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The Bill (series 13)
The thirteenth series of the British television drama ''The Bill'' was broadcast from 2 January to 30 December 1997. The series consisted of 152 episodes, including three-hour-long specials. There were just two cast departures in the series after four the year before; actor Tom Butcher left the role of PC Steve Loxton after seven years on the show, however he would return in two episodes in 1999 as a guest at Dave Quinnan's wedding. The other departure was that of Alan Westaway, who left his role of PC Nick Slater after two and a half years. Their characters were replaced by PCs Luke Ashton and Sam Harker, with actors Scott Neal and Matthew Crompton appearing as guest actors on a number of times, both of the actor's most recent guest stints coming the previous year. The series also saw DC Tom Proctor, introduced into CID. Actor Gregory Donaldson revealed in a 2018 interview on ''The Bill Podcast'' that the role came after impressing producers in a guest stint earlier in the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Brocklebank
Daniel Brocklebank (born 21 December 1979) is a British actor, best known for portraying the roles of Ivan Jones in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2005–2006), and Billy Mayhew in ITV's other long-running soap ''Coronation Street'' (2014–present). He is also known for his performance in the films ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), and '' The Hole'' (2001). Career From 1994, Brocklebank has starred in various TV programmes such as '' Down to Earth'' (BBC), ''Born and Bred'' (BBC), '' Ed Stone is Dead'' (BBC 3/Channel 4), ''Casualty'' (BBC), ''The Bill'' (ITV) and played Ivan Jones in ITV's ''Emmerdale'' between the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2006. Other TV credits include ''The Crazy World of Captain Llama'', ''Fair City'', ''Doctors'' and '' Waterloo Road''. Brocklebank's other films include: '' The Hole'' starring opposite Keira Knightley and Thora Birch, '' The Hours'' opposite Meryl Streep, '' Another Life'' opposite Imelda Staunton and Tom Wilkinson, ''Merlin'' opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Zagger
René Zagger (born 1 June 1973) is an English actor, known for playing PC Nick Klein in ''The Bill'' from 1999 to 2004 and as the voice of Emet-Selch in Final Fantasy XIV from the '' Stormblood'' expansion onward. He has also made several guest appearances in ''Casualty'', '' Doctors'' and '' Wycliffe''. Background Zagger was born in Leytonstone, London. His father is of Russian- Polish ancestry and his mother is of Spanish-Portuguese ancestry. Zagger was raised a practising Jew by his parents but now considers himself to be more traditionalist. While attending Davenant Foundation School his interest in acting began affecting his attendance, so the headmaster suggested that he move to an acting school. He left his school and enrolled at Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts. Career Zagger's first professional acting role was portraying a young Marti Pellow in the Wet Wet Wet music video ''I Remember.'' Other roles soon followed; from 1990–1991, Zagger played Mike Bentley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Byron
Bruce Michael Byron is an English actor best known for his role as DC Terry Perkins in ''The Bill''. He originally followed a career in music, before started acting at 20. Biography He moved to Australia drilling for oil and gas in the Cooper Basin, then came back to England but could not get a place at drama school. Eventually, he was accepted for ARTTS International in Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire. Films he has appeared in include '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'', ''From Hell'' and, most notably, ''The Mummy Returns'' where he played Red Willits. He also appeared in ''Heartbeat'' in 1998 and as Robbie Jackson's father Gary Bolton in ''EastEnders'' in 2001. He married Dr Tanya Byron (presenter of BBC's ''Little Angels'' and '' The House of Tiny Tearaways'' and daughter of director John Sichel) in Barnet, London, in 1997. He has two children with her: Lily (born 1995, Hendon, London) and Jack (born 1998, Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth MacDonald (English Actor)
Kenneth MacDonald (20 November 1950 – 6 August 2001) was an English actor who was best known for the parts of Gunner Nobby Clark in ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' and Mike Fisher in ''Only Fools and Horses''. Personal life MacDonald was born in Manchester, the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion Bill MacDonald, who died of kidney failure at the age of 43 when Kenneth was 13. He attended Xaverian College preparatory school in Fallowfield, Manchester, St Anthony's preparatory school in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, and went on to St Bernardine's Franciscan College in Buckingham, where he took part in school productions, notably ''The Business of Good Government'', in which he played Herod, and '' Arsenic and Old Lace''. Ken left school at eighteen to help support his mother Emily. He took a job at a Kellogg's cornflakes factory. During night shifts he would perform ''Hamlet'' and other Shakespeare plays that he had learned at school, earning the nickname "Hamlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky Entwistle
