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Magical Elves
The Tinopolis Group is an international TV production and distribution group with businesses based in the UK and US. It produces over 4,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters. History Llanelli, Wales, became such a significant regional producer of tin that it was referred to as "Tinopolis" by the latter half of the 19th century. Hence the parent company took this name when it was established there in 1990. Tinopolis purchased The Television Corporation, the parent company of Sunset + Vine and Mentorn, in 2006. Video Arts, the training media company, was founded in 1972 by comic John Cleese, and since trained about 100,000 organisations in approximately 50 countries. Video Arts was purchased by Tinopolis in 2007. In 1988, writer and director Ed Thomas founded Fiction Factory, a company now part of Tinopolis. Shares of Tinopolis plc were listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in 2005. It was widely held by major institutions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanelli
Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town had a population of 25,168 in 2011, estimated in 2019 at 26,225. The local authority was Llanelli Borough Council when the county of Dyfed existed, but it has been under Carmarthenshire County Council since 1996. Name Spelling The anglicised spelling “Llanelly” was used until 1966, when it was changed to Llanelli after a local public campaign. It remains in the name of a local historic building, Llanelly House. It should not be confused with the village and parish of Llanelly, in south-east Wales near Abergavenny. Llanelly in Victoria, Australia was named after this town of Llanelli, using the spelling current at that time. History The beginnings of Llanelli can be found on the lands of present-day Parc Howard. An Iron A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heno
() is a Welsh television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on S4C weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. Various reporters also assist with subject-specific presenting, both in the studio and on location, or through filmed segments. Its afternoon sister programme is called (). Background was first broadcast on S4C on Monday 17 September 1990, made by production company Agenda (which became Tinopolis) in Swansea. It was replaced by a similar programme, (), in January 2002. returned on 1 March 2012, after Tinopolis won a £5.1 million contract. The show is broadcast from Tinopolis's Llanelli studio. In May 2012, they re-opened their studio in Caernarfon (which they had recently closed) following complaints that the programme was too Llanelli-based. The Caernarfon studio created content about North and Mid-Wales. Format In its original run, was broadcast at 6pm each weekday but since its return it is shown between 7pm and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwaith/Cartref
''Gwaith/Cartref'' (English: ''Home/Work'') is a Welsh language television series that in set in the comprehensive school of Bro Taf, broadcast on S4C. The show was set in the Welsh valley Rhondda Cynon Taf from series one until the end of series five, and Rhymney Valley from the beginning of series six until the end of the show in series nine. The first episode was broadcast on S4C on 18 September 2011 and the final episode on 12 April 2018. ''Gwaith/Cartref'' ran for 90 episodes and almost 7 years. In 2019, the first three series were made available on S4C Clic. It was the third new drama series to appear on S4C for 2011, next to '' Alys'' and ''Porthpenwaig''. It follows the professional and personal lives of a group of teachers working at a Welsh language comprehensive school, dealing with a number of issues during and after the school day. The first half of each episode centres on the work-side, the second half on the home-side of the storyline. Actress Rhian Blythe won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Y Pris
''Y Pris'' (English: ''The Price'') is a Welsh television crime drama, produced by Fiction Factory for Welsh public service television station S4C. The series, described in its tagline as "''The Sopranos'' by the seaside", is set in Carmarthenshire and follows the "tangled lives of a group of gangsters who hide their illicit dealings". The series was written and created by Tim Price. The first series comprises thirteen episodes. It was filmed in March and April 2007. The second series, comprising eight episodes, was commissioned by S4C in 2008 and filmed later the same year for broadcast in 2009. The series is, together with ''Caerdydd'', ''Cowbois ac Injans'', and ''Con Passionate'', part of S4C's drama editor Angharad Jones' drive to reach a younger audience for the station. The series' theme was written and recorded by Alabama 3 lead singer Rob Love. All twenty-one episodes are available to stream on S4C's website. All episodes are fully subtitled in both Welsh and English. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caerdydd (TV Series)
''Caerdydd'' is a Welsh language television programme set in Cardiff made by Fiction Factory for Welsh public service television station S4C. The series is "a stylish, new drama about modern, urban Welsh-speakers living in a bilingual city" following "a group of modern urban twenty- and thirtysomethings" with "their complex friendships and relationships etagainst a backdrop of relentless socialising". First commissioned by S4C's drama editor Angharad Jones in 2005, as part of a drive by S4C to reach a younger audience, the third series of ''Caerdydd'' started its run on S4C on 30 March 2008. A fourth series was commissioned and went into production in Spring 2008. It started broadcasting on 14 June 2009. Awards and nominations ''Caerdydd'' (2nd series) has received three nominations for the ''2008 Bafta Cymru'' awards: Best Screenwriter for Ed Talfan, Best Design for Hayden Pearce and Best Director of Photography (Drama) for Richard Wyn. The second series was also nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction Factory Films
Fiction Factory Films, also known as Fiction Factory, is a television production company based in Cardiff. Since 2005 it has produced over 140 hours of drama for BBC, ITV, Channel 5 and S4C, and has earned over 70 nominations and awards, from BAFTA and Celtic Film Festival to the Rose d’Or The Rose d'Or ('Golden Rose') is an international awards festival in entertainment broadcasting and programming. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) first acquired the Rose d’Or in 1961, when it was created by Swiss Television in the lakes ... Prix Europa, with distribution to over 80 countries. Productions References External linksFiction Factory– main website Tinopolis Mass media companies of Wales Television in Wales Television production companies of the United Kingdom Privately held companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Cardiff {{UK-media-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Vogel
