|
Christopher Godwin
Christopher Godwin (born 5 August 1943) is a British actor who has been active since the late 1960s. TV and recording career He made his TV debut at the age of 25, when he took on the role of PC Grange in an episode of '' Softly, Softly''. He has since made appearances in television dramas including ''Z-Cars'', '' Nearly a Happy Ending'', ''Return to Waterloo'', ''South of the Border'', ''Return to Treasure Island'', ''Nice Work '', ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', ''My Family and Other Animals'', '' FairyTale: A True Story'', ''The Bill'', '' Murder in Mind'', '' Waking the Dead'' and ''The Peter Principle (There's Something About Geoffrey)''. His film career has included roles in ''Porridge'' (1979), ''Charlie Muffin'' (1979), '' Bullshot'' (1983), ''A Handful of Dust'' (1988), '' FairyTale: A True Story'' (1997), ''Jinnah'' (1998), ''Scoop'' (2006), ''A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day'' (2013), ''The Crucible'' (2014), ''Mary Poppins Returns'' (2018), ''Emma'' (2020), and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughborough
Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second largest in the county after Leicester. It is close to the Nottinghamshire border and short distances from Leicester, Nottingham, East Midlands Airport and Derby. It has the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which made bells for the Carillon War Memorial, a landmark in the Queens Park in the town, of Great Paul for St Paul's Cathedral, and for York Minster. History Medieval The earliest reference to Loughborough occurs in the Domesday Book of 1086, which calls it ''Lucteburne''. It appears as ''Lucteburga'' in a charter from the reign of Henry II, and as ''Luchteburc'' in the Pipe Rolls of 1186. The name is of Old English origin and means "Luhhede's ''burh'' or fortified place". Industrialisation The first sign of in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullshot (film)
''Bullshot'' is a 1983 British comedy film, based on the stage play '' Bullshot Crummond''. The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film ''Bulldog Drummond'' with the lead character having elements of Drummond and Biggles. Plot Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond is a World War I fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, and part-time sleuth. He must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary, and win the heart of the damsel in distress Rosemary Fenton. Cast * Alan Shearman as Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond * Diz White as Rosemary Fenton * Ronald E. House as Count Otto van Bruno * Frances Tomelty as Lenya von Bruno * Michael Aldridge as Professor Rupert Fenton * Christopher Good as Lord Binky Brancaster * Ron Pember as Dobbs * Mel Smith as Crouch * Billy Connolly as Hawkeye McGillicuddy * Geoffrey Bayldon as Colonel Hinchcliff Production The film was produced by George Harrison's company Handmade Films. Shearman and White reprised th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Online
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and BBC Sport, Sport, the on-demand video and radio services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, the children's sites CBBC (TV channel), CBBC and CBeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize and BBC Own It, Own It. The BBC has had an online presence supporting its TV and radio programmes and web-only initiatives since April 1994, but did not launch officially until 28 April 1997, following government approval to fund it by Television licensing in the United Kingdom, TV licence fee revenue as a service in its own right. Throughout its history, the online plans of the BBC have been subject to competition and complaint from its commercial rivals, which has resulted in various public consultations and government reviews to investigate their claims that its large presence and public funding distorts the UK market. The website has gone t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afternoon Drama
''Drama'' (formerly ''Afternoon Theatre'', ''Afternoon Drama,'' ''Afternoon Play'') is a BBC Radio 4 radio drama, broadcast every weekday at 2.15pm. Generally each play is 45 minutes in duration and approximately 190 new plays are broadcast each year. More or less three-quarters are self-contained dramas. The remainder are short series of 2 to 6 episodes. As well as original drama series, the ''Afternoon Play'' has included a number of adaptations of popular works such as ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency''. History In one form or another, the ''Afternoon Play'' has been a feature of afternoons on Radio 4 since its launch in 1967, although the strict 45 minute format was not enforced until the reorganisation of Radio 4 by James Boyle in 1998, whereby the play directly follows the 2.00pm repeat of ''The Archers''. Several ''Afternoon Plays'' were amongst programmes held in 20 underground radio stations of the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service The Wartime Broadcasting S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Berners
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (18 September 188319 April 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete. He was also known as Lord Berners. Biography Early life and education Berners was born in Apley Hall, Stockton, Shropshire, in 1883, as Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt, son of The Honorable Hugh Tyrwhitt (1856–1907) and his wife Julia (1861–1931), daughter of William Orme Foster, Apley's owner. His father, a Royal Navy officer, was rarely home. He was brought up by a grandmother who was extremely religious and self-righteous, and a mother who had little intellect and many prejudices. His mother, who was the daughter of a rich ironmaster, and who with a strong interest in fox hunting, ignored his musical interests and instead focused on developing his masculinity, a trait Berners found to be inherently unnatural. Berners later wrote, "My father was worldly, cynical, intolerant of any kind of inferiority, reserved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subnautica
''Subnautica'' is an open-world action-adventure game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The game has the player as a non-essential systems maintenance chief who is the only survivor of a spaceship crash on the alien planet 4546B. They are free to explore the oceanic planet, the main objectives being to find essential resources, survive the local flora and fauna, and find a way to escape the planet. ''Subnautica'' was released in early access for Microsoft Windows in December 2014, macOS in June 2015, and for Xbox One in May 2016. It was released out of early access in January 2018 for Microsoft Windows and macOS, with versions for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in December 2018. The physical console versions were published by Gearbox Publishing. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S versions were released in May 2021. By January 2020, more than five million copies had been sold. A sequel, '' Subnautica: Below Zero'', was released May 14, 2021. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inquisition
