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Enzo Squillino Jr.
Enzo Squillino Jr. is a British actor and photographer. Life and career Enzo Squillino Jnr was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and was trained at the Mountview Theatre Academy in London. He portrayed the role of Ritchie Valens in the West End musical ''Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story''. Later, he established a reputation on-screen as a dramatic and comic actor as cockney wide boy George Andreotti in the television drama series ''The Knock''. In March 2021, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as Tony Loreto. Performances Television * ''Carnival Row'' * '' Henry VIII'' * ''Mister Winner'' * ''Carnival Row II'' * '' Delicious'' * '' Holby City'' * ''Undercover'' * '' The Collection'' * '' Doctors'' * '' Above Suspicion'' * ''Zen'' * '' The Game'' * '' The Collection'' * '' Law & Order'' * ''The Bill'' * '' EastEnders'' * ''Judas'' * ''Jack of Hearts'' * ''The Knock'' * '' Birds of a Feather'' * ''Coasting'' * ''The Old Boy Network' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield, West Riding Of Yorkshire
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The city is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don with its four tributaries: the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. The city is south of Leeds, east of Manchester, and north of Nottingham. Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, with many significant inventions and technologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zen (TV Series)
''Zen'' is a British television series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its ''Masterpiece'' anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The three films were based on the books ''Vendetta'' (1990), '' Cabal'' (1992) and '' Ratking'' (1988). The series was cancelled by BBC One in February 2011; BBC One controller Danny Cohen later said there were already enough male crime-fighters on TV. Left Bank, the show's producer, tried to find other broadcasters to fund another series but were unsuccessful. Regular cast * Rufus Sewell as Aurelio ZenA smart and honest police detective in Rome who struggles to maintain his integrity am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddington 2
''Paddington 2'' is a 2017 live-action animated comedy film directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby. Based on the stories of Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond (to whom the film is also dedicated, Bond having died that year), it is the sequel to ''Paddington'' (2014), and is produced by Heyday Films and StudioCanal UK. The film, a British-French-Luxembourgish co-production, stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington, with Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, and Hugh Grant in live-action roles. In the film, Paddington tries to get a present for his adoptive aunt's birthday, but when the intended gift is stolen from a shop and he is wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for the theft, he and his family have to find the real culprit and prove Paddington's innocence. The film was confirmed to be in development in April 2015. Principal photography began in October 2016 and ended in June 2017. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
''Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard'' is a 2021 American action comedy film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O'Connor and Brandon and Phillip Murphy. The film is a sequel to the 2017 film ''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' and features Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, and Richard E. Grant reprising their roles, with Frank Grillo, Antonio Banderas, and Morgan Freeman joining the cast. In the film, suspended bodyguard Michael Bryce (Reynolds) must once again team up with hitman Darius Kincaid (Jackson) and his wife (Hayek) to stop a madman (Banderas) from launching a terror attack on Europe. ''Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard'' was theatrically released in the United States on June 16, 2021, by Lionsgate. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $70.1 million on a $70 million budget. Plot Michael Bryce, temporarily retired from being a bodyguard while he awaits reinstatement of his license, tries to clear his mind in on vacation in Capri until Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurassic World Dominion
''Jurassic World Dominion'' is a 2022 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Emily Carmichael from a story by Derek Connolly and Trevorrow. The sequel to '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018), it is the third and final installment in the ''Jurassic World'' trilogy and the sixth installment overall in the ''Jurassic Park'' film series, concluding the storyline of the original ''Jurassic Park'' trilogy. The film has an ensemble cast, including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, BD Wong, and Omar Sy. Dern, Goldblum, and Neill reprise their roles from the ''Jurassic Park'' trilogy, appearing together for the first time since the 1993 film. ''Jurassic World Dominion'' is set four years after the events of ''Fallen Kingdom'', with dinosaurs now living alongside humans around the world. The film follows Owen Grady and Claire Dearing as they embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Labours Of Erica
''The Labours of Erica'' is a British television sitcom starring Brenda Blethyn as self-made businesswoman Erica Parsons. The show was first broadcast between 13 March 1989 and 9 April 1990. Premise Businesswoman Erica Parsons finds a list she had made as a young girl of everything she wanted to do before turning 18. Realising she has never done any of them, she resolves to achieve all her aims before her 40th birthday instead. The series premiered on ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ... in the United Kingdom at 8:00pm on Monday 13 March 1989 and ran for two series until 9 April 1990. DVD release The complete series of ''The Labours of Erica'' was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2010. External links * * 1980s British sitcoms 1990s British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London's Burning (TV Series)
