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Richard Graham (actor)
Richard Graham (born 10 May 1960) is an English actor. He played George T. Rowe in the biopic film ''Titanic''. He has also appeared in ''In the Name of the Father'' (1993), ''Gangs of New York'' (2002) and ''Vera Drake'' (2004), as well as playing Trevor Clyner in football hooligan films '' ID'' (1995) and ''ID2: Shadwell Army'' (2016). He appeared in all 12 episodes of '' Maisie Raine'' as Mickey Farrel, and in 16 episodes of ''Hollyoaks'' as William Alexander. He has also appeared in ''Inspector Morse'' and ''Pie in the Sky''. In 2019, he appeared in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' as Jonno Highway The following is a list of characters introduced to the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2019, by order of first appearance. The characters are introduced by the show's executive consultant, John Yorke (producer), John Yorke, or his successors .... Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Richard Living people 1960 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farnborough, London
Farnborough is a village in south-eastern Greater London, England, located in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Kent. Situated south of Locksbottom, west of Green Street Green, north of Downe and Hazelwood, London, Hazelwood, and east of Keston, it is centred southeast of Charing Cross. Suburban development following the Second World War resulted in the area becoming contiguous with the Greater London Built-up Area, conurbation of London. The area has formed part of the London Borough of Bromley local authority district since the formation of the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London for administrative purposes in 1965. History The village name derives from Fearnbiorginga, meaning a village among the ferns on the hill. Old records date from 862 when Æthelbert of Wessex, Ethelbert, King of Wessex, gave away 950 acres at Farnborough. The village was not included in the Domesday Book of 1086, but the manor existed in the Middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Suspicion (1991 Film)
''V'' is a 1991 neo noir erotic thriller film directed by Simon Moore and starring Liam Neeson and Laura San Giacomo. Neeson won best actor at the 1992 Festival du Film Policier de Cognac for his performance. Plot The film is set in the late 1950s, when strict British divorce laws could be circumvented by manufacturing fake evidence of adultery, and in Brighton, where such activities often occurred. An amoral private detective, who with the help of his wife provides phoney photographs and paid witnesses for divorce cases, becomes a prime suspect when his wife and a wealthy artist client are murdered. Cast * Liam Neeson as Tony Aaron * Laura San Giacomo as Angeline * Kenneth Cranham as Frank * Maggie O'Neill as Hazel Aaron * Stephen Moore as Roscoe * Alphonsia Emmanuel as Selina * Alex Norton as Prosecuting Attorney * Kevin Moore as Barrister Release Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boon (TV Series)
''Boon'' is a British television drama starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV, and was originally broadcast between 1986 and 1995. It revolved around the life of an ex-fireman called Ken Boon. - a motorcycle-obsessed small time businessman who at the same time acts as a private investigator, bodyguard and general troubleshooter. Since 16 January 2017 it has been rerun on UKTV channel Drama. The show was memorable for its theme tune - Hi Ho Silver by Scottish singer Jim Diamond, which became a major UK top ten hit single in 1986. Premise Ken Boon (Elphick) and Harry Crawford (Daker) are both old-fashioned 'smokeys' (firemen) in the West Midlands Fire Service. In episode 1 Crawford takes early retirement and moves to Spain to open a bar, leaving Ken behind. Ken attends a house fire in which a child is trapped upstairs. Realising that he must act quickly, he goes into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergerac (TV Series)
''Bergerac'' is a British crime drama television series. Set in Jersey, it ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Australian Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, who is initially a detective sergeant in Le Bureau des Étrangers ("The Foreigners' Office", a fictional department dealing with non-Jersey residents), within the States of Jersey Police, but later leaves the force and becomes a private investigator. Westward Studios executive producer Brian Constantine said the Bergerac reboot was in the final stages of development, possibly airing 2024. Background The series ran from 1981 to 1991. It was created by producer Robert Banks Stewart after an earlier detective series, '' Shoestring,'' starring Trevor Eve, came to an abrupt end. Like ''Shoestring'', the series begins with a man returning to work after a particularly bad period in his life: Eddie Shoestring fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
''Up the Elephant and Round the Castle'' is a British television sitcom, which aired from 1983 to 1985, and was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. Starring comedian Jim Davidson, who played the role of Jim London, the show spawned a sequel, ''Home James!'', which was also made by Thames. ''Home James'' ran from 1987 to 1990. Plot Jim London is a young lovable rogue who becomes a man of property when a relative dies, leaving him a run-down Victorian property at 17 Railway Terrace in the Elephant and Castle area of south London. He gets into various problems with the police and spends most of his time getting drunk and chasing women. Cast *Jim Davidson as Jim London * John Bardon as Ernie London *Sue Nicholls as Wanda Pickles * Nicholas Day as Arnold Moggs * Brian Hall as Brian *Brian Capron as Tosh Carey *Anita Dobson Anita Dobson (born 29 April 1949) is an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. She is best known for her role from 1985 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005. Podcasts Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata airs weekly and focuses on a discussion of a recently released film, along with current film news and other related entertainment topics (Adam Quigley co-hosted the show with Chen and Hardawar from 2008 to 2013). In July 2021, the show became independent from the site and was rebranded ''The Filmcast''. ''The Tobolowsky Files'', hosted by Chen, features character actor Stephen Tobolowsky talking about his career, life and other topics. The ''JustifiedCast'', also hosted by Chen, followed season 3 of the TV series '' Justified''. ''A Cast of Kings'' is a podcast hosted by Chen and Joanna Robinson of Vanityfair.com in which they discuss and analyze each episode of '' Game of Thrones''. ''The Ones Who Knock'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Thread
