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Hetty Feather (TV Series)
''Hetty Feather'' is a British children's drama series, based on the novel of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. Set in the Victorian era, it focuses on the life of the title character who was abandoned as a baby, lives first in a Foundling Hospital in London, and later works as a maid for a rich family in their home. The first series aired from 11 May 2015 to 6 July 2015. The series began airing in the United States on BYUtv in 2018. The show concluded with a three-part special which served as the series' sixth and final season. Premise The series revolves around Hetty Feather, who was abandoned as a baby at the Foundling Hospital. She and her foster brother Gideon Smeed were fostered for a while by Peg Cotton, but when they turned 5, they had to return to the Foundling Hospital. The series is set during 1887 and filmed at Cobham Hall, Cobham, Kent anThe Historic Dockyard Chathamwith The Maidstone Studios as their production base for Series 2 and 3. During series 3, filmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Herald (Utah)
The ''Daily Herald'' is a daily newspaper that covers news and community events in Utah County, central Utah. Much of the coverage focuses on the Provo-Orem metropolitan area in Utah Valley. The ''Daily Herald'' is owned by Ogden Newspapers. The paper has a daily circulation of 32,000, with a Thursday circulation of 42,000 and a Sunday circulation of 36,000. It also owns nine community publications in Utah and Sanpete counties. History The earliest predecessor of the ''Daily Herald'', the ''Provo Daily Times'', was founded in 1873. It was the first newspaper to be published in Provo, when Utah was still a frontier territory. The paper eventually changed its name to the ''Enquirer'', and then to the ''Provo Post''. A competitor, the ''Utah County Democrat'', was founded in 1898 and renamed the ''Provo Herald'' in 1909. In 1924 the ''Provo Post'' and the ''Provo Herald'' merged, forming a final foundation for the later ''Daily Herald''. The company was purchased in 1926 by James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhea Bailey
Rhea Bailey (born 12 July 1983) is a British actress. She is the younger sister of singer Corinne Bailey Rae. Her father is Kittitian and her mother is English. She is best known for her roles as PC Mel Ryder in ''The Bill'' between 2008 and 2010, and Caz Hammond in ''Coronation Street'' in 2015 and 2016. Her other television roles include Chloe Simms on the soap opera ''Crossroads'', former student Yasmin Deardon in BBC school drama '' Waterloo Road'', Jade in the ''Torchwood'' episode " Out of Time", Jazz in the movie ''Credo'' (also known as ''The Devil's Curse'') and DC Lisa Goodall in the ITV series '' Blue Murder''. , ITV
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Georgie Glen
Georgie Glen is a Scottish actress, known for her film and television work in both dramatic and comedic roles. Among her most popular performances are the running characters of Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series ''Call The Midwife'' from 2018 onwards, and of history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' from 2012 to 2015. Life and career Glen is from Helensburgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked at Thames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer for five years before studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year at Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, England. She has featured in the BBC One drama series, ''Call the Midwife'', '' Waterloo Road'', ''Les Misérables'', as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she had appeared in ''Les Misérables'' the film, as Madame Baptistine. Additional period per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Williams (actress)
Kate Williams (born December 1941) is an English actress best known for playing Joan Booth in ''Love Thy Neighbour'' (1972–1976) and Liz Turner in ''EastEnders'' (2006–2010). She has also played Dorothy Burgess in ''May to December'' (1989–1994), Myra Costello in ''Family Affairs'' (2003–2005) and Aunty Vera in '' Birds of a Feather'' (2015–2016) as well as roles in the films ''Holiday on the Buses'' (1973) and ''Quadrophenia'' (1979). Career Williams is known for three television roles: Joan Booth in the 1970s sitcom ''Love Thy Neighbour''; Teresa in the 1971 BBC play ''Edna, the Inebriate Woman''; and Audrey Withey in the crime drama ''Widows''. She reprised the role of Audrey in both ''Widows 2'' (1985), and 1995 sequel ''She's Out''. In addition to her appearance in ''Holiday on the Buses'', in which she played the Holiday Camp nurse, she had previously appeared as Wendy, a brassy conductress, in the fourth episode of the fourth series of ''On the Buses'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Wadia
Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is a British actress and comedian. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', Aunty Noor in Citizen Khan Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy ''Still Open All Hours'', and for starring in the BBC Two sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me''. Additionally, Wadia appeared in the Hindi-language romantic comedy ''Namaste London'' in 2007. She also appeared in the series ''Origin'' in 2018. Early life Wadia was born on 18 December 1968 in Bombay, India and is of Parsi ancestry. She has an older brother and older sister; both of her parents have died. When Wadia was nine years old she moved to Hong Kong and was a student at Island School, Hong Kong. Career Television and film Wadia first came to prominence in BBC sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me'', playing characters such as Mrs "I can make it at home for nothing!" and one half of ''The Competitive Mothers''. She took over from her '' Goodness Gracious Me'' co-star, Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Frost (actor)
