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George Kay (writer)
George Kay is an English screenwriter. He wrote and co-created the international Netflix series ''Criminal'' and ''Lupin'', and the Apple TV+ thriller '' Hijack'', starring Idris Elba, as well as writing and executive-producing the 2022 television series '' Litvinenko''. He has also worked on the shows ''Stag'', '' My Mad Fat Diary'', '' The Hour'', ''The Tunnel'', and the first season of '' Killing Eve''. Whilst a teenage student at Wellington College, Berkshire, Kay met director Jim Field Smith, with whom he often collaborates. Whilst writing the script for '' Litvinenko'', Kay had access to transcripts of Alexander Litvinenko's eighteen hours of deathbed interviews with the Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and .... Litvinenko's widow, Marina, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hour (2011 TV Series)
''The Hour'' is a British television drama series broadcast on BBC. The series was centred on a then-new current-affairs show being launched by the BBC in June 1956, at the time of the Hungarian Revolution and Suez Crisis. It stars Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, and Romola Garai, with a supporting cast including Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Burn Gorman, Anton Lesser, Anna Chancellor, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Oona Chaplin. It was written by Abi Morgan (also one of the executive producers, alongside Jane Featherstone and Derek Wax). The series premiered on BBC Two and BBC Two HD on 19 July 2011 each Tuesday at 9 pm. Each episode lasts 60 minutes, with Ruth Kenley-Letts as producer and Coky Giedroyc as lead director. It was commissioned by Janice Hadlow, Controller, BBC Two, and Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning and produced by Kudos Film and Television. Hornsey Town Hall was used for much of the filming. Following the airing of the final episode of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime in Greater London. In addition, the Metropolitan Police is also responsible for some specialised matters throughout the United Kingdom; these responsibilities include co-ordinating and leading national counter-terrorism measures and the personal safety of specific individuals, such as the Monarch and other members of the Royal Family, members of the Government, and other officials (such as the Leader of the Opposition). The main geographical area of responsibilities of the Metropolitan Police District consists of the 32 London boroughs, but does not include the City of London proper — that is, the central financial district also known as the "Square Mile" — which is policed by a separate force, the City of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Valterovich "Sasha" Litvinenko (30 August 1962 ( at WebCite) or 4 December 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in tackling organized crime. A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he advised British intelligence and coined the term "mafia state". In November 1998, Litvinenko and several other FSB officers publicly accused their superiors of ordering the assassination of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Litvinenko was arrested the following March on charges of exceeding the authority of his position. He was acquitted in November 1999 but re-arrested before the charges were again dismissed in 2000. He fled with his family to London and was granted asylum in the United Kingdom, where he worked as a journalist, writer and consultant for the British intelligence services. During his time in Boston, Lincolnshire, Litvinenko wrote tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Field Smith
Jim Field Smith (born 20 February 1979) is an English film and television director, writer and producer. Early career Smith was a member of the British sketch comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire, who were nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award for their show ''Conspiracy'' in August 2005. The show transferred to the West End, and toured the UK. The following year, the group returned for a third year to the Edinburgh fringe and subsequently the Belfast theatre festival with a show entitled "Prison"'. He co-wrote and starred in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series '' Deep Trouble ''with Ben Willbond. As an actor, he appeared in various British TV comedies such as Coupling, Snuffbox and My Life in Film, and numerous commercials both on screen and as a voiceover artist. He also wrote several episodes of the MTV puppet sitcom "Fur TV". Directing career Smith got his break in Hollywood through directing short films such as ''Where Have I Been All Your Life?'' (2007) and ''Goodbye to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington College, Berkshire
Wellington College is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in the village of Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. Wellington is a registered charity and currently educates roughly 1,200 pupils, between the ages of 13 and 18, per annum. The college was built as a national monument to the first Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), in whose honour it is named. Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone in 1856 and inaugurated the School's public opening on 29 January 1859. Many former Wellington pupils fought in the trenches during the First World War, a conflict in which 707 of them lost their lives, many volunteering for military service immediately after leaving school. A further 501 former pupils were killed in action in the Second World War. The school is a member of the Rugby Group of 18 British public schools and is also a member of the G20 Schools group. History Wellington College was granted a royal charter in 1853 as "''The Royal and Religious Foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Eve
