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"Doc Martin" (2004): Season 1: Episode 3 -- A stomach bug hits Portwenn.
Mobile (2007) -- Michael Kitchen (Foyle's War) stars in this intense four part thriller. When a terrorist begins attaching mobile-phone towers and shooting cell-phone users in public, the police scramble to avert a national panic.
Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) -- Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty mother; the trouble is...
"Doc Martin" (2004): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Dr. Martin Ellingham gives up life as a London surgeon, to become a GP in the sleepy Cornish hamlet of Portwenn.
"Doc Martin" (2004): Season 1: Episode 6 -- The villagers of Portwenn discover Doc Martin's fear of blood.

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Colin Towns is "one of the country's most prolific score writers for big... more
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Former keyboard player for Ian Gillan Band and GILLAN.
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Revisiting The Haunting Of Julia aka Full Circle
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Filmography

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Composer:
  1. "Flemming" (post-production) (6 episodes, 2009)
        - Verbrannte Erde (2009) TV episode
        - Das hohe Lied (2009) TV episode
        - Die Herrin der Gefühle (2009) TV episode
        - Der Tag ohne gestern (2009) TV episode
        - Das Blut der Liebe (2009) TV episode
          (1 more)
  2. Albert Schweitzer (2009) (completed)
    ... aka Albert Schweitzer - Ein Leben für Afrika (Germany: poster title)

  3. "Doc Martin" (28 episodes, 2004-2009)
        - The Wrong Goodbye (2009) TV episode
        - Do Not Disturb (2009) TV episode
        - Midwife Crisis (2009) TV episode
        - The Departed (2009) TV episode
        - Driving Mr McLynn (2009) TV episode
          (23 more)
  4. "Doktor Martin" (14 episodes, 2007-2009)
        - Liebeswahn (2009) TV episode
        - Im Wald vor lauter Bäumen (2009) TV episode
        - Von Vätern und Söhnen (2009) TV episode
        - In Gedanken bei Dir (2009) TV episode
        - Nase voll (2009) TV episode
          (9 more)
  5. "Cold Blood" (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
    ... aka Cold Blood III (UK: informal title)
        - The Last Hurrah (2008) TV episode
        - Dead and Buried (2007) TV episode
        - Interference (2007) TV episode
  6. Half Broken Things (2007) (TV)
  7. The Man Who Lost His Head (2007) (TV)
  8. Mobile (2007) (TV)
    ... aka Mobile: The Boss (UK: third part title)
    ... aka Mobile: The Engineer (UK: first part title)
    ... aka Mobile: The Soldier (UK: second part title)
  9. Cold Blood 2 (2007) (TV)
  10. Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2006) (V)
  11. Ghostboat (2006) (TV)
  12. A Good Murder (2006) (TV)
  13. Cold Blood (2005) (TV)
  14. Red Mercury (2005)
  15. Not Only But Always (2004) (TV)
  16. The Tale of Jack Frost (2004) (TV)
  17. Mon ange (2004)
  18. Fungus the Bogeyman (2004) (TV)
  19. King of Fridges (2004) (TV)
    ... aka Trapped: King of Fridges (UK: series title)
  20. Double zéro (2004)
    ... aka French Spies (UK)
  21. Les rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (2004)
    ... aka Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (International: English title)
    ... aka Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (UK: DVD title)
    ... aka Crimson Rivers: Angels of the Apocalypse (USA: DVD title)
    ... aka I fiumi di porpora II - Gli angeli dell'apocalisse (Italy)
  22. "Dalziel and Pascoe" (3 episodes, 2001-2004)
        - The Price of Fame (2004) TV episode
        - Truth and Consequences (2001) TV episode
        - Home Truths (2001) TV episode
  23. "Rockface" (7 episodes, 2002-2003)
        - Episode #2.8 (2003) TV episode
        - Episode #1.6 (2002) TV episode
        - Episode #1.5 (2002) TV episode
        - Episode #1.4 (2002) TV episode
        - Episode #1.3 (2002) TV episode
          (2 more)
  24. Man Dancin' (2003)
  25. Sons & Lovers (2003) (TV)
  26. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002) (TV)
  27. Ella and the Mothers (2002) (TV)
  28. Hot Money (2001) (TV)
  29. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) (TV)
    ... aka Nicholas Nickleby (UK: short title)
  30. "Angelina Ballerina" (2001) TV series
  31. "McCready and Daughter" (2001) TV series (unknown episodes)
  32. The Sleeper (2000) (TV)
  33. "A Dinner of Herbs" (2000) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's A Dinner of Herbs (UK: complete title)
  34. My Fragile Heart (2000) (TV)
  35. "Waking the Dead" (2 episodes, 2000)
        - Pilot: Part 2 (2000) TV episode
        - Pilot: Part 1 (2000) TV episode
  36. Essex Boys (2000)
  37. Complicity (2000)
    ... aka Retribution (video title)
  38. Deceit (2000) (TV)
  39. Maybe Baby (2000)
  40. The Secret (2000) (TV)
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's The Secret (USA: complete title)

