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Liar (TV Series)
''Liar'' is a British thriller television series created by Harry and Jack Williams, and co-produced by ITV and SundanceTV. The series stars Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd as two people whose initial attraction leads to far-reaching consequences for them and their friends and families. The series premiered on ITV on 11 September 2017, with the first series concluding on 16 October 2017. Upon its debut, it received positive reviews, with many critics praising the performances of Froggatt and Gruffudd. The programme was renewed for a second and final series, which premiered on 2 March 2020, concluding on 6 April 2020. Plot Laura Nielson, a smart and capable teacher in the middle of a breakup, is set up on a date with widowed surgeon Andrew Earlham. However, the morning after, Neilson realises she has been raped. When reporting the rape to the police proves fruitless, Nielson investigates the incident herself, ultimately discovering video evidence of her own and several othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Drama
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (genre)
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Successful examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Thrillers generally keep the audience on the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. The cover-up of important information is a common element. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists, unreliable narrators, and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is often a villain-driven plot, whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. The most common genres that overlap with the thriller genre include crime, horror and detective fiction. Characteristics Writer Vladimir Nabokov, in his lectures at Cornell University, said: In an Anglo-Saxon thriller, the villain is generally punished, and the strong silent man g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Galloway
Jenny Galloway is a British actress, and singer best known for her stage career which includes Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables. She has received numerous awards and nominations, winning the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance in ''Mamma Mia!''. She had previously won the award seven years earlier for her portrayal of the character Luce in George Abbott's ''The Boys from Syracuse''. Galloway can be heard on the cast recordings of ''Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Concert'', ''Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert'', ''Oliver!'', ''Mamma Mia!'' and ''Mary Poppins''. In the 2001 ITV children's TV series ''Weirdsister College'' (a sequel to ''The Worst Witch'' which follows the adventures of schoolgirl witch Mildred Hubble into further education), Jenny Galloway portrayed the college porter known as the Beetle. The Beetle was strict, widely disliked and a stickler for the rules to the point where she actually seemed to enjoy ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Wildman
Michael Wildman is a British actor. He appeared in the film '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. He played the role of aggressive, feisty centaur Magorian. Prior to accepting this role, Wildman was in the West End playing Lance Corporal Dawson in ''A Few Good Men'' alongside Rob Lowe and other programmes, most notably in Episode 5 of the British sitcom '' Extras'' alongside Samuel L. Jackson and in the part of the first Marc MacKenzie in ''Family Affairs''. He portrayed the role of Al Chapman on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' between August 2019 and October 2022. Screen credits * ''Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis'' (1997) as Hilary * ''Smack the Pony'' Episodes No.1.7 (1999) and No.1.3 (1999)TV episode * ''Happiness'' (2001) TV Series as Toby X * ''Is Harry on the Boat?'' Episode No.1.6 (2002) TV Episode as Josh ** "Team Work" (1999) TV Episode as Karl Lawrence ** "A Hard Day's Night" (2003) TV Episode as Rollo ** "Dark Places" (2010) TV Episode as Troy * ''Casua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Speed
Lucy Renee Speed (born 31 August 1976) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Natalie Evans in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1994 to 1995 and again from 1999 until 2004, and as DS Stevie Moss in the ITV police drama series ''The Bill'' from 2008 to 2010. She has also starred in the BBC One sitcom '' Cradle to Grave'' (2015) and ITV drama '' Unforgotten'' (2021). Early life Speed is the second of two children born to Sue (née Salter) and Sid Speed, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Crime Agency
The National Crime Agency (NCA) is a national law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's lead agency against organised crime; human, weapon and drug trafficking; cybercrime; and economic crime that goes across regional and international borders; but it can be tasked to investigate any crime. The NCA has a strategic role as part of which it looks at serious crime in aggregate across the UK, especially analysing how organised criminals are operating and how they can be disrupted. To do this, it works closely with regional organised crime units (ROCUs), local police forces, and other government departments and agencies. It is the UK's point of contact for foreign agencies such as Interpol, Europol and other international law enforcement agencies. On a day-to-day basis, the NCA assists police forces and other law enforcement agencies (and vice versa) under voluntary assistance arrangements. In extremis, the NCA Director General has the power to direct a chief o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermot Crowley
