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Beattie Edmondson
Beatrice Louise "Beattie" Edmondson (born 19 June 1987) is an English actress. She played a main character in the BBC Three sitcom ''Josh (TV series), Josh''. Early life Beatrice Louise Edmondson is the middle daughter of comedians Ade Edmondson and Jennifer Saunders. She grew up in Devon with an elder sister, Ella Edmondson, Ella, and a younger sister, Freya. After being educated at Exeter School, during her second year at her father's ''alma mater'' of the University of Manchester she decided not to audition for the Drama Society, instead forming a comedy group with four female friends. They appeared at the following Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Career After working the comedy circuit with the all-female sketch troupe, which they named Lady Garden (and later reformed as Birthday Girls with Rose Johnson and Camille Ucan) she broke through into television in 2008. She made her début in the Ben Elton sitcom ''The Wright Way'', which was axed after one series. Her role in the 2015 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Jam & Jerusalem
''Jam & Jerusalem'' (also known as ''Clatterford'' in the United States) is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, with an ensemble cast including Sally Phillips, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Rosie Cavaliero, Patrick Barlow, Joanna Lumley, Maggie Steed, Pauline McLynn, David Mitchell, Salima Saxton, and Doreen Mantle. The show centred on a Women's Guild in a small, fictional, West Country town called Clatterford St. Mary. It first aired on 24 November 2006, and the second series began airing on 1 January 2008 with a 40-minute special, finishing on 1 February 2008. The third series was aired as three one-hour specials, and began its broadcast on BBC One on 9 August 2009. Production The first episode of ''Jam & Jerusalem'' was recorded in Autumn 2005 as a pilot (not broadcast at the time) and led to the BBC commissioning the rest of the six-part series and a Christmas special, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1987 Births
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous speech, demanding that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 rect 400 0 600 200 King's Cross fire rect 0 200 300 400 Tear down this wall! rect 300 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple (TV Series)
''Temple'' is a British medical crime drama television series. Created by Mark O'Rowe, and starring Mark Strong, Carice Van Houten and Daniel Mays, it is based on the Norwegian drama ''Valkyrien'', and premiered 13 September 2019 on Sky One. On 1 November 2019, Sky renewed ''Temple'' for a second series, which began airing on 28 October 2021. Synopsis In a labyrinth of abandoned service tunnels below Temple Underground Station, Daniel Milton (Mark Strong), a highly respected surgeon, runs an illegal medical clinic that treats criminals and other desperate patients who cannot or will not seek help from regular medical facilities. Daniel sets up the clinic to find a cure for his wife, Beth (Catherine McCormack), who suffers from a terminal illness. Lee (Daniel Mays), a Temple station staff member, and Anna (Carice van Houten), a medical researcher, help him run the clinic. The series focuses on the secrecy, exits and issues of trust as the clinic treats its patients as well as Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pursuit Of Love (TV Series)
''The Pursuit of Love'' is a British romance drama television miniseries written and directed by Emily Mortimer. It is based on the 1945 novel ''The Pursuit of Love'' by Nancy Mitford, which had previously been adapted as ''Love in a Cold Climate'' (1980 TV series) and ''Love in a Cold Climate'' (2001 TV series). It premiered on 9 May 2021. Premise Two cousins navigate their lives and friendship, as they seek different things in life. Cast *Emily Beecham as Fanny Logan (the narrator) *Lily James as The Honourable Linda Radlett (Fanny's cousin) *Dominic West as Matthew Radlett, Lord Alconleigh (Linda's father) *Dolly Wells as Sadie Radlett, Lady Alconleigh (Linda's mother) *Beattie Edmondson as The Honourable Louisa Radlett (Linda's older sister) *Annabel Mullion as Aunt Emily (Fanny's ''de facto'' mother) *Emily Mortimer as The Bolter (Fanny's real mother; Emily & Sadie's younger sister) * John Heffernan as Davey (Aunt Emily's fiancée) * Andrew Scott as Lord Merlin * Freddie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upstart Crow
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Upstart or upstarts may refer to: * HMS ''Upstart'', a Royal Navy U-class submarine *Upstart (company), an online lending marketplace *Upstart (software), a process management daemon used in several operating systems. * Upstart (sculpture), a public art work at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee * Upstart (horse), winner of the Dicken Medal *Angelic Upstarts, British punk band *Upstarts (comics), a group of comic book characters *Upstarts (film), a 2019 Indian film *''The Upstarts'', a 2017 book by Brad Stone *''The Upstart'', a 1998 novel by Catherine Cookson * Upstart Associates, an artists' studio formed by four well-known comics artists See also *Startup (other) Startup commonly refers to: * Startup company, a newly emerged, fast-growing business Startup or start-up may also refer to: * Booting, an initialization period that computers and electronics go through when first turned on * Project commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick (2018 Film)
