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Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton



United Kingdom

Age: 79

Born: 03 Jun, 1946

Known for

In After Life as Anneas Anne

in After Life
In Downton Abbey as Isobel Mertonas Isobel Merton

in Downton Abbey
In Murder is Easy as Lavinia Pinkertonas Lavinia Pinkerton

in Murder is Easy
In Five Days as Barbara Pooleas Barbara Poole

in Five Days

TV Series Starring Penelope Wilton

Murder is EasyMurder is Easy
BBC One, 2023 Cancelled/Ended | Crime, Thriller, Mini-Series | ► Trailer
2.7


England, 1954. On a train to London, a man going by the name of Luke Fitzwilliam meets Miss Pinkerton, who tells him that a killer is on the loose in the sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe. The villagers believe the deaths are mere accidents, but Miss Pinkerton knows otherwise - and when she's later found dead on her way to Scotland Yard, Luke feels he must find the killer before they can strike again. Because for a certain kind of person, murder is easy...


After LifeAfter Life
Netflix, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama | ► Trailer
4.4


After Life centers on Tony, who had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on. He thinks it's like a Super Power - not caring about himself or anyone else - but it turns out to be tricky when everyone is trying to save the nice guy they used to know.


Brief EncountersBrief Encounters
ITV, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama | ► Trailer
2.5


A comedy drama based on the autobiography of Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold. The six-part series, which will be set in the early 1980s, follows the adventures of four women as they start selling exotic lingerie.Brief Encounters is being written by Fay Rusling and Oriane Messina, writers who have previously worked on comedies such as Green Wing and Me And Mrs Jones.ITV's Steve November told BroadcastNow that the show was "full of heart", adding "Brief Encounters is a refreshingly different domestic drama taking us back to the wonderful world of the 1980s."Executive Producer Danielle Lux says: "We are absolutely thrilled to be producing our first drama for ITV. CPL takes great pride in producing television with heart and soul and Brief Encounters has that in spades."


South RidingSouth Riding
BBC One, 2011 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Family, History, Lifestyle
2.5


South Riding follows Sarah Burton as she returns home to Yorkshire after WWI. Her efforts to revive the community lead to conflict and romance. Set in the 1930s, this period drama explores class, gender, and politics in rural England. A must-watch for fans of Downton Abbey.


Downton AbbeyDownton Abbey
ITV, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Family, Romance, History | ► Trailer
4.7


Downton Abbey is an ITV drama set in 1912 about the Crawley household. It is written by Julian Fellowes and stars Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, and Elizabeth McGovern.


Five DaysFive Days
BBC One, 2007 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.8


This crime thriller tracks five pivotal but non-consecutive days in a mysterious missing person's case involving a beautiful young mother of three. Leanne vanishes, and then two of her children go missing. Did Leanne abandon her children, or was the family abducted? A team of investigators are determined to find out.


Bob and RoseBob and Rose
ITV, 2001 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Romance
4.0


A very light-hearted series, which centres itself around the lives of two very likeable and warm characters, Bob and Rose. Bob is gay, and Rose has a boyfriend. They meet up by accident in a street one night, and their lives begin to slowly change, and a relationship begins to develop between them. But that's only just the beginning... All six episodes of Bob and Rose was penned by Queer as Folk writer and creator Russell T Davies.


The BorrowersThe Borrowers
BBC One, 1992 Cancelled/Ended | Family, Action, Adventure, Children



The Borrowers are small, 15cm high humans who live in the English hinterland. They live out their lives in mouse-hole sized nooks in human homes, and survive by 'borrowing' all they need from the house and its inhabitants. This series follows young girl Arriety, and her parents Pod and Homily, as they are displaced from their home and try to find a new home, with the help of a human boy, George.