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The Bill (series 5)
The fifth series of ''The Bill'', a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 3 January – 28 December 1989. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 3 and Collection 4 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 8 August – 7 November 2007, respectively. The first four episodes of the series were later issued on DVD in the United Kingdom, under the title Volume 4, on 15 March 2010. The next thirteen episodes of series 5 were released on DVD in the UK, under the title Volume 5, on 11 July 2011, the next 48 episodes of Series five were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 6, on 15 October 2012 and the remaining episodes were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013. The series was later reissued as two half-series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above DVD artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Jim Carver and Sgt. Bob Cryer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Horsfall
Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall (20 November 1930 – 28 January 2013) was an English actor of stage and screen. Early life Horsfall was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and educated at Rugby School. He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Horsfall appeared in many television and film roles, including the title role in '' Campion'' (1959-1960), ''Pathfinders to Mars'' (1960), the second sequel to ''Target Luna'', ''Guns at Batasi'' (1964), '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), ''Beasts'', as Sir Christopher Hatton in the 1971 BBC miniseries ''Elizabeth R'', '' Enemy at the Door'' (ITV, 1978–1980), ''Gandhi'' (1982), an episode of '' The Jewel in the Crown'' (ITV, 1984), the character Frankland in ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (ITV, 1988), and the character Balliol in '' Braveheart'' (1995). His other roles included portraying British barrister Melford Stevenson in a 1980 Granada Television dramatisation of the 1955 ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Pollon
Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' (1987 film), a British television film by Alan Clarke and Arthur Ellis in the anthology series ''ScreenPlay'' * ''Christine'' (2016 film), about TV reporter Christine Chubbuck Music Albums * ''Christine'' (soundtrack), from the 1983 film * ''Christine'' (Christine Guldbrandsen album), 2007 Songs * "Christine", by Morris Albert, a B-side of "Feelings", 1974 * "Christine" (Siouxsie and the Banshees song), 1980 * "Christine", by the House of Love from '' The House of Love'', 1988 * "Christine", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' Liberator'', 1993 * "Christine", by Luscious Jackson from '' Electric Honey'', 1999 * "Christine", by Motörhead from ''Kiss of Death'', 2006 * "Christine" (Christine and the Queens song), 2014 Other m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Blake (English Actor)
Arthur Blake (November 7, 1929, Washington, Tyne and Wear – November 27, 2001, Kensington, London, England) was an English actor who appeared in British television and film from the 1950s through the 1990s. Filmography Film *''Quatermass 2'' (1957) *''Girl Stroke Boy'' (1971) *''Male Bait'' (1971) *'' The Cherry Picker'' (1974) *''Little Dorrit'' (1987) Television *''Saturday Playhouse'' (1959) * ''No Hiding Place'' (1959-1961) *''ITV Television Playhouse'' (1961) *''Z-Cars'' (1962) *''The Dickie Henderson Show'' (1963-1965) *'' Crane'' (1965) *''Doctor Who'' (1965) *''Frontier'' (1968) *'' Crime Buster'' (1968) *''Theatre Date'' (1969) *''World in Ferment'' (1969) *''Budgie'' (1971) *''ITV Sunday Night Theatre'' (1971) *''Hine'' (1971) *''Bel Ami'' (1971) *''War and Peace'' (1972) *''The Edwardians'' (1972) *'' Heil Caesar!'' (1973) *'' Thursday's Child'' (1973) *''The Stars Look Down'' (1975) *''Red Letter Day'' (1976) *''Striker'' (1976) *''Headmaster'' (1977) *''Armchair T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen (1 February 1946 – 19 April 2011) was an English actress. She became best known as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series ''Doctor Who'', appearing as a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprising the role many times in subsequent decades, both on ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, ''K-9 and Company'' (1981) and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' (2007–2011). Sladen was interested in ballet and theatre from childhood, and began to appear on stage in the mid-1960s, although she was more often a stage manager at this time. She moved to London in 1970 and won several television roles, with her acting in the police drama ''Z-Cars'' leading to her being recommended for the role in ''Doctor Who''. After leaving the series, she had other roles on both television and radio before semi-retiring to bring up a family in the mid-1980s. Sladen returned to the public eye in the 2000s with more ''Doctor W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Wynne
Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South Australia) Kiribati * Gilbert Islands, a chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean United States * Gilbert, Arizona, a town * Gilbert, Arkansas, a town * Gilbert, Florida, the airport of Winterhaven * Gilbert, Iowa, a city * Gilbert, Louisiana, a village * Gilbert, Michigan, and unincorporated community * Gilbert, Minnesota, a city * Gilbert, Nevada, ghost town * Gilbert, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Gilbert, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Gilbert, South Carolina, a town * Gilbert, West Virginia, a town * Gilbert, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Mount Gilbert (other), various mountains * Gilbert River (Oregon) Outer space * Gilbert (lunar crater) * Gilbert (Martian crater) Arts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Armstrong (actor)
