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He Knew He Was Right (TV Serial)
''He Knew He Was Right'' is a 2004 BBC TV adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel '' He Knew He Was Right''. It was directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by Andrew Davies, produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark and starred Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser, and Bill Nighy. It was originally broadcast on the BBC in four hourly episodes. Plot summary The series portrays the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful wife. Cast *Oliver Dimsdale — Louis Trevelyan *Laura Fraser — Emily Trevelyan *Anna Massey — Miss Stanbury *Bill Nighy — Colonel Osborne *Geoffrey Palmer — Sir Marmaduke Rowley *Christina Cole — Nora Rowley *Geraldine James — Lady Rowley *Jane Lapotaire — Lady Milborough *Raymond Coulthard — Mr. Glascock *Maggie Ollerenshaw — Martha *Stephen Campbell Moore — Hugh Stanbury *Caroline Martin — Dorothy Stanbury * Amy Marston — Priscilla Stanbury *Joanna David — Mrs. Stanbury *B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costume 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 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'' 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 relationships in sumptuous surroundings, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Lapotaire
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944) is an English actress. Biography Lapotaire was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, the daughter of Louise Elise (Burgess). Her stepfather, Yves Lapotaire, worked in the oil industry and was originally from Quebec, Canada. From the age of two months, she was raised as a foster child by an old-age pensioner, Grace Chisnell (Granny Grace), who was also the foster mother of Lapotaire's own biological mother, a French orphan, who was abandoned in England. When Lapotaire was about 12, her biological mother made a bid to get her back. The child welfare department of the Suffolk County Council intervened and decided that the mother had this right. Lapotaire chose to be with Granny Grace, but lived with her biological mother and stepfather, who worked in various French oil companies in North Africa (particularly Libya), three times a year. She also adopted their family name. The Lapotaires in North Africa were Francophones, and like Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Cook
Ronald G. Cook (born 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s. Early and personal life Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, England, the son of a school cook and a car worker. When he was six his family moved to Coventry; he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College. Career On stage, he appeared in the original 1988 production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's play ''Our Country's Good''. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor in 2000 for his role in '' Juno and the Paycock'' at the Donmar Warehouse. He also appeared in a new play by Conor McPherson, '' The Seafarer'', at the Royal National Theatre. In 2008–2009, he took part in the Donmar's West End season at Wyndham's Theatre, playing Sir Toby Belch in ''Twelfth Night'' and Polonius in ''Hamlet''. In 2011, he played The Fool in ''King Lear'' st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Goode
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is a British actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with American Broadcasting Company, ABC's TV film feature ''Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister#Adaptation, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister''. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), for which he received a nomination at Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films like Woody Allen's ''Match Point'' (2005), the German-British romantic comedy ''Imagine Me and You'' (2006), and the period drama ''Copying Beethoven'' (2006). He won praise for his performance as Charles Ryder in Julian Jarrold's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ''Brideshead Revisited (film), Brideshead Revisited'' (2008), and as Ozymandias (Watchmen), Ozymandias in the American neo-noir superhero film ''Watchmen (film), Watchmen'' (2009), based on the Watchmen, comics by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. He then starred i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudie Blakley
Claudie Blakley (born 4 January 1974) is an English actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in ''The Seagull'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. She is best known for her role as Emma Timmins in the BBC drama series ''Lark Rise to Candleford''. Other notable roles include Mabel Nesbitt in Robert Altman's Oscar-winning ''Gosford Park'' and Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's 2005 version of ''Pride and Prejudice''. Retrieved 7 May 2013 In the autumn of 2007, she was seen in the BBC serial '' Cranford'' as Martha. In 2010, Blakl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenella Woolgar
Fenella Justine Therese Woolgar (born 4 August 1969) is an English film, theatre, television and radio actress. She is known for her roles in the films ''Bright Young Things'' (2003) and '' Judy'' (2019). She is also well known for appearing in TV shows ''Doctor Who'' as crime novelist Agatha Christie, '' Inside Number 9'', and ''Call the Midwife'' as Sister Hilda. Early life Woolgar was born in the West London Borough of Hillingdon to parents Michael and Maureen ( McCann) Woolgar. Her mother is of Irish descent. Woolgar's early years were spent in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. She was educated at Mayfield School, Durham University, and then Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). At university, along with acting she directed ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in Durham Cathedral and wrote and performed comedy in The Durham Revue. Career Following Woolgar's graduation from RADA in 1999 she worked in rep at The Royal Exchange, Manchester, York Theatre Royal, Sheffield Crucible a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alderton
