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Moyo Akandé
Moyo Akandé is a Scottish actress. Early life and education Moyo Akandé grew up in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Her sister, Morayo Akandé, is a writer and producer. As a teenager, Moyo auditioned for the Dance School of Scotland at Knightswood Secondary School and landed a place. Akandé trained as an actress at Arts Educational Schools, London, and graduated in 2008. Career In 2017, Akandé produced and starred in ''1745'' alongside her sister. The short film focuses on two sisters torn from their home in Nigeria for slavery, who start a perilous journey from foreign hands through the Scottish Highlands in search of freedom. ''1745'' won the Best Short Film Award at the Africa International Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria, 2017. It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 in London and BAFTA Scotland in the same year. In 2019, Akandé appeared in four episodes of the Scottish comedy-drama ''Guilt''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Servant
''Bob Servant Independent'', renamed ''Bob Servant'', is a British television sitcom written and created by Neil Forsyth. The first series of six episodes was broadcast in 2013 on BBC4 and repeated on BBC2 Scotland, starring Brian Cox in the title role and Jonathan Watson in the role of Frank. The show is set in Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The second series, renamed ''Bob Servant'', was broadcast in 2014 on BBC1 Scotland and in 2015 on BBC4. Plot When Broughty Ferry’s MP is decapitated in a car crash, the resulting by-election receives an unlikely candidate. Local cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant ( Brian Cox) launches an eccentric campaign, managed by hapless right-hand man Frank ( Jonathan Watson). Over the series, Bob and Frank battle with slick English candidate Nick Edwards ( Rufus Jones) and his wife (Pollyanna McIntosh) for the votes of a bewildered Broughty Ferry public. The series also sees appearances by Derek Riddell as a local minister, Greg McHugh as a rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. Common years that begin on Thursday have three Friday the 13ths in February, March, and November, such as 2009, 2015, and 2026. Leap years that begin on Sunday (i.e. that follow Dominical Letter AG) such as 2012 and 2040, also have three Friday the 13ths in January, April, and July. The years 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024 had two Friday the 13ths, as will 2029; 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2025 had only one Friday the 13th, as will 2027 and 2028. For a month to have a Friday the 13th, the first day of the month must begin on a Sunday. History Unluckiness of 13 One source mentioned for the unlucky reputation of the number 13 is a Norse myth about twelve gods h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime (TV Series)
''Crime'' (also known as ''Irvine Welsh's Crime'') is a British crime drama television series, an adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name. The 6-episode first series was co-written by Welsh and Dean Cavanagh and broadcast in 2021 on BritBox, later moved in the UK to be available on ITVX. It stars Dougray Scott as the detective Ray Lennox. Scott won an International Emmy Award and a BAFTA in November 2022 for his performance. A second series began filming in Scotland in 2022 and premiered on 21 September 2023 on ITVX. Synopsis DI Ray Lennox (Scott) and DS Drummond (Vanderham) investigate a schoolgirl's abduction. Cast Main Recurring Episodes Series overview Series 1 (2021) Series 2 (2023) Production First series On 23 July 2020, BritBox announced that Irvine Welsh would be adapting Crime as a six-part miniseries for streaming service with Irvine Welsh adapting his own book alongside Dean Cavanagh. The series is set in Edinburgh and filmed there and Glas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Raisin (TV Series)
''Agatha Raisin'' is a British comedy-drama television series, based on M. C. Beaton's book series of the same name about a former PR agent who solves crime mysteries in the Cotswolds village of Carsely. The programme was broadcast as a pilot titled '' Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death'' on 26 December 2014, followed by an eight-part series that first aired on Sky One on 7 June 2016. A second series was ordered by Acorn TV on 15 January 2018. On 27 February 2019, the show was commissioned for a third series. Later, it was renewed for a fourth series, and then a fifth. Production On 22 August 2014, Sky announced that it had commissioned the adaptation for Sky One. It was commissioned by Cameron Roach. Sky One chief Adam MacDonald said, "''Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death'' is a contemporary, sharp, and witty crime drama offering for the upcoming festive season." ''Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death'' began filming in September 2014. The main filming location was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika (2021 TV Series)
Annika is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different cultures. It is a Swedish diminutive for Anna, derived in the 15th century from Anneke, a Dutch and Northern Germanic diminutive of Anna. Swedish-born retired professional golfer Annika Sörenstam is a well-known bearer of the name. It is also a name that was in use for Black women in the mid- to late 1800s in the United States, according to census records. The name might have unknown origins in an African language, be a short form of another name such as Angelica, or be a combination of other names such as Anna and Monica. Anika is a spelling variant. It is also common in Germany, Finland and Estonia as well as in Sweden, gaining popularity after 1969 from the character of that name in the ''Pippi Longstocking'' TV series, film and book. Star Trek character Seven of Nine, whose name at birth was Annika Hansen, has also raised the profile of the name since the 1990s. Women * Annika Beck (born 1994), G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Demon Headmaster (2019 TV Series)
