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Natalie Gavin
Natalie Gavin (born 1988) is an English actress from Bradford, known for her roles in the BBC dramas ''Prisoners' Wives'' and ''The Syndicate,'' and the ITV drama '' Jericho''. Early life Gavin was born in Bradford. She grew up in the Bradford neighbourhoods of Little Horton and Buttershaw, before moving to the Bradford neighbourhood and town of Denholme as a teenager. Gavin has a mum named Susan, a dad named John and brother named Shaun. John knew Andrea Dunbar as he worked and associated with her father. Gavin and her family lived on the same street that Andrea and her family did, which is named ''Brafferton Arbor'', in Buttershaw. Gavin would later go on to play Andrea in the 2010 film ''The Arbor'', which was filmed on the same street. Education Gavin was educated at Buttershaw High School. She has a degree in drama from the University of Huddersfield in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. She had to put her degree on hold for a few years, after being cast in '' Shameless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 census; the second-largest population centre in the county after Leeds, which is to the east of the city. It shares a continuous built-up area with the towns of Shipley, Silsden, Bingley and Keighley in the district as well as with the metropolitan county's other districts. Its name is also given to Bradford Beck. It became a West Riding of Yorkshire municipal borough in 1847 and received its city charter in 1897. Since local government reform in 1974, the city is the administrative centre of a wider metropolitan district, city hall is the meeting place of Bradford City Council. The district has civil parishes and unparished areas and had a population of , making it the most populous district in England. In the century leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (2021 TV Series)
''Time'' is a 2021 three-part TV drama written by Jimmy McGovern, directed by Lewis Arnold, and starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 6 June 2021. In March 2022 the series was officially renewed for a second series. Plot Mark Cobden is newly imprisoned, consumed by guilt for his crime, and way out of his depth in the volatile world of prison life. He meets Eric McNally, an excellent prison officer doing his best to protect those in his charge. However, when one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness, Eric faces an impossible choice between his principles and his family. Cast *Sean Bean as Mark Cobden *Stephen Graham as Eric McNally *James Nelson-Joyce as Johnno *Nabil Elouahabi as Patterson *Natalie Gavin as Jardine *Hannah Walters as Sonia McNally *Nadine Marshall as Alicia Cobden *Jack McMullen as Daniel * Sue Johnston as June Cobden * David Calder as John Cobden *Jonathan Harden as Brendan Murphy *Siobhan Finneran as Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The English Game
''The English Game'' is a British historical sports drama television miniseries developed by Julian Fellowes for Netflix about the origins of modern association football in England. The six-part series was released on 20 March 2020. Premise In the 1870s, football in the United Kingdom was a sport for the wealthy. A working-class star and his upper-class counterpart come together to change the game forever. Cast Main * Edward Holcroft as Arthur Kinnaird * Kevin Guthrie as Fergus Suter * Charlotte Hope as Margaret Alma Kinnaird * Niamh Walsh as Martha Almond * Craig Parkinson as James Walsh * James Harkness as Jimmy Love Supporting * Ben Batt as John Cartwright * Gerard Kearns as Tommy Marshall * Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Alfred Lyttelton * Kerrie Hayes as Doris Platt * Joncie Elmore as Ted Stokes * Mary Higgins as Ada Hornby * Sam Keeley as Smalley * Harry Michell as Monkey Hornby * Philip Hill-Pearson as Tom Hindle Recurring * Daniel Ings as Francis Marindin * Kate Philli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector (2015 Film)
''Hector'' is a 2015 British drama film written and directed by Jake Gavin. Starring Peter Mullan, it follows the annual Christmas journey of a homeless man from Scotland to London. His background is revealed as the plot unfolds. Plot Hector McAdam is a warm-hearted, limping, homeless man. His past experiences, which come to light during the film and explain his current situation, are of both the kindness and lack of kindness of others. In the present day, Hector and homeless friends Dougie and Hazel are given jackets by a stranger. Hector hitchhikes to Glasgow for a hospital appointment. After being given an appointment in a few weeks for a non-urgent operation, returning from the direction of the oncology department, he is recognised by an acquaintance, who hasn't seen him in years. The man says his brother Peter tried to find him after he disappeared. Hector doesn't want to talk. He is attacked later by youths who want his bag. They are seen off by a shopkeeper who tends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event". Docudramas typically strive to adhere to known historical facts, while allowing some degree of dramatic license in peripheral details, such as when there are gaps in the historical record. Dialogue may, or may not, include the actual words of real-life people, as recorded in historical documents. Docudrama producers sometimes choose to film their reconstructed events in the actual locations in which the historical events occurred. A docudrama, in which historical fidelity is the keynote, is generally distinguished from a film merely " based on true events", a term which implies a greater degree of dramatic license; and from the concept of "historical drama", a broader category which may also encompass entirely fictionalized action taking place in histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chase (2006 TV Series)