Ramon Lee Armstrong (born October 6, 1937) is a former college and professional American football player. A defensive tackle, he played college football at Texas Christian University and played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the Oakland Raiders in 1960. See also *List of American Football League players The following is a list of men who played for the American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969). Players A B C D Elbert Dubenion E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Notes Player notes 1,398 ... 1937 births Living people People from Ennis, Texas Players of American football from Ellis County, Texas American football defensive tackles TCU Horned Frogs football players Oakland Raiders players American Football League players {{defensive-lineman-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Gonet
Stella Gonet (born 8 May 1960) is a Scottish theatre, film and television actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC dramas ''The House of Eliott'' (1991–94) and ''Holby City'' (2007–09). Her stage credits include playing Ophelia in the 1989 National Theatre revival of ''Hamlet'', opposite both Daniel Day-Lewis and Ian Charleson as Hamlet, and playing Margaret Thatcher in the original West End production of '' Handbagged'' (2014). She played Queen Elizabeth II in the 2021 movie '' Spencer''. Early life Gonet was born in Greenock, Scotland. Her Polish father met her Scottish mother, a teacher of English, when he was stationed in Greenock during the Second World War. She is the seventh of twelve children and four of her sisters are nurses. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Career Gonet starred as Beatrice Eliott, one of the two lead roles, in three series of the television drama ''The House of Eliott'', and played Chief Executive Officer Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Halliwell
David William Halliwell (31 July 1936, Brighouse, Yorkshire – c.16 March 2006, Charlbury, Oxfordshire)Alan Strachan & Janet Street Porte ''The Independent'', 5 April 2006 was a British dramatist. Early life Halliwell attended Huddersfield College of Art (1953–59) as an art student, but was expelled for a time from the institution, and later switched to acting at RADA. It was there that Halliwell first met Mike Leigh. According to Leigh, the other students "were mostly posh kids and it was terribly old-fashioned and twee, not like it is now, but there was a scruff element. John Hurt was there, David Warner was there. Me, Halliwell, Ken Campbell and a few other renegades." In the early 1960s he worked as an actor in rep and was a stage manager at the Nottingham Playhouse for a time.William">/nowiki>William/nowiki>", in Colin Chambers ''The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre'', London: Continuum, 2002 005 p.338 Halliwell researched the professional relationship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Hill
Melanie Jane Hill (born 11 January 1962) is a British actress, known for playing Hazel Redfern in ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' (1985–1986), Aveline in ''Bread'' (1986–1991), Rita Dolan in Kay Mellor drama ''Playing the Field'' (1998–2002), Maggie Budgen in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' (2012–2015), Julie Travers in BBC One drama series ''The Syndicate'' (2015) and Cathy Matthews in ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2015–2022) Acting career Hill was educated at Monkwearmouth School before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she won the Vanbrugh award. Television Hill replaced Gilly Coman as the character of Aveline in the last three series' of Carla Lane's BBC television sitcom ''Bread''. She has also appeared in such programmes as ''The Bill'' playing Marie Carver (née Graham), ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' playing Hazel Redfern, ''Hot Money'' playing Liz Hoodless, ''Juliet Bravo'' playing Jean Simpson, ''Emmerdale' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Welling
Albert Welling (born 29 February 1952) is a British actor. He has appeared in a number of television series including ''The Line of Beauty'', ''Cribb'', ''Z-Cars'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', ''The Bretts'', ''Inspector Morse'' and ''A Touch of Frost''. He made his stage debut in ''Zigger Zagger'' in 1967 with the National Youth Theatre. His film credits include ''Backbeat'', Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's directorial debut '' Cemetery Junction'' and ''Wilde''. He portrayed Adolf Hitler in an episode of ''Doctor Who'' entitled "Let's Kill Hitler". He played Max Pruss, in the documentary '' Hindenburg: The Untold Story''. In 2013, Albert wrote and starred in the play ''No Direction'' alongside Ronnie Toms, premiering at the Edinburgh Festival. ''No Direction'' was directed by Bob Golding Robert John Golding (born 15 August 1970) is an English actor and voice artist. He was best known for the voices of Milo and Max in the CBeebies show the Tweenies. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabella Weir
Arabella Weir (born 6 December 1957) is a Scottish comedian, actress and writer. She played roles in the comedy series ''The Fast Show'' and ''Posh Nosh'', and has written several books, including ''Does My Bum Look Big in This?'' Weir has also written for ''The Independent'' and ''The Guardian'' and the latter's ''Weekend'' magazine. Early life and education Weir was born in 1957, in San Francisco, California, to Scottish parents. She is the daughter of former British ambassador Sir Michael Weir and his wife, Alison ( Walker) Weir. She attended nursery school in Washington D.C., where her father was posted as a member of the British diplomatic corps. She later attended the Sacre Coeur Convent in Cairo, and the French Lycee in London. Both her parents were Scottish, and met while they were studying at the University of Oxford; her father was from Dunfermline and her mother was from the Scottish Borders, daughter of the headmaster of a small boarding school. As a child, Weir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |