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Arthur's Dyke
Arthur's Dyke is a 2001 British film directed by Gerry Poulson and starring Pauline Quirke and Brian Conley. The plot follows a group of ramblers as they attempt to recreate their conquest of the Offa's Dyke path 20 years earlier. Premise The film begins with a flashback to 20 years earlier, with four friends celebrating after completing the Offa's Dyke walk, from Chepstow to Prestatyn Prestatyn (; ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Historically a part of Flintshire, it is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. Prestatyn has a population of 19,085. Origin of name The name Prestatyn d .... External links * * British comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s British films {{2000s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Quirke
Pauline Perpetua Sheen (née Quirke; born 8 July 1959) is a retired English actress. She began her career with roles on various television series, before fronting her own comedy sketch show, ''Pauline's Quirkes'', in 1976. She later starred as Vicky Smith on the BBC drama series '' Angels'' (1982–1983), and achieved fame with her portrayal of Sharon Theodopolopodous on the long-running sitcom '' Birds of a Feather'' (1988–1999, 2014–2017), for which she won a British Comedy Award and was nominated on three occasions for a National Television Award. In 1997, she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her role in the BBC miniseries '' The Sculptress''. Between 2010 and 2012, Quirke played Hazel Rhodes on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Quirke's film appearances include ''The Elephant Man'' (1980), ''Little Dorrit'' (1987), and '' Getting It Right'' (1989). Other television credits include '' Shine on Harvey Moon'' (1984–1985, 1995), '' Maisie Raine'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Daws
Robert Daws (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor, and crime fiction author. He is best known for his television roles, including Tuppy Glossop in ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1990–1993), gruff cricketer Roger Dervish in the comedy '' Outside Edge'' (1994–1996), mini-cab firm owner Sam in the sitcom '' Roger Roger'' (1996–2003), and East Yorkshire GP Dr Gordon Ormerod in the period medical drama ''The Royal'' (2003–2011). Acting career Daws was trained at RADA. Daws appeared in the 1982 stage play '' On Your Way, Riley!'' with Brian Murphy and Maureen Lipman. He played Tuppy Glossop in the early 1990s ITV version of ''Jeeves and Wooster''. He played pompous cricket captain Roger Dervish alongside Brenda Blethyn in the award-winning ITV comedy-drama '' Outside Edge'' 1994–96, for which he was nominated for Best Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards. Daws has also appeared in a number of one-off dramas including the 1997 BBC drama, '' The Missing Postman'', ''Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Farrell
Nicholas C. Frost (born 1955), known professionally as Nicholas Farrell, is an English stage, film and television actor. Early life Farrell was born in Brentwood, Essex. He was educated at Fryerns Grammar and Technical School in Basildon, Essex, He furthered his education studying acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Life and career Farrell's early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film ''Chariots of Fire''. In 1983, he starred as Edmund Bertram in a television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, ''Mansfield Park''. In 1984, he appeared in '' Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'', and '' The Jewel in the Crown''. Since then, his film and television work has included several screen adaptations of Shakespeare's works, including Kenneth Branagh's 1996 ''Hamlet'', in which he played Horatio, a role he had played previously with Branagh for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also appeared in film adaptations of ''Twelfth Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Graham (actor)
Richard Graham (born 10 May 1960) is an English actor. He played George T. Rowe in the 1997 film ''Titanic''. He has also appeared in ''In the Name of the Father'' (1993), ''Gangs of New York'' (2002) and ''Vera Drake'' (2004), as well as playing Trevor Clyner in football hooligan films '' ID'' (1995) and ''ID2: Shadwell Army'' (2016). He appeared in all 12 episodes of '' Maisie Raine'' as Mickey Farrel, and in 16 episodes of ''Hollyoaks'' as William Alexander. He has also appeared in ''Inspector Morse'' and '' Pie in the Sky''. In 2019, he appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...'' as Jonno Highway. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Richard Living people 1960 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Conley
Brian Paul Conley (born 7 August 1961) is an English actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Conley has been the host of '' The Brian Conley Show'', as well as presenting the Royal Variety Performance on eight occasions. In his 40+-year television career, he has starred in award-winning television sitcoms including '' Time After Time'' and '' The Grimleys''. In the West End, he has played the lead role in musicals such as '' Me and My Girl'', ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', '' Hairspray'', '' Oliver!'', '' The Music Man'', '' Barnum'' and '' Jolson'' for which he was nominated for a prestigious Laurence Olivier Award. As a musician, he has released five albums, including ''Brian Conley Sings'', ''Let the Good Times Roll'', and ''Stage to Stage''. He has won numerous awards in his career, including The National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Performer, Best Live Performer in '' Manchester Evening News'' and a British Comedy Award. From 2021 to 2023, Conl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', ''Minder (TV series), Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the latter two. Waterman's acting career spanned 60 years, starting with his childhood roles in film and theatre, and adult roles in film, television and West End theatre. He was known for the range of roles he played, including drama (''Up the Junction (film), Up the Junction''), horror (''Scars of Dracula''), adventure (''Colditz (1972 TV series), Colditz''), comedy (''Fair Exchange (TV series), Fair Exchange''), comedy-drama (''Minder''), musical (''Windy City (musical), Windy City'') and sport (''The World Cup: A Captain's Tale''). He appeared in 29 films, the last being released in 2020. Early life and education Waterman was born on 24 February 1948, as the youngest of nine children to Rose Juliana (née Saunders) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Clarke
