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Time Bomb (The Bill)
The 26th series of ''The Bill'', a British television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms t ..., was the final series of the police procedural programme. On 30 April 2014, ''The Bill'' Series 26 Part 1 & 2 DVD set was released in Australia. Having been halved to one episode a week and axed from Scottish network STV the previous summer, the show's average viewership had dropped from 7 million prior to the revamp to 3, and as a result, the long-running police drama was axed on 26 March 2010. ITV director Peter Fincham also noted "the changing taste of viewers" played a part in the axing, and despite a petition and calls for another network to take on the series - the final episode - Respect: Part 2, aired on 31 August 2010 – 15 days after the 27th anniversary of the ... [...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] |
Barry Sloane
Barry Sloane (born Barry Paul Sloan;''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005''; at ancestry.com 10 February 1981) is an English actor. He has appeared in numerous television shows, and in the BAFTA Award–winning television films ''Pleasureland'' and ''The Mark of Cain''. In 2006, Sloane made his West End debut in Willy Russell's '' Blood Brothers''. In December 2007, he began playing serial killer Niall Rafferty in Channel 4's ''Hollyoaks'', which earned him three award nominations. He is best known for providing the voice and motion capture of Captain Price from '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)'' and '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022).'' In 2010, Sloane appeared in the ITV crime series ''DCI Banks'' and later that year, he also played Kieran Callaghan in the BBC One serial medical drama '' Holby City''. In July 2012, Sloane was cast as Aiden Mathis in the ABC drama series '' Revenge''. In February 2014, he joined the cast of ABC's scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Magowan
Katie Victoria "Kate" Magowan (born 1 June 1975) is an English actress and producer. She has been in film, theatre, television and radio productions. Her best known role is Princess Una in the 2007 feature film '' Stardust''. She is married to actor John Simm. Early life After finishing high school, and having trained as a dancer, she graduated from the Actors' Institute, London and has trained in the Meisner technique. Acting career She began her screen career in season 2 of ''Dream Team'', Sky 1's first original drama series. She went on to appear in many films and television roles including the role of Princess Una in the magical film '' Stardust'' in 2007, ''Kidulthood'', ''4.3.2.1.'', ''Screwed'', ''A Lonely Place to Die'' and ''It's All Gone Pete Tong''. Stage She made her stage debut in a production of Caryl Churchill's ''Top Girls'' and has gone on to work consistently in film, theatre, television and radio. Television Magowan appeared in '' Spotless'', playing Sonny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Murphy
Parents :father Patrick Murphy from kilmichael, Co. Cork, Ireland. Catherine McKevitt Murphy (born 7 August 1967) is a British actress. She is known for her television roles as Tilly Watkins in the BBC drama ''The House of Eliott'' (1991–1994), Cheryl Barker in the Channel 5 soap opera ''Family Affairs'' (2003–2004), and as Julie Perkins in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2010–2011). Career Born in Essex, England. Murphy studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She played the role of Lorna in 1991, a love interest of Mark Fowler in soap opera ''EastEnders''. In 2005 she returned to play the recurring role of Trisha Taylor. She had earlier played the ongoing role of Cheryl Barker in serial ''Family Affairs'' for one year. Prior to that, she played Tilly Watkins (later Foss) in ''The House of Elliot''. It was announced on 23 September 2010 that Murphy was to return to ''EastEnders'' for the third time, this time playing Julie Perkins, who is an old friend of long-run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Daveney
Faye Daveney (born 24 February 1993) is a British actress best known for her roles as Zara Highway in '' EastEnders'' and Jasmine Harris in ''The Bill''. Career Daveney used to be with A&J Management. She is now with RKA Talent. Daveney portrayed Jasmine Harris in ITV's ''The Bill''. Previous to appearing as Jasmine, Daveney also appeared in ''The Bill'' as a character called Sian. Daveney has also appeared in ''The Assessment'', a ''Shelter'' advertisement and '' Silent Witness''. In 2011, it was announced that she was to appear in the drama ''Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me'' which was aired by ITV in December 2011. In 2012 she appeared as Saskia in '' Broken'', a drama film about a young girl who witnesses a violent assault. The film aired on BBC Two in 2015. In 2014, she appeared as Nellie Short in an episode of ''Call the Midwife''. Since 2015, Daveney has been appearing in the BBC comedy ''Cradle to Grave''. In 2017, she played a character called Charity Walters in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. These episodes can result in physical injuries, either directly such as broken bones or through causing accidents. In epilepsy, seizures tend to recur and may have no immediate underlying cause. Isolated seizures that are provoked by a specific cause such as poisoning are not deemed to represent epilepsy. People with epilepsy may be treated differently in various areas of the world and experience varying degrees of social stigma due to the alarming nature of their symptoms. The underlying mechanism of epileptic seizures is excessive and abnormal neuronal activity in the cortex of the brain which can be observed in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of an individual. The reason this occurs in most cases of epilepsy is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callum Stone
