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The Specials
Actor, Composer, Director
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| 191 titles |
| Past Film & Video (51 titles) | Budget | Opening Weekend | Gross (US & Canada) | Gross (Worldwide) |
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$160MM
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$391MM
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$1.13B
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$78K
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My Golden Days (2015)
Soundtrack (as The Special AKA) ("I Can't Stand It", "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend") |
$27K
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$269K
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$1.5MM
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£500K
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$44MM
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$19MM
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$48K
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$65K
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$3K
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$6K
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$16K
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$30MM
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$9.7MM
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$32MM
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$103MM
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£2MM
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$64K
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$85MM
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$11MM
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£1.5MM
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$18K
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$329K
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$8.5MM
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$109K
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£4MM
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$3.3MM
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$32MM
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$3K
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$26K
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$26K
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$28K
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$159K
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$4MM
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$4.9MM
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$11K
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$231K
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$231K
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£6MM
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$28K
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$30MM
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$84MM
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$7K
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$19K
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$19K
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$6MM
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$3.2MM
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$6.9MM
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$6.9MM
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$36K
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$300K
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$300K
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$15K
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$73K
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$73K
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$85MM
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$8.8MM
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$29MM
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$29MM
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Performer: "Pressure Drop", "A Message To You Rudy", "You're Wondering Now" |
$15MM
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$6.9MM
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$28MM
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$28MM
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$45MM
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$5.1MM
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$21MM
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$21MM
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$34MM
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$11MM
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$50MM
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$50MM
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$6.5MM
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$4.5MM
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$24MM
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$291K
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$291K
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$10MM
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$3.1MM
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$3.1MM
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Dance Craze (1981)
Performer: "Nite Klub", "Concrete Jungle", "Too Much Too Young", "Man At C And A" (uncredited), Writer: "Nite Klub" (uncredited) |
$97K
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| Past Television (64 titles) | Episodes |
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1
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Doctors (2001–2024)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited) (4 episodes, 2001), Performer: "Ghost Town", "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2017), Performer: "Ghost Town" (uncredited) (3 episodes, 2010)
The Price of Everything (Nov
7,
2024)
Season 24,
Episode 272
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Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited)
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8
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1
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1
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EastEnders (2002–2022)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Ghost Town" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022), Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2002), Performer: "Dancing Mood" (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2003) |
5
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The Great British Sewing Bee (2022)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Ghost Town" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022) |
1
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2 Tone: The Sound of Coventry (2022)
(TV Special) - Performer: "Gangsters", "A Message To You, Rudi", "Concrete Jungle", "Do The Dog", "Doesn't Make It Alright", "Monkey Man", "Too Much Too Young", "Enjoy Yourself", "Ghost Town", "(Free) Nelson Mandela" |
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Richard Osman's House of Games (2018)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Ghost Town" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2018) |
1
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6
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Juda (2017)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Ghost Town" (1 episode, 2017)
Ye Shall Not Eat of It, Neither Shall Ye Touch It, Lest Ye Die (Apr
27,
2017)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Performer: "Ghost Town"
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1
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All Round to Mrs. Brown's (2017)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Nelson Mandela" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2017) |
1
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1
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1
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1
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Danny Baker Rocks... (A Bit) (2014)
(TV Mini-series) - Performer: "Skinhead Moonstomp" (1 episode, 2014) |
1
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Rude Tube (2013)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Ghost Town" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2013), Performer: "A Message To You, Rudy" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2013)
Kick-Ass Animals (Sep
15,
2013)
Season 7,
Episode 2
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Performer: "A Message To You, Rudy" (uncredited)
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2
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1
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Independent Lens (2012)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Free Nelson Mandela" (as The Special AKA) (1 episode, 2012)
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Free at Last (2012)
Season 13,
Episode 12
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Performer: "Free Nelson Mandela" (as The Special AKA)
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1
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White Heat (2012)
(TV Mini-series) - Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2012)
The Personal is Political (Mar
29,
2012)
Season 1,
Episode 4
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Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited)
The Dark Side of the Moon (Mar
