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By The Sword Divided
''By the Sword Divided'' is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1985. The series, created by John Hawkesworth (producer), John Hawkesworth, was a historical drama set during the mid-17th century, dealing with the impact of the English Civil War on the fictional Lacey family, made up of both Cavalier, Royalist and Parliament of England, Parliamentarian supporters. It follows the family as it is torn apart by the conflicting and changing loyalties of the war, as families were during that time, and the defeat of the Royalist forces at the end of the First English Civil War. Series two covers the Second English Civil War, second and Third English Civil War, third civil wars and the eventual Restoration (England), Restoration of the Monarchy. The last episodes see the surviving members of the family (from both sides of the divide) witness the arrival of Charles II of England, King Charles II on a visit to the ancestral Lacey home. Cast Regular Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkesworth (producer)
John Stanley Hawkesworth (7 December 1920 – 30 September 2003) was a British television and film producer and screenwriter, best known for his work on the period piece, period drama ''Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series), Upstairs, Downstairs'' and the ITV Granada, Granada Television adaptation of ''Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series), Sherlock Holmes''. Early life Hawkesworth was born in London on 7 December 1920, the son of the-then Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain John Hawkesworth (British Army officer), J. L. I. Hawkesworth, a British Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), lieutenant general and who had fought in the World War I, First World War (1914–1918) and Helen Jane Hawkesworth (née McNaughton). He was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, University of Paris, the Sorbonne and University of Oxford, Oxford. During the Second World War (1939–1945) he was Officer (armed forces), commissioned as a second lieutenant, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Clunes
Alexander Martin Clunes OBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, comedian, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series ''Doc Martin'' and Gary Strang in ''Men Behaving Badly''. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of which was '' Islands of Britain'' in 2009. He has since presented a number of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Kipper the Dog in the animated series ''Kipper''. Clunes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to drama, charity and the community in Dorset. Early life Clunes was born on 28 November 1961 in Wimbledon, London, the son of actor Alec Clunes and his second wife, Daphne ( Acott) Clunes (4 July 1928 — 17 September 2007). Clunes was educated at the Royal Russell School in Croydon, and later at the Arts Educational Schools, London. He has an older sister Ama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller, FRS (3 March 1606 – 21 October 1687) was an English poet and politician who was Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1624 and 1687, and one of the longest serving members of the English House of Commons. Son of a wealthy lawyer with extensive estates in Buckinghamshire, Waller first entered Parliament in 1624, although he played little part in the political struggles of the period prior to the First English Civil War in 1642. Unlike his relatives William and Hardress Waller, he was Royalist in sympathy and was accused in 1643 of organising a plot to seize London for Charles I. He allegedly escaped the death penalty by paying a large bribe, while several conspirators were executed, including his brother-in-law Nathaniel Tomkins. After his sentence was commuted to banishment, he lived in comfortable exile in France and Switzerland until allowed home in 1651 by Oliver Cromwell, a distant relative. He returned to Parliament after The Restoration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Aris
Benjamin Patrick Aris (16 March 1937 – 4 September 2003) was an English actor who was best known for his parts in ''Hi-de-Hi!'' and ''To the Manor Born'', and was also very active on stage. He was often cast as an eccentric, upper-class or upper-middle class man. Early career Aris was born in London, and following the Second World War, he trained at the Arts Educational School. At the age of 16, he joined a national tour of the show '' Zip Goes a Million''. He then did his national service in the Army and after that appeared in many musicals and films including ''The Plague of the Zombies'', ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' and '' if....''. On stage, Aris was in the 1960 production of the revue "One Over The Eight" at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. He also appeared in Tony Richardson's 1969 production of "Hamlet" at London's '' Roundhouse'', its New York transfer to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and also its film version the same year. Film and television career Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Way
Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way (2 September 1911 – 16 June 1994) was a British actress who appeared in film and television roles in a career dating back to the 1930s. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from the age of 16. She was in some of the first productions of Tennessee Williams' plays in Great Britain, including playing the role of the Mexican Woman in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', and appeared at the Bristol Old Vic and Nottingham Playhouse. She appeared in the TV series ''Doctor Who'', in the serials ''An Unearthly Child'' (as Old Mother, the programme's first on-screen death) and ''The Creature from the Pit'' (as Karela), as well as in the 1966 film ''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (as Old Woman), based on the serial ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' (1964). She also appeared in the second series of ''Poldark'' (1977) as Aunt Agatha; ''Century Falls''; '' Upstairs, Downstairs''; ''By the Sword Divided''; ''Inspector Morse''; '' Bergerac''; and ''Ripping Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Peel
Edward Peel is an English television and stage actor. He was described by ''The Times'' in 2010 as a "veteran star of TV dramas" and "a familiar face on television for the past 40 years". Early life and education Peel trained as an actor at Rose Bruford College. Career His television roles include Lennie in ''The Sweeney'' episode "Bait" with George Sewell (1978), Pieterzoon in ''Shogun'' (1980) and Ted Turton in ''Minder'' episode "Broken Arrow" (1982). He played police officers in ongoing episodes of both ''Juliet Bravo'' (1983–1985) and '' Cracker'' (1993–1995) and played two different roles in ''Emmerdale Farm'' (Tom Merrick: 1981-1982, Tony Cairns: 1997-1998). He played Kane, the main villain in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' Dragonfire'' (1987). He also appeared as different characters in two episodes of '' Heartbeat'', playing the part of a bank manager in the first series and later appearing as Clifford Chappell in episode 17 of series 15 entitled "Get Back". Peel als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Parnaby
James Bertram "Bert" Parnaby (4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s. His TV roles included performances in ''Blackadder'', ''By the Sword Divided'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Inspector Morse'' and ''Last of the Summer Wine''. In 1988, he appeared as Father Christmas in the BBC adaptation of ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''. His film credits included ''Prick Up Your Ears ''Prick Up Your Ears'' is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the 1978 biography by John Lahr. The film stars Gary ...'' (1987), '' The Dressmaker'' (1988) and '' The Reunion'' (1989). Bert was also a schoolmaster, teaching English at Manchester Grammar School during the 1950s and early 1960s, and subsequently becoming an HMI (one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools). He died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew MacLachlan
Andrew MacLachlan (27 February 1941 – 17 December 2018) was a Scottish people, Scottish first-class cricketer and actor who was active on United Kingdom, British television and in films 1979 to 2006. Early life and cricket The son of the Scottish people, Scotsman Geoffrey MacLachlan and his wife, Violet (née Hicks), he was born at Trearddur on Anglesey where his father was stationed while on military service during the Second World War. His parents divorced shortly after the war and MacLachlan lived with his mother in a converted Martello tower at Malahide in Ireland. He was educated in England, where he attended St Edward's School, Oxford. He remained in Oxford after completing his education at St Edward's, matriculating at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. While studying at St Edmund Hall, MacLachlan played first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club, Oxford University in 1962, making five appearances. An all-rounder, he scored 99 runs in his five matches, with a high scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McCulloch (writer)
Andrew McCulloch (born 1945), often credited as Andy McCulloch, is a Scottish television writer and actor. Biography Born on 27 October 1945 in Ayr, Scotland, Andrew McCulloch was educated at Bedford School and trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career McCulloch's film credits include the 1969 version of ''David Copperfield'', where he played Ham Peggotty, ''Cry of the Banshee'' (1970), ''The Last Valley'' (1971), Roman Polanski's ''Macbeth'' (1971), ''Kidnapped'' (1973), '' Nothing But the Night'' (1973), '' The Land That Time Forgot'' (1974) and ''Cry Freedom'' (1987). His television credits include Colonel Leckie in the BBC series ''By the Sword Divided'' and parts in ''Taggart'', '' Softly, Softly: Taskforce'', ''Messiah'' and the cult comedy ''Father Ted''. McCulloch's first television writing credit was for the ''Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
