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Hotel Portofino (TV Series)
''Hotel Portofino'' is a British period drama television series, created and written by Matt Baker. It is about a British family in the 1920s who own and operate a hotel for wealthy clients in an Italian resort town. The six-episode first season was released on BritBox in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2022 and began airing on ITV from 3 February 2023. It premiered on Sky Italia on 28 February 2022. The series was renewed for a second season, which began broadcasting 12 February 2023. The show has been renewed for a third season. Plot Bella Ainsworth and her family run a hotel for wealthy holidaymakers in the resort town of Portofino on the Italian Riviera. However, as they deal with the problems of running the hotel while subjected to deception and rampant corruption, the nation of Italy is dealing with political turmoil brought on by the rise of the Fascist movement. Cast Main Recurring Episodes Series 1 Series 2 Production Baker created and wrote the first series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Baker (screenwriter)
Matt Baker is a British television screenwriter, best known for creating the period television series '' Hotel Portofino''. Career Prior to television, Baker had a career as a journalist, working for ViacomCBS. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Baker used lockdowns to make a career change and focus on writing, a life-long passion. Baker's first broadcast credit was helming the English language remake of ''Before We Die'', starring Lesley Sharp, which aired on Channel 4 in 2021. Baker wrote two further remake series, the English-language adaptations of ''Suspect In law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a crime. Police and reporters in the United States often use the word suspect as a jargon when referring to the perpetrator of the offense (perp in dated U ...'' (Danish: Forhøret), and '' Professor T.''. On 6 October 2021, it was announced ''Professor T.'' had been renewed by ITV for a second series, which premiered on 16 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Dench
Oliver Mayer (born 9 September 1993), known professionally as Oliver Dench, is an English actor and theatre maker. He is co-founding artistic director of the Revolve Theatre Company. On television, he is known for his roles in the CW series ''Pandora'' (2019–2020) and the BritBox period drama '' Hotel Portofino'' (2022–). Early life Dench was born in Reading. His maternal grandfather was Jeffery Dench, actor and brother of Judi Dench. He attended Gillotts School and the Henley College. Dench has said he was "obsessed with Shakespeare as a child thanks to my granddad". Career In 2014, Dench formed the Henley-on-Thames-based Revolve Theatre Company with Joe Morris and Tom Smith. Their debut show at the Henley Fringe Festival was Dench in a one-man version of ''Hamlet'' playing all fifteen roles. Dench made his television debut in 2016 as Will Palmerston in the Canadian YTV series ''Ride'' about an equestrian school in England. He made his London stage debut in ''School Play' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 108,622 inhabitants. Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially between the Holy Roman Empire, Italy and Croatia, changing rulers and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2011 census data, the majority of its citizens are Croats, along with small numbers of Serbs, Bosniaks and Italians. Rijeka is the main city and county seat of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards "3. Maj" and "Viktor Lenac Shipyard") and maritime transport. Rijeka hosts the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Lloyd
Oscar Lloyd (born 16 September 1997) is a British actor best known for his role as Will Wylde in ''Emmerdale''. Career Lloyd started his acting career by appearing in television commercials. He was cast as David in the 2008 BBC drama, ''Hancock and Joan''. In November 2008, a reporter for the ''Eastbourne Herald'' announced Lloyd had been cast in a Disney Channel production called ''Oscar and Michael's Phineas and Ferb Fan Club Show'' alongside Michael Selwood. The show "pays homage" to the animated comedy series ''Phineas and Ferb'' and sees Lloyd and Selwood solve everyday problems. ''Oscar and Michael's Phineas and Ferb Fan Club Show'' began airing from 3 November 2008. It was later renewed for a second series, which began airing on 10 April 2009. On 19 January 2009, Kris Green of Digital Spy reported Lloyd had been cast as Will Wylde in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Lloyd also appeared in season two of ''Lark Rise to Candleford'' as Sydney, the studious, ten-year-old son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Chancellor
Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April 1965) is a British actress who has received nominations for BAFTA and Olivier Awards. Background and early life Chancellor was born in Richmond, England to barrister John Paget Chancellor, eldest son of Sir Christopher Chancellor, and Mary Jolliffe, a daughter of Lord Hylton. The Chancellor family were Scottish gentry who had owned land at Quothquan since 1432. Chancellor was brought up in Somerset and educated at St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, which was a Roman Catholic boarding school for girls in Dorset, but left at sixteen to live in London, later describing her early years there as "quite wild".Tim LewisAnna Chancellor: 'My life was chaotic. But it's turned out OK'dated 21 August 2011 at theguardian.com. Retrieved 23 October 2016 In her early twenties she married the poet Jock Scot (1952–2016), with whom she had a daughter in 1988 while still studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She separated from Scot a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assad Zaman
