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Timeslip
''Timeslip'' is a British children's television series, children's science fiction television series made by Associated TeleVision, ATV for the ITV (TV network), ITV network, and broadcast in 1970 and 1971. It was first shown on Monday evenings at around 5:15-5:20pm, beginning on 28 September 1970, in all ITV regions, apart from Thames (London) and Southern which broadcast the series the following Friday. Overview The series is centred on two children, Simon Randall (Spencer Banks) and Liz Skinner (Cheryl Burfield), who discover a strange anomaly, known as the Time Barrier, time travel, which enables them to travel in time, and visit the past as well as alternative futures. The time barrier, which operates in a field at a disused military base, moves the children not only through time but also through space: for example, they travel from St Oswald's in the UK in 1940 to the Antarctic in one projection of 1990. The children have contrasting personalities: Simon is studious, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Banks
Spencer Banks (born 1954 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield) is a British television actor. He was mainly active in the 1970s, when he tended to play a geeky adolescent in glasses. He starred in two significant programmes: the popular children's science fiction serial ''Timeslip'' as Simon Randall, and the ''Play for Today'' ''Penda's Fen'' (1974) by David Rudkin directed by Alan Clarke. He also appeared in television series including ''Alexander the Greatest'', ''The Witch's Daughter'', ''Tightrope'', ''The Georgian House'', ''Crossroads (British TV series), Crossroads'' and ''Backs to the Land'', films such as ''Diamonds on Wheels'' (1973) and ''A Christmas Carol (1984 film), A Christmas Carol'' (1984), and a 1981 radio version of ''The Chrysalids (radio), The Chrysalids''. In 2015 he appeared as 'Reverend Simon Randall' in ''The Amityville Playhouse'' opposite former ''Timeslip'' co-star Cheryl Burfield. Filmography Television Film References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Stewart (scriptwriter)
Bruce Robert Stewart (4 September 1925 – ) was an actor and scriptwriter best known for his scripts for television. Originally from New Zealand, he lived for several years in Australia, working in the theatre, before moving to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. There he worked on many projects for both the BBC and ITV, notably '' Out of the Unknown'' and ''Timeslip''. Biography Stewart was born in Auckland and studied at Mount Albert Grammar. For three years he studied to be a priest at Marist seminary. He then moved into the entertainment industry. Stewart served in the army. He would perform songs and tell stories as a forces entertaininer, then moved into radio in Auckland, where he worked as a radio announcer and actor. Sydney In 1947 Stewart moved to Sydney, Australia where he got work as a radio announcer. He became an actor, appearing in radio dramas, as well as acting in stage plays in the evening. His breakthrough performance as a radio actor was in a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Quilley
Denis Clifford Quilley (26 December 1927 – 5 October 2003) was an English actor and singer. From a family with no theatrical connections, Quilley was determined from an early age to become an actor. He was taken on by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in his teens, and after a break for compulsory military service he began a West End career in 1950, succeeding Richard Burton in '' The Lady's Not For Burning''. In the 1950s he appeared in revue, musicals, operetta and on television as well as in classic and modern drama in the theatre. During the 1960s Quilley established himself as a leading actor, making his first films and starring on Australian television. In the early 1970s he was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1977 in the central role in '' Privates on Parade'', which was later made into a feature film. His later parts in musicals included the title role in '' Sweeney Todd'' (1980) and Georges in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Benfield
Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce ''Running Riot'' and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in '' Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' (1996–1998). Arguably, Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series '' The Brothers'' in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970 cult sci-fi series broadcast on UK ITV, ''Timeslip''. Some of his other television roles included Walter Greenhalgh in ''Coronation Street'' (1961–1969), Albert the Clerk in ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–80), and characters in ''Breakaway'' (1980) and '' First of the Summer Wine'' (1988). His film credits include small roles in '' Crossplot'' (1969), '' I Don't Want to Be Born'' (1975) and '' Lifeforce'' (1985). His plays i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barron (actor)
John Barron (24 December 1920 – 3 July 2004) was an English actor. Although Barron was a familiar face on British television from the 1950s, he is best remembered for his role in the BBC comedy ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' is a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. Three series were produced from 1976 to 1979, based on a series of novels written by David Nobbs. Nobbs adapted the screenplay for the fi ...'' (1976–79) playing C.J., Perrin's overbearing boss. Early life Born in Marylebone, London, Barron was interested in acting from an early age. For his 18th birthday, his godfather paid his entry fee to RADA. After serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he returned to stage acting. Career In the 1950s, Barron moved into a directorial role, during which time he came to know Leonard Rossiter. From the mid-1950s, he became more involved in television, and then film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Pemberton
Victor Francis Pemberton (10 October 1931 – 13 August 2017) was a British writer and television producer. His scriptwriting work included BBC radio plays, and television scripts for the BBC and ITV, including ''Doctor Who'', '' The Slide'', ''Timeslip'', ''Tightrope'' and '' The Adventures of Black Beauty''. His television production work included the British version of ''Fraggle Rock'' (second series onwards), and several independent documentaries including the 1989 International Emmy Award-winning ''Gwen: A Juliet Remembered'', about stage actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies. Early life Pemberton grew up in Islington, London, and lived for many years in Essex. In his earlier years, Pemberton had several small screen acting roles. In addition to novelisations, he wrote many nostalgic novels set in London, prompted by the success of his autobiographical radio drama series ''Our Family''. ''Doctor Who'' Pemberton first worked on the programme in 1967 as assistant script editor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternate Future