  41. Guest House Paradiso (1999)
  42. The Waiting Time (1999) (TV)
  43. "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
        - Living on Risk (1999) TV episode
        - A Last Embrace (1998) TV episode
  44. The Dark Room (1999) (TV)
  45. Tilly Trotter (1999) (TV)
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter (UK)
  46. Faeries (1999)
  47. The Animal Train (1999) (V)
  48. Vig (1998) (TV)
    ... aka Money Kings (USA: DVD title)
  49. This Could Be the Last Time (1998) (TV)
  50. Imogen's Face (1998) (TV)
  51. Heaven on Earth (1998) (TV)
  52. March in Windy City (1998) (TV)
  53. Sex & Chocolate (1997) (TV)
  54. "Rag Nymph" (1997) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph
  55. "The Locksmith" (1997) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
  56. The Beggar Bride (1997) (TV)
  57. The Pale Horse (1997) (TV)
    ... aka Agatha Christie's 'The Pale Horse'
  58. "Pie in the Sky" (32 episodes, 1994-1997)
        - Squashed Tomatoes (1997) TV episode
        - Gary's Cake (1996) TV episode
        - Breaking Bread (1996) TV episode
        - New Leaf (1996) TV episode
        - Chinese Whispers (1996) TV episode
          (27 more)
  59. Into the Blue (1997) (TV)
  60. "Noah's Ark" (1997) TV series (unknown episodes)
  61. "Ivanhoe" (1997) TV mini-series
  62. The Moth (1997) (TV)
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's The Moth
  63. The Wingless Bird (1997) (TV)
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's The Wingless Bird (UK: alternative title)
  64. "The Crow Road" (4 episodes, 1996)
        - Rory (1996) TV episode
        - Fergus (1996) TV episode
        - Kenneth (1996) TV episode
        - Prentice (1996) TV episode
  65. "Cadfael" (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
    ... aka Mystery!: Cadfael (USA)
        - A Morbid Taste for Bones (1996) TV episode
        - The Devil's Novice (1996) TV episode
        - The Virgin in the Ice (1995) TV episode
        - Monk's Hood (1994) TV episode
        - The Leper of St. Giles (1994) TV episode
          (2 more)
  66. Space Truckers (1996) (original score composed by)
    ... aka Star Truckers
  67. "Our Friends in the North" (9 episodes, 1996)
        - 1995 (1996) TV episode
        - 1987 (1996) TV episode
        - 1984 (1996) TV episode
        - 1979 (1996) TV episode
        - 1974 (1996) TV episode
          (4 more)
  68. The Sculptress (1996) (TV)
  69. The Girl (1996) (TV)
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's The Girl
  70. "The Tide of Life" (1996) TV mini-series
    ... aka Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life (UK: complete title)
  71. "Bodyguards" (1996) TV series (unknown episodes)
  72. The Wind in the Willows (1995) (TV)
  73. Body Language (1995) (TV)
  74. "Chiller" (1995) TV series (unknown episodes)
  75. "The Buccaneers" (1995) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
  76. "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends" (9 episodes, 1992-1995)
        - The Tale of Mr. Tod (1995) TV episode
        - The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse (1995) TV episode
        - The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse (1995) TV episode
        - The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1994) TV episode
        - The Tale of Pigling Bland (1994) TV episode
          (4 more)
  77. The Puppet Masters (1994)
    ... aka Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (USA: complete title)
  78. Pat and Margaret (1994) (TV)
  79. Captives (1994)
  80. "The Dwelling Place" (1994) TV series (unknown episodes)
  81. Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993)
    ... aka The Wedding Gift (USA)
  82. Stark (1993) (TV)
    ... aka Ben Elton's Stark (UK: video title)
  83. Curacao (1993) (TV)
    ... aka CIA: Exiled (USA: video title) (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka Deadly Currents (UK)
  84. Don't Leave Me This Way (1993) (TV)
  85. A Question of Guilt (1993) (TV)
  86. The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) (TV)
  87. "Nice Town" (3 episodes, 1992)
        - Idyll (1992) TV episode
        - Unto Us a Child Is Born (1992) TV episode
        - Immaculate Conception (1992) TV episode
  88. "Between the Lines" (7 episodes, 1992)
    ... aka Inside the Line
        - The Chill Factor (1992) TV episode
        - Nobody's Fireproof (1992) TV episode
        - Watching the Detectives (1992) TV episode
        - Breaking Point (1992) TV episode
        - Words of Advice (1992) TV episode
          (2 more)
  89. "Anglo Saxon Attitudes" (3 episodes, 1992)
        - Episode #1.3 (1992) TV episode
        - Episode #1.2 (1992) TV episode
        - Episode #1.1 (1992) TV episode
  90. "Truckers" (1992) TV series
  91. City Boy (1992) (TV)
  92. Clarissa (1991) (TV)
  93. Smack and Thistle (1991) (TV)
  94. The Sandman (1991)
  95. Hands of a Murderer (1990) (TV)
    ... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Prince of Crime
  96. Daughter of Darkness (1990) (TV)

