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Broken (British TV Series)
''Broken'' is a six-part British television drama series, created by Jimmy McGovern, that first broadcast on BBC One on 30 May 2017. The series focuses on Michael Kerrigan (Sean Bean), the priest of a Roman Catholic parish in a northern English city, who despite suffering from his own troubles stemming from a traumatic childhood, tries to guide several of his most vulnerable parishioners through the trials and tribulations of everyday life. The series was directed by Ashley Pearce and Noreen Kershaw; while Shaun Duggan, Colette Kane and Nick Leather all contributed to McGovern's scripts. The series was released on DVD on 10 July 2017. Bean won a BAFTA for Best Actor while Friel was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Cast Main * Sean Bean as Father Michael Kerrigan * Adrian Dunbar as Father Peter Flaherty * Anna Friel as Christina Fitzsimmons * Muna Otaru as Helen Oyenusi * Mark Stanley as PC Andrew Powell * Aisling Loftus as PC Dawn Morris * Paula Malcomson as Roz Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1080i
1080i (also known as Full HD or BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type. 1080i is used in high-definition television (HDTV) and high-definition video. The number "1080" refers to the number of horizontal lines on the screen. The "i" is an abbreviation for "interlaced"; this indicates that only the even lines, then the odd lines of each frame (each image called a video field) are drawn alternately, so that only half the number of actual image frames are used to produce video. A related display resolution is 1080p, which also has 1080 lines of resolution; the "p" refers to progressive scan, which indicates that the lines of resolution for each frame are "drawn" on the screen in sequence. The term assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9 (a rectangular TV that is wider than it is tall), so the 1080 lines of vertical resolution implies 1920 columns of horizontal resolution, or 1920 pixels × 1080 lines. A 1920 pixels × 1080 lines screen has a total of 2.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LA Productions
LA Productions Ltd is a British independent television and film production company based in Liverpool, UK. It was founded in 2000 by Brookside co-creator, Colin McKeown MBE, and is known for producing socially-conscious television drama, most prominently for the BBC. Overview Notable productions include BBC Daytime anthology drama series '' Moving On'' (since 2009), which is one of the channel's second longest-running drama series and filmed its eleventh series in June 2019. Moving On is story-edited by Jimmy McGovern. ''Common'' (BBC1, 2014), written by Jimmy McGovern, explored the flaws in the UK's "joint enterprise" law and starred Nico Mirallegro and Jodhi May. The single drama was nominated for an International Emmy in 2015. ''Reg'' (BBC1 2016), also written by McGovern, with Robert Pugh, told the story of Reg Keys; the father of Tom Keys, one of the six 'Redcaps' murdered in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2003. Keys was instrumental in challenging the legality of then-PM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochenda Sandall
Rochenda Sandall (born 1988) is a British actress who played Lisa McQueen in ''Line of Duty'', and has featured in other productions including '' Small Axe'' and ''Doctor Who''. Biography Rochenda Sandall was born in about 1988 in Grimsby, and grew up in Goxhill. Aged 17, she moved to London and attended the East 15 Acting School. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012, later making her stage debut in ''Scenes from an Execution'' at the Royal National Theatre. For the next few years she worked mainly in theatrical productions, including in ''Coriolanus'' alongside Tom Hiddleston. Meanwhile, she had roles as police officers in the television series ''Doctors'' and ''Coronation Street''. Her monologue performance in Alan Bennett's ''The Outside Dog'' was selected by ''The Guardian'' as the best theatre show of 2020. Sandall was a series regular in '' Criminal: UK'', as Detective Constable Vanessa Warren. Sandall starred with Letitia Wright and John Boyega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Radcliffe
Naomi Radcliffe (born 1971) is an English actress. She was born in Oldham, Lancashire to Albert Radcliffe—a Canon of Manchester Cathedral—and Petrina, a teacher. She was educated at The Blue Coat School in Oldham and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, having not been accepted on her first attempt. Her first professional stage appearance was in ''Be My Baby'' in 1997. Early television appearances include major roles in Kay Mellor's '' Band of Gold'' and Russell T Davies's ''The Grand'', before she took the role of Alison Wakefield in the Granada Television soap opera '' Coronation Street''. She remained on the soap for two years between 1998 and 2000. When her contract was not renewed, the character was written out in a scene that saw her commit suicide by jumping in front of a lorry. The scene, watched by 17 million viewers, won Radcliffe the British Soap Award for Best Exit. From 2002 to 2005, she played Jean Bradshaw in the BBC drama ''Born and Bred''. In 2007 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye McKeever
