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Jacqueline Tong
Jacqueline Tong (born 21 May 1951) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Daisy Peel in the television series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1973–1975), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1977. Early life Tong was born in Bristol in 1951, and attended Rose Bruford College. She started her television career in the 1970s, and one of her first roles was in an episode of '' Thriller''. Career In 1973, she joined the cast of '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' as the new housemaid Daisy Peel (later Barnes). She played this role for 32 episodes until the programme's end in 1975. After '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' finished she went back to theatre and played at Coventry rep. She also had roles on television in '' Hard Times'', '' Spearhead'', '' Thriller'' (1 episode, 1974), and, alongside Lesley-Anne Down who had appeared with her in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', in ''The One and Onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in South West England. The wider Bristol Built-up Area is the eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Around the beginning of the 11th century, the settlement was known as (Old English: 'the place at the bridge'). Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities, after London, in tax receipts. A major port, Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship out of Bristol in 1497, John Cabot, a Venetia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlemarch (1994 TV Serial)
Middlemarch is a 1994 television adaptation of the 1871 novel of the same name by George Eliot. Produced by the BBC on BBC2 in six episodes (seven episodes in the worldwide TV series), it is the second such adaptation for television of the novel. It was directed by Anthony Page from a screenplay by Andrew Davies, and starred Juliet Aubrey, Rufus Sewell, Douglas Hodge and Patrick Malahide. Plot Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey) attempts to satisfy her underdeveloped intellect through marriage to the Reverend Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), a man twice her age. The marriage proves unsatisfying and ends with Casaubon's unexpected death. Dorothea eventually meets Will Ladislaw (Rufus Sewell), an event which leads to further complications. For a full-length summary of the novel see: ''Middlemarch'' plot summary. Cast *Juliet Aubrey as Dorothea Brooke *Patrick Malahide as Rev. Edward Casaubon *Rufus Sewell as Will Ladislaw *Douglas Hodge as Dr Tertius Lydgate *Robert Hardy as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
''Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky'' is a 2005 BBC television serial depicting the intersecting lives of three working-class Londoners in the 1920s. The series is based on the trilogy '’20,000 Streets Under the Sky'’ by British author Patrick Hamilton. It stars Sally Hawkins, Zoë Tapper and Bryan Dick. The three-part drama was shown on BBC Four, accompanied by the documentary ''Words, Whisky and Women'', and was also released on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray. The series was released in the United States on BBC America on 11 February 2006. Cast * Bryan Dick – Bob *Sally Hawkins – Ella * Zoë Tapper – Jenny Maple * Phil Davis – Ernest Eccles *Susan Wooldridge – Ella's Mother *Elisabeth Dermot Walsh – Mrs Sanderson-Chantry *Kellie Shirley – Violet *Tony Haygarth – The Governor (pub landlord) * Jacqueline Tong – The Governor's Wife Episodes Reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' called the series "a dreamy but gritty period drama, superbly acted" and "the k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trial & Retribution
''Trial & Retribution'' is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that first aired on 19 October 1997. Written and devised by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series ''Prime Suspect'', each episode was typically broadcast over two nights. David Hayman stars as the main protagonist of the series, DCS Michael "Mike" Walker. Throughout the series, he has two main sidekicks: DI Pat North (Kate Buffery) in Series 1–6 and DCI Róisín Connor (Victoria Smurfit) in Series 7–12. The first seven series each contained two two-hour long episodes, covering one feature-length story. From series eight, the format was reduced to two 90-minute-long episodes. As of series ten, the format once again changed, incorporating multiple stories across one series. For the final two series, this format was retained; however the length of the episodes was reduced to 60 minutes. The last episode was broadcast on 13 February 2009. The complete series wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cazalets
''The Cazalets'' is a 2001 television drama series in six episodes (five episodes when broadcast in the US) about the life of a large privileged family in the years 1937 to 1947. Most of the action takes place in London, and at the family's large estate in Sussex. The drama was based on ''The Light Years'' and ''Marking Time'', the first two novels in the series of five by Elizabeth Jane Howard, entitled ''The Cazalet Chronicles'' and first published in the 1990s. For the TV series, they were adapted by the screenwriter Douglas Livingstone and directed by Suri Krishnamma. The series was originally produced by Cinema Verity for BBC One and is available on DVD. A BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ... version in 45 episodes, in five series, was also produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
