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Andrée Bernard
Andrée Bernard is an English actress best known for her major role as Liz Burton in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. She was a recurring guest artist in Holby City and has had West End lead roles in Hair and Kiss Me Kate. She has also worked with Steven Berkoff, playing Sarah in ''The Actors Lament'' and Eve in ''6 Actors In Search of a Director''. Born as Andree Barnard, she started acting in her early teens and, by the age of 17 in 1983, was appearing in episodes of ''The Two Ronnies'' and playing one of the two leading characters in the 1984 television film ''Sharon & Michelle''. She also starred in ''Only Fools and Horses'' as Nervous Nerys In 1991 she played Gordon Brittas' secretary Angie throughout the first series of '' The Brittas Empire'' and appeared as Nervous Nerys, a barmaid in the Nag's Head, in ''Only Fools and Horses''. In 1995 she appeared as Terri Gordon in "The Black Orchid", an episode of ''Taggart''. She appeared in episodes of ''Lovejoy'', ''Sile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which originally began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. From 2005 to 2023, episodes have aired on sister channel E4 (TV channel), E4 a day prior to their broadcast on Channel 4. In 2023, ''Hollyoaks'' was removed from Channel 4's early evening schedule, but remains on E4 and Channel 4 (VoD service), Channel 4's on demand service with episodes now uploaded to YouTube. At its inception, the soap was targeted towards an adolescent and young adult audience but it has since broadened its appeal to all age groups. ''Hollyoaks'' has covered various taboo subjects rarely seen on British television, for which it has received List of awards and nominations received by Hollyoaks, numerous awards. It has won the award for Best British Soap twice, in 2014 and 2019; its first win broke the 15-year tie between rival soap operas ''EastEnde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyboard'' series), broadcast on 16 August 1983. ITV were so impressed with the drama that a full series was commissioned. The title originates from "Old Bill", a List of police-related slang terms, slang term for the police and show creator Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. ''The Bill'' focuses on the lives and work of one shift of police officers of all ranks, and the storylines deal with situations faced by uniformed officers working on the beat, as well as Covert operation#Plainclothes law enforcement, plainclothes detectives. Producers initially wanted to replicate the "day in the life" feature of ''Woodentop'', and made sure a police officer was featured in every single scene. The series later adopted a much more serialised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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English Television Actresses
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity * English studies, the study of English language and literature Media * ''English'' (2013 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''English'' (novel), a Chinese book by Wang Gang ** ''English'' (2018 film), a Chinese adaptation * ''The English'' (TV series), a 2022 Western-genre miniseries * ''English'' (play), a 2022 play by Sanaz Toossi People and fictional characters * English (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach * English Gardner (born 1992), American track and field sprinter * English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer * Aiden English, a ring name of Matthew Rehwoldt (born 1987), American former professional wrestler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunsoft
, is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, video game developer and publisher. They are known for their video games under the brand name Sunsoft. History In April 1971, Sun Electronics Corporation (alternatively called Sun Denshi) was founded in Kōnan, Aichi as a manufacturer and vendor of electronics equipment. Electronic products, especially personal computers by the company with no relation to video games were initially released under the Suntac brand. The company went public on JASDAQ on March 20, 2002. The company moved their headquarters to Nagoya in 2018, while an office remained at Kōnan to handle its video games business. It still manufactures electronics equipment to this day, with products utilizing Internet of things, machine-to-machine and business intelligence technology. Video games Sun Corporation's history in video games began in October 1978 in arcades with two titles: ''Block Challenger'' and ''Block Perfect''. Sun Corporation had several arcade hits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capcom
is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil'', ''Monster Hunter'', ''Street Fighter'', ''Mega Man'', ''Devil May Cry'', ''Onimusha'', ''Dead Rising'', ''Dragon's Dogma'', ''Ace Attorney'', and ''Marvel vs. Capcom''. Established in 1979, it has become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in East Asia (Hong Kong), Europe (London, England), and North America (San Francisco, California). History Founding and arcade games (1979-1984) Capcom's predecessor, I.R.M. Corporation, was founded on May 30, 1979 by Kenzo Tsujimoto, who was still president of Irem, Irem Corporation when he founded I.R.M. He worked at both companies at the same time until leaving Irem in 1983. The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japan branch were I.R.M. and its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computers Co., Ltd., bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clock Tower 3
