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Alan David (actor)
Alan Davies (born 29 December 1941), known professionally as Alan David, is a Welsh actor, best known for his stage and television roles. Life and career David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. After working in repertory at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and the Victoria Theatre, Stoke, David was a regular performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1970 and 2003, most notably as Touchstone in ''As You Like It'' (1977), various rôles in the 1986 revival of ''Nicholas Nickleby'' and Polonius in ''Hamlet'' (2001). His regular London appearances include parts at the National Theatre, Almeida Theatre and Royal Court Theatre. He has had many television credits ranging from ''Coronation Street'' in 1973, ''The Sweeney'' (1975) through to '' Virtual Murder'' (1992), '' Honey for Tea'' and " The Unquiet Dead", an episode of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005. He also appeared as the 'rival' of Boycie as Llewellyn in ''The Green Green Grass''. In 2007 he played Griff in the BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil (; cy, Merthyr Tudful ) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydfil, daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, who according to legend was slain at Merthyr by pagans about 480 CE. generally means "martyr" in modern Welsh, but here closer to the Latin : a place of worship built over a martyr's relics. Similar place names in south Wales are Merthyr Cynog, Merthyr Dyfan and Merthyr Mawr. History Pre-history Peoples migrating north from Europe had lived in the area for many thousands of years. The archaeological record starts from about 1000 BC with the Celts. From their language, the Welsh language developed. Hillforts were built during the Iron Age and the tribe that inhabited them in the south of Wales was called the Silures, according to Tacitus, the Roman historian of the Roman invaders. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Painted Veil (2006 Film)
''The Painted Veil'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles. This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book, following a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall and a 1957 version called ''The Seventh Sin'' with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker. Plot On a brief trip to London in the early 1920s, earnest and bookish bacteriologist Walter Fane is dazzled by Kitty Garstin, a London socialite. He proposes; she accepts ("only to get as far away from ermother as possible"), and the couple honeymoon in Venice. They travel to Walter's medical post in Shanghai, where he is stationed in a government lab studying infectious diseases. They are ill-suited, with Kitty much more interested in parties and the social life of the British expatriate comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon (film)
''Wimbledon'' is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine. The film stars Paul Bettany as a journeyman tennis pro (once ranked 11th) and Kirsten Dunst as an up-and-coming tennis star. Sam Neill and Jon Favreau co-star. Plot Peter Colt, a British professional tennis player in his thirties whose ranking has slipped from 11th to 119th in the world, has never really had to fight for anything, as his wealthy family allowed him to easily pursue his tennis ambitions. Though he earns a wildcard spot to the Wimbledon tournament, he feels it's time to admit he's getting too old to compete with fitter up-and-coming younger players and intends, after this last Wimbledon, to take a job with a prestigious tennis club. As Wimbledon begins, he bumps into Lizzie Bradbury, the American rising star of female tennis. They fall in love and her interest in him changes his entire perception, even giving him the strength to win again. As their love grows, Peter's game becomes better a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready When You Are, Mr
Ready may refer to: Film and television * ''Ready'', a 2002 British short starring Imelda Staunton * ''Ready'' (2008 film), a Telugu film * ''Ready'' (2011 film), a Hindi remake of the Telugu film * "Ready" (''New Girl''), a television episode Music * Ready Records, a Canadian record label Albums * ''Ready!'' (Nami Tamaki album), 2011 * ''Ready'' (Sandy Lam album), 1988 * ''Ready'' (Trey Songz album), 2009 * ''Ready'', by Reni Lane, 2010 EPs * ''Ready'' (Ella Mai EP), 2017 * ''Ready'' (Victon EP), 2017 * ''Ready'' (Ruel EP), 2018 Songs * "Ready" (Alessia Cara song), 2019 * "Ready" (B.o.B song), 2013 * "Ready" (Fabolous song), 2013 * "Ready" (Kodaline song), 2015 * "Ready?", by Tomoko Kawase, 2005 * "Ready", by Black Rob from ''The Black Rob Report'', 2005 * "Ready", by Cat Stevens from ''Buddha and the Chocolate Box'', 1974 * "Ready", by Cherie from the ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'' soundtrack album, 2004 * "Ready", by Kelly Clarkson from '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margery And Gladys
''Margery and Gladys'' is a one-off television drama/film, broadcast on 21 September 2003. Starring Penelope Keith and June Brown as the title characters, it was produced by Carlton Television for ITV and directed by Geoffrey Sax. Upon first broadcast, it was watched by a total of 7.91 million viewers. The film was also screened on RTÉ One in Ireland. It was subsequently repeated on ITV3 on 6 March 2016, its first repeat in the United Kingdom since its original broadcast in 2003. The film was released on DVD in Australia in July 2012 by Madman Entertainment. Plot Recently widowed Margery Heywood (Penelope Keith) and her cleaning woman Gladys Gladwell ( June Brown) disturb a would-be burglar breaking into Margery's house in Kent. Margery attacks the burglar with a heavy glass vase, and knocks him unconscious. Believing that she has killed him, she panics and flees the house with Gladys, leaving behind her handbag. In Gladys's car, the two women decide to try to reach Margery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Cried
