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Roy Apps
Roy Apps (born 1951) is a British screenwriter, dramatist and children's author. In 2001 Roy Apps was awarded a personal BAFTA for outstanding contributions to children's film and television. For 10 years he wrote for the award-winning CBBC series ''Byker Grove'' where his first job was to write out the show's leading characters "PJ and Duncan" played by Ant and Dec. He co-devised and wrote for the award-winning series ''The Ghost Hunter'' and has contributed to many other TV series, including Chucklevision, Barmy Aunt Boomerang Barmy Aunt Boomerang is a children's comedy television series broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom from 16 September 1999 to 21 December 2000. Sebastian's world is turned upside down by the arrival of his unconventional Australian aunt Boomera ..., ''Stacey Stone'' and Casper's Scare School. In 2019 his black comedy ''Dr Bodkin's Needle'', featuring Celia Imrie, was produced by Pier Productions for BBC 1. He is the author of 98 children's books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBBC (TV Channel)
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7–16. Its sister channel CBeebies broadcasts programming and content for children aged under 7. It broadcasts every day from 7am to 7pm (7am to 9pm from 11 April 2016 to 4 January 2022), timesharing with BBC Three. History Launched on 11 February 2002 alongside its sister channel, CBeebies, which serves the under 6 audience, the name was previously used to brand all BBC Children's and Education, BBC Children's content carried on BBC One and BBC Two. CBBC was named Channel of the Year at the Children's British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA awards in November 2008, 2012 and 2015. The channel averages 300,000 viewers daily. The channel originally shared bandwidth on the Freeview (UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byker Grove
Byker is a district in the east of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. Home to the Byker Wall estate, made famous by TV series ''Byker Grove'', Byker’s population was recorded at 12,206 in the 2011 census. Byker is bordered by Heaton to the north and by Shieldfield to the north east. In popular culture Byker became well known as the setting of the BBC TV series ''Byker Grove'' (1989–2006); although set in the ward, the youth club featured in the series was filmed at The Mitre in the Benwell area in the west end of Newcastle. History Possibly the earliest form of the visible evidence of development in Byker was by the Roman Emperor, Hadrian. A wall, turrets and mile castles, stretching from the east to the west coast provided a barrier to invading border clans and tribes. Hadrian's Wall lies just south of Shields Road and was excavated in the 1990s. The area was populated by soldiers and their suppliers of foods, livestock and trades, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant And Dec
Ant & Dec are a British television presenting duo, consisting of Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975), from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Formed after their meeting as child actors on CBBC's drama ''Byker Grove'', they performed together as pop musicians PJ & Duncan, the names of their characters from the series. The duo have since pursued careers as television presenters, and currently host ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', ''Britain's Got Talent'', and ''Limitless Win''. Previous hosting credits include supporting Luca G on his live tour “The Mohawk” appearing in Stevenston’s Pop Inn and Dregin’s The Brae ''SMTV Live'', '' CD:UK'', ''Friends Like These'', ''Pop Idol'', ''PokerFace'', '' Push the Button'', ''Red or Black?'', and ''Text Santa''. They presented the annual Brit Awards in 2001, 2015 and 2016. In addition to presenting, the pair are actors and both had lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Hunter (TV Series)
''The Ghost Hunter'' is a British children's drama series created for the BBC and based on the books ''The Ghost Hunter'' by Ivan Jones. It was first broadcast in January 2000 and the last series was first broadcast in 2002. Repeats continue to be shown on BBC and CBBC as well as in other countries. The first and second series were later reworked into two ninety-minute films. School location scenes from each of the three series were filmed at St. Laurence School in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. Many of the castle scenes were filmed at Berkeley Castle in the Cotswolds. ''The Ghost Hunter'' series revolves around Roddy and Tessa Oliver, two ordinary children whose lives are turned upside down when William Povey, a shoeshine boy from Victorian England appears in Roddy's bedroom as a ghost and appeals to him for help. The Ghost Hunter is searching for William in order to obtain 'spectral energy' which is only obtainable from capturing ghosts. At first she seems concerned only to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chucklevision
''ChuckleVision'' is a British children's comedy television series created by Martin Hughes and the Chuckle Brothers for the BBC. It starred Barry and Paul Elliott as the Chuckle Brothers and occasionally their older brothers, Jimmy, and Brian Elliott (known professionally as the Patton Brothers). It aired to critical acclaim and notoriety becoming widely known among a large span of generations for their Yorkshire humour and catchphrases such as "To me, to you" and "Oh dear, oh dear". It ran for 292 episodes over twenty-two years from 1987 to 2009. In January 2018 it was voted as one of the greatest children's TV Shows of all time by a ''Radio Times'' panel of experts. Further in August 2019, it was voted the best CBBC show of all time by readers of ''Radio Times''. Plot Episodes of ''ChuckleVision'' were usually independent, with the basic plot for each involving the brothers undertaking a job, task or adventure. They were often employed by a character known as "No Slackin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barmy Aunt Boomerang
Barmy Aunt Boomerang is a children's comedy television series broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom from 16 September 1999 to 21 December 2000. Sebastian's world is turned upside down by the arrival of his unconventional Australian aunt Boomerang. It is revealed in the first episode that Aunt Boomerang is in fact a ghost who was starring in an Australian soap when she was killed on set. She now acts as something of a "fairy godmother" to Sebastian. The show ran for two series. Alex Harvey (born October 1959), the son of the Scottish musician of the same name, played the part of police sergeant Keen. Series guide * Series 1 - 15 episodes broadcast 16 September 1999 – 23 December 1999 * Series 2 - 15 episodes broadcast 14 September 2000 – 21 December 2000 (Source : BBC Motion Gallery) Cast *Toyah Willcox as Aunt Boomerang * Kern Falconer as Mr Diplock * Terry Neason as Mrs Belcher *Laura McKenzie as Meryl * Lawrie McNicol as Kevin Simpkins *Richard Madden Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper's Scare School (TV Series)
''Casper's Scare School'' (also known as ''Casper's Scare School: The Animated Series'') is a computer-animated series based on the computer-animated film of the same name featuring the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series premiered in Canada on YTV on January 11, 2009, and then in France on TF1's TFOU block on April 1, 2009, and later in the United States on Cartoon Network on October 4, 2009. A second season aired in 2012 with a new opening sequence, a new voice cast and a slightly different CGI animation style. 52 episodes were produced. Premise Casper has to be able to graduate through the Scare School before he gets banished to the valley of the shadows forever. He goes on many adventures with the students that attend there. Characters * Casper (voiced by Robbie Sublett in season 1, and by Matthew Géczy in season 2) Production The series is co-produced by Classic Media, MoonScoop Group and DQ Entertainment, with participation from TF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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