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Patrick Dowling (producer)
Patrick Dowling (19 August 1919 – 17 June 2009) was an English television producer, best known for producing a series of successful series for the BBC including ''The Adventure Game'', '' Vision On'' and '' Why Don't You?''. Early life Born in Southwest London, he undertook his National Service with the Royal Air Force, having his career extended at the start of World War II. After being demobbed, he married the actress Jane Gregson. 1946 he was taken on as Stage manager and electrician with the Guildford and then the Amersham repertory companies. From 1951 to 1952 he was stage director at the Oxford Playhouse. BBC career In 1955 he joined the BBC as a runner, later becoming a production assistant on various series including '' Girl at the Window'', '' The Black Brigand'', '' The Railway Children'', ''Thompson Family'', '' Secret Garden'', ''Great Expectations'', ''Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', '' The Treasure Seekers'' and '' The Balloon and the Baron'' for which Dowling also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
