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National Treasure (2016 TV Series)
''National Treasure'' is a four-part 2016 Television in the United Kingdom, British television drama by Channel 4, written by Jack Thorne. It stars Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley, a once successful comedian of the 1980s and early 1990s, now hosting a television quiz show. He is accused of rape, raping several young women in the early 1990s. Julie Walters plays his wife Marie and Andrea Riseborough plays his daughter Dee. The drama is inspired by Operation Yewtree, a police operation that resulted in the prosecution of a number of veteran TV performers. Cast * Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley ** Trystan Gravelle as Young Paul * Julie Walters as Marie Finchley, Finchley's wife ** Lucy Speed as Young Marie * Andrea Riseborough as Danielle "Dee" Finchley, Finchley's daughter ** Cara Barton as Young Dee * Tim McInnerny as Sir Karl Jenkins, Finchley's former comedy partner, now a major star ** Ed Eales White as Young Karl * Babou Ceesay as Jerome Sharpe, Finchley's solicitor * Mark L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fleeshman
David Fleeshman (born 11 July 1952) is a British actor, broadcaster, drama lecturer and theatre director with a wealth of experience in film, radio, television, theatre and commercials. Biography Fleeshman was born on 11 July 1952 in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He trained at the Birmingham Theatre School making his stage debut was in 1973 with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 1974 he took a position as actor/assistant stage manager at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, and has also been an associate director of the Oldham Coliseum Theatre. In 1978 he married actress Sue Jenkins, who played Gloria Todd on ''Coronation Street'', 1985–1988, and Jackie Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap ''Brookside'', 1991–2001. They have three children all currently working in the acting profession: Emily Fleeshman, Richard Fleeshman and Rosie Fleeshman. Fleeshman has appeared in and directed numerous plays around the UK and abroad, including Arthur Miller's '' The Price'', for which he won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind Eleazar
Rosalind Eleazar is an English stage and screen actress. She trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 2015. Her TV roles include Christine in the BBC series '' Rellik'', Jacky Bast in ''Howards End'', Kate in the ITV series ''Deep Water'', as well as roles in ''NW'', ''National Treasure'' and ''Harlots''. Eleazar has appeared in ''The Starry Messenger'' at the Wyndham's Theatre and ''Plaques and Tangles'' at The Royal Court Theatre. Eleazar's debut feature film role was as Agnes in ''The Personal History of David Copperfield'' by Armando Iannucci. Her father was Ghanaian. Awards and honours * 2015 Spotlight Prize Best Actor * 2018 Screen Nation Rising Star *2020 Black British Theatre Awards - Nominee for Best Supporting Actress *2021 Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Female Filmography Film Stage Dido in ''15 Heroines'' at the Jermyn Street Theatre in 2020. Yelena in ''Uncle Vanya'' at the Harold Pinter Theatre The Harold Pinte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Swift
Jeremy Paul Swift (born 27 June 1960) is an English actor. He studied drama at Guildford School of Acting from 1978 to 1981 and worked almost exclusively in theatre throughout the 1980s, working with companies such as Deborah Warner's Kick Theatre company and comedy performance-art group The People Show. During this period Swift also worked on numerous television commercials. In the 1990s, he acted at the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre working alongside David Tennant and Richard Wilson (Scottish actor), Richard Wilson in Phyllida Lloyd's production of ''What the Butler Saw (play), What the Butler Saw''. Swift acted in films such as Robert Altman's murder mystery ''Gosford Park'' (2001), Michael Apted's historical drama ''Amazing Grace (2006 film), Amazing Grace'' (2006), and the family adventure film ''Mary Poppins Returns'' (2018). He also appeared in ''Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial), Vanity Fair'' (1998), ''Foyle's War'' (2013-2015), ''Downton Abbey'' (2013-2015), ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Fox
Kerry Lauren Fox (born 30 July 1966) is a New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie ''An Angel at My Table'' directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards. Early life Fox was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1987 with a Diploma in Acting. Career Fox has had an international career, working in independent films and on television. She received praise and a nomination for the Australian Film Institute Awards for her leading role in '' Country Life'', starred in Danny Boyle's breakout British hit ''Shallow Grave'', and was nominated for the Canadian Genie Award for her supporting role in '' The Hanging Garden''. For her role as Claire in ''Intimacy'' (2001), directed by Patrice Chéreau, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. In this film she performed real, rather than simulated, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Hawley
