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Michael Samuels (director)
Michael Samuels is British television director, producer and writer. He directed ''Any Human Heart'' for which he won a BAFTA, and in 2018 he won an International Emmy for '' Man in an Orange'' ''Shirt''''. ''He also won a Royal Television Society Award for ''The Curse of Steptoe. ''Other works include The Falklands Play'', The Vice, ''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers'', Mrs. Mandela, The Fear'', Black Work and Close To Me. Samuels directed ''The Windermere Children ''The Windermere Children'' is a 2020 biographical drama film written by Simon Block and directed by Michael Samuels. Based on the experience of child survivors of the Holocaust, it follows the children and staff of a camp set up on the Calga ...'', broadcast simultaneously in the UK on the BBC and in Germany on ZDF on 27 January 2020, about the child refugees who survived the concentration camps and were taken to the English Lakes District in an attempt to rehabilitate them. The film was nominated for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Any Human Heart (TV Series)
''Any Human Heart'' is a British drama television serial, based on the 2002 novel of the same name by William Boyd. It was announced in April 2010, and was broadcast on Channel 4 from 21 November to 12 December 2010, consisting of four episodes of one hour each. A re-edited version aired in the United States on 13, 20 and 27 February 2011 (three one-and-a-half-hour episodes) on PBS. The serial was awarded Best Drama Serial at the British Academy Television Awards 2011. It was released on DVD on 27 December 2010 and in the US (Region 1) on 5 April 2011. Cast and characters * Jim Broadbent as Logan Mountstuart (older) * Matthew Macfadyen as Logan Mountstuart (middle) * Sam Claflin as Logan Mountstuart (young) * Conor Nealon as Logan Mountstuart (child) * Hayley Atwell as Freya Deverell * Ed Stoppard as Ben Leeping (older) * Samuel West as Peter Scabius (older) * Gillian Anderson as Wallis, Duchess of Windsor * Tom Hollander as Edward, Duke of Windsor * Kim Cattrall as Gloria Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man In An Orange Shirt
''Man in an Orange Shirt'' is a two-part British television movie from the BBC. It was produced by Kudos Film and Television and premiered on 31 July 2017 at BBC One. The film drama tells three love stories from two generations of a family, in the 1940s and in 2017. Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Morris, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen act in the lead roles, directed by Michael Samuels. The script and idea come from the British best-selling-author Patrick Gale, whose family history is the autobiographical core of the plot. The film won 2018 International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie or Miniseries. Plot ''Man in an Orange Shirt'' features two separate yet interwoven stories: Part 1 tells of the obstacles that Western society is putting into the love relationship of the two veterans Michael and Thomas in the immediate post-war period. Part 2 describes the trials and tribulations of 21st century partnerships, using the example of Michael's grandson Adam. The stories are linked by Flora, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curse Of Steptoe
''The Curse of Steptoe'' is a television play which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on BBC Four as part of a season of dramas about television personalities. It stars Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davis (actor), Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell. The drama centres on the actors' on- and off-screen relationship during the making of the BBC sitcom ''Steptoe and Son'', and is based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of the actors, and the ''Steptoe'' writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (scriptwriter), Alan Simpson. The screenplay was written by Brian Fillis, also responsible for the similarly themed 2006 drama ''Fanny Cradock#Media portrayals, Fear of Fanny'', which is about television personality Fanny Cradock off-screen. The 66-minute film is directed by Michael Samuels (director), Michael Samuels and produced by Ben Bickerton. The drama was widely acclaimed and won the Royal Television Society Award 2008 for "Single Drama". However, the drama generat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falklands Play
''The Falklands Play'' is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increasingly come to specialise in dramatic reconstructions of history. It was originally commissioned by the BBC in 1983, for production and broadcast in 1986, but was subsequently shelved by Controller of BBC One Michael Grade due to its pro-Margaret Thatcher stance and alleged jingoistic tone. This prompted a press furore over media bias and censorship. The play was not staged until 2002, when it was broadcast in separate adaptations on BBC Television and Radio. It was aired again on BBC4, 1 December 2020, over 18 years after it was last transmitted. Plot The play focuses on the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British government's handling of the diplomatic breakdown over the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vice
