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Gifted (2003 Film)
''Gifted'' is a one-off British drama thriller television film, written and devised by Kay Mellor, that first broadcast on ITV on 29 October 2003. Starring Kenny Doughty, Claire Goose and Christine Tremarco, the film follows top-flight footballer Jamie Gilliam (Doughty), who is accused of rape by Sharon Harrison (Tremarco), a part-time lap dancer. When Gilliam strongly denies the accusations made against him, Harrison drops the case following intense scrutiny from the press, leading her best friend, Maxine Norris (Goose), to look deeper into the case. The film was produced by Rollem Productions, and directed by Douglas Mackinnon. 6.19 million viewers tuned in for the initial broadcast. ''Gifted'' was released on DVD via IMC Vision on 7 February 2005. Broadcast Reports in ''The Independent'' in October 2003 suggested that ''Gifted'' was under review to be shelved, due to striking similarities with ongoing news stories involving a group of then unidentified Premiership footballers i ...
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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 ...
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Caroline Carver (actress)
Caroline Carver may refer to: * Caroline Carver (author) (born 1959), crime author * Caroline Carver (actress) Caroline Carver may refer to: * Caroline Carver (author) (born 1959), crime author * Caroline Carver (actress) (born 1976), English actress {{Hndis, Carver, Caroline ...
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British Thriller Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ...
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S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ...
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2003 Television Films
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ...
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2003 Films
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14  billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after ''Titanic'' in 1997. '' Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ''Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the m ...
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ITV Television Dramas
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 Islands **ITV1, a brand name used by ITV plc for twelve franchises of the ITV television network covering England, Southern Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands **ITV Digital, a defunct UK digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which opened in 1998 as ONdigital and closed in 2002 **ITV plc, the British parent company which owns thirteen of the fifteen ITV television network franchises **ITV Studios, a television production company owned by ITV plc **itv.com, the main website of ITV plc *ITV Parapentes, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer *ITV Independent Television Tanzania, a Tanzanian television station and member of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) *CITV-DT, a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, ...
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Pip Torrens
Philip D'Oyly "Pip" Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor. Known for playing urbane, authoritative figures, Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'', aristocrat Lord Massen in the HBO series ''The Nevers'' and held leading roles in ''Poldark'' and ''Versailles''. His film appearances include ''The Danish Girl'', '' The Iron Lady'', ''War Horse'' and '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. In 2017, he joined the main cast of AMC's ''Preacher'', portraying the antagonist Herr Klaus Helmut Starr. He also provided his voice to Lofty Thaddeus Worthington in the 2005 film '' Valiant''. Early life and education Son of Rev. Robert Harrington Torrens, MA, and descendant of the lawyer and colonial official Henry Whitelock Torrens, Torrens was born in Bromley, Kent, and educated at Bloxham School. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1981, MA 1987), and subsequently studied acting at Drama Studio London. Career Torre ...
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Abdul Salis
Abdul Wahab Mumuni (born 6 July 1979), known professionally as Abdul Salis, is a British actor. He played paramedic Curtis Cooper on ''Casualty'', the longest-running medical drama broadcast in the UK. He is the son of Ghanaian parents who moved to London in 1976. He has one child. A daughter, Mia Mumuni. Career Television Salis has appeared in numerous television roles, including ''The Hidden City'' (2002), ''Casualty'' (2008–09), '' Trevor's World of Sport'' (2003) and an episode of ''Doctor Who'' “Fear Her” (2006) as Kel. He was in an episode of CBBC's '' M.I. High'' “The Big Bling” as Ben Lacy (a footballer). In ''Father Brown'' (2019) S7:E2, "The Passing Bell”, he played Enoch Rowe, an immigrant farm laborer from Trinidad. In January 2019, Salis played the role of ''Caden James'' in ''EastEnders''. In June 2020, Salis was announced to play ''Eamon Valda'' in Amazon's forthcoming ''The Wheel of Time (TV series)''. Cinema His films include ''Love Actua ...
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Nick Reding (actor)
Nicholas Mark Reding (born 31 August 1962 in Chiswick, London) is an English actor. During a career of more than two decades, he is probably best known for playing PC Pete Ramsey in ''The Bill'' and DI Michael Connor in the BBC crime thriller series ''Silent Witness''. His many TV and film appearances include ''The Monocled Mutineer'', ''Bodyguards'', ''Oscar'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Frank Stubbs Promotes'', ''Minder'', ''Tales from the Crypt'', '' Bugs'', ''Sword of Honour'', ''A Touch of Frost'', ''Paradise Postponed'', '' Murder in Mind'', ''Boon'', ''The Ruth Rendell Mysteries'', ''Captive'', '' Mister Johnson'', ''The House of Eliott'', ''Police 2020'', ''Sunburn'', ''Croupier'', ''Judge John Deed'', ''The Constant Gardener'', ''Blood Diamond'' and ''Soul Boy''. On stage he played Joseph Porter Pitt in Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America'' at the Royal National Theatre, as well as leading roles at the Royal Court. He also appeared in ''Lovejoy''. Charity work Reding is founde ...
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Mary Jo Randle
Mary Jo Randle (born 26 April 1954) is an English actress from Rochdale, Lancashire) working in theatre and television. After a childhood in Littleborough, Randle left home to study for a degree in drama at the University of Birmingham but switched course to Social Administration. Upon graduation she applied and was accepted for a place at RADA, where she was the recipient of the Bancroft Gold Medal. In 1981 she won Most Promising Actress at the Ronson awards. Mary Jo Randle is best known for her roles as Jo Morgan in ''The Bill'' (1993–1995) and Bernie Quinlan in '' The Lakes.'' She has also featured in ''Holby City'', ''Emmerdale'', ''Victoria Wood as Seen on TV'', ''The Royal'', ''Casualty'', ''Doctors'', ''Heartbeat'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Bad Behaviour'', ''Wire in the Blood'' and a public information film Public information films (PIFs) are a series of government-commissioned short films, shown during television advertising breaks in th ...
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John McArdle
John McArdle (born 16 August 1949) is an English actor. He is most notable for playing Billy Corkhill in the soap opera ''Brookside'', with many other smaller appearances in other soaps and dramas. Playing a regular character in ''Brookside''s heyday (alongside Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston, and working with writers such as Jimmy McGovern), he made himself memorable with his portrayal of a man beyond breaking point, which culminated with him ranting at neighbours and churning up their lawns as he drove his car around in circles. McArdle was the subject of '' This Is Your Life'' in 2003 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel on the set of '' Merseybeat''. In 2006, McArdle portrayed Frank Taylor in an episode of BBC TV's '' Surviving Disaster'' that concerned the Munich air disaster of 1958, which Taylor was the only newspaper reporter to survive. In 2010, McArdle played Christopher Mead's father in '' Waterloo Road''. He is also an accomplished stage actor, recently se ...
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