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Castles In The Sky (film)
''Castles in the Sky'' is a British fact-based television drama first broadcast on BBC Two on 4 September 2014. The movie shows Robert Watson-Watt and other British scientists' struggle to invent radar in the years leading to World War II. Plot It is the mid-1930s and Germany is making rapid advances in weaponry, especially aircraft. Suspecting that a war is likely, the British War Ministry look to new and advanced inventions of their own. This film charts the work of Robert Watson-Watt, the pioneer of Radar, and his hand-picked team of eccentric yet brilliant meteorologists as they abandon their initial direction of a death ray and struggle to turn the concept of Radar into a workable reality. Hamstrung by a small budget, challenging technical problems and even a spy, Watson Watt also has to deal with marital problems. By 1939, Watson Watt and his team have developed the world's first Radar system along England's south east coast - a system that, in 1940, will be critical in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillies MacKinnon
Gillies MacKinnon (born 8 January 1948, Glasgow) is a Scottish film director, writer and painter. He attended the Glasgow School of Art where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist, and about this time he traveled with a nomadic tribe in the Sahara for six months. In the 1970s he studied at the Middlesex Polytechnic and in the 1980s in the National Film and Television School. He made a short film called ''Passing Glory'' as his graduation piece, a recreation of Glasgow in the 1950s and 1960s. It was premiered at the 1986 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the first Scottish Film Prize. Filmography *''Conquest of the South Pole'' (1989) (TV film, adapted from the play by Manfred Karge) *''The Grass Arena'' (1991) *''The Playboys'' (1992) *''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' (1992) (TV series) *''A Simple Twist of Fate'' (1994) *''Small Faces'' (1996) co-writer and director *''Trojan Eddie'' (1996) *''Regeneration'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt (born 20 July 1967) is an English actor, best known for playing Dr "Mac" Macartney in the comedy television series ''Green Wing'' (2004–2006). Early life Rhind-Tutt was born in West Drayton, Middlesex, the youngest of five; there was a 10-year gap between him and his two brothers and two sisters. He attended the John Lyon School in Harrow, Middlesex, where he acted in school productions, eventually taking the lead in a school production of ''Hamlet'' that played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the mid-1980s. After reading English and Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London where he won the 1992 Carleton Hobbs Award from BBC Radio Drama. Career Rhind-Tutt's first significant acting role was as the Duke of York in ''The Madness of King George'' (1994). This was followed by a succession of lesser television and film roles. He then landed a major role in William Boyd's First World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Film Office
Glasgow Film Office (GFO) is the film commission for Glasgow, Scotland, tasked with supporting all productions wanting to film in the city. The office was established in 1997 for Glasgow City Council to support the logistical needs of film and television production. In 1997, Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police signed the Film Charter for the City of Glasgow, which ensures that productions filming in the city have co-operation from filming liaison officers in Glasgow City Council departments and the Police. GFO also grants location agreements for Council owned property and liaises with other public sector organisations. GFO also maintains an online database An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the Internet, as opposed to one that is stored locally on an individual computer or its attached storage (such as a CD). Online databases are hosted on websites, made available as s ... of locations to assist location managers looking for specific fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creative Scotland
Creative Scotland ( gd, Alba Chruthachail ; sco, Creative Scotlan) is the development body for the arts and creative industries in Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, it is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. The organisation was created by the passing of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and inherited the functions of Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council on 1 July 2010. An interim company, Creative Scotland 2009, was set up to assist the transition from the existing organisations. Creative Scotland has the general functions of: *identifying, supporting and developing quality and excellence in the arts and culture from those engaged in artistic and other creative endeavours, *promoting understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the arts and culture, *encouraging as many people as possible to access and participate in the arts and culture, *realising, as far as reasonably practicable to do so, the value and benefits (in part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995. The company monetises BBC brands, selling BBC and other British programming for broadcast abroad with the aim of supplementing the income received by the BBC through the licence fee. The company merged with BBC Studios on 1 April 2018, to form a new licensing, production, and distribution company under the BBC Studios name. History Origins In addition to broadcasting, the BBC has for much of its life also produced additional materials for sale, the profits of which would be returned to the corporation to aid in the financing of these services. The highest profile of these early products was the listings magazine ''Radio Times'', but the net revenue gained from this in 1928 (£93,686, 10 s, 1 d) only equated to 10% of total BBC income. Prior to 1979, several BBC departments dealt with the exploitation and sale of BBC brands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, it employs approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. Some £320 million of licence fee revenue is raised in Scotland, with expenditure on purely local content set to stand at £86 million by 2016–17. The remainder of licence fee revenue raised in the country is spent on networked programmes shown throughout the UK. BBC Scotland operates