Peter Davison
Known for: Acting
Born: April 13, 1951
Place of birth: Streatham, London, England, UK
Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett; 13 April 1951) is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He became famous as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. His subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice, and Albert Campion in Campion. He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites, "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective, and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Davison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
128 movies · 64 TV shows, newest first
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Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
2025
5.1
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
7.2
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
3.5
Kiss Me, Kate
2024
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Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
2024
5.7
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2023
5.0
Talking Doctor Who
2023
5.6
Tales of the Tardis
2023
7.0
The Big Steam Adventure
2023
7.0
Beyond Paradise
2023
7.3
The Gold
2023
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Peter Davison: Uncut!
2022
7.0
Remembers…
2022
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End of Term
2021
5.7
The Larkins
2021
7.0
Dream Horse
2021
5.5
Between the Covers
2020
7.4
Life
2020
9.0
The Big Night In
2020
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The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
2020
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Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
2019
8.0
Good Omens
2019
7.8
Gentleman Jack
2019
7.0
The Name of the Rose
2019
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Peter Davison: In Conversation
2018
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Earthshocked
20187.0
Vintage Roads
2018
7.2
Say My Name
2018
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Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
20188.3
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
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Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
6.7
Patrick
2018
5.6
You, Me and Him
2018
6.6
Liar
2017
8.0
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
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Sugar Free Farm
2016
7.8
Gypsy
2015
8.0
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
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Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
2015
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Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
8.1
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
9.0
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
7.8
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
8.2
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
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Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
7.5
Toast of London
2013
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Pat & Cabbage
2013
8.0
Doctor Who at the Proms
2013
5.0
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
6.4
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
7.0
The Destinations of Doctor Who
20128.5
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
20128.5
The Women of Doctor Who
2012
8.0
Tales of Television Centre
2012
8.0
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011
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Driven to Distractation
2011
7.4
Vera
2011
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Come in Number Five
2011
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Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2011
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Chain Reaction
2010
7.0
The Queen
2009
7.1
Micro Men
2009
7.0
Law & Order: UK
2009
7.4
Unforgiven
2009
7.4
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
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Trials and Tribulations
2008
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Now, Get Out of That
2008
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
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The Ties That Bind Us
2008NR
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
7.7
Doctor Who: Time Crash
2007
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The Dead Peasants Society
2007NR
The Man from Montevideo
20074.5
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
2007
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Dangerous Liaisons
2007NR
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
2007
7.0
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007
7.6
Lewis
2007
8.0
A New Body at Last
2007
7.0
The Crowded TARDIS
2007NR
The Complete Guide to Parenting
2006
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Willesden Confidential
2005NR
Three Steps to Hendon
2005NR
Towpaths of Glory
2005NR
Friends Reunited
2005
9.0
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
8.1
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
7.3
Distant Shores
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
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Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004NR
Benefit to Mankind
2004
8.0
The Long Bank Holiday
2004
6.0
Christine
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004
8.0
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
3.5
Too Good to Be True
2003NR
Too Good to Be True
2003
5.4
Hardware
2003
10.0
Tricia
2003NR
The Last Detective
2003
7.8
The Last Detective
2003
3.4
Richard & Judy
2001
7.0
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
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The Home Whovian
2001
6.5
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
9.0
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
7.0
The Kidnappers
1999
3.4
Loose Women
1999
7.5
Hope and Glory
19996.5
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
5.5
Parting Shots
1999
6.7
Wuthering Heights
1998
7.3
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998NR
Verdict
1998
4.6
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
4.0
Dear Nobody
1998
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Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
7.6
Jonathan Creek
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
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Cuts
1996
5.9
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
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The Adventures of Toad
1996
7.5
The Adventures of Mole
1995
2.0
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
7.0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
8.4
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
5.4
Mole's Christmas
1994
3.7
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
1994
6.7
Black Beauty
1994
7.5
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994
7.2
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
8.0
Stranger than Fiction
1994
5.0
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
4.8
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
5.3
The Airzone Solution
1993
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A Very Polish Practice
1992
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Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
1992
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Fiddlers Three
1991
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The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
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The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
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The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
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The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
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The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
7.2
Screen One
1989
6.5
Campion
1989
8.0
Going Live!
1987
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The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
10.0
Who's Who
1986
8.2
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
8.4
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
7.4
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
9.0
Anna of the Five Towns
1985
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Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985
7.0
Miss Marple
1984
9.8
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1984
6.0
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
1984
7.9
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
7.8
Doctor Who: Frontios
1984
5.4
Doctor Who: The Awakening
1984
4.8
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
1984
7.8
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
4.3
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
1983
7.7
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
1983
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Once Upon a Time Lord
1983
6.4
Doctor Who: Terminus
1983
7.0
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
5.0
Doctor Who: Snakedance
1983
7.2
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983
5.5
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
1982
8.1
Doctor Who: Earthshock
1982
6.2
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
1982
7.2
Doctor Who: The Visitation
1982
7.5
Doctor Who: Kinda
1982
5.3
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
1982
7.8
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
1982
7.0
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
7.3
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
8.0
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
7.0
Sink or Swim
19805.5
Holding the Fort
1980
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Print-Out
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
8.0
Love for Lydia
1977
6.7
Warship
1973
7.9
Doctor Who
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Frank and Percy
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