''Phantom Thread'' is a 2017 American historical drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville. Set in 1950s London, it stars Day-Lewis as an haute couture dressmaker who takes a young waitress, played by Krieps, as his muse. It marked Day-Lewis's final film role to date. The film is the first Anderson film shot outside the United States, with principal photography beginning in January 2017 in Lythe, England. It is Anderson's second collaboration with Day-Lewis, following ''There Will Be Blood'' (2007), and his fourth with composer Jonny Greenwood. ''Phantom Thread'' premiered in New York City on December 11, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 25, 2017. The film received acclaim for its acting, screenplay, direction, musical score, costume design, and production values. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2017, and is considered on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadwell Army
Shadwell is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , east of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping (to the west) and Ratcliff (to the east). This riverside location has meant the area's history and character have been shaped by the maritime trades. Historically a hamlet of the Manor and Ancient Parish of Stepney,Young's guide describes Hamlets as devolved areas of Parishes - but does not describe this area specifically it became a parish in its own right in 1670. the area of the Hamlet and Parish included areas south of Cable Street including Shadwell Basin and the King Edward Memorial Park. History Etymology In the 13th century, the area was a low lying marsh''Shadwell'' ''The Copartnership Herald'', Vol. II, no. 23 (Christm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Hemingway
''Dom Hemingway'' is a 2013 British black comedycrime drama film directed and written by Richard Shepard, and starring Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demián Bichir and Emilia Clarke. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Safecracker Dom Hemingway ( Jude Law) is released after spending 12 years in prison and seeks payment for refusing to rat out his boss Ivan Fontaine (Demián Bichir). He reunites with his best friend Dickie ( Richard E. Grant) and they travel to Fontaine's villa in the French countryside. Dom flirts with Fontaine's Romanian girlfriend Paolina ( Mădălina Diana Ghenea) and becomes angry that he spent 12 years in jail for Fontaine. He begins to mock Fontaine and storms out. At dinner, he apologises and Fontaine presents Dom with £750,000. They spend the night partying with two girls, one of whom, Melody (Kerry Condon) strikes up a conversation with Dom. When the group go driving in Fontaine's car, they crash into another car. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World's End (film)
''The World's End'' is a 2013 science fiction comedy film directed by Edgar Wright from a screenplay by Wright and Simon Pegg. It is the third and final installment in the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy, after ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004) and ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007). It stars Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, and Pierce Brosnan. In the film, five friends return to their hometown to reattempt a pub crawl they failed twenty-three years earlier, only to discover the town is in the midst of an alien invasion. The film entered initial development in 1995 after Wright wrote a screenplay titled ''Crawl'' about teenagers on a pub crawl; after deciding it was better suited as a comedic exploration of young adulthood and aging, he reworked the screenplay with Pegg in the early 2010s. The film was produced by Relativity Media, Big Talk Productions, and Working Title Films. Principal photography began on 28 September 2012 and lasted until that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kid (2010 Film)
''The Kid'' is a 2010 British biographical drama film directed by Nick Moran and co-written by Moran and Kevin Lewis. The film, based on Kevin Lewis' autobiography of the same name, details Lewis' adolescent and young adult life, having been raised in a violent, abusive family on a small council estate called New Addington in the 1980s. Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall wrote the song 'Boy' for the movie Plot Based on the real-life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and how he put his life together again afterwards. The screenplay was written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis with additional writing by the film's director Nick Moran. Cast * Rupert Friend as Kevin Lewis ** Augustus Prew as teenage Kevin Lewis * Ioan Gruffudd as Colin Smith * Natascha McElhone as Gloria * Con O'Neill as Dennis * Bernard Hill as Uncle David * Jodie Whittaker as Jackie * David O'Hara as Terry * James Fox as Alan * Kate Ashfield as Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other Man (2008 Film)
''The Other Man'' is a 2008 British-American psychological thriller film directed by Richard Eyre. It stars Liam Neeson and Antonio Banderas as competitors for a woman's ( Laura Linney) love. Released in 2008, the film was a box office bomb, earning just over $1 million against its $15 million budget. Plot Lisa, from the United States, is a shoe designer, married for 25 years to Peter Ryman, a software CEO from Northern Ireland. They live in Cambridge, and Lisa frequently travels to Milan on business. Peter disapproves of their daughter Abigail's boyfriend, George, and Lisa makes an oblique attempt to discuss her and Peter's monogamy, which he dismisses. After Lisa dies, Abigail gives Peter a note with the message “ Lake Como” from inside one of her mother's shoes. Peter discovers a romantic voicemail on Lisa's cell phone and a similar email on her computer from “Ralph,” as well as a password-protected folder named “Love.” Convinced that Lisa was having an affair, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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