Alun Armstrong
Television

Alun Armstrong

Section Title: Television
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1971	Advent of Steam	William Hedley	Series 1, episode 6: "The Iron Horse: Part 2"

1972	Dividing Fence	Geordie Gilroy	Part of the Full House on Tyneside live arts programme

1972	General Hospital	Ken Hartley	Series 1, episodes 11–16 & 18

1972	New Scotland Yard	Ray Davies	Series 1, episode 7: "The Wrong 'Un"

1972	Villains	Terence 'Tel' Boldon	Series 1, episode 1: "George" Series 1, Episode 6: "Sand Dancer" Series 1, Episode 8: "Move In, Move On"

1973	Armchair 30	Glazier	Series 1, episode 8: "Ross Evans' Story"

1973	Hunter's Walk	Lorry Driver	Series 1, episode 7: "Discretion"

1973	Only Make Believe	Michael Biddle	Part of the BBC Play for Today series

1973	Six Days of Justice	P.C. Williamson	Series 3, episode 4: "The Complaint"

1973	Softly, Softly: Taskforce	David Miller	Series 9, episode 3: "A Quiet Man"

1973	Thriller	Mike	Series 1, episode 9: "The Eyes Have It"

1974	Easy Go	First docker	Part of the BBC Play for Today series

1974	Father Brown	Joe	Series 1, episode 1: "The Hammer of God"

1974	Justice	Bob Graham	Series 3, episode 6: "It's Always a Gamble"

1974	Sporting Scenes	Bernie	Series 1, episode 3: "The Needle Match"

1974	Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?	Dougie Scaife	Series 2, episode 12: "Conduct Unbecoming"

1975	Days of Hope	Billy Shepherd	TV miniseries

1975	Public Eye	Vince Gregson	Series 7, episode 9: "The Fatted Calf"

1975	The Squirrels	Jim	Series 1, episode 6: "The Favourite"

1975	The Stars Look Down	Joe Gowlan	TV miniseries

1975	The Sweeney	Peter Jenner	Series 2, episode 9: "Stay Lucky Eh?"

1976	Chester Mystery Plays	Lightborne / Secundus Demon	Part of the BBC Play of the Month series

1976	The New Avengers	Private George Harris	Series 1, episode 12: "Dirtier by the Dozen"

1977	Centre Play	Richard Clewes	Series 6, episode 8: "Risking It"

1977	Our Day Out	Mr. Briggs	Part of the BBC2 Play of the Week series Rebroadcast in 1978 in the Play for Today series

1977	Shooting the Chandelier	Brodovich	Part of the BBC2 Play of the Week series

1977	Porridge	Spraggon	Series 3, episode 5: "A Test of Character"

1977	Romance	Weaver	Series 1, episode 5: "House of Men"

1977	The Squirrels	Sweeney	Series 3, episode 8: "Shoulder to Shoulder"

1978	Enemy at the Door	Louis Mendoza	Series 1, episode 8: "Officers of the Law"

1978	Freedom of the Dig	Part of the BBC2 Premiere drama series

1978	Liza	Mikhalevich	Part of the BBC2 Play of the Week series

1978	Z-Cars	Det. Supt. Boley	Series 13, episode 13: "Pressure"

1978–79	A Sharp Intake of Breath	Various characters	Series 1–2: 13 episodes

1979	All Day on the Sands	Dad	Part of the Six Plays by Alan Bennett series

1979	Measure for Measure	Provost	Part of the BBC Television Shakespeare series

1980	Armchair Thriller	Trahearne	Series 3, episodes 17–20: "Fear of God"

1981	Get Lost!	Neville Keaton	4 episodes

1981	One in a Thousand	Dick Hayes	Dramatized documentary

1982	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Wackford Squeers Mr. Wagstaff	Stage performance filmed for television

