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Sick Of It (TV Series)
''Sick of It'' is a British comedy-drama television series that premiered on Sky One on 27 September 2018. It was created and written by Karl Pilkington and Richard Yee (who also directed the series). Pilkington stars as both lead characters, playing his namesake Karl, and the voice inside his head that takes the form of his Doppelgänger. The series is set around Ladbroke Grove in London and follows Karl, a bored taxi driver who has been dumped by his girlfriend Zoe and moves in with his elderly American aunt Norma, and is struggling to get his life back on track. Karl's closest companion is the voice in his head, a sardonic, outspoken alter ego who takes the form of his double – it's the uncensored true version of Karl that says what he really thinks without the risk of offending others. As Karl attempts to move on from the break up and sort out his life, the voice in his head appears periodically to guide, criticise and dispense his unorthodox philosophy of life. Pilkington ...
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Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ...
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The Moaning Of Life
''The Moaning of Life'' is a British travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky 1. It follows Karl Pilkington around the world as he visits other cultures. Unlike ''An Idiot Abroad'', which had a similar premise, ''The Moaning of Life'' sees Pilkington actually choosing to visit other countries in order to see how they face up to some of life's biggest issues with their cultures and customs. He also reassesses his life now that he has reached the age of 40, which he considers to be "middle age". The series has eleven one-hour episodes, and sees Pilkington visiting Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, and the United States. Its original broadcast run in the United Kingdom began on 20 October 2013. Sky1 postponed the fifth and final episode of the first season – "Death", which sees Pilkington in the Philippines contemplating death with locals – after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in early November 2013. ...
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Julia Krynke
Julia Krynke (born 20 November 1979) is a multilingual Polish actress, voice over artist and trained classical musician based in London, UK. She is known in the UK for her roles in TV series '' Spooks'', '' Holby City'' and ''The Street'', and has had a successful career in cinema, theatre and TV in Germany, Poland and Ireland. She is fluent in Polish, English and German. Education Krynke is a graduate of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Wroclaw, Poland (1998–2002) and the Centre for Theatre Practices, Gardzienice, Poland (2001–2003) and has attended the Michael Chekhov Studio London, UK (2008–). She studied Grand Piano and Flute at the State Music School (1986–1997) in Opole, Poland. Career Julia Krynke has worked extensively in film, television and theatre in Poland, Germany, Ireland, and the UK. Soon after the completion of her studies, Krynke made her big-screen debut playing one of the lead roles in the much-acclaimed '' Distant Lights'', dire ...
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Cavan Clerkin
Cavan Clerkin (born 1973) is a British actor and filmmaker from Hackney, London. Career Clerkin has appeared in various TV shows including ''Smack the Pony'', ''The Inbetweeners'' and ''The IT Crowd'', and feature films ''Gangster No. 1'', '' Pierrepoint'', and ''Muscle''. He co-wrote and starred in the comedy series ''Los Dos Bros'' (2002) with Darren Boyd. He played alongside Sharon Horgan in BAFTA nominated sitcom '' Pulling'' (2006–2009), and appeared in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2009) as Joel Reynolds. He played Leonard Glickman in TV thriller ''The Shadow Line'' (2011); and DCI Gerring in the ITV drama ''Lucan'' (2013). He wrote, produced and starred in the independent feature film ''Nice Guy'' (2012). He played Clarkey in the police satire ''Babylon'' (2014), directed by Danny Boyle, and appeared in the BBC sitcom ''Count Arthur Strong'' (2014). In 2016 he played Vinnie Mann, a talent manager in ''Morgana Robinson's The Agency''. He plays Father Pyrlig in the Netf ...
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Shola Adewusi
Shola Adewusi (born 1963) is an England, English actress of Nigerian descent, of stage screen and radio. Her television work includes ''Little Miss Jocelyn'', the BBC Television comedy, comedy sketch show series written by and starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. In addition, Adewusi has appeared on television in ‘Lewis’(Season 3, Episode 4), ''My Hero (UK TV series), My Hero'', ''The Bill'', ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', ''Bad Girls (TV series), Bad Girls'', ''Family Affairs'', ''Emmerdale'', and ''Chewing Gum (TV series), Chewing Gum''. She is currently starring in CBS's ''Bob Hearts Abishola'' as Auntie Olu. She has also acted in a number of radio productions for the BBC World Service. Her stage work includes ''CRAZYBLACKMUTHAFXXKINSELF'' at the Royal Court Theatre. She also is a member of staff at the Intermission Youth Theatre. She played a cameo part in their hit play "Verona Road". Her work also includes her role in Paddington 2. External links *Shola Adewusi
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Lou Sanders
Lou Sanders is a British stand-up comedian, writer and actress from Broadstairs, Kent. Early life Sanders grew up in Broadstairs, Kent with her mother and her stepfather, a history teacher. Her father was periodically present. Sanders moved out at the age of 15, and later earned a degree in Communication and Cultural Studies from London Metropolitan University. Career Before beginning her career in comedy, Sanders worked in administrative roles, including as an executive PA and complaints handler at Ofcom. She took comedy classes from Logan Murray, and was paid to write a comedic blog about ''The Apprentice''. As a live performer, Sanders performs regularly both in the UK and around the world. In 2018, her show ''Shame Pig'' was the joint winner of the Comedians' Choice Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and she returned to the Festival in 2019 with her show ''Say Hello to Your New Step Mummy''. Sanders was declared the winner of the eighth series of '' Taskm ...
