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Simon Ashdown
Simon Ashdown is a British television writer, best known as being a BAFTA award-nominated ''EastEnders'' writer. Career From 1995 to 2013, Ashdown was series consultant and lead writer on ''EastEnders''. He was involved in the creation of the Slater family, and along with other writers, developed the characters around the actors themselves, rather than the other way round. He created the character of Max Branning and was responsible for numerous key episodes such as Ethel Skinner's death, Stacey Slater's bipolar and the " Who Killed Archie?" storyline. In 2010 he wrote the twenty fifth anniversary live episode, " ''EastEnders'' Live". More recent episodes that he has written include Pat Evans' death, Mandy Salter's second exit, Janine Butcher's temporary exit, the aftermath of David Wicks' return and the Jake Stone and Sadie Young reveal. He returned to ''EastEnders'' to write the Christmas 2017 episode which saw Tanya Branning return and Abi Branning and Lauren Branning fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Of Film And Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual award ceremonies, BAFTA has an international programme of learning events and initiatives offering access to talent through workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures, and mentoring schemes in the United Kingdom and the United States. BAFTA's annual film awards ceremony, the British Academy Film Awards, has been held since 1949, while its annual television awards ceremony, the British Academy Television Awards, has been held since 1955. Their third ceremony, the British Academy Games Awards, was first presented in 2004. Origins BAFTA started out as the British Film Academy, founded in 1947 by a group of directors: David Lean, Alexander Korda, Roger Manvell, Laurence Olivier, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Michael Balcon, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Slater
''EastEnders'' is a BBC soap opera that first aired on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 2018, in order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive consultant, John Yorke. Madhav Sharma and Indira Joshi made their first appearances in January as Arshad Ahmed and Mariam Ahmed, the uncle and aunt of Masood Ahmed ( Nitin Ganatra). Halfway ( Tony Clay), a friend of the Carter family, Ciara Maguire (Denise McCormack), the former wife of Aidan Maguire (Patrick Bergin), and Daisy (Amelie Smith), one of Arshad and Mariam's foster children, also debuted in January. Dan and Ashley (Ifan Meredith and Ashley Cook), Daisy's adoptive parents, Hunter Owen, the son of Mel Owen ( Tamzin Outhwaite) and her dead husband Steve ( Martin Kemp), Hayley Slater ( Katie Jarvis), the cousin of Stacey Fowler (Lacey Turner), and Georgi (Holly Donovan) first appear in February. Mitch Baker ( Roger Griffiths), Keegan B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rankin (photographer)
John Rankin Waddell (born 1966), known as Rankin, is a British photographer and director who has photographed, amongst other subjects, Björk, Kate Moss, Madonna (entertainer), Madonna, David Bowie and Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II. The Evening Standard, ''London Evening Standard'' described Rankin's fashion and portrait photography style as "high-gloss, highly sexed and hyper-perfect". He has directed music videos, documentaries, a feature film, short films and commercials. Early life and education Rankin was born in Glasgow. In 1976, his family moved to Yorkshire, where he attended Thirsk School and Sixth Form College, Thirsk School. They again relocated, to St Albans, where he studied at Beaumont School, St Albans, Beaumont School. He worked as a hospital porter when he was 21, and studied accounting at Brighton Polytechnic until he realised his interests lay elsewhere and dropped out. Rankin took up photography on a BTech course at Barnfield College in Luton, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Izzard
Suzy Eddie Izzard ( ; born Edward John Izzard, 7 February 1962) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist. Her comedic style takes the form of what appears to the audience as rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime. Izzard's stand-up comedy tours have included ''Live at the Ambassadors'' (1993), ''Definite Article'' (1996), ''Glorious (Eddie Izzard), Glorious'' (1997), ''Dress to Kill (Eddie Izzard), Dress to Kill'' (1998), ''Circle (Eddie Izzard), Circle'' (2000), ''Stripped (tour), Stripped'' (2009), ''Force Majeure (tour), Force Majeure'' (2013) and ''Wunderbar'' (2022). She starred in the television series ''The Riches'' (2007–2008) and has appeared in numerous films, including ''Ocean's Twelve'' (2004), ''Ocean's Thirteen'' (2007), ''Valkyrie (film), Valkyrie'' (2008), ''Absolutely Anything'' (2015) and ''Six Minutes to Midnight'' (2020). Izzard has also worked as a voice actor on films such as ''Five Children and It (2004 film), Five Child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 British Academy Television Awards
The 2006 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 7 May at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The ceremony was hosted by television presenter Davina McCall and broadcast on ITV the following day. The nominees for the audience-voted Pioneer Award were announced on Tuesday 14 March; other nominees were revealed on Monday 27 March. Winners * Best Actor **Winner: Mark Rylance — ''The Government Inspector'' (Channel 4) **Nominees: Bernard Hill — ''A Very Social Secretary'' (More4); Denis Lawson — ''Bleak House'' (BBC One); Rufus Sewell — ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (BBC One) * Best Actress **Winner: Anna Maxwell Martin — ''Bleak House'' (BBC One) **Nominees: Gillian Anderson — ''Bleak House'' (BBC One); Lucy Cohu — '' The Queen's Sister'' (Channel 4); Anne-Marie Duff — '' Shameless'' (Channel 4) * Best Comedy (Programme or Series) **Winner: ''Help'' (BBC / BBC Two) **Nominees: ''The Catherine Tate Show'' (Tiger Aspect Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Television Award For Best Mini-Series
