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Jim Holt (actor)
James David Holt (born 15 January 1956) is an English-born actor who has appeared in many Australian television shows and films. Holt is also a magician, and has had the opportunity to incorporate this talent into some of his television appearances. Well known productions in which he has appeared include ''Bodyline'', '' Anzacs'', ''Crocodile Dundee II'', '' A Country Practice'', ''Embassy'', ''G. P.'', ''Heartbreak High'', '' Wildside'', and most recently in an episode of ''Packed to the Rafters ''Packed to the Rafters'' was an Australian family-oriented comedy drama television program which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The d ...'' (2009). He is married to publishing executive Robyn Holt, and they have a daughter named Hannah. From around 2002 to early 2006, he was based in Russia while his wife was the Managing Director of Condé Nast Zao. Filmography Actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fever (1989 Film)
''Fever'' is a 1989 Australian thriller film about an Australian policeman who finds a suitcase full of money, and the course of events which unfold when he decides to keep it.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p60 The film was directed by Craig Lahiff, and stars Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in '' Alexandra's Project'' (as Steve), ''Police Rescue'' (as Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock), ''Cody'' (as Cody), '' Big Sky'' (as Chris Manning), ''Bod ..., and Mary Regan. Plot Sergeant Jack Wells, a tough country cop, discovers a bag of cash after a shoot out. He decides to keep the money so he and his wife Leanne can start a new life. However Leanne has a lover. Production The movie was the second of three low budget thrillers Craig Lahiff made in succession. It was made with the assistance of the South Australian Film and Television Financing Fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal Wedding
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Lions (TV Series)
''Young Lions'' is an Australian TV police drama shown on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two. The storyline of the series revolved around the professional and private lives of four rookie detectives, the ''Young Lions'', of South West 101, an inner city Sydney police station. The program rated poorly and was not renewed after its first season. Competition from other new drama series and several timeslot changes also contributed to the show's demise. Cast *Alex Dimitriades as Det Snr Constable Eddie Mercia *Alexandra Davies as Det Snr Constable Donna Parry * Tom Long as Det Snr Constable Guy 'Guido' Martin * Anna Lise Phillips as Det Snr Constable Cameron Smart *Penny Cook as Chief Inspector Sharon Kostas * Katherine Slattery as Madeleine Delaney *Alan Cinis as Phil Emerson *Hanna Griffiths as school girl See also *List of Australian television series *List of Nine Network programs The following list of programs are currently broadcast by the Nine Networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monkey's Mask
''The Monkey's Mask'' is an international co-production 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the 1994 verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album.ARIA Award previous winners. Plot A young woman called Mickey (Abbie Cornish) reads a poem to an audience at a bar. When she leaves, she gets into an unseen person's car. Jill Fitzpatrick (Porter) is a former police officer and a private detective who investigates missing persons. She gets a job to look for Mickey, who has been missing for two weeks. Jill goes to Mickey's university and meets her poetry professor, Diana (McGillis). Jill is quickly attracted to Diana, who is married. They meet several times for coffee, not al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Potato Factory
''The Potato Factory'' is a 1995 fictionalised historical novel by Bryce Courtenay, which was made into a four-part miniseries in Australia in 2000. The book is the first in a three-part series, followed by ''Tommo & Hawk'' and ''Solomon's Song''. ''The Potato Factory'' has been the subject of some controversy regarding its historical accuracy and its portrayal of Jewish characters. The book is based on Ikey Solomon, known as the "Prince of Fences" and the basis of the Fagin character in the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist''. Courtenay states that it is a fictional historical novel based on extensive research, but it depicts fictionalised versions of the characters. Author Judith Sackville-O'Donnell, who wrote another book on Solomon, claimed that the book was inaccurate and anti-Semitic. The book's other main characters are Solomon's wife, Hannah, and his (fictional) mistress, Mary Abacus. Abacus goes from serving girl, to prostitute, to high-class madam, to prisoner tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Call
