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Jonathan Whitehead
Jonathan Whitehead (21 October 1960 – 26 May 2020) was an English musician and composer, born in Denton, Lancashire. He wrote music for television comedies such as ''The Day Today'', ''Brass Eye'', ''Black Books'', ''Green Wing'', '' Campus'' and '' Nathan Barley''. He studied music at the University of Bristol and later lived in London. He sometimes wrote under the name "Trellis". His music for ''Green Wing'' was nominated for a BAFTA and won the RTS Award for Best Original Music. A selection of music from the series was released on CD under Whitehead's artistic nom de plume, Trellis. Serious documentary and drama scores composed by Whitehead include ''War In Europe'' and ''The Clintons' Marriage of Power'' for MBC, ''Metropolis'' (with James Purefoy), three series of ''Medics'' for Granada and Kay Mellor's latest drama series '' Strictly Confidential'' for ITV. He died on 26 May 2020 at the age of 59, with his death being announced the following month by the Radio 4 progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1972. It is administered by Lancashire County Council, based in Preston, and twelve district councils. Although Lancaster is still considered the county town, Preston is the administrative centre of the non-metropolitan county. The ceremonial county has the same boundaries except that it also includes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, which are unitary authorities. The historic county of Lancashire is larger and includes the cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas, but excludes Bowland area of the West Riding of Yorkshire transferred to the non-metropolitan county in 1974 History Before the county During Roman times the area was part of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saturday Night Armistice
''The Saturday Night Armistice'' (later ''The Friday Night Armistice'', plus the one-off ''The Election Night Armistice'') is a British satirical television comedy programme presented by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider that ran from 1995 to 1999. The programme took an irreverent and often surreal look back at topical events, and featured studio discussions, sketches and setups. Like many 1990s British comedy series it included appearances and writing contributions by a large number of UK comedians including amongst others Arthur Mathews, Graham Linehan, Simon Pegg, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Kevin Eldon, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Danny Erskine, Omid Djalili, Al Murray, Ben Moor, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Format The show took an irreverent look back at the events in the previous week, although as with Iannucci's previous news satire ''The Day Today'', ideas were often taken in surreal directions by the three protagonists, for example an Ora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Diary Of A Call Girl
''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' is a British drama television series that aired from 27 September 2007 to 22 March 2011 on ITV2, based on the blog and books by the pseudonymous Belle de Jour. It stars Billie Piper as Belle, a high-end London call girl. The series was written by Lucy Prebble, who is also the author of the plays ''The Sugar Syndrome'' and ''Enron''. The series has been compared to ''Sex and the City'' by many critics, mainly due to its humorous approach to sex. Plot The series, set in London, revolves around the life of Hannah Baxter (Billie Piper), a young woman who lives a secret life as a call girl, under the pseudonym Belle. The series focuses on her professional and private lives and on complications that arise when these collide. She receives help and advice from her best friend Ben (Iddo Goldberg). In the second series premiere, a new call girl is introduced: Bambi (Ashley Madekwe). Hannah becomes close friends with Bambi and often advises her. Hannah, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show
''Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show'' is a British talk show shown every weekday on the British channel ITV from 3 January until 10 February 2006. The show was presented by Richard Hammond and Mel Giedroyc, and featured a variety of reports on popular and unusual topics. They talked about things that matter to the public, and tested claims like "an unstainable suit" or "unbreakable crockery". The show was first aired in 2006 replacing ''The Paul O'Grady Show'', which had moved to Channel 4. Regular slots *''Mothers of Invention'' - Mother inventors compete to win help from a business guru who will help them to make their invention a success. *''Journey to the Centre of Britain'' - Richard attempts to find the exact location of the centre of Britain. *''You're Having a Laugh'' - Stand-up comedy from everyday people who think they are funny. Each person has 1 minute on stage to try out their comedy. *''Gone to a Good Home'' - To solve the problem of unwanted Christmas gifts the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel The Force
''Feel the Force'' is a British television police sitcom produced for BBC Scotland by Catherine Bailey Limited. The series is written by Georgia Pritchett; the first episode was broadcast on BBC 2 on 8 May 2006. The series was directed by Tristram Shapeero and produced by Catherine Bailey. Main characters *Sally Bobbins (Michelle Gomez): a control freak who lives and breathes the police force who's peeved to be partnered with someone so incompetent as Frank. *Sally Frank (Rosie Cavaliero): Delusional, incompetent, optimistic and totally dependent on Bobbins. Has an unrequited love for fellow officer PC MacBean who has a secret passion for his partner PC MacGregor. *Sergeant Beasley (Leigh Zimmerman): a tall and terrifying woman who finds Frank and Bobbins a constant source of irritation. Episodes Theme Music *The three stars (Gomez, Cavaliero and Zimmerman) sing the theme tune (a version of the UK hit single 'Can You Feel the Force' by The Real Thing). They recorded it with Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peep Show (British TV Series)
''Peep Show'' is a British television sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It was written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb, among others. It was broadcast on Channel 4 from 2003 until 2015. In 2010, it became the longest-running comedy in Channel 4 history in terms of years on air. ''Peep Show'' follows the lives of Mark Corrigan (Mitchell) and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne (Webb), two very different, dysfunctional best friends who share a flat in Croydon, South London. Mark is a socially awkward and despondent loan manager, while Jeremy is a childish slacker and unemployed musician who lives in Mark's spare room. Stylistically, the show uses point of view shots—giving the programme its title—with the thoughts of main characters Mark and Jeremy audible as voice-overs. The show is also noted for its veristic portrayal of human life through a general lack of conventional character development in Mark and Jeremy, and their pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Estate Agents
