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Andy Devine (actor)
Peter Devine (stage name Andy Devine, 28 February 1942 – 27 January 2022) was a British actor primarily on television, whose best known role was Shadrach Dingle on one of ITV (TV network), ITV's long-running soap operas, ''Emmerdale''. He played Shadrach on and off starting in 2000 and made his final appearance in July 2010. His credits have occasionally been confused with those of the American actor Andy Devine (1905–1977). Devine served in the Royal Navy for eight years after joining at aged 17 in 1959. He was also a classical actor before going into the soaps. Life and career Devine began his acting career in 1963. He mainly had minor roles, such as an uncredited Draconian Guard in several episodes of the ''Doctor Who'' story ''Frontier in Space''. He also had a memorably prominent role as a gay man in the iconic Channel 4 series ''Queer as Folk (British TV series), Queer As Folk'', and he appeared in an episode of ''Linda Green'', playing the eponymous lead character's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Devine
Andrew Vabre Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature films. He also appeared alongside John Wayne in films such as ''Stagecoach'' (1939), '' The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'', and '' How the West Was Won'' (both 1962). He is also remembered as Jingles on the TV series '' The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' from 1951 to 1958, as Danny McGuire in '' A Star Is Born'' (1937), and as the voice of Friar Tuck in the Disney Animation Studio film ''Robin Hood'' (1973). Early life Devine was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, on October 7, 1905. He grew up in Kingman, Arizona, where his family moved when he was one year old. His father was Thomas Devine Jr., born in 1869 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Andy's grandfather, Thomas Devine Sr., was born in 1842 in County Tipperary, Ireland, and immigrated to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Playhouse
''Comedy Playhouse'' is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including ''Steptoe and Son'', '' Meet the Wife'', ''Till Death Us Do Part'', ''All Gas and Gaiters'', ''Up Pompeii!'', '' Not in Front of the Children'', ''Me Mammy'', ''That's Your Funeral'', ''The Liver Birds'', ''Are You Being Served?'' and particularly ''Last of the Summer Wine'', which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010. In March 2014, it was announced that ''Comedy Playhouse'' would make a return that year with three new episodes. Background The series began in 1961 at the prompting of Tom Sloan, Head of BBC Light Entertainment at the time. Galton and Simpson were no longer writing for Tony Hancock and Sloan asked them to write ten one-offs with the hope that one might become established as a series. Thus, the first two series of ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Blue (1995 TV Series)
''Out of the Blue'' is a British television crime drama series, set and filmed in Sheffield, and broadcast on BBC One between 23 May 1995, and 9 September 1996. A total of twelve episodes were broadcast across two series. John Hannah and David Morrissey starred as the main protagonists in each respective series. ''Out of the Blue'' follows a team of detectives at Brazen Gate CID through grisly murder cases, clashes with an already-divided community and through the dramas of their personal lives. The series ultimately received acclaim from critics, but did not pull in the expected viewing figures, and was subsequently axed after the second series. The complete series is due for release on DVD by Simply Media 10 July 2017. ''Out of the Blue'' was billed as a "hard-hitting police drama", and was noted as the BBC's second attempt to rival ''The Bill'' following ''Waterfront Beat''. Series script editor Claire Elliot said of the series; " ut of the Blueis a contemporary, gritty, urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiac Arrest (TV Series)
''Cardiac Arrest'' was a British medical drama series made by World Productions for BBC1. It first broadcast between 1994 and 1996. The series was controversial owing to its cynical depiction of doctors, nurses, and the National Health Service (NHS), although it has often topped polls of the UK medical profession as the most realistic medical drama of all time. The series was created by Jed Mercurio (writing under the pseudonym John MacUre), a former junior doctor who had worked at a hospital in Wolverhampton. Mercurio drew on his experience to provide a more visceral, albeit wryly humorous, look at the NHS in the 1990s. At the time of airing, Mercurio was still working as a doctor. Mercurio later went on to create another controversial medical drama for the BBC in 2004, ''Bodies''. Cast Doctors * Andrew Lancel as Dr Andrew Collin * Helen Baxendale as Dr Claire Maitland * Ace Bhatti as Dr Rajesh Rajah * Jonathan Dow as Dr James Mortimer * Michael MacKenzie as Dr Graham Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Originally broadcast twice weekly, the series began airing six times a week in 2017. The programme was conceived by scriptwriter Tony Warren. Warren's initial proposal was rejected by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein, but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes, and the show has since become a significant part of English culture. ''Coronation Street'' is made by ITV Granada at MediaCityUK and shown in all ITV regions, as well as internationally. In 2010, upon its 50th anniversary, the series was recognised by Guinness World Records, as the world's longest-running television soap opera. Initially influenced by the conventions of kitchen sink realism, ''Coronation Street'' is noted for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracker (British TV Series)
