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Marilyn Fox
Marilyn Fox is a British television producer, director and writer, who was strongly associated with BBC children's programmes from the 1960s to the 1990s, working on many drama series and enjoying a long association with '' Jackanory''. Her credits include: * ''Jackanory'' (119 episodes, 1967–1991) * '' The Island of the Great Yellow Ox'' (1971, as adapter) * '' Treasure Over the Water'' (1972) * ''Carrie's War'' (1974, as adapter) * '' King Thrushbeard and the Proud Princess'' (1974) * '' The Day I Shot My Dad'' (1976) * '' Graham's Gang'' (1977) * ''Spine Chillers'' (1980) * '' Our John Willie'' (1980) * '' The Bells of Astercote'' (1980) * ''Codename Icarus'' (1981) * '' The Toy Princess'' (1981) * '' With My Little Eye'' (1982) * ''The Baker Street Boys'' (1983) * '' Seaview'' (1983) * '' Running Scared'' (1986) * '' The Cuckoo Sister'' (1986) * ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) * '' Not the End of the World'' (1989) * ''Five Children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBBC (TV Channel)
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7–16. Its sister channel CBeebies broadcasts programming and content for children aged under 7. It broadcasts every day from 7am to 7pm (7am to 9pm from 11 April 2016 to 4 January 2022), timesharing with BBC Three. History Launched on 11 February 2002 alongside its sister channel, CBeebies, which serves the under 6 audience, the name was previously used to brand all BBC Children's and Education, BBC Children's content carried on BBC One and BBC Two. CBBC was named Channel of the Year at the Children's British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA awards in November 2008, 2012 and 2015. The channel averages 300,000 viewers daily. The channel originally shared bandwidth on the Freeview (UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running Scared (TV Series)
''Running Scared'' is a six-part British television children's drama series, transmitted between 15 January and 19 February 1986, that was based on the Bernard Ashley novel of the same name. The series, primarily set in Forest Gate, focuses on a teenage girl, Paula Prescott (Julia Millbank), whose life is put at risk when she uncovers evidence that could put a local criminal gang leader Charlie Elkin (Christopher Ellison) behind bars. The series was filmed in and around Green Lane in Dagenham; Queen's Market in Upton Park; First Avenue in Manor Park; and The Greyhound public house in Warley, Essex. The Woolwich Ferry also features in a key scene. The series was notable for its use of the Kate Bush single ''Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)'' being used as the main title theme, and part of the original video being re-imagined for use within the programme's title sequence. Another notable track used for the series was "Chemistry" by Brian Eno and Jon Hassell from their 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Directors
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agent Z And The Penguin From Mars
''Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars'' is a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom, based on the book of the same name by Mark Haddon. The six-episode series followed the exploits of Ben Simpson, played by Duncan Barton, and his friends Barney, played by Andrew McKay, and Jenks, played by Reggie Yates, who together formed the "Crane Grove Gang", named after the street where they lived. This was a society dedicated to playing ingenious practical jokes in an initiative called "Agent Z". Plot Following the arrival of an unpleasant and dull new astronomer neighbour Dennis Sidebottom, a supposed lottery winner, the gang plot their biggest ever practical joke: an elaborate conspiracy involving a penguin stolen from a supermarket Christmas display, an alien from Mars, a spaceship and a "message for mankind" carved on a meteorite. The series also included a number of subplots, such as Ben's infatuation with Sidebottom's pianist daughter, Samantha, and the thieving activities of the Sidebottom's d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthfasts (TV Series)
''Earthfasts'' is a BBC children's drama series based upon the 1966 book of the same title by William Mayne. It was filmed on location in Richmond and Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, and was aired in 1994. Plot summary Schoolboys Keith and David (Chris Downs & Paul Nicholls) hear drumming under the hill on the moor near their homes, and set out to investigate. The hillside unexpectedly opens and Nellie Jack John (Bryan Dick Bryan Dick (born 1 February 1978Birthdayday (from Twitter)) is an English TV, stage and film actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Ernie Wise in the BBC's BAFTA-winning biopic of Morecambe and Wise, ''Eric and Ernie''. Career Aged 11, ...), a drummer boy from the 18th century marches into the 20th. Bewildered and lost in a strange world, he decides to go back home. David discovers that the candle the drummer boy left behind gives off cold rather than heat and does not burn down. Other strange things are happening – standing stones are moving o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Psammead
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archer's Goon
''Archer's Goon'' is a 1984 fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones both for the young adult and adult markets. It was nominated for the 1985 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and is listed as an ALA Notable Children's Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book. Plot summary Thirteen-year-old Howard Sykes lives in an English town with his parents, Quentin, an author and professor, and Catriona, a music teacher; his sister Anthea, always called "Awful" because of her constant screaming; and Fifi, the family's au pair. Their life is interrupted one afternoon when an unnamed huge person, "somebody's Goon" as Fifi describes him, comes into their home and announces that he has come to collect the two thousand words that Quentin owes somebody called Archer. It transpires that thirteen years ago, Quentin was suffering dreadfully from writer's block and hadn't been able to write anything for nearly a year after his last book was published, and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Children And It
''Five Children and It'' is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was originally published in 1902 in the ''Strand Magazine'' under the general title ''The Psammead, or the Gifts'', with a segment appearing each month from April to December. The stories were then expanded into a novel which was published the same year. It is the first volume of a trilogy that includes ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'' (1904) and ''The Story of the Amulet'' (1906). The book has never been out of print since its initial publication. Plot summary Like Nesbit's '' The Railway Children'', the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb – are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes. The Psammead persuades the children to take one wish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not The End Of The World (TV Series)
Not the End of the World may refer to: * ''Not the End of the World'' (Brookmyre novel) (1998), by Christopher Brookmyre * ''Not the End of the World'' (McCaughrean novel) (2004), by Geraldine McCaughrean * ''Not the End of the World'' (short story collection) (2002), by Kate Atkinson * "Not the End of the World" (song), a 2020 song by Katy Perry {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1988 TV Serial)
''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' is a British children's television drama first broadcast by the BBC in 1988. It was the first series of ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' that ran from 1988 to 1990. Plot Narnia is the home of the great lion Aslan. During his long absence, his arch-enemy, the evil White Witch places Narnia in an eternal winter. However, with the return of Aslan and the arrival of the four Pevensie children, the Narnians are given a hope to end the tyranny of the Witch. Cast *Richard Dempsey as Peter Pevensie *Sophie Cook as Susan Pevensie *Jonathan R. Scott as Edmund Pevensie * Sophie Wilcox as Lucy Pevensie *Maureen Morris as Mrs. Macready *Michael Aldridge as The Professor * Jeffrey Perry as Mr. Tumnus * Ailsa Berk and William Todd-Jones (puppet performance) and Ronald Pickup (voice) as Aslan *Big Mick as Little Man * Barbara Kellerman as The White Witch * Martin Stone as Maugrim *Kerry Shale as Mr. Beaver * Lesley Nicol as Mrs. Beaver *Bert Parnaby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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