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Luke Musgrove
This is a comprehensive list of characters from the Channel 4 soap opera '' Brookside'' in alphabetical order by the character's surnames. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y {{Brookside * Brookside Brookside Brookside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV (TV network), ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowena Cooper
Rosemary Rowena Cooper (born 1935) is a British actress. She began her career in 1956, joining the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. In 1959 she joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre Company and went on to have an extensive career, primarily in British television, for over 50 years. Cooper starred in The Rag Trade as Mrs Fenner. Select filmography in television Personal life She married actor Terrence Hardiman Terrence Hardiman (born 6 April 1937)Biographical detail Photo of Hardiman and Cooper in role
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Katrin Cartlidge
Katrin Juliet Cartlidge (15 May 1961 – 7 September 2002) was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'' (1982–1983), before going on to win the 1997 Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film ''Career Girls''. Her other film appearances included Leigh's ''Naked'' (1993), '' Before the Rain'' (1994), ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996) and ''From Hell'' (2001). Early life Cartlidge was born in London, to Derek, an English father and Bobbi, a German-Jewish refugee mother. She was educated at the Parliament Hill School for Girls in Camden. Work Her work on Manchevski's '' Before the Rain'' and on ''No Man's Land'' made her well known in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans. Sophie, in Mike Leigh's ''Naked'', was her first leading role. Cartlidge worked in two more Leigh films: in ''Career Girls'' she played one of the lead roles, Hannah, at the ages of both 20 and 30, and in ''Topsy Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Burgess (playwright)
Mark Burgess (born 1960) is a British playwright and actor who appeared in ''Brookside'' as Gordon Collins. Burgess wrote and performed the one-man show ''The Man with the Golden Pen'' on the life of Ian Fleming. Selected works *''Casting Shadows'', centred on a discussion between Max Miller, Laurence Olivier and Terence Rattigan in 1962 (1999) *''The Man with the Golden Pen'' (original title: ''Fleming's Bond''), one-man play about Ian Fleming (2000) *''Einstein in Cromer'', with David Suchet in the title role about Albert Einstein's stay in a small hut on Roughton Heath (2004) *''From Father with Love'', on Ian Fleming's relationship with his son Caspar (2006) *''Sam O'Bedlam'', centred on Samuel Beckett, played by Jim Norton (2006) *''The Wrong Hero'', on the wartime life and death of Leslie Howard (2008) *''A King's Speech'', on Lionel Logue and George VI (2009) *''Tales from Tate Modern'', (A Modern Love Story) BBC Radio 4 Short Story(2010 *''Two Halves Of Guinness'' St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Collins (Brookside)
Gordon Collins is a character in the Channel 4 soap-opera ''Brookside''. He was portrayed by Nigel Crowley from the show's debut in 1982 until 1984 and later on by Mark Burgess beginning in 1986 and ending with his departure in 1990. Gordon is notable for being the first openly gay character on a British television soap opera. Storylines Background Gordon Collins moved to Brookside Close aged 15 with his family in 1982 after his father, Paul ( Jim Wiggins) loses his job. While Lucy (Katrin Cartlidge) struggles to fit in on Brookside Close (which she refers to as 'purgatory'), Gordon settles in quicker. Gordon is seen by Paul and his mother Annabelle (Doreen Sloane) as having better prospects than Lucy and so when they can only afford to allow one to remain at independent school, Gordon stays while Lucy has to attend the sixth-form college at Brookside Comprehensive, where she is bullied. Arrival After the Collins' arrival, Gordon begins writing computer software, a hob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Sloane
Doreen Sloane (24 February 1934, in Birkenhead – 8 April 1990, in Liverpool) was an English actress, best known for playing Annabelle Collins, one of the original characters in the soap opera ''Brookside'' on Channel 4 between 1982 and 1990. She trained at the Elliott Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool and appeared in repertory theatres before being cast in the first of four roles in ''Coronation Street''. Sloane also appeared in the films ''Yanks'' and ''Chariots of Fire''. Other TV appearances include ''Nearest and Dearest'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'' , '' How We Used To Live'' and in the soap opera ''Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...''. She died of cancer at the age of only 56. The final scenes she recorded for ''Brookside'' went to air after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabelle Collins (Brookside)
