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Doctor Foster (TV Series)
''Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned'' is a British psychological thriller television series that first debuted on BBC One on 9 September 2015. Created and written by Mike Bartlett, the series is about Gemma Foster ( Suranne Jones), a doctor who suspects her husband Simon (Bertie Carvel) is having an affair. After she follows several lines of enquiry, she slowly begins to lose her sanity as her life unravels from what secrets she finds. The storyline was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Medea, a wronged wife who kills her children and poisons her husband's new bride. Internationally, the series was brought to many countries by different networks (see Broadcast). The second series of the show started on 5 September 2017 and concluded on 3 October 2017. A future third series has been played down by lead actress Jones, citing incompatibility of schedules. Bartlett has said while there is more to explore with Gemma Foster's story, he would bring the show back only if there were ...
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Psychological Thriller
Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and convention, it is a subgenre of the broader ranging thriller narrative structure,Dictionary.com, definitionpsychological thriller (definition) Accessed November 3, 2013, "...a suspenseful movie or book emphasizing the psychology of its characters rather than the plot; this subgenre of thriller movie or book – Example: In a psychological thriller, the characters are exposed to danger on a mental level rather than a physical one....", with similarities to Gothic and detective fiction in the sense of sometimes having a "dissolving sense of reality". It is often told through the viewpoint of psychologically stressed characters, revealing their distorted mental perceptions and focusing on the complex and often tortured relationships between obs ...
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Affair
An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person who may neither agree to such relationship nor even be aware of it. Romantic affair A romantic affair, also called an affair of the heart, may refer to a sexual liaison or more emotional relationship between two people who may have sex without expecting a more formal romantic relationship, an affair is by its nature romantic. The term ''affair'' may also describe part of an agreement within an open marriage or open relationship, such as swinging, dating, or polyamory, in which some forms of sex with one's non-primary partner(s) are permitted and other forms are not. Participants in open relationships, including unmarried couples and polyamorous families, may consider sanctioned affairs the norm, but when a non-sanctioned affair occurs, it is described as infidelity and maybe experienced as adulter ...
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Thusitha Jayasundera
Thusitha Jayasundera (born 1971) is a Sri Lankan actress who lives in the United Kingdom. She attended an all-girls school run by Australian missionaries, and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1993. Jayasundera played Tushura 'Tash' Bandara in the BBC hospital drama ''Holby City'' for three years from December 1999 to June 2002. She played DS Ramani De Costa in the ITV police drama ''The Bill'' from 2003 to 2006, and DS Ayesha Masood in the BBC series ''Silent Witness''. She appeared in the National Theatre adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel, ''War Horse''. In 2009 she appeared in the play ''Dreams of Violence'' by Stella Feehily for Out of Joint and Soho Theatre. In 2015, she played Ros Mahendra in the BBC drama '' Doctor Foster''. On 17 March 2019, Jayasundera appeared in ''Midsomer Murders'' in the episode "Death of the Small Coppers". In December 2020, she was cast in the Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, ...
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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 Cle ...
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Navin Chowdhry
Navin Chowdhry (born 1 January 1971) is a British actor He is best known for his roles as Indra Ganesh in Doctor Who Sunil Mitesh in The Job Lot and as Nish Panesar in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Early life Chowdhry is of Indian-origin and was born and brought up in Bristol, England. Son of Simi Chowdhry, a well known public figure, a woman activist. In 1994 he graduated from Imperial College, London, earning a 3-year degree in biochemistry with 2:1 honours.Navin Chowdhry plays Mani
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At age 16, Chowdhry made his acting debut in the 1988 film, '''' with



Cheryl Campbell
Cheryl Campbell (born 22 May 1949) is an English actor of stage, film and television. She starred opposite Bob Hoskins in the 1978 BBC drama '' Pennies From Heaven'', before going on to win the 1980 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for ''Testament of Youth'' and ''Malice Aforethought'', and the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for ''A Doll's House''. Her film appearances include ''Chariots of Fire'' (1981), '' Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'' (1984) and ''The Shooting Party'' (1985). Early life Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Campbell is the daughter of an airline pilot. She was educated at Francis Bacon Grammar School, St Albans, and at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Her repertory theatre experience includes the Palace Theatre, Watford, Birmingham Rep and the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow.
