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Andrew Davenport
Andrew Davenport (born 10 June 1965) is an English writer, puppeteer, producer, composer, and actor, specialising in creating television, music, and books for young children. He is known as co-creator and writer of ''Teletubbies'' and writer, voice artist and puppeteer of "Tiny" on '' Tots TV''. He is also the creator, writer, and composer of both '' In the Night Garden...'' and '' Moon and Me''. Davenport co-created ''Teletubbies"Andrew Davenport: Ooo, what's all the fuss? – Telegraph" ''The Telegraph'', 17 January 2008.'' (first broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folkestone
Folkestone ( ) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal resort for most of the 19th and mid-20th centuries. This location has had a settlement since the Mesolithic era. A nunnery was founded by Eanswith, granddaughter of Æthelberht of Kent in the 7th century, who is still commemorated as part of the town's culture. During the 13th century, it developed into a seaport, and the harbour developed during the early 19th century to defend against a French invasion. Folkestone expanded further west after the arrival of the railway in 1843 as an elegant coastal resort, thanks to the investment of the Earl of Radnor under the urban plan of Decimus Burton. In its Edwardian-era heyday, Folkestone was considered the most fashionable resort of the time, visited by royalty — amongst them Queen Victoria and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the Southbank Centre in central London, England and part of an area of major arts venues on the South Bank of the River Thames. It is sited adjacent to the other Southbank Centre buildings (the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall/Purcell Room) and also the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre and BFI Southbank repertory cinema. Following a rebranding of the South Bank Centre to Southbank Centre in early 2007, the Hayward Gallery was known as the Hayward until early 2011. Description The Hayward Gallery was built by Higgs and Hill and opened on 9 July 1968. Its massing and extensive use of exposed concrete construction are features typical of Brutalist architecture. The initial concept was designed, with the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, as an addition to the Southbank Centre arts complex by team leader Norman Engleback, assisted by John Attenborough, Ron Herron and Warren Chalk, two members of the later founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine Group
Shine Group was a British international television production and distribution group with 26 production companies across 12 countries creating scripted and non-scripted content in the global marketplace. Shine Group companies included award-winning genre specialists such as U.K.-based Kudos (drama), Dragonfly (factual), Princess Productions (entertainment and multi-genre) and Shine TV (factual and factual entertainment); U.S. producer Shine America (formerly Reveille); and Metronome Film & Television, the Nordic region’s largest production group. The group also includes Shine 360°, a group-wide ancillary and commercial rights division, Shine International, the dedicated international sales and distribution arm and unscripted formats division Shine Network. Shine International distributed a catalogue of more than 4,000 hours of broadcast content to more than 200 territories worldwide as of the end of 2013. Internationally distributed shows from the Shine group include ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)
Elisabeth Murdoch (born 22 August 1968) is an Australian-born British and American media executive based in the United Kingdom. She was a non-executive chairperson of Shine Group, the UK-based TV programme production company she founded in 2001, until the company's parent 21st Century Fox merged its Shine Group division with Apollo Global Management's Endemol and Core Media production houses, to specialise in reality TV, in 2015. She is the daughter of the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and is widely believed to be the inspiration for the character Shiv Roy in the television series ''Succession''. , the whole Murdoch family is involved in a court case in the US in which Elisabeth, her brother James, and elder half-sister Prudence are challenging their father's bid to amend the family trust to ensure that his eldest son, Lachlan, retains control of News Corp and Fox Corp, rather than benefiting all of his six children, as is specified in the "irrevocable" terms of the trust. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildBrain
WildBrain Ltd. is a Canadian media, animation studio, production company, production, and brand licensing company, mostly associated as an entertainment company. The company is known for owning the largest independent library of Children's television series, children's television programming, including the assets of acquisitions such as Cookie Jar Group, Epitome Pictures, and Wildbrain Entertainment among others, distribution rights to the Jay Ward Productions and Ragdoll Productions libraries, and a stake in the ''Peanuts'' franchise. The company was founded in 2006 as DHX Media, via a merger between Decode Entertainment and the Halifax Film Company. The company subsequently acquired other studios and assets, acquired the Canadian specialty service Family Channel (Canadian TV channel), Family Channel in 2014 to expand into broadcasting, and established the YouTube multi-channel network WildBrain Spark, WildBrain (now WildBrain London) in 2016. Building upon the strength of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brum (TV Series)
''Brum'' is a British children's television series about the adventures of a small, anthropomorphised vintage car named Brum. The series was originally narrated by Toyah Willcox, who also provided the voice for Brum and all characters. The show aired for three series between 1991 and 2002, with two revived CGI series on YouTube in 2016. The show first aired on BBC 1 on the children's block, Children's BBC, and later on CBeebies. Set in Birmingham, England (referred to as the "Big Town" in the series) and produced by Ragdoll Productions, ''Brums first broadcasting was in 1991 and the last live-action series was broadcast in 2002. It was initially directed, written and produced by Anne Wood and initially narrated by Toyah Willcox who also provided the voice for Brum and all the characters in story form. In series 3, all the characters including Brum were silent except for all the car noises. Children provided commentary similar to silent film rather than a single narrator who sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Stevens (puppeteer)
