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Ciaran Madden
Ciaran Anne Magdalene Madden (born 27 December 1942) is a retired English stage, film, and television actress, who was professionally active from the late 1960s through the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), and is an Associate Member of the academy. Madden is best known internationally for her multiple leading Agatha Christie, Shakespeare, and Tom Stoppard roles filmed for television, and for her dramatic performance as Marianne Dashwood in the 1971 BBC miniseries adaption of Jane Austen's ''Sense and Sensibility''. She appeared in more than 30 television series, teleplays, made-for-television movies, and television miniseries, including a starring performance in the miniseries ''A Married Man'' (1984) opposite Anthony Hopkins. She also had major roles in five feature films, including ''Gawain and the Green Knight'' (1973), the cult horror film '' The Beast Must Die'' (1974), '' Spy Story'' (1976) and '' Swing Kids'' (1993). She had orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debrett's Peerage And Baronetage
Debrett's () is a British professional coaching company, publisher and authority on etiquette and behaviour, founded in 1769 with the publication of the first edition of ''The New Peerage''. The company takes its name from its founder, John Debrett. Coaching Debrett's Academy was established in 2012 to provide coaching in (''i.e.,'' enhancing) interpersonal skills to individuals and corporations. Its courses for businesses cover topics such as public speaking, networking, sales pitches, relationship management, personal presentation and dress codes. Its private client courses focus on confidence-building and social competence, as well as personal presentation and impact, career progression and digital networking. A non-profit arm, Debrett's Foundation, provides coaching through the Debrett's Academy to sixth form students from UK schools in business skills, as well as access to internships, work experience and mentoring opportunities. Publications Debrett's has published a ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dorset. Covering an area of , Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester, in the south. After the Local Government Act 1972, reorganisation of local government in 1974, the county border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density. The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era. The Roman conquest of Britain, Romans conquered Dorset's indigenous Durotriges, Celtic tribe, and during the Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortunes Of War (TV Series)
''Fortunes of War'' is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels '' Fortunes of War''. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet. Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson met filming the TV series and married in real life. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. Cast * Emma Thompson as Harriet Pringle * Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle * Charles Kay as Dobson * Mark Drewry as Dubedat * Ronald Pickup as Prince Yakimov * Alan Bennett as Lord Pinkrose * Harry Burton as Sasha Drucker * Rupert Graves as Simon Boulderstone * James Villiers as Inchcape * Robert Stephens as Castlebar * Esmond Knight as Liversage * Michael Cochrane as Clifford Episodes The Balkans: September 1939 Newlyweds Guy and Harriet Pringle arrive in Bucharest, as does the impoverished Prince Yakimov, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drummonds (TV Series)
''Drummonds'' was a 1985 British television series set in a boarding school for boys during the mid-1950s. It was produced for the ITV by London Weekend Television and ran for two seasons between 1985 and 1987. It starred Richard Pasco as the school's headmaster, George Drummond and Ciaran Madden as his wife Mary.. The series was filmed at Amesbury School in Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ..., England. External links * 1985 British television series debuts 1987 British television series endings 1980s British drama television series English-language television shows ITV television dramas London Weekend Television shows Television series by ITV Studios {{UK-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Body In The Library (film)
''The Body in the Library'' is a 3-part 1984 television film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1942 detective novel ''The Body in the Library'', which was co-produced by the BBC and the A&E Network. The film uses an adapted screenplay by T. R. Bowen and was directed by Silvio Narizzano. Starring Joan Hickson in the title role, it was the first film presented in the British television series ''Miss Marple'' and premiered in three parts from 26 to 28 December 1984 on BBC One. In the United States the film was first broadcast on 4 January 1986 as a part of PBS's ''Mystery!''. In his review in ''The New York Times'', critic John J. O'Connor wrote: Miss Christie would no doubt approve of Joan Hickson, the veteran British character actress who plays Miss Marple... This BBC/Arts & Entertainment co-production offers an especially good example of Agatha Christie in adaptation. The characters are nicely realized and the suspense holds. Miss Hickson is lovely, neither as awesome as Miss Ruthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxbridge Blues
''Oxbridge Blues'' is a 1984 British television series, produced and broadcast in the UK by the BBC. It is an anthology of seven approximately 75-minute television plays by Frederic Raphael, most of which focus on relationships of one kind or another. Most of the plays except one take place in England; "He'll See You Now" takes place in the U.S., and "Sleeps Six" takes place in England and France. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on A&E in 1986 and on PBS in 1988.Blau, Eleanor"TV Notes."''New York Times''. 28 April 1988. In Australia, the series was broadcast on ABC in 1987. The series won the 1987 CableACE Award for Best Dramatic Series. The eponymous first teleplay in the series, "Oxbridge Blues", was nominated for a BAFTA television award for Best Single Drama, and other individual episodes garnered several other awards and nominations. The seven plays were adapted by the novelist Frederic Raphael from the short stories from his own collections ''Sleeps Six and other st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Playhouse
