 4, 5. After the novel by Henry Fielding.

1998	Get Real	Louise	Series, all episodes

1999	Shooting the Past	Marilyn Truman	Telefilm (BBC), written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff Nominated – TV BAFTA for Best Actress

1999	Oliver Twist	Elizabeth Leeford	Miniseries, all episodes. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale after Charles Dickens' novel.

2000	Dirty Tricks	Alison	Telefilm

2000	Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings	Pam	Christmas special, segment 'Women Institute'

2001	Perfect Strangers	Alice	Series, all episodes. Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff Nominated — TV BAFTA for Best Actress

2001	Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders	Narrator's Voice	Telefilm

2005	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Lady Tamplin	Series, episode 'The Mystery of the Blue Train'

2005–2006	Spooks	Angela Wells	Episodes 'Diana' and 'Gas and Oil, Part One'

2005–2007	Rome	Servilia of the Junii	Series, 18 episodes

2006	Longford	Lady Longford	Telefilm

2007	Frankenstein	Professor Jane Pretorius	Telefilm

2008	Criminal Justice	Alison Slaughter	Miniseries, episodes 3–5

2008	Lost in Austen	Lady Catherine de Bourgh	Miniseries, episodes 3 and 4

2009	Margaret	Margaret Thatcher	Nominated – Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Actress

2009	Doctor Who	Adelaide Brooke	Special episode: 'The Waters of Mars'

2009	Margot	Ninette de Valois	Telefilm (BBC)

2010	Agatha Christie's Marple	Marina Gregg	Episode: 'The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side'

2010	Mission: 2110	Cybele	Children game show

2010–2011	Come Fly with Me	Narrator (voice)	Series, all episodes

2011	The Sinking of the Laconia	Elisabeth Fullwood	Miniseries (BBC), all episodes. Written by Alan Bleasdale.

2011	Christopher and His Kind	Kathleen Isherwood	Telefilm, written by Kevin Elyot after Christopher Isherwood's autobiography

2011–2012	Merlin	Queen Annis	Series (BBC1), 4th season, 5th season

2011	Black Mirror	Home Secretary Alex Cairns	Miniseries, first episode: "The National Anthem" (Channel 4). Written by Charlie Brooker.

2011	Against the Wall	Faith Kowalski	Police-crime drama television series, episode 'We Have a Cop in Trouble Here'

2012	Absolutely Fabulous	Jeanne Durand	New Year's Day 'Special' (BBC1)

2012	White Heat	Lilly	Series (BBC2), written by Paula Milne

2012	Richard II	Duchess of York	Telefilm (BBC2) – filmed production of Shakespeare's play

2012	Spy	The Director	Episodes 'Codename: Citizen Lame' and 'Codename - Show Stopper'

2012	Wallander	Monika Westin	Episode 'Before the Frost'

2013	You, Me and Them	Lydia Walker	Series Regular

2013	Count Arthur Strong	Dame Agnes

2014–2017	Sherlock	Lady Smallwood	Episodes: "His Last Vow", "The Six Thatchers", and "The Lying Detective"

2014	The Honourable Woman	Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle

2015	Toast of London	Herself	Episode: "Global Warming"

2016	Churchill's Secret	Clementine Churchill

2016	Close to the Enemy	Frau Bellinghausen	BBC2 mini-series, written & directed by Stephen Poliakoff

2017	The Leftovers	Grace	5 episodes

2017	Carnage	Maude	Mockumentary

2018	A Discovery of Witches	Ysabeau	Series with 8 episodes

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In 2009, Lindsay Duncan played Margaret Thatcher in Margaret.

final_sentence: In 2009, Lindsay Duncan played Margaret Thatcher in Margaret.