''The Chase'' is a British television drama series that aired on BBC One between 16 July 2006 and 26 August 2007. It centred on a family-run veterinary practice. The show was co-written by Gaynor Faye (credited as Gaynor Mellor), the daughter of the show's creator, Kay Mellor. Much filming for the series was carried out in and around Otley, West Yorkshire; the series is set in the fictional town of "Oxley". Cast * Gaynor Faye as Anna Williams - the daughter of the late Imogen and Frank but she was brought up by George and Imogen Williams and sister to Sarah, cousin to Fiona and wife to Tom. Mother to Daisy, Luca, Jake and baby Imogen and a very experienced vet. * Nicola Stephenson as Sarah Williams - the daughter of the late Imogen and only biological daughter of George Williams and sister to Anna, Sarah moved to London following the death of her mother and the discovery of Tom's affair with Fiona. Having returned to Oxley, Sarah's a confident vet. Sarah marries Adrian and becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haworth
Haworth () is a village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, south-west of Keighley, west of Bradford and east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope. Nearby villages include Cross Roads, Stanbury and Lumbfoot. Haworth is a tourist destination known for its association with the Brontë sisters and the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. History Haworth is first mentioned as a settlement in 1209. The name may refer to a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn enclosure". The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map. In 1850, local parish priest Patrick Brontë invited Benjamin Herschel Babbage to investigate the village's high early mortality rate, which had led to all but one of his six children, including the writers Emily and Anne Brontë, dying by the age of 31. Babbage's inspection uncovered deeply unsanitary conditions, including there being no sewers, excrement flowing down Haworth' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton, West Yorkshire
Clayton, or Clayton Village, is a civil parish in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, situated to the west of Bradford city centre. It is listed in the ''Domesday Book'', meaning it dates back to at least the 11th century and was privately owned from 1160 to 1866. It was noted for its clay. More recently, Clayton was a key location in the British and international wool trade, being the home of the British Wool Marketing Board headquarters. The old building was demolished and converted into housing in the late 1990s. The village re-acquired civil parish status with a parish council in 2004. The main street of the village – Clayton Lane – which runs alongside the park, includes several traditional pubs, a popular crawl route for many residents. Starting at the top of the lane is ''the Fleece'', moving down past ''the Royal Hotel'' to ''the Albion'' and ''the Black Bull'' – the oldest pub in the area.''The Fiddlers Three and'' ''the Quarry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ackley Bridge
''Ackley Bridge'' is a British comedy-drama series set in a multicultural academy school of the same name. The series is filmed in Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th cen ... and it began broadcasting on Channel 4 on 7 June 2017. In the Ackley Bridge (series 4), fourth series, ''Ackley Bridge'' saw a major overhaul, including different time slots, a shortened runtime, several new characters to replace cast exits and moving the series onto streaming platform All 4. The first three series of ''Ackley Bridge'' received praise from critics and viewers, who liked that the programme represented minority groups and tackled real-world issues. Main cast members Poppy Lee Friar, Amy-Leigh Hickman and Sunetra Sarker have been received awards for their portra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Murgatroyd
''Ackley Bridge'' is a British television drama series that follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional multi-cultural academy school Ackley Bridge College. Series one features the debuts of friends Missy Booth (Poppy Lee Friar) and Nasreen Paracha (Amy-Leigh Hickman), headteacher Mandy Carter (Jo Joyner) and her husband Steve Bell ( Paul Nicholls), school cook Kaneez Paracha (Sunetra Sarker), English teacher Emma Keane ( Liz White) and her daughter Chloe Voyle (Fern Deacon), school sponsor Sadiq Nawaz (Adil Ray) and his children Alya (Maariah Hussain) and Riz (Nohail Mohammed), brothers Jordan (Samuel Bottomley) and Cory Wilson (Sam Retford), school receptionist Lorraine Bird (Lorraine Cheshire), science teacher Lila Shariff (Anneika Rose), head of pastoral care Samir Qureshi (Arsher Ali), PE teacher Will Simpson (Tom Varey), Missy's mother Simone (Samantha Power) and grandmother Julie 'Nana' Booth ( Rita May) and students Hayley Booth (Cody Ryan), Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line Of Duty
''Line of Duty'' is a British police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. On 26 June 2012, BBC Two began to broadcast the first series; it was its best-performing drama series in ten years with a consolidated audience of 4.1 million viewers. Broadcast of the second series began on 12 February 2014; its widespread public and critical acclaim led to the BBC commissioning a further two series. The third series began on 24 March 2016 on BBC Two; the following three series were broadcast on BBC One. In May 2017, the BBC commissioned a sixth series. Filming began in February 2020 but stopped the following month due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it resumed in September. Filming continued until November 2020. Broadcast of the sixth series began on BBC One on 21 March 2021. Prior to switching channels from series four onwards, ''Line of Duty'' was the most popular drama series broadcast on BBC Two and is a winner of the Royal Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
