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The Palace (computer Program)
''The Palace'' is a British drama television series that aired on ITV in 2008. Produced by Company Pictures for the ITV network, it was created by Tom Grieves and follows a fictional British Royal Family in the aftermath of the death of King James III and the succession of his 24-year-old son, King Richard IV, played by Rupert Evans. It also stars Jane Asher and Zoe Telford. The series was filmed on location in Lithuania in 2007 and broadcast from 14 January to 3 March 2008. Low viewing figures cancelled it after one series. Plot On the sudden death of King James III, his 24-year-old elder son inherits the throne and becomes Richard IV. Princess Eleanor (Sophie Winkleman), his older sister, wants the throne for herself and resents that it goes to Richard. Her Private Secretary, Major Simon Brooks (David Harewood), helps her try to discredit the new king. Richard's younger brother, Prince George (Sebastian Armesto), is a party-animal, and the youngest sister, Princess Isabelle ...
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Metin Hüseyin
Metin Hüseyin is a Turkish-Cypriot-United Kingdom, British television director, television and film director. Career Hüseyin's debut film, ''Tight Trousers'', was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989, and in 1998 he received an Royal Television Society, RTS award and a British Academy Television Award nomination for ''Common as Muck'', and ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' won three BAFTAs. In 2002, he directed the film ''Anita and Me (film), Anita and Me''. Hüseyin has also directed episodes of various television series, including ''The All New Alexei Sayle Show'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series), Randall and Hopkirk'', ''Kingdom (2007 TV series), Kingdom'', ''Merlin (TV series), Merlin'', ''Shameless (UK TV series), Shameless'', and ''Krypton (TV series), Krypton''. Filmography References External links Metin Hüseyin
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Nathalie Lunghi
Nathalie-Kathleen Mary Lunghi-Joffé (born 26 August 1986) is an English actress. The daughter of actress Cherie Lunghi and director Roland Joffé, and half-sister of Rowan Joffé, she is perhaps best known for her roles as Geri West in the BBC Three teen drama ''The Things I Haven't Told You'', and Princess Isabelle in the ITV1 comedy drama ''The Palace''. Personal life In 2020, Lunghi was arrested and later electronic tagging, tagged for "interfering" with parked cars. In court, Lunghi told how she was trying to find an unlocked car to sleep in. Filmography Film Television References External links

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Frank Mills (British Actor)
Albert Frank Mills (11 August 192711 February 2021) was an English actor. He starred in numerous films and television series such as ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. He was best known for his television work, notably the role of Billy Williams in ''Coronation Street''. Career Mills was born in London, England, in August 1927. He played Commissionaire Peterson in 'The Blue Carbuncle' episode of ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' in 1984, and Reginald Crump in Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye in 1985. Also in 1984 he appeared as Harry Martin, an accountant or book keeper employed by agoraphobic bookmaker Albert Wendle in the ''Minder'' episode '' Get Daley!'' He again appeared in ''Minder'' in 1991, this time in the episode '' The Greatest Show in Willesden'' in which he played Arthur Daley's barber, Len. He also appeared in Channel 5's revival of ''Minder'' starring Shane Richie and Lex Shrapnel. Along with Linal Haft and Paul Brooke he is one of only three actors to appear in bot ...
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Dominic Jephcott
Dominic Jephcott (born 1957) is a RADA-trained English actor and writer. He is known for his work in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'', ''The Beiderbecke Connection'', ''Midsomer Murders'', and in ''Holby City'' and ''Casualty'', as the adulterous Doctor Alistair Taylor. Early life and education Jephcott was born on 28 July 1957 in Coventry, Warwickshire. Jephcott worked professionally as a child actor. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1975. He became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978 and later worked extensively in television. Acting career Jephcott played Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Mount in ''Good and Bad at Games'', Reggie in '' The Jewel in the Crown'', Det. Sgt. Hobson BA in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'' (later Det. Insp. Hobson PhD in ''The Beiderbecke Connection''), Capt. Sandy Ransom in "Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim", Magnus Strove in ''Paradise Postponed'', David Warner in ''The Bill'', George Compton in ''A Tou ...
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Laura Haddock
Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Zoë Walker in ''White Lines (TV series), White Lines'', Kacie Carter in ''Honest (TV series), Honest'', Lucrezia in ''Da Vinci's Demons'', Meredith Quill in ''Guardians of the Galaxy (film), Guardians of the Galaxy'' and its sequel ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', Alison in ''The Inbetweeners Movie'' and Viviane Wembly in ''Transformers: The Last Knight''. Early life Haddock was born in London Borough of Enfield, Enfield, London, to a reflexologist mother and a financier father. She was raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, where she attended St George's School, Harpenden, St George's School. She left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational Schools, London, Arts Educational School in Chiswick. Career Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot ''Plus One'', part of the Comedy Showcase 2008. Her other television credits in ...
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John Benfield
Jonathan Edmund Fulford "John" Turner (9 November 1951 – 16 June 2020), better known by his stage name John Benfield, was a British character actor. Biography Benfield appeared in 75 television episodes or films starting in 1981 with small parts in BBC drama adaptations, such as ''The Winter's Tale'' and ''The Day of the Triffids''. Benfield lived in Oxfordshire with his wife, Lilian. They had one son. He died of sarcoma in June 2020 at the age of 68. Filmography Film *''Breakout'' (1984) as Minder *''Whoops Apocalypse'' (1986) as Secret Service Agent *'' Buster'' (1988) as Jimmy *'' Hidden Agenda'' (1990) as Maxwell *''In the Name of the Father'' (1993) as Chief Prison Officer Barker *'' Beautiful Thing'' (1996) as Rodney Barr *'' 101 Dalmatians'' (1996) as Doorman *''Owd Bob'' (1998) as Blake *''Cousin Bette'' (1998) as Dr. Bianchon *'' You're Dead'' (1999) as Badger *''24 Hours in London'' (2000) as Insp. Duggan *''Lover's Prayer'' (2001) as Nirmansky *''Endgame'' (2001) ...
