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The Casual Vacancy (miniseries)
''The Casual Vacancy'' is a 2015 British miniseries based on the 2012 novel of the same title by J. K. Rowling. Directed by Jonny Campbell and written by Sarah Phelps, the series premiered on 15 February 2015 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and on 29 April 2015 on HBO in the United States. Cast * Rory Kinnear as Barry Fairbrother * Emily Bevan as Mary Fairbrother *Michael Gambon as Howard Mollison * Julia McKenzie as Shirley Mollison * Rufus Jones as Miles Mollison * Keeley Hawes as Samantha Mollison *Hetty Baynes as Maureen Lowe *Abigail Lawrie as Krystal Weedon *Keeley Forsyth as Terri Weedon * Simon McBurney as Colin 'Cubby' Wall * Monica Dolan as Tess Wall * Brian Vernel as Stuart 'Fats' Wall *Richard Glover as Simon Price *Marie Critchley as Ruth Price *Joe Hurst as Andrew 'Arf' Price *Michele Austin as Kay Bawden *Lolita Chakrabarti as Parminder Jawanda * Silas Carson as Vikram Jawanda *Ria Choony as Sukhvinder Jawanda *Simona Brown as Gaia Bawden *Julian Wadham as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Cohen (television Executive)
Daniel Nicholas Cohen (born 15 January 1974) is a British television executive who currently serves as President of Access Entertainment which invests in film, television and digital companies and content. He was previously the Director of BBC Television from 2013 to 2015."Danny Cohen named as new BBC director of television" BBC News, 23 April 2013 Before that, he was the Controller of for three years, the BBC's principal television channel in the United Kingdom and the youngest person to be appointed as controller of the channel. During his time at the BBC, he commissioned programmes such as [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilia Fox
Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose film debut was in Roman Polanski's film '' The Pianist''. Her other films include the Italian–French–British romance-drama film ''The Soul Keeper'' (2002), for which she won the Flaiano Film Award for Best Actress; the drama film ''The Republic of Love'' (2003); the comedy-drama film ''Things to Do Before You're 30'' (2005); the black comedy ''Keeping Mum'' (2005); the romantic comedy-drama film '' Cashback'' (2006); the drama ''Flashbacks of a Fool'' (2008); the drama film '' Ways to Live Forever'' (2010); the drama-thriller '' A Thousand Kisses Deep'' (2011); and the fantasy-horror drama film ''Dorian Gray'' (2009). Fox's television roles include the BBC drama ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1995), the PBS British/German television serial ''Rebecca'' (1997), ITV Granada's ''Henry VIII'' (2003), BBC's '' Gunpowder, Treason & Plot'' (2004), the 2005 BBC miniseries '' The Virgin Queen'' (2005) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Wadham
Julian Neil Rohan Wadham (born 7 August 1958) is an English actor of stage, film and television. He was educated at Ampleforth College and the Central School of Speech and Drama, third son of Rohan Nicholas Wadham DFC and Juliana Wadham, née Macdonald Walker. Background Wadham attended Ampleforth College and the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career His theatre work includes playing Barclay, soon after leaving the Central School, in the original West End production of Julian Mitchell's '' Another Country'' at the Queens Theatre with Rupert Everett and Kenneth Branagh. In 2014 he played Vaughan Cunningham, a visitor to the school, in the Trafalgar Studio revival of the play. For the English Stage Company at the Royal Court he was directed by Max Stafford-Clark in ''Falkland Sound'', as Lieutenant David Tinker RN (with Paul Jesson, Lesley Manville and Marion Bailey), as Captain Plume in George Farquhar's ''The Recruiting Officer'', as Lt. Ralph Clark in Timberlake Wertenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Brown
Simona Brown (born 6 April 1994) is a British actress best known for her lead role in ''Behind Her Eyes (British TV series), Behind Her Eyes''. Personal life Simona Brown grew up in Peckham, London, and is of Jamaicans, Jamaican heritage. She studied musical theatre at the BRIT School in Croydon and studied acting at the Identity School of Acting in London. Career Brown has appeared in TV miniseries including as Gaia in ''The Casual Vacancy (miniseries), The Casual Vacancy'' and as Grace in ''The Night Manager (miniseries), The Night Manager''. She had a recurring role as Faith in ''HIM (TV series), HIM'' and as Roz in the 2016 British-American series ''Guilt (American TV series), Guilt''. Her other TV roles include the 2016 remake of ''Roots (2016 miniseries), Roots'' and ''Murdered by My Boyfriend''. She plays the main character Tess in the 2018 Channel 4/Netflix series ''Kiss Me First (TV series), Kiss Me First''. In August 2019, it was announced Brown had been cast in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silas Carson
Silas Carson (born 1965) is an English actor, mostly known for playing Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and Viceroy Nute Gunray in all three of the ''Star Wars'' prequels and providing the voice of the Ood in ''Doctor Who''. Life and career In ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', Carson also plays two other speaking parts, the Senator of the Trade Federation, Lott Dod (although his voice was replaced with that of actor Toby Longworth) and Antidar Williams, the co-pilot of the ship that Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) are on in the first scene. He also made a guest appearance on the BBC series ''Hustle (TV series), Hustle'', as Bollywood film fan and perfectionist Kulvinder Samar (whose correct name in the show is actually Kulvinda, but was written as Kulvinder in the credits), and in ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'' and ''The IT Crowd''. He provided alien voices for the ''Doctor Who'' episodes "The End of the World (Doctor Who), The End of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolita Chakrabarti
Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1 June 1969) is a British actress and writer. Early life Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India on 1 June 1969. She grew up in Birmingham, where her father worked as an orthopaedic surgeon at Selly Oak Hospital. Career Acting Chakrabarti graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1990. From 1993 to 1996, she presented the BBC children's educational programme ''Numbertime.'' Her screen credits include ''Vigil'', ''Showtrial'', ''The Wheel of Time'', '' Criminal: UK'', ''Riviera'', '' Delicious'', ''Defending the Guilty'', '' All Is True'', '' Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands'', ''The Casual Vacancy'', ''My Mad Fat Diary'', ''Jekyll and Hyde'', '' Intruders'', ''Bodies'', '' Vera'', '' Outnumbered'', '' Hustle'', ''Born to Kill'', '' Forgiven'', '' Extras Christmas Special'', ''William and Mary'', '' Fortysomething'', ''Holby City'', ''Silent Witness'', and as WPC Jamila Blake in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Austin
Michele Austin is a British actress best known for her role as PC Yvonne Hemmingway on ITV's ''The Bill'', for which she won the Screen Nation award for best television actress in 2005. Early life and career She studied acting at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup. As well as her role as PC Hemmingway in the ITV series ''The Bill'', she played the character Marsha Harris twice in 2001. Austin had roles in Mike Leigh's films '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996) and '' Another Year'' (2010). She also has a small role in ITV's 2008 teen drama ''Britannia High'' as Mrs Doris Troy, the landlady of the main characters, in the comedy ''Never Better'' and as a nurse in BBC's '' Outnumbered'' that aired on 30 August 2009. In December 2010, she appeared in the British BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' as Gloria MacDonald, a role which she reprised in February 2016. Prior to this she played Miss Meg Tyler in 1993. On 12 February 2013 she played the part of Estelle in an episode of ''Death in Paradise'' o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Vernel
Brian Vernel (born 29 December 1990) is a Scottish actor best known for his film role in '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' and as the character Odda the Younger in the TV series ''The Last Kingdom'' and Billy Wallace in '' Gangs of London''. Early life A native of Glasgow, Vernel attended St Mungo's Academy in Gallowgate before training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) after a one-year general arts foundation course at Glasgow University. Career He played the role of Bala-Tik in the 2015 film ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. Vernel's character spoke in a Glaswegian accent. Filmography Movies Television , - ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes , - , 2011 , , '' The Field of Blood '' , , Darren Naismith / Kevin McCorkhill , , 3 Episodes , - , 2014 , , ''Prey'' , , Dale Lomax , , 3 Episodes , - , 2014 , , ''Grantchester'' , , Tam , , 3 Episodes , - , 2015 , , ''The Casual Vacancy'' , , Stuart 'Fats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keeley Forsyth
Keeley Forsyth is an English actress and musician. She has released the albums ''Debris'' (2020) and '' Limbs'' (2022). Acting Forsyth's first acting role was as Nicky in the BBC children's television series '' The Biz'' in 1995, appearing alongside Paul Nicholls. She subsequently appeared in several television series, including ''Peak Practice'', '' Where the Heart Is'', ''Casualty'', '' Heartbeat'', ''The Bill'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Holby City'', ''The Line of Beauty'', ''Luther'', '' Waterloo Road'', ''Criminal Justice'', '' Coronation Street'', ''Sons and Lovers'', ''New Tricks'' (S8:E7, 2011). She has also performed for Real Circumstance Theatre Company. In 2001, Forsyth appeared in an all-star ''Family Fortunes'': ''Heartbeat'' vs ''Peak Practice'' edition. In 2015, she appeared as Terri Weedon in the BBC TV mini series ''The Casual Vacancy''. In 2016, she appeared as Annette in the second series of '' Happy Valley''. Music In October 2019, Forsyth released t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetty Baynes
Henrietta Sara Louise Baynes (born 16 August 1956) is an English film, television and theatre actress. She began her career in ballet by training from the age of 10 at the Royal Ballet School and made her professional debut, at the age of 12, in Rudolf Nureyev's ''The Nutcracker'' followed by '' The Sleeping Beauty'' at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In her mid-teens she moved from dance to acting. She began her acting career at 17, as an acting ASM in repertory theatre. She was married to film director Ken Russell from 1992 to 1999; they had one son. Early life and education Baynes was born in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, the daughter of aeronautical engineer Leslie Baynes, who designed what is believed to be the oldest flying glider in the United Kingdom, and Margot (née Findlay). Baynes attended the Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley in Surrey, where a contemporary was the actress Laura Hartong. Hetty graduated in a Creative Writing MA in 2015 from Birkbeck Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
