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Gregg Chillin
Gregg Chilingirian (born 15 December 1988) better known by his stage name Gregg Chillin, is an English actor and writer born in Cambridgeshire. Early life Gregg Chilingirian was born in December 1988 in Cambridge to parents of Armenian and English descent. Career Chillin is notable for his role as ruthless vampire Domenico in SKY, HBO and AMC's A Discovery of Witches in its third season. He has appeared in many television shows over the years, including Zoroaster da Peretola in David S. Goyer's TV series ''Da Vinci's Demons''. Owen in the first series of BBC Three's '' Being Human'', BBC One's ''Inside Men'', ''Waking the Dead'' and ''Zen'' playing the character of Pepe Spadola alongside Rufus Sewell. He provided the voice of Ron Weasley in several of the Harry Potter Video Games. Chillin made his stage debut at the Royal National Theatre playing Mark in Dennis Kelly's ''DNA'' in 2008. Chillin played Lord Ingtar Shinowa in ''The Wheel of Time ''The Wheel of Time'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Following the Local Government Act 1972 restructuring, modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of two administrative counties: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, comprising the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cambridgeshire (including the Isle of Ely); and Huntingdon and Peterborough, comprising the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, historically part of Northamptonshire. Cambridgeshire contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county is now divided between Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, which since 1998 has formed a separate Unitary authorities of England, unita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Kelly
Dennis Kelly is a British scriptwriter for theatre, television and film. His play ''DNA'', first performed in 2007, became a core set-text for GCSE in 2010 and has been studied by approximately 400,000 students each year. He wrote the book for ''Matilda the Musical'', which featured music and lyrics from musician and comedian Tim Minchin. The musical went on to win multiple ‘Best Musical’ awards, with Kelly receiving a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. A film adaptation of the musical with screenplay by Kelly will be released in December 2022. For television he is known for co-creating and co-writing the BBC Three sitcom '' Pulling'', the Channel 4 conspiracy thriller ''Utopia'' and the HBO / Sky Atlantic thriller ''The Third Day''. Kelly wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film ''Black Sea'', directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Jude Law. Personal life Kelly grew up on a council estate in Barnet, North London. A child of an Irish family, he was one of five ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurelio Zen
Michael Dibdin (21 March 1947 – 30 March 2007) was a British crime writer, best known for inventing Aurelio Zen, the principal character in 11 crime novels set in Italy. Early life Dibdin was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (now West Midlands), England. The son of a physicist, he was brought up from the age of seven in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, where he attended the Friends' School and was taught by James Simmons. He graduated with a degree in English from Sussex University, and then went to study for a Master's degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Career After publishing his first novel, a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, he lived for four years in Italy, teaching at the university in Perugia. Dibdin is best known for his Aurelio Zen mysteries, set in Italy. The first of these, '' Ratking'', won the 'Gold Dagger' award of 1988. This series of detective novels provide a penetrating insight into the less visible aspects of Italian society over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nearly Famous
''Nearly Famous'' is a television drama mini-series about a group of British teenagers at a top London school of the performing arts. It is shown in the UK and Ireland on E4. The show has been compared to other teen drama series such as ''The O.C.'' and '' Skins''. The show debuted on E4 on 8 November 2007 and ended its run on 13 December 2007. It is filmed in Kent, England. Synopsis The six part series follows Lila (Talulah Riley), an awkward 19-year-old with a mentally ill mother, but with an exceptional talent for writing; Owen ( Aaron Johnson), who can not read music any more than he can rewrite his wayward past; Joe, (Tunji Kasim) a nice guy with a talent doing light and sound, who is a bit of a nerd; and Kate (Anna Brewster) a beautiful, ambitious actress, who is sick of living in the shadow of her successful film director dad. Over the six-week series, the world of this unlikely group of friends is explored. Characters * Aaron Johnson as Owen Stephens – A talented mus ... [...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 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackanory
''Jackanory'' is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story was the fairy-tale "Cap-o'-Rushes" read by Lee Montague. ''Jackanory'' continued to be broadcast until 1996, with around 3,500 episodes in its 30-year run. The final story, ''The House at Pooh Corner'' by A. A. Milne, was read by Alan Bennett and broadcast on 24 March 1996. The show was briefly revived on 27 November 2006 for two one-off stories, and the format was revived as ''Jackanory Junior'' on CBeebies between 2007 and 2009. The show's format, which varied little over the decades, involved an actor reading from children's novels or folk tales, usually while seated in an armchair. From time to time the scene being read would be illustrated by a specially commissioned still drawing, often by Quentin Blake. In 1983, Malou Bonicos was commissioned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. ''The Bill'' was the longest-running police procedural television series in the United Kingdom, and among the longest running of any British television series at the time of its cancellation. The title originates from "Old Bill", a slang term for the police. Although highly acclaimed by fans and critics, the series attracted controversy on several occasions. An episode broadcast in 2008 was criticised for featuring fictional treatment for multiple sclerosis. The series has also faced more general criticism concerning its levels of violence, particularly prior to 2009, when it occupied a pre-watershed slot. ''The Bill'' won several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysti Show
