Simon Farnaby
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Filmography
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Richard III: The King in the Car Park
(2013)Beneath a parking lot in the British town of Leicester, archaeologists unearth the skeleton of a man. The man's spine is deformed. His skull shows signs of violent trauma. An arrowhead is lodged between his second and third vertebrae. Is this the most iconic tyrant in British royal history? The infamous hunchbacked baddie of Shakespeare's play Richard III?

Richard III: The Unseen Story
(2013)In early 2013, researchers from the University of Leicester announced that they had found the body of England's most notorious monarch, Richard III, underneath one of the city's car parks. In this special follow-up programme, Darlow Smithson uses unseen footage and conducts two days of additional interviews to tell this extraordinary forensic detective story in even greater detail.

Bill
(2015)Bill Shakespeare is a hapless lute player with a big dream. Kicked out of his band, Bill leaves his despairing wife and kids behind in Stratford to seek fame and fortune in London. He's written a great work for the stage and he'll prove all the doubters wrong.

Bunny and the Bull
(2009)An extraordinary visual feast from the director of "The Mighty Boosh", featuring the crème-de-la-crème of British comedy talent, including Noel Fielding, Julian Barrett and Richard Ayoade, "Bunny and the Bull" follows Stephen (Ed Hogg) and Bunny (Simon Farnaby) as they leave the dull routine of life in England behind and embark on an extraordinary odyssey where imagination is the only limit. Journeying from the industrial wastelands of Silesia to the bull fields of Andalusia, their adventures brings them into contact with a Polish dog farmer (Julian Barratt), a moustachioed matador (Noel Fielding) and a hot-tempered crab waitress (Veronica Echegui), who soon tests how far their friendship really goes.

Mindhorn
(2016)Mindhorn is a must-see British comedy from co-writers and stars Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) and Simon Farnaby (Rogue One), with a supporting cast that includes Andrea Riseborough, Essie Davis and Steve Coogan. Washed-up actor Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt) is given the chance to revive his flagging career by returning to the role which made him famous: Mindhorn.