Graeme Hawley (born 28 November 1975) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as John Stape in the British soap ''Coronation Street''. Career Hawley graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996 with a degree in Drama, before beginning his acting career in the theatre. He started his career off by performing on stage at the Concordia Theatre, Hinckley, Leicestershire whilst learning the craft of acting with Priscilla Morris at thHinckley Speech & Drama Studio (HSDS) His credits have so far included police officer Martin Crowe in ITV's ''Emmerdale'', as well as roles in '' Shameless'' (Channel 4) and ''A Touch of Frost'' (ITV). He played John Stape in the long-running soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from March 2007 to January 2008, and then returned to the role in June 2008, but then left again. Hawley once again reprised the role in March 2009. On 28 October 2011, his character died after confessing to causing the death of three other people - Colin Fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis
Ruby Leilani N. Ashbourne Serkis (born 1998) is an English actress. Early life Ashbourne Serkis was born in Hackney, East London, to actors Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne and grew up in North London with her younger brothers Sonny and Louis. She attended the City of London School for Girls. Career Ashbourne Serkis began her career with small cameos before landing a titular role in the 2015 BBC One television film adaptation of Laurie Lee's memoir ''Cider with Rosie'', for which she received critical acclaim. The following year, she portrayed a young version of Susan Lynch's character in the Channel 4 miniseries ''National Treasure''. Ashbourne Serkis returned to television in 2020 as Lavinia in the Netflix fantasy series ''The Letter for the King'', an English-language adaptation of the classic Dutch book by Tonke Dragt. She appeared opposite Alice Englert in the first episode of the crime drama '' The Serpent''. She and her brother Sonny portrayed siblings in the film ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch (born 5 June 1971) is a Northern Irish actress. three-times an IFTA Award winner, she also won the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2003 film '' 16 Years of Alcohol''. Her other film appearances include ''Waking Ned'' (1998), ''Nora'' (2000), '' Beautiful Creatures'' (2000), and ''From Hell'' (2001). In 2020, she was listed as number 42 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Lynch was born in Corrinshego, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother (from Trivento) and an Irish father.Flint Marx, RebeccaSusan Lynch Biography", allrovi.com; retrieved 15 August 2011. She has four siblings; her oldest brother is actor John Lynch. Career She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and in August 2004, she starred in ''The Night Season'' at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2008, she was one of the leads in ''The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'' at the Almeida Theatre. Her film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Hardie
Kate Hardie (born Kate Louise Oddie; 26 April 1968) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in '' The Krays'', ''Mona Lisa'' and the 2016 Channel 4 original series ''National Treasure''. Hardie's stage name is derived from those of both her parents: Jean Hart and Bill Od''die''. Career With no formal training, she auditioned for her first role, in the 1983 film '' Runners'' (written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Charles Sturridge), at the age of 14, telling her parents she had done so only when she had the part. She went on to appear in numerous films, including ''Revolution'' (1985), Neil Jordan's ''Mona Lisa'' (1986), ''Cry Freedom'' (1987), '' Tree of Hands'' (1989), '' The Krays'' (1990), ''Jack and Sarah'' (1995), ''Croupier'' (1998) and ''I Am Dina'' (2002). On television her roles include the episode ''The Man Upstairs'' (1988) 02 E05of The Ray Bradbury Theater series, ''The Men's Room, Safe'' in which she was nominated for the Royal Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Marshall
Nadine Panchita Marshall (born 30 September 1972) is an English television, stage, and radio actress. Education and career She studied at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and is best known for her performance as Sally in the British television sitcom, ''The Smoking Room''. Marshall has acted in Debbie Tucker Green's play ''Random'' and her film ''Second Coming'' (2014). She played the character Vron in the Sky Living television sitcom '' The Spa'', with fellow ''The Smoking Room'' actress Debbie Chazen Deborah Chazen (born 1 September 1971) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Annie in the BBC comedy ''The Smoking Room'', Big Claire in ''Mine All Mine'', and various roles in the BBC sketch show ''Tittybangbang''. Alongside t .... Filmography Film Television Stage References External links * Living people 1972 births Black British actresses English film actresses English radio actresses English stage actresses English televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Lewis Jones (born 31 August, 1964) is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a First Order Captain Moden Canady in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', a police inspector in BBC drama series '' 55 Degrees North'', a whaler in the film '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', soldier Tecton in ''Troy'' and Rob Morgan in the series '' Stella''. He is known for being the voice of Letho of Gulet the King Slayer in ''The Witcher 2'' and '' 3''. Early life Mark Lewis Jones was born in Rhosllannerchrugog near Wrexham, Wales. He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Career Jones has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. His television roles include appearances in ''This Life'', ''Holby City'', '' Spooks'', '' Murphy's Law'', '' Waking the Dead'' and ''Torchwood.'' Perhaps his most significant role for BBC television was as Detective Inspector R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