The Inquisition, in historical ecclesiastical terminology also referred to as the "Holy Inquisition", was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics. Studies of the records have found that the overwhelming majority of sentences consisted of penances, but that cases of repeat unrepentant heretics were handed over to the secular courts, which generally resulted in execution or life imprisonment. The Inquisition had its start in 12th-century Kingdom of France, with the aim of combating religious deviation (e.g. apostasy or heresy), particularly among the Cathars and the Waldensians. The inquisitorial courts from this time until the mid-15th century are together known as the Medieval Inquisition. Other groups investigated during the Medieval Inquisition, which primarily took place in France and Italy, including the Spiritual Franciscans, the Hussites, and the Beguines. Beginning in the 1250s, inquisitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Republic
Old Republic may refer to Star Wars *Galactic Republic, also known as the Old Republic, interplanetary state in the Star Wars universe **'' Star Wars: The Old Republic'', a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based in the Star Wars universe ** ''Star Wars: The Old Republic'' (comics), a comic book Places *First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930), ''Old Republic'' or ''República Velha'', a period in Brazilian history *Old Republic (Portugal), 1918–1926, an era within the First Portuguese Republic Facilities and structures *Old Republic Building, Chicago, Illinois, U.S., an office building Other uses *Old Republic International, U.S. insurance company See also * * * Old Republican (U.S. politics) * Old (other) * Republic (other) A republic is a form of government. Republic(s) or The Republic may also refer to: Governments * List of republics * First Republic (other) * Second Republic (other) * Third Republic (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Leopoldovitch
''A Young Doctor's Notebook'' is a British dark comedy television programme based on the short story collection of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov. Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe portray the show's main characters (a doctor at the fictional Muryevo Hospital in Russia at different ages). The first series was broadcast between 6 December and 27 December 2012 on Sky Arts 1, and a second (and final) series aired from 21 November to 12 December 2013. The first series takes place in the year 1917 during the Russian Revolution, and the second series takes place in the following year during the Russian Civil War. Production The second series is based on the short story titled "Morphine" by Bulgakov. The title cards and credits use faux Cyrillic. The music for the programme was composed by Stephen Warbeck. It features violin, a clarinet, acoustic guitar, and cello. The theme song was featured on Sky Arts' compilation album ''Sky Theme Tunes, Vol. 2''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dig (2021 Film)
''The Dig'' is a 2021 British drama film directed by Simon Stone, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by John Preston, which reimagines the events of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England. It stars Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn (musician), Johnny Flynn, Ben Chaplin, Ken Stott, Archie Barnes, and Monica Dolan. It had a limited release on 14 January 2021, followed by streaming on Netflix on 29 January 2021. The film received positive reviews from critics and received five nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, including one for BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film, Outstanding British Film. Plot In 1939, Suffolk landowner Edith Pretty hires local self-taught archaeologist-excavator Basil Brown to tackle the large burial mounds at her rural estate in Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, Woodbridge. At first, she offers the same money he received from the Ipswich Museum, the agricultural wage, but he says it is inadequat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma (2020 Film)
''Emma'' (stylized as ''Emma.'') is a 2020 period romantic comedy film directed by Autumn de Wilde, from a screenplay by Eleanor Catton, based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Miss Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and elegant young woman living with her father in Regency-era England who amuses herself with matchmaking and meddles in the romantic lives of those closest to her. The film also stars Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, and Bill Nighy. Produced by Perfect World Pictures, Working Title Films and Blueprint Pictures, a film adaptation of Austen's novel by Focus Features began development in October 2018 when Taylor-Joy was cast in the title role, with de Wilde attached as the director. The remainder of the supporting roles were cast by March 2019. Principal photography took place between March and June 2019 across England. ''Emma'' was released in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2020, and in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Poppins Returns
''Mary Poppins Returns'' is a 2018 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall, with a screenplay written by David Magee and a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca. Loosely based on the book series ''Mary Poppins'' by P. L. Travers, the film is a live-action/traditionally animated sequel to the 1964 live-action/traditionally animated film ''Mary Poppins'', and stars Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins, with supporting roles from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, and David Warner in his final film appearance. Set in London during the Great Depression, the film sees Mary Poppins, the former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks, return to them in the wake of the death of Michael's wife. Walt Disney Pictures announced the film in September 2015. Marshall was hired later that month, and Blunt and Miranda were cast in February 2016. Principal photography lasted from February to July 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
