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Beecham House
''Beecham House'' is a short-lived British historical drama television series set in 1795, co-created, directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha. The six-part series was announced in August 2018 and was broadcast between Sunday 23 June 2019 and Sunday 21 July 2019. The series, set in Delhi during the Mughal period, depicts the lives of the Beecham family in their newly bought house. The family is headed by John Beecham, a former soldier with the East India Company who is "determined to make the house his safe haven". The series was promoted as a "Delhi ''Downton Abbey''", which was repeated by many critics. It received mixed reviews, with critics feeling that it did not live up to expectations as a radical historical drama, but that it remained entertaining for viewers of melodramatic period soap operas. Despite the cliffhanger ending, ITV did not renew for a second series. Cast All listed cast appeared in at least 2 episodes. Episodes Production Gurinder Chadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's '' The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downton Abbey
''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported production of the series as part of its ''Masterpiece Classic'' anthology, on 9 January 2011. The series, set on the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey between 1912 and 1926, depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants in the post-Edwardian era—the great events of the time having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy. Events depicted throughout the series include news of the sinking of the ''Titanic'' in the first series; the outbreak of the First World War, the Spanish influenza pandemic, and the Marconi scandal in the second series; the Irish War of Independence leading to the formation of the Irish Free State in the third series; the Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldy Notay
Goldy Notay is a British-Canadian film, television and stage actress. She played 'Roopi' as the lead role in the Gurinder Chadha film ''It's A Wonderful Afterlife''. She has appeared as Shireen in the Mike Bartlett drama '' The Town'' and Amar Akbar & Tony a comedy Brit flick on Netflix. She is currently in the 6 part ITV series Beecham House, directed by Gurinder Chadha. Early life Goldy was born in the Punjab. She later moved to Canada and finally settled in London She speaks Punjabi and English. Career After completing drama school in Toronto, Canada, Goldy was spotted by director Mira Nair while performing on stage at the Tarragon Theatre. She was offered the role of a pre Med student opposite Naveen Andrews in the feature My Own Country. She subsequently moved to the UK and worked extensively with Kali theatre group specialising in stories by Asian Women. She is best known for her role as Roopi in ''It's A Wonderful Afterlife.'' Roopi was written with her in mind by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulvinder Ghir
Kulvinder Ghir (born 10 August 1965) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as one of the cast members in the BBC sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me''. He is also known for playing Aslam in the 1987 Yorkshire-based film '' Rita, Sue and Bob Too!'', alongside Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran and George Costigan. Early life Ghir was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to Indian Punjabi parents of Sikh heritage. Ghir grew up in the Chapeltown suburb of Leeds, England. Ghir first began performing on stage at 13, going on to play comedy clubs between 15 and 17, thereafter enrolling in a London drama school. Career Ghir made his first television appearance as a teenager in 1981 on the Yorkshire Television programme ''The Extraordinary People Show''. At the time, he was looking at going into animation, and was one of three teenagers chosen to question Gerry Anderson about his techniques, and for general advice. His next TV appearance was in 1985, in the recurring role of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viveik Kalra
Viveik Kalra () is an English actor. His breakout role came in 2019's ''Blinded by the Light'', directed by Gurinder Chadha. Early life and education Kalra was born in Windsor and Maidenhead,''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' Berkshire, England, to a British-born Indian father and Indian mother. He was raised in Windsor, where he became a fan of Indian films and American hip hop. He was in his first year at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff in 2016 when he left after being cast in his first role. Career Kalra's first job was in the 2018 ITV miniseries ''Next of Kin'', which came after he sent a video audition. In 2019, he also starred in another ITV miniseries, Gurinder Chadha's historical drama ''Beecham House''. He was cast as Javed Khan in ''Blinded by the Light'', about a British-Pakistani teen inspired by Bruce Springsteen in 1987, after singing "Born to Run" in the audition. For his role as Javed, Kalra was nominated as B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adil Ray
Adil Ray ( ur, عادل رے, born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio/television presenter. Ray stars in the BBC One comedy '' Citizen Khan'', which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio stations. He is also a presenter on ITV's '' Good Morning Britain'', and has played the role of Sadiq Nawaz in the Channel 4 drama series ''Ackley Bridge''. In 2021 he presented the revival of the British game show ''Lingo''. Early life Ray was born in Birmingham, England, to a Pakistani Muslim father from Lahore, and a Kenyan mother. He was brought up in the suburb of Yardley. Ray's father Abdul worked as a bus driver for almost forty years. His mother worked for the Immigration Appeals Department in the Civil Service and was of Buganda and Kenyan Asian ancestry. Ray attended Yardley Junior and Infant School and Handsworth Grammar School, his first day being the day after the Handsworth Riots in 1985. Ray was a keen cricketer and represente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bessie Carter
