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Joe Melia (actor)
Giovanni Philip William "Joe" Melia (23 January 1935, Camden, London - 20 October 2012, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) was a British actor. Educated at the City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School and Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ..., where he read English, he first came to notice in Peter Nichols’s '' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' (Glasgow Citizens, 1967). Selected filmography Film Television References External linksObituary The Guardian, 7 November 2012 * 1935 births 2012 deaths Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge People educated at City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors 21st-century Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheGuardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweeney! (1977 Film)
''Sweeney!'' is a 1977 British action crime drama film and extension of the ITV television series ''The Sweeney'' which aired on ITV from 1975 to 1978. The film did well enough at the box office that a sequel, ''Sweeney 2'', was released in cinemas in 1978. Plot Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and Detective Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) become embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the British government, Charles Baker (Ian Bannen), is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), stabilising the world oil market and boosting Britain's position within it. Baker is a rising star in the government, regarded as a future prime minister, and he is closely controlled by his urbane, manipulative American press secretary, Elliot McQueen (Barry Foster (actor)). That night, Regan is forced to drink alcohol, and completely intoxicated drives his car into a crowded market. The following day, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Eye (TV Series)
''Public Eye'' is a British television drama series that ran from 1965 to 1975, for a total of seven series. It was produced by ABC Weekend TV for three series, and Thames Television for a further four. The series depicted the cases and investigations handled by the enquiry agent Frank Marker (Alfred Burke), an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. The title is a twist on the more usual "private eye". Background The series was created by writers Roger Marshall and Anthony Marriott with the aim of getting away from "square-jawed" heroes of the type featured in Hollywood movies—a wish shared by Alfred Burke, the actor chosen to play Marker. This aim allowed for flexibility in the structure and plot lines of the episodes; each individual episode usually dealt with an individual case for Marker, but story arcs spanning several episodes, or in one case an entire series, were produced during the life of the programme. Marker's work ranged broadly, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV Series)
''Sherlock Holmes'' and ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes'' (a.k.a. ''The Cases of Sherlock Holmes'') are two British series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations for television produced by the BBC in 1965 and 1968 respectively. The 1965 production, which followed a pilot the year before, was the second BBC series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, after one starring Alan Wheatley in 1951. Plot Set in the Victorian era, Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant consultant detective, as well as a private detective. He is consulted by the police and by other private detectives to aid them in solving crimes. He also takes private cases himself, and his clients range from paupers to kings. His deductive abilities and encyclopedic knowledge help him solve the most complex cases. He is assisted in his work by military veteran, Dr. John Watson, with whom he shares a flat at 221B Baker Street. Cast *Douglas Wilmer - Sherlock Holmes (1964–1965) *Peter Cushing - Sherlock Holmes (1968) * Nigel Stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softly, Softly (TV Series)
''Softly, Softly'' is a British television police procedural series produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It was created as a spin-off from the series ''Z-Cars'', which ended its fifth series run in December 1965. The series took its title from the proverb "Softly, softly, catchee monkey", the motto of Lancashire Constabulary Training School. Newsletter 853, Saturday 12 October 2013 Series outline ''Softly, Softly'' centred on the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes |
Man In A Suitcase
