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David Fynn
David Fynn is a British-Irish actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom ''Undateable.'' He began playing Dewey Finn in the West End cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''School of Rock'' (based on the 2003 film with Jack Black) in October 2016 at the New London Theatre, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical in 2017. Theatre His theatre credits include ''She Stoops to Conquer'' at the National Theatre (Evening Standard Nomination), ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the National Theatre, ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' at the Donmar Warehouse, ''Mojo'' at the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''After the Party'' in the West End and Starving at ''Theatre 503''. He trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Television His other television appearances include ''Game of Thrones'', '' Sherlock'', ''Doctor Who'', ''The Inbetweeners'', ''The Job Lot'', ''Banana'', '' Big Bad World'', ''May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first of which is ''A Game of Thrones''. The show was shot in the United Kingdom, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, and Spain. It premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes broadcast over eight seasons. Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, ''Game of Thrones'' has a large ensemble cast and follows several story arcs throughout the course of the show. The first major arc concerns the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros through a web of political conflicts among the noble families either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from whoever sits on it. A second focuses on the last descendant of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty, who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Hill (presenter)
Jonathan Hill is a Welsh television presenter, journalist and producer, who currently presents ''Wales at Six'', the nightly news magazine programme on ITV Cymru Wales. He is also the editor of the station's English language output. Hill, who studied English at Swansea University before specialising in journalism, started his career freelancing for BBC Radio Wales, before joining HTV Wales as a general news reporter and bulletin presenter in 1993 for ''HTV Newsdesk'' and ''Wales at Six''. In February 1994, he was made one of the main presenters of ''Wales Tonight'', and has since been the senior anchor for the station's main regional news programmes, including ''HTV News'' and ''ITV Wales News''. He has also presented ITV News at 10 occasionally. Hill has also presented and produced documentary programmes for ITV Wales, including the popular series ''Crime Secrets'' and ''Helicops'' (which has been shown latterly on Men & Motors and during ITV's ''Nightwatch with Steve Scott''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spooks (TV Series)
''Spooks'' (known as ''MI-5'' in some countries) is a British television spy drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid. It is notable for various stylistic touches, and its use of popular guest actors. In the United States, the show is broadcast under the title ''MI-5''. In Canada, the programme originally aired as ''MI-5'' but later aired on BBC Canada as ''Spooks''. The series continued with a film, '' Spooks: The Greater Good'', which was released on 8 May 2015. Series synopses The show consists of 86 episodes, beginning in May 2002 and ending in October 2011. Most episodes end with the final scene freezing and changing to a black-and-white negative image that then compresses with a distinctive sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peep Show (British TV Series)
''Peep Show'' is a British television sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It was written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb, among others. It was broadcast on Channel 4 from 2003 until 2015. In 2010, it became the longest-running comedy in Channel 4 history in terms of years on air. ''Peep Show'' follows the lives of Mark Corrigan (Mitchell) and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne (Webb), two very different, dysfunctional best friends who share a flat in Croydon, South London. Mark is a socially awkward and despondent loan manager, while Jeremy is a childish slacker and unemployed musician who lives in Mark's spare room. Stylistically, the show uses point of view shots—giving the programme its title—with the thoughts of main characters Mark and Jeremy audible as voice-overs. The show is also noted for its veristic portrayal of human life through a general lack of conventional character development in Mark and Jeremy, and their pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life's Too Short (TV Series)
''Life's Too Short'' is a British mockumentary sitcom created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, based on an idea by Warwick Davis, about "the life of a showbiz dwarf". Davis plays a fictionalised version of himself, and both Gervais and Merchant appear in supporting roles as themselves. The show began airing on BBC Two on 10 November 2011. Premium cable channel HBO, which co-produced the series with the BBC, has the US rights and aired the series from 19 February 2012. In January 2013, it was announced that ''Life's Too Short'' would end later in the year with a special that would bring the series' closure. The one-hour special aired on 30 March 2013 in the UK and 5 July 2013 in the US. Background The genesis of the show was when Davis worked with Gervais and Merchant in an episode of the second series of '' Extras'', in which he co-starred with Daniel Radcliffe. Gervais said that Davis is funny in real life and tells great stories. Merchant said that Davis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mirror
