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Steeltown Murders
''Steeltown Murders'' is a four-part factual drama television miniseries written by Ed Whitmore and directed by Marc Evans. It was produced for the BBC by Severn Screen based in Wales and aired on BBC One. It stars Philip Glenister and Steffan Rhodri as detectives investigating the real-life murders committed by Joseph Kappen in Port Talbot in South Wales. It premiered on 15 May 2023 on BBC One, with all episodes immediately available on BBC iPlayer. Synopsis Twenty-first century technological advances help detectives with a cold murder case from 1973. Geraldine Hughes and Pauline Floyd both left the Top Rank nightclub in Swansea without ever making it home. Their bodies were discovered later in Llandarcy. Dubbed the case of the “ Saturday Night Strangler”, it became the first documented case of a serial killer in Wales. Joseph Kappen was the real-life perpetrator. Cast * Philip Glenister as DCI Paul Bethell ** Scott Arthur as young DC Paul Bethell * Steffan Rhodri as DC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kappen
Joseph William Kappen (30 October 1941 – 17 June 1990), also known as the Saturday Night Strangler, was a Welsh serial killer who committed the rape and murder of three teenage girls in Llandarcy and Tonmawr, near his home town of Port Talbot, in 1973. Kappen is also suspected of committing a fourth murder in February 1976. Kappen's confirmed victims were all 16-year-old females whom he lured into his car on Saturday evenings in Briton Ferry and Swansea respectively. All three were driven to rural locations where they were subsequently raped, then killed by strangulation. Kappen was never arrested for his crimes, and died of lung cancer in 1990. Kappen is notable for being the first person ever to be posthumously identified as a serial killer via familial DNA profiling. He was also the first documented serial killer in Welsh history. Background Joseph Kappen was born on Thursday, 30 October 1941 and raised in Port Talbot, a heavily industrial town in Wales dominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyanga Burford
Priyanga Burford is a British actress, narrator and writer. Her acting credits include roles in '' No Time to Die'', ''A Long Way Down'', ''A Rather English Marriage'', '' The Thick of It'', ''Silent Witness'' and ''Casualty''. In 2015 she starred in the Channel 4 mockumentary '' UKIP: The First 100 Days'' in which she played the fictional Deepa Kaur, the first Asian woman to be elected as a UK Independence Party Member of Parliament. In 2017, she appeared in the premiere production of ''Consent'' at the Royal National Theatre, London. In 2017, she starred in '' King Charles III'' as Mrs Stevens, Leader of the Opposition in a 2017 future history television film adapted by Mike Bartlett from his play of the same name. In it, she convinces the King to not grant royal assent to law regarding the freedom of the press, which in turn causes a constitutional crisis In political science, a constitutional crisis is a problem or conflict in the function of a government that the polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Mangan
Lucy Katherine Mangan''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' (born 1974) is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for ''The Guardian''. A major part of her writing is related to feminism. Biography Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire. Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor. She read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, qualified as a solicitor, but worked in a bookshop until she found a work experience placement at ''The Guardian'' in 2003.Feminist education has been the making of me Interview with ''The Daily Telegraph'', 6 May 2013 Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews and oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes ''The Times''. The two papers were founded independently and have been under common ownership since 1966. They were bought by News International in 1981. ''The Sunday Times'' has a circulation of just over 650,000, which exceeds that of its main rivals, including ''The'' ''Sunday Telegraph'' and ''The'' ''Observer'', combined. While some other national newspapers moved to a tabloid format in the early 2000s, ''The Sunday Times'' has retained the larger broadsheet format and has said that it would continue to do so. As of December 2019, it sells 75% more copies than its sister paper, ''The Times'', which is published from Monday to Saturday. The paper publishes ''The Sunday Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwyn Davies
Arwyn Davies (born 8 April 1967) is a Welsh actor, best known for playing the character of Mark Jones since 1993 on the long-running Welsh-language soap ''Pobol y Cwm''. Arwyn Davies's father was the Welsh comedian, actor, musician, singer, and composer Ryan Davies, who died when Arwyn was nine years old. Davies was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru 'Best Actor' award in 1996. In an episode of the 2019 S4C series, '' Adre'', Nia Parry was shown around Davies' Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ... home and recording studio. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Arwyn 1967 births Living people Welsh male soap opera actors Welsh male television actors Welsh-speaking actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aneurin Barnard
Aneurin Barnard (; ; born 8 May 1987) is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for playing Davey in ''Hunky Dory'', Claude in '' The Truth About Emanuel'', Bobby Willis in '' Cilla'', Tim in ''Thirteen'', King Richard III in '' The White Queen'', William in '' Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back),'' Gibson in '' Dunkirk,'' and Boris Pavlikovsky in ''The Goldfinch''. Early life Barnard was born in Bridgend in Wales in the United Kingdom on 8 May 1987, the son of factory worker June and coal miner Terry Barnard. His first language is Welsh. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taf during his secondary school years. He starred in HTV Wales series ''Jacob's Ladder'' as a 16-year-old, and then trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2008. Career Barnard played Melchior, one of the three leads, in the London premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical '' Spring Awakening'', which opened in February 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith. The play later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Pride
Maria Pride (born 1970) is a Welsh television actress who plays the recurring character of Debbie Jones in the Welsh Language soap opera ''Pobol y Cwm''. She is a former pupil of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, near Pontypridd. In February 1999, she played the character of Cindy, the only female role in the premiere of playwright Patrick Jones' play ''Everything Must Go'', in association with The Manic Street Preachers, at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. She also played Triste in Jones' second play, ''Unprotected Sex'', also at the Sherman Theatre. In 2001, Maria won the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Award for her role as Pauline in ''Care'', the multi award-winning drama written by former ''Tomorrow's World'' presenter Kieran Prendiville about child abuse in a Welsh children's home. ''Care'' was directed by Antonia Bird and starred Steven Mackintosh. In 2002, Maria starred in the Welsh Language drama, ''Gwyfyn''. Pride's other notable roles have been in Welsh TV comedy dramas, such as '' Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Evans
Maxine Evans is a Welsh actress who has worked extensively in television and theatre roles. She is best known for playing Rhian in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series '' Stella''. and is also well known for appearing in one episode of the spin-off series of ''Doctor Who'' called ''Torchwood'' as her role of Helen Sherman in the episode "Countrycide" with actor Owen Teale. Maxine also played the character of Mrs Busby in the BBC drama Call The Midwife Evans's career as a director started on stage at the Glasgow Tron Theatre in 1996. A play by Sharman Macdonald was underway, when the director was unable to continue Maxine was drafted from actor to actor/director to get the show to the opening night. Two years later Maxine directed her first Short Film, in which she was nominated for Best Director at the Cork Film Festival. A year later she started directing for television on the drama '' Nuts and Bolts''. She had started as script writer and head story-liner on the show the year bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas McGaughey
Nicholas McGaughey is a Welsh television actor and voice actor best known for playing the character of Brandon Monk in the Welsh soap ''Pobol y Cwm''. He has appeared on a number of top English television programmes such as ''Casualty'' in 1998. He also appeared as Praetorian Officer in the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster, ''Gladiator'', among actors such as Russell Crowe and Oliver Reed. He also appeared in ''Sharpe's Gold'' in 1995 from the TV series '' Sharpe'' starring Sean Bean. He appeared in various TV Series including ''War and Peace'' (2016) as Self Important Major, ''Da Vinci’s Demons'' (2014) as Captain Sindona and also the same year in ''Musketeers'' "Friends and Enemies" as Innkeeper. He also appeared in ''Agatha Christie’s Poirot'' "The Labours of Hercules" in 2013 as Inspector Lementeuil. Also in 2013 he appeared in ''Atlantis'' "Twist if Fate" as Biton, ''Whitechapel'' as Derek Redman and ''New Tricks'' as Coxy. He appeared on the Welsh television series ''Pobol y C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyfan Dwyfor
is a Welsh actor, from . Early life He attended and before going on to . He graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2007. Career He began acting in the drama series on S4C. His first appearance in film was in ("''Age of Promise''"); the drama won three awards at BAFTA Cymru and a Golden FIPA. He won the Richard Burton Award at the National Eisteddfod in 2004. Personal life Dwyfor currently lives in London, he is a Welsh speaker, has blue/grey eyes and dark brown hair. Works Television * ''A Very English Scandal'' - George Deakin * ''Requiem'' - Ed * - Jamie * - Tom * - John Iwan * ''A470'' - Silver Film * ''Basket Case'' (2009) - Jez * (2002) - Stephen * '' The Baker'' (2007) - Eggs * ''I Know You Know'' (2008) - Paradise waiter * ''Pride'' (2014) - Lee * (2016) - Dan Theatre * ''Little Eagles'', RSC - Yuri Gagarin * ''Romeo & Juliet'', RSC - Peter * , RSC - Percival, Lamarak, Lavaine * ''The Drunks'', RSC - scene announcer, 1st Ilia * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
