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List Of Where The Heart Is Episodes
'' Where the Heart Is'' is a British television drama series created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone, originally produced by United Productions in association with Anglia Television, later, Meridian Broadcasting, and finally, entirely by Granada Television in its final year. It was commissioned for ITV and premiered on 6 April 1997, lasting ten series and 110 episodes, concluding on 10 September 2006. The series initially centres on the personal and professional lives of two district nurses, Peggy Snow (Pam Ferris) and Ruth Goddard (Sarah Lancashire) in the fictional town of Skelthwaite, a close-knit community in Yorkshire. Following their departures, the series shifted focus to the residents of the town. Filming of the show took place in Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, mainly within the villages of Marsden, Slaithwaite, the town of Meltham, and occasionally the Town Hall in Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The Heart Is (British TV Series)
''Where the Heart Is'' is a British drama television series set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite, created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone. The series first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom on 6 April 1997. The show focuses on the lives of a group of district nurses and their families who reside in the town. The show was created after Featherstone visited the Yorkshire town of Meltham. She was intrigued by the tight-knit community, particularly those connected to the local district nursing office. She approached Pharoah with her ideas, and they pitched the show to ITV; after the network ordered production of the first series, they – along with producer Kate Anthony – began creating the show. The series was filmed in the Colne valley of West Yorkshire, mainly in the villages of Marsden and Slaithwaite and the town of Meltham. ''Where the Heart Is'' focuses on the stories that occur in small communities without being sentimental. Pharoah wanted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huddersfield Town Hall
Huddersfield Town Hall is a municipal facility in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. History The building was commissioned to replace the offices of the Huddersfield Improvement Commissioners who had initially been based in offices in South Parade, since demolished, from 1848 and then in the Philosophical Hall on Ramsden Street from 1859. The new building, which was designed by John Henry Abbey in the Classical style, was completed in two stages; the stone was from Crosland Moor and the carving was sculpted by Thomas Stocks of Berry Brow. The northern part of the building, which included the municipal offices, was officially opened by Alderman Joseph Woodhead, the mayor, on 26 June 1878. The northern part was designed with a large porch, flanked by two columns with parapet above. The southern part, which included the concert hall and the magistrates' court, was opened by Alderman Thomas Denham, the then-mayor, in October 1881. The southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thacker
David Thacker (born 21 December 1950) is an English theatre, Film and television director. He is Professor of Theatre and Film at University of Greater Manchester. He currently directs freelance theatre productions and films and frequently teaches and directs at other universities and drama schools, including University of York, University of Manchester, Drama Studio London and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Spouse He is married to the actress Margot Leicester. They have four children and four grandchildren and live in Crouch End, London Education Thacker was born in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire and brought up in nearby Rushden. He was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School and University of York where he read English and Related Literature and studied under Philip Brockbank for an MA in Shakespeare. Theatre Thacker has directed over 160 productions throughout the UK and internationally and has been artistic director of three theatres (Duke’s Playhouse Lanca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Dossor
Alan Dossor (19 September 1941 – 7 August 2016) was a British theatre director. He was artistic director of the Everyman Theatre Liverpool from 1970 to 1975. He was considered by British theatre/entertainment newspaper The Stage to have been "a major influence on some of our greatest actors and writers" - in a period described by British national newspaper ''The Guardian'' as "a golden five-year period in British regional theatre". In this period he nurtured the careers of many future stars, including Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite, Bill Nighy, Antony Sher, and Jonathan Pryce and developed a distinctive style of plays that linked the theatre to issues facing the local community. His production of John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert by Willy Russell transferred to the West End in 1974. He directed plays in the West End, at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hampstead Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, the Young Vic and the Lyric Hammersmith. He had an extensive career dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Grimås
Jonas Grimås (born 7 August 1958) is a Swedish film and television director, based in London since 1988. He was educated at the ''Dramatiska Institutet'' in Stockholm, and then the Royal College of Art in London. In 1988 he won the BAFTA Film Award for best short film with ''Artisten''. He was also nominated in 1995 for best short film with ''Marooned''. In 2011 he was named "Cultural Personality of the Year" by the StockholmsKultur Foundation. Grimås started out working on Swedish soap-operas, but has made a name for himself making British crime dramas. He was a regular contributor to ITV’s '' Heartbeat'', having directed 30 episodes. He has also directed episodes of ''Hamish Macbeth'', ''Silent Witness'', and '' Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind'' starring Clive Owen. While based in London he has also taken on Swedish projects, directing two episodes of the TV series ''Wallander'', and the adaptations of two Camilla Läckberg Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg (; born 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Whithouse