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Mark Silcox
Mark Silcox is a comedian and actor who has been performing since 2008. He is most known for being a stand-up, making it to the finals of the BBC New Comedy Award in 2013 and being one of several Asian comedians to be featured on BBC's ''The Big Asian Stand-Up'', as well as for his starring role as Joe Lycett's assistant on the Channel 4 consumer rights comedy show ''Joe Lycett's Got Your Back''. Early life Silcox grew up in India, where he received a Master's degree in Chemistry and worked as a lecturer. He moved to Great Britain in 1990, and completed a PhD in Analytical Chemistry at Imperial College London. Career A part-time teacher, Silcox is known for his experimental, deadpan style of anti-humour. Silcox originally began performing in 2008 after attending a stand-up comedy course from City Lit. After 50 gigs, he moved to Germany to focus on a career in science, returning to the UK to start gigging again in 2012. Since 2012, he has appeared on Channel 4's ''An Immig ...
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Remy Beasley
Remy Beasley is a Welsh actress best known for playing Beyoncé Evans in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series ''Stella''. She comes from Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the wester ..., where her mother Alison ran a pub. Filmography Television References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Welsh television actresses People from Chepstow Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama {{Wales-actor-stub ...
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Perry Benson
Perry Benson (born 9 April 1961) is a British character actor best known for his regular roles in British television sitcoms ''You Rang, M'Lord?'' (1988–1993), ''Oh, Doctor Beeching!'' (1995–1997) and ''Operation Good Guys'' (1997–2000). His first television appearance was as "Boy on Stairs" in the second episode of the BBC Children's drama, Grange Hill, in 1978. Film career Benson has appeared in the British films ''Quadrophenia'' (1979), '' Scum'' (1979), ''Love, Honour and Obey'' (2000), ''Alien Autopsy'' (2006), ''This Is England'' (2006), '' Somers Town'' (2008) and '' Mum & Dad'' (2008). He had a lead role in ''Stars of the Roller State Disco'', a 1984 made-for-TV play by Alan Clarke. Benson also appeared as Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook in the 1986 biopic ''Sid And Nancy''. In 1987, he played Trevor in the ''Hi De Hi'' episode "Tell It to the Marines". Benson appears as a policeman in the video for Goldie Looking Chain's single "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do". ...
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Kate Ashfield
Kate Ashfield (born 28 May 1972) is an English actress, who has appeared in stage, TV and film roles, most famously in her role as Liz in the 2004 zombie comedy ''Shaun of the Dead''. She is the co-writer of the 2017 TV series ''Born to Kill''. Filmography * ''Princess Caraboo'' (1994, film) – Ella * ''Blasted'' (1995, stage) – Cate * ''Shopping and Fucking'' (1996, stage) – Lulu * ''Soldier Soldier'' (1996, TV) – Cate Hobbs * ''Woyzeck'' (1997, stage) – Marie * '' Closer'' (1998, stage) – Alice * ''Guest House Paradiso'' (1999, film) – Ms Hardy * ''The War Zone'' (1999, film) * ''Watership Down'' (1999, TV series) – Primrose (Series 1/2 only) * ''Storm Damage'' (2000, TV) – Kay * ''The Low Down'' (2000) – Ruby * ''Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry'' (2000) – Carol * ''Late Night Shopping'' (2001, film) – Jody * ''Pure'' (2002, film) – Helen * ''Crime and Punishment'' (2002, miniseries) – Dounia * '' Beyond Borders'' (2003, film) – Kat * ''Pollyanna' ...
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Craig Parkinson
Craig Parkinson (born 11 March 1976) is an English actor and podcaster. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Shaun in the E4 series ''Misfits'', twins Jimmy and Johnny Kray in the ITV series ''Whitechapel'', and DI Matthew "Dot" Cottan in ''Line of Duty''. He has also acted in several independent films, including ''Control'', ''Soulboy'', ''The Unloved'' and ''Four Lions''. Early life Parkinson was born on 11 March 1976 in Blackpool, Lancashire. He began acting at an early age in school plays. He studied at Blackpool and The Fylde College before moving to London aged 17 to attend the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Acting career Parkinson's early roles were small parts in long-running British television series such as ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''The Bill'', and ''Holby City''. He made his film debut in ''Control'' (2007), a biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in which he played the role of Tony Wilson. He starred in the 2008 independent film ''The Taxidermist'', play ...
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United States Nationality Law
United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically obtained through provisions in the U.S. constitution, U.S. Constitution, various laws, and international agreements. Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. While the domestic documents often use citizenship and nationality interchangeably, nationality refers to the legal means in which a person obtains a national identity and formal membership in a nation and citizenship refers to the relationship held by nationals who are also citizens. Individuals born in any of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia or almost any inhabited Territories of the United States, territory are Natural-born-citizen clause, natural-born United States citizens. The sole exception is American Samoa, where individuals are typically non-citizen U.S. nationals at birth. Foreign nationals living in any state or qualified territory may naturalize aft ...
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