''Killing Eve'' is a British spy thriller television series, produced in the United Kingdom by Sid Gentle Films for BBC America and BBC Three. The series follows Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), a British intelligence investigator tasked with capturing psychopathic assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer). As the chase progresses, the two develop a mutual obsession. Based on the ''Villanelle'' novel series by Luke Jennings, each of the show's series is led by a different female head writer. The first series had Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the head writer, the second series Emerald Fennell, the third series Suzanne Heathcote and the fourth series Laura Neal. The first series premiered on BBC America on 8 April 2018, and on BBC iPlayer on 15 September 2018 through BBC Three. The third series premiered on 12 April 2020 for BBC America, and on 13 April 2020 for BBC iPlayer, and concluded on 31 May 2020. The fourth (and final) series premiered on 27 February 2022 on BBC America, 28 February 2022 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tunnel (TV Series)
''The Tunnel'' (french: link=no, Tunnel) is a British-French crime drama television series adapted from the 2011 Danish-Swedish crime series '' The Bridge'' (''Bron''/''Broen''). The series began broadcasting on 16 October 2013 on Sky Atlantic in the UK, and on 11 November 2013 on Canal+ in France. The series stars Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy as British and French police detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann. The plot follows the two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper half of a French politician and the lower half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel at the midpoint between France and the UK. The killer is nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist" and is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process. As the series progresses, the killer's true intention is revealed. The Anglo–French adaptation of ''The Bridge'' was announced as a joint project between Sky and Canal+ in January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Mad Fat Diary
''My Mad Fat Diary'' is a British teen drama, teen comedy-drama television series that debuted on E4 (TV channel), E4 on 14 January 2013. It is based on the novel ''My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary'' by Rae Earl. The second series started on 19 February 2014 and ended on 31 March 2014, with each episode posted on All 4, 4oD a week prior to the television release. In November 2014, it was announced that a final three-episode third series would be made, set in 1998. After three series and sixteen episodes, ''My Mad Fat Diary'' broadcast its final episode on 6 July 2015. The series was nominated for multiple BAFTA Scotland, BAFTA awards, with Sharon Rooney winning in 2015 for Best Drama Actress. Plot Set in Stamford, Lincolnshire in the mid-1990s, ''My Mad Fat Diary'' follows the story of 16-year-old, 16 stone (unit), stone (106 kilogram (unit), kg) (233 pound (mass), lb) girl, Rae Earl, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months. She begins to reconnect w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal (TV Series)
''Criminal'' is a series of four Netflix police procedural anthology TV series set in four countries. The four series are '' Criminal: France'', '' Criminal: Germany'', '' Criminal: Spain'', and '' Criminal: UK''. The series was devised by its showrunners George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and produced by their company Idiotlamp Productions. Although the showrunners are based in the UK, each of the local three-part series is written and performed in that country's native language by native actors, but all four individual local series were shot on the same set in Madrid, Spain. All four series were released simultaneously in September 2019. A second series of ''Criminal: UK'', consisting of four episodes, was released on 16 September 2020. Each episode is a stand-alone psychological drama, consisting of the interrogation of an individual by a team of police investigators. Every scene is confined to just three areas in a single location; a police interrogation room, a darkened viewing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stag (TV Series)
''Stag'' is a British black comedy television serial created by Jim Field Smith and George Kay, starring Jim Howick, Stephen Campbell Moore, Pilou Asbæk, JJ Feild, Rufus Jones, Amit Shah, Reece Shearsmith, and Tim Key. The three-part series, directed by Jim Field Smith from his scripts co-written with George Kay, began broadcasting on BBC Two, in the United Kingdom, on 27 February 2016. Plot Eight men set off on a hunting trip in the Scottish Highlands, a stag party for "Johnners". Ian, the bride's brother, is a last-minute addition to the party after somebody else dropped out. Being less of an alpha male than the others, he is immediately singled out for ridicule, but remains with the group because he has promised his sister that he will look after her fiancé. After insulting the gamekeeper who best man "Ledge" has hired to take them hunting in the woods, the group is abandoned by the old man, leaving them to fend for themselves. After they set up camp, a mysterious figure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litvinenko (TV Series)
''Litvinenko'' is a British 4-part television mini-series made for ITVX by Tiger Aspect, starring David Tennant in the role of Alexander Litvinenko, Margarita Levieva as Marina Litvinenko, directed by Jim Field Smith, and written by George Kay (writer), George Kay. The series premiered on 15 December 2022. Synopsis A dramatisation of the 10-year fight of Marina Litvinenko and the London police force as they work to prove the guilt and release the names of those responsible for the 2006 Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. Cast * David Tennant as Alexander Litvinenko * Margarita Levieva as Marina Litvinenko * Mark Bonnar as Detective Superintendent Clive Timmons, Metropolitan Police * Neil Maskell as Detective Inspector Brent Hyatt, Metropolitan Police * Stephen Campbell Moore as Ben Emmerson, KC * Simon Paisley Day as Sir John Scarlett * Daniel Ryan (actor), Daniel Ryan as Deputy assistant commissioner, DAC Peter Clarke (police officer), Peter C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
