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Rich Keeble
Rich Keeble is a British actor and voiceover artist. He has appeared as a regular on two series of ''The Emily Atack Show'' and in television series such as ''Ghosts,'' '' Trying, Ted Lasso, Warren, Doctors'', ''Porters'', '' The Rebel'' and '' Birds of a Feather,'' as well as voice acting for video games including '' The Lord of the Rings: Gollum,'' ''Strange Brigade'', '' Total War: Warhammer'' and ''Ancestors Legacy''. Education Keeble attended Tiffin School in Kingston upon Thames in the 1990s. Career Television, film and online Between 2010 and 2015, Keeble appeared as various characters in sketches for ''Lee Nelson's Well Good Show'', '' Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular'', ''Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular'', hidden camera show ''Fool Britannia'' (starring Dom Joly), and had small roles in sitcoms '' Birds of a Feather'' and ''The Delivery Man.'' In 2013, he appeared in a recurring ident on the BBC directed by Victoria Pile, playing the character of Gary whose li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Atack
Emily Jane Atack (born 18 December 1989) is an English actress, comedian, and television personality. She is best known for playing Charlotte Hinchcliffe on the E4 comedy series ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008-2010), and for her roles in Keith Lemon shows, such as '' Lemon La Vida Loca'', ''The Keith Lemon Sketch Show'', and '' The Keith & Paddy Picture Show''. Atack appeared on the fifth series of '' Dancing on Ice'' in 2010. She was runner-up on the eighteenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2018, and went on to co-present the final series of its spin off show '' I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp'' in 2019. Since 2020, she has starred in her own comedy series '' The Emily Atack Show.'' Early life Emily Jane Atack was born in Luton on 18 December 1989, the daughter of actress Kate Robbins and musician Keith Atack (formerly of pop band Child). On her father's side of the family, her uncle was actor Simon Shelton. On her mother's side, she is the first cousin t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular
''Alan Carr's Specstacular'' is a special broadcast on Channel 4 presented by Alan Carr. The show features Alan and guests all competing in sketches, games and musical performances. The show was originally broadcast on 31 December 2011 as ''Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular'' and has spawned to various other specials including two ''Summertime Specstacular''s in 2012 and a ''Grand National Specstacular'' in 2013. The title sequence, designed by Lee Jacobs, sees Carr mischievously setting off a giant rocket in the basement of Channel 4. It blasts through the roof to the delight of the queueing crowd outside to spell out the show's title. Episodes ''Summertime Specstacular'' ''Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular'' was broadcast on 8 June 2012, during the week of celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Carr was joined by guests David Walliams, Justin Bieber, The Saturdays, the cast of ''Made in Chelsea'', Amy Macdonald, Carol Vorderman, Paddy McGuinness, Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Leg
''The Last Leg'' (known during its first series as ''The Last Leg with Adam Hills'' and in Australia as ''Adam Hills: The Last Leg'') is a British comedy and late-night television talk/sketch show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Paralympics every night following the main coverage on Channel 4. Anchored by Australian comedian Adam Hills and co-hosted by Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker, it gives a review of the week's events. Featuring a mix of comedy, guests and Paralympics highlights, the show received strong reviews and regularly pulled in more than a million viewers each night of the Paralympic Games. It has since become a weekly show giving a humorous alternative look back at the week's events. Outside of the UK, the show is broadcast in Hills' native Australia by the ABC, albeit delayed until the Tuesday of the next week and with a different theme tune. Format Overview ''The Last Leg'' is described by main presenter Adam Hills as "Three guys with four legs ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV (TV network), ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Central (UK And Ireland)
Comedy Central is a British pay television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated. This channel is specific to audiences within the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is aligned with the original US version of the channel. The channel started as The Paramount Channel in 1995, before rebranding as the Paramount Comedy Channel in 1997 and again as Paramount Comedy 1 in 2004 before finally becoming Comedy Central on 6 April 2009. History 1995–1997 The channel was launched as The Paramount Channel on 1 November 1995. The original schedule was a mixture of comedy and drama, including such eclectic offerings as ''Beauty and the Beast'', several Japanese anime productions acquired from Manga Entertainment, and authentic Paramount archive programming such as '' The Magician'', as well as Nickelodeon's ''Ren & Stimpy'', which was shown on Paramount rather than Nickelodeon due to its rather adult nature at times. It originally aired every ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rude Tube
''Rude Tube'' is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4 and its sister channel E4. Most of the programme's episodes have been presented by British comedian Alex Zane, who launched the show's pilot episode in February 2008. Comedian Matt Kirshen presented the show's first full series in 2008 on E4. Zane has hosted the show since its 2009 New Year special. Johnny Vegas and Emma Frain have also featured in multiple sketches between clips on episodes hosted by Alex Zane. The pilot episode in February 2008 was followed by a first series which aired November to December of that year. A Christmas episode followed the series. A New Year episode was broadcast January 3, 2009. A second series aired across October 2009. The eleventh and final series debuted on E4 on Tuesday 16 May 2017 with an episode entitled "Animals Assemble". The programme had its last episode on 18 July 2017 but is unknown if a new series will take place Format ''Rude Tube'' is a clip show with the maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viasat Nature
