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Shelley (TV Series, From Disambiguation)
''Shelley'' is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 12 July 1979 to 12 January 1984 and from 11 October 1988 to 1 September 1992. It stars Hywel Bennett as Dr James Shelley, 28 years old at the outset although 35 by the sixth series only four years later, and a sardonic, perpetually unemployed anti-establishment 'freelance layabout' with a doctoral degree. In the original run, Belinda Sinclair played Shelley's girlfriend Fran, and Josephine Tewson appeared regularly as his landlady, Edna Hawkins. The series was created by Peter Tilbury who also wrote the first three series. The scripts for subsequent episodes were by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, Colin Bostock-Smith, David Frith, Bernard McKenna and Barry Pilton. All 71 episodes were produced and directed by Anthony Parker. Series seven was titled on screen ''The Return of Shelley'', and was broadcast in 1988. This time around, Shelley is (still) separated from Fran, and lives on his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tilbury
Peter Tilbury (born 20 October 1945) is a British actor and writer, best known for the sitcom '' It Takes a Worried Man'' (1981-4), which he created and starred in. Tilbury was born in Redruth, Cornwall. As an actor, Tilbury's television appearances include ''The Shadow of the Tower'' (1972), ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1974), ''Miss Marple'' ('Nemesis' episode) (1987), '' Fortunes of War'' (1987), ''Casualty'' (1989), ''The Bill'' (1990), '' Birds of a Feather'' (1990), and ''Chef!'' (1993). He appeared in the film '' Breaking Glass'' (1980). The following year, in '' It Takes a Worried Man'', he created the character of Philip Roath, who was approaching a midlife crisis. Other major characters in the series were his psychiatrist, played by Nicholas Le Prevost, his boss, played by Christopher Benjamin, and his girlfriend, played by Sue Holderness. As a television writer, Tilbury's credits include '' Sorry, I'm a Stranger Here Myself'', the first three series of '' Shelley'', st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Pilton
Barry Pilton (born 1946 in Croydon, Surrey) is a travel writer, radio and television comedy scriptwriter and novelist. He was educated in Dulwich College and King's College London. In 1967-8 he taught English in Paris and from 1969 worked as a journalist on the ''Sunday Post'', becoming a freelance writer in 1976. He has worked on ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'', '' Shelley'', ''Week Ending'' and ''Spitting Image''. Between 1984 and 1999 he lived in Llandefailogfach near Brecon in Mid Wales and his first novel '' The Valley'' is concerned with the effect of outsiders on the rural status quo. He now lives in Bristol, and is working on a television adaptation of ''The Valley''. Travel Writing *''Miles of London'' (1981) (with Sybil Harper) *'' One Man and His Bog'' (1986) (on walking the Pennine Way) *'' One Man and His Log'' (1988) (on sailing the Canal du Nivernais The Canal du Nivernais () links the Loire with the Seine, following approximately the course of the river Yonne i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Kay
Sylvia Margaret Kay (16 May 1936 – 18 January 2019) was an English character actress who had many roles in British television programmes, most notably as Daphne Warrender in the BBC sitcom ''Just Good Friends''. Early life She attended Roundhay High School for Girls in Leeds. Career Kay appeared in films such as ''That Kind of Girl'' (1963), ''Rapture'' (1965), ''Wake in Fright'' (1971) (directed by her then-husband Ted Kotcheff), and '' Coming Out of the Ice'' (1982). She also appeared in the television dramas ''The Avengers'' (1968)'', ''Crown Court'', Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Shelley'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Dead of Night'', ''Minder'', ''Jeeves and Wooster'', ''Just Good Friends'', '' The Professionals, Mixed Blessings'' and an episode of Public Eye (1968). As landlady Dorothy Lawson, she appeared in 29 episodes of the first series of ''Rooms'' (1974–77). Personal life Sylvia was married twice. In 1962 she married the Canadian director, Ted Kotcheff, with whom she had thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoline Thomas
Madoline Thomas (born Madoline Mary Price; 2 January 1890 – 30 December 1989) was a Welsh character actress whose career, beginning in midlife, encompassed stage, film, and television roles. Early life Madoline Mary Price was born on 2 January 1890, in Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. Her father E. J. Price was a draper. She was musical, a singer and pianist, and held an ATCL diploma from Trinity Guildhall as a piano teacher. She sang in church and participated in concerts and theatrical productions as a young woman. "Miss Madoline Price possesses an exceptionally fine voice," noted one report from Abergavenny in 1909, adding "We wish Miss Price every success in her musical career". Career Thomas' stage credits beginning in the 1940s included a number of roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s in productions directed by Peter Hall, including ''The Comedy of Errors'', ''Richard II'', ''Richard III'', ''Henry V'' and ''Henry VI, Part 2'', supporting Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Man
A groomsman or usher is one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony. Usually, the groom selects close friends and relatives to serve as groomsmen, and it is considered an honor to be selected. From his groomsmen, the groom usually chooses one to serve as best man. For a wedding with many guests, the groom may also ask other male friends and relatives to act as ushers without otherwise participating in the wedding ceremony; their sole task is ushering guests to their seats before the ceremony. Ushers may also be hired for very large weddings. In a military officer's wedding, the roles of groomsmen are replaced by swordsmen of the sword honor guard. They are usually picked as close personal friends of the groom who have served with him. Their role includes forming the traditional saber arch for the married couple and guests to walk through. The first recorded use of the word ‘groomsmen’, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was as recently as 1698, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Hampstead
