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Corinne Skinner-Carter
Corinne Skinner-Carter (born 1931) is a Trinidadian actress, based in the United Kingdom. As Corinne Skinner, she began acting professionally in the 1950s. She has worked in black British film and television, and is possibly best known for her role as Audrey Trueman in BBC's ''EastEnders''. Career Born Corinne Skinner into a privileged Trinidadian family, she began her theatrical career almost immediately after school, dancing with the company of Geoffrey Holder (brother of dancer and artist Boscoe Holder). As she recalled: "My grandmother was very upset because I had to go on the stage and she said, ‘nice girls do not go on the stage.’"Hazelann Williams"Life And Legacy: Corinne Skinner Carter" ''The Voice'', 6 November 2011. She went to the UK in 1955 to train as a teacher. Soon after arriving there she married her childhood sweetheart, the educationist Trevor Carter (1930–2008) at Christ Church, Hampstead, on New Year's Eve, 1955. While training, she supplemented her income ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmost island in the West Indies. With an area of , it is also the List of Caribbean islands by area, fifth largest in the West Indies. Name The original name for the island in the Arawak language, Arawaks' language was which meant "Land of the Hummingbird". Christopher Columbus renamed it ('The Island of the Holy Trinity, Trinity'), fulfilling a vow he had made before setting out on his third voyage. This has since been shortened to ''Trinidad''. History Island Caribs, Caribs and Arawaks lived in Trinidad long before Christopher Columbus encountered the islands on his third voyage on 31 July 1498. The island remained Spanish until 1797, but it was largely settled by French colonists from the French Caribbean, especially Martinique.Besson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live And Let Die (film)
Live and Let Die may refer to: * ''Live and Let Die'' (novel), a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming ** ''Live and Let Die'' (film), a 1973 film starring Roger Moore *** ''Live and Let Die'' (video game), a video game *** ''Live and Let Die'' (soundtrack) *** "Live and Let Die" (song), a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from the film ** ''Live and Let Die'' (adventure), a 1984 module for the ''James Bond 007'' role-playing game * ''Live and Let Die'' (album), an album by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo See also * Live or Let Die (other) Live or Let Die may refer to: * '' To Live or Let Die'', a 1982 short documentary film * "Live or Let Die" (''CSI: NY''), an episode of ''CSI: NY'' See also * Live and Let Die (other) {{Disambig ... * Live and Let Live (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Touch Of Frost (TV Series)
''A Touch of Frost'' is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television (later ITV Studios) for ITV from 6 December 1992 until 5 April 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard Harris. The series stars David Jason as Detective Inspector William Edward "Jack" Frost, an experienced and dedicated detective who frequently clashes with his superiors. In his cases, Frost is usually assisted by a variety of different detective sergeants or constables, with each bringing a different slant to the particular case. Comic relief is provided by Frost's interactions with the bureaucratically-minded Superintendent Norman "Horn-rimmed Harry" Mullett, played by Bruce Alexander. A number of young actors had their major debut as supporting cast in the show, including: Matt Bardock, Ben Daniels, Neil Stuke, Mark Letheren, Colin Buchanan, Jason Maza, Damian Lewis and Marc Warren. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rides (UK TV Series)
''Rides'' is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1992 and 1993. It lasted two series of six episodes each and was made by Warner Sisters, a UK-based television production company based in Ealing. The series revolved around an all-female taxi firm. The series starred Jill Baker as Patrice Jenner, a former Royal Corps of Transport warrant officer who starts up an all-women taxi firm. The first series dealt with the establishment of the business and the recruitment of a team of drivers - Scarlett ( Caroline Blakiston), Janet (Louise Jameson), Sue-Lyn ( Katharine Schlesinger), Aileen (Lynda Steadman), Aggie ( Nimmy March) and George (Nicola Cowper). The second series explored more personal storylines involving the women, such as Patrice's relationship with her teenage daughter Beki (Lucy Speed). The first series also starred Jesse Birdsall as Julian, Patrice's love interest, however in series two Julian was played by a different actor, James Purefoy. George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning An Illusion (1981)
''Burning an Illusion'' is a 1981 British film written and directed by Menelik Shabazz, about a young British-born black woman's love life, mostly shot in London's Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove communities.Ade Solanke"Burning an Illusion (1981)" BFI Screenonline. It was only the second British feature film to have been made by a black director, following Horace Ové's ''Pressure'' (1975),Marva Jackson Lord''Burning An Illusion'' Feature Griots.net. and is described by Stephen Bourne as "the first British film to give a black woman a voice of any kind." Imruh Bakari worked with Shabazz and co-founded Kuumba Productions with him. Background Giving the history to the film's making, Shabazz wrote on his website (where ''Burning an Illusion'' is characterised as "a meeting ground for romantic love and politics"): "Being on the set of Horace Ove's movie Pressure fuelled my inspiration to make Burning an Illusion. I hadn’t known Horace prior but my then business partner David Kino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menelik Shabazz
Menelik Shabazz (30 May 1954 – 28 June 2021) was a Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer, acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking for more than 30 years. Shabazz is best known for the 1981 film ''Burning an Illusion'', his first feature. He was also co-founder in the 1980s of Kuumba film production company and Ceddo Film and Video Workshop, as well as being "founding father of the BFM media project" as the publisher of ''Black Filmmaker Magazine'' (BFM) and creator of BFM International Film Festival. Early years Shabazz was born in Saint John, Barbados, St John, Barbados, in 1954. His family immigrated to the United Kingdom when he was five years old. He had watched mobile cinema in his village as a child, and at the age of 18 began to think about making films after being introduced to Sony Corporation, Sony's first portable video technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pressure (1975 Film)
