|
Judi Shekoni
Judith Iyabo Shekoni is an English actress, television personality and businesswoman Early life and education Born to a Yoruba Nigerian father and a British mother of English and Spanish descent, Shekoni is from Gorton, Manchester and was brought up by a single parent in council housing. She briefly enrolled in a business programme at the University of Westminster. Career Shekoni began her television career with a breakout role as Marjorie "Precious" Hudson (née Hulton) in the BBC1 soap '' EastEnders''. She then moved into film with roles including '' Garfield 2'' for Fox, ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' as Renee and ''Ali G Indahouse''. Shekoni lived and studied in Los Angeles for 10 years and appeared on US television shows including '' NCIS'', ''All of Us'' and ''Damages'', ''Fat Friends'' and ''The King of Queens''. Whilst in Los Angeles she worked with Bill Condon in the film '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2''. She joined the cast as a lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of Queens
''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who also served as the show's executive producer, and stars Kevin James and Leah Remini as Doug and Carrie Heffernan, a working-class couple living in Rego Park, Queens, New York City. All the episodes were filmed in front of a live studio audience. ''The King of Queens'' was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions (1998–2007), CBS Paramount Network Television (2007), in association with Columbia TriStar Television (1998–2002), and Sony Pictures Television (2002–07). It was filmed at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. The ninth and final season concluded with a double-length finale episode in 2007. In May 2017, Kevin James and Leah Remini reunited in the 2016 television sitcom ''Kevin Can Wait'', which ended on May 7, 2018. Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of Queens Episodes
''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainmen ... from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007. The series spanned nine seasons, with a total of 207 episodes produced. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1998–99) Season 2 (1999–2000) Season 3 (2000–01) Season 4 (2001–02) Season 5 (2002–03) Season 6 (2003–04) Season 7 (2004–05) Season 8 (2005–06) Season 9 (2006–07) References External links * from Sony Pictures * {{DEFAULTSORT:King Of Queens, The Lists of American sitcom episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Gentlemen Please
''Time Gentlemen Please'' is a British sitcom primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray and broadcast on Sky One from 2000 to 2002. Premise The show is set in a forgotten, unwelcoming pub whose opinionated landlord, 'Guv' (short for 'The Governor'), has some very old-fashioned views on how a pub, and Britain, should be run. The Governor is an evolution of Al Murray's stage persona 'The Pub Landlord', which he had used in stand up since 1994. Cast *Al Murray as Guv *Phil Daniels as Terry * Jason Freeman as Steve *Rebecca Front as Vicky Jackson * Roy Heather as Old Man * Andrew Mackay as Prof *Julia Sawalha as Janet (Series 1) *Emma Pierson as Connie (Series 2) * Janine Buckley as Lesley *Jeff Rudom as Leslie *Marc Bannerman as Greg Thompson Characters Bar staff * Guv - The landlord of the pub. He sometimes claims to be the owner, but in fact the pub is owned by the brewery and he is a tenant. Just prior to his divorce, his wife took their son and moved to F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murphy's Law (UK TV Series)
''Murphy's Law'' is a BBC television drama, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Northern Ireland, starring James Nesbitt as an undercover police officer, Tommy Murphy. There were five series of the drama, shown on BBC One. The first two were composed of individual stories. Series three, four and five were each single stories composed over multiple episodes. Colin Bateman adapted the pilot for a novel. A sixth series has not been commissioned. In a 2008 interview, Nesbitt attributed this to the fifth series' ratings being damaged after it was scheduled opposite ITV's popular drama ''Doc Martin''. All 23 episodes have since been released on DVD. All episodes from series two onwards were released as edited 50-minute masters instead of the 60-minute versions that were broadcast, except series 3 which was released uncut in the US. The first, second and third series were all released on 28 August 2006. The fourth and fifth series were released in a joint box-set on 15 Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casualty (TV Series)
''Casualty'' (stylised as ''CASUAL+Y'') is a British medical drama series that airs weekly on BBC One. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 6 September 1986. The original producer was Geraint Morris. Having been broadcast weekly since 1986, ''Casualty'' is the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world. The programme is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department. The show has strong ties to its sister programme '' Holby City'', which began as a spin-off series from ''Casualty'' in 1999, set in the same hospital. The final episode of ''Holby City'' was broadcast in March 2022. ''Casualty''s exterior shots were mainly filmed outside the Ashley Down Centre in Bristol from 1986 until 2002, when they moved to the centre of Bristol. In 2011, ''Casualty'' celebrated its 25th anniversary and moved production to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Free Press Journal
