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Jessica Dromgoole
Jessica Dromgoole is a British director of contemporary theatre and radio-plays, as well as a former Artistic Director of the Finborough Theatre from 1988 to 1991. In 1991 she became New Writing Co-ordinator for BBC Drama, Entertainment and Children's programmes. Early life Dromgoole is the daughter of schoolteacher Jenny Davis and Patrick Dromgoole, a former managing director of Harlech Television. Dromgoole is the older sister of Dominic Dromgoole Dominic Dromgoole (born 25 October 1963)DROMGOOLE, Dominic Charles Flemi ...
and Sean Dromgoole.


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Radio Play
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s radio drama began losing its audience. However, it remains popular in much of the world. Recordings of OTR (old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, libraries and museums, as well a ...
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Radio Play
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s radio drama began losing its audience. However, it remains popular in much of the world. Recordings of OTR (old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, libraries and museums, as well a ...
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John Rowe (actor)
John Rowe (born January 1941) is a British actor. After reading English at Oxford he worked as a teacher before training at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama. After some years in repertory theatre he joined the BBC Radio Drama Company at Broadcasting House and has been a prolific radio actor ever since, notably as Professor Jim Lloyd in ''The Archers''. He has also played numerous character roles on television and film and his extensive stage work includes touring with the Old Vic in Europe, China, the Middle East and Australia. Filmography Film *''The Chain'' (1984) *''Clockwise'' (1986) *'' The Heart of Me'' (2001) *''Lagaan'' (2001) *''The Lost Prince'' (2003) *''Victoria & Abdul'' (2017) TV *''BBC Television Shakespeare'' - ''Henry VIII'' (Cromwell, 1979) *''BBC Television Shakespeare'' - ''Macbeth'' (Lennox, 1983) *''Juliet Bravo'' (1980–85) *''When the Boat Comes In'' (Hector Smith-Jameson, 1981) *''Chambers'' (Judge Riseby, 1990) *''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' ...
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Helen Longworth
Helen Longworth (born 11 December 1976 in Preston, Lancashire) is a British actress. She has appeared in many radio plays including playing the character of Zofia in six series of ''On Mardle Fen'', Susie Dean in ''The Good Companions'' and Marina in ''Pericles''. Also in '' A Song For Edmond Shakespeare'' (2005) and '' The Pattern of Painful Adventures'' (2008), both fictional treatments of the life of William Shakespeare. Her TV appearances include ''Hollyoaks'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Emmerdale'', " Coronation Street" and " Doctors". Longworth has appeared as a lead vocalist with rock band ''Heroes of She''. She previously played the recurring character of Hannah Riley, an agricultural student who worked with pigs, in the radio show, ''The Archers'', aired on 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, come ...
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Nyasha Hatendi
Nyasha Hatendi (born 14 September 1981) is a Zimbabwean-British-American actor, director, writer and producer. Early life and education Hatendi was born on 14 September 1981 in Washington, D.C. Hatendi grew up in three countries: the United States, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ... in London. Filmography Films Television Video games Radio Performances Theatre Awards and nominations See also * List of African-American actors References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatendi, Nyasha 1981 births Living people People from Washington, D.C. Male actors from Washington, D.C. Alumni of Peterhouse Boys' School People educated ...
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Sam Crane (actor)
Sam Crane (born 1979) is an English actor. He attended Oxford University and LAMDA, where he won the Nicholas Hytner Award. He played Farinelli in Claire van Kampen's ''Farinelli and the King'' opposite Mark Rylance at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and reprised his role when the production transferred first to the Duke of York's Theatre and then to the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. He is also known for playing Winston Smith in Headlong's production of ''1984'' in the West End, Fred Walters in the BBC's six-part drama series ''Desperate Romantics'' and Frederick Abberline in Ubisoft's ''Assassin's Creed Syndicate''. In 2017 he played Patrick Plunket in an episode of the Netflix series ''The Crown''. Since 13th October 2022 Sam has been playing the lead, Harry Potter, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London. Background Crane is the son Richard Crane, a playwright, and theatre director Faynia Williams. He studied at Oxford University, and LAMDA. He is married ...
