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Castles (TV Series)
''Castles'' was a British soap opera following three generations of a large London family. It ran for 24 episodes on BBC One during the summer of 1995 and was a co-production by the BBC and Granada Television. Its writing team included Peter Whalley who was known for his work on ''Coronation Street'' and Sally Wainwright who would go on to create ''Scott & Bailey'' and '' Happy Valley''. Scheduling The first episode aired on 31 May 1995 at 7.30pm before settling into what was supposed to be its regular timeslot of Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30pm. Halfway through its run, with audiences averaging 3.2 million, BBC head of drama Charles Denton admitted that the show had not been a success, stating "A piece which sits in the middle of the schedule has obligations to deliver rather fuller levels of audience and enthusiasm than, I'm afraid, has happened with ''Castles''". It was at this point that the series was moved to Monday and Sunday at 7.00pm, where a BBC spokesperson stated "i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian McLoughlin
Marian McLoughlin is a British actress, known for her role as Marina Bonnaire in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. She also played the role of Brenda Jacks in the BBC series ''Home Time'' in 2009 and Julia in ''Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me'' in 2011. In 2021, she appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Sue Morgan. Career After training to be a French teacher, she graduated from Newman College, and later took a postgraduate diploma in Drama at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre work includes: ''Henry V'', ''After the Fall'' and ''Bartholomew Fair'' at the Royal National Theatre, ''Edmund'' at the Royal Court, and numerous rep companies. TV work includes: series regular in ''French Fields'', ''Doctors'', ''Home Time'', ''Born to Run'', ''Thin Ice'', ''Castles''; period drama ''Nicholas Nickleby''; plus roles in ''The Impressions Show'', '' EastEnders'' and ''The Bill'', and many other productions. In 1997, she starred in the BBC drama ''Born to Run''. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television Dramas
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1990s British Television Soap Operas
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Soap Operas
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 British Television Series Endings
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1995 British Television Series Debuts
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Lynn Farleigh
Marilyn J. "Lynn" Farleigh (born 3 May 1942) is an English actress of stage and screen. Early life Farleigh was born in Bath, Somerset on 3 May 1942 to Joseph Sydney Farleigh and his wife Marjorie Norah (née Clark). She attended the Redland High School for Girls in Bristol, and trained for the stage at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Career She made her first professional appearance in May 1962 in a production of ''Under Milk Wood'' at the Salisbury Playhouse, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in October 1966, playing Castiza in ''The Revenger's Tragedy'' at Stratford upon Avon. She made her New York debut with the RSC in April 1967 at the Music Box Theatre, playing Ruth in a production of Harold Pinter's ''The Homecoming''. Her first London performance came in January 1968 as Helena in the RSC revival of ''All's Well That Ends Well''. In the same Aldwych Theatre season she also played Amanda in ''The Relapse'', August 1968, and Portia in ''Julius Caesar' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bowen
Christopher Bowen (born 20 October 1959) is a British actor. Bowen was educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff, Radley College, and Magdalene College, Cambridge University. He trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and spent three years with the RSC in the 1980s. Other theatre credits include the title role in " Macbeth" at the Southwark Playhouse, Laertes in "Hamlet" at the Young Vic, Veit Kunz in "Franziska" at the Gate Theatre, Oberon in " A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the City of London Festival, Maecenas in " Antony and Cleopatra" at the Haymarket Theatre. His television credits include: Mr Briggs in "Jane Eyre" for the BBC, Alastair Campbell in ''"Why We Went to War"'' for C4, Ant Johnson in " Holby City", Richard Carey in "Murder in Mesopotamia" (Poirot), ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', ''Knights of God'', John Dexter in '' Tanamera – Lion of Singapore'', Mordred in the '' Doctor Who'' serial "Battlefield", ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'', '' Waiting for God'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Scott (British Actress)
Judi Scott (1957–2018) was a British theatrical, film and television actress. Credits Theatre * ''Absurdia'' at the Donmar Warehouse * ''The Romans In Britain'' at the Sheffield Crucible Film and TV * "Mr. Turner" (directed by Mike Leigh) * ''High Hopes'' (directed by Mike Leigh) * ''Vera Drake'' (directed by Mike Leigh) * ''News Hounds'' (directed by Les Blair) * '' Between The Lines (TV series), Series 1, Episode 8, as Inspector Jane Toynton (directed by Tom Clegg) * ''Bliss'' (directed by Les Blair) * ''Milk'' (directed by William Brookfield) * ''My Brother Tom'' (directed by Dom Rotheroe) * ''Midsomer Murders'' (directed by Jeremy Silberston Jeremy Silberston (1 April 1950 – 9 March 2006), was an English film director. Early life His father was economist Aubrey Silberston, and his mother, Dorothy, was a founder member of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship. He attended The Perse ...) Awards Cannes Television Film Awards 1992: Best Actress for BBC Screen One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Mafham
Dominic Mafham (born 11 March 1968) is an English stage, film and television actor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Dominic Mafham trained at the National Youth Theatre and then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Mafham began his career at The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1990. He was with the RSC for four years. Mafham first came to prominence when he played Nigel Hawthorne's emotionally damaged son Daniel Pascoe in Paula Milne's ''The Fragile Heart''. The drama was screened on Channel 4 in the UK in 1996. It won the 1997 BAFTA award for Nigel Hawthorne as Best Actor, and was nominated for several awards including Best Drama Serial. It was also nominated in the Royal Television Society awards that year. Mafham played the central character—a high-tech assassin in the Swiss Alps stricken with a conscience—in Duncan Jones's first film ''Whistle''. The film gathered a cult following after showing at various international film festivals, and fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bowler (actor)
John Bowler (born 13 September 1952) is an English actor best known for playing P.C. Roger Valentine in ITV’s ''The Bill'' from 2004 until the series ended in 2010. Career John Bowler was educated in Yorkshire, and trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Glasgow. in 1988, after a number of TV appearances in his early career, he portrayed the regular character David Lynch in the romantic sitcom '' Watching'', alongside Emma Wray. He remained in the role until the series ended in 1993. His television credits includes regular roles in ''DCI Banks'', ''Steel River Blues'', ''Woof!'', ''Castles'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Auf Wiedersehen Pet'', ''The Tide of Life'', and guest appearances in ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', ''Casualty'', '' Heartbeat'', '' Kavanagh QC'', '' Dangerfield'', ''Grange Hill'', ''Drop The Dead Donkey'', ''Minder'', ''Holby City'' and '' Wycliffe''. From 2004 to 2010, he played P.C. Roger Valentine in 227 episodes of the hugely popular police d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