The Estate Agents is a comedy series, aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in 2002. The series followed the lives of three incompetent and untrustworthy estate agents working at the fictional Embassy Properties in south London, and the often corrupt dealings of their entrepreneurial boss, Tony. The series was produced off the back of a one-off sketch from the Channel 4 sketch show, Comedy Lab. The programme was never made available on DVD, but is currently available to view on All 4. Only the one series was ever made. Characters * Mark England (Cliff Kelly) is smartly dressed, and tries to conduct business in a friendly, professional manner. It is assumed that Mark is gay, as in one episode he sleeps with a male customer, who turns out to have a wife and children. Mark often assumes the position of team manager, and is often referred to by Jerry as a 'lanky goon'. * Mark Devlin (Adam G. Goodwin) is portrayed as down-on-his-luck, and is subjected to physical violence as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolis (British TV Series)
''Metropolis'' is an eight-part British television drama series, created and written by playwright Peter Morgan, that first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2000. Produced and directed by Glenn Wilhide, and co-directed by Tim Whitby, the series follows a group of former university graduates who leave Leeds to start a new life in London. The series featured a notable cast including Matthew Rhys, Louise Lombard, Kris Marshall, Flora Montgomery, Emily Bruni, Jason Barry, James Fox and James Purefoy. The series, described as "a more with-it ''Cold Feet''", was produced by Granada Television, and broadcast over five nights, with the initial four hour-long episodes broadcasting on consecutive Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:00pm. The final, half-hour episode broadcast at 10:30pm on Monday 15 May. Music for the series was composed by Jonathan Whitehead. Despite gathering an adequate viewing audience, and moderately successful critical reviews, a second series was not commissioned, with the failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect World (TV Series)
''Perfect World'' is a British comedy television series that was first shown on BBC Two in the UK from 25 February 2000 to 25 June 2001. It is set around the life of Bob Slay (played by Paul Kaye), an obnoxious, lazy and amoral phony marketing executive for a leading toiletries company. Yet Bob has a swish office and an attractive girlfriend, and is well regarded by his manager. The television series was written by Mark Grant (who would later go on to write ''Star'') and Mark Chapman who was a co-writer for the second series and provided additional material for the first series. Mark Chapman also directed the first series and produced both series with Nick Wood directing the second. The show's other producer was Lucy Robinson (who produced the first Dennis Pennis instalment and played the mayoress in '' The Thin Blue Line'') and it had executive producers Danielle Lux (''All About Me'') and Charles Brand ('' The Comic Strip Presents...''). Cast *Paul Kaye as Bob Slay *Derren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smack The Pony
''Smack the Pony'' is a British sketch comedy show that was originally broadcast between 1999 and 2003 on Channel 4. The main performers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. There were also regular appearances from Sarah Alexander, Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin. The show's theme tune was a version of the Dusty Springfield song "In the Middle of Nowhere", sung by Jackie Clune. In addition to the three principal cast members, the show was written by many writers, the core of which went on to write ''Green Wing'' and ''Campus''. Among the show's regular themes were unsuccessful relationships, competition in the workplace and latent lesbianism, but sketches would also dip into the surreal. Two regular strands involved a series of different women making dating agency videos about their general likes and dislikes, and a musical parody that would close the show. History The show was created by Victoria Pile after being commissioned by Caroline Leddy of Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Dos Bros
''Los Dos Bros'' is a British television comedy about two half-brothers (Darren Boyd and Cavan Clerkin) who find themselves in a series of strange situations. They discuss their experiences back to a psychiatrist (Vicki Pepperdine). The series started life as a Comedy Lab episode in 1999, this formed the basis of a pilot. Two years later a series consisting of six episodes were broadcast. The series was produced by Talkback Productions company for Channel 4. Episodes *Comedy Lab: Los Dos Bros - This was the pilot episode broadcast as part of the Comedy Lab series. *Test Drive - The half-brothers test drive a red monster truck. Things take a turn for the worse as they find themselves on the M25. *Love and Teeth - The brothers take a trip to the dentist. One of the brothers finds himself falling in love with a female dentist whilst the other brother suffers from a phobia of dentists. *Date - The half-brothers try to have sex. One brother dates a girl whilst the other ends up bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are Here (1998 TV Film)
You Are Here may refer to: Music * ''You Are Here'' (Opshop album), 2004 * ''You Are Here'' (South (British band) album), 2008 * ''You Are Here'' (Thenewno2 album) * ''You Are Here'' (UFO album), 2004 * ''You Are Here'' (+/- album) * ''You Are Here'' (Banco de Gaia album), 2004 * ''You Are Here'', an album by Atomic Hooligan, or the title song * ''You Are Here'', an album by Silver Sun * "You Are Here" (song), a song by John Lennon from ''Mind Games'' * "You Are Here", a song by Needtobreathe from ''Daylight'' Film and television * ''You Are Here'' (1998 film), a screwball comedy starring Robert Knepper * ''You Are Here'' (1998 TV film), a British television comedy short with music by Jonathan Whitehead * ''You Are Here'' (2007 film), a romantic comedy starring Bijou Phillips * ''You Are Here'', also known as ''Are You Here'', a 2013 American comedy-drama film directed by Matthew Weiner * ''You Are Here'' (2010 film), a fantasy/science-fiction drama directed by Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