Callum Stone is a fictional character in the long-running police drama ''The Bill'' portrayed by Sam Callis. Character development In one storyline Sam and PC Emma Keane ( Melanie Gutteridge) attend the scene of an explosion. Sam discovers that a man has been posing as a medic to assault female victims. He leaves Emma behind to reprimand the imposter and she is caught up in a second explosion. Callis told Allison Maund from '' Inside Soap'' that his character views the fake medics actions as "heinous" and is determined to find him. Emma is one of Callum's PC and also someone he harbours feelings for. Callis explained that Callum took his "took his eye off the ball". He and Emma have had "a tricky time" and his feelings leave him "racked with guilt on both a professional and personal level". The actor was proud of the stunt scenes; which he thought were "shocking stuff" and would look "fantastic" on-screen. He told Maund that the filming was hectic because he had much to do in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Green (actor)
Anthony Green (born 4 April 1970) is an English actor known for playing Station Officer Mick Callaghan in series 14 of '' London's Burning''. Early life Green was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He began acting at the age of 6, playing The Wizard in '' The Wizard of Oz'' at Daisyfield Primary School. At St. Mary's College, Blackburn, he played Oscar Lindquist in ''Sweet Charity''. He continued to act while studying law at the University of Nottingham, playing John Proctor in ''The Crucible'', Jimmy Porter in ''Look Back in Anger'' and I in a stage adaptation of ''Withnail and I''. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival he played Sheriff Baldwin Rawel in Richard Davidson's Storybook which won a Fringe First and was nominated for the Independent Theatre Award. Career In film, he played the leading role of Jonathan Berkoff, opposite Emily Lloyd, in the independent British feature ''The Honeytrap''. He played parts in '' The Bourne Identity'' and the James Bond film ''Tomorrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Kaye
Ivan Blakeley Kaye (born 1 July 1961) is an English actor and producer. His international fame came with roles in historical drama shows like the Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan in all three seasons of ''The Borgias (2011 TV series), The Borgias'', and Ælla of Northumbria, King Aelle in the first four Seasons of History (Canadian TV channel), History channel's series ''Vikings (2013 TV series), Vikings.'' More recent projects include action thriller ''Gunpowder Milkshake,'' the series pilot for Amazon's adaptation of Stephen King's ''The Dark Tower (series), The Dark Tower,'' the first British original Disney+ series ''Wedding Season (TV series), Wedding Season'' and a leading role in the Irish comedy feature film ''Apocalypse Clown''. In the UK, he is also widely known for is role as List of The Green Green Grass characters#Bryan, Bryan in the comedy series ''The Green Green Grass.'' Early life Kaye was born on 1 July 1961 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. His passion for ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Coonan
Daniel Coonan is a British actor. Early life Coonan was brought up in Haringey, in north London, moving to Plymouth, Devon in his teens, where he took up acting lessons. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career After graduating, Coonan spent over ten years working almost exclusively in theatre, working with companies including The National Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre and Howard Barker's theatre company, The Wrestling School. Coonan then had roles in various television series, including a wrongly convicted murderer in ''Silent Witness'', an investigating policeman in the BBC crime drama ''Mayday'', and a violent alcoholic in Mike Leigh's revival of his classic play '' Ecstasy'', which Leigh directed. In 2013, Coonan joined the cast of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', playing Carl White, having previously played David Priors in 2011. He was originally contracted to appear in 28 episodes as Carl over a six-month period, but filmed over 60 episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Reynolds (actor)
Paul Reynolds (born 6 February 1970) is an English actor, well known for portraying Colin Mathews in ''Press Gang'' (1989–1993), Kelvin Raine in ''Maisie Raine'' (1998) and convicted police murderer Chris Craig in ''Let Him Have It'' (1991). Early life Reynolds was born in Wanstead, London, and attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Career Reynolds' breakthrough role on television came playing Thatcherite Colin Mathews in the BAFTA award-winning ITV series ''Press Gang''. His career continued with the roles of Kevin in ''Ghostbusters of East Finchley'' and Sammy Dobbs, the unscrupulous sports agent in Andy Hamilton's '' Trevor's World of Sport''. On the big screen, Reynolds portrayed Christopher Craig opposite Christopher Eccleston's Derek Bentley in ''Let Him Have It'' and the mischievous Matt in ''Croupier'' alongside Clive Owen. In later years, Reynolds made appearances as Squeak in 1995 and 1998 in ''Absolutely Fabulous'' alongside Julia Sawalha, his ''Press Gang'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Glaister
Gabrielle Glaister is an English actress, best known for her role as Patricia Farnham in British soap opera ''Brookside'' and Trish Wallace in ''Family Affairs''. She is notable also for her portrayal of Bob/Kate/Bobbie Parkhurst in several episodes of “Blackadder”. Education Glaister attended Chichester College where she studied English and Drama, then trained at the National Youth Theatre, before appearing on Broadway. Career Glaister appeared in the title role in a stage production of ''Oliver Twist'', alongside Ben Elton as the Artful Dodger. In 1983, she returned to the stage in Denise Deegan's comedy play ''Daisy Pulls It Off'', based on Winifred Norling's 1939 novel ''The Testing of Tansy''. Glaister's first television roles were in 1983 in ''Jury'' and ''Jane Eyre''. Her first notable television roles were three appearances as "Bob" in the 1980s ''Blackadder'' series and the part of Patricia Farnham, the long-suffering partner of Max Farnham ( Steven Pinder), in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