''London's Burning'' is a British television drama programme, produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. It was based on the 1986 TV movie of the same name, and focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch, at the fictional Blackwall fire station. It began with the movie (pilot), broadcast on 7 December 1986. This was then followed by a total of 14 series, which ran from 20 February 1988 to 25 August 2002. Movie Jack Rosenthal's original two-hour TV movie, directed by Les Blair, was broadcast on ITV on 7 December 1986. The Broadwater Farm riot, in north London, was one inspiration for the screenplay. Unlike the final years of the ''London's Burning'' TV series, the movie (along with the following early TV series), was a black comedy that also examined serious issues, primarily that while female and Black, Asian and minority ethnic firefighters had to deal with prejudice on the job, the prejudices in their ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of A Feather (TV Series)
''Birds of a Feather'' is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV from 2 January 2014 to 24 December 2020. The series stars Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson, with Lesley Joseph, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote many of the episodes. In the first episode, sisters Sharon and Tracey are brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lives in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's upmarket house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour and later friend, Dorien, is a middle-aged married Jewish woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the last two BBC series, the location is changed to nearby Hainault, London, before returning to Chigwell in series 10 (the first aired on ITV). The series' original run ended on 24 December 1998 after nine years, and returned just over 15 years later, on 2 January 2014, this time on ITV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knock
''The Knock'' is a British television crime drama, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from the London City & South Collection Investigation Unit of HM Customs and Excise. The series derived its name from the distinctive "''Knock knock knock''" command used over the radio to synchronise a raid. Five series were broadcast from 10 April 1994, until 11 November 2000. 37 episodes were made. The series had a rotating cast, with only a small number of cast members appearing throughout the series' run. The only three cast members to appear in every series were Caroline Lee-Johnson, Trevor Byfield and Steve Toussaint. The series also adopted a number of different formats: while the early series interspersed various storylines and had running plots across the series; later series adopted a multi-part format resulting in two or three cases per series; while the final series adopted a stand-alone week by-week format. The serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Of Hearts (TV Series)
''Jack of Hearts'' is a six-part British television crime drama series, written by Sian Orrells and directed by Timothy Lay, that first broadcast on BBC One on 4 August 1999. Set and filmed in Cardiff, the series follows the life of a tough-talking probation officer, Jack Denby ( Keith Allen), who finds that life and crime in the Welsh capital is much different to the workings of inner-city London, when he is forced to move away to join his girlfriend, Suzanne (Anna Mountford), a university lecturer. The series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 21:30, and was also repeated on Thursdays and Saturdays on BBC Choice. The series was also accompanied by a theme written especially for the series, performed by Bonnie Tyler. The series has yet to be released on DVD. Reception Mark Lawson of ''The Guardian'' gave the series a mixed review, writing; "Keith Allen's new series Jack of Hearts, about a hard-bitten parole officer, is a textbook lesson in formulaic drama. But it might just have th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judas (2004 Film)
''Judas'' is a 2004 Biblical television drama film depicting the intertwined lives of Judas Iscariot and Jesus of Nazareth. The story depicts Judas as having sympathetic motives, desiring to free the Jewish people from Roman rule. It was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco. The film was originally slated to be titled, ''Judas and Jesus'',Peter Malone, ''Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film'' (2012), p. 152. One source stated of the film that "The ABC television network tried to cash in on the craze for ''The Passion of the Christ''".Daniel P. Franklin, ''Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the United States'' (2006), p. 193. The film "focuses on Judas himself with Jesus being a significant being a significant presence but having more of a supporting role". Plot Judas meets Jesus and at first does not know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him. A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, BARB's television ratings and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four ''EastEnders'' episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 List of most watched television broadcasts in the United Kingdom#Most watched programmes, most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. ''EastEnders'' has been EastEnders in popular culture, important in the history of British television drama, tackling many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