22,
2012)
Season 1,
Episode 3
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Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited)
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2
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No me la puc treure del cap (2012)
(TV Series) - Performer: "A Message To You, Rudy" (1 episode, 2012) |
1
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1
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Death in Paradise (2011)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Gangsters" Written By Nm1384618 & Nm0132281 (uncredited) (1 episode, 2011)
Episode 4 (Nov
15,
2011)
Season 1,
Episode 4
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Performer: "Gangsters" Written By Nm1384618 & Nm0132281 (uncredited)
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1
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Fresh Meat (2011)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Ghost Town" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2011), Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2011) |
2
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Cuéntame cómo pasó (2011)
(TV Series) - Performer: "A Message To You Rudy" (1 episode, 2011)
Las grandes y pequeñas decisiones (Sep
22,
2011)
Season 13,
Episode 2
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Performer: "A Message To You Rudy"
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1
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1
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Late Show with David Letterman (2010)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Nite Klub" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2010)
Anne Heche/Ken Burns/The Specials (Aug
26,
2010)
Season 17,
Episode 185
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Performer: "Nite Klub" (uncredited)
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1
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1
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Welcome to the 80's (2009)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Nelson Mandela" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2009), Performer: "Do The Dog" (1 episode, 2009), Performer: "Gangsters", "Too Much Too Young", "Ghost Town", "Enjoy Yourself' (uncredited) (1 episode, 2009)
Charts, Clips und Kommerz (Aug
18,
2009)
Season 1,
Episode 4
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Performer: "Nelson Mandela" (uncredited)
Postpunk und Neue Deutsche Welle (Aug
11,
2009)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Performer: "Do The Dog",
Performer: "Gangsters", "Too Much Too Young", "Ghost Town", "Enjoy Yourself' (uncredited)
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Glastonbury 2009
(TV Series) - Performer: "A Message To You Rudy", "Do The Dog", "Gangsters", "Rat Race", "Monkey Man", "Too Hot", "Concrete Jungle", "Friday Night Saturday Morning", "Man At C&A", "Too Much Too Young", "You're Wondering Now", "Ghost Town", "Do Nothing", "Hey Little Rich Girl", "Nite Klub", Writer: "Nite Klub" |
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Later... With Jools Holland (2009)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Little Bitch", "Man At C&A", "Gangsters" (1 episode, 2009)
Episode #34.1 (Apr
10,
2009)
Season 34,
Episode 1
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Performer: "Little Bitch", "Man At C&A", "Gangsters"
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1
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Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns (2006)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Ghost Town" (uncredited) (11 episodes, 2006) |
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At Home with the Braithwaites (2001)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Do Nothing" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2001) |
1
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1
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Play at Home (1984)
(TV Series) - Director (as The Special AKA) (1 episode, 1984), Writer (as The Special AKA) (1 episode, 1984) |
1
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Top of the Pops (1979–1984)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Free Nelson Mandela" (as The Special AKA) (1 episode, 1984), Performer: "Ghost Town" (5 episodes, 1981), Performer: "Do Nothing" (2 episodes, 1980), Performer: "Rat Race" (1 episode, 1980), Performer: "Too Much Too Young" (3 episodes, 1980), … See more
Episode #21.13 (Mar
29,
1984)
Season 21,
Episode 13
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Performer: "Free Nelson Mandela" (as The Special AKA)
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1
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Play for Today (1982)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Enjoy Yourself", "Stereotypes", "(Dawning Of A) New Era" (1 episode, 1982)
3 Minute Heroes (Oct
26,
1982)
Season 13,
Episode 2
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Performer: "Enjoy Yourself", "Stereotypes", "(Dawning Of A) New Era"
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1
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Saturday Night Live (1980)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Gangsters", "Too Much, Too Young" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1980)
Strother Martin/The Specials (Apr
19,
1980)
Season 5,
Episode 17
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Performer: "Gangsters", "Too Much, Too Young" (uncredited)
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1
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Arena (1980)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Blank Expression", "A Message To You, Rudy", "Stupid Marriage" (1 episode, 1980)
Rudies Come Back or The Rise and Rise of 2-Tone (Mar
12,
1980)
Season 5,
Episode 9
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Performer: "Blank Expression", "A Message To You, Rudy", "Stupid Marriage"
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1
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| Self (27 titles) |
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2010–2019)
(TV Series) - Themselves - Musical Guest / Themselves - Musical Guests (2 episodes, 2010)
Taron Egerton/Amy Klobuchar/The Specials (May
28,
2019)
Season 17,
Episode 73
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Themselves - Musical Guests
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The Graham Norton Show (2019)
(TV Series) - Themselves - Guest (1 episode, 2019)
Charlize Theron/Seth Rogen/Matthew Broderick/Zac Efron/The Specials (Apr
26,
2019)
Season 25,
Episode 4
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Themselves - Guest
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Late Show with David Letterman (2010)
(TV Series) - Themselves - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2010)
Anne Heche/Ken Burns/The Specials (Aug
26,
2010)
Season 17,
Episode 185
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Themselves - Musical Guest
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| Archive Footage (30 titles) |
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New British Canon (2019–2025)
(TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (5 episodes, 2019), Themselves (archive footage) (1 episode, 2019)
Exploring Tricky & Maxinquaye: The 90s Bowie? (Nov
15,
2025)
Season 1,
Episode 64
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Self (archive footage)
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MTV 80s - Every UK No. 1 Party Hit of the 80s! (2025)
(TV Special) - Self - The Specials (archive footage) |
MTV 80s - Top 100 Longest UK Chart-Toppers of the 80s! (2025)
(TV Special) - Self - The Specials (archive footage) |
MTV 80s - Greatest Ever UK No.1s of the 80s! (2024)
(TV Special) - Self - The Specials (archive footage) |
MTV 80s - Top 100 British Anthems of the 80s! (2024)
(TV Special) - Self - The Specials (archive footage) |
MTV 80s - Top 100 40 Years Young in 2024! (2024)
(TV Special) - Self - The Special AKA (archive footage) |
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The 80s - Music's Greatest Decade? (2021)
(TV Mini-series) - Themselves (archive footage) (2 episodes, 2021) |
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Danny Baker Rocks... (A Bit) (2014)
(TV Mini-series) - Themselves (archive footage) (1 episode, 2014) |
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I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band (2010)
(TV Mini-series) - Themselves (archive footage) (1 episode, 2010) |
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| Other (19 titles) |
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The Special A.K.A.: Break Down the Door (1984)
(Music Video) - The Special A.K.A. (as The Special A.K.A.) |
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The Special A.K.A.: The Lonely Crowd (1984)
(Music Video) - The Special A.K.A. (as The Special A.K.A.) |
The Special A.K.A.: What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (1984)
(Music Video) - The Special A.K.A. (as The Special A.K.A.) |
The Special A.K.A.: Nelson Mandela (1984)
(Music Video) - The Special A.K.A. (as The Special A.K.A.) |
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Rhoda with the Special A.K.A.: The Boiler (1982)
(Music Video) - The Special A.K.A. (as The Special A.K.A.) |
Rico & The Special A.K.A.: Jungle Music (1982)
(Music Video) - The Special A.K.A. (as The Special A.K.A.) |
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