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Too Much TV
''Too Much TV'' is a British television programme, that has aired on BBC Two between 29 February and 1 April 2016. It was broadcast on weeknights at 6:30 pm and is presented by Emma Bunton, Aled Jones, Sara Cox and Rufus Hound. Presenters The show is presented by Spice Girls member and radio DJ Emma Bunton, singer and broadcaster Aled Jones, radio and television presenter Sara Cox and comedian and actor Rufus Hound. The four presenters host the show in-rotation. The show features a number of roving reporters including Susan Calman Susan Grace Calman (born 6 November 1974) is a Scottish comedian, television presenter, writer and panellist on a number of BBC Radio 4 shows including ''The News Quiz'' and ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''. She has written and starred in two se ... and Funmbi Omotayo. Episodes References External links * * {{BBC programme 2016 British television series debuts 2016 British television series endings BBC Television shows English-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multi-camera
The multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera mode of production, multi-camera or simply multicam is a method of filmmaking and video production. Several cameras—either film or professional video cameras—are employed on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene. It is often contrasted with a single-camera setup, which uses one camera. Description Generally, the two outer cameras shoot close-up shots or "crosses" of the two most active characters on the set at any given time, while the central camera or cameras shoot a wider master shot to capture the overall action and establish the geography of the room. In this way, multiple shots are obtained in a single take without having to start and stop the action. This is more efficient for programs that are to be shown a short time after being shot as it reduces the time spent in film or video editing. It is also a virtual necessity for regular, high-output shows like daily soap operas. Apart from saving editing time, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Izzard
Edward John Izzard (; born 7 February 1962) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist. Her comedic style takes the form of what appears to the audience as rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime. Izzard's stand-up comedy tours have included '' Live at the Ambassadors'' (1993), ''Definite Article'' (1996), '' Glorious'' (1997), '' Dress to Kill'' (1998), ''Circle'' (2000), ''Stripped'' (2009), '' Force Majeure'' (2013) and, most recently, ''Wunderbar'' (2022). She starred in the 2007 television series '' The Riches'', and has appeared in numerous films, including ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen'', ''Shadow of the Vampire'', ''The Cat's Meow'' and ''Valkyrie''. Izzard has also worked as a voice actor on films such as ''Five Children and It'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', '' Abominable'' and the Netflix original series ''Green Eggs and Ham''. Among various accolades, she won two Primetime Emmys for ''Dress to Kill'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Heap
Thomas John Gillespie Heap (born 3 January 1966) is the Rural Affairs Correspondent of BBC News, and an English television and radio reporter and presenter best known for his contributions to the BBC One programme ''Countryfile'', the same channel's ''Panorama'' programme, and the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Costing the Earth''. Early life Heap is the son of John Heap, a former scientific adviser who became the head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Polar Regions Section (from 1975 to 1992), and Margaret Grace Gillespie Spicer, known as 'Peg', the daughter of Captain Sir Stewart Spicer, 3rd Baronet, of the Royal Navy. He has two sisters. Education Heap was educated at Oakham School, a boarding and day independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland in central England, where he was trained to abseil by the Lieutenant M.B. Rochester of the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), and received a Bronze Duke of Edinburgh's Award in 1980. Career Heap began his broadcasting career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Conley
Brian Paul Conley (born 7 August 1961) is an English actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Conley has been the host of ''The Brian Conley Show'', as well as presenting the Royal Variety Performance on eight occasions. In his 40-year television career, he has starred in multiple award-winning television sitcoms including ''Time After Time'' and ''The Grimleys''. In the West End, he has played the lead role in musicals such as '' Me and My Girl'', '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', ''Hairspray'', ''Oliver!'', ''The Music Man'', ''Barnum'' and ''Jolson'' for which he was nominated for a prestigious Laurence Olivier Award. As a musician, he has released five albums, including ''Brian Conley Sings'', ''Let the Good Times Roll'', and ''Stage to Stage''. He has won numerous awards in his career including The National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Performer, Best Live Performer in ''Manchester Evening News'' and a British Comedy Award. Since 2021, Conley has appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Emms
Robert Emms (born Robert James MacPherson; 20 May 1986) is an English film, stage and television actor, known for portraying Pythagoras in the BBC One fantasy-adventure series ''Atlantis'', and Leonid Toptunov in HBO's Miniseries ''Chernobyl''. Early life Emms was born in Horley, Surrey, England. He went to a local secondary school, Oakwood School, Horley. He studied at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology from 2002 to 2004, and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) from 2004 to 2007. Career In March 2009 Emms played the lead role of Albert in the National Theatre's production of '' War Horse''. After Steven Spielberg saw him in '' War Horse'' at the New London Theatre, he was cast as David Lyons in Spielberg's film adaptation of the play. In June 2011 ''Screen International'' named him as a 'Star of Tomorrow'. His other film work includes ''Kick Ass 2'' alongside Jim Carrey, and Rick ‘Broken’ Buckley in Broken directed by Rufus Norri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicki Michelle