Time travel is a common theme in fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, and film. The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularized in H. G. Wells' 1895 story, ''The Time Machine''. In general, time travel stories focus on the consequences of traveling into the past or the future. The premise for these stories often involves changing history, either intentionally or by accident, and the ways by which altering the past changes the future and creates an altered present or future for the time traveler upon their return. In other instances, the premise is that the past cannot be changed or that the future is determined, and the protagonist's actions turn out to be inconsequential or intrinsic to events as they originally unfolded. Some stories focus solely on the paradoxes and alternate timelines that come with time travel, rather than time traveling. They often provide some sort of socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alkin
John Alkin (born 17 January 1947) is an English actor turned spiritual healer. He was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, under the name John Kenneth Foinquinos. Biography Acting career Alkin is best remembered for two roles: DC Tom Daniels in Thames Television's police drama '' The Sweeney'' and barrister Barry Deeley Q.C. in Granada Television's drama ''Crown Court''. One of his earliest television appearances was as Robert Martin in the 1972 BBC TV production of Jane Austen's '' Emma''. In 1978 Alkin played Flight Lieutenant Andre De Beers, a character based on the real-life Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC, who attacks the Gestapo Headquarters in Brussels, German-occupied Belgium, in the '' Secret Army'' episode 'Day of Wrath.' He also appeared in numerous guest roles on TV shows such as ''Z-Cars'', ''Timeslip'', '' Minder'', ''The Sandbaggers'', ''Space 1999'' and ''Doctor Who''. Spiritual healing He left acting in the mid-1980s to set up a spiritual healing centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandor Elès
József Sándor Éles (15 June 1936 – 10 September 2002), sometimes credited simply as Sándor Éles, was a Hungarian actor. He started his career in theatre, but was best known latterly for TV and film work. Early life Born in Tatabánya, 60 km from Budapest, Éles was orphaned during World War II, and emigrated to Britain during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Career He began his acting career on stage, and went on to appear in a host of television roles, the majority on ITV. These included the ITC series '' The Avengers'', ''Danger Man'', '' The Baron'', '' The Saint'', ''Timeslip'' and '' Jason King''. He appeared as a storyteller on the BBC children's programme ''Jackanory'' in ten episodes between 1970 and 1972, and he also made appearances in '' The Avengers'', '' The Professionals'', '' Strange Report'' and '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Often cast in generic 'foreigner' roles (diplomats, waiters, desk clerks), he most often played Frenchmen. Éles became a Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fairley
Peter Fairley (2 November 1930 – 5 August 1998) was a British science journalist who was the Science Editor for Independent Television News and '' TV Times'' magazine the late sixties and early seventies. His name became synonymous with ITN's extensive live coverage of the Apollo Moon landing missions. His daughter is Josephine Fairley, journalist, magazine editor and founder with her husband of Green & Black's chocolate company. Biography His father was a telecommunications engineer. He attended Sutton Valence School, Kent and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and he was then the science correspondent for the London ''Evening Standard'' and made numerous radio broadcasts in the 1960s. In April 1961, while employed at the Evening Standard, Fairley, based on warnings sent to ships in the Pacific and a hunch, predicted in his column that the U.S.S.R. was about to launch its first crewed space flight. The column appeared on the front page of the paper, and two days later, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated TeleVision
ATV Network Limited, originally Associated TeleVision (ATV), was a British broadcaster, part of the ITV (TV network), ITV (Independent Television) network. It provided a service to London at weekends from 1955 to 1968, to the Midlands on weekdays from 1956 to 1968, and subsequently to the Midlands all week from 1968 to 1982. It was one of the "History of ITV#The Big Four and Big Five, Big Four" until 1968, and the "Big Five" after 1968, that between them produced the majority of ITV networked programmes. In 1982, ATV was restructured and rebranded as Central Independent Television, under which name it continued to provide the service for the Midlands. ATV was awarded its first franchise by the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide the Independent Television service at weekends for the London region. This service started on Saturday, 24 September 1955, the second ITA franchise to go on air, and was extended until Sunday, 28 July 1968. ATV was also awarded the franch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western World
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and state (polity), states in Western Europe, Northern America, and Australasia; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West. The Western world likewise is called the Occident () in contrast to the Eastern world known as the Orient (). Definitions of the "Western world" vary according to context and perspectives; the West is an evolving concept made up of cultural, political, and economic synergy among diverse groups of people, and not a rigid region with fixed borders and members. Some historians contend that a linear development of the West can be traced from Greco-Roman world, Ancient Greece and Rome, while others argue that such a projection constructs a false genealogy. A geographical concept of the West started to take shape in the 4th century CE when Constantine the Great, Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor, divided the Roman Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
