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Carl Costello
Carl Costello is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Paul Opacic. The character was introduced by executive producer Paul Marquess and he debuted on screen during the episode broadcast on 19 July 2010. Carl arrived in the village as the new owner of The Dog in the Pond and the father of established character Jem Costello (Helen Russell-Clark). Carl departed from ''Hollyoaks'' on 1 December 2011 with his son Jason Costello ( Victoria Atkin). Opacic later reprised his role and returned to ''Hollyoaks'' on 26 September 2012 and left again on the 5 October 2012. Opacic reprised his role once more in January 2013, which coincided with the exit of Mitzeee Minniver (Rachel Shenton). He returned on 25 January 2013 and departed again on 15 February 2013. Opacic returned again for a guest appearance on 10 July 2018, which ended in his character being murdered by Breda McQueen (Moya Brady) on 11 July 2018. He departed on 16 November 2018, When the chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Opacic
Paul Opacic (born 1966) is a British actor from Halifax, England. Best known for his roles as Carl Costello in ''Hollyoaks'', Steve Marchant in ''Emmerdale'' and Mark Waddle in '' Bad Girls''. In 2021, he joined the cast of the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' as Stefan Brent. Career After appearing in several minor television credits in the early 1990s, including comedies ''Only Fools and Horses'' and '' Birds of a Feather'', it was in 1996 that Opacic got his big break when he was cast in ''Emmerdale'' as Steve Marchant, a new love interest for Kim Tate. Opacic enjoyed several high-profile storylines in his time on the show, before his character was axed by producer Kieran Roberts in 1999. Opacic's stint in ''Emmerdale'' led to later appearances in '' Heartbeat'', '' Doctors'' and ''Peak Practice'' before he joined ITV prison drama ''Bad Girls'' in 2001 at the beginning of its third series playing officer Mark Waddle. Opacic left the series the following year and las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Atkin
Victoria Atkin is an English actress, best known for roles in ''Extinct'', ''Hollyoaks'', and '' Assassin's Creed: Syndicate''. Early years and education Atkin attended Fernhill School and Language College, studied Dance and Theatre Performance at The University of Chichester in 2008, and took a postgraduate course in Musical Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2009. Career Originally training as a slalom skier, Victoria landed her first major television appearance and Series Regular role, shortly after graduating from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Swiss Cottage in London. She was cast as the first fictional transgender teenager on British television, completing 134 episodes in the role. Atkin's portrayal of her character Jasmine / Jason Costello Jason Costello (previously Jasmine Costello) is a Character (arts), fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Newbon
Neil Newbon (born August 14, 1978) is an English actor known for playing Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed in '' Detroit: Become Human'' and Karl Heisenberg in ''Resident Evil Village''. Biography Newbon was born in Solihull, West Midlands, the son of ITV sportscaster Gary Newbon. His brother Lawrence works as a cameraman. Professional career In 1998, Newbon appeared in series one of the BBC Two comedy series ''" Goodness Gracious Me"'' as James the waiter in the programme's notable "Going for an English" sketch. He has appeared in numerous films. He voiced a tank driver in ''Jackboots on Whitehall'', which starred Ewan McGregor. He starred in music videos for the Now Voyager Mix of "You Got the Love" by The Source and Candi Staton in 2006 and "Kingdom of Rust" by Doves in 2009. In 2012, he joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Walker (Hollyoaks)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared or will appear in the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' in 2012, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the series' producer, Emma Smithwick. The first character to be announced was Ally Gorman; soon followed by Phoebe Jackson. While interviewed by '' Inside Soap'', Smithwick announced that she planned to introduce more characters to expand the Kane family. The first to arrive was Martha Kane; soon followed by Lacey Kane - while Amy Downham joined the serial playing the role of Jen Gilmore. Later introductions include "bad boy" character Walker and deaf teenager Dylan Shaw; while Maddie Morrison's father Ed and mother Elizabeth arrived. June saw the arrival of Walt played by former '' EastEnders'' actor Cliff Parisi. Liam Gilmore (James Farrar) began appearing from August, while Oscar Osborne was born prematurely to Darren and Nancy Osborne in October. Maxine Minniver, played by Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitzeee
Anne "Mitzeee" Minniver is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Rachel Shenton. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 23 July 2010. Mitzeee was created by series producer Paul Marquess for a different television series which was never commissioned and instead introduced his ideas onto Mitzeee. She is also one of the first characters created in Marquess's 2010 reinvention of ''Hollyoaks''. Mitzeee is a wannabe glamour model and WAG, she is portrayed as being ruthless in achieving her goals and is fame driven. Shenton helped create her backstory and has stated on different occasions that Mitzeee uses femininity to get what she wants. Various media outlets drew comparisons to the character with pop star Cheryl Cole and Mitzeee spells her career name with triple e's because she finds her name plain, a tag Shenton has also agreed with. On 20 December 2012, it was announced that Shenton had left the show and her fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearst Magazines UK