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Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is an English actor. He is well known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series '' Game of Thrones'', as Thomas More in ''Wolf Hall'', as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in ''The Crown'', as Prime Minister Clement Attlee in ''A United Kingdom'' and as Chief Superintendent Bright in '' Endeavour''. Early life Born in Birmingham, Anton Lesser attended Moseley Grammar School and the University of Liverpool, where he read architecture. He then went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and on graduation in 1977 he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year. He is of Jewish background. Career As an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Lesser played many of Shakespeare's great roles in the BBC Television Shakespeare productions including Troilus (''Troilus and Cressida''), Edgar (''King Lear''), Petruchio, Romeo, Henry Bolingbroke, Brutus (''Julius Caesar''), Leontes (''Winter's Tale'') ...
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Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Margaret Greatrex Burton-Hill (born 1981) is an English broadcaster, author, novelist, journalist and violinist. In her early career she also worked as an actress. In January 2020 she suffered an AVM brain haemorrhage and underwent emergency surgery in New York City. She continues to work on her recovery. Early life and career Burton-Hill was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1981, the daughter of Humphrey Burton, the BBC's first head of music and arts, and Gillian Hawser, an agent. The couple did not marry and Burton-Hill grew up, near central London, with her mother, alongside two older half-brothers. She got to know her father only in her twenties, although they became close. She held scholarships at St Paul's Girls' School and Westminster School before reading English at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where she took a Double First. Burton-Hill is also a former scholar at the Royal College of Music, where she was the recipient of the Hugh Bean Violin Prize. Broadca ...
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Christine Bottomley
Christine Bottomley (born 27 April 1979) is an English actress. Early life Born in Rochdale and grew up in an apartment above the family's chemist shop. She went to several local youth drama groups before embarking on a course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, from where she graduated in 2001. Career Following graduation, she made her on-screen debut in an episode of ''EastEnders''. Bottomley has had numerous parts on television, including episodes of the second series of ''Torchwood'', the comedy series '' Massive'' and the drama series '' Hope Springs'' and '' Land Girls''. Her first film role was in ''Hush'', in 2009. The following year she was nominated for Best New Actress at the London Film Critic's Circle Awards for her portrayal of Lisa Thompson in ''The Arbor''. She is a three-times winner of Best Actress at the BBC Audio Drama Awards; in 2014 for ''My Boy''; 2017 for '' The Sky is Wider'' and 2018 for ''Solitary Solitary is the state of being alo ...
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John Shrapnel
John Morley Shrapnel (27 April 1942 – 14 February 2020) was an English actor. He is known mainly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in the United Kingdom and for his many television appearances. One of his well-known roles was Mr. Skinner in the 1996 live-action film '' 101 Dalmatians''. Early life Shrapnel was born John Morley Shrapnel in Birmingham, Warwickshire (now West Midlands) on 27 April 1942, the son of journalist / author Norman Shrapnel and Mary Lillian Myfanwy (née Edwards). Shrapnel was brought up in Stockport and London, and was educated first at Mile End School, Stockport, where he started acting as a member of the school's drama society, and then at the City of London School, an independent school for boys in the City of London, where he played Hamlet in the school play; he then attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, from which he received an Master ...
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Shelley Conn
Shelley Deborah Conn (born 21 September 1976) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Lady Mary Sharma in the hugely successful Netflix series ''Bridgerton'', as Isabella in the film ''Love Sarah'', as Dr Elizabeth Shannon in the Spielberg series '' Terra Nova'' and soon to be seen in Neil Gaiman's ''Good Omens'' and The Boys spin-off series ''Gen V'', both for Amazon Prime. Early life and education Conn was born in Barnet in north London to Anglo-Indian parents. She is of mixed heritage, which includes Portuguese, Burmese and Indian. She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School in Basingstoke. Career After drama school, Conn had a series of small roles in various British films, before coming to prominence when she starred as Ashika Chandiramani in the BBC series '' Party Animals''. In 2001, she picked up the role of PC Miriam Da ...
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John Ramm
John Ramm is an English comedian and actor. He plays Raymond Box in the National Theatre of Brent, and has also appeared on film and television in ''Robin Hood'' (" Will You Tolerate This?"), ''The Palace'', ''Foyle's War'' ("All Clear") and as Makepeace's neighbour in ''Shakespeare in Love''. On stage, he has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their 2004 Lope de Vega season, at the Chichester Festival Theatre, in a 2008 production of ''Ring Round the Moon'' at the Playhouse Theatre London, as Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing in 2011, in the 2013 play '' The Low Road'', and as Thomas More and Henry Norris in Mike Poulton's 2014-2015 stage adaptions of ''Wolf Hall'' and ''Bring Up The Bodies'' respectively. In 2016 he performed at the Orange Tree Theatre in Sheppey for which he received The Offie (Off West End Theatre Award) for Best Male Performance. Ramm plays Sergeant Brunswick in the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series Inspector Steine. In March 2022, he appeared ...
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