''Mysti'' (''The Mysti Show'' for Series 1) is a British children's television programme, produced by ''Mystical Productions'' for the BBC from 17 April 2004 to 16 December 2005. It initially took the format of an hour-long programme combining magazine and narrative elements, but was subsequently reformed into a series of 20-minute, all-narrative programmes. Format Series 1 The Mysti Show was broadcast on Saturday mornings on CBBC Channel at 10am. It was also simulcasted on BBC One and later moved to BBC Two. The hour-long shows were a mix of drama and entertainment, featuring 40 minutes of magazine and feature content wrapped around two 10-minute segments of narrative drama. The feature content included a gameshow element titled ''The Battle of Elbubb''. The characters within the narrative segments included Mysti (Laura Aikman), who is half-human and half-fairy; and her friends Rick (Oliver Mason), Ella (Eva Alexander), Ollie ( Ashley Campbell), and Abby (Yasmin Paige). Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen's Nose
''The Queen's Nose'' is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Jill Bennett. Set in England, where King-Smith lived, it features a girl who can use a fifty pence coin to make wishes. When the book was reprinted in 1994, publishers HarperTrophy commissioned a new cover art illustrated by Michael Koelsch. The book was adapted into the 1995 TV series '' The Queen's Nose'', which was a great success and ran for 7 series. Plot The book by Dick King-Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10-year-old girl who wants an animal of her own, but this is not allowed by her parents, who think that animals are dirty. Harmony has a 15-year-old sister, Melody, who spends most of her time looking in a mirror. Harmony's best friend is a toy dog, Rex Ruff Monty. Harmony believes that animals are more interesting than humans, and so she pictures the people she meets as animals; her father is a sea lion, her mother a Pouter pigeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green-Eyed Monster
Jealousy generally refers to the thoughts or feelings of insecurity, fear, and concern over a relative lack of possessions or safety. Jealousy can consist of one or more emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness or disgust. In its original meaning, ''jealousy'' is distinct from envy, though the two terms have popularly become synonymous in the English language, with ''jealousy'' now also taking on the definition originally used for envy alone. These two emotions are often confused with each other, since they tend to appear in the same situation. Jealousy is a typical experience in human relationships, and it has been observed in infants as young as five months.Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2000). Five-month-old infants can be jealous: Against cognitivist solipsism. Paper presented in a symposium convened for the XIIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), 16–19 July, Brighton, UK. Some researchers claim that jealousy is seen in all cultures and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty8k
''Twenty8k'' is a 2012 British thriller film directed by David Kew and Neil Thompson and starring Parminder Nagra, Jonas Armstrong, and Stephen Dillane. Synopsis In East London, during the lead up to the Olympics, a teenage boy is gunned down outside a nightclub and a young girl dies in a hit and run in two seemingly unrelated deaths. Deeva Jani, a Paris-based fashion executive, returns home to clear her brother Vipon of the shooting and soon discovers a much deeper conspiracy. Cast * Parminder Nagra as Deeva Jani * Jonas Armstrong as Clint O'Connor * Nichola Burley as Andrea Patterson * Kaya Scodelario as Sally Weaver * Michael Socha as Tony Marchetto * Kierston Wareing as Francesca Marchetto * Stephen Dillane as DCI Edward Stone * Nathalie Emmanuel Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel (born 2 March 1989) is an English actress. Emmanuel began her acting career appearing in theatre in the late 1990s, acquiring roles in various West End productions such as the musical ''The Lion King'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Frogface
''Freddy Frogface'' ( da, Orla Frøsnapper) is a 2011 Danish 3D animated comedy film directed by Peter Dodd, and based on the book ''Orla Frøsnapper'' by Ole Lund Kirkegaard. It was later dubbed into English and was released in several other countries. It is the first film in a trilogy of computer-animated films based on children's books by Kirkegaard, after '' Jelly T'' (2012) and '' Otto the Rhino'' (2013). Plot Freddy was framed by victor and Jacob and their dog sausage. Victor was so wrong he even embarrassed Freddy in the town square throwing a frog in his mouth, he proceeded to call him Freddy frog face. This girl got a crush on Freddy and started dating him. A circus happened and Freddy had so much talent they accepted him to work there. Original Danish Cast * Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Orla Frøsnapper / Tryllekunster / Klovn * Thure Lindhardt as Victor * Nicolaj Kopernikus as Jakob / Lille Louis / Kontrollør / Fakir * Katrine Falkenberg as Clara * Margrethe Koytu as Fru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
