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We'll Meet Again (TV Series)
''We'll Meet Again'' is a British television drama set in the Second World War. It was produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for the ITV network and was broadcast in early 1982 in the Friday primetime slot of 9 pm. Plot The show, based in a fictional village in East Anglia, was set around the clandestine and illicit love affair between civilian doctor Helen Dereham (played by Susannah York) whose husband was away fighting in Africa and the commanding officer of the nearby USAAF base, Major Jim Kiley (Michael J. Shannon). Cast * Susannah York as Helen Dereham * Michael J Shannon as Major Jim Kiley * Lou Hirsch as Sergeant Hymie Stutz * Patrick O'Connell as Jack Blair * Lynne Pearson as Rosie Blair * Carolyn Pickles as Sally Bilton * James Saxon as Sergeant Elmer Jones * Gavan O'Herlihy as Captain 'Red' Berwash * June Barry as Vera Mundy * Ray Smith as Albert Mundy * Ronald Hines as Ronald Dereham * Ed Devereaux as Colonel Rufus Krasnowici * Christop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Butler (screenwriter)
David Dalrymple Butler (12 November 1927 – 27 May 2006) was a Scottish writer of numerous screenplays and teleplays who won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He specialized in period-piece drama and is particularly remembered for a string of hit British television shows, including ''Within These Walls'', '' Lillie'', ''We'll Meet Again'' and ''Edward the Seventh'', as well as for his acting, most specifically as Dr. Nick Williams on British television's first medical soap opera, ''Emergency - Ward 10'' in 1960–62. Early years A native of the town of Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Butler was born into a well-educated family, with his parents working as teachers. At the age of 18, as World War II came to an end, he enrolled at the University of St Andrews, but ultimately abandoned his studies before attaining a degree, upon becoming interested in acting with the university drama society. He subsequently trained at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Saxon (actor)
William James Smyth (12 June 1955 – 2 July 2003), better known by his stage name James Saxon was an English television and theatre character actor. He began his career in British television productions in the early 1980s, and as the decade progressed he became an in-demand charismatic support actor with the plump physique and expressive moon face that he developed in his thirties, noted for his acting range, from frenetic intensity and garrulousness through to refined genteel introspection. To the mid-1980s generation of British children he was known for his role as Roland Rat's inept agent, D'Arcy DeFarcy, who would mistakenly refer to his client as "Reynard". Early life Saxon was born William James Smyth on 6 April 1955, in the town of Swindon in the county of Wiltshire. He trained to be an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, in London. Career Saxon began his career on television in the series ''Jukes of Piccadilly'' in 1980 before landing the part of Morris Hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quadruplex Videotape
2-inch quadruplex videotape (also called 2″ quad video tape or quadraplex) was the first practical and commercially successful analog recording video tape format. It was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an American company based in Redwood City, California. The first videotape recorder using this format was built in the same year. This format revolutionized broadcast television operations and television production, since the only recording medium available to the TV industry until then was film used for kinescopes. Since most United States West Coast network broadcast delays done by the television networks at the time were done with film kinescopes that needed time for developing, the networks wanted a more practical, cost-effective, and quicker way to time shifting, time-shift television programming for later airing on the West Coast than the expense and time consumption of the processing and editing of film caused. Faced with thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-Metropolitan county and the most populous of the home counties. Kent was one of the first British territories to be settled by Germanic tribes, most notably the Jutes, following the withdrawal of the Romans. Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, the oldest cathedral in England, has been the seat of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the conversion of England to Christianity that began in the 6th century with Saint Augustine. Rochester Cathedral in Medway is England's second-oldest cathedral. Located between London and the Strait of Dover, which separates England from mainla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Malling
West Malling ( , historically Town Malling) is a market town in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It has a population of 2,590. Landmarks West Malling contains several historic buildings, including St Leonard's Tower, a Norman keep built by Bishop Gundulf (bishop between 1077 and 1108). He also built the White Tower of the Tower of London, the castles of Rochester and Colchester, and the Priory and Cathedral of Rochester. In c.1090 Gundulf founded St. Mary's Abbey in West Malling for Benedictine nuns. This historic site contains significant buildings from the Norman, medieval, Tudor and Georgian eras. There is also a Grade II* Listed 1966 abbey church which is used by the Anglican Benedictine nuns who have made Malling Abbey their home since 1916. Other buildings of interest in West Malling include the Prior's House, once a residence for those with leprosy; Ford House, over 600 years old; a mainly Georgian High Street; the Swan Hotel, an 18th-century coachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenham
Lenham is a market village and civil parish in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, east of Maidstone. The picturesque square in the village has two public houses (one of which is a hotel), a couple of restaurants, and a tea-room. Lenham has a population of 3,370 according to the 2011 Census. Lenham railway station is on the Maidstone East Line. The village is at the main source of the Great Stour and the Stour Valley Walk starts here, heading to Ashford and on to Canterbury and the English Channel near Sandwich. It is also the source of the River Len, which flows in a westerly direction to join the River Medway at Maidstone. History Mentioned in the Domesday Book, Lenham market dates back to 1088, when the village was an important crossroad settlement. The manor of Lenham belonged to St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, until the dissolution of the monasteries when it reverted to the Crown. Queen Elizabeth I awarded the manor to her chief courtier, Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Television Centre
