Ariyon Bakare
Ariyon Bakare () is an English actor. He has appeared in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' (2001–2005) as Ben Kwarme, the Amazon Prime series ''Good Omens'' and ''Carnival Row'' (2019), and the BBC series ''His Dark Materials''. Prior to this, Bakare made appearances on British dramas such as ''The Bill'', ''Casualty'', and ''Holby City''. Early life Due to conflict with his father, Bakare left his family home at the age of 15, and completed his education while homeless. Years later, he returned home and "made peace" with his father. Then at the age of 17, Bakare moved from London to New York to pursue dance as a career, and trained as dancer at various conservatories including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Two years into his training, he was informed that dancers often retire at a young age. The next day, he gave dance up, and began focusing on acting. He moved back to London at the age of 20, and began studying acting at Drama Centre London. His first professional ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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British Soap Award For Best Actor
The British Soap Award for Best Actor was an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards from its inception in 1999 until 2019. Alongside Best Actress, the award was voted for by the public. ''EastEnders'' was the most awarded soap in this category, with ten wins. Danny Miller is the most awarded actor, with three wins. In 2022, it was announced that the category had been replaced with the award for Best Leading Performer. The final winner of the award was ''Hollyoaks'' actor Gregory Finnegan Gregory Finnegan is a British actor. He best known for his roles as Dr Alex Arnott in ''EastEnders'' and as James Nightingale in ''Hollyoaks''. Career Finnegan studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. His first television acting .... Winners and nominees Wins by soap Wins by actor References {{The British Soap Awards Television awards for Best Actor The British Soap Awards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ian Charleson Awards
The Ian Charleson Awards are theatrical awards that reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under age 30. The awards are named in memory of the renowned British actor Ian Charleson, and are run by the '' Sunday Times'' newspaper and the National Theatre. The awards were established in 1990 after Charleson's death, and have been awarded annually since then. ''Sunday Times'' theatre critic John Peter (1938–2020) initiated the creation of the awards, particularly in memory of Charleson's extraordinary Hamlet, which he had performed shortly before his death.Peter, John"Stairway to success" '' Sunday Times''. 20 June 2010. Recipients receive a cash prize, as do runners-up and third-place winners. The awards' current definition of a classical play is one written before 1918. The awards for the previous year's performances are presented the following year. The shortlist nominations for 2019 were announced in May 2020, but the awards ceremony was postponed du ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street, Hammersmith, London."About the Lyric" ''Lyric'' official website. Retrieved 9 May 2008. Background The Lyric Theatre was originally a music hall established in 1888 on Bradmore Grove, Hammersmith. Success as an entertainment venue led it to be rebuilt and enlarged on the same site twice, firstly in 1890 and then in 1895 by the English theatrical architect . The 1895 reopening, as The New Lyric Opera House, was accompanied by an opening address by the famous actressLillie Lan ...
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List Of His Dark Materials And The Book Of Dust Characters
This is a list of characters from the two Philip Pullman trilogies, ''His Dark Materials'' and ''The Book of Dust''. Introduced in ''Northern Lights'' Lyra Belacqua Lyra Belacqua, later known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the central character of ''His Dark Materials'' and a key character in ''The Book of Dust''. Together with her dæmon Pantalaimon, she is introduced in ''La Belle Sauvage'', where she is being protected from the Magisterium. Initially, as a baby, by the nuns of the Priory of Saint Rosamund, and later she is brought up by the scholars of Jordan College. In '' Northern Lights'', as she leaves Jordan in the company of her mother, Mrs Coulter, the Master of the college gives her an alethiometer, which allows her to find answers on any subject. Searching for a kidnapped friend of hers, she ends up travelling to the far north of her world, and then across the multiverse, where she plays a part in a cosmic war between forces led by an angel named The Authority and her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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His Dark Materials (TV Series)
''His Dark Materials'' is a fantasy drama television series based on the trilogy of novels of the same name by Philip Pullman. It is produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Productions, for BBC One and HBO, with the latter handling international distribution. The show follows the orphan Lyra, played by Dafne Keen, as she searches for a missing friend and discovers a kidnapping plot related to an invisible cosmic substance called Dust. The eight-episode first series premiered on 3 November 2019 on BBC One in the United Kingdom, and on 4 November on HBO in the United States and other markets. The seven-episode second series premiered on 8 November 2020 in the United Kingdom, and on 16 November 2020 in the United States. The eight-episode third and final series premiered first on HBO on 5 December 2022, and on 18 December 2022 in the United Kingdom. All three series received generally positive reviews. Premise ''His Dark Materials'' is set in a multi-world reality, with the action ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Star Wars Story