Faye McKeever (born 18 January 1985) is an English actress. Her notable works include playing Linda in Sky 1 sitcom ''Trollied'', Marie in '' Massive'' and Claire Olssen in ''Little Boy Blue''. Early life McKeever was born on 18 January 1985 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Career McKeever first rose to prominence in 2006 playing Donna Marie in the spin-off series '' Hollyoaks: In The City''. This was McKeever's first major television role. In 2008, she landed a role as Lou in ''Torn Up Tales'' which first aired on 2 June 2008 on BBC Three. Later on in 2008, McKeever played the role, Marie, in '' Massive'' on BBC Three again in September and October. Whilst on the set, she was acting with Carl Rice, Lorraine Cheshire and Beverly Rudd, all actors on the cast of ''Trollied''. In 2009, she appeared on ITV's ''Unforgiven'' as Hannah Whelan. She then featured in the 6th episode of Season 3 of ''The Street'', playing Hannah. She played Susan in the 8th episode of the 7th season of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Lyle
Lauren Lyle (born 12 July 1993) is a Scottish actress best known for her recurring role as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser in the Starz television drama '' Outlander'', and peace protester Jade Antoniak in the BBC drama ''Vigil''. Lyle also plays the leading role in the ITV crime thriller '' Karen Pirie''. Early life Lyle was born in Glasgow, Scotland. After performing at the Edinburgh Fringe for Fourth Monkey, and on stage in London in The Crucible, she was accepted to the National Youth Theatre's rep program in 2015. The highly competitive program accepts approximately fifteen or sixteen actors under the age of twenty-five who work towards a series of plays performed on London's West End in the autumn of that year. Career Lyle’s first professional role was in 2014 when she starred in the critically acclaimed show The Crucible directed by Yael Farber at the Old Vic Theatre on the West End. Soon after she was cast in an episode of BBC comedy "Radges". In 2015, Lyle was accepte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Holder
''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' (informally known as ''Tracy Beaker'' or ''TSOTB'') is a British television programme series adapted from the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on CBBC for five series, from January 2002 to December 2005 and also contained a feature-length episode, '' Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me'', broadcast in February 2004, as well as a week of interactive episodes for Children in Need. The theme song was written and produced by Brian Harris and Nigel Lowis and performed by Keisha White. It has become one of CBBC's most popular and repeated programmes, and still airs, however sporadically, on the channel as of 2022. Subsequently, it has spawned a number of spin-offs; ''Tracy Beaker Returns'' in 2010, which was followed up by ''The Dumping Ground'' in 2013, ''My Mum Tracy Beaker'' and ''The Beaker Girls'' in 2021. Production ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', written by Jacqueline Wilson, was first published in 1991. Wilson's book ''Cliffhanger'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Copley
Paul Mackriell Copley (born 25 November 1944) is an English actor and voiceover artist. From 2011 to 2015 he appeared as Mr. Mason, father of William Mason, in 16 episodes of ''Downton Abbey'', and from 2020 to 2021, he appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' as Arthur Medwin. Early life Copley was born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up beside a dairy farm there. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then to the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-education Company in 1971. Career Copley was the male lead character in the four-part BBC series ''Days of Hope'' in 1975, which depicted events between the First World War and the General Strike from a family invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Calbraith
Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford, Cheshire, and raised in Liverpool and Cheshire, whose appearances include roles in the ITV period drama series '' Home Fires'' and ''Downton Abbey'', together with the BBC2 drama '' The Shadow Line''. Biography Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including ''DCI Banks'', '' Silent Witness'', ''Casualty'', '' Holby City'', ''The Bill'', ''55 Degrees North'' and Dr Tricia Summerbee in '' Heartbeat''. She joined '' Coronation Street'' in 2005 for a short time to play Robyn, girlfriend of Martin Platt. In 2007, she guest-starred in the '' Doctor Who'' audio dramas ''Urban Myths'' and '' Son of the Dragon''. In 2008 she guest-starred in the ''Sapphire and Steel'' audio drama ''Second Sight Extrasensory perception or ESP, also called sixth sense, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Malcomson
Paula Malcomson (born 1 June 1970) is a Northern Irish actress. She is sometimes credited as Paula Williams. She is known as Trixie in ''Deadwood'' (2004-2006), Maureen Ashby in ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2010), and as Abby Donovan in ''Ray Donovan'' (2013-2017). Career Malcomson starred as Trixie in the HBO series '' Deadwood'' and Colleen in ABC's ''Lost''. She played the role of Amanda Graystone in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' spin-off series ''Caprica'', on the Sci Fi Channel, as well as the role of Maureen Ashby on the FX Series ''Sons of Anarchy''. She played the long-suffering Abby Donovan, wife of the title character in the Showtime series ''Ray Donovan''. In March 2011, Malcomson guest starred in the ''Fringe'' episode "Stowaway A stowaway or clandestine traveller is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus. Sometimes, the purpose is to get from one place to another without paying for transportation. In other cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