Bessie Beatrice Carter (born 25 October 1993) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Evie Wilcox on the BBC television series ''Howards End'' (2017) and Violet Woodhouse on the ITV television series ''Beecham House'' (2019). Early life Carter was born in Westminster to actors Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter. In 2007, the three appeared in the BBC series '' Cranford'' (Carter was Captain Brown, Staunton was Miss Octavia Pole and Bessie was the maid, Margaret Gidman). She initially attended Francis Holland School before moving to Camden School for Girls, a state school, where she completed her A Levels. She took a year out, during which she auditioned for drama school. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian actress of Indian descent, and a classical Indian Bharathanatyam dancer. Her film credits include Oscar nominated film ''Lion'' (2016), Bollywood films ''Begum Jaan'' (2017) and ''Hawaizaada'' (2015), and comedy Australian film '' Save Your Legs!'' (2012) and Les Norton, Australian teleseries. She has worked in Hindi films like ''My Name Is Khan'', ''Dus Tola'', '' Besharam'', ''Hawaizaada'', and ''Begum Jaan''. In 2021, Sharda starred in ''Tom & Jerry.'' Her latest release is the 2022 rom-com '' Wedding Season'' with Suraj Sharma. Early life Sharda was born in an Indian family in Perth, Western Australia to Hema Sharda, and Nalin Kant Sharda. Both her parents are IIT alumni and have PhDs in science and engineering. They migrated to Australia in the 1980s before she was born. Sharda came to Melbourne as a toddler where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs. She went to school at Lowther Hall in Essendon where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégory Fitoussi
Grégory Fitoussi (born 13 August 1976) is a French actor best known for appearing in television series such as ''Spiral'', ''Spin'' and ''Mr Selfridge''. Personal life He was born in Paris to Pied-Noir Sephardi Jewish parents. His parents opened a clothing store in Paris managed by his mother, while his father designed the displays. He appears alongside his brother, Mikaël Fitoussi, in the short film ''Alliés Nés'', roughly based on his own family. He was in a relationship for several years with the actress Anne Caillon. He lives in Saint-Mandé, a high-end commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris. Career Fitoussi appeared in the TF1 television soap in which he played Benjamin, the husband of the character . He also appeared in , a television series broadcast on France 2, in which he played the gynaecologist of Grace, the president of France. Later, he played Maître Vidal, the lawyer of (played by Muriel Robin), in the French docudrama ''The Poisoner'' (). Fitoussi had o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Blue Richards
Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. Her film debut at the age of 13 was in ''The Golden Compass'', as the lead character Lyra Belacqua. Other lead roles include the wayward teenager April in ''Dustbin Baby'' and Maria in the 2009 film ''The Secret of Moonacre''. In 2011 she played Franky Fitzgerald in the third generation cast of British teen drama '' Skins.'' She has also played roles in television, film and on stage. Early life and education Richards was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in the Fulham Road, London. The family moved to Sussex, where she attended Newlands School. She attended St Paul's Primary School in Brighton, and later Blatchington Mill School in Hove and KBis Theatre School in Brighton. Career ''The Golden Compass'' After seeing the stage adaptation of ''His Dark Materials'' at the National Theatre, she says she "just wanted to be Lyra". The audition process had ten thousand applicants, and Philip Pullman (author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Suter
Leo Suter (born 26 September 1993) is an English actor. Biography Suter was born in London, and educated at Colet Court, St Paul's School, and New College, Oxford, where he read Human Sciences. He began acting while studying in school at the age of eleven. He signed his first professional acting contract after playing in his school final play. His theatre roles included Patsy in ''The Winterling'' by Oxford Playhouse, Subtle in ''The Alchemist'' by Arcola Theatre, and Mercutio in '' Romeo and Juliet'' by Southwark Playhouse. Suter plays Harald Sigurdsson in the Netflix series '' Vikings: Valhalla'' (2022-present) directed by Jeb Stuart James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833May 12, 1864) was a United States Army officer from Virginia who became a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb,” from the initials o .... Filmography Films Television References External linksLeo Suter instagram [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and the winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was previously crowned as Miss Intercontinental 1997. In her career, she has primarily worked in Hindi films. She is the recipient of several accolades including a Filmfare Award. She established herself as one of the prominent leading ladies of the 2000s. Dutta made her acting debut with ''Andaaz'' (2003), which won her Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She went onto appear in commercially successful films including '' Masti'' (2004), ''No Entry'' (2005), ''Bhagam Bhag'' (2006), ''Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'' (2007), ''Partner'' (2007), '' Housefull'' (2010), ''Chalo Dilli'' (2011), ''Don 2'' (2011) and ''Singh Is Bliing'' (2015). Dutta appeared in British TV series, ''Beecham House''. She made her web debut in 2020 with ''Hundred''. In 2021, she portrayed Indira Gandhi in ''Bell Bottom.'' Early life and education Dutta was born to a Hindu father and an Anglo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
