Class Act (UK TV Series)
''Class Act'' is a British comedy-drama series produced by Verity Lambert. The series was broadcast by ITV, and ran for two series from 7 April 1994 to 19 October 1995. It starred Joanna Lumley, Nadine Garner, James Gaddas, Richard Vernon and John Bowe. Episodes Series One #"Episode 1" (7 April 1994); director: Jane Howell #"Episode 2" (14 April 1994); director: Jane Howell #"Episode 3" (21 April 1994); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 4" (28 April 1994); director: Jane Howell #"Episode 5" (5 May 1994); director: James Cellan Jones #"Episode 6" (12 May 1994); director: James Cellan Jones #"Episode 7" (19 May 1994); director: Herbert Wise Series Two #"Episode 1" (7 September 1995); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 2" (14 September 1995); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 3" (21 September 1995); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 4" (28 September 1995); director: Rick Stroud #"Episode 5" (5 October 1995); director: Rick Stroud #"Episode 6" (12 October 1995); director: Rick Str ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Herbert Wise
Herbert Wise (31 August 1924 – 5 August 2015) was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director. He was born as Herbert Weisz in Vienna, Austria, and began his career as a director at Shrewsbury Repertory Company in 1950. He was at Hull New Theatre, Hull Rep and then as Director of Productions at Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee Rep (1952–55). He directed ''So what about Love'' in the West End at the Criterion Theatre in a 1970 production with Sheila Hancock in the lead. Wise began his television career in 1956 and directed adaptations of ''I, Claudius (TV series), I, Claudius'' (1976) and Alan Ayckbourn's play cycle ''The Norman Conquests'' (1977), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of ''Julius Caesar (play), Julius Caesar'' (1979), ''Tales of the Unexpected (TV series), Tales of the Unexpected'', ''The 10th Kingdom'', ''The Woman in Black (1989 film), The Woman in Black'' (1989), and episodes of ''Cadfael (TV series), Cadfael'' and ''Inspector Morse (TV ser ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Television Series By ITV Studios
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival storag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Television Series Produced At Pinewood Studios
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival stora ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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British Comedy-drama Television Shows
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ITV Television Dramas
ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: **ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands **ITV1, a brand name used by ITV plc for twelve franchises of the ITV television network covering England, Southern Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands **ITV Digital, a defunct UK digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which opened in 1998 as ONdigital and closed in 2002 **ITV plc, the British parent company which owns thirteen of the fifteen ITV television network franchises **ITV Studios, a television production company owned by ITV plc **itv.com, the main website of ITV plc *ITV Parapentes, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer *ITV Independent Television Tanzania, a Tanzanian television station and member of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) *CITV-DT, a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1990s British Comedy-drama Television Series
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1995 British Television Series Endings
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1994 British Television Series Debuts
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James Cellan Jones
Alan James Gwynne Cellan Jones (13 July 1931 – 30 August 2019) was a British television and film director. From 1963, he directed over 50 television series and films, specialising in dramas. He was particularly associated with the "Classic Serial" during the golden age of BBC drama,"James Cellan Jones and the Classic Serial" ''''. November 1969; Vol. 10, Issue 6: pp. 33-44. and some of his most significant work was in televising late 19th-century and 20th-century British literary works. Two of his most ambitious and successful directorial adaptations were the miniseries '' [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', '' Northern Exposure'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', '' Desperate Housewives'' and '' Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure * Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological drama References Comedy drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joanna Lumley
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous'' (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of '' La Bête''. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Lumley's other television credits include '' The New Avengers'' (1976–1977), ''Sapphire & Steel'' (1979–1982), '' Sensitive Skin'' (2005–2007), '' Jam & Jerusalem'' (2006–2008) and '' Finding Alice'' (2021–present) as well as playing Elaine Perkins in '' Coronation Street'' in 1973. Her film appearances include '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), ''Trail of the Pink Panther'' (1982), ''Shirley Valentine'' (1989), ''James and the Giant Peach'' ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |