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Mud (TV Series)
''Mud'' is a 1994 CBBC television drama, starring Russell Tovey, Brooke Kinsella and Rhona Nolasca as a group of disadvantaged children taken by their social worker (Susie Blake) to an outdoor activity centre to escape their problems. The staff at the centre were vicious Miss Palmer (Victoria Wicks), ditsy Henry (Gareth Corke) and teenage lovers Shane and Philippa ( Russell Brand and Paloma Baeza). Series one The first series of Mud aired across seven weeks from 17 February to 31 March 1994. Episode one begins as three children from a rough London council estate; Bill Bailey (Tovey), his sister Ruby (Kinsella) and Alice (Nolasca) are whisked off to an outdoor activity centre in the heart of the country by their social worker, the musical Miss Dudderidge (Blake). Their arrival is not welcomed by the bad tempered and nasty ''Thelfont Heights'' manageress, Miss Palmer (Wicks) and the privileged children; Simon (Matthew Steer), James (James Beattie), Julia (Sarah Cronin-Stanley) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian and actor known for his flamboyant, loquacious style and manner. Brand has received three British Comedy Awards: Best Newcomer (2006), Best Live Stand-Up (2008), and the award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy (2011). After beginning his career as a comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter in the UK, in 2004 Brand gained a role as the host of '' Big Brother's Big Mouth'', a '' Big Brother'' spin-off. In 2007, he had his first major film role in ''St Trinian's'', and the following year he landed a major role in the romantic comedy-drama ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall''; the film led to him starring in a spin off, the rock comedy ''Get Him to the Greek'', alongside Jonah Hill in 2010. He also worked as a voice actor in the animated films '' Despicable Me'' in 2010, '' Hop'' in 2011, and ''Despicable Me 2'' in 2013, and played the title character of the 2011 remake of the romantic comedy ''Arthur''. In 2013, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Kinsella
Brooke Kinsella (born 17 July 1983) is a British actress, author and anti-knife crime campaigner. A graduate of the Anna Scher Theatre School, Kinsella has been acting since childhood. She has had various roles on television and in film. Her most notable role is that of Kelly Taylor (EastEnders), Kelly Taylor, who featured in BBC's long-running soap opera, ''EastEnders'', between 2001 and 2004. She has her own drama school called True Stars Academy. Kinsella's family made headlines in the British press in 2008 following the Murder of Ben Kinsella, murder of her half-brother, Ben, who was stabbed to death in June 2008. After his death, hundreds of people protested along with Kinsella over knife fatalities in London. Career Kinsella attended the Maria Fidelis RC Convent School in Camden Town, Camden. Prompted by her mother, who wanted to encourage her to take up a hobby she enjoyed, Kinsella attended the Anna Scher Theatre School at the age of 6, and stayed there until she was 16. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Tovey
Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural comedy-drama '' Being Human'', Rudge in both the stage and film versions of ''The History Boys'', Steve in the BBC Three sitcom '' Him & Her'', Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series ''Looking'' and its subsequent series finale television film '' Looking: The Movie''. Early life Tovey was born on 14 November 1981 in Billericay, Essex.Randall, Lee.Actor Russell Tovey graduated to Dickens, Doctor Who and Gavin & Stacey. Now starring as a modern-day werewolf in a new TV sitcom, he's headed for the top of the class" ''The Scotsman.'' 1 February 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2013. He is the younger of two sons of Carole (''née'' Webb) and George Tovey, who ran a Romford-based coach service taking passengers from Essex to Gatwick Airport. Tovey has an older brother, Daniel. He attended Harold Court School in Harold Wood and She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Blake
Susie Blake (born 19 April 1950) is an English television, radio and stage actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the snobbish TV announcer in '' Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'' and Bev Unwin in ''Coronation Street'', which she played between 2003 and 2006, before a brief return in 2015. She has also played Hillary Nicholson in ''Mrs. Brown's Boys'' since 2011. Personal life Blake was born in Highgate, London to David and Molly Blake. Her mother was an illustrator and children's television presenter. She is the granddaughter of actress Annette Mills, and a great-niece of actor Sir John Mills. Actresses Hayley and Juliet Mills are Blake's first cousins once-removed. Blake trained at the Arts Educational School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Acting Blake regularly appeared in Victoria Wood's television programmes and has extensive radio credits. She appeared in the first episode of the sitcom ''One Foot in the Grave'' in which her character was res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Baeza
Paloma Baeza (born 1 May 1975) is a British actress and director of English and Mexican heritage. Her 2017 film ''Poles Apart'' won the BAFTA for best animated short film in 2018. Biography Baeza was born in London and spent her childhood in Mexico. Her Mexican father and her British mother were musicians who met in the UK. In 1975, when Baeza was five months old, her parents married in London and they went to Mexico City. They divorced nine years later. She returned to the UK with her mother in 1985, when she was nine. She began taking acting classes and appeared very early in the London theatres and British television productions. She studied English and Performing Arts at the University of Bristol. Baeza has acted in a number of films and television programmes, including the 1998 film ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' playing the leading role of Bathsheba Everdene, and the 2008 BBC production '' The Passion'' as Mary Magdalene. She has also performed on stage, including ''Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Steer
Matthew Steer (born 24 April 1978) is an English actor and writer. He made his stage debut in 1989 and is known for his roles as Ricky Ryan in ''Silent Witness'', Matt Lindsay in ''EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...'' and Albert Pemberton in '' Partners in Crime''. References External links * Living people People from Hitchin Male actors from Hertfordshire 1978 births {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Wicks
Victoria Wicks (born Beverly Victoria Anne Wicks; 18 April 1959) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Sally Smedley in Channel 4's comedy series ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Mrs. Gideon in ''The Mighty Boosh'' (2004), and the College Director in '' Skins'' (2007–08). Her film appearances include ''The Imitation Game'' (2014) and '' High-Rise'' (2015). She is an associate of Howard Barker's theatre company, The Wrestling School. Biography Early life and education Wicks was born Beverly Victoria Anne Wicks in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, to Brian and Judith Wicks. Wicks's mother, Judith Bates, born 1933, was the second child of the writer H. E. Bates. Wicks is the niece of Jonathan Bates, a sound editor who died in 2008, and the television producer Richard Bates, who produced the television adaptation of '' The Darling Buds of May''. Wicks is a director of Evensford Productions Ltd, the company set up in 1955 to protect and promote H. E. Bates' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickon Tolson
Dickon Tolson is a United Kingdom, British actor who started training at the Anna Scher Theatre school when he was 8 years old. Between 1996 and 1998, he appeared as Lee Simms in 12 episodes of ''Peak Practice''. In 1998, he appeared as 'Dirty Dave' in Like It Is (film). In 2005 he appeared in ''EastEnders'' playing a young William Moon (EastEnders), William Moon who was killed during the war. This special flashback episode was to mark Armistice Day and also featured a guest appearance from ''The Vicar of Dibley'' star Trevor Peacock. Other shows Tolson has appeared include veteran hospital drama ''Casualty (television), Casualty'', ''The Bill'', ''Wire in the Blood'' The one off drama 'Hot Money' On ITV1 in 2001, ''Silent Witness''. In 2005, he guest starred in the ''Doctor Who'' audio drama ''The Game (Doctor Who audio), The Game''. He also works for a theatre company called Big Foot. Previously, he taught drama at Aylwin Girls School in Bermondsey, south east London. Tolso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
