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Capstick's Law
''Capstick's Law'' is a British television drama series that originally aired in 1989. Produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, it centred on a firm of solicitors in the 1950s. The period drama used Russell Harty's old house in the village of Giggleswick, North Yorkshire, for filming. Premise Edward and Madge Capstick are a happily married solicitor and his wife. The eldest son, Jonty, has just started his own practice. Their youngest son, Tony, is articled in London. It is May 1953. Eight years have passed since the Second World War ended, but changes in society are appearing and the pace of change is threatening family life too.Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation Television and Radio Guide; 18/08/1990 - 24/08/1990; Page 5 Cast *''William Gaunt as Edward Capstick'' *''Wanda Ventham as Madge Capstick'' *''Robin Ellis as Henry Capstick'' *''Christopher Villiers as Jonty Capstick'' *'' Jason Carter as Timothy Harger'' *''Georgia Byng as Vicky Colnay'' *''Gordon G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation
The Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) is Gibraltar's public service broadcaster. It has provided the community with a radio and television service since 1963. History Modelled on the BBC, the Corporation was established in 1963 with the amalgamation of ''Gibraltar Television'', a private company, and the Government-owned radio service, '' Radio Gibraltar'' which started regular broadcasting in 1958. Unlike the BBC, the majority of GBC's funding comes in the form of a grant from the Government. GBC did receive a small amount of income from the levying of a television licence fee. However, it was announced in Gibraltar's budget speech of 23 June 2006 that the TV licence was to be abolished. The board The activities of the corporation are controlled and governed by a board consisting of a chairman and not more than seven members appointed by the governor. Subject only to any directions of the Governor-in-Council the board is responsible for the corporation's policy. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Wood
Clive Wood (born 8 May 1954) is an English actor, known for his television roles in ''Press Gang'' (1989–93), ''The Bill'' (1990), '' London's Burning'' (1996–99), and as King Henry I in ''The Pillars of the Earth'' (2010). His stage roles include playing Stephano in '' The Tempest'' at Shakespeare's Globe (2011) and Antony in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' at the Haymarket (2014). His film appearances include '' The Innocent'' (1985), '' Buster'' (1988) and ''Suffragette'' (2015). Career Film and television Born in Croydon, Surrey, Wood's first starring TV role was as Vic Brown, opposite Joanne Whalley and Susan Penhaligon, in the 1982 ITV drama series based on the novel '' A Kind of Loving''. He has played Matt Kerr in ''Press Gang'', DCI Gordon Wray in ''The Bill'' and Jack Morgan in '' London's Burning''. He also played Captain Smollett in the 1990 TV film, ''Treasure Island'' (having previously played Dick in the 1977 BBC version). He has also appeared in a cameo as an Auto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ivory
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Kay
Bernard Frederic Bemrose Kay (23 February 1928 – 25 December 2014) was an English actor with an extensive theatre, television, and film repertoire. Career Kay began his working life as a reporter for the ''Bolton Evening News'', and a stringer for the ''Manchester Guardian''. He was conscripted in 1946 and started acting in the army. Kay gained a scholarship to study at the Old Vic Theatre School and became a professional in 1950, as a member of the company which reopened the Old Vic after World War II. He appeared in hundreds of TV productions including ''Emmerdale Farm'', ''The Champions'', ''The Cellar and the Almond Tree'', ''Clayhanger'', ''A Very British Coup'', ''Casualty'', ''Casualty 1909'', ''Doctors'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Jonathan Creek'', ''Foyle's War'' and '' London's Burning'' in 1989. He also portrayed a mutant in the '' Space: 1999'' episode "A Matter of Balance". He portrayed Captain Stanley Lord of the SS ''Californian'' in the BBC dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Roper (actor)
David Roper (born 20 June 1944 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British film and television actor, best known for his roles in ''The Cuckoo Waltz'' and ''Leave It to Charlie''. Later, he played Geoff Barnes in EastEnders (1994-95) and Bob Bradshaw in Coronation Street in 2000. Other credits * ''Aces High (film), Aces High'' (1976). * ''Stanley's Dragon'' 1994 film, role - Inspector Walsh * ''Downtime (film), Downtime'' 1997 film – Detective * ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat'' Series Eight, Episode 115 (episode 13) "Heartbeat (series 6–10), Forbidden Fruit", 29 November 1998 – Detective Inspector Randall * ''London's Burning (TV series), London's Burning'' Series 12, Episode 5 – A. D. O. Fearnley * ''Midsomer Murders'' Series 12, Episode 72 "List of Midsomer Murders episodes, The Creeper", 27 January 2010 * ''Holby City'', Series 21, Episode 32 "When Worlds Collide", 6 August 2019 * ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'', "The Courier", 13 May 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Sidaway