''The Demon Headmaster'' is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same title. Made by BBC Studios and Sinking Ship Entertainment for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast on 14 October 2019, and is the second adaptation of the books, following the 1996 series. Nicholas Gleaves plays the titular character, a mysterious head teacher with strange powers and dreams of world domination. The series is a direct sequel of the original series, and features Charlotte Beckett and Sally Oliver as Dinah Hunter and Rose Carter, roles originally portrayed by Frances Amey and Kathryn Wyeth. Amey was approached to reprise the role of Dinah, though no longer acts, whilst Wyeth is based in Wellington, New Zealand. The original Headmaster Terrence Hardiman reprised his role for the revival. It had been renewed for a second series but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and later cancelled. Production The series, adapted by Emma Reeves, is based on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Game
''Still Game'' is a Scotland, Scottish sitcom produced by Effingee Productions, The Comedy Unit and BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis (Still Game character), Jack Jarvis, Esq and Victor McDade, two Glasgow, Glaswegian pensioners. The characters first appeared in the pair's previous TV sketch show ''Chewin' the Fat'', which aired in Scotland from January 1999 until December 2005. Following its debut on 6 September 2002, List of Still Game episodes, 62 episodes of ''Still Game'' were aired, including Christmas and Hogmanay specials in addition to almost 50 live shows. The first three series were broadcast only on BBC One Scotland, though five episodes selected from the first two series were later broadcast throughout the UK on BBC Two in January and February 2004. From the fourth series onwards, ''Still Game'' was broadcast across the UK on BBC Two. After series six had aired in 2007, the production of ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hurricane Heist
''The Hurricane Heist'' is a 2018 American disaster heist action film directed by Rob Cohen, written by Jeff Dixon and Scott Windhauser, and starring Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, Ralph Ineson, Melissa Bolona, James Cutler, and Ben Cross. The film is about a maintenance worker, his meteorologist brother, and a treasury agent contending with a band of rogue treasury agents who plan to use a Category 5 hurricane to cover their tracks of a bank robbery. The film was released in theaters in the United States on March 9, 2018, by Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures. It received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, making $32 million against its estimated $35 million budget. Plot In 1992, a category 5 hurricane named "Andrew" hits the town of Gulfport, Alabama. Will and Breeze Rutledge are evacuating from the destructive hurricane with their dad. However, their truck gets stuck after avoiding the toppling tree in front of them, and they are forced to take refuge i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkwater
''Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil'' is a literary work by W. E. B. Du Bois. Published in 1920, the text incorporates autobiographical information as well as essays, spirituals, and poems that were all written by Du Bois himself. Writing Written when he was 50, ''Darkwater'' is the first of Du Bois's three autobiographies and was followed by '' Dusk of Dawn: An Autobiography of a Race Concept'', and ''The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois: A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of its First Century''. Du Bois maintained that the book was written to develop an understanding of the complications of the color-line with emphasis on its political implications. “I venture to write again on themes on which great souls have already said greater words, in the hope that I may strike here and there a half-tone, newer even if slighter, up from the heart of my problem and the problems of my people.” Contents An overarching theme of this work is the unifying charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera (TV Series)
''Vera'' is a British crime drama television series based on the Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves. It ran on ITV for 14 years from 1 May 2011 to 2 January 2025 and starred Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Premise Vera is a nearly retired detective chief inspector of the fictional Northumberland & City Police, who is obsessive about her work. She plods along in a dishevelled state but has a calculating mind and despite her irascible personality, she cares deeply about her work and colleagues. She often proves her superior skills by picking up small errors in her team members' thought processes. Vera forms a close relationship with sergeants Joe Ashworth and Aiden Healy. Production The series is filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne and throughout Northumberland, County Durham and North Yorkshire in North East England. Locations include Gateshead, South Shields, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Amble, Warkworth, Alnmouth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
