Big Deal (TV Series)

	Big Deal (TV Series) ''Big Deal'' is a British comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the BBC between 1984 and 1986. The series was created and written by Geoff McQueen, who created several other major television series including ''Give Us a Break'', ''Stay Lucky'', and ''The Bill''. Starring Ray Brooks, Sharon Duce and Lisa Geoghan, the series concentrated on the ups and downs of small-time London gambler Robbie Box (played by Brooks) and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver (Duce) and her daughter Debby (Geoghan). The theme music was by Bucks Fizz member Bobby G. Cast * Ray Brooks – Robbie Box Sharon Duce – Jan Oliver Lisa Geoghan – Debby Oliver Pamela Cundell – Vi Box James Ottaway – Tommy Andy Mulligan – Geordie Kenneth Waller – Ferret Deirdre Costello – Joan Stephen Tate – Dick Mayer Frank Mills – Gil Roach Alex Tetteh-Lartey – Black George * Roger Walker – Kipper Tony Caunter Anthony Patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Comedy Drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''MASH (TV series), MASH'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also List of comedy drama television series Black comedy Dramatic structure Melodrama Seriousness Tragicomedy Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stephen Tate Stephen Tate is a British actor and musical theatre artist. Career Television He is possibly best known for his recurring role as Alan in the 1970s television drama '' Survivors'' and as Dick Meyer in the 1980s comedy drama '' Big Deal'' alongside Ray Brooks. His other credits include ''Z-Cars'', ''The Onedin Line'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Yes Minister'', ''The Black Adder'', '' Dear John'', ''Boon'', ''The Bill'', ''Minder'', ''Cardiac Arrest'', ''Yes, Minister'', ''Silent Witness'' and ''Emmerdale''. He played Monsieur Fauchlevant in the 2012 film version of ''Les Misérables'' Musical theatre Tate has had a distinguished career in London's West End: Judas in ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' Gus the Theatre Cat and Growltiger in the original West End production of ''Cats'' Thenardier in ''Les Misérables''. Created the role of Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) in '' Blondel''. Since 16 July 2007, he has starred as Jacob/Guru/Potiphar in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1984 British Television Series Debuts Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February February 3 Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1980s British Drama Television Series __NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire January 28 Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	BBC Television Dramas #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ... ... Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jan Sargent Jan Sargent is a British director and writer of television, film, and theatre. One of her best known productions is Arthur Miller's '' The Price'' at the Bristol Old Vic. She has also directed episodes of '' Where the Heart Is'', '' Backup'', '' Dangerfield'', ''The Bill'', ''Ruth Rendell Mysteries'', ''Soldier Soldier'', ''Casualty'', '' Big Deal'', '' Truckers'', ''Black Silk ''Black Silk'' ( th, แพรดำ or ''Prae dum'') is a 1961 Thai crime drama film written and directed by Rattana Pestonji. Considered the first Thai film noir, ''Black Silk'' was also among the first Thai films to be exhibited at overseas ...'', '' Desmonds'', '' Births Marriages & Deaths'' and ''Small Change''. She is married to actor George Irving. References External links * Living people British television directors British theatre directors Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jeremy Summers Jeremy Summers (18 August 1931 – 14 December 2016) was a British television director and film director, known for his directorship of ITC such as ''The Saint''. Background Born in St Albans in 1931, Summers was born into a family of theatrical tradition and his father Walter Summers (1896-1973) was a film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly 50 different TV programmes between 1960 and 1999, including ''The Saint'' and ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)''. Career In his early career, Summers worked as a runner and then later assistant director on films such as '' The Dam Busters'' (1955) with Michael Anderson and ''Moby Dick'' (1956) with John Huston. Summers became a director with the support film ''Depth Charge'' (1960), the screenplay of which he also co-wrote, but he immediately turned his attention to television and directed episodes of '' Desert Hi-Jack'', ''Interpol Calling'' and four episodes of ''International Detective'' between 1960 and 1961. A sequence o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gerald Blake (director) Gerald Blake (3 December 1928 – 5 April 1991) was a British television director who worked in drama from the 1960s to the 1980s. His numerous credits include ''The Gentle Touch'', ''The Omega Factor'' (the episode "After-Image"), ''Blake's 7'' (the episodes "The Harvest of Kairos" (1980) and "Death-Watch" (1980) from the third series), '' Survivors'' (three episodes from the first series), ''The Onedin Line'', ''Out of the Unknown'', ''Doctor Who'' (the stories ''The Abominable Snowmen'' (1967) and ''The Invasion of Time'' (1978)), ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', ''Compact'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Mr. Palfrey of Westminster'', and ''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. Origi ...''