|
Screen Two
''Screen Two'' was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing ''Screen 2'' between April 1977 and March 1978). Following the demise of the BBC's '' Play for Today'', which ran from 1970 to 1984, producer Kenith Trodd was asked to formulate a new series of one-off television dramas. However, while ''Play for Today''s style had been a largely studio-based form of theatre on television, the new series was shot entirely on film. This was an attempt by the BBC to repeat the success of Channel 4's television films, many of which had been released in cinemas. From 1989 to 1998, a companion series, '' Screen One'', was broadcast on the more mainstream BBC1. After appearing more sporadically in the mid-1990s, ''Screen Two'' came to an end as the BBC moved its attentions away from single dramas and concentrated production on series and serials inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there are basically 485 TV channels, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year, at a cost of £2.6 billion.Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McEnery
John McEnery (1 November 1943 – 12 April 2019) was an English actor and writer. Born in Birmingham, he trained (1962–1964) at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, playing, among others, Mosca in Ben Jonson's ''Volpone'' and Gaveston in Marlowe's ''Edward II''. At the age of 20 he found his first stage work, spending three seasons with the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He joined the National Theatre company in 1966. While working at the Everyman, he met actress Stephanie Beacham, whom he later married. The couple had two daughters but subsequently divorced. He has another daughter from a previous relationship with artist Sofi Bollack. His first notable screen role was in 1968 as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirelli's ''Romeo and Juliet''; he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his performance. He took the title role in the 1970 film ''Bartleby'', in which he starred opposite Paul Scofield. In 1971 he starred in a major role alongside Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Cassel in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Henfrey
Janet Ethne Anne Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Mrs. Bale on '' As Time Goes By'', and for her role as the schoolteacher in the Dennis Potter television play '' Stand Up, Nigel Barton'' (1965), and Potter's serial '' The Singing Detective'' (1986), also as a schoolteacher. Early life Before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and spent a graduate year at Smith College reading History. Credits Other TV credits include: '' Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'' (1985); ''As Time Goes By'', '' The Jewel in the Crown''; '' Reilly, Ace of Spies''; ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial '' The Curse of Fenric'' and the episode " Mummy on the Orient Express"); '' Jeeves and Wooster''; '' Casualty''; ''Lovejoy''; '' One Foot in the Grave''; ''My Uncle Silas'' and ''Simon and the Witch''. Henfrey also played a minor character in an episode of the 1996 series of '' The Famou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Campbell
Kenneth Victor Campbell (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English actor, writer and director known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre". Campbell achieved notoriety in the 1970s for his nine-hour adaptation of the science-fiction trilogy '' Illuminatus!'' and his 22-hour staging of Neil Oram's play cycle '' The Warp''. The '' Guinness Book of Records'' listed the latter as the longest play in the world. ''The Independent'' said that, "In the 1990s, through a series of sprawling monologues packed with arcane information and freakish speculations on the nature of reality, he became something approaching a grand old man of the fringe, though without ever discarding his inner enfant terrible." ''The Times'' labelled Campbell a one-man whirlwind of comic and surreal performance. Michael Coveney, in an obituary in ''The Guardian'', described him as "one of the most original and unclassifiable talents in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Parnaby
James Bertram "Bert" Parnaby (4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s. His TV roles included performances in ''Blackadder'', ''By the Sword Divided'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Inspector Morse'' and ''Last of the Summer Wine''. In 1988, he appeared as Father Christmas in the BBC adaptation of ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956). Among all the ...''. His film credits included '' Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987), '' The Dressmaker'' (1988) and '' The Reunion'' (1989). Bert was also a schoolmaster, teaching English at Manchester Grammar School during the 1950s and early 1960s, and subsequently becoming an HMI (one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools). He died i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rappaport
David Stephen Rappaport (23 November 1951 – 2 May 1990) was an English actor with achondroplasia. He appeared in the films '' Time Bandits'' and '' The Bride'', and television series '' L.A. Law'', '' The Wizard'' and ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers''. He was 3' 11" (1.19 m) in height. Early life Rappaport was born to Jewish taxi driver Mark and his wife Diana, née Schneiderman in London. He was born with achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. As a child, he developed talents in playing the accordion and drums, the latter of which he played professionally during his life. Rappaport studied psychology at the University of Bristol from 1970, graduating with a degree while developing his skills as a semi-professional drummer, and acting skills at the college dramatical society. After six months in the United States, he returned to the United Kingdom to marry his college girlfriend, Jane. They had a son Joe, and Rappaport tried to settle down to family life as a teacher. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Walters
Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe. Walters has twice been nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award: once for Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress and once for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress. She was made a Dame (DBE) in 2017 Birthday Honours, 2017 for services to drama. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in ''Educating Rita (film), Educating Rita'' (1983), a part she originated on the West End theatre, West End. She has appeared in many other films, including ''Personal Services'' (1987), ''Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987), ''Stepping Out (1991 film), Stepping Out'' (1991), ''Sister My Sister'' (1994), ''Girls' Night'' (1998), ''Titanic Town (film), Titanic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Wyldeck
Martin Wyldeck (11 January 1914 – 29 April 1988) was an English actor who played a wide range of parts over many years on stage, screen and TV. He also appeared in the first episode of the TV series '' Fawlty Towers'', as Sir Richard Morris. Selected filmography * ''Operation Diamond'' (1948) - Hugo * '' My Wife's Lodger'' (1952) - Policeman * '' Time Bomb'' (1953) - Sergeant Collins * '' Deadly Nightshade'' (1953) - M.I.5 Man (uncredited) * ''Street Corner'' (1953) - Desk Sgt. Forbes (uncredited) * '' Will Any Gentleman...?'' (1953) - Commissionaire * ''Knights of the Round Table'' (1953) - John (uncredited) * '' The Embezzler'' (1954) - 2nd Police Sergeant (uncredited) * ''Timeslip'' (1955) - Dr. Preston * '' Now and Forever'' (1956) - Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) * '' My Wife's Family'' (1956) - (uncredited) * '' The Counterfeit Plan'' (1957) - (uncredited) * '' The Devil's Pass'' (1957) - Young Master * '' The Hypnotist'' (1957) - Doctor Bradford * '' Carry on Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Wylton
Tim Wylton (born Timothy Higginson; 27 February 1940) is a British actor best known for his television roles as Stanley Dawkins in '' My Hero'', and Lol Ferris in '' As Time Goes By''. Career As a stage actor he appeared in Zeffirelli's noted 1961 Old Vic production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' and was a "mainstay" of the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1963 and 1977. Wylton attended Strathallan School, Perthshire and RADA. He has been acting on British television since 1964, when he made an appearance on ''The Comedy of Errors''. Other early appearances include '' The Liver Birds'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Maybury'', '' The Dustbinmen'', '' On Giant's Shoulders'' and '' Juliet Bravo''. Wylton also had a role in the BBC's 1979 adaptation of ''Henry V'', playing the rather lovable Fluellen. During the 1980s he acted on programmes such as '' Bergerac'', '' To Serve Them All My Days'', '' Campion'', ''The Citadel'' and ''A Bit of a Do'' (as Rodney Sillitoe). In 1983, he appeared in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Blair
Isla Blair Glover (born 29 September 1944) is a British actress and singer. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of '' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''. Early life and education Isla Blair was born in Bangalore, India, on 29 September 1944. Her father, Ian Baxter Blair-Hill, was a British tea planter of Scottish descent. Blair's interest in performing arts first became apparent when, at the age of two, she gave an impromptu singing performance on the boat ride from India to England. She went on to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to prepare for a career in acting. Career Blair made her first stage appearance at the Strand Theatre on 3 October 1963 playing the part of Philia in the London debut of '' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 1971 season, during which she portrayed Emilia in '' The Man of Mode'' and Aglaya in '' Subject to Fits''. In 1973, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilton McRae
Hilton McRae (born 28 December 1949) is a Scottish actor, working in theatre, television and film. Career McRae was part of the radical theatre group 7:84 before graduating from the University of Edinburgh, and by 1977 he had joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has concentrated mainly on avant-garde and political theatre. His most mainstream American film role was as Arvel Crynyd in '' Return of the Jedi''; he was uncredited for his brief appearance. In the UK he had substantial roles in '' The French Lieutenant's Woman'' and '' Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan''. He has performed in several musicals on the London stage, including ''Mamma Mia!'' and ''Miss Saigon'', in which he played the part of The Engineer. He performed the role of Mr Stopnick in the UK premiere of ''Caroline, or Change'' at the National Theatre, which won the Best Musical Award from the London newspaper the Evening Standard. In 2008 he played the part of Scarecrow in the Southbank's production of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Jones (actor)
Norman Jones (16 June 1932Report by Toby Neal. – 23 April 2013) was an English actor, primarily on television. He appeared in three ''Doctor Who'' serials — ''The Abominable Snowmen'' (1967, as Khrisong), '' Doctor Who and the Silurians'' (1970, as Major Baker) and '' The Masque of Mandragora'' (1976, as Hieronymous). A native of Shropshire, Norman Jones was born at Donnington, son of coal miner Clar (''sic'') and his wife Florrie Jones. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire. After taking part in local amateur dramatics in Donnington, employment as a cost clerk at the Lilleshall Company and Sankey's in the area, and work at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, he began his screen career in 1962, the year of his 30th birthday. Over the following twenty-six years he appeared in numerous episodes of British TV series such as ''Crossroads'' (as milkman Ralph Palmer), '' The Professionals'', and ''The Sweeney'', where he was cast as Detective Inspector Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
