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Fanny By Gaslight (TV Series)
''Fanny by Gaslight'' is a British drama television series, which originally aired on BBC1 between 24 September and 15 October 1981. It was an adaptation of the 1940 novel '' Fanny by Gaslight'' by Michael Sadleir, which had previously been adapted into a film '' Fanny by Gaslight'' in 1944. The series was adapted by Anthony Steven, directed by Peter Jefferies and produced by Joe Waters. Chloe Salaman plays the title role of Fanny Hooper, a young woman who is orphaned and faced with hardship in Victorian London. Partial cast * Chloe Salaman – Fanny Hooper * Peter Woodward – Harry Somerford * Michael Culver – Lord Manderstoke * Julia Chambers Julia Chambers is an English television actress. She was born in Bristol, England. Selected filmography Television * ''The Mallens'' (1979) * ''Cribb'' (1980) * ''Shoestring'' (1980) * ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1981) * ''Beau Geste'' (1982) * ... – Lucy Beckett References External links * 1981 British television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Steven
Anthony Steven (3 August 1916 – 26 May 1990) was a British television scriptwriter whose career spanned over three decades. Notable works include '' All Creatures Great and Small'', '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' and ''The Forsyte Saga''. Career Anthony Steven began his career as a reporter on the ''Oxford Mail''. Later, he was discovered by John Grierson, the founder of the Crown Film Unit, who hired him as a writer. In 1957 Steven joined the BBC. A prolific writer, he wrote many television serials over a period of thirty years. Some of his scripts were original but many were adaptations of classic novels, including several episodes of ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1967). In 1984, he wrote the script for the ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Twin Dilemma'', the first to star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny By Gaslight (novel)
''Fanny by Gaslight'' is a 1940 novel by the English author Michael Sadleir. Sadleir's best-known work, it is a fictional exploration of prostitution in Victorian London. It has been adapted several times, most notably in a 1944 Gainsborough Pictures film of the same name starring Phyllis Calvert, and a 1981 four-part BBC television series with Chloe Salaman in the title role. Story ''Fanny By Gaslight'' is written in the narrative form of alternating person. Initially set in France (in the fictional Ile de France village of Les Yvelines-la-Carriére) in the 1930s, and written in the third person, it tells of an encounter between a middle-aged book publisher, Gerald Warbeck, and an elderly lady whom he first assumes is called Mme Oupére, but discovers is English, and called Hooper. He becomes intrigued by how she ended up in a provincial French backwater, and persuades her to tell him her story. The narrative then moves to the first person of Fanny Hooper. It begins with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sadleir
Michael Sadleir (25 December 1888 – 13 December 1957), born Michael Thomas Harvey Sadler, was a British publisher, novelist, book collector, and bibliographer. Biography Michael Sadleir was born in Oxford, England, the son of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler and Mary Ann Harvey.Michael Sadleir Papers, 1797–1958 unc.edu. Retrieved 15 July 2017. He adopted the older variant of his surname to differentiate himself from his father, a historian, educationist, and of the ."Monopolising the Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Salaman
Chloe Salaman (born 1952) is an English film and television actress. Career She has appeared in several films and various television productions, including as Princess Elspeth in fantasy film ''Dragonslayer'' and as Sarah Churchill in '' Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years'' (both 1981), an eight-part television miniseries. In the same year she took the leading role as Fanny Hooper in BBC television miniseries '' Fanny by Gaslight'', based on the 1940 novel of the same name by Michael Sadleir. In 1990 she appeared in the ''Poirot'' episode "The Cornish Mystery". Personal life Salaman lives in West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ..., England. References External links * * * 1952 births Living people English film actresses English telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Woodward
Peter Woodward (born 24 January 1956) is a British actor, stuntman and screenwriter. He is probably best known for his role as Galen in the ''Babylon 5'' spin-offs '' Babylon 5: A Call to Arms'', ''Crusade'' and '' Babylon 5: The Lost Tales''. He is also known for his role as British Army Brigadier General Charles O'Hara in '' The Patriot''. Early life and education Woodward was born in London, the second son of actors Venetia Mary Collett (also known as Venetia Barrett) and Edward Woodward. His siblings Tim and Sarah are also actors. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Career Actor After graduation, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, starring in many of their productions including ''Winter's Tale'', ''Comedy of Errors'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Woodward has also played a wide range of major character roles in films and television including the role of the German Captain Stossel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Culver
Michael Culver (born 16 June 1938) is an English actor. He was born in Hampstead, London, the son of actor Roland Culver and casting director Daphne Rye. He was educated at Gresham's School. Actor Culver's aunt, father, mother and brother all had theatrical careers. Culver gained experience at the Old Vic, Dundee Rep (performing in 35 plays in 2 years) and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Culver has appeared in several television series in recurring roles, as Squire Armstrong in ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1972–74), Major Erwin Brandt in the BBC drama '' Secret Army'' (1977–78), crooked banker Ralph Saroyan in the second series of ''The House of Eliott'' (1992) and the strict Prior Robert ('Brother Prior') in ''Cadfael'' (1994–98). His guest roles include an episode of ''The Sweeney'' as Dave Leeford (episode ''Money, Money, Money;'' 1978), ''The Professionals'' (1982) as Lawson, ''Miss Marple'' "The Moving Finger" (1985) as Edward Symmington and as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Chambers
Julia Chambers is an English television actress. She was born in Bristol, England. Selected filmography Television * ''The Mallens'' (1979) * ''Cribb'' (1980) * ''Shoestring'' (1980) * ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1981) * ''Beau Geste'' (1982) * '' The Optimist'' (1985) * ''Agatha Christie's Poirot ''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...'' (1989) * '' Wycliffe'' (1995) References External links * 1956 births English television actresses Living people {{UK-tv-actor-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In The United Kingdom
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the Mechanical television#Television demonstrations, first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view and Pay television, subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky Electronic program guide, EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there are basically 485 TV channels, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television advertisement, advertisements, or Trailer (promotion), trailers that are typically placed between shows. Television shows are most often broadcast programming, scheduled for broadcast well ahead of time and appear on electronic program guide, electronic guides or other TV listings, but streaming services often make them available for viewing anytime. The content in a television show can be produced with different methodologies such as taped variety shows emanating from a television studio stage, animation or a variety of film productions ranging from movies to series. Shows not produced on a television studio stage are usually contracted or licensed to be made by appropriate production companies. Television shows can be viewed live (real time), b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny By Gaslight (film)
''Fanny by Gaslight'' (US title – ''Man of Evil'') is a 1944 British drama film, directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Gainsborough Pictures, set in the 1870s and adapted from a 1940 novel by Michael Sadleir (also adapted as a 1981 TV serial). It was the second of its famous period-set "Gainsborough melodramas", following ''The Man in Grey'' (1943). Its US release was delayed for its breaking the Hays Purity Code and 17 minutes were removed. Stewart Granger later said he "didn't like" the film because of its "drippy characters" but thought "Asquith was much the best of those directors I worked with at Gainsborough."Brian MacFarlane, ''An Autobiography of British Cinema'', Methuen 1997 p 230 Plot The story unfolds in Victorian London. Fanny is only 9 years old and is in the street with her young friend. They wander down to a basement, which appears to be a brothel and nightclub (Hopwood Shades). She is given a coin and then pulled out by Joe, her father's handyman. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