''Patrick'' is a 2018 British family comedy film directed by Mandie Fletcher, who co-wrote the film with Vanessa Davies and Paul de Vos, and distributed by Buena Vista International. Plot The film is about a young woman named Sarah, whose life changes when her grandmother bequeaths her prized possession, a spoilt Pug named Patrick. Sarah recently moved into a new apartment with a no-pet policy and just got employed teaching year 11 English. She struggles to deal with both Patrick and discipline in her school. After a few incidents with Patrick, she finally connects with the students and really starts to connect with Patrick. Patrick helps her to meet two potential love interests, one is a narcissistic vet and the other is a student’s father, Ben. She loses Patrick, but then finds him waiting for her at the end of a 5 km charity run (where she raised £1,000 for a mobility scooter). In the closing scenes, Sarah and Ben sail a boat down a river with Ben’s daughter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresh Meat (TV Series)
''Fresh Meat'' is a British comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, who also created ''Peep Show''. The first episode, directed by David Kerr, was broadcast on Channel 4 on 21 September 2011, and the show aired on Wednesdays at 10 pm. The second series started airing on 9 October 2012 and consists of 8 episodes. On 22 November 2012, a third series was commissioned and began broadcasting on 4 November 2013. Bain said ideas were being developed for a potential film adaptation, following the runaway success of 2011's ''The Inbetweeners Movie''. However, a fourth series followed instead, filmed in 2015 and aired in February 2016 as a conclusion to the series. Plot The plot revolves around the lives of six students – Vod, Oregon, Josie, Kingsley, JP and Howard – who are freshers (with the exception of Howard) at the fictional Medlock University (loosely based on the University of Manchester). They live in a shared house off-campus in Rusholme rath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marley's Ghosts
''Marley's Ghosts'' is a British television sitcom which premiered on 30 September 2015 on Gold. The series revolves around magistrate Marley Wise (Sarah Alexander) who is able to see and talk with a trio of ghosts comprising her husband ( John Hannah), her lover ( Nicholas Burns), and the local vicar (Jo Joyner). The second series aired on Gold in October and November 2016. Cast and characters * Sarah Alexander as Marley Wise * Jo Joyner as Vicar * Nicholas Burns as Michael Walton, Marley's lover * John Hannah as Adam Wise, Marley's husband * Mina Anwar Mina Mumtaz Anwar (born 20 September 1969) is a British actress and singer. Early life Anwar was born in Church, Lancashire in 1969. She was educated at Accrington Moorhead High School, and gained an A level in Theatre in Performance at the Acc ... as Tina Jarvis (Series 1) Episodes Series 1 (2015) Series 2 (2016) References External links * * * 2015 British television series debuts 2016 British television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompidou (TV Series)
''Pompidou'' is an experimental British television comedy series for BBC Two created and written by comedians Matt Lucas with Julian Dutton and Ashley Blaker & James Foster and Jon Lamont. It began airing on 1 March 2015 on BBC Two. Produced by Lucas' own company John Stanley Productions for the BBC, ''Pompidou'' is the first all-visual, i.e. having no meaningful dialogue, half-hour mainstream TV sitcom since ''Bradley'' in the late 1980s. (Although there have been several visual comedies broadcast in the interim, none of these were half-hour sitcoms: ''Mr. Bean'' usually consisted of two or three sketches, ''Oddbods'' was a one-off, ''The Baldy Man'' consisted of two sketches per episode, and ''Uncle Max'' and ''Zzzap!'' were both 15-minute children's shows.) A pilot was written in 2012, and 6 episodes were commissioned by Controller of BBC One Danny Cohen and Controller of Comedy Commissioning Shane Allen in Spring 2013. The series was written and filmed across 2013 and 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Crackers
''Little Crackers'' is a British Christmas comedy-drama that was broadcast on Sky1. It consists of a series of short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy, including Stephen Fry, Catherine Tate, Chris O'Dowd, Kathy Burke, Victoria Wood, and Bill Bailey. According to Sky Television, the show marked the start of their biggest investment in British comedy during Sky1's twenty-year history. The success of the first series led Sky to renew the show for a second series, which began airing on 18 December 2011. The comedians involved in the second series included Harry Hill, Sheridan Smith, Sanjeev Bhaskar, John Bishop, Shappi Khorsandi and Jack Whitehall. ''Moone Boy'', created by and starring Chris O'Dowd for Sky1, and ''Walking and Talking'', written by and starring Kathy Burke for Sky Atlantic, are both full series based on ''Little Crackers'' shorts. They have been commissioned for 6 episodes and 4 episodes respectively. Summary In the films, the stars – with the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
