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The Enchanted World Of Brambly Hedge
''The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge'' is a stop-motion animated series based on the eight ''Brambly Hedge'' books by Jill Barklem. The show was produced by HIT Entertainment HIT Entertainment Limited (commonly written as HiT) was a British-American entertainment company founded in 1982 as Henson International Television, the international distribution arm of The Jim Henson Company, by Jim Henson, Peter Orton, and Sop ...; in the United States, episodes began airing on the Starz premium channel in 1997. Cast Episodes References External links *Toonhound page 1996 British television series debuts 2000 British television series endings 1990s British animated television series 2000s British animated television series British children's animated fantasy television series BBC children's television shows British stop-motion animated television series Television series by Cosgrove Hall Films HIT Entertainment Television series by Mattel Creations English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Barklem
Jill Barklem (born Gillian Gaze; 23 May 1951 – 15 November 2017) was a British writer and illustrator of children's books. Her most famous work is the '' Brambly Hedge'' series, published from 1980. Early life Jill Barklem was born as Gillian Gaze in Epping on 23 May 1951. She was the daughter of John and Ivy Gaze who ran a family-owned department store in the town. Educated at Loughton High School, after an accident when she was thirteen resulting in a detached retina, she was unable to take part in PE or games at school and instead developed her talent for drawing and art. On leaving school, she studied illustration at St Martin's in London. Illustrator After graduating she became an illustrator for children's bibles and a series of collections of prayers and graces. Under her maiden name she illustrated the ''Haffertee Hamster'' books by Janet and John Perkins. Her husband suggested that she turn her ideas conceived while commuting on the train journey to art school for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Whitfield
Dame June Rosemary Whitfield (11 November 1925 – 29 December 2018) was an English radio, television, and film actress. Her big break was a lead in the radio comedy '' Take It from Here'', which aired on the BBC Light Programme in 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career. In 1966, Whitfield played the leading role in the television sitcom ''Beggar My Neighbour'', which ran for three series. She also appeared in four ''Carry On'' films: ''Carry On Nurse'' (1959), '' Carry On Abroad'' (1972), '' Carry On Girls'' (1973), and '' Carry On Columbus'' (1992). In 1968, Whitfield and Terry Scott began a long television partnership, which peaked with roles as husband and wife in '' Happy Ever After'' (1974–1979) and ''Terry and June'' (1979–1987). From 1992 to 2012, Whitfield played Edina Monsoon's mother in Jennifer Saunders' ''Absolutely Fabulous''. She played a regular character in ''Last of the Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Children's Animated Fantasy Television Series
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s British Animated Television Series
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s British Animated Television Series
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 British Television Series Debuts
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people 1996 Mount Everest disaster, die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly (sheep), Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur massacre (Australia), Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Gun laws of Australia, Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was Aircraft hijacking, hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weasel
Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines), is often referred to as the "weasel family". In the UK, the term "weasel" usually refers to the smallest species, the least weasel (''M. nivalis''), the smallest carnivoran species. Least weasels vary in length from , females being smaller than the males, and usually have red or brown upper coats and white bellies; some populations of some species moult to a wholly white coat in winter. They have long, slender bodies, which enable them to follow their prey into burrows. Their tails may be from long. Weasels feed on small mammals and have from time to time been considered vermin because some species took poultry from fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holt (voice Actor)
David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons. Career Voice acting Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in ''Watership Down'' as well as the voices for the male animals in '' Percy the Park Keeper'', Oakie Doke and other voices in ''Oakie Doke'', Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and Robin Hood in '' A Town Called Panic'', Dad in '' Angry Kid'' and Pinky in ''The Pinky and Perky Show''. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for L'Oreal Kids, Guess Who? and Burger King. He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from Nick Jr from 1995 until September 2005, and Moose A. Moose from 2006 to 2010 for Noggin on TMF/VIVA and 2010 to 2013 for Nick Jr. He played the voice of Jack Frost in the film '' Rainbow Magic: Return to Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Harbour
Kate Harbour is an English voice actress who provides many voices for the television series ''Bob the Builder'', including Wendy, Dizzy, Mrs. Potts, Mrs. Broadbent, Mrs. Percival, and Pilchard. Biography She is the daughter of actor Michael N. Harbour, whose appearances included '' Heartbeat'', '' Casualty'', '' Doctors'', '' Dixon of Dock Green'' and ''Midsomer Murders''. Career She also provided the voice of Lyca in ''Lavender Castle'', as well as Anita Knight and Doctor Doctor in ''The Secret Show''. Her other roles include ''Oakie Doke'', '' Shaun the Sheep'', '' Fimbles'', '' Boo!'' (as Laughing Duck), ''PB Bear and Friends'', '' The Magic Key'', ''Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!'', ''Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands'' (''The Magic of the Faraway Tree''), '' Nick & Perry'' and ''Brambly Hedge''. She also supplied voices for the popular CBeebies children's series '' Timmy Time''. She also voiced the third Enemy Keeper in the video game ''Dungeon Keeper 2 ''Dungeon Keeper 2'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noreen Kershaw
Noreen Kershaw is an English television actress and director. She trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and, at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, originated the title role of the play '' Shirley Valentine'', later made famous by Pauline Collins. She was seen in the BBC television series ''Life on Mars'', as WPC Phyllis Dobbs, the desk officer. She had previously played the roles of Kathy Roach in Channel 4's ''Brookside'' 1988–1990, Lynne Harrison in Granada Television's ''Albion Market'' 1985–1986, and Joyce Wilson in the long running Granada TV sitcom, '' Watching''. She has directed episodes of the top rated ITV1 soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', as well as Channel 4's comedy drama, '' Shameless'', ITV1 soap opera ''Emmerdale'' and '' Heartbeat'' and BBC Scotland"s ''River City ''River City'' is a Scottish television soap opera that was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 24 September 2002. ''River City'' follows the lives of the people who live a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alun Lewis (actor)
Alun Lewis Bennett (born 1949) is a British former actor, best known for his roles in ITV's ''Emmerdale'' as postmaster Vic Windsor, and Darryl Stubbs in BBC1 sitcom '' Birds of a Feather'' from 1989 to 1994. Together with ''Emmerdale'' co-stars Steve Halliwell and Billy Hartman, he was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers who had a UK hit single "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" in November 1996. Personal life He was born in London, the son of Welsh parents Sarah Gwen (née Lewis) and Gorden Bennett. He appeared with the National Youth Theatre in ''Zigger Zagger'' at the Strand Theatre in the West End in March 1968. After training as an actor at RADA, in 1979 he appeared in the humorous film ''Le Pétomane''. He is the brother of actor Hywel Bennett, who played many roles in British film and television. His daughter, by his former wife Annette Ekblom, is composer Amelia Warner. Television *''Beryl's Lot'' (1977) *''Rising Damp'' (1978) *''Noah's Castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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