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Melanie Gutteridge
Melanie Gutteridge is an English actress, best known for playing PC Emma Keane in ''The Bill''. She made two appearances in ''Not Going Out'' playing Amy. Biography Gutteridge was born in Waltham Forest, Essex, and studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1994 to 1997. She is married to actor Rufus Wright, who guest starred in a 2008 episode of ''The Bill''. Career Television and films Theatre Gutteridge's appearances include in the original productions of the Alan Ayckbourn plays '' Drowning on Dry Land'' and ''Private Fears in Public Places ''Private Fears in Public Places'' is a 2004 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The bleakest play written by Ayckbourn for many years, it intimately follows a few days in the lives of six characters, in four tightly-interwoven stories ...'' in 2004–2005. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutteridge, Melanie Living people English television actresses English soap opera actresses Alumni o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Keane (The Bill)
''The Bill'' is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station in London. Senior officers The following actors appeared as senior officers in ''The Bill''. Simon Rouse, as Jack Meadows, appeared in 884 episodes, including the series finale "Respect". He is the longest serving actor to portray a character in a senior role. Andrew Lancel, as Neil Manson, and Alex Walkinshaw, as "Smithy", also appeared in the series finale. The character of D.I. Roy Galloway appeared in the pilot episode, "Woodentop", played by Robert Pugh. This character would go on to be portrayed by John Salthouse from 1984 onwards. Notable senior officers * Peter Ellis played Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow from the start of the series in 1984 to 2000, when the character tendered his resignation in light of the Don Beech scandal. He was empha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Originally broadcast twice weekly, the series began airing six times a week in 2017. The programme was conceived by scriptwriter Tony Warren. Warren's initial proposal was rejected by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein, but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes, and the show has since become a significant part of English culture. ''Coronation Street'' is made by ITV Granada at MediaCityUK and shown in all ITV regions, as well as internationally. In 2010, upon its 50th anniversary, the series was recognised by Guinness World Records, as the world's longest-running television soap opera. Initially influenced by the conventions of kitchen sink realism, ''Coronation Street'' is noted for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Girl Little Girl
''Big Girl, Little Girl'' is a 2004 British short film directed by Amelia Hann. Synopsis The film revolves around the seven-year-old character called Lucy, who is in love with her uncle. Lucy tries to compete with his girlfriend in order to gain his affection. Cast * Molly McMorrow as Lucy. * Dan Antopolski as Uncle Olly. * Melanie Gutteridge as Clare. * Robert Reina as Eric. * Donna McCabe as Anne. * Lorna Fitzgerald Lorna Katie Fitzgerald (born 17 April 1996) is a British actress from Northampton. Her most notable role to date is that of Abi Branning in the BBC soap opera, '' EastEnders''. Since leaving ''EastEnders'' in January 2018, Fitzgerald has develo ... as Katie. Reception The film was received by the public without much criticism. Awards ''Big Girl, Little Girl'' was nominated for two awards, one of which it has one. It won 'Best Director' in the Strasbourg Film Festival (II) in 2004, but failed to win 'Best Short Film' in the San Francisco Short Film Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Time Dead
''Long Time Dead'' is a 2002 British horror film, co-written and directed by Marcus Adams in his directorial debut. Set in the United Kingdom, the film follows a group of college students in which they experiment with an Ouija board and inadvertently summon a djinn, an Arabic spirit of fire, which puts their lives in danger. The film stars Alec Newman, Marsha Thomason and Joe Absolom alongside Mel Raido, Lara Belmont, Melanie Gutteridge and Lukas Haas. Premise After a night of hard-partying, a group of college students decide to try their hands at a seance by using a homemade Ouija board. Things take a turn for the worse when they end up summoning a djinn that soon begins to hunt down and lead each one of the students towards untimely deaths. To stop the djinn, Liam, desperate for the sake of his friends, will have to face his fear of the supernatural; even if it means paying the ultimate price. Cast * Alec Newman as Liam * Marsha Thomason as Lucy * Joe Absolom as Rob * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan The Barbarian (1982 Film)
''Conan the Barbarian'' is a 1982 American epic sword and sorcery film directed by John Milius and written by Milius and Oliver Stone. Based on Robert E. Howard's Conan, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones and tells the story of a barbarian warrior named Conan (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult. Ideas for a Conan film were proposed as early as 1970; executive producer Edward R. Pressman and associate producer Edward Summer began a concerted effort to get the film made in 1975. It took them two years to obtain the film rights, after which they recruited Schwarzenegger for the lead role and Stone to draft a script. Pressman lacked capital for the endeavor. In 1979, after having his proposals for investments rejected by the major studios, he sold the project to Dino De Laurentiis; his daughter Raffaella produced the film. Milius was appointed as director and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazons And Gladiators
