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Eric Loren
Eric Loren is an American film and television actor based in London. He played Mr Diagoras and the Dalek Sec Hybrid in the long-running British TV series '' Doctor Who''. He also played Kurtis Trent in '' Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness'' and a War Department Lieutenant in ''Saving Private Ryan''. In 2008 he guest starred in the ''Doctor Who'' audio adventure ''Assassin in the Limelight''. Most recently, Loren has appeared in 2011 Video Game, ''Battlefield 3'', as Sergeant Steve Campo. In 2001 he had a role in season 4 of ''The Worst Witch ''The Worst Witch'' is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Jill Murphy. The series are primarily about a girl who attends a witch school and fantasy stories, with eight books published. The first, ''The Worst Witch'', was ...'' as teacher, Andy Starfinder. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * Male actors from Massachusetts American male film actors American male t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors (2000 TV Series)
''Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff of both an NHS doctor's surgery and a university campus surgery, as well as the lives of their families and friends. Initially, only 41 episodes of the programme were ordered, but due to the positive reception, the BBC ordered it as a continuing soap opera. ''Doctors'' was filmed at the Pebble Mill Studios until 2004; production then relocated to the BBC Drama Village. Episodes are filmed three months prior to transmission. The soap is typically broadcast on weekdays at 1:45 pm on BBC One and takes three annual transmission breaks across the year; at Easter, during the summer and at Christmas. Since its inception, ''Doctors'' has consistently won the share of viewers in its daytime time slot, and as of 2022, it averages at 1.6 million live viewers in its daytime broadcast. The prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strip The Cosmos
''Strip the Cosmos'' is a documentary science television series narrated by Eric Loren. Aired by the Science Channel, it premiered on November 12, 2014. Content ''Strip The Cosmos'' builds upon a concept introduced in an earlier show, '' Strip the City'' — in which layers of a city were "stripped" away with computer-generated imagery to reveal what lay beneath them — and applies it to the universe as a whole. The series "strips" away layers of objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets, and black holes to reveal their interiors layer by layer and create a better understanding of how they originated, what makes them up, and how they work, with commentary by experts in astronomy and astrophysics. The series also describes space missions intended to expand human understanding of the universe. Episode list Season 1 (2014) SOURCES Season 2 (2017) SOURCES Season 3 (2018) SOURCES Season 4 (2020) SOURCES https://www.windfallfilms.com/show/18350/mystery-of-the-giant-ice- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houdini (miniseries)
''Houdini'' is a two-part, four-hour History channel miniseries written by Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel. It premiered on September 1, 2014. The series stars Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini and features the life of the legendary illusionist and escape artist from poverty to worldwide fame. Plot The miniseries follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions and his mastery of illusion. Cast * Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini, world-famous magician * Kristen Connolly as Bess Houdini, Harry's wife * Evan Jones as Jim Collins, Harry's assistant * Eszter Ónodi as Cecilia Weiss, Harry's mother * Tom Benedict Knight as Dash Houdini, Harry's younger brother * Louis Mertens as Erich Weiss (young Harry) * Tim Pigott-Smith as William Melville - Head of MI5 * Shaun Williamson as Sidney Reilly, MI5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychoville
''Psychoville'' is a British psychological horror-thriller black comedy mystery television series created and written by and starring '' The League of Gentlemen'' members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton for the BBC. It debuted on BBC Two on 18 June 2009. Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French, Jason Tompkins, Daniel Kaluuya and Eileen Atkins in additional starring roles. The first series was followed by a Halloween special, broadcast on 31 October 2010, which saw Imelda Staunton and Jason Watkins added to the main cast. The second series was first broadcast on 5 May 2011 and ended on 6 June. Reece Shearsmith has officially announced that there will not be a third series. In February 2020, Shearsmith and Pemberton's follow-up series, '' Inside No. 9'', crossed over with ''Psychoville'' and brought back five of the characters for the episode "Death Be Not Proud". Premise The series revolves around five different characters from dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eagle (TV Series)
