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Cherished (film)
''Cherished'' is a single British true crime drama, written by acclaimed screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes, that first broadcast on BBC One on 22 February 2005. Starring Sarah Lancashire as protagonist Angela Cannings, the drama is based on Cannings' wrongful conviction for the deaths of two of her infant children, Jason and Matthew. Directed by Robin Sheppard, the drama also stars Timothy Spall as Angela's husband Terry, Emma Cunniffe as Angela's sister Claire; and Ian McNeice as her defence barrister; Bill Bache. The drama was a joint production between the BBC's drama and current affairs wings. 5.18 million viewers tuned in for the initial broadcast. Similarly to other true-life BBC productions of the time; ''Cherished'' has never been released on DVD. Cannings herself said of the production; "We're still suffering the aftermath of this whole episode. This film is for Jade, so when she is older she can see what it was all about. The general public would assume that we've got back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime
True crime is a nonfiction literary, podcast, and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people associated with and affected by criminal events. The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 percent focus on tales of serial killers. True crime comes in many forms, such as books, films, podcasts, and television shows. Many works in this genre recount high-profile, sensational crimes such as the JonBenét Ramsey killing, the O. J. Simpson murder case, and the Pamela Smart murder, while others are devoted to more obscure slayings. True crime works can impact the crimes they cover and the audience who consumes it. The genre is often criticized for being insensitive to the victims and their families and is described by some as trash culture. History Zhang Yingyu's ''The Book of Swindles'' () is a late Ming dynasty collection of stories about allegedly true cases of fraud. Works in the related Chinese genre of court case fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Sheppard
Robin Sheppard (sometimes credited as Robin Shepperd) is a British television director who has directed ''Lucky Jim'', '' Octavia'', ''Cherished'', '' The Bad Mother's Handbook'', and episodes of ''Kingdom'', ''Casualty'', ''Playing the Field'', ''New Tricks'' and ''At Home with the Braithwaites''. She was jointly nominated for a British Academy Television Award in 1998 for her work on ''Wing and a Prayer'', and ''Cherished'' won the Best Drama Documentary Grierson Award in 2005. Shepperd will be directing the 2010 episodic video game, '' Venus Redemption''. Shepperd is currently attached to Apples, a 2012 film adaptation of Richard Milward Richard Milward (born 26 October 1984 in Middlesbrough) is an English novelist. His debut novel ''Apples'' was published by Faber in 2007. He has also written ''Ten Storey Love Song'' and most recently ''Kimberly's Capital Punishment''. Raise ...'s 2007 book of the same name. References External links * Living people Year of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Fitzgerald
Lorna Katie Fitzgerald (born 17 April 1996) is a British actress from Northampton. Her most notable role to date is that of Abi Branning in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders''. Since leaving ''EastEnders'' in January 2018, Fitzgerald has developed her acting career on the stage and in movies. Personal life Fitzgerald started attending Stagecoach Drama Classes at the age of four. She has two older sisters and is a keen dancer. Fitzgerald also plays the guitar. In November 2009, Fitzgerald was involved in a charity project in Northampton called Talking With Hands, a charity for people with hearing impairments and deafness. The project featured on ITV's '' Anglia News'', alongside deaf actor Alex Nowak, and Fitzgerald helped with this project. Career Fitzgerald has appeared in the ''Casualty'' episode "Animals", and a short film called ''Big Girl, Little Girl''. She also appeared in the ITV drama '' The Golden Hour'', as well as playing Sarah Lancashire's daughter Jade Cannings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Boxer
Stephen Boxer (born 19 May 1950) is an English actor who has appeared in films, on television and on stage. He is known for his role as Joe Fenton on the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''. Career Stephen Boxer was educated at New College School in Oxford, where he was a chorister, and Magdalen College School, Oxford. He is perhaps best known for appearing as Joe Fenton in the BBC One daytime soap opera ''Doctors''. He took a break from the show in mid-2008 to appear as Petruchio in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''The Taming of the Shrew'', returning to soap for a few episodes in November 2010. For his portrayal of Joe, Boxer was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor in 2007 and 2008. He appeared in ''Zigger Zagger'' in 1967 with the National Youth Theatre. Boxer has starred in a number of detective dramas, most notably in the second, third and fourth installments of ''Prime Suspect''. On children's television, he was co-presenter of '' Get Up And Go!'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Tandy (actor)