''Cracker'' is a British crime drama series produced by ITV Granada, Granada Television for ITV (TV network), ITV, created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. Set in Manchester, the series follows a criminal psychology, criminal psychologist (or "cracker"), Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane, who works with the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to help them solve crimes. The show consists of three series, originally broadcast from 1993 to 1995. A 100-minute special set in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong followed in 1996 and another two-hour story in 2006. The show won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1995 and 1996, and Coltrane received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996). Overview Fitz is Irish Scottish people, Scottish of Irish origin, alcoholic, a chain smoker, obese, Sedentary lifestyle, sedentary, problem gambling, addicted to gambling, mania, manic, foul-mouthed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Seven Eleven
''Three Seven Eleven'' is a children's drama series broadcast on CITV from 17 February 1993 and to 15 June 1994, set in the fictional Barton Wood Primary School in England. It follows the day-to- day adventures of several students. It was written by Bernard Ashley, Chris Ashley (author) and Marvin Close. It was filmed at Callands County Primary School in Callands, Warrington The series was produced by Granada Television ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it .... External links * 1993 British television series debuts 1994 British television series endings 1990s British children's television series ITV children's television shows ITV television dramas Television shows produced by Granada Television Television series by ITV Studios English-language television sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Tomorrow
''The Girl from Tomorrow'' is an Australian sci-fi children's television series produced by Film Australia. The series is based around Alana (Katharine Cullen), a girl from the year 3000. At the start of the series, she is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, and brought back in time to the year 1990. While in the year 1990, she befriends Jenny (Melissa Marshall), who helps Alana adapt to life in a time unfamiliar to her, and later helps her to return to her own time. A sequel series, '' The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End'' aired in 1993. Premise In the year 3000, the human race is in a state of Utopia. The major challenge facing them is continuing rebuilding the Earth after "The Great Disaster", a catastrophic event that took place in 2500 and nearly destroyed the entire Earth. In order to investigate its causes, a scientist named Tulista is sent to the past using the Time Capsule, a device created by a scientist named Bruno. Upon the capsule's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villains (TV Series)
''Villains'' is a crime drama series, shown in the UK in 1972, following the linked fates of nine bank robbers, led by George (David Daker). It begins with the nine men meeting in prison during their appeal and traces each individual after the group escape from custody. The series also starred William Marlowe, Bob Hoskins and Martin Shaw."British television: an illustrated guide" (Oxford University Press,1996), Tise Vahimagi and Michael Ian Grade, p.209 DVD release The complete series was released on DVD by Network DVD in August 2012. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villains (Tv Series) 1972 British television series debuts 1972 British television series endings 1970s British crime television series 1970s British drama television series 1970s British television miniseries English-language television shows ITV television dramas London Weekend Television shows Television series by ITV Studios Television shows set in London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma (1972 TV Serial)
''Emma'' was a six-part TV serial adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel '' Emma'' by BBC Television that was broadcast in 1972. It was directed by John Glenister. This dramatization brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's arguably finest novel ''Emma'', recreating her most irritatingly endearing female character, of whom she wrote "no one but myself could like." Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. The often insensitive, well-meaning, incorrigible Emma Woodhouse having engineered the marriage of governess, companion and friend Miss Taylor, now turns her attention towards making a match for Mr Elton, the local vicar, and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Cast an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomwatch
''Doomwatch'' is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist (played by John Paul), responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999. Background The programme was created by Gerry Davis and Kit Pedler, who had previously collaborated on scripts for ''Doctor Who'', a programme on which, for a time during the late 1960s, Davis had been the story editor and Pedler the unofficial scientific adviser. Their interest in the problems of science changing and endangering human life had led them to create the popular cyborg villains the Cybermen for that program. Similar interests led them to create ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan (TV Series)
''Callan'' is a British action-drama spy television series created by James Mitchell, first airing between 1967 and 1972. It starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, an agent of a state secret service dealing with internal security threats to the United Kingdom. Though portrayed as having responsibilities similar to those of the real-life MI5, Callan's fictional "Section" has ''carte blanche'' to use the most ruthless of methods. In the storylines interrogation is by means of torture, while extrajudicial killings are so routine they have a colour-coded filing system. With the possible exception of '' La Femme Nikita'', no TV series has ever presented a Western government agency in so sinister a light as ''Callan''. Despite being an assassin who stays in the socially isolating job because it is the only thing he is good at, Callan is a sympathetic character by comparison to his sadistic upper-class colleagues and implacable superiors. The downbeat cover for the Section's headqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