''Pressure'' is a 1976 British drama film directed by Horace Ové and starring Herbert Norville, Oscar James and Frank Singuineau. It is hailed as the UK's first Black dramatic feature-length film, and has been characterised as "a gritty and dynamic study of a generation in crisis". Ové has said: "What Pressure tried to do was to portray the experience of the Windrush generation, the kids who came with them and the kids born here." Plot Tony is a second-generation Black British teenager, born and raised in Britain. The rest of his family—his mother, father, and older brother—were born in Trinidad in the Caribbean. This affects the family members' viewpoints about the society they live in. Tony's mother says that they, as Black people, must work hard, mind their own business and respect white people's laws because the Whites have the power. The film shows how the older generations are satisfied with living in a society ruled by the white English, which differs from the views ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Ové
Sir Horace Shango Ové (born 1936) is a Trinidad and Tobago-born British filmmaker, photographer, painter and writer. One of the leading black independent filmmakers to emerge in Britain in the post-war period, Ové holds the ''Guinness World Record'' for being the first black British filmmaker to direct a feature-length film, ''Pressure'' (1976).Josanne Leonard"An Interview with Horace Ove – Film-Maker 7/09/08. The Boy from Belmont" 22 March 2009. From ''Trinidad and Tobago Review'', October 2007. In its retrospective documentary, ''100 Years of Cinema'', the British Film Institute (BFI) declared: "Horace Ové is undoubtedly a pioneer in Black British history and his work provides a perspective on the Black experience in Britain." Ové has built a prolific and sometimes controversial career as a filmmaker, documenting racism and the Black Power movement in Britain over many decades through photography and in films such as ''Baldwin's Nigger'' (1968), ''Pressure'', and ''Dream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gentle Touch
''The Gentle Touch'' is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which began on 11 April 1980 and ran until 1984. The series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police officer as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series ''Juliet Bravo'' by four months. Series history The series starred Jill Gascoine as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes, who has worked her way up through the ranks of the police force and is based at the fictional Seven Dials police station in London. Maggie's husband, a police constable, is murdered during the first episode, leaving her to juggle her career with single parenthood, raising her teenage son. ''The Gentle Touch'' largely dealt with routine police procedures and offered a frank depiction of relevant social issues (including racism, sexism, homosexuality, mental health and euthanasia). It was relatively low on action and violence in comparison to previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Families (1985 TV Series)
''Happy Families'' is a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which was a BBC series first broadcast in 1985. It recounts the tale of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It stars Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Dawn French as the Cook and Adrian Edmondson as her imbecilic grandson Guy. Premise The series centred on Guy's attempts to find his four sisters – also played by Saunders – for a family reunion. Cast Main *Jennifer Saunders as Granny, Cassie, Madeleine, Joyce and Roxanne Fuddle *Adrian Edmondson as Guy Fuddle, Grandpa Harold Fuddle *Dawn French as Cook *Stephen Fry as Dr. De Quincy *Helen Lederer as Flossie Supporting *Jim Broadbent as Dalcroix *Hugh Laurie as Jim *Una Stubbs as Mother Superior *Christine Edmunds as Maxine * Ceri Jackson as Sister Ophelia *Claudette Williams as Jill *Rik Mayall as Nazi pastor *Chris Barrie as Sammy Production and visual style Each sister's story was shot in a different "style" of film; Cassie's story was shot to make it appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Road
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) exercises political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, there is non-equivalence between different populations who have different sets of rights and are governed differently. Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state is an emperor; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called empires or ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire, and some Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in early England being examples). There have been "ancient and modern, centralized and decentralized, ultra-brutal and relatively benign" Empires. An important distinction has been between land empires mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man About The House
''Man About the House'' is a British sitcom created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer that starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy. Six series were broadcast on ITV from 15 August 1973 to 7 April 1976. The series was considered daring at the time because it featured a man sharing a London flat with two single women. The show was made by Thames Television and recorded at its Teddington studio in Greater London. It is regularly repeated on ITV3. Two spin-off series were later made: ''George and Mildred'' and '' Robin's Nest''. In 2004, ''Man About the House'' placed 69th in a poll to find ''Britain's Best Sitcom''. The series was remade in the United States as ''Three's Company'' in 1977. A film version was released in 1974. Cast Main stars * Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp * Paula Wilcox as Chrissy Plummer * Sally Thomsett as Jo Co-stars * Yootha Joyce as Mildred Roper * Brian Murphy as George Roper * Doug Fisher as La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