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Clare-Hope Ashitey
Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 12 February 1987) is an English actress. She attended the Centre Stage School of Performing Arts, Southgate while being educated at The Latymer School, located in the Edmonton area of London, for seven years. She took a gap year between school and university to work on the film '' Children of Men'' (2006). In 2018, she starred in the Netflix Original crime drama series ''Seven Seconds''. Early life and education Ashitey was born in Enfield to Tina, a medical secretary, and Paul, a dentist, who are both from Ghana, and has an older sister (Grace, who studied at the University of Warwick), and an older brother. Ashitey attended Brimsdown primary school in Brimsdown, Enfield before being educated at The Latymer School in Edmonton, North London. She graduated in anthropology from SOAS, University of London SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member instit ...
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Property Developer
Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others. Real estate developers are the people and companies who coordinate all of these activities, converting ideas from paper to real property. Real estate development is different from construction or housebuilding, although many developers also manage the construction process or engage in housebuilding. Developers buy land, finance real estate deals, build or have builders build projects, develop projects in joint venture, create, imagine, control, and orchestrate the process of development from the beginning to end.New York Times, March 16, 1963, "Personality Boom is Loud for Louis Lesser" Developers usually take the greatest risk in the creation or renovation of real estate and receive the greatest rewards. Typically, developers purchase a t ...
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Life (2020 British TV Series)
' ''Life'' is a British drama television series by the BBC, written by Mike Bartlett. It was first broadcast on 29 September 2020. The series follows the residents of four flats who live in a converted Victorian house, with an ensemble cast led by Alison Steadman and Peter Davison. Melissa Johns and Adrian Lester also star, with Victoria Hamilton reprising her role as Anna Baker – now known as Belle Stone – from Bartlett's series '' Doctor Foster''. Her ex-husband Neil Baker ( Adam James) reprises his role for three of the six episodes. Cast * Alison Steadman as Gail Reynolds, Henry's 70-year-old wife who becomes discontented with her marriage * Peter Davison as Henry Reynolds, Gail's husband * Adrian Lester as David Aston, a recently widowed English Literature tutor * Rachael Stirling as Kelly Aston, David's recently deceased wife who appears to him as a ghost * Saira Choudhry as Saira Malik, one of David's students * Victoria Hamilton as Belle Stone, a divorced woman prev ...
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Doctor Foster (TV Series)
''Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned'' is a British psychological thriller television series that first debuted on BBC One on 9 September 2015. Created and written by Mike Bartlett, the series is about Gemma Foster ( Suranne Jones), a doctor who suspects her husband Simon (Bertie Carvel) is having an affair. After she follows several lines of enquiry, she slowly begins to lose her sanity as her life unravels from what secrets she finds. The storyline was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Medea, a wronged wife who kills her children and poisons her husband's new bride. Internationally, the series was brought to many countries by different networks (see Broadcast). The second series of the show started on 5 September 2017 and concluded on 3 October 2017. A future third series has been played down by lead actress Jones, citing incompatibility of schedules. Bartlett has said while there is more to explore with Gemma Foster's story, he would bring the show back only if there were ...
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Radio Times
''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company (from 1 January 1927, the British Broadcasting Corporation), it was the world's first broadcast listings magazine. It was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 8 January 1937 until 16 August 2011, when the division was merged into Immediate Media Company. On 12 January 2017, Immediate Media was bought by the German media group Hubert Burda. The magazine is published on Tuesdays and carries listings for the week from Saturday to Friday. Originally, listings ran from Sunday to Saturday: the changeover meant 8 October 1960 was listed twice, in successive issues. Since Christmas 1969, a 14-day double-sized issue has been published each December containing schedule ...
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