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Briers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Lee Briers (born 1978), Welsh rugby league player *Lucy Briers (born 1967), English actress *Mark Briers (born 1968), former English cricketer *Nigel Briers (born 1955), former English cricketer * Norman Briers (born 1947), former English cricketer *Richard Briers (1934–2013), English actor * Stephen Briers, British clinical psychologist See also *Brier (surname) Brier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Brier (born 1943), American Egyptologist * Hannah Brier (born 1998), British sprinter * Joe Brier (born 1999), British sprinter and brother of Hannah * Kathy Brier (born 1975), Amer ...
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Richard Briers
Richard David Briers (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in ''Marriage Lines'' (1961–66), but it was a few years later, when he narrated ''Roobarb'' (1974–76) and '' Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk'' (1976–77) and played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom '' The Good Life'' (1975–78), that he became a household name. He starred as Martin in ''Ever Decreasing Circles'' (1984–89), and had a leading role as Hector in '' Monarch of the Glen'' (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in ''Henry V'' (1989), ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993), ''Hamlet'' (1996) and ''As You Like It'' (2006). Early life Briers was born on 14 January 1934 in Raynes Park, Surrey, the son of Joseph Benjamin Briers and his second wife Morna Phyllis, daughter of Frederick Richardson, of the Indian Civil Se ...
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Lee Briers
Lee Paul Briers (born 14 June 1978) is a professional rugby league coach who is on the coaching staff of the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL, and a former Wales international rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Great Britain and Wales international representative or , he played in the Super League for St. Helens and the Warrington Wolves (with whom he won three Challenge Cup finals). St Helens Briers started his career with hometown club St. Helens, and he made his début in 1997 at the age of 18, standing in for suspended captain Bobbie Goulding. Immediately prior to being recalled by St Helens for his début, Lee had been on loan at AS Carcassonne to gain some valuable first team match experience, along with three other academy youngsters, namely, Nick Devine, Danny Rigby and Richard Shields He made six appearances for the Saints club, scoring one try and 24 goals, with his performances helping Saints to reach the 1997 Challenge Cup Final. B ...
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Mark Briers
Mark Paul Briers (born 21 April 1968) is a former English cricketer. He was born in Loughborough in Leicestershire. Briers represented Bedfordshire in the 1990 Minor Counties Championship where he made his debut against Lincolnshire. Briers represented Bedfordshire in five Minor Counties Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Suffolk. In 1991 Briers joined Durham and played in their final season as a Minor County. With Durham's promotion to first-class status in 1992, thereby gaining entry to the 1992 County Championship, Briers made his first-class debut against Somerset. Briers made his List-A debut in the same season against Sussex in the Sunday League. Briers played seventeen first-class matches for Durham, scoring 462 runs at an average of 17.17, including four half-centuries with a top score of 62 *. Briers final first-class match came against Lancashire in 1993, with his final one-day appearance for the club coming in the same season against ...
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Lucy Briers
Lucy Jane Briers (born 19 August 1967) is an English actress. Her film, stage and television roles have included appearances in '' Pride & Prejudice'' (1995) and sitcom '' Game On''. Early life Briers was born on 19 August 1967 in Hammersmith, London. She is the daughter of the actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies. She wanted to be an actress from an early age. Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London (1978–85); Lancaster University (where she studied theatre and sculpture); and then a three-year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and she was a member of the National Youth Theatre.Maureen Pato"Lucy Briers: 'Emphysema robbed my father of his laughter’", telegraph.co.uk, 2 November 2013 As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute. Career Briers played Mary Bennet in the BBC's television adaptation of '' Pride & Prejudice'' (1995). She has narrated the documentary ''The Riddle of Pompeii'', the 2001 series ''Nurses'' and ''Ladett ...
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Nigel Briers
Nigel Edwin Briers (born 15 January 1955 in Southfields, Leicester, England) played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire between 1971 and 1995. Cricket career A right-handed opening batsman, Briers was Leicestershire's youngest-ever first-class cricketer when he made his debut at 16 in 1971, but it was for his deeds towards the end of his career that he won accolades. The accolades, though, related not just to his longevity as batman but also to his captaincy. Appointed to succeed David Gower in charge of an under-achieving team in 1990, Briers brought a touch of school-masterly discipline to the team that paid off in terms of results and earned the loyal respect of his team. In 1992, though finishing only halfway up the County Championship table, Leicestershire spent much of the summer challenging for the leadership, and also went to their first-ever Gillette Cup final, the last of the 17 counties that were first-class when the competition started in 1963 to ma ...
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Norman Briers
Norman Briers (born 10 February 1947) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Leicestershire. He was born in Highfields, Leicester. Briers' career with the Second XI began in 1965, but he had to wait a further two years until he made his only appearance in a first-class match, against Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola .... The game, most notable for opener Michael Norman carrying his bat for a first-class best 221 not out, saw Briers score just one run in the only innings in which he batted. Briers continued playing for the Second XI until the end of the 1967 season. External linksNorman Briersat Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Briers, Norman 1947 births Living people English ...
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Stephen Briers
Stephen Briers is a British clinical psychologist. Briers was an on-screen expert in BBC Three's ''Little Angels'' and ''Teen Angels'', working with Tanya Byron. In 2006, he presented the Channel 4 series, ''Make Me A Grownup''. He also presents ''The 10 Demandments'' for Channel Five. Briers has also appeared as an expert psychologist on GMTV. He presented '' Freaky Eaters'' with nutritionist Natalie Savona for one series. He has written a parenting book called Superpowers for parents. A co-author of the book ''Teen Angels'' (2006), based on the BBC Three series, Briers has also written ''Help your Child to Succeed in Life''. He also contributes frequently to the ''Times Educational Supplement''. His latest book, ''Psychobabble: Exploding the Myths of the Self-help Generation, debunking a wide range of psychobabble, was published in September 2012 through Pearson Pearson may refer to: Organizations Education *Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada *Pe ...
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