Vicki Michelle, (born 14 December 1950) is an English actress, radio presenter, businesswoman, film producer and former model. She is best known for her role as Yvette Carte-Blanche in the BBC television comedy series '''Allo 'Allo!'' and as recurring character Patricia Foster in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. In 2014, she appeared on the fourteenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here''. Early life The eldest of four daughters, Michelle was born in Chigwell, Essex. Her father Joseph was a fish trader at Billingsgate Fish Market and her mother Shirley an actress. One of her sisters is the actress and writer Ann Michelle. While her parents were at work, they employed an au-pair girl to look after Michelle and her three sisters; the girl they employed was future Hollywood actress Elke Sommer. Michelle attended Knewnham Junior School in Wanstead and then West Hatch High School. After O-levels she stayed on at school to complete a secretarial course. Hoping to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Carr
Liz Carr is an English actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist. Early life and education Carr was born 21 April 1972 in Port Sunlight and grew up in Bebington, Merseyside. She attended Upton Hall School FCJ in Upton, Merseyside and Birkenhead High School in Birkenhead. Carr studied law at the University of Nottingham. Disability activism Carr has used a wheelchair since the age of seven owing to arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and frequently refers to her condition in her stand-up as "meus thronus kaputus". She is frank about her life as a disabled person and the inherent comedy that brings: "I've had some tuts, which is fantastic... I look quite frail to some people, so it's like, 'She's talking about sex, she's swearing.' Every stereotype you didn't expect. People generally look terrified. 'Oh my God, is she going to be funny? Can we laugh at this?'." Carr became involved in politics, disabled rights, and activism while studying at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe And Jake
Joe and Jake are a British duo consisting of Joe Woolford and Jake Shakeshaft. They represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with the song " You're Not Alone". In 2015 they both participated in the fourth series of the talent show ''The Voice UK'' and became a duo after the show ended. Career 2015: ''The Voice UK'' Woolford and Shakeshaft met in 2015 during the fourth series of ''The Voice UK''. They both made it through the Blind auditions, Shakeshaft performed "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran and Woolford performed " Lights" by Ellie Goulding. In the Battle rounds Woolford and Shakeshaft both won and progressed to the Knockout rounds, Shakeshaft performed "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" by Coldplay and Woolford performed "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz. In the Knockout round Shakeshaft performed the song " As Long as You Love Me" by Justin Bieber but was eliminated. Woolford performed the song "Hey Ya!" by OutKast and progressed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Vine
Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter best known for his one-liners and his role on the sitcom ''Not Going Out'' (2006–2014). He has released a number of stand-up comedy specials and has written several joke books. From 2004 to 2014, Vine held the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour; each joke had to get a laugh from the audience to count towards the total, and he set the new record with 499 jokes. In both 2010 and 2014, he won the award for best joke at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was the runner-up for the three years in between. Early life Timothy Mark Vine was born in the Cheam suburb of London on 4 March 1967, the son of Diana (née Tillett), a housewife and occasional doctor's receptionist, and Guy Vine (died 2018), a lecturer in civil engineering at North East Surrey College of Technology. He is the younger brother of broadcaster Jeremy Vine and the older brother of artist Sonya Vine. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Chambers
Matthew Guy Charles Chambers (born 20 August 1968) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Daniel Granger in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''. Early and personal life Matthew Guy Charles Chambers was born in London on 20 August 1968, and has one brother. Chambers and wife, Aisha, have two daughters, Maya and Ines.OK Magazine 26 April 2011: "Interview: Matthew Chambers and Elisabeth Dermot Walsh" Retr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Redgrave
Jemima Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965), known as Jemma Redgrave, is a fourth-generation British actress of the Redgrave family. She played the title character in four series of '' Bramwell'', and has a recurring role in ''Doctor Who'' as Kate Stewart, Head of Scientific Research at UNIT. As well as a career in television, she has appeared in many onstage productions and on film, including her portrayal of Evie Wilcox in the BAFTA-award-winning Merchant Ivory adaptation of ''Howards End''. Early life and family Born in London, she is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died in 1997 and her father died in 2010. She is the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and cousin of Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Jones (actor)
Rufus Jones (born 17 May 1975) is an English actor. Early life Jones was born in London, and educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Cambridge, where he studied English. Career Jones began his career as one fifth of the comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire. On television, he is known for playing Doctor Foggerty in Julia Davis's award-winning dark comedy '' Hunderby,'' producer David Wilkes in ''W1A,'' and Miles Mollison in the BBC television mini series ''The Casual Vacancy''. He also played Terry Jones in the BBC Four BAFTA-nominated ''Holy Flying Circus,'' Cosmo in comedy-drama ''Stag,'' and Tom in Julia Davis's ''Camping.'' In 2006, Jones appeared as the journalist in series 2 episode 3 of the BBC comedy '' Extras''. Other credits include ''Mongrels'' (in which he voiced Nelson The Fox), ''William & Sinclair'' for Sky Atlantic's ''Common Ground'' season, ''Episodes'', '' It's Kevin'', '' The Wrong Mans'', '' Fresh Meat'' (series 2), '' Toast of London'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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