''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Individual episodes explore a diversity of genres, but most are set in near-future dystopias with science fiction technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series is based on ''The Twilight Zone'' and uses technology to comment on contemporary social issues. Most episodes are written by Brooker, with heavy involvement by the executive producer Annabel Jones. There are 22 episodes across five series and one special, in addition to the interactive film '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' (2018). The first two series aired on the British network Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, as did the 2014 special " White Christmas". The programme then moved to Netflix, where three further series aired in 2016, 2017 and 2019. A sixth series on Netflix has been greenlit and is in active production as of July 2022. Two related webisode series were produced by Netflix, and a companion book to the first four seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayday (UK TV Series)
''Mayday'' is a British drama thriller television series shown on BBC One, starring Sophie Okonedo, Aidan Gillen, Peter Firth, and Lesley Manville. Development and production The series' commission was announced on 27 April 2012 by the BBC Media Centre. The series was filmed in Dorking, Surrey, making use of street settings including the high street area, Cotmandene (an open grassed area close to the town centre), a kebab shop on the corner of Dene Street and Leith Hill. The old magistrates court was used as the police station and the production was based in Pippbrook House which had housed the town library. Premise Thriller series about the sudden disappearance of a 14-year-old girl in a small town with a relatively affluent rural setting and strong pagan traditions. The locals are galvanized to work with the police to find her. Ex-copper Fiona, frustrated with her present life soon becomes involved. Her policeman husband's career is hanging in the balance following an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bad World (TV Series)
''Big Bad World'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom which first aired on Comedy Central (UK and Ireland), Comedy Central in 2013. Created by Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf, it stars Blake Harrison as Ben, a directionless, young graduate who returns to his home town of Great Yarmouth after leaving university. Cast *Blake Harrison as Ben Turnbull *Rebecca Humphries as Beth *David Fynn as Oakley *Seann Walsh as Eggman *James Fleet as Neil Turnbull *Caroline Quentin as Jan Turnbull *Scarlett Alice Johnson as Lucy Deacon *Alex Lanipekun as Steve *Julia Deakin as Shirley *Jay Brown as Dean Episodes Reception The show received a generally positive critical reaction with some mixed reviews. ''The Guardian'' praised the series as "a surprisingly engaging original series from Comedy Central UK" and "a funny take on the challenges of adulthood". The Metro (British newspaper), ''Metro'' said of episode 1, "So far, so promising. Harrison is adept at the whole man-child thing and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banana (TV Series)
''Banana'' is a 2015 British television series created by Russell T Davies and aired on E4. The sister series to Channel 4's '' Cucumber'' and the 4oD documentary series ''Tofu'', ''Banana'' is a series focusing on LGBT youth in Manchester, around the narrative of ''Cucumber''. Unlike ''Cucumber'', which is a self-contained serial following the story of one gay man, ''Banana'' is an anthology series focusing on the wider LGBT spectrum. The series was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series. ''Banana'' develops some of the storylines of characters featured in ''Cucumber'' as well as introducing many new characters. ''Banana'' is primarily a self-contained series, occasional overlapping with the ''Cucumber'' narrative. ''Cucumber'', ''Banana'', and ''Tofu'' are all named after the same scale of erection hardness, with ''Banana'' symbolising the middle of the scale from the flaccid ''Tofu'' to the fully erect ''Cucumber''. Development ''Bana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Job Lot
''The Job Lot'' is a British sitcom. The series is set in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and focuses on the relationships between the staff, and the job-seekers. The series was commissioned following a successful pilot, written by Claire Downes, Stuart Lane and Ian Jarvis. It premiered on 29 April 2013 on ITV. It was later moved to ITV2 for its second series. The show returned for a third and final series on ITV2 in October 2015. It was confirmed by Russell Tovey in December 2016 that the show would not return for a fourth series. Cast Extras and Recurring cast *Malkit Bharj (Series 1–2) *Amelia Parillon (Series 1–2) *Mark Bagnall (Series 1) *Nigel Boyle (Series 1–2) *Dylan Edwards (Series 2) *Debbie J. Nash (Series 2–3) Guest stars *Emma Rigby (series 1) *Sean Pertwee (series 1) *Susannah Fielding (series 1) *Zahra Ahmadi (series 1) *Eileen Davies (series 1) * Ashley McGuire (series 1) *Keith Duffy (series 2) *Meera Syal (series 2) *Mark Benton (series 2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
