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Frayed (TV Series)
''Frayed '' is an Australian and British television comedy-drama series on ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC TV and Sky UK, and later Sky Max. It premiered in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2019, and in Australia on 16 October 2019. The series was created and written by Australian comedian Sarah Kendall, who also stars in it. It is produced by Nicole O'Donohue and directed by Shaun Wilson and Jennifer Leace, while Sharon Horgan serves as an executive producer. In February 2021, it was announced that ''Frayed'' was renewed for a second season of six episodes. The second season began airing on 29 September 2021 in Australia on ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC TV. It aired in the UK on Sky Max from 23 February 2022. Plot ''Frayed'' is set in 1988 and follows the story of Samantha 'Sammy' Cooper, a wealthy housewife in London. She is forced to return to her hometown of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle in Australia after the death of her husband, when she is told his accumula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Houvardas
George Houvardas is an Australian actor who is best known for his role as Nick "Carbo" Karandonis in the television series ''Packed to the Rafters''. Biography Houvardas is the son of Anastasia (a teacher) and Michael (an accountant) and has two brothers, Steve and Tony (''fat Tony'') Houvardas. Houvardas is a graduate of Screenwise drama school and works part-time, along with his brothers, at his family's restaurant in McMahons Point, Sydney. Houvardas’s school years saw many sporting achievements reached. From years 7 to 10, he was the school marathon champion. He also won Goalkeeper of the Year (in his first year as a goalkeeper) at school and played in the NSW State Championships. Career From 2008 to 2013 he played Nick "Carbo" Karandonis in ''Packed to the Rafters''. This was his first acting role after his first audition. In 2009 Houvardas had a guest role in the second season of ''East West 101''. Houvardas appeared on Season 10 of the Seven Network reality show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Stollery
Christopher Stollery (born 12 August 1965) is an Australian television actor. He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1987. He is known for his role on '' State Coroner'' as Sgt. Dermot McLeod. He has had a leading role on ''The Flying Doctors'' and a recurring role role on ''Sea Patrol''. He has also had roles on and ''A Country Practice'', '' All Saints'', ''White Collar Blue'' and '' Water Rats''. He played the role of Lieutenant Nick Homer in the film A Divided Heart (2005). Stollery has a lengthy stage career including productions of ''Hamlet'' where he played Hamlet, ''Romeo and Juliet'' where The Sunday Age's Ken Healy stated "most outstanding are Christopher Stollery as the swaggering Capulet thug, Tybalt". and ''Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Putner
Paul Putner (born March 1966) is an English actor and comedian. Life and career Putner was born in March 1966 in East Grinstead, West Sussex. He studied at LAMDA where he won the Kenneth More prize for comedy acting. His first significant TV role saw Putner as numerous characters in ''The Glam Metal Detectives'' shown on BBC2. His real break in comedy came after he set up the club ''The Regency Rooms'' with fellow performers Steve Furst and Oliver Darly. The club developed a cult following and was attended by many comics. Richard Herring saw Paul performing there and cast him in his play ''Punk's Not Dead'' at the Edinburgh Fringe. This role led to many others including TV roles in Lee and Herring's shows. He has appeared in numerous British TV and radio shows, including '' This Morning With Richard Not Judy'' (1998), ''Sir Bernard's Stately Homes'' (1999), ''Spaced'' (1999), ''Rock Profile'' (2000), ''The Day the Music Died'' (2004–2007), ''Look Around You'' (2004) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Jones (actor)
Rufus Jones (born 17 May 1975) is an English actor. Early life Jones was born in London, and educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Cambridge, where he studied English. Career Jones began his career as one fifth of the comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire. On television, he is known for playing Doctor Foggerty in Julia Davis's award-winning dark comedy '' Hunderby,'' producer David Wilkes in ''W1A,'' and Miles Mollison in the BBC television mini series ''The Casual Vacancy''. He also played Terry Jones in the BBC Four BAFTA-nominated ''Holy Flying Circus,'' Cosmo in comedy-drama ''Stag,'' and Tom in Julia Davis's ''Camping.'' In 2006, Jones appeared as the journalist in series 2 episode 3 of the BBC comedy '' Extras''. Other credits include ''Mongrels'' (in which he voiced Nelson The Fox), ''William & Sinclair'' for Sky Atlantic's ''Common Ground'' season, ''Episodes'', '' It's Kevin'', '' The Wrong Mans'', '' Fresh Meat'' (series 2), '' Toast of London'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Godliman
Kerry Anna Godliman (born November 1973) is an English actor and comedian best known for her roles in ''Derek'', '' Bad Move'' and '' After Life''. Early life Godliman was born in Perivale, West London, and trained at Rose Bruford College in South London. Career Television In the first decade of the 2000s, Godliman appeared in a variety of television productions, including ''Spoons'', '' Law of the Playground'', '' Rush Hour'', ''Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow'', and '' Home Time''. She played Hannah in Ricky Gervais's Channel 4 sitcom ''Derek'', Belinda Dawes in ''Our Girl'', and Liz Carter in ''Carters Get Rich''. In 2017, Godliman landed the role of Nicky in the ITV sitcom '' Bad Move'' and in 2018, she played Peggy Aytean in the Channel 4 computer game series ''Rob Beckett's Playing for Time''. The same year, she won the seventh series of Dave's comedy game show '' Taskmaster'', beating James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, and Rhod Gilbert. Between 2017 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Bramhill
