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Poldark (2015 TV Series)
''Poldark'' is a British historical drama television series based on the novels of the same title by Winston Graham and starring Aidan Turner in the lead role. The book series is 12 novels long but the TV series only portrays the first seven. The series was written and adapted by Debbie Horsfield for the BBC, and directed by several directors throughout its run. Set between 1781 and 1801, the plot follows the title character on his return to Cornwall after the American War of Independence in 1783. The series first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 8 March 2015 in eight episodes, and in seven episodes on PBS in the United States, which supported the production, on 21 June 2015 as part of its ''Masterpiece'' anthology. The first series was based on the first two ''Poldark'' novels by Graham. It is the second screen adaptation of Graham's novels, following a television series broadcast by BBC One between 1975 and 1977. On 8 April 2015, the BBC announced that a second ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nettles
John Vivian Drummond Nettles, OBE, (born 11 October 1943) is an English actor and author. He is best known for his starring roles as detectives in the crime drama television series '' Bergerac'' (1981–1991) in the title role, and ''Midsomer Murders'' (1997–2011) as Detective Inspector Tom Barnaby. He has also narrated several television series. Early life Nettles was born in St Austell, Cornwall, in 1943. His birth mother was an Irish nurse who came to work in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He was adopted at birth by carpenter Eric Nettles and his wife Elsie. As a youth he attended St Austell Grammar School. In 1962 he went to study history and philosophy at the University of Southampton, where he developed an interest in acting, and after graduation he joined the Royal Court Theatre. Acting career Nettles played Laertes to Tom Courtenay's Hamlet in 1969 at the University Theatre for 69 Theatre Company in Manchester. From 1969 to 1970, he was in repertor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masterpiece (TV Series)
''Masterpiece'' (formerly known as ''Masterpiece Theatre'') is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 10, 1971. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions. Many of these are produced by the BBC, but the line-up has also included programs shown on the UK commercial channels ITV and Channel 4. Overview ''Masterpiece'' is known for presenting adaptations of novels and biographies, but it also shows original television dramas. The first title to air was ''The First Churchills'', starring Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill. Other programs presented on the series include '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII;'' ''Elizabeth R;'' ''I, Claudius;'' '' Upstairs, Downstairs;'' ''The Duchess of Duke Street;'' ''The Citadel;'' '' The Jewel in the Crown;'' '' Reckless;'' ''House of Cards;'' ''Traffik,'' and ''Jeeves and Wooster''. More recent popular titles include ''Prime Suspect,'' ''The Fors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammoth Screen
Mammoth Screen is a UK-based production company that was established in 2007 by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer. It produces drama for key UK broadcasters, especially ITV, and international distribution. Others may be looking for Mammoth Pictures, a US-based production company. ITV announced on 1 June 2015 that it had acquired Mammoth Screen, which is now part of ITV Studios. Productions North Korean hacking allegations In October 2017 it was reported that an upcoming drama about a British nuclear scientist taken prisoner in North Korea, commissioned by Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ... and with the working title ''Opposite Number'', had caused the production company's computer network to be targeted by North Korean hackers. The project was subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Timmer
Damien Gerard Timmer (born 20 October 1968 in Chelsea, London) is an English Joint-Managing Director of British independent production company Mammoth Screen, which was established in 2007. He has executive produced ''Lost in Austen'', ''Wuthering Heights'', '' Bouquet of Barbed Wire'' and '' Endeavour'' for ITV, and ''Margot'', ''Blandings'', '' Remember Me'', ''Poldark'' and ''Christopher and His Kind'' for the BBC. '' Monroe'' is a new series for ITV. ''Parade's End'' is a major 5 part serial by Tom Stoppard being made for the BBC in 2011. Damien Timmer also executive produces ''Marple'', ''Poirot'' and ''Lewis'' for ITV, and executive produced ''The Prisoner'' with AMC / ITV Productions. Previously, Damien Timmer was head of Granada London Drama, where he was responsible for executive producing ''Housewife, 49'', '' If I Had You'', ''Dracula'', ''Ballet Shoes'' and Russell T Davies’ ''Casanova'', starring David Tennant David John Tennant (''né'' McDonald; born 18 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Dudley
Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genres, as a film composer, and was one of the core members of the Synth-pop band Art of Noise. In 1998, Dudley won an Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for ''The Full Monty''. In addition to over twenty other film scores, in 2012 she served as music producer for the film version of ''Les Misérables'', also acting as arranger and composing some new additional music. Career Dudley was born in Beckenham, Kent. She graduated with a master's in music from King's College London in 1978. Trained as a classical performer, she moved into the competitive commercial field as a session musician, where her professional relationship with Trevor Horn began. In 1982, Dudley made significant contributions to the Horn-produced ''The Lexicon of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sullivan (actor)
