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Dylan Llewellyn
Dylan John Llewellyn (born 10 September 1992) is an English actor, known for portraying Martin "Jono" Johnson in ''Hollyoaks'', James Maguire in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Derry Girls'', Jack in '' Big Boys'' and PC Kelby Hartford in '' Beyond Paradise''. Early life Llewellyn was born and raised in Reigate, Surrey, the youngest of three boys born to English parents. He attended More House School in Farnham, a specialist school for children with autism, developmental language disorder and dyslexia. Llewellyn has dyslexia and found the support at a specialist school helpful. He studied media, photography, and drama as GCSEs. Llewellyn attended RADA, where he did a foundation in acting. Career Llewellyn appeared in the short film ''Travel Bag'' in 2009 and in 2010 he played Adam Wilcock in an episode of the television series ''The Bill''. In 2011, Llewellyn began playing Martin "Jono" Johnson in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' and in the spin-off ''Hollyoaks Later''. He made his la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Reigate
Reigate ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town in Surrey, England, around south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'', and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The earliest archaeological evidence for human activity is from the Paleolithic and Neolithic, and during the Roman Britain, Roman period, tile-making took place to the north east of the modern centre. A motte-and-bailey castle was erected in Reigate in the late 11th or early 12th century. It was originally constructed of lumber, timber, but the curtain walls were rebuilt in stone about a century later. An Augustinians, Augustinian priory was founded to the south of the modern town centre in the first half of the 13th century. The priory was dissolution of the monasteries, closed during the English Reformation, Reformation and was rebuilt as a private residence for William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham. The castle was abandoned around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hollyoaks Later
''Hollyoaks Later'' (originally ''Late Night Hollyoaks'') is a British television spin-off of the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. The series allows for more sexual content, edgier storylines and stronger language than ''Hollyoaks''. The show was on hiatus from 2014 to 2020, where it returned on 6 January 2020 for a one-off episode focusing on the conclusion of Breda McQueen's (Moya Brady) serial killer storyline. Concept ''Hollyoaks Later'' was devised after ''Hollyoaks'' had improved ratings. Tony Wood, creative director of Lime Pictures the production company of ''Hollyoaks'', explained that it was decided that ''Hollyoaks'' would be expanded on because of its increased audience. Camilla Campbell, the commissioning editor for drama at Channel 4, said that ''Hollyoaks'' had grown up in "eyes of the viewers" and had begun being taken seriously by the television industry and critics. This meant that a late night slot for ''Hollyoaks'' allows for writers and producers to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
RTÉ Does Comic Relief
''RTÉ Does Comic Relief'' was an Irish telethon event that took place on 26 June 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) hosted the four-hour telethon "RTÉ does Telethon" in aid of the Community Foundation for Ireland, a trust with a target of distributing funds to over 4,000 non-profit organisations at a national, regional, and local level throughout Ireland. Background and origins RTÉ last held a telethon in 2007, in aid of The People in Need Trust. Subsequent telethons had been cancelled following the economic crash in 2009. From March to May, weekly appeals during '' The Late Late Show'' raised hundreds of thousands of Euro for various charities. RTÉ also broadcast the global '' One World: Together at Home'' television event in April. The show developed from an annual St. Patrick's Day comedy show in Dublin's 3Arena, created by comedian Deirdre O'Kane and TV producer Darren Smith, the 2020 edition having been cancelled. Main eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
RTÉ
(; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world. It is headquartered in Donnybrook in Dublin, with offices across different parts of Ireland. RTÉ is a statutory body, overseen by a board appointed by the Government of Ireland, with general management in the hands of a committee of senior managers, currently an interim leadership team, headed by the Director General. RTÉ is regulated by Coimisiún na Meán. It is financed by the television licence fee and through advertising, with some of its services funded solely by advertising, while others are funded solely by the licence fee. The current network consists of 4 main TV chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Una Ronan ( ; born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for four Academy Awards and seven British Academy Film Awards. Ronan made her acting debut in 2003 on the Irish medical drama series '' The Clinic'' and had her breakthrough role as a precocious teenager in the period drama film '' Atonement'' (2007), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her career progressed with starring roles in '' The Lovely Bones'' (2009) and '' Hanna'' (2011), and a supporting role in '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014). Ronan received critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing an Irish immigrant in New York in ''Brooklyn'' (2015), the eponymous high school senior in Greta Gerwig's '' Lady Bird'' (2017)which won her a Golden Globeand Jo March in Gerwig's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Great British Bake Off
