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Robson Green
Robson Golightly Green (born 18 December 1964) is an English actor, angler, singer-songwriter and presenter. His first major TV role was as hospital porter Jimmy Powell in BBC drama series ''Casualty'' in 1989. He then went on to portray Fusilier Dave Tucker in the ITV military drama series ''Soldier Soldier'', between 1991 and 1995. Between 2002 and 2008 he played Dr. Tony Hill in the ITV crime drama series ''Wire in the Blood''. As a TV presenter he has fronted shows such as '' Extreme Fishing'', '' Extreme Fishing Challenge'', and '' Tales from Northumberland''. He currently plays Detective Inspector Geordie Keating on ITV's ''Grantchester''. He was one half of the singing duo Robson & Jerome, along with fellow ''Soldier Soldier'' actor Jerome Flynn, who had several No. 1 singles in the 1990s. Early life Robson Golightly Green was born on 18 December 1964 in Dilston Hospital in Hexham, Northumberland, and grew up in Dudley, a small mining village south of Cramlington. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedy, situation comedies. Founded by Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as ''Mr. Bean'' and ''The Vicar of Dibley''. It has also produced television dramas such as ''Murphy's Law (UK TV series), Murphy's Law'' and ''Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'', and in October 2006, its drama series ''Robin Hood (2006 TV series), Robin Hood'' began showing on BBC One. They also produced the American reality television series ''Damage Control (TV series), Damage Control'' for MTV, and the animated children's series ''Charlie and Lola (TV series), Charlie and Lola'', which was based on the books written by Lauren Child. Tiger Aspect has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (BRC), Quainton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Ness
Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie" ( gd, Niseag). It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to a high peat content in the surrounding soil. The southern end connects to Loch Oich by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal. The northern end connects to Loch Dochfour via the River Ness, which then ultimately leads to the North Sea via the Moray Firth. Loch Ness is the second-largest Scottish loch by surface area after Loch Lomond at , but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume in the British Isles. Its deepest point is , making it the second deepest loch in Scotland after Loch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