Viasat Nature is a television channel owned by international media company, Viasat World LTD. The channel has a focus on animals and their owners, blue-chip, classic wildlife, ER and animal rescue, the natural world, and parks and sanctuaries. Viasat Nature is a 24-hour channel, broadcasting in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia and Commonwealth of Independent States. The channel has its origins in TV6, a Swedish women's channel started in 1994. In 1998, the channel was changed into a pan-Nordic pay channel showing nature documentaries from 6p.m. to 9 p.m. ("TV6 Nature World") and then action movies and series from 9 p.m. to midnight ("TV6 Action World"). In 2002, the channel was renamed and became ''Viasat Nature'' and ''Viasat Action''. Viasat Nature acquires programming from international distributors and production houses. The content on Viasat Action was gradually shifted to include more crime series such as '' Law & Order'' and '' CSI''. This stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raindance Film Festival
Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels. The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking, and it showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers. In 2013, the festival was listed by ''Variety'' as one of the world's top 50 "unmissable film festivals". Timeline *1992 – Raindance is founded. Film training courses are offered. *1993 – The Raindance Film Festival is launched, World premiere of ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape.'' *1994 – ''Pulp Fiction'' makes its UK debut at Raindance. *1998 – Raindance creates the British Independent Film Awards which celebrate the achievements of independent British filmmaking. *2000 – Christopher Nolan's '' Memento'' has its UK premiere at Raindance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Indie Series Awards
The 8th Indie Series Awards were held on April 5, 2017 at The Colony Theatre in Los Angeles, with the ceremony hosted by ''EastSiders'' producers and stars Kit Williamson and John Halbach. Presented by ''We Love Soaps'', the awards recognize independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the web. In January 2017, it was announced that the number of nominees for the Best Web Series Drama and Comedy awards would be increased from six to eight in each category. The nominees were announced on February 1, 2017. '' The Bay'' led with 21 nominations, followed by ''The Amazing Gayl Pile ''The Amazing Gayl Pile'' is a Canadian web series created by Morgan Waters and Brooks Gray, which follows one man's misguided quest to conquer the world of home shopping, and become king of the TV pitchman game. First created in 2014, the show st ...'' with 16, both of which broke the previous record of 13 nominations. Awards The awards were given on April 5, 2017. Winners are listed first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survivors (2015 Film)
''Survivors'' is a 2015 British horror film directed by Adam Spinks, co-written by Spinks with Laurence Timms. Premise The film follows journalist Kate Meadows (Joanne Gale) and her cameraman Duke (Simon Burbage) as they embark on a mission to uncover whether or not a government weapons contractor has secretly been using humans as their test subjects. Main cast * Joanne Gale as Kate Meadows * Simon Burbage as Duke Wilcott * David Anderson as Paul * Adrian Annis as Alan * Vanessa Mayfield as Louise Whelan * Lydia Kay as Security Guard * Rich Keeble as Dr. Williams Production The film was made on a budget of £10,000 and was crowdfunded. Initial filming began in 2012, with additional pick ups in 2014. In between filming blocks, Spinks shot the feature film ''Extinction Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Marsh (comedian)
Stephen "Steve" Marsh is a British actor, former co-host of the CBeebies programme ''Big Cook, Little Cook'', and co-host of ''Space Hoppers''. Marsh plays the part of the big cook, Ben. He and his ''Big Cook, Little Cook'' co-host Dan Wright form the comedy duo Electric Forecast. He also appeared in Wright's documentary ''F*** Off, I'm Ginger'' and as himself in Sky One's ''Crash Test Dummies'' during 2007. From 10 July to 14 July 2007, Marsh and Wright were guest hosts on ''Big Brother's Big Mouth'', and, in January 2008, the pair starred as feuding brothers in an episode of ITV drama ''Kingdom''. He also had a part in ''Emmerdale'' as a policeman during the storyline involving Nick Henshall, who killed main character Viv Hope. He made two more appearances in Emmerdale in 2021 as Warren Tucker, the alcoholic dad of Ben Tucker. He appears in the Ken Loach film ''Looking for Eric'' as the main antagonist, Zac. The film was released in June 2009 and co-stars Steve Evets, John He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Pile
Victoria Pile, also known as Vicky Pile, is a British comedy writer, director and producer, most noted as the creator of two Channel 4 comedy programmes, the sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' and the sitcom ''Green Wing''. She began her career writing for Not the Nine O'Clock News whilst still a student at University of Sussex. She has also written for Spitting Image and CBBC. Writer * ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' (1979–82) * ''Dear Heart'' (1982–83) * '' Karen Kay'' (1983–86) * ''Pushing Up Daisies'', later ''Coming Next...'' (1984–85) * '' Lazarus and Dingwall'' (1991) * ''You Gotta Be Jokin (1991) * ''Los Dos Bros'' (1999–2001) * ''Smack the Pony'' (1999–2003) * ''Green Wing'' (2004–2007) * ''Campus'' (2009-2011) She has also written a pilot for ABC, set in a police precinct in America. British Sitcom Guide states that "it isn't often that British writers deliberately pitch a series to the American market first". Producer / director * ''Los Dos Bros'' (1999†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