HAL may refer to: Aviation * Halali Airport (IATA airport code: HAL) Halali, Oshikoto, Namibia * Hawaiian Airlines (ICAO airline code: HAL) * HAL Airport, Bangalore, India * Hindustan Aeronautics Limited an Indian aerospace manufacturer of fighter aircraft and helicopters Businesses * HAL Allergy, a Dutch pharmaceutical company * HAL Computer Systems, a defunct computer manufacturer * HAL Laboratory, a Japanese video game developer * Halliburton's New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol * Hamburg America Line, a shipping company * Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, an Indian aerospace manufacturer of fighter aircraft and helicopters * Hindustan Antibiotics Limited, an Indian public sector pharmaceutical manufacturer * Holland America Line, a cruise ship operator * HAL FM, or CHNS-FM, a classic rock station in Halifax, Nova Scotia Computing * Hardware abstraction layer, a layer of software that hides hardware differences from higher level programs * HAL (software), an implementation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Aukin
David Aukin (born 12 February 1942) is a theatrical and executive producer as well as a qualified solicitor. He has been nominated many times for British Academy Television Awards and has won twice for producing films about Tony Blair: ''The Government Inspector'' in 2005 and ''Britz'' in 2009. While Head of Film at Channel 4 he received the Michael Balcon Award from BAFTA for the quality of its output. The films he commissioned at Channel 4 gathered numerous Oscar nominations and they won for the '' Madness of King George'', '' Secrets & Lies'' and '' Trainspotting''. ''Secrets & Lies'' also won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Personal life David Aukin was born in Harrow, London, on 12 February 1942, to parents Charles and Regina Aukin. He attended St Paul's School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He is married to Nancy Meckler. They have two children, Daniel Aukin and Jethro Aukin. Theatrical career David Aukin served as the literary adviser at the Traverse Theatre (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyde Park On Hudson
''Hyde Park on Hudson'' is a 2012 British historical comedy-drama film directed by Roger Michell. The film stars Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth, and Laura Linney as Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, a cousin and childhood friend of the President. It was based on Suckley's private journals and diaries, discovered after her death, and fictionally dramatizes her close personal relationship with Roosevelt and the 1939 visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Roosevelt's country estate. Plot In spring 1939, Sara Delano, the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, asks his sixth cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley to visit the ill President at their country estate in Hyde Park, New York. Although Daisy and Roosevelt had not seen each other for years, the distant relatives form a strong relationship, and Roosevelt often asks Daisy to visit Hyde Park when he stays with his mother. Daisy becomes one of the women close to Roosevelt, including Sara; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Promise (2011 TV Serial)
''The Promise'' is a British television serial in four episodes written and directed by Peter Kosminsky, with music by Debbie Wiseman. It tells the story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel and Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate. It premiered on Channel 4 on 6 February 2011. Cast * Claire Foy as Erin Matthews * Christian Cooke as Sergeant Leonard Matthews * Itay Tiran as Paul Meyer * Katharina Schüttler as Clara Rosenbaum * Yvonne Catterfeld as Ziphora * Haaz Sleiman as Omar Habash * Ali Suliman as Abu-Hassan Mohammed * Perdita Weeks as Eliza Meyer * Ben Miles as Max Meyer * Smadar Wolfman as Leah Meyer * Holly Aird as Chris Matthews * Hiam Abbass as Old Jawda * Lucas Gregorowicz as Captain Richard Rowntree * Luke Allen-Gale as Corporal Jackie Clough * Iain McKee as Sergeant Hugh Robbins * Paul Anderson as Sergeant Frank Nash * Max Deacon as Private Alec Hyman * Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endgame
Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to: Film * ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film) * ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film * ''Endgame'' (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic film * ''Endgame'' (1999 film), short film about chess * ''End Game'' (2006 film), 2006 political thriller * ''Endgame'' (2007 film), an Alex Jones film, subtitled "Blueprint for Global Enslavement" * ''Endgame'' (2009 film), 2009 British film about the end of apartheid in South Africa * ''Endgame'' (2015 film), 2015 American film starring Rico Rodriguez * ''End Game'' (2018 film), a 2018 Oscar-nominated documentary short film about terminally ill patients in San Francisco * ''Endgame'' (2021 film), a 2021 Chinese-Hong Kong action black comedy film * '' Avengers: Endgame'', the fourth film in the ''Avengers'' series, released in 2019 * '' Dead Rising: Endgame'', a 2016 horror film * '' Highlander: Endgame'', the fourth film in the ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Politician's Husband
''The Politician's Husband'' is a three-episode British television miniseries, first shown on BBC Two between 25 April and 9 May 2013. Written by Paula Milne, it makes a pair with her 1995 drama ''The Politician's Wife''. Plot Senior Cabinet minister Aiden Hoynes (David Tennant) and his wife Freya Gardner (Emily Watson) are a high-flying golden political couple. Hoynes resigns from his post as part of a planned leadership bid, which is thwarted when his friend, the equally ambitious Bruce Babbish (Ed Stoppard), condemns Aiden's resignation and inflammatory resignation speech. Babbish is aided by Chief Whip Marcus Brock (Roger Allam), who plans to help the former in his own leadership bid. Freya, who had to temporarily stall her career to look after her and Aiden's two children, Noah and Ruby, replaces Aiden in Cabinet. Away from Westminster, husband and wife face an uncertain future as they come to terms with the diagnosis that Noah (Oscar Kennedy) has Asperger syndrome. Desper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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