West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden. Neighbouring areas includes Childs Hill to the north, Frognal to the east, Swiss Cottage to the south-east, South Hampstead to the south and Kilburn to the south-west. The neighbourhood is mainly residential, with several local amenities, including a range of independent shops, supermarkets, restaurants, bars, cafes and bakeries; most of these are concentrated in the northern section of West End Lane and around West End Green. Located in travel zone 2, West Hampstead is served by three stations: West Hampstead on the Jubilee line, West Hampstead Overground station and West Hampstead Thameslink station. History West End hamlet An area, known as "le Rudyng" (indicating a woodland clearing) in the mid-13th century, had by 1534 come to be called West End. It was then a freehold estate belonging to Kilburn Priory, and was so called because it was at the west end of another, larger estate. Although it is possible th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reactionary
In politics, a reactionary is a person who favors a return to a previous state of society which they believe possessed positive characteristics absent from contemporary.''The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought'' Third Edition, (1999) p. 729. As a descriptor term, ''reactionary'' derives from the ideological context of the left–right political spectrum. As an adjective, the word ''reactionary'' describes points of view and policies meant to restore a ''wiktionary:status_quo_ante, status quo ante''. As an ideology, reactionism is a tradition in right-wing politics; the reactionary stance opposes policies for the social transformation of society, whereas conservatives seek to preserve the socio-economic structure and order that exists in the present. In popular usage, ''reactionary'' refers to a strong traditionalist conservative political perspective of a person opposed to social, political, and economic change. In the 20th century, reactionary politics was associated with r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Liberalism
Social liberalism is a political philosophy and variety of liberalism that endorses social justice, social services, a mixed economy, and the expansion of civil and political rights, as opposed to classical liberalism which favors limited government and an overall more ''laissez-faire'' style of governance. While both are committed to personal freedoms, social liberalism places greater emphasis on the role of government in addressing social inequalities and ensuring public welfare Social liberal governments address economic and social issues such as poverty, welfare spending, welfare, infrastructure, healthcare, and education using government intervention, while emphasising individual rights and autonomy. Economically, social liberalism is based on the social market economy and views the common good as harmonious with the individual's freedom. Social liberals overlap with social democrats in accepting market intervention more than other liberals; its importance is consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social hierarchies. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as disadvantaged relative to others as well as a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished, through radical means that change the nature of the society they are implemented in. According to emeritus professor of economics Barry Clark, supporters of left-wing politics "claim that human development flourishes when individuals engage in cooperative, mutually respectful relations that can thrive only when excessive differences in status, power, and wealth are eliminated." Within the left–right political spectrum, ''Left'' and ''Right'' were coined during the French Revolution, referring to the seating arrangement in the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign And Commonwealth Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. The office was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). The FCO was itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office. The department in its various forms is responsible for representing and promoting British interests worldwide. The head of the FCDO is the Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom), secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, commonly abbreviated to "foreign secretary". This is regarded as one of the four most prestigious positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet – the Great Offices of State – alongside those of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography
Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and world, its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other Astronomical object, celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. Geography has been called "a bridge between natural science and social science disciplines." Origins of many of the concepts in geography can be traced to Greek Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who may have coined the term "geographia" (). The first recorded use of the word Geography (Ptolemy), γεωγραφία was as the title of a book by Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy (100 – 170 AD). This work created the so-called "Ptolemaic tradition" of geography, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ryall
David John Ryall Retrieved 28 December 2014 (5 January 1935 – 25 December 2014) was an English stage, film and television actor. He had leading roles in ''Lytton's Diary'' and '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', as well as memorable roles in Dennis Potter's '''' and Andrew Davies's adaptation of '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
