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Crackanory
''Crackanory'' is a storytelling television series aimed at adults and inspired by the popular children's series '' Jackanory''. It is broadcast on the UKTV channel Dave. Each episode features tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, containing a mix of live-action, original music and animation, all read from the same oversized chair, in a set consistent and reflective of the story. The first series attracted widespread critical acclaim and over half a million viewers to Dave. There are a number of reoccurring themes through the series, with the fictional company Tripec Plastics, the town of Specsham, and "fat Nicola from accounts" being frequently referenced. First series Episode 1 * Jack Dee "Bitter Tweet" * Sally Phillips "What Peebee Did Next" Episode 2 * Rebecca Front "Fakespeare" * Kevin Eldon "What Do You Say?" Episode 3 * Harry Enfield "The Teacup Has Landed" * Sarah Solemani "Pleasure Drone" and Episode 4 * Sharon Horgan "The Translator" * Charlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Eldon
Kevin Eldon (born 2 October 1959) is an English actor and comedian. He featured in British comedy television shows of the 1990s including ''Fist of Fun'', '' This Morning with Richard Not Judy'', '' Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge'', ''Big Train'', ''Brass Eye'' and '' Jam''. In 2013, Eldon appeared in his own BBC sketch series '' It's Kevin''. He has also appeared in minor speaking roles in the HBO series '' Game of Thrones''. Personal life Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent. He has been a practising Buddhist since 1990. He has two children with his long-term girlfriend Holly, whom he met in late 2005 on the set of '' Hyperdrive'', where she was the art director. Early career and ''Lee & Herring'' Eldon occupies half a page in Oliver Gray's book called ''Volume – A Cautionary Tale of Rock and Roll Obsession''; this includes coverage of punk-era Hampshire where, in late 1978, with two schoolmates from Bay House School, Gosport, Eldon started a band named Virgini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackanory
''Jackanory'' is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story was the fairy-tale " Cap-o'-Rushes" read by Lee Montague. ''Jackanory'' continued to be broadcast until 1996, with around 3,500 episodes in its 30-year run. The final story, '' The House at Pooh Corner'' by A. A. Milne, was read by Alan Bennett and broadcast on 24 March 1996. The show was briefly revived on 27 November 2006 for two one-off stories, and the format was revived as ''Jackanory Junior'' on CBeebies between 2007 and 2009. The show's format, which varied little over the decades, involved an actor reading from children's novels or folk tales, usually while seated in an armchair. From time to time the scene being read would be illustrated by a specially commissioned still drawing, often by Quentin Blake. In 1983, Malou Bonicos was commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Tatarowicz
Nico Tatarowicz (born 23 April 1974) is a British actor and writer, known for ''The Armstrong & Miller Show (BAFTA winner)'' (2007), ''Very Important People'' (2012), ''Crackanory(Broadcasting Press Guild Award Winner)' (2013) and ''Murder in Successville(BAFTA winner)'' (2015-2017). Career Nico Tatarowicz has written and co-written comedy, mainly for TV, since around 2005. Formerly writing alongside David-Cadji-Newby the pair's material made its debut on Channel 5's relationship sketch-show ''Swinging''. This led to a commission to write for BBC 1's ''The Armstrong & Miller Show'', which they contributed to over 3 series. Having become regular sketch-show contributors, the pair began working on their own projects and Tatarowicz eventually switched to writing material that he could perform himself as well as for other people. His self-penned E4 Funny Cut ''The Viewing'' was broadcast in August 2008 to critical acclaim. He has since appeared as a character performer in several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Powney
Connie Powney (born 22 May 1983 in Eastbourne) is an English actress. Personal life Powney has a twin sister, Cassie, who is her younger twin by two minutes. Career She played the role of Sophie Burton in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', alongside Cassie (who played Mel Burton). She has been interested in acting since childhood and did a lot of twin roles with Cassie, including a twin role in the 2003 film '' What a Girl Wants'' which also starred the teen Hollywood star Amanda Bynes. She was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 2006 British Soap Awards but lost out to Lacey Turner Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Stacey Slater on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she has won over thirty awards, including four .... Filmography External links * British identical twins English child actresses English twins Identical twin actresses Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Bussmann
Jane Bussmann (born 1969 in Marylebone, London) is an English comedian and author, who has written for television and radio. Her credits include: ''The Fast Show'', ''Smack the Pony'', ''Brass Eye'', ''Jam'', '' South Park'' and ''Crackanory''; as well as the radio series '' Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize'' with David Quantick. Bussmann also wrote and starred in "Bussmann's Holiday", a live one-woman show, directed by Sally Phillips, which played in Los Angeles, New York City and Edinburgh. The show was based on Bussmann's experience of following conflict negotiator John Prendergast to Uganda, which she has since written about in her darkly comic memoir '' The Worst Date Ever or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Africa's Secret War'', published in 2009. Bussmann and Quantick also created ''The Junkies'', the world's first internet sitcom. Bibliography * ''Once in a Lifetime: The Crazy Days of Acid House and Afterwards'', 1998, Virgin Books * ''The Worst Date Ever: War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Founded by Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as '' Mr. Bean'' and '' The Vicar of Dibley''. It has also produced television dramas such as '' Murphy's Law'' and ''Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'', and in October 2006, its drama series '' Robin Hood'' began showing on BBC One. They also produced the American reality television series ''Damage Control'' for MTV, and the animated children's series ''Charlie and Lola'', which was based on the books written by Lauren Child. Tiger Aspect has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (BRC), Quainton, on the life of Sir John Betjeman for his centenary celebrations. In June 2006, Tiger Aspect and Tigress Productions were pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cariad Lloyd