Robin Gordon Stevens is an English puppeteer, actor, director, and writer for children's TV for over 35 years, and has done many successful programmes. These include ''Pob's Programme'', ''Whizz'', ''Lay-on-Five'', '' Corners'', ''Teletubbies'', ''Rosie and Jim'', ''Tots TV'', ''Boohbah'', and ''Blips''. He also appeared as a Goblin in the movie ''Labyrinth'' with David Bowie. Early life Stevens was born in Chorleywood, England. He trained at the Cannon Hill Puppet Theater for four years (1978–1982) with John Blundall, the world-famous puppet master. Career Stevens worked for Ragdoll Productions for 24 years (1982–2006), writing the series Pob's Playtime, Rosie and Jim and co-writing ''Tots TV''. Later on he also at times co-wrote scripts and originated content with Alan Dapre. He also worked for the BBC, puppeteering ''Jo Corner'' on '' Corners''. Bug and Voice in ''Whizz'' and Fribble in ''Lay-on-Five''. He puppeteered Pob in ''Pob's Programme'',Ian Potter, ''The Rise an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Television Awards
The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards, are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. They have been awarded annually since 1955. Background The first-ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories. Until 1958, they were awarded by the Guild of Television Producers and Directors. From 1958 onwards, after the Guild had merged with the British Film Academy, the organisation was known as the Society of Film and Television Arts. In 1976, this became the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. From 1968 until 1997, the BAFTA Film and Television awards were presented in one joint ceremony known simply as the BAFTA Awards, but in order to streamline the ceremonies from 1998 onwards they were split in two. The Television Awards are usually presented in April, with a separate ceremony for the Television Craft Awards on a different date. The Craft Awards are presented for more technical areas of the ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragdoll Productions
Ragdoll Productions Limited, or simply Ragdoll, is a British television production company founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who had previously worked for Yorkshire Television and TV-am. It is located in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, and has produced a number of children's programmes, most notably '' Teletubbies'', '' Pob's Programme'', '' Rosie and Jim'', '' Brum'', '' Boohbah'', '' Tots TV'', and '' In the Night Garden...,'' most of which are now owned by WildBrain. History Ragdoll Productions was founded on 26 July 1984 by Anne Wood, who produced shows for the ITV network. It was incorporated as Ragdoll Productions (U.K.) Limited in April 1985 and was originally based in Birmingham. The company's first show, '' Pob's Programme'', premiered on Channel 4 later that year. The company was later commissioned by Central Independent Television to produce '' Playbox'', which demonstrated the ability for the company to produce their own characters. In 1989, ''The Magic Mirror'' and ''BOOM!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert & George
Gilbert Prousch, sometimes referred to as Gilbert Proesch (born 17 September 1943), and George Passmore (born 8 January 1942) are artists who work together as the collaborative art duo Gilbert & George. They are known for their formal appearance and manner in performance art, and for their brightly coloured graphic-style photo-based artworks. In 2017 the pair celebrated their 50th anniversary as collaborators. In April 2023 Gilbert & George opened the Gilbert & George Centre in Heneage Street, London E1, to showcase their work in regular exhibitions. Early lives Gilbert Prousch was born in San Martin de Tor in Alto Adige South Tyrol, northern Italy, his native language being Ladin. He studied art at the Sëlva School of Art in Val Gardena and Hallein School of Art in Austria and the Akademie der Kunst, Munich, before moving to England. George Passmore was born in Plymouth in the United Kingdom, to a single mother in a low-income household. He dropped out of regular schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinness
Guinness () is a stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at Guinness Brewery, St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland, in the 18th century. It is now owned by the British-based Multinational corporation, multinational alcoholic beverage maker Diageo. It is one of the most successful alcohol brands worldwide, brewed in almost 50 countries, and available in over 120. Sales in 2011 amounted to 850,000,000 litres (190,000,000 imp gal; 220,000,000 U.S. gal). It is the highest-selling beer in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Guinness Storehouse is a tourist attraction at Guinness Brewery, St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. Since opening in 2000, it has received over 20 million visitors. Guinness's flavour derives from malted barley and roasted unmalted barley; the unmalted barley is a relatively modern addition that became part of the grist in the mid-20th century. For many years, a portion of aged brew was blended with freshly brewed beer to give a sharp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehdi Norowzian
Mehdi Norowzian (Persian: مهدی نوروزیان) is an Iranian-British director. He was nominated for an Oscar for his short film ''Killing Joe'' (1999) at the 72nd Academy Awards. Early life He was born in Iran, and later moved to the UK. Career He has directed two films: ''Leo'' (2002) starring Joseph Fiennes and Elisabeth Shue, and ''Killing Joe'' (1999) short, which starred Daniel Bliss. In 1997, Norowzian unsuccessfully pursued a lawsuit against Guinness for copyright infringement, citing similarities between their 1994 ''Anticipation'' advertising campaign and ''Joy'', a short film present on Norowzian's show reel which he distributed to a number of advertising agencies An advertising agency, often referred to as a creative agency or an ad agency, is a business dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising and sometimes other forms of promotion and marketing for its clients. An ad agency is generall ... in 1992. Filmography Feature films Short f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
