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Oliver Twist (1985 TV Serial)
''Oliver Twist'' is a 1985 BBC TV serial. It was produced by Terrance Dicks, directed by Gareth Davies, and adapted by Alexander Baron from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. This version follows the book more closely than any of the other film adaptions. Plot For a detailed plot, see ''Oliver Twist''. Cast * Eric Porter - Fagin * Michael Attwell - Bill Sikes *Ben Rodska - Oliver Twist * Amanda Harris - Nancy * Godfrey James - Mr. Bumble * Frank Middlemass - Mr Brownlow * Lysette Anthony - Rose Maylie / Agnes Fleming (Anthony had previously played Oliver's mother in the 1982 adaptation of the novel.) * Pip Donaghy - Monks *David Garlick - The Artful Dodger (Garlick had previously played the Dodger on Broadway and West End revivals of Oliver!) * Nicholas Bond-Owen - Charley Bates *David King - Giles *Gillian Martell - Mrs. Maylie * Edward Burnham - Mr Grimwig * Julian Firth - Noah Claypole * Miriam Margolyes - Mrs Corney (later Mrs Bumble) * Raymond Witch - Mr. Sowerberry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Twist
''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the " Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. ''Oliver Twist'' unromantically portrays the sordid lives of criminals, and exposes the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century. The alternative title, ''The Parish Boy's Progress'', alludes to Bunyan's '' The Pilgrim's Progress'', as well as the 18th-century caricature series by painter William Hogarth, '' A Rake's Progress'' and '' A Harlot's Progress''. In an early example of the social novel, Dickens satirises child labour, domestic violence, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children. The novel ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Bond-Owen
Nicholas Bond-Owen (born 13 November 1968) (sometimes billed as Nick or Nicholas Owen) is a child actor of the 1970s and 1980s best known for playing Tristram Fourmile in all five series of the popular comedy ''George and Mildred'' and in the film of the same name. Biography Born in Ashford, Surrey in 1968 as Nicholas Owen, to parents Diane and Sid Owen, he got into acting by accident after his older brother signed with a child model agency. As there were already several Nicholas Owens registered as actors with Equity, he needed to pick a new name. As a fan of James Bond he chose 'Bond' and so became Bond-Owen. He went to school at Abbotsford County Secondary school in Ashford from 1980 to 1984 and then on to Spelthorne College until 1986, where he studied photography. His first film role was as Kevin in '' Confessions from a Holiday Camp'' (1977). Other film appearances included Little Boy in '' Rhubarb Rhubarb'' (1980), Tristram Fourmile in ''George and Mildred'' (1980), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Shows Based On Oliver Twist
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival storag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s British Television Miniseries
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s British Drama Television Series
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 British Television Series Endings
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 British Television Series Debuts
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Henfrey
Janet Ethne Anne Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Mrs. Bale on '' As Time Goes By'', and for her role as the schoolteacher in the Dennis Potter television play '' Stand Up, Nigel Barton'' (1965), and Potter's serial '' The Singing Detective'' (1986), also as a schoolteacher. Early life Before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and spent a graduate year at Smith College reading History. Credits Other TV credits include: '' Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'' (1985); ''As Time Goes By'', '' The Jewel in the Crown''; '' Reilly, Ace of Spies''; ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial '' The Curse of Fenric'' and the episode " Mummy on the Orient Express"); '' Jeeves and Wooster''; '' Casualty''; ''Lovejoy''; '' One Foot in the Grave''; ''My Uncle Silas'' and ''Simon and the Witch''. Henfrey also played a minor character in an episode of the 1996 series of '' The Famou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Jephcott
Dominic Jephcott (born 1957) is a RADA-trained English actor and writer. He is known for his work in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'', ''The Beiderbecke Connection'', '' Midsomer Murders'', and in '' Holby City'' and ''Casualty'', as the adulterous Doctor Alistair Taylor. Early life and education Jephcott was born on 28 July 1957 in Coventry, Warwickshire. Jephcott worked professionally as a child actor. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1975. He became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978 and later worked extensively in television. Acting career Jephcott played Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Mount in '' Good and Bad at Games'', Reggie in '' The Jewel in the Crown'', Det. Sgt. Hobson BA in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'' (later Det. Insp. Hobson PhD in ''The Beiderbecke Connection''), Capt. Sandy Ransom in "Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim", Magnus Strove in '' Paradise Postponed'', David Warner in ''The Bill'', George Compton in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Rodska
Christian Rodska (born Christian Rodskjaer; 5 September 1945) is an English actor who has appeared in many television and radio series and narrated a number of audiobooks, including Sir Winston Churchill's Nobel Prize winning ''The Second World War''. He is perhaps best known for his regular role as Ron Stryker in 1970s series, '' Follyfoot.'' Career Rodska began acting professionally in the late 1960s and got his first big break when he was chosen to appear in ''Follyfoot'', which ran for three years from 1971 to 1973. From then on, he appeared in numerous series such as the 1977 BBC adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliff's '' The Eagle of the Ninth'', in which he played Esca, and the film version of '' The Likely Lads'', '' Z Cars,'' ''The Tomorrow People,'' ''Coronation Street,'' '' Brookside,'' '' Bergerac'' and '' Casualty.'' More recently, he has worked extensively as a voice artist, featuring in many radio plays and on Audiobooks. He is known for his narration of ''Ice Road Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Molloy
Terry Molloy (born 4 January 1947) is an English actor. He is known predominantly for his work on radio and television, especially his portrayal of Davros, creator of the Daleks, in the BBC television science fiction series '' Doctor Who''. Career Molloy has been a member of the cast of BBC Radio 4's ''The Archers'' playing Mike Tucker since 1974 and has won awards for his work as an actor on radio. In 1980 he performed in the Radio 4 adaptation of Nicholas Monsarrat's war novel '' The Cruel Sea''. On television, Molloy is known for becoming the third actor to play the mad scientist Davros, the creator of the Daleks, in the long-running science fiction series '' Doctor Who''. He appeared in the stories ''Resurrection of the Daleks'' (1984), ''Revelation of the Daleks'' (1985) and ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' (1988), becoming the first actor to play the role in different stories. Molloy was initially cast in the role by director Matthew Robinson, who had worked with him bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Witch
Raymond Herbert Witch (6 October 1927 – 10 December 2009) was an English theatre, motion picture and television actor. Biography Witch was born to parents Herbert Witch and Nellie Witch (née Gilbert) on 6 October 1927Kristján Jónsson (2012) ''Svandís Jónsdóttir Witch og Raymond Witch'' (webpage) Retrieved on May 15 from http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1422790/?item_num=71&dags=2012-05-22 in the village of Kingston, Kent located in South East England. Herbert, a postman, served in the Royal Artillery during World War I, was wounded in action, and later married Nellie after his demobilization in 1918. In June 1963 Witch married Svandís Jónsdóttir who had originally travelled from Iceland to study acting in London. The two spent some time in Iceland during the early 1960s in way of a honeymoon before returning to London. Career Witch trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtFoot, Tom (2010). ''Third time fatal for dramatic actor Raymond Witch''. (webp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