television channels such as the Scottish variant of BBC One, the BBC Scotland channel and the Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba, and radio stations BBC Radio Scotland and Gaelic-language BBC Radio nan Gaidheal. History The first radio service in Scotland was launched by the British Broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off-campus; many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate) can also be studied anywhere in the world. There are also a number of full-time postgraduate research students based on the 48-hectare university campus in Milton Keynes, where they use the OU facilities for research, as well as more than 1,000 members of academic and research staff and over 2,500 administrative, operational and support staff. The OU was established in 1969 and was initially based at Alexandra Palace, north London, using the television studios and editing facilities which had been vacated by the BBC. The first students enrolled in January 1971. The university administration is now based at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, but has administratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shameless (UK TV Series)
''Shameless'' is a British comedy drama television programme created and executive produced by Paul Abbott. Set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate, the show revolves around the dysfunctional working-class Gallagher family (Frank, Fiona, Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie, and Liam), depicting and commenting on British working-class life and culture. Produced by Company Pictures, the show aired on Channel 4 from 13 January 2004 to 28 May 2013 for eleven series and 139 episodes. It was praised by the British media, including the newspaper '' The Sun'' and ''Newsnight Review'' on BBC Two. In 2005, the show won Best Drama Series at the BAFTA TV Awards and Best TV Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards. An American adaptation of ''Shameless'' aired on Showtime from 9 January 2011 to 11 April 2021. Plot Series 1 (2004) The first series of ''Shameless'' ran from 13 January to 24 February 2004, and consisted of seven episodes. It chronicled the life of the Gallagher fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Shillinglaw
Kim Danila Shillinglaw''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' (born 1969) is a British media executive. A former Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, Head of Science and Natural History Commissioning at the BBC, and Commissioner for Children's Entertainment at CBBC, she later became Director of Factual Programming at Endemol Shine UK, Early life and career Born in London, Shillinglaw spent her early years in Cameroon and Spain, countries in which her parents worked during the 1970s.Rachel Cook"Kim Shillinglaw: 'The BBC is there to be distinct. Not highbrow or lowbrow'" ''The Observer'', 2 August 2014 After her family's return to Britain, she attended Holland Park Comprehensive and then read history at Wadham College, Oxford.John Plunket"Kim Shillinglaw: the straight-talking new controller of BBC2" ''The Guardian'', 20 April 2014 After her graduation, she worked in strategy and the music industry then joined Observer Films (for a time part of the Guardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Hadlow
Janice Vivienne Hadlow (born November 1957) in Lewisham is a former BBC television executive. She was the controller of the BBC television channel BBC Two, taking over this position in November 2008 having previously been controller of BBC Four. At the beginning of March 2014 she assumed a new post within the BBC responsible for special projects and seasons. Hadlow's post was abolished when she left the BBC in 2016. Early life Hadlow was educated at comprehensive school in Swanley (now called Orchards Academy), in north Kent, and graduated with a BA in History from King's College London in 1978. She then spent time as a Postgraduate History Researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London (1978–81). BBC career Hadlow began her media career with the BBC in 1986 as a production trainee. For two years between 1987 and 1989 she was a producer for BBC Radio 4 in the Current Affairs and Magazines department, where she produced ''Woman's Hour'' before moving to television. She worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain McKee
Iain McKee is an English actor best known for his role as Frank Gadney in BBC1 drama series ''Lilies'' and Michael in BBC sitcom ''The Visit''. He is originally from Bolton and now lives in North London. Filmography * 2001 - ''The Parole Officer'' - Second Policeman * 2001 - '' The Bunker'' - Private * 2004 - ''The Banker'' - Nervous Man * 2008 - ''Me and Orson Welles'' - Vahktangov Television * 2002 - ''Is Harry on the Boat?'' - Baz (2 episodes) * 2002 - ''Burn It'' - Paul (8 episodes) * 2003 - ''Burn It 2'' - Paul (10 episodes) * 2004 - ''The Bill'' - Joe Best (2 episodes) * 2004 - ''Conviction'' - Terry Waters * 2005 - ''Legless'' - Paul * 2005 - ''Dead Man Weds'' - Duane Guffog (6 episodes) * 2005 - '' Shameless'' - Graham (1 episode) * 2006 - ''The Somme – From Defeat to Victory'' - Pvt. Fiddes * 2007 - ''Lilies'' - Frank Gadney (7 Episodes) * 2007 - ''Housewife 49'' - Tom * 2007 - '' The Visit'' - Michael * 2008 - ''Wired'' - Nick * 2009 - ''Ideal'' - Jamie * 2009 - ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward George Bowen
Edward George "Taffy" Bowen, CBE, FRS (14 January 1911 – 12 August 1991) was a Welsh physicist who made a major contribution to the development of radar. He was also an early radio astronomer, playing a key role in the establishment of radioastronomy in Australia and the United States. Early years Edward George Bowen was born at Cockett in Swansea, south Wales, to George Bowen and Ellen Ann (née Owen). George Bowen was a steelworker in a Swansea tinplate works. From an early age Bowen developed a strong interest in radio and cricket. He entered Swansea University and read physics and related subjects. He graduated with a First-Class Honours degree in 1930, and continued with postgraduate research on X-rays and the structure of alloys, earning an MSc in 1931. He completed his doctorate under Professor E.V. Appleton at King's College London. As part of his research, Bowen spent a large part of 1933 and 1934 working with a cathode-ray direction finder at the Radio Research S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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