''Playhouse'' is a British television anthology series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, BFI Film and Television database a format that would inspire ''''. The series would mostly include original material from writers, but adaptations of existing works were also produced (such as the 1979 production of |
My Son, My Son (TV Series)
''My Son, My Son'' is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 1 between 18 March and 6 May 1979.Baskin p.160 It is an adaptation of the 1938 novel of the same title by Howard Spring. Selected cast * Michael Williams as William Essex * Frank Grimes as Dermot O'Riorden * Kate Binchy as Sheila O'Riorden * Patsy Rowlands as Annie Suthurst * Patrick Ryecart as Oliver Essex * Ciaran Madden as Livia Vaynol * Prue Clarke as Maeve O'Riorden * Gerard Murphy as Rory O'Riorden * Maurice Denham as Captain Judas * Angela Harding as Maggie Donnelly * Grégoire Aslan as Josef Wertheim * Julian Fellowes as Pogson * Matthew Long as Sawle * Neale Goodrum as Martin * Alan MacNaughtan as Sir Charles Blatch * Patrick Waldron as Kevin Donnelly * Sherrie Hewson as Nellie Essex * Joy Nichols as Josie Wertheim * Elizabeth Seal as Mary Latter * Derek Fowlds as Newbiggen * Cyril Luckham as Reverend Oliver * Ivor Salter as Summerways * Willoughby Goddard as Mr. Moscrop * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of The Saint
''Return of the Saint'' is a British action-adventure television series that aired for one series in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States. It was co-produced by ITC Entertainment and the Italian broadcaster RAI and ran for 24 episodes. Premise ''Return of the Saint'' is a revival/updating of ''The Saint'', a programme based upon the stories of Leslie Charteris that had originally aired from 1962 to 1969, and starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar (the character, in turn, had been introduced by Charteris in a series of novels and short stories dating back to 1928). The new series starred Ian Ogilvy as Templar, an independently wealthy, somewhat mysterious 'do-gooder' known as 'The Saint'. Templar is shown travelling around Britain and Europe, helping out the people he encounters, though he is also often summoned by past acquaintances. The series borrowed a few storytelling elements from its predecessor. Once again, each episode began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Play Of The Month
''Play of the Month'' is a BBC television anthology series, which ran from 1965 to 1983 featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays (or adaptations) which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted regularly from October 1965 to May 1979, before returning for the summer seasons of 1982 and 1983. The producer most associated with the ''Play of the Month'' series was Cedric Messina. Thirteen productions were also shown previously or subsequently on BBC2 in the period 1971-73 under '' Stage 2''. Productions were broadcast in colour from November 1969. Of the 128 productions, 40 are missing from the archives (except for short sequences in several cases), having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. One colour production exists only as a black & white telerecording. Productions Sourced according to the BBC Genome archive of ''Radio Times'' magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Maidens
''Star Maidens'' is a British-German science-fiction television series, made by Portman Productions for the ITV network. Produced in 1975, and first broadcast in 1976, it was filmed at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. The series was partly financed by a German company, Werbung im Rundfunk (Advertising in Broadcasting), which dealt with distributing funding from the limited commercials shown on West German public TV. In this case, it was acting on behalf of the channel ZDF, which showed the series in West Germany. Overview The series presents a "battle of the sexes" and role reversal scenario in which male protagonists must escape servitude to women of an advanced civilization. The planet Medusa, home to a highly evolved and technologically advanced humanoid race, was already ruled by its women when a rogue comet knocked it out of its orbit of Proxima Centauri. Drifting through space, the orphan planet's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedtime Stories (1974 TV Series)
''Bedtime Stories'' was an anthology series of six plays that were '1974 versions of well-loved tales' and intended as a sequel to 1972's ''Dead of Night (TV series), Dead of Night''. The series aired on BBC Two from 3 March 1974 to 7 April 1974. Writers for the series included Alan Plater, Nigel Kneale and Andrew Davies (writer), Andrew Davies. The series was produced by Innes Lloyd and script edited by Louis Marks. Two episodes, Sleeping Beauty and Jack and the Beanstalk are believed to have been Wiping, wiped. 1: Goldilocks and the Three Bears *Cast: *Charles Lloyd-Pack as Narrator *Angharad Rees as Miss Goldie *Bryan Pringle as Arthur Burr *Rosemary Leach as Ivy Burr *Dai Bradley as Lennie Burr *John Hartley as Simon *George Waring (actor), George Waring as Harry *Harold Goodwin (English actor), Harold Goodwin as Joe *Frank Mills (British actor), Frank Mills as Mr. Mills Written by Alan Plater. Directed by Jonathan Alwyn. 2: The Water Maiden *Cast: *Jeff Rawle as Colin *Lisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
