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Bonekickers
''Bonekickers'' is a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 in television, 2008 and ran for one series. It was written by ''Life on Mars (UK TV series), Life on Mars'' and ''Ashes to Ashes (British TV series), Ashes to Ashes'' creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. It was produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen Ltd and co-produced with Monastic Productions. Archaeologist and Bristol University academic Mark Horton (archaeologist), Mark Horton acted as the series' archaeological consultant. Adrian Lester has described the programme as "''CSI (franchise), CSI'' meets ''Indiana Jones'' [...] There's an element of the crime procedural show, there's science, conspiracy theories—and there's a big underlying mystery that goes through the whole six-episode series." Much of the series was filmed in the City of Bath, Somerset, with locations including the University of Bath, Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Strong (director)
James Strong is a British television and film director and writer, best known for his work on ''Broadchurch'' for which he was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director Fiction 2015. He trained at Granada TV and has directed episodes of the shows '' Holby City'' and ''Doctors'', as well as seven episodes of ''Doctor Who'' and two episodes of its spin-off series ''Torchwood''. His work on the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Voyage of the Damned" won him a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director in 2008. In 2007, he directed the autobiographical documentary '' Elton John: Me, Myself & I'' and in 2008 he directed three episodes of ''Bonekickers''. He then directed '' Hunted'' and ''Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story'' and '' Silent Witness'' in 2010 followed by the feature film ''United'' and ''Downton Abbey'' in 2011. He was lead director and associate producer on ''Broadchurch'', which won six BAFTAs including Best Drama and for which he was nominated for BAFTA Best Director Fiction. Stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Graham
Matthew Graham is a British television writer, and the co-creator of the BBC/Kudos (production company), Kudos Film and Television science fiction series ''Life on Mars (UK TV series), Life on Mars'', which debuted in 2006 on BBC One and has received international critical acclaim. Career Graham began his career writing for the soap opera ''EastEnders'' and the children's drama ''Byker Grove'', both for BBC One. In the 1990s, he wrote for the popular BBC Two drama series ''This Life (1996 TV series), This Life'', and created and wrote the post-apocalyptic drama serial ''The Last Train (TV series), The Last Train'' for ITV Network, ITV. He has also written episodes for ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'' and ''Hustle (TV series), Hustle'', and he wrote "Fear Her", an episode of the Doctor Who (series 2), 2006 series of ''Doctor Who''. ''Ashes to Ashes (British TV series), Ashes to Ashes'', a ''Life on Mars'' sequel which he co-created with ''Life on Mars'' writer/co-creator Ashley Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Nicholls (actor)
Gerard Paul Greenhalgh (born 12 April 1979), known professionally as Paul Nicholls, is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Joe Wicks in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', DS Sam Casey in the ITV drama '' Law & Order: UK'', and Steve Bell in the Channel 4 drama ''Ackley Bridge.'' Career Nicholls made his television debut in 1990 at the age of 10, in ''Children's Ward''. In 1994, he appeared in the BBC children's drama '' Earthfasts'' and '' The Biz'', a teenage performing arts drama filmed at Hampton Court. In 1996, he appeared in an episode of '' Out of the Blue''. Later that year, Nicholls began portraying the role of Joe Wicks in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', a role which he played until 1997. Nicholls appeared in several teenage stage roles, notably as Aladdin in ''Aladdin - Genie of the Ring'' at the Central Theatre in Chatham (1996–1997), and he made his London stage debut as Billy Fisher in the 1998 production of '' Billy Liar'', at the King's Head Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Pharoah
Ashley Pharoah (born 13 September 1959) is a British screenwriter and television producer. He is best known as the co-creator/writer of the successful drama series ''Life on Mars'', which began on BBC One in 2006, and creator/writer of the family drama '' Wild at Heart'', which aired on ITV1 from 2006 until 2012. Early life was born in Southampton but grew up in Nailsea, North Somerset. He attended Waycroft Junior School in Stockwood and continued at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, an independent school in Bristol. studied at the University of Sussex and the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in the 1980s. His graduation film ''Water's Edge'' was nominated for a BAFTA. Career played rugby for Wimbledon and began his television writing career on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 1991, on which he worked for four years and where he met co-writer Matthew Graham. He went on in 1994–1995 to contribute five episodes to the popular BBC One drama series ''Casualty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Graham
Julie Graham (born 24 July 1965) is a Scottish television and film actress. Career Graham has appeared in the Channel 4 ''Blood Red Roses'' (1986, filmed in East Kilbride). She also appeared in 1986 in an episode of ''Taggart'', “Death Call”, as Kathleen Kelly....BBC TV series ''The Houseman's Tale'' (1987). She has also had roles as Alison McGrellis in ''Casualty'' (1988–1989), Alice in ''Harry'' (1993–1995), Alison McIntyre in ''Life Support'' (1999), Lisa Kennedy in ''The Bill'' (2010), Megan Hartnoll in ''At Home with the Braithwaites'' (2000–2003), Alona Cunningham in '' Between the Sheets'' (2003), and Mary Gilcrest in ''William and Mary'' (2003–2005). Her film credits include '' The Fruit Machine'' (1988), '' Silent Scream'' (1990), ''Nuns on the Run'' (1990), ''The Big Man'' (1990), ''The Near Room'' (1995), '' Preaching to the Perverted'' (1997), ''Bedrooms and Hallways'' (1998), and '' Some Voices'' (2000). In 1991, she starred in the short film ''Rosebud' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Lester
