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Les Misérables (British TV Series)
''Les Misérables'' is a British television series based on the 1862 French historical novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Adapted by Andrew Davies and directed by Tom Shankland, it stars Dominic West, David Oyelowo, and Lily Collins. The series was produced by the BBC with support from PBS member station WGBH Boston's ''Masterpiece'' series. BBC Studios handles the distribution for the series. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom between 30 December 2018 and 3 February 2019. In Canada, the series started broadcasting on 10 January 2021 on CBC and CBC Gem. Cast * Dominic West as Jean Valjean * David Oyelowo as Javert * Lily Collins as Fantine Thibault * Adeel Akhtar as Monsieur Thénardier * Johnny Flynn as Felix Tholomyès * Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Col. Pontmercy * David Bradley as Monsieur Gillenormand * Derek Jacobi as Bishop Myriel * Ron Cook as Hair and Teeth Dealer * Alan David as the Scribe * Kathryn Hunter as Madame Victurnien * Olivia Colman as Madame Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Misérables
''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. ''Les Misérables'' has been popularized through Adaptations of Les Misérables, numerous adaptations for film, television, and the stage, including Les Misérables (musical), a musical. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including ''The Miserables'', ''The Wretched'', ''The Miserable Ones'', ''The Poor Ones'', ''The Wretched Poor'', ''The Victims'', and ''The Dispossessed''. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. Examining the nature of law and grace, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh O'Connor
Joshua O'Connor (born 20 May 1990) is a British actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for three BAFTA Awards. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, O'Connor had supporting roles in television series such as ''Doctor Who'' in 2013 and '' Peaky Blinders'' in 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's ''The Durrells''. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a closeted sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama '' God's Own Country'' (2017), for which he won a BIFA Award. O'Connor gained wider recognition for his portrayal of Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Netflix drama series ''The Crown'' (2019–2020), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role. He has since starred in the period drama '' Emma'' (2020), the comedy-drama '' La chimera'' (2023) and the romantic sports film '' Challengers'' (2024). Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952, with its main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers, and live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment, and children's programming; in most cases, it feeds the same programming at the exact local times nationwide, except to the Newfoundland Time Zone, where programs air 30 minutes "late". On October 9, 2006, at 6:00 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masterpiece (TV Series)
''Masterpiece'' (formerly known as ''Masterpiece Theatre'') is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH-TV, WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service, PBS on January 10, 1971. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions. Many of these are produced by the BBC, but the lineup has also included programs shown on the UK commercial channels ITV (TV channel), ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5. Overview ''Masterpiece'' is known for presenting Literary adaptation, adaptations of novels and biography, biographies, but it also shows original television dramas. The first title to air was ''The First Churchills'', starring Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Sarah Churchill. Other programs presented on the series include ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series), The Six Wives of Henry VIII;'' ''Elizabeth R;'' ''I, Claudius (TV series), I, Claudius;'' ''Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. The channel was launched on 2 November 1936 under the name BBC Television Service, which 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS List of PBS member stations, member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Affiliated stations and facilities WGBH-TV is the Flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's secondary PBS member WGBX-TV (channel 44) and Springfield, Massachusetts PBS member WGBY-TV (channel 57, operated by New England Public Media), Class A television service, Class A Biz TV network affiliate, affiliate WFXZ-CD (channel 24) and public radio stations WGBH (FM), WGBH (89.7 FM) and WCRB (99.5 FM) in the Boston area, and WCAI radio (and satellites WZAI and WNAN) on Cape Cod. WGBH-TV, WGBX-TV, and the WGBH and WCRB radio stations share studios on Guest Street in northwest Boston's Brighton, Boston, Brighton neighborhood; WGBH-TV's transmitter is located on Cabot Street (east of Interstate 95 in Massachusetts, I-95/MA 128) in Needham, Massachusetts, on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Studios
BBC Studios Limited is a British content company. It is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC that was formed in April 2018 through the merger of the BBC's commercial production arm and the BBC's commercial international distribution arm, BBC Worldwide. BBC Studios creates, develops, produces, distributes, broadcasts, finances and sells content around the world, returning around to the BBC annually in dividends and content investment. Overview BBC Studios Productions brings together the majority of BBC Television's former in-house production departments; Factual, Drama, Comedy (both combined as Scripted in the new division), Entertainment, and Music & Events. BBC Children's production is set to move into BBC Studios Productions from April 2022 to increase the potential of taking British children's content to the wider global market, along with BBC Three's in-house production team, which is joining from April 2021. BBC News and BBC Radio remain separate internal production divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Eaton