  97. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)
  98. A Master of the Marionettes (1989) (TV)
  99. "Capital City" (1989) TV series (unknown episodes)
  100. Getting It Right (1989)
  101. The Fifteen Streets (1989) (TV)
  102. Fellow Traveller (1989) (TV)
  103. Vampire's Kiss (1988)
  104. "The Fear" (1988) TV series (unknown episodes)
  105. Bellman and True (1987)
  106. Knights & Emeralds (1986)
  107. Rawhead Rex (1986)
    ... aka RawHeadRex (USA: video box title)
  108. Shadey (1985)
  109. Ian Gillan Band at the Rainbow (1984) (V)
  110. Slayground (1983)
  111. The Rocking Horse Winner (1983)
  112. Born of Fire (1983)
  113. Live at Oxford Polytechnic (1981) (TV)

  114. The Dumb Waiter (1979)
  115. Full Circle (1977)
    ... aka The Haunting of Julia (USA)
Music Department:
  1. Man Dancin' (2003) (musician)
  2. Essex Boys (2000) (music arranger) (music programmer)
  3. Complicity (2000) (orchestrator)
    ... aka Retribution (video title)
  4. Maybe Baby (2000) (orchestrator)

  5. Guest House Paradiso (1999) (orchestrator)
  6. Space Truckers (1996) (conductor) (musician: electronics) (orchestration)
    ... aka Star Truckers
  7. "Chiller" (composer: title music) (2 episodes, 1995) (composer: original title music) (1 episode, 1995)
        - Number Six (1995) TV episode (composer: original title music)
        - Here Comes the Mirror Man (1995) TV episode (composer: title music)
        - Prophecy (1995) TV episode (composer: title music)

  8. Knights & Emeralds (1986) (music coordinator)
  9. Slayground (1983) (orchestrator)
Soundtrack:
  1. Space Truckers (1996) (writer: "Martian Moons") (performer: "Martian Moons")
    ... aka Star Truckers

  2. Getting It Right (1989) (writer: "Getting It Right")
Self:
  1. Ian Gillan Band at the Rainbow (1984) (V) .... Himself
  2. Live at Oxford Polytechnic (1981) (TV) .... Himself

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