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Michelle Greenidge
Michelle Denise Greenidge (born 15 June 1969) is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Valerie in the Netflix comedy drama '' After Life'' (2019–2022), Lola Okonedo Akimbo in the BBC Two comedy ''Mandy'' (2020–present), PC Williams in the police comedy drama ''Code 404'' (2020–2021) and Rosa Babatunde in the Channel 4 drama ''It's a Sin'' (2021). Life and career Greenidge was born on 15 June 1969 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She is of Jamaican descent. She began her acting career in 2009 in the short film ''Leave'', where she played the role of Claire. Her next role came in 2013 as the mother in the short film ''Sorry We Don't Help Darkies''. In 2014, she portrayed Auntie Jeanie in an episode of the comedy series ''All About the McKenzies'' and the same year went on to appear in various short films, ''Crude'', ''Samuell Benta's Perceptions'' and ''Daddy's Girl''. In 2015, she played Councillor Gretel in four episodes of the Sky Living comedy drama ''Venus vs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 census; the second-largest population centre in the county after Leeds, which is to the east of the city. It shares a continuous built-up area with the towns of Shipley, Silsden, Bingley and Keighley in the district as well as with the metropolitan county's other districts. Its name is also given to Bradford Beck. It became a West Riding of Yorkshire municipal borough in 1847 and received its city charter in 1897. Since local government reform in 1974, the city is the administrative centre of a wider metropolitan district, city hall is the meeting place of Bradford City Council. The district has civil parishes and unparished areas and had a population of , making it the most populous district in England. In the century leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timewasters
''Timewasters'' is a British science-fiction comedy television programme, first broadcast on ITV2 in 2017 with a second series broadcast in 2019. It was created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor and written by Taylor and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. It was produced for ITV Studios by Kenton Allen and Matthew Justice of Big Talk Productions. Episodes were directed by George Kane. The programme stars Taylor, Adelayo Adedayo, Samson Kayo and Kadiff Kirwan as the members of an unsuccessful all-black South London jazz quartet who time-travel to the 1920s, and later the 1950s, visiting the Jazz Age and post-war cool jazz period while experiencing culture clashes as they manoeuvre in the unfamiliar eras. Critical response to the programme was generally favourable, with praise for its originality in addressing racism through the comedic insertion of modernity into a period setting. It is also known for satirizing historical dramas and their lack of diversity. There was critical praise for the writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Happy Ending (film)
''My Happy Ending'' is a 2023 Israeli-British comedy-drama film directed by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit and starring Andie MacDowell. It is based on the play ''Sof Tov'' by Anat Gov. Cast *Andie MacDowell as Julia *Miriam Margolyes as Judy *Sally Phillips as Mikey *Rakhee Thakrar as Imaan *Tamsin Greig as Nancy *Tom Cullen *Michelle Greenidge as Nurse Emilia *David Walliams as Joey Production Filming wrapped in Wales in November 2021. Release In January 2023, it was announced that Roadside Attractions acquired North American distribution rights to the film which was released in the United States on February 24, 2023. The film was released on DVD on April 5, 2023. Critical reception Katie Rife of ''RogerEbert.com'' awarded the film one and a half stars and wrote that it "can’t even do a tearjerker right." Ben Kenigsberg of ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Witchfinder (TV Series)
''The Witchfinder '' is a BBC Two sitcom created, written, and directed by the Gibbons brothers. The series is executive produced by Steve Coogan, and Christine Langan, and produced by Dave Lambert for Baby Cow Productions. It stars Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper. Premise Set in 1645, during the English Civil War, Cooper plays a suspected witch being escorted by Key across East Anglia for a witch trial. Key plays a failing, chauvinistic, pompous witchfinder for whom the seemingly simple journey risks becoming an ordeal. Cast * Tim Key as Gideon Bannister * Daisy May Cooper as Thomasine Gooch * Jessica Hynes as Old Myers * Daniel Rigby as Hebble * Tuwaine Barrett as Cumberlidge * Reece Shearsmith as Matthew Hopkins * Michael Culkin as Lord Salisbury * Rosie Cavaliero as Mrs. Jennings * Dan Skinner as Beekeeper * Ricky Tomlinson as Crockett Production The series was commissioned for BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Rider (TV Series)
''Alex Rider'' (stylized as △LEX RIDER) is a British spy thriller television programme based on the novel series of the same name by Anthony Horowitz. Adapted by Guy Burt, it stars Otto Farrant as the eponymous character, who is recruited by a subdivision of MI6 as a teenage spy to infiltrate places that others are unable to. The series is Amazon's first scripted British Amazon Original series. The show is jointly produced by Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television, and is the second screen adaptation of the novels, following the 2006 feature film version of the first novel, ''Stormbreaker.'' The eight-episode first season, based on ''Point Blanc'', premiered on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2020. In November 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, adapting the book '' Eagle Strike''. The second season premiered on 3 December 2021 on IMDb TV, and a third season is in production. The series has received generally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grantchester (TV Series)
''Grantchester'' is a British ITV detective drama, set in the 1950s in the Cambridgeshire village of the same name. The show first featured Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers ( James Norton), and subsequently vicar William Davenport (Tom Brittney), each of whom develop a sideline in sleuthing with the help of Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green). The series is based on '' The Grantchester Mysteries'', collections of short stories written by James Runcie. The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, ''Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death'', and was broadcast in 2014. A second series aired in March and April 2016, and a third series began its run on 23 April 2017. A fourth series was announced on 12 April 2018, and it was confirmed that this would be the last to feature James Norton in the lead. Tom Brittney as the Reverend Will Davenport took over the lead from Norton in series four. The fifth series commenced in January 2020. A sixth series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let There Be Carnage