Katie Cariad Lloyd (born 21 August 1982) is a British comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster who has been performing since 2007. She is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious, the host and creator of '' Griefcast'', and an improv teacher. Lloyd was nominated in 2011 for Best Newcomer at the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut solo show, ''Lady Cariad's Characters''. She also won the Edtwinge award for most positively tweeted-about show during the Fringe. ''Griefcast'' has won several awards, including best Entertainment Podcast and Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards and an ARIA Award for Best Podcast. Early life Lloyd was born in London. She is of Welsh descent on her father’s side. Her father died of pancreatic cancer when she was 15. She studied English literature at the University of Sussex, where she first met her friend and fellow comedian Sara Pascoe. Lloyd worked with Pascoe as a tour guide on open-top buses in Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Horgan
Sharon Lorencia Horgan (born 13 July 1970) is an Irish actress, writer, director, comedian and producer who co-wrote and starred in the comedy series '' Pulling'' (2006–2009) and ''Catastrophe'' (2015–2019). She also created the HBO comedy series ''Divorce'' (2016–2019). Horgan also co-created and co-writes the BBC comedy '' Motherland''. Horgan won the 2008 British Comedy Award for Best TV Actress for ''Pulling'', while the show's 2009 hour-long final episode won the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Drama. A seven-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Writer for ''Catastrophe'' (with Rob Delaney). ''Catastrophe'' was also nominated for Scripted Comedy in the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards and for the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. She has also won five Irish Film and Television Awards in both acting and writing for her work on ''Catastrophe''. In 2021 Horgan won the ''Irish Film and Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Solemani
Sarah Solemani (born 4 September 1982) is an English actress, writer and activist. She is best known for starring in the BAFTA winning sitcom ''Him & Her'' and playing Renee Zellweger's best friend Miranda in ''Bridget Jones's Baby'', for which she was nominated for an ''Evening Standard'' Best Actress Award. She also had roles in the British comedy TV series '' Bad Education'' and '' The Wrong Mans''. Early life Solemani was born in the London Borough of Camden and grew up in Crouch End. Her father is a Persian Jewish mathematics lecturer (now retired). After passing her A levels at the Henrietta Barnett School, she took a gap year before reading Social and Political Sciences (now the Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos) at New Hall, Cambridge and graduating with an MA (Hons). At Cambridge, she joined the Footlights performance troupe, becoming social secretary during her first year and later vice president. Career Theatre Solemani was a member of the National Youth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bachman
James Hamilton Bachman (born 24 February 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He has written for and acted in many British television and radio programmes, including ''That Mitchell and Webb Look'', ''Saxondale'', ''Bleak Expectations'' and ''Sorry, I've Got No Head''. In 2014, he co-starred in the film '' Transformers: Age of Extinction''. Early life Bachman was born in Cuckfield, West Sussex to American father Thomas Edwin Bachman, of Meadow House, Battle, East Sussex, and English mother Carolyn, daughter of Major-General Godfrey John Hamilton, CBE, DSO, of The Old House, Hailsham, Sussex, who was married to the writer Mary Margaret Kaye, daughter of Lt-Col Sir Cecil Kaye, an officer in the British Indian Army and minister of Tonk State, India. Bachman attended Radley College and studied Natural Sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, focusing on Physics and Mathematics. He joined Footlights, having been a Monty Python and Fry and Laurie fan as a youngste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Howe-Douglas
Martha Howe-Douglas is an English actress and writer. She is a member of the British Horrible Histories troupe, in which she starred in the TV series ''Horrible Histories''. She also starred in and co-created ''Yonderland'' and ''Ghosts''. She also played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One daytime soap '' Doctors''. Career Howe-Douglas graduated from RADA in 2003, in the same year she appeared in the Christmas Special of ''The Office'', replacing Dawn as the receptionist at Wernham-Hogg. From 24 April 2006 until 11 May 2007, Howe-Douglas played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC daytime soap opera '' Doctors''. For her role as Donna, Howe-Douglas received nominations for Best Comedy Performance and Best Newcomer at the 2007 British Soap Awards. In 2009, she landed one of the main multi-role parts on a new children's TV history sketch show programme, CBBC's ''Horrible Histories'', where over five years / series, she played numerous characters including the queens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Filatova
Vera Filatova ( uk, Віра Філатова; born 6 November 1982), also known as Vera Graziadei, is a Ukrainian-British actress. She has played Elena in Channel 4's cult series ''Peep Show'' alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb, Eva in ''Lesbian Vampire Killers'' with James Corden and Mathew Horne; and Svetlana in a five-part BBC1 drama '' The Deep'' opposite Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt and Goran Višnjić. Personal life Filatova was educated at Brighton College, and is married to Italian architect Robin Monotti Graziadei. They live in London with their son and daughter. Career Filatova's TV credits include '' The Last Detective'' ( ITV), ''All About Me'' (BBC One), ''The Bill'', '' Spooks'', '' The Pagan Queen'' (USA), '' Agatha Christie: Poirot'' (ITV), '' Blue Murder'', '' The Deep'' (BBC1), '' Me and Mrs Jones'' (BBC1). She appeared in the 2009 comedy horror film ''Lesbian Vampire Killers'' with James Corden and Matthew Horne, and played Elena in series 6 of the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