The British Academy Television Award for Best Mini-Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry. The category is described by the BAFTA website as being for "a drama series, between two and 19 episodes, that tells a complete story and is not intended to return". The category has been awarded since 2012, prior to that a similar category was awarded named ''Best Drama Serial'', which was presented with the Best Drama Series category under the name ''Best Drama Series or Serial'' from 1970 to 1991 and as a separate category from 1992 to 2011. In 2024, the category was merged with the Best Single Drama award into one category titled ''Best Limited Drama''. Winners and nominees 1990s Best Drama Serial 2000s Best Drama Serial 2010s Best Drama Serial Best Mini-Series 2020s ;Best Limited Drama *Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funland (TV Series)
''Funland'' is a comedy / thriller serial, produced by the BBC that was first screened from 23 October 2005 to 7 November 2005, on the digital channel BBC Three. Created by Jeremy Dyson (of ''The League of Gentlemen'') and Simon Ashdown, the series consists of a fifty-minute opening episode followed by ten half-hour instalments. Plot A prudish couple, Dudley ( Kris Marshall) and Lola (Sarah Smart), arrive in Blackpool by bus from Stoke-on-Trent, and find themselves in a seedy boarding house run by the sinister Leo Finch ( Philip Jackson). At the same time Carter Krantz (Daniel Mays) arrives from London, thrown out of a car naked and carrying only a key and a piece of paper with the name "Ambrose Chapel". He thinks that this is a man responsible for his mother's murder, but after roughing up an innocent taxidermist, Ambrose ''Chapfel'', (Mark Gatiss), he discovers it is actually a disused church, now a nightclub called "Sins" which is run by Shirley Woolf (Ian Puleston-Davies) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The League Of Gentlemen
''The League of Gentlemen'' is a British surreal comedy horror series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the lives of bizarre characters, most of whom are played by three of the show's four writers – Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith – who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995. The series originally aired for three series from 1999 until 2002, and was followed by a film '' The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse'' (2005), a stage production '' The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!'' (2005), and another live show, ''The League of Gentlemen: Live Again!'' (2018) The BBC announced in August 2017 that three new episodes would be produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the group's first appearance on BBC Radio 4. The aforementioned episodes aired on BBC2 on 18–20 December 2017. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Dyson
Jeremy Dyson (born 14 June 1966) is a British author, musician and screenwriter who, along with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is one of the League of Gentlemen. He also created and co-wrote the West End show '' Ghost Stories'' and its film adaptation. Early life Dyson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, son of Elaine Saville and Melvin Dyson.Jeremy Dyson: Leeds writer in literary spotlight , '''', 14 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2011 He has one older brother, Andrew Dyson, and a younger sister, Jayne Dyson. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Beale
Ian Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Adam Woodyatt. He is one of four remaining original characters, the others being his mother, Kathy Beale ( Gillian Taylforth), his long standing best friend and ex-wife, Sharon Watts ( Letitia Dean) and Queen Vic barmaid, Tracey ( Jane Slaughter). The character appeared in his 2000th episode in the show on 26 March 2007, and his 3,000th on 27 May 2016. Woodyatt left ''EastEnders'' on 22 January 2021. He made guest appearances on 12 December 2022 and 22 June 2023, prior to a full-time return on 22 August of that year. Ian is the longest-serving regular EastEnders character, and second overall, behind only Tracey. Ian is the most-married character in ''EastEnders'' history, with six marriages to five women: Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), Mel Owen ( Tamzin Outhwaite), Laura Beale ( Hannah Waterman), twice to Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), and Sharon, and three aborted engagements to Mandy Salte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray Atkins
Gray Atkins is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Toby-Alexander Smith. He was introduced by executive producer Kate Oates in episode 5893, broadcast on 29 March 2019, as the patriarch of the Atkins family, which included Gray, his wife Chantelle Atkins (Jessica Plummer), and children Mia Atkins, Mia (Mahalia Malcolm) and Mackenzie Atkins (Isaac Lemonius). Before his introduction and during the beginning of his time on the show, Gray was depicted as a charming and confident businessman, as well as a loving husband and committed father, before Gray and Chantelle became the focus of a storyline about domestic abuse. The show worked with charities such as Refuge (United Kingdom charity), Refuge and Women's Aid to depict the storyline in an accurate and sensitive manner. In September 2020, ''EastEnders'' announced that the storyline would end with Gray killing off, killing Chantelle to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantelle Atkins
Chantelle Atkins is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Jessica Plummer. She first appears in episode 5991, originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2019. Chantelle is introduced as the eldest daughter of Karen Taylor (EastEnders), Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley) and had been referenced on-screen since the family's arrival in 2017. The character was created with a family unit consisting of Chantelle, husband Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) and two children Mia Atkins (Mahalia Malcolm) and Mackenzie Atkins (Isaac Lemonius). Chantelle is characterised as a loving and vivacious hairdresser with the same fiery attitude as her family. Her backstory states that after marrying Gray, she established a perfect life for herself away from her family. The character's early stories focus on her relationships with her parents, Karen and Mitch Baker (EastEnders), Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths), and a feud with Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) after movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