''Murder Call'' is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the ''Tessa Vance'' novels by Jennifer Rowe, both of which were adapted as episodes, while Rowe also developed story treatments for 38 episodes throughout the series. Synopsis ''Murder Call'' focuses on cases confronted by an unconventional team of homicide detectives, Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden. Steve is an often light-hearted "man's man" who is moving up the career hierarchy. Tessa is more introspective and no-nonsense, and often solves the murder with her intuition and insight. Their team includes boss Inspector Malcolm Thorne, police Constable Dee Suzeraine, forensic services expert Lance Fisk, and unorthodox doctor Imogen "Tootsie" Soames. Production ''Murder Call'' was initially conceived as an adaptation of the Verity Birdwood murder mystery novels by Jennifer Rowe. Birdwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sky (Australian TV Series)
''Big Sky'' was an Australian television drama series produced by John Edwards that ran for two seasons on Network Ten from 1997 to 1999. The show centred on the adventures of the pilots of a small aviation company in Australia called "Big Sky Aviation" and the battles of the owner to keep the company running. Chief pilot Chris Manning is determined to look after his team, even if that conflicts with the new boss, Lauren Allen, who has inherited the company following the death of her father. Cast * Gary Sweet as Chris Manning * Ally Fowler as Lauren Allen * Rhys Muldoon as Jimbo James * Martin Henderson as Scotty Gibbs * Lisa Baumwol as Lexie Ciani (season 1) * Robyn Cruze as Shay McWilliam * Bille Brown as Lightfoot (season 2) * Danielle Nuss as Paula Niessen (season 2) * Tim Campbell as Blake Wallace (season 2) * Peta Brady as Rosie Day (season 2) Locations * Sydney Airport Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (colloquially Mascot Airport, Kingsford Smith Airport, or Sydne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Snowy River (TV Series)
''The Man from Snowy River'' is an Australian adventure drama television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as ''Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River'', the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as ''Snowy River: The McGregor Saga''. The series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor ( Andrew Clarke), a successful squatter, and his family. Matt is the hero immortalized in Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River", and the series is set 25 years after his famous ride. The television series has no relationship to the 1982 film ''The Man from Snowy River'' or the 1988 sequel ''The Man from Snowy River II''. Synopsis The first season was very much a soap opera with several story arcs. The primary one concerns the arrival of Matt's American nephew, who's bent on revenge, certain that Matt cheated his father out of the station Matt now owns. In subsequent seasons, there we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Murder (mini-series)
''Blue Murder'' is a two-part Australian television crime drama miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, and is based on true events.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p177 Set in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between controversial former detective Roger "the Dodger" Rogerson and notorious criminal Arthur "Neddy" Smith. Rogerson and his colleagues were accused of giving Smith a "green light" to commit crimes without police interference, with the relationship fraying when Rogerson orders hitman Chris "Mr. Rent-a-Kill" Flannery to murder Police Officer Michael Drury. The murder of prostitute Sallie-Anne Huckstepp also features. ''Blue Murder'' is narrated by the characters of Rogerson, Smith, and Drury, and focuses on the corruption allegations that plagued the NSW Police Force at the time. Rogerson and Smith achieved a kind of celebrity status during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers (1991 Film)
''Strangers'' is a 1991 Australian film directed by Craig Lahiff and starring James Healey and Anne Looby. Premise Stockbroker Gary has an affair with the dangerous Anna. Cast * James Healey as Gary * Anne Looby as Anna * Geoff Morrell as Frank * Melissa Docker as Rebecca * John Clayton as Agent Production It was shot from 16 October to 24 November 1989. Craig Lahiff says it was inspired by '' Strangers on a Train'' and claims it was the first movie financed by the Film Finance Corporation The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008. Unlike other publicly funded organisations responsible for f ... to make its budget back in sales. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Dad
''Hey Dad..!'' is an Australian sitcom produced by Gary Reilly Productions, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on the Seven Network. Synopsis Architect Martin Kelly singlehandedly raises his children: Simon, Debbie, and Jenny. His wife, Margaret, had died three years before the series' start. Martin runs his own architectural business from the family home in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. He employs his wife's cousin Betty Wilson, a good-natured ditz from the New South Wales country town of Walgett, as his secretary. Many episodes deal with the daily stresses Martin faces as the family patriarch, such as settling arguments amongst his children. He frequently endures Betty's elaborate excuses for tardiness and is constantly frustrated with her delayed productivity at work. Simon's best friend is Gerald "Nudge" Noritas, a neighbour who constantly helps himself to whatever food he can find in the Kellys' kitchen. In early episodes, the show briefly examines how the characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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