''The Free Press Journal'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1928 by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor. First produced to complement a news agency, the Free Press of India, it was a supporter of the Independence movement. It is published in Mumbai, India. History The founder editor was Swaminathan Sadanand. It was founded in 1928 to support Free Press of India, a news agency that dispatched "nationalist" news to its subscribers. In the colonial context, Colaco describes it as "an independent newspaper supporting nationalist causes". She quotes Lakshmi as saying that "The nationalist press marched along with the freedom fighters". It played a significant role in mobilising sympathetic public opinion during the independence movement. Notable former employees Among its founders was Stalin Srinivasan who founded ''Manikkodi'' in 1932. Bal Thackeray worked as a cartoonist for the newspaper until being removed from the job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Twilight Characters
The following is a list of characters in the ''Twilight'' novel series by Stephenie Meyer, comprising the books ''Twilight'', ''New Moon'', ''Eclipse'' and ''Breaking Dawn'', as well as ''The Twilight Saga'' film series adaptations. Major characters Bella Swan Isabella Marie "Bella" Swan (later Bella Cullen) is the fictional protagonist of the ''Twilight'' series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The ''Twilight'' series is primarily narrated from Bella's point of view. In ''Twilight'', Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with Edward Cullen. However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires. Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, against Edward's wishes. In the second novel, ''New Moon'', Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an effort to keep Bella safe from the vampire world. Jacob Black, a member of the Quileute tribe who is also a shape shifter taking a wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Christ's Sake
''For Christ's Sake'' is a 2011 comedy film directed by Jackson Douglas, Produced by Will Raee written by Jeff Lewis and starring Alex Borstein. Plot This film is about a small-town priest named Robert, who finds out his estranged brother greatly needs money for cancer treatment. He secretly borrows from the church emergency fund and lends it to his brother, but later finds out his brother used the money to finance a pornographic movie. Release The film released on DVD on December 6, 2011. Cast * Sara Rue as Candy * Alex Borstein as Mrs. Marcus * Will Sasso as Alan * Ike Barinholtz as Buster Cherry * William Morgan Sheppard as Father Monahan * Armin Shimerman as The Pope * Kyle Bornheimer as Tony * Jed Rees as Robert * Michael Hitchcock as Tom * Judith Shekoni as Mia do'em * Chad Willett as Sid * Jason Barry as Father Beckman * Scott L. Schwartz as Gordy * Nicola Charles as Mary Murphy * Matt Champagne as Carl * David Dean Bottrell as Sam * Paul Vato Paul may refer to: *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybe Baby (2000 Film)
''Maybe Baby'' (released in the Philippines as ''Sex Bomb'') is a 2000 United Kingdom, British comedy film starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson. It was written and directed by Ben Elton, with Laurie directing some scenes in an uncredited role, and based upon Elton's 1999 novel, ''Inconceivable (novel), Inconceivable''. A critical failure, the film did poorly at the box office, despite a cast including many of the best-known names within comedy in Britain. Plot Sam Bell (Hugh Laurie) and his wife Lucy (Joely Richardson) are a married couple struggling for a baby, having tried everything they can think of to improve their chances of conceiving. At the same time, Sam begins to find his job (as a commissioning editor of drama at the BBC) increasingly unfulfilling. While he resolves to write his own screenplay, he begins to suffer writer's block. The idea dawns upon him to write about his own predicament, something to which Lucy objects strongly. He uses her diary entries to he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Is Not Enough
''The World Is Not Enough'' is a 1999 spy film, the nineteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Michael Apted, from an original story and screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The title is the translation of the motto on the Bond family coat of arms, seen first in '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. The film's plot revolves around the assassination of billionaire Sir Robert King by the terrorist Renard, and Bond's subsequent assignment to protect King's daughter Elektra, who was previously held for ransom by Renard. During his assignment, Bond unravels a scheme to increase petroleum prices by triggering a nuclear meltdown in the waters of Istanbul. Filming locations included Spain, France, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the UK, with interiors shot at Pinewood Studios. The film rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinary Lies
''Ordinary Lies'' is a British television drama series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 March 2015. The six-part first series, written by Danny Brocklehurst, is set in a car showroom. The second, also in six-parts, is set in the warehouse of a sports goods company based in Wales. The series executive producer is Nicola Shindler. The series was commissioned by Charlotte Moore for the BBC. In Australia, the series premiered on BBC First from 25 July 2015. Plot Series 1 JS Motors, a car dealership in Warrington, employs a number of 'ordinary' people, each with dark secrets. As each episode unravels, it becomes clear how quickly lies can escalate with shocking consequences. Series 2 Coopers Outdoors, a Sports Goods Company based in Cardiff, has a number of workers who each hold a dark secret. As each episode unfolds, and each characters story is revealed, it becomes clear just how fast secrets can be revealed and the shocking aftermaths that can follow. Cast Main cast Serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