Adrian Anthony Lester (born Anthony Harvey; 14 August 1968) is a British actor, director and writer. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the London stage. Early life Lester was born in Birmingham, the son of Jamaican immigrants, Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald, a manager for a contract cleaning company. From the age of nine, Lester sang as a boy treble in the choir of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham. At 14, he began acting with the Birmingham Youth Theatre. After leaving Archbishop Masterson RC School, he attended Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College for one year, before completing three years of training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Career Theatre Lester received an Ian Charleson Award commendation and a Time Out Award for his 1991 performance as Rosalind in Cheek by Jowl's all-male production of '' As You Like It''. In 1993, he played Antho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Of God (Bonekickers)
Army of God is the first episode of the BBC archaeology drama ''Bonekickers''. It aired on July 8, 2008. It was written by ''Life on Mars'' creator Matthew Graham, and filmed in the City of Bath. A small amount of the episode, as with the following episodes, relies on a flashback to the time that the archaeologists are studying. Characters *Dr. Gillian Magwilde – Julie Graham *Dr. Ben Ergha – Adrian Lester *Professor Gregory "Dolly" Parton – Hugh Bonneville *Vivian "Viv" Davis – Gugu Mbatha-Raw *Professor Daniel Mastiff – Michael Maloney *Edward Laygass – Paul Rhys *"James" – Paul Nicholls *"Colm" – Oliver Jackson Cohen Plot The episode is set in the City of Bath, and Gillian Magwilde and her team have been called out to a building site, after builders found Arabian dirhems buried in the site. After being told off briefly by Ben Ergha, Vivian Davis is revealed to be the student archaeologist studying with the team. Gillian has a cold, snubbing attitude towards V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammoth Screen Ltd
Mammoth Screen is a UK-based production company that was established in 2007 by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer. It produces drama for key UK broadcasters, especially ITV, and international distribution. Others may be looking for Mammoth Pictures, a US-based production company. ITV announced on 1 June 2015 that it had acquired Mammoth Screen, which is now part of ITV Studios. Productions North Korean hacking allegations In October 2017 it was reported that an upcoming drama about a British nuclear scientist taken prisoner in North Korea, commissioned by Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ... and with the working title ''Opposite Number'', had caused the production company's computer network to be targeted by North Korean hackers. The project was subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys (born 19 December 1963) is a Welsh theatre, television and film actor. Early life Rhys was born in Neath to working class Catholic parents, Kathryn Ivory and her husband Richard Charles Rhys, a labourer. At fourteen, he bred and trained horses, becoming a highly accomplished rider. A committed punk during his youth, Rhys sang in several bands. His first acting job was playing Liverpudlian judo expert Ralph in John Godber's hit play ''Bouncers'', before leaving for London, where he qualified for his Equity card by singing jazz standards at lunchtime for Peter Boizot's Pizza Express and Kettners. Career Rhys received a Bernard Shaw Scholarship to study at RADA. In the first term he was spotted by Philip Prowse and was invited to perform in Oscar Wilde's ''A Woman of No Importance'' at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, playing the illegitimate son, Gerald. He also appeared as Dean Swift in Julian Temple's film '' Absolute Beginners''. Rhys completed his education at RADA by w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheldon Manor
Sheldon Manor near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, is Wiltshire's oldest inhabited manor house and dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Its structure is mostly 17th-century, and it is a Grade I listed building. History The medieval settlement of Sheldon, first mentioned in 803, no longer exists, having been deserted by 1582; a 1976 survey confirmed its remains to lie to the rear of the Manor, which itself stands on the site of an older habitation known as " The Holloway". The manor of Sheldon was granted to Sir William de Beauvilain in about 1180; on his death, as a Norman, it was forfeit to The Crown as an escheat and then granted to the de Godarville family in 1231 by Henry III. In 1250 it passed to Sir Geoffrey Gascelyn on his marriage to Joan de Godarville. In 1424 the Manor was sold to Sir Walter Hungerford, and after some time was eventually granted to Catherine Parr temporarily until the Hungerford heir achieved majority. For many years, the property was tenanted un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavenage House
Chavenage House, Beverston, Gloucestershire is a country house dating from the late 16th century. The house was built in 1576 and is constructed of Cotswold stone, with a Cotswold stone tiled roof. David Verey and Alan Brooks, in their Gloucestershire Pevsner, describe the house as "the ideal sixteenth-century Cotswold stone manor house". Chavenage is a Grade I listed building. History The estate of Chavenage was sold to Edward Stephens of Eastington in Gloucestershire in 1564. He built the house in the Elizabethan style, adding large windows to the south of the porch, much of the glass being obtained from redundant churches and monasteries in the area. On Edward's death, the estate passed to his son Richard and, on his death, to his second wife Anne, before his eldest son Nathaniel Stephens inherited it. During the Civil War, Nathaniel Stephens raised troops and supported the Roundheads, and later became a member of Cromwell's parliament. Cromwell visited Chavenage House, and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brean Down Fort
Brean Down Fort was a Victorian naval fortification designed to protect the Bristol Channel. It was built above sea level on the headland at Brean Down, south of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The site has a long history because of its prominent position. The earliest recorded settlement is from the Early to Middle Bronze Age. The current buildings were constructed in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel, and was decommissioned in 1901. During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing. The site has been owned by the National Trust since 2002, following a £431,000 renovation project, as part of its Brean Down property and is open to the public. The fort was used as a location for filming of the second episode, "Warriors", of the BBC television drama ''Bonekickers''. The fort was also used for exterior scenes of the Royal Marines attack on the villains base on Cragfest Island in e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