The ''Star Wars'' franchise involves multiple live-action and animated films. The film series started with a trilogy set ''in medias res'' which was later expanded to a trilogy of trilogies, known as the "Skywalker Saga". The 1977 self-titled film, later subtitled ''Episode IV – A New Hope'', was followed by the sequels ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983), respectively subtitled onscreen as ''Episode V'' and ''Episode VI''; these films form the original trilogy. Sixteen years later, the prequel trilogy was released, consisting of '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1999), ''Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002), and ''Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005). After creator George Lucas sold the ''Star Wars'' franchise to Disney in 2012, a sequel trilogy consisting of ''Episodes VII'' through ''IX'' was released, consisting of '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last Jedi'' (2017), and ''The Rise of Skywalk ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maisie Williams
Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams (born 15 April 1997) is an English actress. Williams made her acting debut in 2011 as Arya Stark, a lead character in the HBO epic medieval fantasy television series '' Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019). She gained recognition and critical praise for her work on the show, and received two Emmy Award nominations. Williams' other television appearances include guest starring as Ashildr in the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (2015), she has also starred in the British docudrama television film ''Cyberbully'' (2015), and in the British science-fiction teen thriller film '' iBoy'' (2017). She played Kim Noakes, the central character in comedy action drama series ''Two Weeks to Live'' (2020), and portrayed punk rock icon Jordan (Pamela Rooke) in ''Pistol'' (2022) a biopic about the Sex Pistols. Williams has also voiced Cammie MacCloud in the American animated web series '' Gen:Lock'' (2019–present). In 2014, she starred as Lydia in h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Woman Who Lived
"The Woman Who Lived" is the sixth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 24 October 2015. It was written by Catherine Tregenna and directed by Ed Bazalgette. Set in 1651, about 800 years after the previous week's episode, "The Girl Who Died", the episode follows the alien time traveller the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi), while on the trail of an alien artefact that came to Earth, reuniting with Ashildr (Maisie Williams), the woman the Doctor made immortal in the previous episode. Ashildr, having renamed herself "Me", has isolated herself from mortal humans and seeks to use the artefact herself to travel to other planets. Plot Alone and on the trail of an alien artefact, the Twelfth Doctor interrupts a highwayman known as "the Knightmare" carrying out a highway robbery of Lucie Fanshawe in 1651 England. The Doctor finds the artefact in the coach's luggage but the vehicle drives off befo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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. Each acto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dancing On The Edge (TV Series)
''Dancing on the Edge'' is a British television drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and produced by the BBC about a black jazz band in London in the early 1930s. The series aired on BBC Two between 4 February and 10 March 2013. It was nominated for three awards at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Plot The series follows a black jazz band's experiences in London in the 1930s. Made up of talented musicians and managed by the compassionate yet short-tempered Wesley Holt, the band gets a booking at the Imperial Hotel, through cunning journalist Stanley Mitchell. They prove to be a hit, and become a success at the hotel. Aristocrats — and the Royal Family — ask the band to play at parties. The media rush to interview and photograph the band, who are also associated with the wealthy American businessman Walter Masterson and his enthusiastic British employee Julian. The band's success spirals, with them being offered record deals. But tragedy strikes, setting off a chain of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Law & Order UK
''Law & Order: UK'' is a British police procedural and legal television programme broadcast from 2009 to 2014 on ITV, adapted from the American series '' Law & Order''. Financed by the production companies Kudos Film and Television, Wolf Films, and Universal Media Studios, the series originally starred Bradley Walsh, Freema Agyeman, Jamie Bamber, Ben Daniels, Harriet Walter and Bill Paterson. Dominic Rowan, Georgia Taylor, Paul Nicholls, Ben Bailey Smith, Sharon Small, Peter Davison and Paterson Joseph joined the cast in later series. This is the first American drama television series to be adapted for British television, while the episodes are adapted from scripts and episodes of the parent series. Series 1 was broadcast in 2009. In June 2014, broadcaster ITV and producer Kudos issued a joint press release announcing that series 5 would be "the last to be transmitted for the foreseeable future". Premise ''Law & Order: UK'' is a British adaptation of the American '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |