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Victoria Studd
Victoria Studd is a British television presenter. Career Studd appeared as a presenter on the show '' Wish You Were Here?'', appearing in eight episodes from 1991 to 1996. Prior to that, she spent a brief time presenting ''Holiday'', a travel show that has also provided a presenting venue for the likes of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Charlie Dimmock, and Hermione Norris over the years. During the 1980s, Studd presented art shows such as '' ORS 85'' and ''Riverside'', and was a co-presenter of the children's show ''Splash.'' Studd had just one acting role, playing Lucy in the independent film titled '' Privileged'' in 1982, which was also the feature debuts for future stars Hugh Grant and Imogen Stubbs. In the film, she played the girlfriend of Hugh Grant's character. In an article for Bnet, Studd said that the pair came close to kissing; "So one day when we were walking home with him, I said: 'Hugh, if I'm going to play your girlfriend convincingly, I really should know what it's like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wish You Were Here?
''Wish You Were Here...?'' is a British television series that was first broadcast on 7 January 1974 on ITV. It was a series of 30-minute shows about travel and holidays. The show was broadcast during peak viewing hours. The series was cancelled in 2003 after a reshuffling of the primetime Monday 7pm slot on ITV. ''Wish You Were Here...? Now & Then'' ITV commissioned a new version of the show for 2008, ''Wish You Were Here...? Now & Then'', giving Judith Chalmers' son Mark Durden-Smith the role of main host, along with Sarah Heaney. The 25-part series saw Durden-Smith and Heaney revisit destinations featured in the original series, to see how much they have changed, and was filmed within production studios and not directly on location. The programme was produced by Talkback Thames, and began on 14 January 2008 at 4.30pm. The full series was not screened on STV and UTV. Opening titles The opening titles in the late 1970s was a sequence of scenes, one of which was children jum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Laurence Roderick Llewelyn-Bowen (; born 11 March 1965) is an English interior designer and television personality best known for appearing on the BBC programme '' Changing Rooms''. Name He is sometimes credited as "Laurence Llewelyn", and the components of his name are sometimes misspelled, as "Lawrence". On ''Changing Rooms'', he is occasionally jocularly styled "Lord Laurence", a play on Laurence Olivier and Llewelyn-Bowen's flamboyance. Early life and education Laurence Roderick Bowen was born in 1965 in Kensington, London, to parents Trefor Llewellyn Bowen and Patricia (née Wilks). His father, an orthopaedic surgeon at Harley Street and, under the NHS, at St James' Hospital, Balham, South London, died of leukaemia in 1974, aged 42, when Laurence was nine. He went to primary school at Julians, in Leigham Court Road, Streatham, where his favourite subject was art, especially needlework. His mother, a teacher, died in 2002. He has a brother called Edward and a sister call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Dimmock
Charlotte Elouise Dimmock (born 10 August 1966) is an English gardening expert and television presenter. She was a member of the team on ''Ground Force'', a BBC gardening makeover programme, airing from 1997 to 2005. Since then, Dimmock has presented numerous TV shows in the UK and US, including ''The Joy of Gardening, Charlie's Garden Army'' and most recently ''Garden Rescue''. Early life and education Dimmock attended Wellow Primary School and the Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire. Her father Terry was a merchant seaman, and her mother Sue ran her own clothes shop. Dimmock's love of gardening began at an early age – she enjoyed spending time in the garden as a child (gravitating towards the family pond), and helping her grandfather in his vegetable patch. At junior school she had gardening lessons through the spring and summer terms. As a teenager, Dimmock had a weekend and holiday job at a local garden centre called Mill Water Gardens in Romsey. When she was at s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermione Norris
Hermione Jane Norris (born 5 December 1966) is an English actress. She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the 1980s, before taking small roles in theatre and on television. In 1996, she was cast in her breakout role of Karen Marsden in the comedy drama television series ''Cold Feet''. She appeared in every episode of the series from 1998 to 2003 and was nominated for a British Comedy Award. From 2002 to 2005, Norris co-starred in the crime drama series ''Wire in the Blood'' as Carol Jordan, and from 2005 to 2009 co-starred in the BBC One spy drama '' Spooks'' as Ros Myers. Her role in ''Spooks'' won her the award for Best Actress at the 2008 ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards, and another nomination the next year. From 2007 to 2009, she co-starred in the ITV comedy drama ''Kingdom''. In 2020, she appeared in the Australian thriller series '' Between Two Worlds.'' Early life Norris was born in Paddington, London, the second of four children. She has two sisters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Road Show
''Oxford Road Show'' is a music show that aired on BBC2 from 16 January 1981 to 29 March 1985. It was broadcast from the BBC's New Broadcasting House in Oxford Road, Manchester. The show featured live music, pop music news and competitions and was also presented as addressing issues for young adults by young adults. Many bands and artists popular at the time performed on the show including Duran Duran, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Magnum, The Psychedelic Furs, Queen, Spandau Ballet, UFO, Big Country, The Alarm, Simple Minds, XTC, Madness, Japan, U2, Marillion, Soft Cell, The Farm, Tears for Fears, Bauhaus, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Undertones, UB40, China Crisis, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Beat, Wah!, Dead or Alive, Bronski Beat, Spear of Destiny, Sade, Ultravox and The Smiths The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. They comprised the singer Morrissey, the guitarist Johnny Marr, the bassist Andy Rourke and the drumm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splash! (British TV Series)