''The Great British Bake Off'' (often abbreviated to ''Bake Off'' or ''GBBO'') is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress two judges with their baking skills. One contestant is eliminated in each round, and the winner is selected from the three contestants who reach the final. The first episode was aired on 17 August 2010, with its first four series broadcast on BBC Two, until its growing popularity led the BBC to move it to BBC One for the next three series. After its seventh series, Love Productions signed a three-year deal with Channel 4 to produce the series for the broadcaster. On 24 September 2024 it was announced that ''The Great British Bake Off'' has been renewed for its sixteenth series in 2025. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, with shops in the UK reporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mastermind (British Game Show)
''Mastermind'' is a British television quiz show for the BBC, currently presented by Clive Myrie. Its creator, Bill Wright, drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The show features an intimidating setting and challenging questions. Four (and in later contests five or six) contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. ''Mastermind''s theme music is "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson. The show was recorded, with original presenter Magnus Magnusson, on location at UK universities. Later, it was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios, before moving to dock10 studios in 2011. The show relocated to Belfast for the 2019–2020 series. Format Round 1 For the first round, each contestant in turn is given a set length of time, usually two minutes (one minute and a half in semi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lorraine (TV Programme)
''Lorraine'' is a British breakfast television programme that is broadcast on ITV. Launched on 6 September 2010, it is presented by Lorraine Kelly with Christine Lampard or Ranvir Singh filling in when Kelly is absent, and broadcasts live every weekday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The programme features a variety of showbiz, fashion, health, food, celebrity interviews and competitions. The programme's run-time crosses the 9:25 a.m. ending of the official ITV Breakfast slot (6:00–9:25 a.m.), which is wholly owned by ITV plc. This is why viewers in most of Scotland see ITV1 branding surrounding the first 25 minutes of the show, and STV branding for the remainder of the time slot. Format Each day the presenter gives an introduction into what is coming up on the show, before discussing the main stories from the morning's newspapers, although sometimes this is replaced by a Los Angeles update from Ross King. The show's first guests tend to be interviewed next. Throughout the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The One Show
''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weekdays at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Roman Kemp, Ronan Keating and Lauren Laverne. Various reporters also assist with subject-specific presenting, both in the studio and on location, or through filmed segments. Originally produced in Birmingham and then in the BBC Media Village in White City, London, since 2014 the studio has been based in Broadcasting House, the BBC's headquarters in London. Launched with a pilot series in 2006, leading to a full series from 2007, it has had various previous permanent and temporary hosts. After initial low ratings, the partnership of Adrian Chiles and Christine Lampard from 2007 to 2010 has been credited with boosting ratings and establishing the show as a popular staple of British viewing. The longest-serving partnership was between Jones and Matt Baker, who h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Crystal Maze
''The Crystal Maze'' is a British game show devised by Jacques Antoine, based upon his format for the French game show '' Fort Boyard'', and produced for Channel 4. The programme focuses on teams of contestants, a mixed group of men and women, attempting a range of challenges to earn time required to help them complete one final challenge, which if completed successfully earns them a prize. The premise of the show is themed around challenges set to different periods of human history within a fictional labyrinth of time and space (the titular "Crystal Maze"), and is notable for the use of golf ball-sized Swarovski glass crystals (referred to as "time crystals") as a reward for each challenge successfully completed by contestants, and lock-in conditions for contestants that ran out of time or broke a three-strikes rule on a challenge. ''The Crystal Maze'' originally consisted of six series, including five Christmas specials involving teams of children, which aired between 15 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jack Rooke
Jack Rooke (born 1993) is an English comedian and writer. His work often explores issues surrounding grief and loss, using humour and documentary film to explore the awkwardness of death. Early life Rooke was born in Watford, Hertfordshire in 1993. Works Stage His debut show ''Good Grief'', which played at the Soho Theatre, earned Rooke a nomination for Best Show by an Emerging Artist in the Total Theatre Awards 2015 and a mention in The New York Times' Top Theatre highlights of the Edinburgh Festival 2015. The show protested against government proposals to cut Widowed Parents Allowance, a basic weekly welfare payment for bereaved families in Britain. In collaboration with thChildhood Bereavement Network the show aimed to raise awareness of these cuts. ''Good Grief'' headlined Soho Theatre's first ever #SohoRising season, aiming to showcase the best 'emerging companies, young people and brave new writing.' BBC Comedy commissioned ''Good Grief'' for a Radio 4 adaptation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