. References * External links * 1928 births 1991 deaths British television direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anthony Couch Ethan Anthony Couch (born April 11, 1997) is an American who, at age 16, killed four people while driving under the influence on June 15, 2013, in Burleson, Texas. Couch, while intoxicated and under the influence of drugs, was driving on a restricted license and speeding in a residential area when he lost control of his vehicle, colliding with a group of people assisting another driver with a disabled SUV. Four people were killed in the collision, and nine people were injured. Two passengers in Couch's pickup truck suffered serious injuries, with one passenger suffering complete paralysis. Couch was indicted on four counts of intoxication manslaughter for recklessly driving under the influence. In December 2013, Judge Jean Hudson Boyd sentenced Couch to ten years of probation, subsequently ordering him to undergo therapy at a long term inpatient facility. Before sentencing, Couch's attorneys had argued that Couch had " affluenza" and needed rehabilitation instead of prison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gawn Grainger Gawn Grainger (born 12 October 1937) is a British actor, playwright and screenwriter. Early life Some sources indicate he was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 12 October 1937. He is the son of Charles Neil Grainger and his wife Elizabeth (née Gall). Educated at Westminster City School in Victoria, London, he later trained for the stage at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Grainger made his first London appearance as a boy in 1950, when he played the Boy King in Ivor Novello's '' King's Rhapsody'' at the Palace Theatre. Career He began his professional career at the Dundee Rep in 1961, followed by two years at Ipswich, 1962–64. He joined Laurence Olivier's National Theatre at the Old Vic company in 1972. Among his notable television credits are the Apostle Andrew in '' Son of Man'' by Dennis Potter (1969); the Earl of Kildare in ''The Shadow of the Tower'' (1972); George Stephenson in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Mark of the Rani'' (1985) and Lesley Flux in ''Midso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Menaul Christopher Menaul (born 25 July 1944) is a British film, television director and television writer. Since the late 1970s, Menaul has amassed credits in episodic television and by directing television films. Filmography Film ''Feast of July'' (1995) ''First Night'' (2010) ''Summer in February'' (2013) ''Another Mother's Son'' (2017) TV 2015 Killing Jesus (film) (TV film) 2013 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher II 2011 Combat Hospital (TV series) 2011 Zen (TV mini-series) 2009 Above Suspicion (TV film) 2007 Saddam's Tribe (TV film) 2006 See No Evil: The Moors Murders (TV film) 2005 Secret Smile (TV film) 2005 Planespotting (TV film) 2004 Belonging (TV film) 2004 Wall of Silence (TV film) 2003 State of Mind (TV film) 2002 The Forsyte Saga (TV mini-series) 2000 One Kill (TV film) 1999 The Passion of Ayn Rand (TV film) 1997 Bright Hair (TV film) 1994 Fatherland (TV film) 1994 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series) 1992 Great Performances (TV series) 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Glenister John Glenister (born 12 October 1932) is a retired English television director. His credits included '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'', '' Emma'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', '' Play for Today'', Dennis Potter's 1971 biopic of ''Casanova'', ''A Touch of Frost'', Alan Plater's ''On Your Way, Riley'', ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' and ''A Bit of a Do''. Glenister's sons, Robert Glenister (born 1960) and Philip Glenister Philip Haywood Glenister (born 10 February 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in the BBC series ''Life on Mars'' (2006–2007) and its sequel '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2010). He also played DCI William ... (born 1963), became successful actors. References External links * 1932 births Living people British television directors Glenister acting family {{England-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]