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Tom Brown's Schooldays (TV Serial)
''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' is a 1971 television serial adaptation of the 1857 Thomas Hughes novel ''Tom Brown's Schooldays''. Consisting of five one hour long episodes, the series was directed by Gareth Davies and used a screenplay by Anthony Steven. History ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' originally screened on the BBC1 Sunday afternoon slot, which often showed serialisations of classics aimed at a family audience. It made some free adaptations to Hughes's novel, creating the role of Flashman's father, and added new sub-plots about Flashman and Arnold. It also included scenes of bullying and corporal punishment which may have been too graphic for family viewing. "Clean-up TV" campaigner Mary Whitehouse claimed that the programme broke the BBC's guidelines on the depiction of sadistic violence. After its 1971 premiere on the BBC, the series was later shown on ''Masterpiece Theatre'' in the United States in January and February 1973 through a grant from the Mobil Oil Corporation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, ''Tom Brown at Oxford'' (1861). Hughes had numerous other interests, in particular as a Member of Parliament, in the British co-operative movement, and in a settlement—Rugby, Tennessee, USA—reflecting his values. Early life Hughes was the second son of John Hughes, editor of the ''Boscobel Tracts'' (1830), and was born in Uffington, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He had six brothers, and one sister, Jane Senior, who later became Britain's first female civil servant. At the age of eight he was sent to Twyford School, a preparatory public school near Winchester, where he remained until the age of eleven. In February 1834 he went to Rugby School, which was then under the celebrated Thomas Arnold, a conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a television limited series or television movie for the primetime network season. The award was first presented at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards on March 7, 1955, to Robert Cummings, for his performance as Juror #8 on the '' Studio One'' episode "Twelve Angry Men". It has undergone several name changes, with the category split into two categories at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actot in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy; and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. By the 31st Primetime Emmy Awards, the categories were merged into one, and it has since undergone several name changes, leading to its current title. Since its inception, the award has been given to 58 actors. Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Langford
Robin W. J. Langford (12 September 1953 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor, writer and director. His acting work included with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company in Stratford-upon-Avon; at the Moscow Arts Theatre in Russia at the age of 12; and in his first film, '' The Comedians'', at the age of 12, as Elizabeth Taylor’s son (with Richard Burton, Sir Alec Guinness and Sir Peter Ustinov). He subsequently played many film and television roles, as well as directed in the theatre. Notable TV credits include the leading role in a BBC adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's ''The Black Arrow''; as well as appearances in ''The Duchess of Duke Street'', ''Smiley's People'', ''The Tripods'' and ''War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...''. Filmogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Hill (actor)
Daniel Hill (born 6 February 1956) is an English actor, he is known for his extensive work in television, theatre and film. Career He played the avaricious Harvey Bains, manager of the retirement home in '' Waiting for God'', alongside Stephanie Cole and Graham Crowden. He had earlier appeared with Martin Clunes and William Gaunt in the sitcom '' No Place Like Home''. He has also made appearances in several cult television programmes, most notable as Chasgo in ''Blake's 7'', Series 1 episode '' The Dessert Song'' of ''Minder'', and Chris Parsons in the incomplete '' Doctor Who'' story '' Shada''. He provided his voice to complete the serial with animation in 2017. Other roles include playing a Royal Air Force pilot in the BBC drama '' Secret Army'', Harry in ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (1971 TV miniseries), Gower in ''Terry and June'', Steven in the ''BBC'' sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', Tom Redburn in '' Tenko'' and, more recently, parts in '' Silent Witness'' (2008), '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Guard
Christopher Guard (born 5 December 1953) is an English actor, musician and artist. He is known for roles such as Jim Hawkins in '' Return to Treasure Island'' (1986), Bellboy in ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' (1988), Marcellus in ''I, Claudius'' (1976), Marius in ''Les Misérables'' (1978), Ken Hodges in the medical drama ''Casualty'' (1993), and voicing Frodo Baggins in ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978). Guard has appeared in ''Memoirs of a Survivor'' (1981) and '' A Woman of Substance'' (1985). His first role on television was the young David Copperfield in the BBC's 1966 TV serial adaptation, followed by Pip in ''Great Expectations'' (1967). A long list of credits include appearances in ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Secret Army'', ''Shoestring'', '' The Professionals'', ''Lovejoy'', '' Bugs'', ''Poirot'', ''The Bill'' and ''Doctors''. He has played roles in two works by Dennis Potter: '' Play For Today: Joe's Ark'' (1974) and ''Blackeyes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gibson
Richard Gibson (born 1 January 1954) is an English actor, best known for his role as the archetypal Gestapo Officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC hit sitcom series, '' 'Allo 'Allo!''. Career Gibson was born in Kampala, Uganda, before the country gained independence from the UK. He was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, Radley College near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and the Central School of Speech and Drama. He took part in '' 'Allo 'Allo!'' during the vast majority of the series. Dressed in an ankle-length leather coat and with the obligatory stiff-legged limp and walking stick, Herr Flick spent his life suppressing peasants, seducing Helga, the German town Commandant's assistant, and vainly trying to get his hands on the original of the painting '' The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies'' by Van Klomp. Gibson then toured with the group when ''Allo 'Allo!'' transferred to the stage and had successful tours both in the United Kingdom an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Flood
