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Serena Gordon
Serena Mary Strathearn Gordon (born 3 September 1963) is an English actress. Her roles include Amanda Prosser in police drama ''The Bill'' and MI6 evaluator Caroline in 1995 James Bond film ''GoldenEye''. Life and career Born in London, she is the daughter of property consultant Ian Strathearn Gordon, of 19 Campden Grove, London W8, and magistrate Nicola Mary, daughter of Major Nicholas Norman Norman-Butler, of Cardfields, Hatfield Peverel, Essex. Ian Gordon's great-grandfather was the Scottish judge and politician Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn; the Norman-Butler family were landed gentry, of Bourton House, Berkshire, related to the Lubbock baronets, later created Barons Avebury. Gordon studied at RADA in the same year as Jane Horrocks, where the two became best friends. After college they shared a flat in Bayswater and celebrated their joint 30th birthday party at the Groucho Club The Groucho Club is a private members' club formed in 1985 located o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannay (TV Series)
''Hannay'' was a 1988 ITV television series, a prequel spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's 1915 novel '' The Thirty-Nine Steps''. The film and series starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay in the post Second Boer War years. Plot In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, an Edwardian mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War I Britain. These stories had little in common with John Buchan's novels about the character, although some character names are taken from his other novels. Principal Cast * Robert Powell as Richard Hannay * Gavin Richards as Count Von Schwabing * Christopher Scoular as Reggie Armitage * Jill Meager as Eleanor Armitage Episodes Series One Series Two Production There were two series, the first with six episodes, the second with seven. Though a mixture of studio and location filming, the entire production (with the exception of the opening and closing title footage) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiller (TV Series)
''Chiller'' is a five-part British horror fantasy anthology television series, produced by Yorkshire Television, that first broadcast on ITV on 9 March 1995. Described by ''The Guardian'' as ITV's "answer to ''The X Files''", the series was inspired by, but unconnected to, the 1991 Channel 4 thriller ''Gray Clay Dolls'', which broadcast under the ''Chiller'' banner, the series featured writing contributions from renowned playwrights Stephen Gallagher, Glenn Chandler and Anthony Horowitz. Each story involves, to some extent, a supernatural element; and also a number of leading British actors, including the likes of Nigel Havers, Martin Clunes, John Simm, Peter Egan and Kevin McNally. Lawrence Gordon Clark, a former showrunner for the BBC's ''A Ghost Story for Christmas'' strand, acts as executive producer, alongside David Reynolds and Peter Lover. The series' opening episode, ''Prophecy'', was adapted from a story by novelist Peter James. The complete series of ''Chiller'' was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Heaven (Channel 4 TV Series)
''Blue Heaven'' is a British television sitcom that starred Frank Skinner, Conleth Hill, John Forgeham, Nadim Sawalha and Paula Wilcox. It featured guest stars such as Bill Bailey, Bob Goody, Tamsin Greig, Lucy Davis, Beryl Reid, Philip Glenister and John Thomson. It first appeared on Channel 4 as a one-off pilot in the series ''Bunch of Five'' in 1992, and was followed by one series of six episodes in 1994. It was described by Skinner as "a love-letter to the Black Country". 4 On Demand In 2012 the series was made available free to viewers as part of Channel 4's 4 On Demand 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smalle ... website. References External links * * 1992 British television series debuts 1994 British television series endings 1990s British sitcoms Channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Windsor (TV Series)
''The House of Windsor'' is a British comedy television series which first aired on ITV in 1994.Halliwell & Walker p.348 A top public relations expert is called in to help the British Royal Family with their image, but he clashes constantly with the more traditional Lord Bermondsey. Main cast * Leslie Phillips as Lord Montague Bermondsey * Warren Clarke as Max Kelvin * Neil Stacy as Sir Nicholas Foulsham * Serena Gordon as Caroline Finch * Jeremy Sinden as Giles Huntingdon * Sean Gallagher as Ray Barker * Louise Germaine as Kate Hargreaves * Barry Howard as Danny Jackson * Preston Lockwood Reginald Herbert Lockwood (30 October 1912 – 24 April 1996), known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English radio and television actor. The only son of bus driver Herbert Lewis Lockwood and his wife Ethel May (née Preston), Lockwood ... as Ambrose Stebbings * Margaret Courtenay as Lady Sharpcott References Bibliography * Leslie Halliwell & John Walker. ''Halliwell's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Queen
"Dancing Queen" is a Europop and disco song by the Swedish group ABBA, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''Arrival'' (1976). It was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson. Andersson and Ulvaeus also produced the song. "Dancing Queen" was released as a single in Sweden on 15 August 1976, followed by a UK release and the rest of Europe a few days later. It was a worldwide hit. It became ABBA's only number one hit in the United States, and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, West Germany and the Soviet Union. "Dancing Queen" also reached the top five in many other countries. Musically, "Dancing Queen" is a Europop version of American disco music. As disco music dominated the US charts, the group decided to follow the trend, replicating Phil Spector's Wall of Sound arrangements. Andersson and Ulv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riders (1993 Film)