Warren Clarke (born Alan James Clarke; 26 April 1947 – 12 November 2014) was an English actor. He appeared in many films after a significant role as Dim in Stanley Kubrick's '' A Clockwork Orange''. His television appearances included '' Dalziel and Pascoe'' (as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel), '' The Manageress'' and '' Sleepers''. Early life Clarke was born in Oldham, Lancashire. His father worked as a stained-glass maker and his mother as a secretary. He left Barlow Hall Secondary Modern School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, aged 15 and began work at the '' Manchester Evening News'' as a copy boy. He later moved on to amateur dramatics and performed at Huddersfield Rep before working as an actor full-time. During this period he also decided to change his first name to Warren, a name he chose as his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty. Clarke eventually worked with Beatty on the film '' Ishtar''. Career Clarke's first television appearance wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Lacey
Rebecca Jane Lacey (born 20 April 1965) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Dr. George Woodman in ''Casualty'' and Hilary in '' May to December'' and for her stage work in the West End and The RSC. Early life She was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, the daughter of actor Ronald Lacey and actress Mela White. Career Lacey is best known for her roles as Irene Stuart (series 4) in '' Monarch of the Glen'', the feisty Dr George Woodman in ''Casualty'' (having previously made two guest appearances in the series as patients in 1991 and 1994), and ditzy but kind-hearted Hilary in '' May to December''. She has also played a number of roles in ''The Bill'' and many other TV series. In 1992 she appeared in the film '' Carry On Columbus'' and followed it up in 1995 with an appearance in the BBC/WGBH comedy drama adapted from '' Heavy Weather'' by P.G. Wodehouse and starring Peter O'Toole as Lord Emsworth. She has appeared in a number of theatre productions including a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramblers
The Ramblers' Association, branded simply as the Ramblers, is Great Britain's walking charity. The Ramblers is also a membership organisation with around 100,000 members and a network of volunteers who maintain and protect the path network. The organisation was founded in 1935 and campaigns to keep the British countryside open to all. History Walking in the countryside, or rambling, became a popular form of recreation in the nineteenth century. For many people living in towns and cities, walking offered a welcome relief from a polluted environment and the stress of daily life in urban areas. Access to the countryside, however, was becoming more of a challenge thanks to the Enclosure, Enclosure movement, with many private landowners closing off their land. In response, the number of walking clubs and groups that campaigned for walkers' rights grew from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1930s. In 1931, the National Council of Ramblers' Federations was formed because walkers f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke () is a large linear Earthworks (Archaeology), earthwork that roughly follows the England–Wales border, border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa of Mercia, Offa, the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from 757 to 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction. Although its original purpose is debated, it delineated the border between Angles (tribe), Anglian Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys. The earthwork, which was up to wide (including its flanking ditch) and high, traversed low ground, hills and rivers. Today, it is protected as a scheduled monument. Some of its route is followed by the Offa's Dyke Path, a Long-distance trail, long-distance footpath that runs between Liverpool Bay in the north and the Severn Estuary in the south. Although the dyke has conventionally been dated to the Early Middle Ages of Anglo-Saxon England, research in recent decadesusing techniques such as radioactive carbon datingh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chepstow
Chepstow () is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western end of the Severn Bridge. It is the easternmost settlement in Wales, situated east of Newport, east-northeast of Cardiff, northwest of Bristol and west of London. Chepstow Castle, situated on a clifftop above the Wye and the old bridge, is often cited as the oldest surviving stone castle in Britain. The castle was established by William FitzOsbern immediately after the Norman Conquest, and was extended in later centuries before becoming ruined after the Civil War. A Benedictine priory was also established within the walled town, which was the centre of the Marcher lordship of Striguil. The port of Chepstow became noted in the Middle Ages for its imports of wine, and also became a major centre for the export of timber and bark, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestatyn
Prestatyn (; ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Historically a part of Flintshire, it is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. Prestatyn has a population of 19,085. Origin of name The name Prestatyn derives from the Old English ''prēosta'' (the genitive plural of ''prēost'' 'priest') and ''tūn'' ('homestead'), and thus means 'the homestead of the priests'. It was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Prestetone''. Unlike similarly derived names in England, which generally lost their penultimate syllable and became Preston, the village's name developed a typically Welsh emphasis on the penultimate syllable and a modification of 'ton' to 'tyn', as also happened at Mostyn. History Prehistory There is evidence that the current town location has been occupied since prehistoric times. Prehistoric tools found in the caves of Graig Fawr, in the nearby village of Meliden, have revealed the existence of early human habitation in the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