Gerald Robert Flood (21 April 1927 – 12 April 1989) was a British actor of stage and television. Early life Flood was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, but lived for most of his life in Farnham, Surrey, where he regularly appeared on stage at the Castle Theatre. He served as a wireless operator in the RAF during World War II, and worked as a filing clerk before becoming an actor. He joined the Farnham Repertory Company after the war. Career Gerald Flood's first television starring roles were in the popular ABC science-fiction television serials ''Pathfinders in Space'', ''Pathfinders to Mars'' and ''Pathfinders to Venus'', 1960–61, as journalist Conway Henderson; these were follow-up sequels to ''Target Luna''. This was followed in 1962-63 by the series ''City Beneath the Sea'' and its sequel, ''Secret Beneath the Sea'', when he played the role of Mark Bannerman. He came to national prominence whilst starring alongside Patrick Allen and Sam Kydd in the Morocco-based police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Stokes (actor)
Barry Stokes is a British actor. His film credits include: Juan Antonio Bardem's '' The Corruption of Chris Miller'', '' The Ups and Downs of a Handyman'', ''Prey'', '' Outer Touch'', ''Hawk the Slayer'', '' Rendezvous in Paris'' and '' Enemy Mine''. His television appearances include: ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (as Brooke), ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Z-Cars'', ''UFO'', '' Space: 1999'', '' Survivors'', '' The Professionals'' and ''Reilly, Ace of Spies''. Filmography * ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (1971) as Brooke * '' The Corruption of Chris Miller'' (1973) as Barney Webster * '' Space: 1999'' (1975, TV) as Jim Haines * '' Jackanory Playhouse'' (1975, TV) as Nick Sutler * '' The Ups and Downs of a Handyman'' (1975) as Bob * ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (1976, TV) as Miles Hendon * ''Prey'' (1977) as Anders * '' Lady Oscar'' (1979) as André Grandier * '' Outer Touch'' (1979) as Oliver * ''Hammer House of Horror'' (1980, TV; episode "Carpathian Eagle") as 1st Victim * ''Hawk t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Paget Flashman
Sir Harry Paget Flashman is a fictional character created by Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) in the semi-autobiographical ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857) and later developed by George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008). Harry Flashman appears in a series of 12 of Fraser's books, collectively known as ''The Flashman Papers'', with covers illustrated by Arthur Barbosa and Gino D’Achille. Flashman was played by Malcolm McDowell in the Richard Lester 1975 film ''Royal Flash''. In ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), Flashman is portrayed as a notorious Rugby School bully who persecutes Tom Brown and is finally expelled for drunkenness, at which point he simply disappears. Fraser decided to write the story of Flashman's later life, in which the school bully would be identified as an "illustrious Victorian soldier", experiencing many of the 19th-century wars and adventures of the British Empire and rising to high rank in the British Army, to be acclaimed as a great warrior, while still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry "Scud" East
Harry "Scud" East is a fictional character in the book ''Tom Brown's School Days''. He is perhaps the closest friend of Tom Brown. His nickname is Scud because he is so quick on his feet. In the book he is referred to as East. In the 1940 Hollywood film, ''Tom Brown's School Days'', East is played by the child star Freddie Bartholomew. In the ITV adaption of ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' starring Stephen Fry as Dr. Arnold and Alex Pettyfer as Tom Brown, Harry Michell portrays East. In the 1861 novel '' Tom Brown at Oxford'' – a direct sequel to ''Tom Brown's School Days'' – East has joined the Army and serves with the (fictional) 101st Regiment in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, where he is wounded. He later emigrates to New Zealand. East also appears in George MacDonald Fraser's ''Flashman'' series, being held captive in Russia alongside Flashman during the Crimean War in ''Flashman at the Charge'', and later dying during the Indian Mutiny in ''Flashman in the Great Game ''Flas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Jameson
Louise Jameson (born 20 April 1951) is an English actress with a wide variety of television and theatre credits. Her roles on television have included playing Leela in ''Doctor Who'' (1977–1978), Anne Reynolds in ''The Omega Factor'' (1979), Blanche Simmons in '' Tenko'' (1981–1982), Susan Young in '' Bergerac'' (1985–1990) and Rosa di Marco in ''EastEnders'' (1998–2000). In 2022, she joined the cast of ''Emmerdale'' as Mary Goskirk, having previously appeared on the show in 1973 as Sharon Crossthwaite. According to Screenonline, Jameson "was one of a handful of actresses who both benefited from and contributed to the opening out of roles for women on British television during the 1970s and 80s, when she became associated with a series of tough, resourceful and independent characters in genres where women had conventionally been either victims or vamps." Biography Early life and career Jameson was born in Wanstead, Essex and grew up in nearby Woodford Green. Jameson a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools. His reforms redefined standards of masculinity and achievement. Early life and education Arnold was born on the Isle of Wight, the son of William Arnold, a HM Customs and Excise, Customs officer, and his wife Martha Delafield. William Arnold was related to the Arnold family of landed gentry, gentry from Lowestoft. Thomas was educated at Warminster School, Lord Weymouth's Grammar School, Warminster, at Winchester College, Winchester, and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He excelled in Classics and was made a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, Oriel in 1815. He became headmaster of a school in Laleham before moving to Rugby. Career as an educator Rugby School Arnold's appointment to the headship of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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