Dermot Crowley (born 19 March 1947) is an Irish stage, film and television actor. Life and career Theatre Crowley's stage work has included a leading role in an Olivier Award winning production of Conor McPherson's ''The Weir'', which played in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States in the late 1990s. His first television role was playing George Bernard Shaw in the UK TV series '' Victorian Scandals'' in 1976. In 2011, he appeared in '' The Cripple of Inishmaan'' with the Druid Theatre Company at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Los Angeles. He won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance. Film and television Crowley played General Crix Madine in '' Return of the Jedi''. He played Sgt. François Duval in ''Son of the Pink Panther''. Crowley went on to appear in ''Call Red'', ''Father Ted'' (as Father Liam Deliverance), '' Dangerfield'', ''Jonathan Creek'', '' A Touch of Frost'', ''Holby City'', ''The Bill'', ''Midsomer Murders'' and ''Luther'', amon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Charles
Howard Charles is an English actor who is best known for his portrayal of Porthos in the BBC series '' The Musketeers''. Education He studied at Kingston College in England between 2000 and 2005, earning a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting) before returning to start the BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Media. He then trained at the Drama Centre London and was awarded a Lady Rothermere Drama Award and a Leverhulme scholarship. Theatre Charles has appeared in: ''Blackta'' (The Young Vic), ''Macbeth'' (with the RSC), ''The Merchant of Venice'' (Royal Shakespeare Company), ''Enron'' (Chichester Festival Theatre, The Royal Court, West End), ''Painting A Wall'' (Finborough Theatre), ''The Hounding of David Olwale'' (various theatres including; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Everyman Liverpool, Hackney Empire), ''Three Sisters'' (Manchester Royal Exchange), ''The Local Stigmatic'' (Edinburgh Festival), ''Les Jeudis'' (Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Nuttall
Amy Abigail Nuttall (born 7 June 1982) is an English actress and singer known for playing Chloe Atkinson in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2000 until 2005, and housemaid Ethel Parks in ITV period drama ''Downton Abbey''. Early life Nuttall was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. She was educated at Bury Grammar School for Girls and trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. She performed with the National Youth Music Theatre, notably playing the lead role of Princess Ismene in ''Aurelius'' at the Tyne Opera House, Newcastle and the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh in August 1997. Career Nuttall is credited as the youngest actress to ever understudy and play the lead role of Christine in '' The Phantom of the Opera'' (at age 17) (National tour), has sung at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Old Trafford and won an edition of ''Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes'' as Sarah Brightman. Shortly before leaving ''Emmerdale'', Nuttall appeared in ''Notes from New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Spruell
Sam Spruell (born 1 January 1977) is a British actor. He is best known for playing villainous roles in film and television including Oleg Malankov in '' Taken 3'', Finn in '' Snow White and the Huntsman'' and Swarm in '' Doctor Who: Flux''. He also appeared in a small role as a military contractor in the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture winner ''The Hurt Locker''. Career His film credits include ''The Hurt Locker'' (2008), ''Defiance'' (2008), '' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' (2007), ''London to Brighton'' (2006), '' To Kill a King'' (2003) and '' K-19: The Widowmaker'' (2002). Spruell played hit man Jack "The Hat" McVitie in the 2015 film ''Legend'', which told the story of the Kray twins. His television roles include the recurring cameo of Jason Belling in '' Spooks'' (2007 in Episode 6.9 and 2004 in '' Project Friendly Fire'') and the recurring role of Wilkes in '' P.O.W.'' (2003). In 2012, Spruell had a starring role in the film '' Snow White & the Huntsman'', playing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime in Greater London. In addition, the Metropolitan Police is also responsible for some specialised matters throughout the United Kingdom; these responsibilities include co-ordinating and leading national counter-terrorism measures and the personal safety of specific individuals, such as the Monarch and other members of the Royal Family, members of the Government, and other officials (such as the Leader of the Opposition). The main geographical area of responsibilities of the Metropolitan Police District consists of the 32 London boroughs, but does not include the City of London proper — that is, the central financial district also known as the "Square Mile" — which is policed by a separate force, the City of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Steele
Dawn Steele (born 11 December 1975) is a Scottish actress best known for her portrayals of the characters Alexandra “Lexie” MacDonald from the BBC drama '' Monarch of the Glen'', Alice Trevanion in the ITV drama series '' Wild at Heart'' and Dr. Annie Jandhu/Murdoch in BBC Soap Opera ''River City''. Steele played Ange Godard in BBC's Holby City until it ended in March 2022. Career Dawn Steele was born in Glasgow and moved to Milton of Campsie in 1982, attended Kilsyth Academy from around 1987–1993 and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow from 1994 to 1998, supporting her early career as a waitress in the Rogano Restaurant. She graduated with first class honours in July 1998, and was the winner of the silver medal at the RSAMD in 1998. Her most notable role was as Alexandra "Lexie" MacDonald in seasons one through six in the BBC drama '' Monarch of the Glen'', between 1999 and 2004. In January 2005, she appeared as new character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