Gina Bramhill (born 30 July 1986) is a British actress. Background Gina Bramhill was born in Eastoft, where she grew up on a farm, and was educated at South Axholme Academy and John Leggott College. As a child, she appeared in several school plays. She was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Shortly after graduating she appeared as Bella in the movie ''Lotus Eaters''. 2012 she got a role as the recurring character Eve Sands in the TV series '' Being Human''. In the same year Bramhill played one of the main roles in the drama pilot ''The Frontier''. In '' Coronation Street'' she portrayed the character Jodie Woodward. She got a main role in the movie ''Pleasure Island'', which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. Bramhill also appears on theatre. In 2011 she played the rebellious teenager Annabel in ''Chicken'' at the Southwark Playhouse. She was Melody in ''Bad Jews'' at the Ustinov Studio The Ustinov Studio is a studio theatre in Bath, England. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Aubrey
Sarah Aubrey is a British-born Australian actress. She has had guest roles in episodes of ''Pieces of Her'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats'' and '' Frayed'', along with numerous animation series and TV commercials. She also won the Best Actress award at the 2002 Tropfest film festival and is one of Australia's top voice talents. Biography Aubrey has trained extensively in theatre, television and film. She started at the University of Newcastle where she played the lead in the 1993 production of '' Agnes of God'' alongside professional actresses, Julie Kirby and Peggy Thompson, directed by Australian theatre director, David Logan. She went on to further her training at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. Aubrey appeared in the Australian television soap, ''Home and Away'', in 1998 playing Tamara Duncan, in 2000 playing Gilly Austen and again in 2007 playing Judy Holly. In 2000 she also app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
The Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB) is a British organisation that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1981 to replace two previous systems whereby ITV ratings were compiled by JICTAR (Joint Industry Committee for Television Audience Research), whilst the BBC did their own audience research. BARB is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. Participating viewers have a box on top of their TV sets which tracks the programmes they watch. Business Currently, BARB have approximately 5,100 homes (equating to approximately 12,000 individuals) participating in the panel. This means that with a total UK population of 65,648,100, according to the 2016 census, each viewer with a BARB reporting box represents over 5,000 people. The box records exactly what programmes they watch, and the panelists indicate who is in the room watching by pressing a butt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Dence
Margaret Helen Dence (born 1 February 1942) is an Australian actress of stage and screen, with a career spanning some seven decades. She is equally at home in both comedy and drama roles, and is best known to early audiences for her roles in the satirical TV comedy ''The Mavis Bramston Show'', and also serving as that series' mascot. Dence featured in comedy ''Kingswood Country'' with stars Ross Higgins and Judi Farr, and is known for iconic roles in TV series ''The Sullivans'', ''Prisoner'' and ''Neighbours'' as Dorothy Burke. Professional career Stage TV and Film Dence is well known to Sydney theatre audiences for the very large number of roles she has played, in particular with the Nimrod Theatre Company. She has also appeared in panto in the United Kingdom. From 1966 to 1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program ''The Mavis Bramston Show''. One of her characters was the title character Mavis Bramston – the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Hall (actress)
Jane Hall is an Australian actress, comedian, writer and presenter. She is best known for playing Rebecca Napier on the soap opera ''Neighbours''. Early life Born in Hamilton Victoria, Hall grew up in the Dandenong Ranges. She attended Tecoma Primary School, Belgrave South Primary School and Upwey High School. Hall studied drama at MBCTA Youth Theatre and at high school she appeared in High School productions. Career A child actress, Hall began her acting career in 1985, with a guest role in the television series ''The Henderson Kids,'' opposite Stefan Dennis. She performed in school productions at Belgrave South Primary School"Glory Days – Memories of Belgrave South Primary School and its community", by Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society, 2011 and also appeared in amateur High School productions. Hall reached large audiences through her long running role in situation comedy series '' All Together Now'', which also starred Jon English, Rebecca Gibney and Steven Jacobs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pippa Grandison
Pippa Jody Grandison (born 12 September 1970) is an Australian actress and singer. She currently lives in Sydney, with her husband Steve Le Marquand and son. Career Pippa Grandison was born in Perth, Western Australia. She made her debut in the Australian television drama series '' A Country Practice'' in 1990. Notable TV and film credits include '' All Saints'' (1999–2006), ''Muriel's Wedding'' (1994) and '' Babe: Pig in the City'' (1998; voice role). Grandison then became part of a pop group called Ladykiller, and began to dedicate her singing voice to musical theatre, playing leading roles in the musicals ''The Witches of Eastwick'', ''We Will Rock You'', '' Company'', and "Georgy Girl": Story Of The Seekers. ''Wicked'' She later received the chance to star in the role of Elphaba in the Australian production of the musical ''Wicked'' during the Sydney season of the show, when its main star, Amanda Harrison, fell ill. Grandison shared the role with Jemma Rix Jemma R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