Mark Napper O'Connor Tandy is an Irish stage, film and television actor. Early life Mark Tandy was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland on 8February 1957. His childhood was spent between the Republic of Ireland and the Persian Gulf. He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Bristol Drama Department, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre from 1974 to 1976. He is a descendant of Napper Tandy, the Irish revolutionary leader and founding member of the United Irishmen. Career His first professional engagement in the theatre was for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1979, where appearances included the original stage production of ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'', which played for three seasons at the Aldwych Theatre, London and at the Plymouth Theatre, New York. Tandy has since appeared irregularly at the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic, London's West End and around the UK. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Margaret Ollerenshaw (born 8 October 1949) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Mavis in the BBC sitcom ''Open All Hours'' (1981–1982) and its sequel ''Still Open All Hours'' (2013–2019). Her other television credits include ''First of the Summer Wine'' (1988–1989), ''The House of Eliott'' (1992) and ''Lovejoy'' (1993–1994). Early life Ollerenshaw was born on 8 October 1949 in Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, England to Joseph and Margaret Ollerenshaw (née Daly). Career Ollerenshaw portrayed Mrs. Violet Clegg in the short-lived series ''First of the Summer Wine'', and became a more familiar television face after starring in ''The House of Eliott'' as Florence Ranby, a dour Victorian and head of the Eliott workroom, who died in a tragic road accident outside the Eliott's fashion house. The actress also featured as Martha in the Andrew Davies (writer), Andrew Davies adaptation of Anthony Trollope, Trollope's classic ''He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Bailey
Marion Bailey (born 5 May 1951) is an English actress. She is best known for her work with her partner, filmmaker Mike Leigh, including the films '' Meantime'' (1983), '' All or Nothing'' (2002), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), ''Mr. Turner'' (2014), for which she was nominated Supporting Actress of the Year by the London Film Critics' Circle, and ''Peterloo'' (2018). In 2019 and 2020, she portrayed Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the third and fourth seasons of ''The Crown'' on Netflix, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild award winner for best ensemble in 2020 and 2021. Personal life Bailey was born in Bushey Hospital, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, to Rose (née Timberlake) and William Bailey. She grew up in Harrow, Middlesex, and attended Pinner County Grammar School. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. With writer Terry Johnson, she has a daughter, actress Alice Bailey Johnson. Film career As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Medical Council
The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when necessary. It also sets the standards for medical schools in the UK. Membership of the register confers substantial privileges under Part VI of the Medical Act 1983. It is a criminal offence to make a false claim of membership. The GMC is supported by fees paid by its members, and it became a registered charity in 2001. History The Medical Act 1858 established the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom as a statutory body. Initially its members were elected by the members of the profession, and enjoyed widespread confidence from the profession. Purpose All the GMC's functions derive from a statutory requirement for the establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Pickup
Ronald Alfred Pickup (7 June 1940 – 24 February 2021) was an English actor. He was active in television, film, and theatre, beginning with a 1964 appearance in ''Doctor Who''. Theatre critic Michael Billington described him as "a terrific stage star and an essential member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company". His major screen roles included the title role in '' The Life of Verdi'' and Prince Yakimov in '' Fortunes of War'' (1987). Early life and training Pickup was born in Chester on 7 June 1940. His father, Eric, worked as a lecturer; his mother was Daisy (née Williams).Ronald Pickup FilmReference.com; accessed 2 January 2014. Pickup attended the King's School, Chester, and went on to study Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Clark
Sally Clark (August 1964 – 15 March 2007) was an English solicitor who, in November 1999, became the victim of a miscarriage of justice when she was found guilty of the murder of her two infant sons. Clark's first son died in December 1996 within a few weeks of his birth, and her second son died in similar circumstances in January 1998. A month later, Clark was arrested and tried for both deaths. The defence argued that the children had died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The prosecution case relied on flawed statistical evidence presented by paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow, who testified that the chance of two children from an affluent family suffering SIDS was 1 in 73 million. He had arrived at this figure by squaring his estimate of a chance of 1 in 8500 of an individual SIDS death in similar circumstances. The Royal Statistical Society later issued a statement arguing that there was no statistical basis for Meadow's claim, and expressed concern at the "misuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bache
Angela Cannings was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK in 2002 for the murder of her seven-week-old son, Jason, who died in 1991, and of her 18-week-old son Matthew, who died in 1999. Her first child, Gemma, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in 1989 at the age of 13 weeks, although she was never charged in connection with Gemma's death. Her conviction was based on claims that she had smothered the children, but was overturned as unsafe by the Court of Appeal on 10 December 2003. Cannings was convicted after the involvement in her case of Professor Sir Roy Meadow, a paediatrician who was later struck off, then reinstated, by the General Medical Council. Her defence solicitor was Bill Bache. The Cannings case was re-examined after a BBC "Real Story" investigation showed that her paternal great-grandmother had suffered one sudden infant death and her paternal grandmother two. Professor Michael Patton, a clinical geneticist at St George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