Peter Sullivan (born 26 July 1964) is an English film and television actor. Life and career Sullivan was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In 1982, he joined the National Youth Theatre, where he played Edmond in ''King Lear'', and then joined the Old Vic Youth Theatre playing the title role in ''Macbeth''. He studied at Central School of Speech and Drama from 1983 to 1986 and then in New York under Uta Hagen at HB Studio. In 1988 he joined the Catalan performance group La Fura dels Baus and toured the world with them in their trilogy of spectacles ''Accions'', ''Suz/O/Suz'' and ''Tier Mon''. In 1990 he was asked by Deborah Warner to join the National Theatre in London to tour ''King Lear'' and ''Richard III'', directed by Richard Eyre, staying on to play in ''Napoli Millionaria'' as part of the Lyttelton Theatre company. He also worked extensively at the National Theatre Studio with Simon Usher and there formed The Actors' Group. He left the National to work with David Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Regan
Vincent Regan (born 16 May 1965) is a British film and television actor, best known for his roles in ''300'', ''Troy'', ''Unleashed'', '' Clash of the Titans'' and ''Lockout''. Early life Regan was born on 16 May 1965 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, the son of Irish immigrants. As a youth, he moved to Ireland with his parents, but moved to England and attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich, Suffolk, before attending the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. Acting career Regan first came on UK TV screens in series 5 (1992) of LWT's '' London's Burning'', playing Don, the love interest of Firefighter Kate Stevens (Samantha Beckinsale). That same year he played PC Shelby alongside Sir David Jason’s DI Jack Frost in the (TV series) Touch of FrostRegan has over 15 stage roles to his credit, most recently as Achilles in ''Troilus and Cressida'' at the Edinburgh International Festival. In association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the festival presented director Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Dutton
Tim Dutton (born 1967) is a British stage, film, and television actor. Dutton's films include '' Darkness Falls'' (1999), '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), The Infiltrator (2016) and '' The Detonator''. He starred in the Academy Award and BAFTA nominated movie ''Tom & Viv'' (1994) as Maurice Haigh-Wood. Dutton grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He read Law at Wolverhampton University and gained an LL.B with Honours before turning to acting. Dutton played Mark Owens in '' Soldier, Soldier'', Donna Tucker's tutor and lover (4 episodes, 1994). He had a recurring role in the Fox television series '' Ally McBeal'' as Brian Selig, a love interest of Calista Flockhart’s title character. He played D.S. Bailey for two seasons (1992-93) in "The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries." He also starred in the short-lived but critically acclaimed CBS sitcom about the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony, ''Thanks'' which Entertainment Weekly called "the funniest new sitcom of the 999–2000season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom York (actor)
Tom York is an English actor, known for his roles as Samuel "Sam" Carne in ''Poldark'' and as Hero in ''Olympus''. Early life and education York graduated from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Career Before landing the leading role in fantasy TV series ''Olympus'' in 2015'','' York featured as the teenage version of one of the main cast in the first 2 episodes of the TV series ''Tyrant'' in 2014. After Olympus, in 2016 York appeared as Mike Maddox in Endeavour, as Mitch McCordell in Midsomer Murders, as Leo Richards in Death in Paradise, and as Zac Leeson in Agatha Raisin. In 2017 he was cast as Sam Carne in the BBC hit series ''Poldark ''Poldark'' is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, published from 1945 to 1953 and continued from 1973 to 2002. The first novel, '' Ross Poldark'', was named for the protagonist of the series. The novel series was adapted twice fo ...''. Filmography Television Stage Film References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Whitehouse
Joshua George Whitehouse (born 27 February 1990) is an English actor, musician and artist. His films include '' Northern Soul'' (2014), ''Modern Life Is Rubbish'' (2017), and ''Valley Girl'' (2020). On television, he is known for his roles in the BBC One series ''Poldark'' (2017–2018) and the Amazon Prime series '' Daisy Jones & the Six'' (2023). Early life Whitehouse is from Chester. He attended Bishop Heber High School and Queen's Park High School. Career In 2014, in his debut film, Whitehouse played the lead role as Matt in the film '' Northern Soul'' in a cast which included Steve Coogan and Ricky Tomlinson. In 2015, he starred as Hugh Armitage in the BBC series ''Poldark'', alongside Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson. In 2018, he was originally set to play an unspecified leading role in the unproduced '' Game of Thrones'' prequel series.Cooper, Gael FashingbauerJosh Whitehouse joins Naomi Watts as Game of Thrones prequel star Cnet, OCTOBER 31, 2018 He co-starred w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Richardson (actor)
Harry Richardson (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Drake Carne in ''Poldark'' and Frank Gresham in ''Doctor Thorne''. He currently portrays Larry Russell in HBO's ''The Gilded Age''. Early life and career Richardson was born in Sydney, Australia, before moving to London at the age of two. At the age of 12, he then went back to Australia for high school at Sydney Grammar School, where he discovered his love for acting, and then returned to the UK when he was 18. He then did a short course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, before enrolling at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth in 2012 Before graduating from WAAPA in 2014, Richardson took a course with Ivana Chubbuck at the 16th Street Acting School in Melbourne. Richardson's first film was ''Looking for Grace'' in which he stars as Jamie. He auditioned for the role of Frank Gresham in the TV series ''Doctor Thorne'' when visiting family in London and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