''Splash!'' is a British television series that follows celebrities learning diving. The celebrities performed each week in front of a panel of judges and a live audience in an Olympic-size diving pool with the result each week partly determined by public vote. Gabby Logan and Vernon Kay presented the show, whilst Team GB Olympic Gold Medal-winning diver Tom Daley was the expert mentor to the celebrities. It was filmed at the Inspire: Luton Sports Village, which is based in Stopsley, Luton. The show premiered on ITV on 5 January 2013 winning the ratings battle for its 7:15–8:15 p.m. slot with an average audience of 5.6 million viewers, a network share of 23.6%, however, it was cancelled on 24 June 2014 after just two series. The format for the show originated from the ''Celebrity Splash!'' franchise created by television production company Eyeworks in the Netherlands, and was broadcast on SBS 6 as '' Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag'' (''Celebrities Jumping on Saturday''). F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privileged (1982 Film)
''Privileged'' is a 1982 film notable for being the first theatrical release from the Oxford Film Foundation and the screen debut of Hugh Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Mark Williams, and James Wilby. Directed by Michael Hoffman with John Schlesinger, produced by Rick Stevenson (as Richard Stevenson), the film is about a group of Oxford student partygoers, with elements of a whodunit. The classical score is by Rachel Portman in her film debut at the age of 22, and the film also uses dance tracks by Oxford student band "Kudos Points" whose members included Charlie Mole (who went on to compose film scores in his own right). The screenplay includes a play within a play as several of the characters are vying for a role in a student production of ''The Duchess of Malfi.'' Cast * Robert Woolley as Edward * Diana Katis as Anne * Hugh Grant as Lord Adrian (credited as Hughie Grant) * Victoria Studd as Lucy * James Wilby as Jamie * Simon Shackleton as Justin * Imogen Stubbs Imogen Stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as both a charming, and vulnerable romantic lead and has since transitioned into a dramatic character actor. Among his numerous accolades, he has received a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, Volpi Cup, and an Honorary César. , his films had grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide. In 2022 ''Time Out'' magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's Greatest Actors of all time. Grant first received attention for his early roles in acclaimed costume dramas such as Merchant-Ivory's ''Maurice'' (1987), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and ''The Remains of the Day'' (1993), as well as ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995) and ''Restoration'' (1995). Grant then reached global stardom as a leading man in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy film ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), whereupon he received the Golden Globe Award and the BAFT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs (born 20 February 1961) is an English actress and writer. Her first leading part was in '' Privileged'' (1982), followed by ''A Summer Story'' (1988). Her first play, ''We Happy Few'', was produced in 2004. In 2008 she joined ''Reader's Digest'' as a contributing editor and writer of fiction. Early life Imogen Stubbs was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, lived briefly in Portsmouth, Hampshire, where her father was a naval officer, and then moved with her parents to London, where they lived on a vintage river barge on the Thames. She was educated at Cavendish Primary School, then at two independent schools: St Paul's Girls' School and Westminster School, where Stubbs was one of the girls in the mixed sixth form, and Exeter College, Oxford, gaining a First Class degree. Her acting career started at Oxford, where she played Irina in a student production of '' Three Sisters'' at the Oxford Playhouse. After graduating, she enrolled at RADA, and while there had her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bonham Carter
Edward Henry Bonham-Carter (born 24 May 1960) is the vice chairman of a British fund management group, Jupiter Fund Management plc. Early life Edward Henry Bonham-Carter was born and raised in Golders Green, London. He is the elder son of Raymond Bonham Carter, who was a merchant banker, and Elena (née Proper de Callejón), a psychotherapist of Jewish descent. He has two younger siblings: his sister is the actress Helena Bonham Carter and his brother is Thomas Bonham-Carter, who co-manages a corporate governance agency. He went to Harrow School and the University of Manchester where he studied Economics and Politics. Career He was appointed chief investment officer of Jupiter Fund Management in July 1999.Pridham, Helen"Q&A: Edward Bonham-Carter"''TimesOnline.co.uk'', 24 February 2004 In 2000, he took over as joint chief executive when John Duffield left over disagreements with the management of Commerzbank. In 2007 he led a management buy-out, supported by US private equity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in ''A Room with a View'' (1985) and the title character in '' Lady Jane'' (1986). Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal " English rose", a label with which she was uncomfortable. She is best known for her eccentric fashion and dark aesthetic and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in ''The Wings of the Dove'' (1997), Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in ''The King's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn, Buckinghamshire
Penn is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of Beaconsfield and east of High Wycombe. The parish's cover Penn village and the hamlets of Penn Street, Knotty Green, Forty Green, Penn, Forty Green and Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire, Winchmore Hill. The population was estimated at 4,168 in 2019. History The name is Brythonic languages, Brythonic in origin, comparable with the modern Welsh Language, Welsh typonym ''pen'', and may mean "hill top" or "end". Penn stands on a strong promontory of the Chiltern Hills. From the tower of Trinity, Holy Trinity Parish Church, it is claimed to be possible to see into several other counties. The Penn family Segraves Manorialism, Manor, the principal seat in Penn, belonged to the Penn family. Sybil Penn, wife of David, was dry nurse and foster mother to Edward VI of England, King Edward VI and Lady of the Bed Chamber to his sister, Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth I. Penn Estate directly benefite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