Annabelle Collins is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'', played by Doreen Sloane. One of the show's original characters, Annabelle debuted during the episode broadcast on 2 November 1982. Annabelle is characterised as an intelligent woman who is used to a luxurious lifestyle. She is married to Paul Collins ( Jim Wiggins) and they move into Brookside Close during the show's first episode. The move is a downsize from a big house after Paul loses a lucrative management role. Annabelle struggles to adjust to her new lifestyle but eventually becomes active in her new community. She is portrayed as generous and neighbourly, but also displays characteristics of snobbery. Writers created a difficult marriage for Annabelle and Paul. Annabelle stories were often centric to the problems of her children, Gordon Collins (Nigel Crowley) and Lucy Collins (Katrin Cartlidge). Annabelle struggles to accept her son's homosexuality and her daughter's wayward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Audenshaw
Antony Audenshaw (born 6 September 1964) is an English actor and singer. Audenshaw appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'' from 1994 to 1996). Then in 2000, he began portraying the role of Bob Hope on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. For his portrayal of the role, he received a nomination for Most Popular Newcomer at the 7th National Television Awards. Life and career Audenshaw was born in Denton, Lancashire on 9 September 1964. In 1993, Audenshaw married wife Ruth, and the pair had two children together before her death in 2017. Audenshaw began both his acting and music careers on stage whilst performing songs and sketches that he had wrote, later taking part in amateur theatre productions. Whilst trying to make it as an actor, he had a job at Thorpe Park and slept in his car on the car park since he could not afford accommodation. Between 1994 and 1996, he played the recurring role of PC Ian Coban in the Channel 4 soap ''Brookside''. His ''Emmerdale'' debut was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Stephenson
Nicola Stephenson (born 5 July 1971) is an English actress. She played the roles of Margaret Clemence in ''Brookside'', Julie Fitzjohn in '' Holby City'', Sarah Williams in '' The Chase'', Allie Westbrook in '' Waterloo Road'', and Tess Harris in ''Emmerdale''. Life and career She was born in Oldham, Lancashire and attended North Chadderton School for her secondary education. Career She is known mainly for her roles in television, which include Margaret Clemence in Channel 4's ''Brookside''; Stephenson's on-air kiss with Anna Friel (Beth Jordache) was the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss to be broadcast on British television. In 2012 the kiss was broadcast to over 5 billion people when it was included as part of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony directed by Danny Boyle. The opening ceremony was broadcast uncensored in 76 countries where homosexuality is illegal and therefore became the first homosexual kiss to be broadcast in these countries. Other roles have i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Clemence
Margaret Clemence is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'', played by Nicola Stephenson. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 14 September 1990. Margaret is characterised as a college drop-out unsure about her future. She leaves her home town of Oldham to escape her ex-boyfriend, Kieran (Andrew Shakos), and relocates to Liverpool. She takes a job working as a nanny for Max ( Steven Pinder) and Patricia Farnham (Gabrielle Glaister) and becomes their lodger. Stephenson has described Margaret as a domestic and organised character but when it comes to romance she is confused and unstable. Writers gave Stephenson a series of challenging storylines throughout her tenure, often involving taboo romances. In her first notable story, Margaret begins a relationship with a Catholic priest, Derek O'Farrell (Clive Moore). Their affair upsets various other characters, including Derek's sister, DD Dixon ( Irene Marot), who attem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh (born 11 October 1950) is a Welsh actor, known for his many television appearances, including the role of Craster in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. Life and career Pugh was born in the Tynte, Mountain Ash and grew up in Cilfynydd, near Pontypridd. He decided to become an actor after watching '' From Russia with Love'' at a cinema in Treforest with a cousin. A few years later he took night courses at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in North London, before being accepted at Rose Bruford College, where he graduated in 1976. He appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama ''Longford'' and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary '' Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial''. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in the ITV1 drama ''The Time of Your Life'', in which he played a father whose 36-year-old daughter is recovering after an 18-year coma. In his early career, he frequently appeared in Welsh language productions, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Phillips-Lane
Joanna Phillips-Lane is a British actress who among other parts, played the character Roxy in Carla Lane's sitcom ''Bread''. She also played the character Wendy Foley in ''Capital City A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, Department (country subdivision), department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city ...''. External links * British television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century British actresses {{UK-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