is a survival horror video game co-produced by Capcom and Sunsoft for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2002, it is the fourth installment in the Clock Tower (series), ''Clock Tower'' series, and the first and only video game directed by Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku. The plot and characters have very little relation to the previous ''Clock Tower'' games. The story follows 14-year-old Alyssa Hamilton who is part of a family lineage of female warriors who travel through time to defeat evil spirits. Alyssa travels from her time in 2003 London to the 1940s and 1960s in order to defeat these "Entities" and bring peace to troubled souls. As opposed to the Adventure game#Point-and-click adventure games, point-and-click gameplay used in the previous games, ''Clock Tower 3'' is the first game in the series to incorporate direct control over the protagonist. Alyssa is given no weapon for the majority of the game, and must evade and hide from her pursuers. These enemies, known as "S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Stuke
Neil Robert Stuke ( ; born 22 February 1966 in Deal, Kent) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom '' Game On'' and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama ''Silk''. Career Stuke played Matthew in the second and third series of '' Game On'', replacing Ben Chaplin. He also played the role of Senior Clerk Billy Lamb in the BBC television series ''Silk''. His television career also includes '' Between the Lines'', ''Trust'', '' Reggie Perrin'', '' At Home with the Braithwaites'', ''Monday Monday'', ''Office Gossip'', '' Bedtime'', ''A Touch of Frost'', ''The Catherine Tate Show'' and playing an alcoholic footballer/policeman in a 1997 episode of '' Pie in the Sky''. He played Hal in a 1997 Radio 3 production of '' Loot'' by Orton, repeated in 2017. In 2006, he guest-starred in ''The Bill''; his character (James Tennant) was involved in the storyline of missing child Amy Tennant. In the summer of 2010, Stuke was featured on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director. As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style known as "Berkovian theatre", which combines elements of physical theatre, total theatre and expressionism. His work has sometimes been viewed as an example of in-yer-face theatre, due to the intense presentation and taboo-breaking material in a number of his plays. As a screen actor, he is known for his performances in villainous roles, including the portrayals of General Orlov in the ''James Bond'' film ''Octopussy'' (1983), Victor Maitland in '' Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984), Lt. Col. Podovsky in '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985) and Adolf Hitler in '' War and Remembrance'' (1988–89). Early life Berkoff was born Leslie Steven Berks on 3 August 1937, in Stepney in the East End of London, the son of Pauline "Polly" (née Hyman), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shakespeare Code
"The Shakespeare Code" is the second episode of the third series of the revived British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was broadcast on BBC One on 7 April 2007. According to the BARB figures this episode was seen by 7.23 million viewers and was the fifth most popular broadcast on British television in that week. Originally titled "Love's Labour's Won", was also titled by David Tennant as "Theatre of Doom" during the "David's Video Diaries 2", part of the Series 3 DVD, the episode was re-titled as a reference to ''The Da Vinci Code''. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Doctor (David Tennant) takes his new travelling companion Martha Jones ( Freema Agyeman) in her first trip in time and space. They arrive in 1599 near the Globe Theatre in Southwark, where they meet the playwright William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is being bewitched by three witch-like Carrionites to rewrite the ending to his play '' Love's Labour's Won'' so that the performance wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling Spacecraft, spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating List of Doctor Who villains, foes. The Doctor usually travels with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. Beginning with William Hartnell, List of actors who have played the Doctor, fourteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; the most recent being Ncuti Gatwa, who portrayed the Fifteenth Doctor from 2023 to 2025. The transition between actors is written into the plot of the series with the Regeneration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', or simply ''Poirot'' (), is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2020. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie's famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator Hercule Poirot. David Suchet stars as the title character. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada, and on PBS and A&E in the US. The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total. Each episode was adapted from a novel or short story by Christie that featured Poirot. In each episode Poirot is both the main detective in charge of the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and the protagonist at the centre of most of the episode's action. At the programme's conclusion, which finished with " Curtain: Poirot's Last Case", based on the 1975 novel of the same name, every major literary work by Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