John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ''Thomas & Sarah'', ''Wodehouse Playhouse'', ''Little Miss'' (original television series), ''Please Sir!'', ''No, Honestly'' and ''Fireman Sam'' (the original series). Alderton has often starred alongside his wife, Pauline Collins. Early life Alderton was born on 27 November 1940 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the son of Ivy (née Handley) and Gordon John Alderton. He grew up in Hull where he attended Kingston High School. Career Alderton first became familiar to television viewers in 1962, when he played Dr Moone in the ITV soap opera, ''Emergency – Ward 10''. After an uncredited role in ''Cleopatra'' (1963), and appearing in British films such as '' The System'' (1964), '' Assignment K'' (1968), '' Duffy'' (1968) and '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series ''Please Sir!'', as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Tennant
David John Tennant (''né'' McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor (2005–2010 and 2013) in the BBC science-fiction TV show '' Doctor Who'', reprising the role from 2022 to 2023 as the fourteenth incarnation. Other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial ''Casanova'' (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film '' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005), Peter Vincent in the horror remake ''Fright Night'' (2011), DI Alec Hardy in the ITV crime drama series ''Broadchurch'' (2013–2017), Kilgrave in the Netflix superhero series '' Jessica Jones'' (2015–2019), Crowley in the Amazon Prime fantasy series ''Good Omens'' (2019–present), and Phileas Fogg in ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (2021). Tennant has worked on stage, including a portrayal of the title character in a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''Hamlet'', later filmed for televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Louise Plowman
Anna-Louise Plowman (born 9 May 1972) is a New Zealand actress. Early life and education Plowman was born in New Zealand. She attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington, between 1982 and 1989, and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Lecoq School in Paris. Career She played consultant anaesthetist Annalese Carson in ''Holby City'' and Sarah Gardner/Osiris in ''Stargate SG-1''. In 2003 she played Melinda MacLean, wife of British communist spy Donald Maclean, and mistress of spy Kim Philby (played by her husband Toby Stephens), in the TV mini-series ''Cambridge Spies''. She played Diana Goddard in the ''Doctor Who'' story "Dalek" in 2005. Plowman also played the role of "C" in a revival of Edward Albee's play, ''Three Tall Women'', in 2006, at the Oxford Playhouse. From 2016 to 2017, she played chamber maid Mrs Hudson in the series ''Black Sails'', which also starred Toby Stephens. Personal life Plowman married actor Toby Stephens, who is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Flynn
Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Joy McMurray, 5 August 1948) is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series '' A Family at War'' (1970–1972). She went on to play the milk woman in the BBC comedy ''Open All Hours'' (1981–1985), Jill Swinburne in ''The Beiderbecke Trilogy'' (1985–1988), Dr. Rose Marie in the BBC series ''A Very Peculiar Practice'' (1986–1988), Judith Fitzgerald in the ITV drama '' Cracker'' (1993–1995), and Mrs. Jamieson in '' Cranford'' (2007–2009). In her own words, she tends to play "feisty, strong women". Personal life Flynn was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. Her Irish father, Dr James McMurray, was a pathologist. Her mother was Joy (or Joyce) Crawford Hurst. Flynn attended St Mary's Convent School, Hastings. She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (where she was awarded the Gold Medal in 1968) before appearing in repertory theatre. Flynn married television producer and sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna David
Joanna David (born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking; 17 January 1947) is an English actress, best known for her television work. Life David was born in Lancaster, England, to Davida Elizabeth (''née'' Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking. In 1971, she began a relationship with Edward Fox, with whom she has two children: Emilia (born 1974) and Frederick "Freddie" (born 1989). They married in 2004. She is a vice-president of the Theatrical Guild. Career Her first major television role was as Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's 1971 dramatisation of ''Sense and Sensibility'' followed a year later by ''War and Peace'', in which she played Sonya. David also appeared in the TV series ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (BBC), and in two episodes of ''Colditz'', ("Missing, Presumed Dead" and "Odd Man In", 1972) as Cathy Carter, the wife of Flt. Lt. Simon Carter (played by David McCallum). In 1975, she played Theo Dane in the BBC's television adaptation of ''Ballet Shoes'' by Noel Streatfeild. 32 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Marston
Amy Jessica Marston (born 1972) is an English actress on screen and in theatre. She is known for her roles as Sylvia Sands in ''The Hello Girls'', as Deborah in ''Rome'', and as Jenny Rawlinson in ''EastEnders''. film and television career Marston's first appearance on television was in '' Neverwhere '', a mini-series in 1996, playing the role of Anasthesia for two episodes. Since then, she has become known for her roles as Sylvia Sands for 16 episodes of ''The Hello Girls'' between 1996 and 1998, and as Deborah for six episodes of ''Rome'' in 2007. She appeared in the feature film ''Bel Ami'' in 2012, alongside Christina Ricci, Kristin Scott Thomas and Uma Thurman. She co-starred with Jamie Dornan in the 2014 TV mini-series ''New Worlds'' for three episodes. In 2016, she played the role of Jenny Rawlinson in '' EastEnders ''. In 2019 she appeared in ''The Current War'', alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult. In 2019, she appeared in an episode o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