Vice is a stock character of the medieval morality plays. While the main character of these plays was representative of every human being (and usually named Mankind, Everyman, or some other generalizing of humanity at large), the other characters were representatives of (and usually named after) personified virtues or vices who sought to win control of man's soul. While the virtues in a morality play can be seen as messengers of God, the vices were viewed as messengers of the Devil. Over time, the morality plays began to include many lesser vices on stage and one chief vice figure, a tempter above all the others, who was called simply the Vice. Originally, the Vice was a serious role, but over time his part became largely comical. Scholar F.P. Wilson notes, “Whatever else the Vice may be, he is always the chief comic character”; this comic portrayal is explained thus: "In theory there is no reason why vice should not be put upon the stage with the same seriousness and sobr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Days Of Lehman Brothers
''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers'' is a British television film, first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD on Wednesday 9 September 2009. Filmed in London, it was written by Craig Warner and directed by Michael Samuels. It was shown as part of the BBC's "Aftershock" season, a selection of programmes marking the first anniversary of the collapse of the American investment bank Lehman Brothers. It featured James Cromwell, Ben Daniels, Corey Johnson, Michael Landes and James Bolam. Synopsis ''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers'' summarizes the events that occurred over the weekend preceding Monday, 15 September 2008, when Lehman declared bankruptcy. Some of the story is narrated by the fictional character "Zach", a Lehman employee often taking orders directly from Dick Fuld. Zach often breaks the Fourth wall, talking directly to the viewer. Investment bank Lehman Brothers is in trouble after a turbulent six months in which their real estate investments have lost billions of dollars, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fear (2012 TV Series)
''The Fear'' is a four-part television drama series, created by Richard Cottan, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 December 2012. The series, broadcast over four consecutive nights, stars Peter Mullan as Brighton-based criminal kingpin Richie Beckett, who finds himself waging war on an Albanian sex trafficking gang trying to muscle in on his turf, all whilst trying to deal with the onset symptoms of dementia. The series also stars Harry Lloyd and Paul Nicholls as Richie's children, Matty and Cal, and Anastasia Hille as his wife, Jo. The series averaged an audience of 1.25 million viewers across its four-night run. The series has been released on DVD in Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ..., but remains unreleased in the UK. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Work
''Black Work'' is a three-part British detective fiction thriller starring Sheridan Smith as police officer Jo Gillespie. The series, produced by Mammoth Screen in association with LipSync productions and Screen Yorkshire and directed by Michael Samuels, premiered on ITV on 21 June 2015, at 9pm, with two further episodes following. All three episodes are sixty minutes in length. The DVD of the series was released on 6 July 2015. Cast * Sheridan Smith as P.C. Jo Gillespie * Matthew McNulty as D.C Jack Clark * Andrew Knott as D.C. Lee Miekel * Ace Bhatti as D.C.I. Jahan Kapoor * Geraldine James as Chief Constable Carolyn Jarecki * Douglas Henshall as D.C.S. Will Hepburn * Andrew Gower as D.C. Jared Ansell * Kenny Doughty as D.S. Ryan Gillespie * Phil Davis as D.I. Tom Piper * Oliver Woollford as Hal Gillespie * Honor Kneafsy as Melly Gillespie * Lisa Dillon as Carla Gillespie * Vinette Robinson as Zoe Nash * Carla Henry Carla Henry is a British actress, most famous for her r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close To Me (TV Series)
''Close to Me'' is a British television psychological drama based on the book of the same name by Amanda Reynolds. It stars Connie Nielsen as a Danish translator who loses a year of her memory following a fall. Christopher Eccleston, Susan Lynch, Leanne Best, Rosy McEwen, Tom Taylor, and Ellie Haddington also star. The six-part series commenced on Channel 4 in November 2021, with all episodes made available for streaming concurrently. Synopsis Danish language interpreter Jo Harding (Connie Nielsen) suffers head trauma after a fall in her home, causing her to lose her memory of the past year. Harding works to piece her memories together along with her husband Rob (Christopher Eccleston) to understand what happened to her, and in doing so learns that her life was not as perfect as she thought it was. Cast * Connie Nielsen as Jo Harding, a woman who loses a year of her memory following brain trauma. * Christopher Eccleston as Rob Harding, Jo's husband. * Rosy McEwen as Sash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Windermere Children
''The Windermere Children'' is a 2020 biographical drama film written by Simon Block and directed by Michael Samuels. Based on the experience of child survivors of the Holocaust, it follows the children and staff of a camp set up on the Calgarth Estate in Troutbeck Bridge, near Lake Windermere, England, where the survivors were helped to rehabilitate, rebuild their lives, and integrate into the British society. The film was produced by Simon Block as 'executive producer' with Nancy Bornat as factual producer and Ben Evans as development producer. The film first aired on BBC Two in January 2020. Cast * Iain Glen as Jock Lawrence * Romola Garai as Marie Paneth * Thomas Kretschmann as Oscar Friedmann * Tim McInnerny as Leonard Montefiore * Philipp Christopher as Georg Lauer * Kuba Sprenger as Ike Alterman * Anna Schumacher as Edith Lauer * Pascal Fischer as Ben Helfgott * Jakub Jankiewicz as Salek Falinower * Kacper Swietek as Chaim Olmer * Tomasz Studzinski as Arek Hers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Directors
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