''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' is a 2021 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the second film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe and the sequel to ''Venom'' (2018). The film was directed by Andy Serkis from a screenplay by Kelly Marcel, based on a story she wrote with Tom Hardy, who stars as Eddie Brock and Venom alongside Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, and Woody Harrelson. In the film, Brock and the alien symbiote Venom must face serial killer Cletus Kasady (Harrelson) after he becomes the host of an offshoot of Venom named Carnage. ''Venom'' was intended by Sony to be the start of a new shared universe, and plans for a sequel began during production on the first film. Harrelson was cast to make a brief appearance as Kasady at the end of ''Venom'', with the intention of him becoming the villain Carnage in the seq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loss Adjuster
''The Loss Adjuster'' is a 2020 Christmas romantic comedy film written by Jayney Mackie and directed by Vincent Woods and starring Luke Goss, Martin Kemp, Kym Marsh and Joan Collins. It was released on 1 December 2020. Synopsis The film depicts an unlucky insurance man and the variety of clients that he visits. Cast Production Filming for ''The Loss Adjuster'' began in October 2019. The primary cast, consisting of Luke Goss, Joan Collins, Martin Kemp, Guy Siner and Kym Marsh, was announced on 24 February 2020. The film's official trailer was released on 16 October 2020. Music The theme song for the film was sung by Beverley Knight, entitled ''A Christmas Wish''. It was released as a single on 11 November 2020. Release ''The Loss Adjuster'' was released on 1 December 2020 in UK cinemas by Minerva Pictures. It was also released on DVD and online to stream on Amazon Prime, Sky Store and Rakuten TV on the same day. Reception The film has a score of 44% on Rotten Tomatoes. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Material
''Adult Material'' is a four-part British drama television series concerning a woman's life working in the adult film industry Starring Hayley Squires and created by an all female team, it first aired on Channel 4 on 5 October 2020. Adult industry professionals Rebecca More and Danny D were advisors and coaches for the series, with Danny having a small part in episode two, as journalist Sam Pike. Synopsis The series follows Hayley Burrows, ostensibly an ordinary hardworking mum-of-three who has been working as Jolene Dollar in the adult entertainment industry for many years. Her life is dramatically changed by an incident between Amy, a new girl in the industry and an American hardcore actor, Tom Pain. Jolene meets MP Stella Maitland on a talk show, just before Stella is exposed for downloading porn on her work computer. With her home life falling apart and facing health issues, Jolene decides to quit the industry and gets a job in a coffee bar. While facing a defamation tria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangrove (film)
''Mangrove'' is a 2020 historical drama film directed by British director Steve McQueen and co-written by McQueen and Alastair Siddons, about the Mangrove restaurant in west London and the 1971 trial of the Mangrove Nine. It stars Letitia Wright, Shaun Parkes, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Alex Jennings and Jack Lowden. The film was released as part of the anthology series '' Small Axe'' on BBC One on 15 November 2020 and Amazon Prime Video on 20 November 2020. It premiered as the opening film at the 58th New York Film Festival on 24 September 2020. Plot Frank Crichlow is a Trinidadian immigrant opening a new restaurant, the Mangrove, in Notting Hill in the late 1960s. Notting Hill was then a Caribbean immigrant neighborhood. On opening night Constable Frank Pulley looks on and comments to a fellow constable that Black people must be kept in their place. After the restaurant closes for the night Pulley aggressively confronts Crichlow and accuses Crichlow of running an es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I May Destroy You
''I May Destroy You'' is a British black comedy-drama television limited series created, written, co-directed, and executive produced by Michaela Coel for BBC One and HBO. The series is set in London with a predominantly Black British cast. Coel stars as Arabella, a young writer in the public eye who seeks to rebuild her life after being raped. The series premiered on 7 June 2020 on HBO and on 8 June 2020 on BBC One. According to Metacritic, ''I May Destroy You'' was the most critically acclaimed television programme of 2020, and was described by ''The New York Times'' as "the perfect show for an anxious world." It won the BAFTAs for Best Mini-Series, Best Director: Drama, Best Writer: Drama and Best Actress, in addition to two RTS Programme Awards, two Independent Spirit Awards, a Gotham Award, a GLAAD Media Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Peabody Award. The series received nine nominations at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Dobson
Anita Dobson (born 29 April 1949) is an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. She is best known for her role from 1985 to 1988 as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. In 1986, she reached number four in the UK Singles Chart with "Anyone Can Fall in Love", a song based on the theme music of ''EastEnders''. She is married to Queen (band), Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May. Dobson's other television roles include the 1989 ITV Network, ITV sitcom ''Split Ends (British TV series), Split Ends''. In 2003, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, Olivier Award for Best Actress for the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre production of ''Frozen (play), Frozen''. She has also starred in the West End (theatre), West End as Mama Morton in the musical ''Chicago (musical), Chicago'' (2003) and Gertrude (Hamlet), Gertrude in ''Hamlet'' (2005), and made her Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC debut in the 2012 revival of ''The Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