''The Man Who Cried'' is a 2000 drama film written and directed by Sally Potter, and starring Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton and John Turturro. The film tells the story of a young Jewish girl who, after being separated from her father in Soviet Russia, grows up in England. As a young adult, she moves to Paris (shortly before the beginning of World War II). This marks the third time Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci have worked together. It is the last film worked on by the French cinematographer Sacha Vierny. Plot Fegele Abramovich (Christina Ricci), a Russian Jew is separated from her father (Oleg Yankovsky) as a child in 1927. Her father has travelled to America to seek his fortune and plans to send for Fegele and her grandmother. Before leaving, he sings "Je Crois Entendre Encore" from the Bizet opera ''Les pêcheurs de perles'' to her. After her father leaves, the village is attacked and burned in a pogrom. Fegele escapes with the help of n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Get Me Started (film)
''Don't Get Me Started'' is a 1994 Anglo-German film directed and written by Arthur Ellis. It was shown that year at the London Film Festival and at the 51st Venice Film Festival, before going on general release in British cinemas from the beginning of June 1995. The film stars Trevor Eve as Jack Lane, Ralph Brown as Larry Swift and Steven Waddington as Jerry Hoff. It was the celebrated cinematographer Gilbert Taylor's final film. Plot Jack Lane, a murderer who has managed to get away with his crimes and build a new life for himself in suburbia, finds it difficult to give up smoking. He also struggles to overcome a sense of encroaching paranoia after meeting a stranger with a worrying interest in his past. When Lane finds out that the stranger is an investigative journalist who has discovered the truth about his identity, he resolves to take matters into his own hands. Cast *Trevor Eve as Jack Lane * Steven Waddington as Jerry Hoff *Marion Bailey as Gill Lane *Ralph Brown as Lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thicker Than Water (1993 Film)
''Thicker than Water'' is a 1993 Welsh thriller television film directed by Marc Evans and starring Theresa Russell, Jonathan Pryce, Robert Pugh and Catherine Neilson. It is based on the novel of the same name by Dylan Jones, about a Welsh doctor who attempts to put his life together after the death of his pregnant wife. Plot Debbie and Jo (both portrayed by Theresa Russell) are identical twins. Jo is killed in a car accident, and her husband, Cardiff physician Sam Crawford (Jonathan Pryce) is grieving for her. Despite this, Debbie starts to act increasingly like Jo for Sam to overcome his grief. Sam meets with, and is drawn to, Chloe (Catherine Neilson), his wife's former colleague. Meanwhile, Debbie, whose fertility problems seems exacerbated by a post-viral weakness, insists that she still feels Jo's presence. Mysterious circumstances lead Sam to suspect that Jo's death wasn't an accident at all. Cast * Theresa Russell as Debbie and Jo * Jonathan Pryce as Sam Crawford * Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December Flower
''December Flower'' is a British single drama first broadcast at Christmas 1984. It featured the first acting appearance for 17 years by Bryan Forbes. Plot synopsis Newly widowed Etta Marsh goes to visit her elderly Aunt, Mary Grey, whom she has never met. (Mary and her sister, Etta's mother, had not seen each other for some 60 years - after Mary "stole" Etta's mother's boyfriend, Harry's father.) Etta finds her 85-year-old "Aunt M" being looked after by an inattentive, selfish cook-housekeeper called Mrs. Cullen. Aunt M herself is extremely inattentive and listless because Mrs. Cullen keeps her sedated with pills. Her son is too wrapped up in his own life to be interested and his wife is only waiting for the old woman to die so they will inherit her property. Her granddaughter Jill is the only one, besides Etta, who displays any genuine affection for the old woman. On the last day of Etta's visit, she and Mrs. Cullen have a row over what the latter has been giving Mrs. Grey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakharov (film)
''Sakharov'' is a 1984 American drama film directed by Jack Gold and written by David W. Rintels. The film stars Jason Robards, Glenda Jackson, Nicol Williamson, Frank Finlay, Michael Bryant (actor), Michael Bryant and Paul Freeman (actor), Paul Freeman. The film premiered on HBO on June 20, 1984. Plot Cast *Jason Robards as Andrei Sakharov *Glenda Jackson as Yelena Bonner *Nicol Williamson as Malyarov *Frank Finlay as Kravtsov *Michael Bryant (actor), Michael Bryant as Syshchikov *Paul Freeman (actor), Paul Freeman as Pavel Leontiev *Anna Massey as Klavdia *Joe Melia as Sergei Kovalev, Sergej Kovalov *Lee Montague as Slavsky *Jim Norton (Irish actor), Jim Norton as Roy Medvedev *Valentine Pelka as Efrem Sakharov *Catherine Hall as Tanya Sakharov *John McAndrew as Alyosha Sakharov *Debbie Farrington as Lisa Sakharov *David Midwinter as Matvel Sakharov, age 10 *Craig Dickerson as Matvel Sakharov, age 5 *Toni Warwick as Anya Sakharov *Eileen Way as Ruf Grigorievna *Denyse Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merchant Of Venice (1980 Film)
The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it spanned seven series and thirty-seven episodes. Development began in 1975 when Messina saw that the grounds of Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' for the ''Play of the Month'' series. Upon returning to London, however, he had come to envision an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. When he encountered a less than enthusiastic response from the BBC's departmental heads, Messina bypassed the usual channels and took his idea directly to the top of the BBC hierarchy, who greenlighted the show. Experiencing financial, logistical and creative problems in the early days of production, Messina persevered and served as executive produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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