Mark Frost is an English actor who has worked widely in both theatre and television. In television, Frost is known as a series regular as Steve Rawlings in ''Doctors'', Jeffrey Simpson in ''The Bill'', Tom Carne in ''Poldark'', and Ray Crosby in ''Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...''. Filmography Stage References External links * 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male film actors English male soap opera actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Whelan
Gemma Elizabeth Whelan (born 23 April 1981) is an English actress and comedian known for portraying Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama series ''Game of Thrones''. She also plays Kate in all seasons of the comedy ''Upstart Crow'', Detective Eunice Noon on the first season of ''The End of the F***ing World'' on Channel 4, and Geraldine on the third season of ''Killing Eve''. Early life Whelan was born in Leeds and grew up in the Midlands. She attended The King's High School for Girls in Warwick and the London Studio Centre. Career As a stand-up comedian, Whelan won the 2010 Funny Women Variety Award. She performed at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe with her show ''Chastity Butterworth & The Spanish Hamster''. In 2014 she recorded a pilot chat show as her character Chastity Butterworth for BBC Radio 4. On screen, she has played supporting roles in several films and TV shows, including in the 2010 films ''Gulliver's Travels'' and '' The Wolfman''. She played Kate (appearing in all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendi Peters
Wendi Louise Peters (born 29 February 1968) is an English actress. Peters began her acting career in theatre, with appearances in various productions including ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1991), ''Guys and Dolls'' (1991), ''Into the Woods'' (1992), '' Bedroom Farce'' (1996) and ''Noises Off'' (1997). Then from 2003 to 2007, she portrayed Cilla Battersby-Brown in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. After leaving ''Coronation Street'' to pursue other opportunities, she competed in and reached the final of ''Celebrity MasterChef'', before returning to the stage to appear in various touring productions and West End theatre roles. She reprised her role of Cilla in 2014 for a brief stint and then appeared in the CBBC series ''Hetty Feather'' from 2015 to 2017. From February 2023, Peters will begin appearing as Nina Bulsara in the BBC daytime soap opera ''Doctors''. Life and career 1987–2010: Career beginnings and ''Coronation Street'' As a child, Peters attended dance school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Allen
Isabelle Lucy Allen (born 16 March 2002) is an English stage and screen actress known for her role as the young Cosette in the 2012 film adaptation of ''Les Misérables''. The role earned her critical acclaim and various film cast awards such as the National Board of Review Award for Best Cast and the Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture. Career Allen was discovered by Jeremy James Taylor, head of the British National Youth Music Theatre after seeing her in the play ''The Pied Piper'' in Eastbourne, East Sussex, her hometown. She made her professional debut in the 2012 film ''Les Misérables'' as the younger version of Amanda Seyfried's character Cosette, which earned her the Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress Age Ten and Under. She was later cast in the same role in the West End stage production of the show. She continued in the show until March 2013, sharing her role with: Lois Ellington, Ashley Goldberg and Sarah Huttlestone. From July to Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ashforde
Matthew Ashforde is an English actor known for his appearances in ''EastEnders'', ''Press Gang'', and ''Is It Legal?''. Ashforde played Sonia Fowler's lawyer Adam Childe in ''EastEnders'' in 2007. He also played the character of Darren in ''Is It Legal?'', the hotel porter in ''Mr. Bean in Room 426'', Abi Harper's boyfriend in the ''My Family'' episode "Imperfect Strangers", and Zane in the 2001 ''The Tomorrow People'' audio drama, ''The New Gods''. As well as this, he has also been on CBBC's television adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's ''Hetty Feather'' as a member of the regular cast, playing character Mr Cranbourne. Ashforde has also appeared in the BBC Two comedy series ''Never Better'', Channel 4's comedy series ''Drop The Dead Donkey'' and is also recognisable as the biker in the McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational fast food chain store, chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Maidstone Studios
The Maidstone Studios, formerly called TVS Television Centre, is the UK's largest independent television studio complex, and is based at Vinters Park in Maidstone, Kent, UK. It has been home to a varied selection of independent British television programming including '' Later... with Jools Holland'', ''Jools' Annual Hootenanny'', '' Take Me Out'', ''Catchphrase'', as well as popular children's shows such as ''Mister Maker'' and ''Let's Play'' for CBeebies. Other recent credits also include: '' Bang on the Money'', '' The Royals'' on E!, ''Ultimate Brain'' and ''Hetty Feather'' for CBBC, Davina McCall - Fitness DVDs, and ''The Coalition'' drama for Channel 4. History ITV The site was originally chosen by the now defunct ITV company Southern Television in 1979 for a proposed new studio facility should they win the contract from the Independent Broadcasting Authority (the UK television regulator at the time), for the new dual South and South-east of England region in 1981. As So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