''The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey'' (In Danish: "Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé") (2004-2006) is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2005. There were three seasons; the second season premiered in Denmark on 9 October 2005 and the third on 8 October 2006. The last episode originally aired in Denmark on 26 November 2006. The series was filmed on location in various parts of northern Europe, from Berlin (Germany) and Copenhagen (Denmark) to Stockholm ( Sweden), Oslo (Norway) and Iceland. Plot The series is named after the lead character, a half-Icelandic half-Danish police officer named Hallgrim Ørn Hallgrimsson, nicknamed "Ørnen" (the eagle). In the first episode, a new international criminal investigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Shouldn't Be Alive
''I Shouldn't Be Alive'' is a documentary television series made by Darlow Smithson Productions, a UK-based production company, that featured accounts of individuals or groups caught in life-threatening scenarios away from civilization in natural environments. The show aired on multiple networks in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, India, Iran, Pakistan and South Africa. The show was compiled using footage of interviews and graphic reenactments of the situation. The main focus of the show is the reenactment, with narration and commentary by the participant(s). Each episode also explained how the person(s) survived the ordeal against typical odds and outlined the decisions they had made that kept them alive. Production The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on 28 October 2005. Season 3 also airs in high definition on HD Theater. All episodes can now be seen in HD on DirecTV, Dish Network, or Verizon Fios. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', and premiered on 12 January 1999; the show ran until 29 March 2022. It follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital, the same hospital as ''Casualty'', in the fictional city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots with both ''Casualty'' (which include dedicated episodes broadcast as ''Casualty@Holby City'') and the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off '' HolbyBlue''. It began with eleven main characters in its first series, all of whom subsequently left the show. New main characters were then periodically written in and out, with a core of around fifteen main actors employed at any given time. In casting the first series, Young sought actors who were already well known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Race (TV Series)
''Space Race'' is a BBC docudrama series first shown in Britain on BBC2 between 14 September and 5 October 2005, chronicling the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the Moon. It focuses on Sergei Korolev, the Soviet chief rocket designer, and Wernher von Braun, his American counterpart. The series was a joint effort between British, German, American and Russian production teams. Reception Awards *Royal Television Society 2006 **Nominated: RTS Television Award for Best Production Design (Drama): Alan Spalding *Sir Arthur Clarke Award 2006 **Won: Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Best Presentation (TV & Radio) Episodes Episode 1: "Race For Rockets" (1944–1949) The results of Wernher von Braun's work on the V-2 for the Nazis at Mittelwerk and Peenemünde is shown, and his final activities within Germany during the last years of the Second World War, as both American and Soviet forces race to capture German rocket t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World
''Seven Wonders of the Industrial World'' is a 7-part British docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from to on BBC and was later released on DVD. The programme examines seven engineering feats that occurred since the Industrial Revolution. The same feats are covered in a companion book of the same name by producer Deborah Cadbury. Production The programmes were dramatised versions of actual events: actors played the various figures involved, reciting monologues and dialogue based on their letters and writings. It cost approximately £1 million to create the 7-part documentary. A book of the same name was released by producer Deborah Cadbury, exploring the same feats. Awards *2004 British Academy Television Awards **Nominated: Huw Wheldon Award for Factual Series or Strand *2004 British Academy Television Craft Awards **Nominated: Best Photography (Factual): Mike Spragg * RTS Television Awards 2004 **Nominated: Best Production Design (Entertainment & Non Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weirdsister College
''Weirdsister College'' is the sequel to successful British children's television series ''The Worst Witch'' (1998–2001), based on ''The Worst Witch'' books by Jill Murphy. ''Weirdsister College'' aired on ITV from 28 November to 14 December 2001. Production Before the release of Season 3 ''The Worst Witch'' the creators of the show realized that the actresses in the show were getting older and that making a potential fourth season after season 3 would be difficult. So instead, the creators were hired to create a sequel show to ''The Worst Witch'' which began development in early 2001. The show was cancelled in 2002. Plot The show follows Mildred Hubble ( Georgina Sherrington) in her first year at Weirdsister College, a university for students of magic. In a similar way to her adventures at Cackle's Academy, Mildred usually messes up, but saves the day in the end. The series has a darker tone than ''The Worst Witch'', with evil creatures and a possible doomsday. The Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