The London Studios (also known as The South Bank Studios, The London Television Centre, ITV Tower, Kent House and LWT Tower) in Lambeth, Central London was a television studio complex owned by ITV plc and originally built for London Weekend Television. The studios were located in Central London, on the South Bank next to the IBM Building and the Royal National Theatre. The building was set on 2.5 acres of land and was 24 floors high. The London Studios closed on 30 April 2018. Many ITV programmes now come from BBC Studioworks Television Centre, White City, London. The facilities were the main studios for ITV, along with a number of production companies including ITV Studios and Shiver based in Kent House tower, while the studios were home to many entertainment, game and daytime shows. These included '' Good Morning Britain'', ''The Graham Norton Show'', ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' and ''The Jonathan Ross Show''. The studios were also used for other programmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Wilson (actor)
Stuart Conan Wilson (born 25 December 1946) is an English actor of film, television, and stage who is best known for his villainous and supporting roles in popular films like ''Lethal Weapon 3, The Age of Innocence, No Escape, Death and the Maiden, The Mask of Zorro, Enemy of the State'', and ''Hot Fuzz''. Early life Wilson was born in Guildford, Surrey, to an RAF family, and consequently had a varied educational history, spending much of his early childhood in Rhodesia where his father worked as a mining engineer. Having moved to London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After leaving RADA he played in theatres during the 1960s and 1970s. He has played major roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, London's West End, regional, touring and many Fringe productions, most particularly at London's Bush Theatre. Career Wilson's first break was when he was chosen for the leading role of Johann Strauss II in the 1972 ITV costume drama ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Pogson
Kathryn Pogson (born 1954) is an English film and stage actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film ''Brazil''. She won a Best Actress Drama Desk Award for her performance in the 1986 New York production of ''Aunt Dan and Lemon''. She grew up in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, where she attended Crossley & Porter Grammar School. She has appeared on television many times including appearances in ''We'll Meet Again'', ''Midsomer Murders'' and ''Foyle's War''. Work Theatre work * 2019 ''My Brother's Keeper'' , Mrs Stone , The Playground Theatre , Craig Gilbert * 2015 ''Antigone'' , Eurydice , Barbican , Ivo van Hove * 2012 ''The Bachae'' , Agave , Royal & Derngate, Northampton , Laurie Sansom * 2012 ''Blood Wedding'' , The Mother , Royal & Derngate, Northampton , Laurie Sansom * 2011 '' Sixty-Six Books'': ''The Foundation'' , Theta , Bush Theatre , Peter Gill * 2009 ''Legacy'' , Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst , Theatre of Angels (National Tour) , Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Ogle
Natalie Ogle (born 1960) is an English actress. Natalie Ogle was plucked out of drama school at 17 to appear in Tony Richardson's film ''Joseph Andrews'', for which she was nominated Most Promising Newcomer for The Evening Standard British Film Awards 1977. She worked extensively in television and theatre during the 1980s and 1990s and is still active in the industry. In the 1980s Natalie played Letty Mundy in the successful TV series ''We'll Meet Again "We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 song by English singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by English songwriters Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with ...'', as well as appearing in numerous televised costume dramas for the BBC such as Little Nell in ''The Old Curiosity Shop''; Lydia Bennet in ''Pride and Prejudice''; ''Camille''; ''Silas Marner''; ''David Copperfield''; ''Time and the Conway's''; ''The Aerodrome''; ''All or Nothing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Malcolm
Christopher Malcolm (19 August 1946 – 15 February 2014) was a Scottish actor and theatrical producer. He first achieved notoriety for his role as Brad Majors in the original stage production of ''The Rocky Horror Show''. Early life and education Malcolm was born in Aberdeen and was brought up in Canada after his family emigrated to British Columbia in the late 1940s. He attended the University of British Columbia, where he worked and studied theatre. Career After university, he returned to the UK and began his professional career with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1966–68). He appeared in at least ten productions and worked with directors including Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn and John Barton. Throughout the 1970s, he worked continuously in theatre and film, appearing in many Royal Court productions including the award-winning musical, ''The Rocky Horror Show'' creating the role of Brad Majors. He appeared in films including ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (as Zev Senesca, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Devereaux
Edward Sidney Devereaux (27 August 192517 December 2003), better known professionally as Ed Devereaux, was an Australian actor, director, and scriptwriter who lived in the United Kingdom for many years. He was best known for playing the part of Matt Hammond the head ranger in the Australian television series '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo''. He was also involved in the series behind the scenes, Devereaux writing the script and directing the episode ''The Veteran'' (1969), for which he received much critical acclaim. Devereaux based the story of the episode "Double Trouble" on an idea conceived by his children, wrote the screenplay of "Summer Storm" and the script for "The Mine". He also played the part of Joe in the Australian 1966 film ‘They’re a Weird Mob’. The film was a local success. Biography He had been a boy soprano, teenage soldier in New Guinea during the Second World War, cabbie, storeman and truck driver before moving to the UK in 1950. Devereaux appeared as Mr. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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