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Absolutely Fabulous (series 4)
The fourth series of British television sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous'' premiered on BBC One on 31 August 2001 and concluded on 5 October 2001, consisting of six episodes. Originally, ''Absolutely Fabulous'' was to end with the third series, then two-part special "The Last Shout" was created to serve as an official finale to the series. However, in 2000, Jennifer Saunders created and wrote a television pilot for a proposed new series, '' Mirrorball'', in which she intended to reunite the cast of ''Absolutely Fabulous'' in new roles and a different plot. Saunders, along with Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield, returned for the pilot, but the series was never commissioned. Nevertheless, ''Mirrorball'' inspired Saunders to revive ''Absolutely Fabulous'' and a fourth series was produced. A Christmas special, "Gay" (titled "Absolutely Fabulous in New York" in the United States), was produced following the fourth series and was broadcast in 2002. Cast and char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, she co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, ''French and Saunders'', for which they jointly received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009. Saunders later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom '' Absolutely Fabulous''. Early life Jennifer Jane Saunders was born on 6 July 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England.Hannah Hamad. Jennifer Saunders' — screenonline.org. Retrieved 4 October 2007. Her mother, Barbara Jane Saunders née Duminy, was a biology teacher, born in France, and her father, Robert Thomas Saunders, served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF). He reached the rank of group ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Victoria Hervey
Lady Victoria Frederica Isabella Hervey (; born 6 October 1976) is an English model, socialite, aristocrat, and former "It girl". She is the daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol, half-sister of the 7th Marquess, and sister of the 8th Marquess and Lady Isabella Hervey. Early life Lady Victoria is the eldest child of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and his third wife, Yvonne Marie Sutton, and was born on her father's 61st birthday, 6 October 1976. She is the elder sister of the incumbent 8th Marquess of Bristol and Lady Isabella Hervey. Her older half-brothers were John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol, and Lord Nicholas Hervey, both of whom are deceased. Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, stood sponsor as one of her godfathers. For the first two years of her life Hervey lived at Ickworth House, the family seat in Suffolk, before her parents went into tax exile in Monaco. At the time of her father's death in 1985, the family was living in an apartment at 1E Formentor, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Lacroix
Christian Marie Marc Lacroix (; born 16 May 1951) is a French fashion designer. The name may also refer to the company he founded. Lacroix's designs combine luxury and insouciance. He prefers artisanal trades, fringe, bead, and embroidery. He's characterized by a strong sense of colour, and patterns mix. Early life Lacroix was born in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône in southern France. At a young age he began sketching historical costumes and fashions. Lacroix graduated from secondary school in 1969 and moved to Montpellier, to study Art History at the University of Montpellier. In 1971, he enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris. While working on a dissertation on dress in French 18th-century painting, Lacroix also pursued a program in museum studies at the École du Louvre. His aspiration during this time was to become a museum curator. It was during this time he met his future wife Françoise Rosenthiel, whom he married in 1974. Christian Lacroix couture In 1987, he opened his own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Distel
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of " Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, " Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997. He had also scored a hit as a songwriter when Tony Bennett recorded Sacha's song for The Good Life in 1963. It peaked at #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and Top 10 on the Easy Listening chart. Career Distel was the son of Russian-French emigre Léonide Distel who was born in Odessa (Russian Empire) and French-Jewish pianist Andrée Ventura (1902–1965), born in Constantinople. His uncle was bandleader Ray Ventura. After Ventura settled in Paris with his orchestra Les Collégiens, Distel gave up piano and switched to guitar. During his career, Distel worked with Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Gourley, Lionel Hampton, Slide Hampton, Bobby Jaspar, Barney Kess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin O'Connor
Erin O'Connor, MBE (born 9 February 1978) is a British fashion model. Early life O'Connor was born and brought up in Brownhills, West Midlands, where she attended Brownhills Community School. She was brought up Catholic and her father is from Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. On a school trip to Birmingham's Clothes Show Live, she was spotted by a talent scout. Career Modelling Her first published pictures were by Juergen Teller for issue 159. The Undressed Issue issue of ''i-D'' in December 1996. She has modelled on the catwalk for John Galliano, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, Prada, Versace, Miu Miu, Jasper Conran, Giorgio Armani, Julien Macdonald, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chado Ralph Rucci, Badgley Mischka, and Dolce & Gabbana. She has worked with many leading fashion photographers including Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, Nick Knight, Mario Testino, David Sims, Bryan Adams, Nadav Kander and featured in magazines including '' V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Gorman
