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Gina Bramhill
Gina Bramhill (born 30 July 1986) is a British actress. Background Gina Bramhill was born in Eastoft, where she grew up on a farm, and was educated at South Axholme Academy and John Leggott College. As a child, she appeared in several school plays. She was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Shortly after graduating she appeared as Bella in the movie ''Lotus Eaters''. 2012 she got a role as the recurring character Eve Sands in the TV series '' Being Human''. In the same year Bramhill played one of the main roles in the drama pilot ''The Frontier''. In '' Coronation Street'' she portrayed the character Jodie Woodward. She got a main role in the movie ''Pleasure Island'', which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. Bramhill also appears on theatre. In 2011 she played the rebellious teenager Annabel in ''Chicken'' at the Southwark Playhouse. She was Melody in ''Bad Jews'' at the Ustinov Studio The Ustinov Studio is a studio theatre in Bath, England. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastoft
Eastoft is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated within the Isle of Axholme, north-east from Crowle, and on the A161 road.OS Explorer Map 280: Isle of Axholme, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough: (1:25 000) : The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 378, increasing to 431 at the 2011 census. History Specialists note the oldest mentions for ''Eastoft'' (Lincolnshire and West Riding of Yorkshire) ''Eschetoft'' around 1170, ''Esketoft'' around 1200 and ''Esktoft'' 13th century and suggest an Old Scandinavian origin, with the name formed from ''eski'' "ash-tree" and ''toft'' (< Old Norse ''topt'') "a homestead, the site of a house and its out-buildings", sometimes ''toft'' may also signify "a settlement site and its accompanying land". On this basis, it would mean "Homestead, house or curtilage where ash trees are growing". The difficulty to articulate the group /skt/ and the attraction of the common word ''East-'' explain the final evolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Comfort (2023 Film)
''Northern Comfort'' is a 2023 comedy film directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson in his English language debut. Co-written by the director with Halldór Laxness Halldórsson and Tobias Munthe, the film stars Timothy Spall and Lydia Leonard. It had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2023. Synopsis A group of people, all suffering of fear of flying, are attending a course meant to deal with this fear. The final step of the course involves going on a "test" flight and they are left stranded in Iceland after a turbulent flight there (possibly also because of a partial engine failure on their airplane). The return flight has initially nine hours delay, so they are sent to stay in a luxurious hotel, with its own spa. With a massive storm approaching, which might cancel all flights out of Iceland, the course-takers are each trying their best to deal with their own demons. Cast *Timothy Spall as Edward *Lydia Leonard as Sarah *Ella Rumpf as Coco * Sverrir Gudnaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mirror
''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Individual episodes explore a diversity of genres, but most are set in near-future dystopias with science fiction technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series is based on ''The Twilight Zone'' and uses technology to comment on contemporary social issues. Most episodes are written by Brooker, with heavy involvement by the executive producer Annabel Jones. There are 22 episodes across five series and one special, in addition to the interactive film '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' (2018). The first two series aired on the British network Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, as did the 2014 special " White Christmas". The programme then moved to Netflix, where three further series aired in 2016, 2017 and 2019. A sixth series on Netflix has been greenlit and is in active production as of July 2022. Two related webisode series were produced by Netflix, and a companion book to the first four series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lying Detective
"The Lying Detective" is the second episode of the fourth series of the British television series '' Sherlock'' and the twelfth episode overall. The episode was first broadcast on BBC One, BBC First, PBS and Channel One on 8 January 2017. Plot Sherlock remains distant to Watson, who is still grieving over the death of his wife, Mary. John, who is seeing a new therapist, conceals the fact that he is having hallucinations of Mary. Culverton Smith, a prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist, gathers close colleagues, including his daughter, Faith, to confess that he is going to kill somebody. Before he does so, he forcibly injects them with a serum that inhibits memory. Faith is still able to remember fragments and writes them down on a sheet of paper. She comes to Sherlock, who has started abusing drugs again, and that she remembers a one-word name that shook her. Sherlock dismisses her case as being too weird and refers her to Scotland Yard. Before Faith leaves, Sherlock rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock (TV Series)
''Sherlock'' is a British mystery crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. Thirteen episodes have been produced, with four three-part series airing from 2010 to 2017 and a special episode that aired on 1 January 2016. The series is set in the present day, while the one-off special features a Victorian period fantasy resembling the original Holmes stories. ''Sherlock'' is produced by the British network BBC, along with Hartswood Films, with Moffat, Gatiss, Sue Vertue and Rebecca Eaton serving as executive producers. The series is supported by the American station WGBH-TV Boston for its ''Masterpiece'' anthology series on PBS, where it also airs in the United States. The series is primarily filmed in Cardiff, Wales, with North Gower Street in London used for exterior shots of Holm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brief Encounters (TV Series)