Rebecca Eaton (born November 7, 1947) is an American television producer and film producer best known for introducing American audiences to British costume and countryside dramas as executive producer of the PBS ''Masterpiece'' series. In 2011, she was named one of ''Time'' magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World". Early life Eaton was born in Boston and raised in Pasadena, California, her father a Caltech English literature professor and her mother, Katherine Emery, an actress both on Broadway (in Lillian Hellman's '' The Children's Hour'') and in film. Eaton recalls visiting New York every summer to see Broadway shows as well as spending her junior high school days lost in ''Jane Eyre''.The Paley Center for Media"Rebecca Eaton: Television Producer"/ref> Education Eaton attended Polytechnic School, graduating in 1965, and then Vassar, graduating in 1969 with an A.B. in English literature. Her senior thesis was on James Joyce's ''Dubliners''. In 1969–70 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Murphy (composer)
John Murphy (born 4 March 1965) is an English film composer. He is a self-taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s, working with fellow Liverpool-natives The Lotus Eaters and Thomas Lang, as well as Claudia Brücken. His early film score career saw him work David Hughes from the electronic group OMD, and he has collaborated with directors Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie, Michael Mann, Matthew Vaughn, Stephen Frears, and James Gunn. Murphy gained recognition in the film industry while working with Guy Ritchie on his film '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'', Michael Mann's '' Miami Vice'', Matthew Vaughn's '' Kick-Ass'' and scoring various films by Danny Boyle. His instrumental tracks " In the House – In a Heartbeat" from '' 28 Days Later'' and " Adagio in D Minor" from ''Sunshine'', both films by Boyle, have been featured in a variety of TV shows, commercials and film trailers. In 2018, he scored '' Les Misérables'' for the BBC, and in 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Madekwe
Archie Madekwe (, born 10 February 1995) is a British actor. On television, he is known for his role in the Apple TV+ series '' See'' (2019–2022). His films include ''Midsommar'' (2019), '' Gran Turismo'' and '' Saltburn'' (both 2023). Early life and education Madekwe was born in South London. His cousin is actress Ashley Madekwe. He is of English, Nigerian and Swiss descent. At 14, Madekwe began attending the BRIT School. He also joined the National Youth Theatre. He furthered his studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and left early when he was cast in ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' on the West End. Career Madekwe made his television debut in 2014 with a guest appearance in an episode of the BBC medical drama ''Casualty''. He then portrayed Luca in two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy-drama '' Fresh Meat'' in 2016. In 2017, Madekwe made his West End debut in ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket alongside Damian Lewis and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turlough Convery
Turlough Convery (born 18 March 1991) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his role as Bear in series 3 of the BBC Three series '' Killing Eve'', as Liam in '' My Mad Fat Diary'', and as Arthur Parker in the ITV series '' Sanditon''. Convery has been married to his long-term partner Francesca since 2018. He has appeared in films such as '' Ready Player One'' and has appeared in television series such as Netflix ''Resident Evil''. Other notable roles include Channel 4 series '' Fresh Meat'', 2019 psychological horror film '' Saint Maud'', 2021 film ''Belfast'', 2014 '' Black Mirror'' episode ' White Christmas', BBC One series '' Poldark'', and 2018 miniseries '' Les Misérables''. Early life and education Born on 18 March 1991, Convery grew up in Northern Ireland and attended Rockport School in Holywood where he excelled at Drama. He later attended sixth form at Our Lady and St Patrick's College in Belfast, where he received a number of drama prizes. He tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Sumpter
Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is a British actor who has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. His credits include three appearances in ''Doctor Who'' (1968, 1972, 2015), '' The Black Panther'' (1977), ''Bleak House'' (1985), '' The Queen's Nose'' (1995–1998), ''Great Expectations'' (1999), '' Nicholas Nickleby'' (2001), '' Enigma'' (2001), '' K-19: The Widowmaker'' (2002), '' The Constant Gardener'' (2005), '' Being Human'' (2009–2010), '' Ultramarines: The Movie'' (2010), ''Black Mirror'' (2011), ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2012), '' Endeavour'' (2018), ' (2018), and '' Chernobyl'' (2019). Early life Sumpter was born on 13 February 1943, in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England. Career One of Sumpter's early television appearances was the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Wheel in Space'' with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. Sumpter appeared in ''Doctor Who'' again, in the 1972 serial '' The Sea Devils'' with Jon Pertwee. Sumpter also appeared in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