Marlene Sidaway (born 1937) is a British television, film and theatre actress best known for playing Brenda Taylor in the long-running soap opera '' Coronation Street''. Early life Sidaway was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire. On leaving school, she trained as an adding-machine operator, and, in 1961, she was accepted into the East 15 Acting School in London. Sidaway's first job was with Brian Way's Theatre Centre in London, touring schools across the country. She spent several years in repertory theatre, before settling in Manchester and starting to work in radio and television. Theatre roles In February 2013, Sidaway played the role of Mrs Purdy, in D.H. Lawrence's ''The Daughter-in-Law'', at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. In September 2015, she played the role of Mrs Wilberforce in ''The Ladykillers'', at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, Newbury, Berkshire. In February 2018, Sidaway played the role of Miriam in Ghassan Kanafani's ''Returning t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Fraser
Elizabeth Joan Winch (14 August 1930 – 6 September 2018), known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles. Early life Fraser was born in Southwark, London. Her year of birth was usually cited as 1933, which she gave when auditioning for her role in ''I'm All Right Jack'', because the Boulting Brothers wanted someone younger for the part. In fact she was three years older, as she confirmed in her autobiography, ''Liz Fraser ... and Other Characters'', published by Signum Books in 2012. Her father was a travelling salesman for a brewery and her mother owned a corner shop just off the New Kent Road. Their family life was disrupted by the Second World War, when she was evacuated, initially to Westerham in Kent and then, when that was deemed still too vulnerable to bombing, to Chudleigh, a village in Devon. Her father died in May 1942, aged 40, when she was 11. She went to St Saviour's and St Olave's Grammar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill (née Bickle; 18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002), known professionally as Phyllis Calvert, was an English film, stage and television actress. She was one of the leading stars of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s such as ''The Man in Grey'' (1943) and was one of the most popular movie stars in Britain in the 1940s. She continued her acting career for another 50 years. In the words of an article by Michael Brooke for the BFI's Screenonline website: "Most of the time she drew what looked like the short straw, playing the 'good girl' in films that revelled in the exploits of her wicked opposite number, and it says much for her talent and charisma that she was able to hold attention in what must have seemed thankless parts – she herself acknowledged that 'I do think it is much more difficult to establish a really charming, nice person than a wicked one – and make it real'." Biography Born in Chelsea, London, she trained at the Margaret Morris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Pringle
Bryan Pringle (19 January 1935 – 15 May 2002) was an English character actor who appeared for several decades in television, film and theatre productions. Life and career Born in Glascote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, he was brought up in the Lancashire town of Bolton. After boarding at St Bees School, Cumberland, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, winning the 1954 Bancroft Gold Medal and leaving in 1955. Three years later he married character actress Anne Jameson; together they had two children. She died in 1999. Theatre work Pringle started as a member of the Old Vic company between 1955 and 1957, appearing with Coral Browne, John Neville, Claire Bloom and others in several Shakespeare plays and touring with four of them - ''Romeo and Juliet'', '' Richard II'', ''Troilus and Cressida'' and ''Macbeth'' - in the USA. He then moved to Nottingham Playhouse, where he appeared in the Willis Hall drama ''Boys It's All Hell'' and was the only cast member t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyd Hayman
Cyd Hayman (born 1 May 1944, in Chippenham, Wiltshire) is an English actress. She appeared in the films: ''Percy'' (1971), '' Rogue Male'' (1976), '' The Human Factor'' (1979), ''The Godsend'' (1980) and ''Mask of Murder'' (1985). Her television credits include ''Adam Adamant Lives!'', ''The Two Ronnies'', ''Manhunt'', ''Clochemerle'', ''The Persuaders!'', '' The Lotus Eaters'', '' Special Branch'', '' Space: 1999'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'' and '' Lame Ducks''. Filmography * ''Percy'' (1971) * '' Rogue Male'' (1976) * '' The Human Factor'' (1979) * ''The Godsend'' (1980) * ''Mask of Murder ''Mask of Murder'' is a 1985 Swedish-American film directed by Arne Mattsson, about a serial killer in a small Canadian town. Plot In a Canadian town, women are being killed by a serial murderer. Cast *Rod Taylor as Supt. Bob McLaine *Valerie ...'' (1985) References External links * 1944 births Living people English stage actresses English film actresses English televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madge Hindle
Madge Hindle (born Madge Railton; 19 May 1938) is an English actress, known for her roles in British television shows. Career Hindle was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. Her break came when her friend, playwright Alan Bennett, asked her to appear in his 1966 BBC comedy series ''On the Margin''. From 1968 to 1973, she played the role of Lily Tattersall on the series ''Nearest and Dearest''. When the series' director, Bill Podmore, took over as producer of ''Coronation Street'', he thought of her when he created the role of the feisty shopkeeper, Renee Bradshaw. Hindle joined the cast as Renee Bradshaw in 1976. In 1978, Renee was married to the character Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley). However, in 1980, Renee was killed when her car was struck by a lorry. Hindle remains philosophical about her character's death in ''Coronation Street'', saying that if they had to write her out, at least they killed her. She appeared in two of Alan Bennett's television plays: ''Sunset Across the Bay'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