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Joe Dempsie
Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama '' Skins'' (2007–2008) and Gendry Baratheon in ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2013; 2017–2019). Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas ''Peak Practice'' (2000), ''Doctors'' (20012003), and ''Sweet Medicine'' (2003), as well as the films ''One for the Road'' and '' Heartlands'' (2003). He also appeared in ''This is England '86'' (2010) and ''This is England '90'' (2015), ''Born and Bred'', a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in ''The Fades'' (2011). Early life Joseph Maxwell Dempsie was born in Liverpool on 22 June 1987. His Scottish father was a social worker. He grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. He received his acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, and was also educated at The West Bridgford School. Career Dempsie has been the voice of the ...
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BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts also featuring. The station describes itself as "the world's most significant commissioner of new music", and through its BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, New Generation Artists scheme promotes young musicians of all nationalities. The station broadcasts the The Proms, BBC Proms concerts, live and in full, each summer in addition to performances by the BBC Orchestras and Singers. There are regular productions of both classic plays and newly commissioned drama. Radio 3 won the Sony Radio Academy UK Station of the Year Gold Award for 2009 and was nominated again in 2011. According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 1.7 million with a listening share of 1.3% as of September 2022. History Radio 3 is the ...
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Anthony Glennon
Anthony David Driscoll-Glennon (born 26 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL League Two side Grimsby Town. Glennon played youth football for Liverpool and Burnley. He made his professional debut during a loan spell with Grimsby Town in 2020 and also spent time on loan at Barrow. He made three Cup appearances for Burnley before returning to Grimsby Town on a permanent deal in July 2022. Career Liverpool Born in Bootle, Merseyside, Glennon started his football career playing for local youth side Croxteth Park, alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold. He joined Liverpool's Academy at the age of six and spent over a decade at the club, progressing through the youth levels to the under-18 squad under Neil Critchley after leaving school. He picked up a few knocks in his first season in the under-18 side, which kept him out of action and he struggled to find a place in the squad until late on in the season. He had to wait until 18 February 2017 ...
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John Dougall (actor)
John Dougall is a British actor. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He is notable for his appearances on television, radio and the stage, including ''Anne Boleyn'' (2010, Shakespeare's Globe) and several productions for Propeller. After leaving the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama he spent two year in school and community theatre work in Inverness, Pitlochry and Glasgow. At the Swan Theatre in Worcester he played Jim Hawkins in ''Treasure Island'' and Kinesias in ''Lysistrata''.Biographical note in programme for ''Another Country'', London 1984. He played Tommy Judd in '' Another Country'' at the Queen’s Theatre in the West End. In 1983–84 Dougall played a twin in ''Peter Pan'' for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre in London. Dougall has played a wide range of roles in Shakespeare plays, including ''Henry VIII'', ''Measure for Measure'', ''Coriolanus'', and ''The Winter’s Tale'' for the Globe Theatre, ''A Midsummer ...
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Saikat Ahamed
Saikat Ahamed ( bn, সৈকত আহমেদ) is an English actor and writer based in Bristol. He is best known for his role of Vince Arya in ''Monday Monday''. Early life Ahamed was born in Surrey and grew up in Birmingham, West Midlands, England in the 1980s. Ahamed attended King Edward's School in Birmingham, and left in 1992. In 1995, he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University. He then studied acting at the London Centre for Theatre Studies. He was twice Gold champion in Ballroom and Latin American dance. Ahamed mother's, Hashi, grew up in a war torn Barisal, Bangladesh, trained as a doctor and made her way to the United Kingdom to provide an easier life for her children. His father is general practitioner Ahamed's family moved from Bangladesh in 1972 to the UK, where he was born and has lived since. Career Since 1999, Ahamed has been an actor working on stage, screen and radio. His work on television and film includes, the regular p ...
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Elaine Lordan
Elaine Bernadette Lordan (born 15 December 1966) is a British former actress, best known for her role as 'Sugar Walls' in the comedy series ''Gimme Gimme Gimme'' and playing Lynne Hobbs in ''EastEnders'' from 2000–2004. Following several tragedies in her private life, Lordan withdrew from the public eye in 2008. Career Lordan is best known for her role as Lynne Hobbs in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', which she appeared in from 2000 until 2004.Jaffee, Larry (2009) ''Albert Square & Me: The Actors of EastEnders'', iUniverse.com, , p. 204EastEnders star Lordan to leave
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