David James Gorman (born 2 March 1971) is an English comedian, presenter, and writer. Gorman began his career writing for comedy series such as '' The Mrs Merton Show'' (1993–1998) and '' The Fast Show'' (1994–1997), and later garnered acclaim for his stand-up shows, one of which earned him a nomination for a Perrier Award. He became widely known for his '' Are You Dave Gorman?'' stage show, which he debuted at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and of which the television adaptation was broadcast as ''The Dave Gorman Collection'' in 2001. Gorman followed ''Are You Dave Gorman?'' with several other stand-up shows or comedic concepts that were turned into television series, including ''Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure'' (2003–2005), ''Genius'' (2009–2010), and '' Modern Life Is Goodish'' (2013–2017). He has also been a guest on other shows such as '' Have I Got News for You'', '' Taskmaster'', ''Go 8 Bit'', '' They Think It's All Over'', and '' QI''. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crispin Bonham-Carter
Crispin Daniel Bonham-Carter (born 23 September 1969 in Colchester, Essex) is an English actor, theatre director, and educator. He was appointed Assistant Head at the Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, in 2019. His best known acting role is that of Mr. Bingley in the 1995 television miniseries ''Pride and Prejudice''. His work directing young actors at LAMDA, the Guildhall and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and working at the National Youth Theatre inspired him to train as a teacher. He is a member of the Bonham Carter family. Careers Bonham-Carter starred alongside Ewan McGregor in the 1993 BBC period drama '' Scarlet and Black'', playing Rachel Weisz's suitor. He starred in the TV sitcom ''Honey for Tea'' in 1994. He appeared as Mr Bingley in the 1995 BBC adaptation of ''Pride and Prejudice'', alongside Colin Firth. He played a small role in ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' in 2001. That same year, he appeared on Season 4 of ''Absolutely Fabulous'' as a gardener named Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Wylton
Tim Wylton (born Timothy Higginson; 27 February 1940) is a British actor best known for his television roles as Stanley Dawkins in '' My Hero'', and Lol Ferris in '' As Time Goes By''. Career As a stage actor he appeared in Zeffirelli's noted 1961 Old Vic production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' and was a "mainstay" of the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1963 and 1977. Wylton attended Strathallan School, Perthshire and RADA. He has been acting on British television since 1964, when he made an appearance on ''The Comedy of Errors''. Other early appearances include ''The Liver Birds'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Maybury'', ''The Dustbinmen'', '' On Giant's Shoulders'' and ''Juliet Bravo''. Wylton also had a role in the BBC's 1979 adaptation of ''Henry V'', playing the rather lovable Fluellen. During the 1980s he acted on programmes such as '' Bergerac'', ''To Serve Them All My Days'', '' Campion'', ''The Citadel'' and '' A Bit of a Do'' (as Rodney Sillitoe). In 1983, he appeared in the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Bryan
Dora May Broadbent, (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014), known as Dora Bryan, was a British actress of stage, film and television."Feted Brighton actress Dora, 90, to make rare public appearance" ''The Argus'', 2 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013. Early life Bryan was born in , Lancashire. Her father was a salesman and she attended Hathershaw County Primary School in Oldham, Lancashire. Her career began in |
Richard Madeley
Richard Holt Madeley ( born 13 May 1956) is an English television presenter and writer. Alongside his wife Judy Finnigan, he presented ''This Morning'' and the chat show ''Richard & Judy''. Madeley's solo projects include the ITV series '' Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway'' and covering for ''The Chris Evans Breakfast Show'' on BBC Radio 2. From 2012 to 2017, he was the main relief presenter of Channel 5's ''The Wright Stuff'', and since 2017, he has been one of three main relief presenters of ITV breakfast show '' Good Morning Britain''. Life and career Madeley was born in Romford, Essex on 13 May 1956, the son of journalist Christopher Holt Madeley (died 1977), from a family of tenant farmers at Kiln Farm, Shawbury, Shropshire, and Mary Claire (née McEwan).Fathers and Sons, Richard Madeley, Simon & Schuster, 2008, Chapter 4 His mother was Canadian. He attended Shenfield High School in Brentwood. In 2008, Madeley told ''The Guardian'' that his father was physically abus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Finnigan
Judith Adele Finnigan (born 16 May 1948) is an English television presenter and writer. She co-presented ITV's ''This Morning'' (1988–2001, 2019–) and the Channel 4 chat show, '' Richard & Judy'' (2001–2008) alongside her husband Richard Madeley. Her debut novel ''Eloise'', published in 2012, was a ''Sunday Times'' bestseller. Her second novel, ''I Do Not Sleep'', was published in 2015. Early life Finnigan was born in Newton Heath, Manchester, on 16 May 1948. The second of three children, she has two brothers: Callum, who is older and Roger, who is younger. Finnigan attended the local Briscoe Lane Primary School, which at the time was known as Brookdale Park School. Finnigan then went on to attend Manchester High School for Girls, an independent school in the city, and later studied English and Drama at the University of Bristol. Career In 1971, Finnigan joined Granada Television as a researcher and in 1974, she moved to Anglia Television in Norwich to become the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Greco (actor)
Michael Greco (born 12 November 1970) is a British actor and poker player. He is best known for his role as Beppe di Marco in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', which he played for four years between 1998 and 2002. Film In summer 2006 he finished filming the leading role in the independent feature film '' Naked in London'', opposite another ex-EastEnder Jake Maskall. Theatre Greco starred in a modernised pop musical version of ''Aladdin'', as the villain "Pickanchoos", at Poole's Lighthouse Theatre during the 2007 Christmas and New Year Season. Television Greco became widely known for his role as Beppe Di Marco in the soap opera EastEnders, joining the show in 1998. His character was developed as part of the show's introduction of the Di Marco family, the majority of whom featured until all characters with the exception of Beppe and his son Joe were axed from the show in the year 2000. Greco continued to feature among various storylines until his departure in 2002. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