Assad Zaman is a British actor. He is known for his stage work and his roles in the BBC thriller ''Apple Tree Yard'' (2017), the period drama '' Hotel Portofino'' (2022–) and the AMC series ''Interview with the Vampire'' (2022–). Early life Zaman grew up in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne. His parents had arrived in England from Bangladesh in the 1980s. Zaman trained at the Manchester School of Theatre, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. Career Zaman made his London stage debut in the 2014 National Theatre production of ''Behind the Beautiful Forevers''. This was followed by his onscreen debut in an episode Russell T Davies' ''Cucumber'' on Channel 4. He went on tour with Ayub Khan Din's play ''East Is East (play), East is East'' that same year. In 2017, Zaman played Sathnam in the BBC One adaptation of ''Apple Tree Yard''. He had in the stage adaptation of Zadie Smith's ''White Teeth#Adaptations, White Teeth'' at the Kiln Theatre in 2018, ''The Funer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Umbers
Mark Umbers (born 17 June 1973) is an English theatre, film and television actor. Early life and education Born in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire, Umbers was brought up in Wetherby and was educated at Malsis School before attending Sedbergh School. In 1995 he graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Latin and Greek Literature and Philosophy. Career Umbers' first professional engagements were in 1997 in the BBC dramas ''The Student Prince'' and ''Berkeley Square''. His theatre debut was the lead role in a production of ''The Pirates of Penzance'' which transferred to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. Trevor Nunn and John Caird cast Umbers in their multi-award-winning 1999 season at the Royal National Theatre, where he appeared in productions including ''The Merchant of Venice'', which was later filmed for broadcast by the BBC. After playing Lord Sidney opposite Richard E. Grant in the BBC series ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Umbers returned to the National t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Scott-Mitchell
Claude Scott-Mitchell (born 5 January 1997) is an Australian actress based in London. She is known for her roles in the film '' The Dry'' (2020) and the series '' Hotel Portofino'' (2022). Early life Scott-Mitchell was born in Canberra and grew up in the Marrickville suburb of Sydney's Inner West. She is from an artistic family, her father Michael a stage production designer and her mother a model. She attended the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. Career Scott-Mitchell began her career as a child actress on stage, appearing in Elke Neidhardt's 2008 Opera Australia production of ''Don Giovanni'' and Sergei Tcherkasski's production of ''Flight'' at the Parade Theatre in 2010. Scott-Mitchell resumed her career in 2019 with a small role as Gretchen McGrath in the miniseries '' Reckoning''. She made her film debut the following year playing a young version of Genevieve O'Reilly's character in Robert Connolly's '' The Dry'', an adaptation of the novel by Jane Harper. She a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Richelmy
Lorenzo Richelmy (born 25 March 1990) is an Italian people, Italian actor, best known to audiences outside of Italy for his performance as the title character in the Netflix original series ''Marco Polo (TV series), Marco Polo''. Prior to being cast in the series, he appeared in several Italian television shows and films. Early life Richelmy was born in La Spezia to parents Marco and Vivienne and moved to Rome with his family when he was four. He attended the ''liceo classico'' Giovanni Paolo II di Ostia Lido. Having begun his career as a child, Richelmy was the youngest actor ever accepted to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richelmy, Lorenzo Living people 1990 births People from La Spezia Male actors from Rome 21st-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Pecci
Daniele Pecci (born 23 May 1970) is an Italian actor and director. Born in Rome, Lazio, Pecci has worked in theater as an actor and director since 1990. He rose to prominence in 2004 when he received a main role in '' Orgoglio'' on the television channel Rai Uno Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and gener .... The series ran from 2004 to 2006, and he appeared in all 39 episodes. References External links * 1970 births Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male television actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Italian theatre directors {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Morris
Olivia Kathleen F. Morris (born 29 January 1997) is an English language, English actress. She is known for her roles in the Indian film ''RRR (film), RRR'' (2022), the BritBox series ''Hotel Portofino'' (2022–), and the second season of the HBO series ''The Head (2020 TV series), The Head'' (2022). Early life Olivia Morris was born on 29 January 1997. She is from Kingston-upon-Thames, Greater London. Morris joined the National Youth Theatre and went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 2018. Career Morris appeared in the music video for the song "London Blues" by Ferris & Sylvester. She voiced Green in the Big Finish Productions ''Doctor Who'' audio drama ''Vanguard'' featuring the Seventh Doctor. She appeared in the Paines Plough production of ''Albatross'' at the Gate Theatre (London), Gate Theatre in Camden. In 2022, Morris made her television debut as Alice Mays-Smith in the 2022 period drama ''Hotel Portofino (TV series), Hotel Portofi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogen King
Imogen Hare Duke King (born 1996) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the second series of ''Clique'' (2018) on BBC Three, the ITV crime drama '' The Bay'' (2019–2021), the period drama '' Hotel Portofino'' (2022), and the Channel 4 crime drama '' Suspect'' (2022). Early life King is from Manchester. She joined local youth drama companies at The Lowry and the Royal Exchange, participating in the 2013 National Theatre Connections. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2017. She enrolled in a Shakespearean programme at the Independent Centre for Actor Training in Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th .... Filmography Film Television Stage References External links * Imogen Kingat Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