''Man in a Suitcase'' is a British television private eye thriller series produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It originally aired in the United Kingdom on ITV from 27 September 1967 to 17 April 1968. ABC broadcast episodes of ''Man in a Suitcase'' in the United States from 3 May to 20 September 1968.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, Sixth Edition'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 636. Origins and overview ''Man in a Suitcase'' was effectively a replacement for ''Danger Man'', whose production had been curtailed when its star Patrick McGoohan had decided to create his own series, ''The Prisoner''. Many of the ''Danger Man'' production crew moved over to ''Man in a Suitcase'', which was initially to be titled ''McGill'' after its lead character. As with several ITC productions, the series was to use an American star in an attempt to boost the show's sales in the US. An early choice was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winning Widows
''Winning Widows'' is a British television sitcom which first aired on ITV between 1961 and 1962.Rhodes & Westwood p.200 It stars Peggy Mount and Avice Landone as Martha and Mildred, two widowed sisters who move in together. Other actors who appeared in the series include Thorley Walters, Carole Shelley, Anthony Sagar, Willoughby Goddard, Harold Goodwin, Hugh Paddick, John Junkin, Davy Kaye, Barbara Hicks, Graham Stark, Joe Melia, Ronnie Stevens, Anneke Wills and Bernard Cribbins Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over seven decades. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records " The Hole in the Groun .... Only two of the thirteen episodes are known to survive. References Bibliography * Howard Maxford. ''Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company''. McFarland, 2018. * Carl Rhodes & Robert Westwood. ''Critical Representations of Work and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Larkins (1958 TV Series)
''The Larkins'' is a British television sitcom which was produced by ATV and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 and 1960. An additional two series (with format changes) aired from 1963 to 1964. Plot In the first four series, the family, consisting of Ada Larkin (Peggy Mount), her henpecked husband Alf (David Kossoff), their son Eddie (Shaun O'Riordan), daughter Joyce (Ruth Trouncer) and her ex-GI husband Jeff (Ronan O'Casey), all lived together at 66 Sycamore Street, next door to inquisitive neighbour Hetty Prout (Barbara Mitchell), her husband Sam (George Roderick), and their daughter Myrtle (Hillary Bamberger), who had an occasional fling with Eddie. In the final two series, Ada and Alf had an empty nest, moved away from Sycamore Street, and ran a café, employing Hetty (no mention is made of her husband or daughter). They had a lodger, Major Osbert Rigby-Soames (retired) (Hugh Paddick), who always tried to avoid paying his rent. Spin-offs Comic strip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakharov (film)
''Sakharov'' is a 1984 American drama film directed by Jack Gold and written by David W. Rintels. The film stars Jason Robards, Glenda Jackson, Nicol Williamson, Frank Finlay, Michael Bryant and Paul Freeman. The film premiered on HBO on June 20, 1984. Plot Cast *Jason Robards as Andrei Sakharov *Glenda Jackson as Yelena Bonner *Nicol Williamson as Malyarov *Frank Finlay as Kravtsov * Michael Bryant as Syshchikov * Paul Freeman as Pavel Leontiev *Anna Massey as Klavdia *Joe Melia as Sergej Kovalov *Lee Montague as Slavsky * Jim Norton as Roy Medvedev *Valentine Pelka as Efrem Sakharov *Catherine Hall as Tanya Sakharov *John McAndrew as Alyosha Sakharov * Debbie Farrington as Lisa Sakharov *David Midwinter as Matvel Sakharov, age 10 *Craig Dickerson as Matvel Sakharov, age 5 *Toni Warwick as Anya Sakharov *Eileen Way as Ruf Grigorievna * Denyse Alexander as Dr. Lydia *Marion Bailey as Ludmilla Kovalov *Anton Lesser Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is an English acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Pirates
''Pop Pirates'' is a 1984 British adventure film from the Children's Film Foundation starring Roger Daltrey and George Sweeney. The term is more commonly used, however, to refer to the pirate rock and roll radio stations that operated off the coast of the UK in the 1960s. References External links * 1984 films 1980s adventure films British adventure films 1980s English-language films 1980s British films {{adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sign Of Four (1983 Film)
''The Sign of Four'' (a.k.a. ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four'') is a 1983 British made-for-television mystery film directed by Desmond Davis and starring Ian Richardson and David Healy. The film is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1890 novel of the same name, the second novel to feature Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Production In 1982, American producer Sy Weintraub partnered with English producer Otto Plaschkes to make six television films of Sherlock Holmes stories.Sherlock Holmes Society of London Charles Edward Pogue was enlisted to pen the screenplays but only ''The Sign of the Four'' and '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