Victoria Entwistle (born 15 September 1968) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Janice Battersby in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Early life Entwistle grew up in Accrington; her father owned a newsagent's in Clayton-le-Moors.Vicky Entwistle biography Corrie.net (6 January 1997). Retrieved on 26 August 2011. She attended Rhyddings High School in , and at the age of sixteen, she commuted to to study drama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter J
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Salkilld
Gordon Salkilld (9 May 1927 – 14 May 2003) was an English supporting actor best known for his portrayal of carpenter Jack Wood in the 1970s BBC cult series '' Survivors''. He also gained fame in ''Red Dwarf'': series 2, episode 2 as Gordon—the incredibly intelligent computer aboard the S.S. ''F Scott Fitzgerald'', who is involved in a chess game with Holly—a part specially written for him by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, with whom he had previously worked on the Radio 4 series ''Wrinkles'', and as Petty Officer Parker in BBC children's series ''The Doombolt Chase''. He also made appearances in '' Thriller''; episode 'The Double Kill' (1975), ''A Touch of Frost'', ''A Very Peculiar Practice'', ''Jeeves and Wooster'', '' Shelley'', ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Never the Twain'' and ''Only Fools and Horses''. Salkilld was active on the stage. He directed and starred in a production of Tom Stoppard's '' After Magritte'' at the Prince of Wales, Wimbledon in 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Martin
Derek Martin (born Derek William Rapp; 11 April 1933) is an English former actor. Beginning his career as a stuntman, he moved into acting and played many roles on UK television. One of his most widely known roles is Charlie Slater on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2000 to 2011, with brief appearances in 2013 and 2016. Early life In his early life Martin worked as a professional gambler, motor racer, at a meat market and as a debt collector. He also performed national service in the Royal Air Force. Career Martin started his entertainment career as a stuntman on programmes including ''Doctor Who'', but after breaking his collar bone filming the drama ''Elizabeth R'' (1971) he switched to acting. He featured in the BBC television series ''Paul Temple'' as well as the ITV television series The Governor. His film appearances include ''Secrets of a Windmill Girl'' (1966), ''The Sex Thief'' (1973), '' Eskimo Nell'' (1975), ''Sex Express'' (aka ''Diversions'') (1975), ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Butterly
Michelle Butterly (born 5 February 1970) is an English actress. Career She graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has played Julie Oldroyd in ''Soldier Soldier'' in 1997, Melanie Dyson in ''Casualty'' from 1999 to 2001, and she has appeared in ''Pie in the Sky'', ''The Bill'', ''No Angels'', ''Midsomer Murders'', and '' Dangerfield''. She appeared for two series as Ms Perin in the BBC2 sitcom '' Beautiful People'', and played Trudy in the fifth series of ''Benidorm Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though ...''. References * English television actresses English soap opera actresses Living people 1970 births Actresses from Liverpool {{UK-tv-actor-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Crittenden (writer)
Nick Crittenden FRSA is a British writer and researcher who has worked in UK television drama for the BBC and ITV. He was awarded a Fellowship in Creative and Performing Arts by the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for research into feature film development. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) for making a "prominent contribution to positive social change". He studied creative and critical writing at the University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f .... References External links * Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Spinx
David Spinx (born 25 April 1951) is an English actor, probably best known for playing Keith Miller in the BBC television soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2004–2008. He has previously appeared in ''EastEnders'' as a guest character in an episode in 1999 as the cellmate of Steve Owen and provided the voices on the radios in Barry Evans' cab firm. He has made guest appearances in many other television series such as '' A Touch of Frost'', ''The Bill'' and '' Hustle''. David made his last appearance on Eastenders on 1 July 2008. His character was axed due to having 'run out of steam'. Filmography *''Casualty'' (2014) *'' Snow in Paradise'' (2014 *'' Come Dine with Me'' (2010) - Himself *''EastEnders'' (1999) - Sharkey, (2004–2008) - Keith Miller *'' Hustle'' (2004) - Security Guard *''New Tricks'' (2003) - File Sergeant *'' Falling Apart'' (2002) - Men's Group Member *''Tipping the Velvet'' (2002) - Rough Man *''Jack of Diamonds'' (2001) - Kelly *''Conspiracy (TV)'' (2001) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