''Riders'', also called ''Jilly Cooper's Riders'', is a British television film of 1993 based on Jilly Cooper's 1985 book of the same name in the Rutshire Chronicles series. With a length of 199 minutes, broadcasters usually divide the production into a miniseries. Outline Rupert Campbell-Black (played by Marcus Gilbert) is a rich and upper class Englishman at the top of the world of international show jumping, while his arch-rival Jake Lovell (Michael Praed) is a man of humble gipsy origins now funded by his Sloane Ranger heiress wife Tory (Caroline Harker). Lovell is driven by an intense hatred of Campbell-Black, who had bullied him mercilessly as a small boy at their English prep school, and their fights over riding prizes and women reach a climax at the Los Angeles Olympics. Production Anglia bought the film rights to the best-selling book and hired Charlotte Bingham and her husband Terence Brady to produce a script, giving the job of director to Gabrielle Beaumont. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Blackwell
"The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was originally published in ''Collier's'' in the United States on 26 March 1904, and in ''The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom in April 1904. It is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' (1905). Timeline According to William S. Baring-Gould's timeline of the Sherlock Holmes canon, the events of "Milverton" occurred in 1899. Leslie S. Klinger also placed the story in 1899 in his timeline of the canon. This was nine years after the strange death of Charles Augustus Howell, the real-life inspiration for the character of Milverton (see below). Plot Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer: Milverton, who causes Holmes more revulsion than any of the 50-odd murderers in his career. Milverton is "the king of blackmailers". He demands £7,000 () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes
''The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes'' is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the '' Strand Magazine'' between October 1921 and April 1927. Title of collection The first British edition of the collection, published by John Murray, and the first American edition, published by George H. Doran Co., were both published in June 1927. However, they had slightly different titles. The title of the British collection was ''The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes'' (hyphenated "Case-Book"), whereas the title of the American edition was ''The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes'' ("Case Book" as two words). Further confusing the issue of the title, some later publishers released the collection under the title ''The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes'' ("Casebook" as a single word). Contents The first edition of ''The Case-Book'', published by John Murray in 1927, does not present the stories in the order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shell Seekers (1989 Film)
''The Shell Seekers'' is a 1989 ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' television film, made-for-television drama (film and television), drama film based on the 1987 The Shell Seekers, novel of the same name by Rosamunde Pilcher and starring Angela Lansbury. The film aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC on December 3, 1989 in the U.S. and on ITV (TV network), ITV on December 21, 1989 in the UK; it was later reaired on CBS on January 31, 1993. Cast *Angela Lansbury as Penelope Keeling *Irene Worth as Dolly Keeling *Sam Wanamaker as Richard *Patricia Hodge as Olivia *Anna Carteret as Nancy *Sophie Ward as Antonia *Denis Quilley as Cosmo *Serena Gordon as Annabel *Michael Gough as Roy Brookner See also *''The Shell Seekers (2006 film), The Shell Seekers'' (2006) References External links * Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes British television films Films directed by Waris Hussein Films based on British novels Television shows based on British novels ITV television dramas Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
''Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again'' is a 1989 two-episode television miniseries based on the 1988 Judith Krantz novel, '' Till We Meet Again''. Its stars include Mia Sara, Bruce Boxleitner, Hugh Grant, Maxwell Caulfield, and Courteney Cox. The story revolves around Eve, Delphine and Frederique (Freddy), three young women who are looking to get themselves set up in a world that changes quickly. Along the way they find romance and become swept up in war, danger and family intrigue. Events from 1913 to 1952 are included. Plot Part 1 The story starts in Dijon in 1913. Eve (Lucy Gutteridge) is the daughter of a prominent doctor, and is destined to be married off to Roger Grillont (James Langton), but instead she falls in love with a low-class theater performer, Alain Marais (Maxwell Caulfield). Alain believes that she is an orphan from the same social class as him, and loses his interest after finding out that she is a rich, privileged girl. Nevertheless, she follows him to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
