Alun Armstrong
Television
Table:
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

2017

Prime Suspect: Tennison

Clifford Bentley

TV series

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