Hearst Communications, Inc., often referred to simply as Hearst, is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, television channels, and television stations, including the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', the ''Houston Chronicle'', ''Cosmopolitan'' and ''Esquire''. It owns 50% of the A&E Networks cable network group and 20% of the sports cable network group ESPN, both in partnership with The Walt Disney Company. The conglomerate also owns several business-information companies, including Fitch Ratings and First Databank. The company was founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, and the Hearst family remains involved in its ownership and management. History The formative years In 1880, George Hearst, mining entrepreneur and U.S. senator, bought the '' San Francisco Daily Examiner.'' In 1887, he turned the ''Examiner'' over to his son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E4 (channel)
E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for ''entertainment'' and the channel is primarily aimed at the 16/18–34 age group (similar to BBC Three, ITV2, 5Star, Sky Max, Sky Comedy, Comedy Central and Dave). Programmes currently shown on the channel include ''Hollyoaks'', '' Made in Chelsea'', '' Coach Trip'' (and its Halloween spin-off ''Celebrity Ghost Trip''), '' Celebs Go Dating'' and various versions of ''Married At First Sight''. The most successful broadcast of the channel to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of ''The Inbetweeners'' received over 3.7 million viewers.BARB, vi/ref> History E4 launched as a pay television companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. On 16 December 2004, Channel 4 announced that the subscription channel would become a free-to-air television channel by launching on the digital terrestrial television system. E4 launched an Ireland se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Tiddy
Kimberley Jane Tiddy (born 3 September 1977) is an English actress, known for her roles as PC Honey Harman in the ITV procedural drama ''The Bill'' and Heidi Costello in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Life and career The daughter of John Tiddy and his wife Roza Raymond, Tiddy was born in 1977 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, and brought up in Surbiton, Greater London, by her mother after her father left. She trained at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester, afterwards acting at Salisbury Playhouse. Later, she set up a cleaning company and for two years undertook unpaid short film work. After working in Spain for one summer she returned to England, receiving an offer of a role on ''The Bill''; her last appearance on ''The Bill'' was on 25 January 2007, when her character, Honey Harman, was killed off. In April 2010, it was announced that Tiddy had joined the cast of Channel 4 soap ''Hollyoaks'' as Heidi Costello Heidi Costello (also Blissett) is a Character (arts), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hachette Filipacchi Médias
Hachette Filipacchi Médias, S.A. (HFM) is a magazine publisher. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardère Active, a division of the media conglomerate Lagardère Group of France. History '' Hachette'' was founded by Louis Hachette (French pronunciation: .ʃɛt ''Brédif''in 1826 when he purchased the ''Librairie Brédif''; the company later became L. Hachette et Compagnie. Hachette was purchased by Matra in 1980, a firm associated with Ténot & Filipacchi. Hachette Filipacchi was nationalised in 1981 but remained a publicly traded firm. It is a subsidiary of Lagardère Media, acquired in 2004. Publications Hachette Filipacchi Media publishes '' Parents'', '' Paris Match'', and '' Le Journal du Dimanche''. From 1985 the company also publishes various titles abroad. Hachette sold its international titles to Hearst in 2011. References Further reading *Madjar, Robert (1997). Daniel Filipacchi Daniel Filipacchi (born 12 January 1928) is the Chairman Emeritus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Forum. History digiNews (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the digiNEWS website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting a lot of attention from visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Very soon Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to create the dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Allan (producer)
Lucy Jane Allan (born 30 September 1978) is an English television producer, known for her work on the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Allan's other credited work include a script editor for ''Dream Team (TV series), Dream Team'' and assistant to director in ''Chica de Río''. ''Hollyoaks'' In 2008, Allan began working with Bryan Kirkwood as the deputy producer for ''Hollyoaks''. She was the assistant producer and producer for ''Hollyoaks spin-offs ''Hollyoaks: No Going Back'' and the first series of ''Hollyoaks Later (series 1), Hollyoaks Later''. Allan took over from Kirkwood as the executive producer of ''Hollyoaks'' in January 2009. Her first credited appearance as producer was on 1 June 2009. Allan was responsible for introducing characters including Loretta Jones, Cheryl Brady, Charlotte Lau and Dave Colburn and brought back characters including Jake Dean. It was announced in January 2010 that Allan had decided to step down from her position and would be replaced by Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moya Brady
Moya Brady (born 8 September 1962) is an English actress. Her roles include Breda McQueen on the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2018 to 2020. Brady grew up in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. She has appeared in a wide variety of roles in film, television and the theatre, including a role as F.D.O. Roberta Cryer in the police drama series, ''The Bill'' and ''Harry Hill's TV Burp''. Brady's 2009 films include ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' and ''The Soloist''. She appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' episode " Love & Monsters" as Bridget in 2006. In 2021, she played the role of Millie in the Russel T Davis ''It's a Sin''. Selected credits *''Road'' (1987) as Clare *''Little Dorrit'' (1988) as the Fiddler's Daughter *'' Life Is Sweet'' (1990) as Paula *''Making Out'' (1989–1991) as Klepto *''Men Behaving Badly'' (1992) as Dorothy's friend *''Wide-Eyed and Legless'' (1993) as Sheila *''The NeverEnding Story III'' (1994) as Urgl *''The Bill'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