''Brief Encounters'' is a British comedy-drama series created by Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling. The series is loosely based on Gold Group International CEO Jacqueline Gold's 1995 memoir, ''Good Vibrations'', and details the beginning of the Ann Summers retailer company, through four women who see the potential of finding happiness and fulfillment by selling lingerie and sex toys to women in the privacy of their own homes. The series was produced by CPL Productions for broadcast on ITV and aired from 4 July to 8 August 2016. Filming took place between January and April 2016 in Sheffield. It was well received by critics. The show was cancelled by ITV two months after the airing of last episode. Plot In the early 1980s the lives of four ordinary women, their husbands, mothers, families and community are turned around when they become Ann Summers party plan saleswomen. Episodes Episode 1 It's 1982 when Sheffield factory worker Terry Kirke loses his job. His wife Steph, who cleans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Living And The Dead (TV Series)
''The Living and the Dead'' is a British six-episode supernatural horror television series created by Ashley Pharoah. The plot revolves around Nathan Appleby (played by Colin Morgan) and his wife, Charlotte Appleby (played by Charlotte Spencer), whose farm is believed to be at the centre of numerous supernatural occurrences. Cast Main cast *Colin Morgan as Nathan Appleby, a pioneering Victorian psychologist who moves to his family's estate in Somerset and encounters disturbing events * Charlotte Spencer as Charlotte Appleby, a pioneering photographer who accompanies her husband to try to turn the farm's fortunes around *Nicholas Woodeson as Reverend Matthew Denning Supporting cast * Isaac Andrews as Charlie Thatcher * Elizabeth Berrington as Maud Hare * Sarah Counsell Lizzie Merrifield *Robert Emms as Peter Hare * Amber Fernée as Bathsheba Thatcher * Joel Gillman as Jack Langtree * Tallulah Haddon as Harriet Denning * Kerrie Hayes as Gwen Pearce * Liam McMahon as Tinker * Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret
''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' is a black comedy television series starring David Cross, Sharon Horgan, Blake Harrison, Will Arnett, Spike Jonze, Sara Pascoe and Amber Tamblyn. The series is produced by IFC and RDF Television and premiered on October 1, 2010, on IFC. Premise Seasons one and two The first two seasons of the series tell a single story—that of American office temp worker Todd Margaret (David Cross). After overhearing Todd recite jargon from a self-help CD and confusing it for him being on a call with a customer, ultra-aggressive executive Brent Wilts (Will Arnett) promotes Todd on the spot. Todd is put in charge of Thunder Muscle, a new energy drink his company is seeking to sell in the United Kingdom. Todd's company has only one employee, an Englishman named Dave ( Blake Harrison), who offers his full assistance in helping Todd promote and sell the product in Britain. Most of the humor in season 1 and season 2 focuses on Todd Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Brown (2013 TV Series)
''Father Brown'' is a detective period comedy drama television series loosely based on the Father Brown short stories by G. K. Chesterton, starring Mark Williams as the crime-solving Roman Catholic priest. Broadcast began on BBC One on 14 January 2013. The ninth series premiered on BBC One on 3 January 2022. The show has been renewed for a 10th season which will premiere January 2023. Synopsis The series is set in England during the early 1950s. Father Brown is the priest at St Mary's Catholic Church in the fictional village of Kembleford, located in Gloucestershire in the Cotswolds. Britain is struggling with the aftermath of World War II, and rationing is still in effect. An empathetic man of keen intelligence, Father Brown solves murder cases when members of his parish are involved, when circumstances are strange enough to gain his interest, or when he is directly asked for help. During his investigations, Father Brown occasionally neglects his more mundane parish duties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endeavour (TV Series)
''Endeavour'' is a British television detective drama series. It is a prequel to the long-running '' Inspector Morse'' series. Shaun Evans portrays the young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a detective constable, and later as a detective sergeant, with the Oxford City Police CID. ''Endeavour'' is the third of the Inspector Morse series following from the original ''Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000) and its spin-off, '' Lewis'' (2006–2015). After a pilot episode in 2012, first set in 1965, the first series was broadcast in 2013, also set in 1965 and five more series have followed, with the exception of 2015. The second series was set in 1966, while the third and fourth series were both set in 1967. The fifth series, with six episodes, was set in 1968, and the sixth series picked up eight months later, set in 1969. Series seven, set in 1970, began screening in February 2020, with the first episode shown in the United States on Masterpiece Theatre on 9 August of that yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Selfridge
''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/WGBH for broadcast on ITV. The series began broadcasting on ITV on 6 January 2013 and 30 March 2016 on PBS in the United States. Production Development and production It was announced on 24 May 2011 that ITV was in discussions with ITV Studios about developing an adaptation of Lindy Woodhead's biography ''Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge''. Andrew Davies was confirmed to be working on the script. Beginning in London in 1908, during a time period when women were enjoying an ever-increasing amount of freedom, it tells the story of Harry Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridges department store and includes members of his family, particularly his wife Rose Selfridge. It was originally planned to be screened in 2012, and it is claimed that ITV was forced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by " horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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