Toby Lawrence Whithouse (; born 5 July 1970) is an English actor, screenwriter and playwright. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series ''Being Human (British TV series), Being Human''. He also created the Channel 4 television comedy-drama series ''No Angels (TV series), No Angels'', the BBC America/BBC Two espionage drama series ''The Game (British TV series), The Game'' and has written seven episodes for BBC One's ''Doctor Who''. His work on ''Doctor Who'' was primarily for the The Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctors played by Matt Smith (actor), Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. Early life After initially attending art college (SEEVIC) in South Benfleet, Benfleet to become a book illustrator, Whithouse decided to drop out of the course and turn to acting as a profession, training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was a regular in the cast of the early 1990s BBC One drama series ''The House of Eliott'' and had a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
Barb Audiences Ltd (formerly Broadcasters Audience Research Board) is a British organisation that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1981 to replace two previous systems whereby ITV (TV network), ITV ratings were compiled by JICTAR (Joint Industry Committee for Television Audience Research), whilst the BBC did their own audience research. BARB is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5, Sky UK, Sky and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. Participating viewers have a box on top of their TV sets which tracks the programmes they watch. In February 2023, Barb changed its company name to Barb Audiences Ltd (formerly Broadcasters' Audience Research Board). Business BARB have approximately 5,100 homes (equating to approximately 12,000 individuals) participating in the panel. This means that with a total UK population of 65,648,100, according to the 2016 census, each v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Wynne (playwright)
Michael Wynne is an Olivier Award winning playwright and screenwriter. Early life Wynne was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside. He attended St Peter's Primary School and St Benedict's Secondary School. He studied Politics at Queen Mary College, University of London. Career Wynne wrote his first play ''The Knocky'' in his final year at University. It was produced by the Royal Court Theatre, taken on tour and subsequently performed at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre. It won the 1996 Meyer Whitworth Award, Best New Talent - Liverpool Echo Arts Awards and he was nominated as Best New Writer by the Writers Guild. Wynne has had eight plays produced by the Royal Court - ''The Knocky'', ''The People Are Friendly'', The Priory, ''The Red Flag'', ''Friday Night Sex'' (co-written and directed with Alecky Blythe) ''Who Cares'', ''I'm Not Here'' for The Living Newspaper and ''Cuckoo''. The Priory won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He has worked with four Royal Court artistic directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hettie Macdonald
Hettie Macdonald is an English film, theatre and television director. Macdonald is known as the director of the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of ''Doctor Who'', "Blink". She has won numerous awards including one BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama, one Hugo Award, and a Grand Prix award. She has been nominated for numerous awards, including two BAFTA Television Awards. "Blink" is frequently named as the best episode of ''Doctor Who'' since the series' 2005 revival. In 2009, ''SFX'' named the episode's climax as the scariest moment in ''Doctor Who'' history, citing its "perfect direction". Macdonald would return to the series in 2015 to direct the year's opening story. She has also directed for the stage. She studied English at Bristol University, before training as a director at the Royal Court Theatre, and was formerly associate director at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Career Macdonald made her feature-length film directorial debut on 1996's '' Beautiful Thing'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Greenhorn
Stephen Greenhorn (born 5 September 1964) is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. He is the creator of the BBC Scotland soap opera ''River City''. Theatre Greenhorn’s plays have been produced by a wide variety of theatre companies across the UK as well as on BBC Radio and several have been published. Original or adapted works for the stage include: ''The Salt Wound'' (1994), ''Dissent'' (1998), and ''Gilt'' (2003) for 7:84 theatre group; ''Passing Places'' (1997) and ''The Ballad of Crazy Paolo'' (2001) for the Traverse Theatre; ''Sleeping Around'' (1998) with Abi Morgan, Mark Ravenhill and Hilary Fannin for Paines Plough touring theatre and ''King Matt'' (2001) for TAG Theatre Company. ''Passing Places'' won the author a nomination for Scottish Writer of the Year in 1998 and has since been translated many times and produced worldwide. In 2007 he created '' Sunshine on Leith'' for Dundee Rep – a musical featuring the songs of The Proclaimers. The show won the TMA Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bowker
Peter Bowker (born 5 January 1959) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the television serials ''Blackpool (TV series), Blackpool'' (2004), a musical drama about a shady casino owner in the Northern England, north of England; ''Occupation (TV series), Occupation'' (2009), which follows three military servicemen adjusting to civilian life after List of wars involving Iraq, a tour of duty in Iraq; ''Capital (British TV series), Capital'' (2015), an Emmy Awards, Emmy award-winning drama about Real-estate bubble, real-estate bubbles in South London; and ''The A Word'' (2016), an adaptation of Keren Margalit's Israel, Israeli drama ''Yellow Peppers'' about a family raising an autism, autistic child. In 2007, he adapted ''Blackpool'' for CBS as ''Viva Laughlin''. Biography Born and raised in Hazel Grove, Stockport, England. Bowker was educated at Marple Hall School and read Philosophy and English at the University of Leeds. He taught for twelve years in a Leed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Sargent
Jan Sargent is a British director and writer of television, film, and theatre. One of her best known productions is Arthur Miller's ''The Price (play), The Price'' at the Bristol Old Vic. She has also directed episodes of ''Where the Heart Is (British TV series), Where the Heart Is'', ''Backup'', ''Dangerfield (TV series), Dangerfield'', ''The Bill'', ''Ruth Rendell Mysteries'', ''Soldier Soldier'', ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', ''Big Deal (TV series), Big Deal'', ''Truckers'', ''Black Silk'', ''Desmonds'', ''Births Marriages & Deaths'' and ''Small Change''. She is married to actor George Irving (English actor), George Irving. References External links * Living people British television directors British theatre directors Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