''Amazons and Gladiators'' is a 2001 drama action adventure film directed and written by Zachary Weintraub and starring Patrick Bergin and Jennifer Rubin. The filming location was Vilnius. The film has many historical inaccuracies and was poorly received by critics. Cast * Patrick Bergin as Crassus * Jennifer Rubin as Ione * Richard Norton as Lucius * Nichole Hiltz as Serena * Wendi Winburn as Gwyned * Melanie Gutteridge as Briana * Mary Tamm Mary Tamm (22 March 1950 – 26 July 2012) was a British actress, who appeared in many British TV drama series and serials, and is best known for her role as Romana I in the BBC's science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', starrin ... as Zenobia * Janina Matiekonyte as B'Shara * Darius Miniotas as Dance Master References External links * * Amazons and Gladiators (2001) 2001 films 2000s action drama films 2000s adventure films Australian action adventure films Films set in ancient Rome Films set in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Large (2001 Film)
''Large'' is a 2001 feature film directed by Justin Edgar for FilmFour. Plot ''Large'' is a gross-out teen comedy which centres on Jason, the son of a fading rock star, and his comic attempts to fulfill the conditions of his father's will in order to inherit a fortune. Cast *Luke de Woolfson as Jason Mouseley *Simon Lowe as Rob *Phil Cornwell as Barry Blaze Mouseley *Melanie Gutteridge as Sophie *Morwenna Banks as Lorraine *Lee Oakes as Ian *Andrew Grainger as Norman Gates Production Large was produced by Alex Usborne. The pre-production period was relatively long, with writers Mike Dent and Justin Edgar draughting 20 versions of the script. ''Large'' was filmed and edited at Pebble Mill Studios and on location in director Edgar's hometown of Birmingham, UK, for six weeks in March and April 2000 on a budget of £1.4 million. The line producer was Paul Ritchie (''Slumdog Millionaire'', ''Bend It Like Beckham''). It was the first film of Director of Photography Robbie Ryan (''Fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Plc
Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photography, home, and knowledge. Zillah Byng-Thorne has been CEO since 2014. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was founded as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine ''Amstrad Action''. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers; they were the first company to do so. It acquired GP Publications so establishing Future US in 1994. From 1995 to 1997, the company published ''Arcane'', a magazine which largely focused on tabletop games. Anderson sold Future to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, with Future chief executive Greg Ingham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's On TV
''What's on TV'' is a weekly television listings magazine published by Future PLC. Overview ''What's on TV'' is a weekly UK television magazine. It publishes features, TV listings, news and gossip from soap operas, as well as puzzles and competitions. Its primary focus is on soaps and reality TV, but documentaries and dramas are also covered. It was launched in March 1991, after the monopoly on broadcast programming listings magazines ended and the market was opened up. Before this, only two TV magazines were available: '' Radio Times'' for BBC listings and ''TVTimes'' for ITV and, from 1982, Channel 4 listings. Two other magazines appeared on the market at the same time – ''TV Quick'' and the short-lived ''TV Plus''. Early covers of ''What's on TV'' usually featured TV stars and programmes, but now they almost exclusively promote soap stories. In January 2007, Time UK (then still IPC) launched a soaps and TV website branded as ''What's On TV'', which focuses on pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Doctors Characters (2021)
''Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its sister surgery located at a nearby university campus. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in ''Doctors'' in 2021, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer, Mike Hobson. Luca McIntyre ( Ross McLaren) made his debut in February as a nurse at the Mill. In March, PPG chairwoman Miranda Evans (Ruthie Henshall) began appearing. Harriet Shelton (Carley Stenson) then joined in April. Lucy Benjamin appeared in May as Jan Fisher in a standalone episode. In September, Angela Wynter joined the cast as Makeda, the mother of Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee). Kevwe Emefe made her debut as Chelle Henry, a patient of Ruhma Carter's ( Bharti Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Salisbury Poisonings
''The Salisbury Poisonings'' is a fact-based television drama, starring Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall and Annabel Scholey which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisonings and decontamination crisis in Salisbury, England, and the subsequent Amesbury poisonings. The series was broadcast in three parts on BBC One in June 2020, and has been shown in four parts elsewhere. It was created by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn for Dancing Ledge Productions. Synopsis On 4 March 2018, emergency services receive a call to attend to Sergei and Yulia Skripal who have been found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury city centre. Medical practitioners are initially puzzled by their illness, and police and the local public health department become involved. A national emergency is precipitated when it is learned that Skripal is a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent for the UK's intelligence services during the 1990s and early 2000s. It emerges that he and his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