1983	Mr. Moon's Last Case	Narrator	TV play

1984	The Book Tower	Presenter	Children's programme; 7 episodes

1984	The House	Mr. Smeth	TV film

1984	Sharing Time	Luke	Series 1, episode 1: "Guilt on the Gingerbread"

1985	Bulman	DS Figg	Series 1, episode 4: "Death of a Hitman"

1987	Christmas Is Coming ... This Is a Government Health Warning!	Informational programme with comedy sketches

1988	Number 27	Murray Lester

1988	The Storyteller	The Troll (voice)	Series 1, episode 9: "The True Bride"

1988	This is David Lander	Councillor Stennalling	Series 1, episode 1: "Not a Pretty Site"

1989	A Night on the Tyne	Willy	TV film

1989	Nineteen 96	Det. Supt. Frank Burroughs	Part of the BBC Screen One series

1990	Looking after Number One	Dick	Part of the BBC Screenplay Firsts series

1990	Sticky Wickets	Evans	Part of the BBC Screen One series

1990	The Widowmaker	Dad	TV film

1991	Murder in Eden	Sgt. McGing	TV miniseries

1991	Stanley and the Women	Rufus Hilton	TV miniseries

1992	Goodbye Cruel World	Roy Grade	TV miniseries

1992	Inspector Morse	Superintendent Holdsby	Series 6, episode 2: "Happy Families"

1992	The Life and Times of Henry Pratt	Uncle Teddy	TV miniseries

1992	Married... with Children	Trevor	Season 6, episodes 24–26: "England Show," Parts I, II and III

1992	Shakespeare: The Animated Tales	Caliban (voice)	Series 1, episode 2: "The Tempest"

1993	Goggle-Eyes	Gerald Faulkner	TV miniseries

1994	Doggin' Around	Charlie Foster	TV film

1994	MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday	Chief Superintendent Capshaw	TV film

1995	Sorry about Last Night	Mickey	TV film

1996	Brazen Hussies	Jimmy Hardcastle	TV film

1996	Breaking the Code	Mick Ross	TV film

1996	Our Friends in the North	Austin Donohue	TV miniseries

1996	Tales from the Crypt	Inspector Herbert	Season 7, episode 12: "Confession"

1996	Witness Against Hitler	Pastor Harald Poelchau	TV film

1997	Underworld	Teddy Middlemass	6 episodes

1998	In the Red	DCI Frank Jefferson	TV miniseries

1998	Shell Shock	Narrator	3-part documentary

1999	Aristocrats	Henry Fox	TV miniseries

1999	David Copperfield	Daniel Peggotty	TV film

1999	Oliver Twist	Mr. Fleming	TV miniseries

2000	7Up 2000	Narrator	Documentary

2000	Challenger: Go for Launch	Narrator	Documentary

2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper	George Oldfield	TV film Nominated: Royal Television Society award

2001	Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years	George Mole	6 episodes

2001	Extinct	Narrator	6-part documentary

2001	Score	George Devon	TV film

2001	Waiters	Oscar	Part of the ITV First Cut series

2002	Bedtime	Neil Henshall	Series 2: 6 episodes

2002	Inquisition	Martin	TV film

2002	Sparkhouse	Richard Bolton	TV film

2003	Between the Sheets	Peter Delany	TV miniseries

2003	Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine	DCI Charlie Macintyre	TV miniseries

2003–2013, 2015	New Tricks	Brian Lane	Series 1–10: 80 episodes

2004	Carrie's War	Samuel Evans	TV film

2004	When I'm 64	Jim	TV film

2005	Bleak House	Inspector Bucket	TV miniseries

2006	The Girls Who Came to Stay	Bob Jenkins	TV film Also known as The Girls of Belarus

2007	The Dinner Party	Jim	TV film

2008	Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story	Ernest Whitehouse	TV film

2008	Little Dorrit	Jeremiah and Ephraim Flintwinch	TV miniseries

2009–2011	Garrow's Law	John Southouse	Series 1–3: 11 episodes

2010	A Passionate Woman	Donald	TV film (Part 2)

2012	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Hiram Grewgious	TV film

2012	The Hollow Crown	Earl of Northumberland	TV films/series; Henry IV, Parts I and II

2014	Penny Dreadful	Vincent Brand	TV series

2014	Downton Abbey	Stowell	Series 5 Christmas special

2016	Frontier	Lord Benton	TV series

2016	Dark Angel	George Stott	TV series

2017	Prime Suspect: Tennison	Clifford Bentley	TV series

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Alun Armstrong played the character of Austin Donohue in Our Friends in the North (1996).

final_sentence: Alun Armstrong played the character of Austin Donohue in Our Friends in the North (1996).