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Pickle Storm
Pickle Storm is a British children's sitcom created by Dan Gaster, Will Ing, and Paul Powell for CBBC. Produced by Black Dog Television, it premiered on 9 September 2024. The series centers on the eponymous Pickle Storm, a 9-year-old girl who fled Kelftania, her magic-filled fantasy home world, to seek refuge in the fictitious town of Middlington in the United Kingdom. The series is filmed in Northern Ireland. A second series is due for broadcast in 2025. Premise Cast * Kassidi Roberts as Pickle * Donna Preston as Lystra * Inel Tomlinson as Hendrick * Cadence Williams as Mia * Philip Green as Mr Ludcomb * Mitra Djalili as Yasmin * Michael Condron as Derek * Toby Barnett-Jones as Roland * Chris Barlow as Swumpy (puppeteer) Justin Fletcher Justin Fletcher (born 15 June 1970) is an English children's television presenter, actor, comedian and singer, known for mainly appearing on CBeebies. Speaking and performing in various, often self-created, roles, he specialises in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Preston
Donna Preston (born 6 June 1986) is an English actress, comedian and writer, notable for appearances in ''Apocalypse Wow'', '' Hey Tracey!'' and '' Scared of the Dark''. She appears as Despair in Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman'' released on Netflix in 2022. Early life and education Preston was born on 6 June 1986 in York, North Yorkshire and went to Fulford School in York. She attended York College and went on to train at Rose Bruford in London. Career Preston has appeared in a number of films and television series. Film work includes '' Set the Thames on Fire'' (starring Noel Fielding), ''Grimsby'' (starring Sacha Baron Cohen), ''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' (starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson) and ''Holmes & Watson'' (starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly). She has also regularly lent her voice to the Discovery Channel, BBC, ITV, E4, Amazon and Channel 4. In 2018, she appeared in ''Coronation Street'', '' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald'', and took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inel Tomlinson
Inel Tomlinson (born 4 September 1984) is an actor, TV personality and stand-up comedian from London, best known for being one half of Johnny and Inel alongside Johnny Cochrane, the UK's first black comedy double act. The duo are known on kids TV for their CBBC TV comedy show '' The Johnny & Inel Show'' and ''Junior Vets on Call''. In 2015, the pair joined the Fubar Radio team and took over the airwaves with their Thursday afternoon 'Live & Loud' show. After a successful year at Fubar Radio, the duo were invited to join the all-new Virgin Radio UK lineup in a prime Friday night 7pm-11pm slot. As a voiceover artist, Tomlinson voiced 'Rex' in CBeebies 'Footy Pups' and has voiced Agent A Gent in the CBBC Zig & Zag cartoon released in April 2016. Tomlinson has also appeared on Videogame Nation and is a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit, performing around the country at gigs for Jongleurs, The Glee Club and many more. His stand-up comedy experience led him to set up Kinetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Fletcher
Justin Fletcher (born 15 June 1970) is an English children's television presenter, actor, comedian and singer, known for mainly appearing on CBeebies. Speaking and performing in various, often self-created, roles, he specialises in slapstick comedy and works with children with special educational needs through his show '' Something Special''. Biography Personal life Fletcher was born on 15 June 1970 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He is the son of songwriter Guy Fletcher. He has three sisters and one brother. His cousin, also named Guy Fletcher, is a musician. Career While in his final year studying drama at the Guildford School of Acting, Fletcher started to regularly watch Phillip Schofield working as a continuity announcer and was inspired to pursue a career in children's television. Following a suggestion from Schofield, Fletcher sketched out various comedic characters and put together a showreel called ''Justin Time'' which encompassed two different characters: Anna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBBC
CBBC is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 to 12. Its sister channel, CBeebies, is aimed at children aged 6 and under. It broadcasts every day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Three. History Launched on 11 February 2002 at the same time as its sister channel CBeebies, the CBBC name (a contraction of Children's BBC) has been used from 1997 onwards to brand all content on BBC One and BBC Two aimed at children. It has continued to be used as a brand on these channels even after regular weekday broadcasting was discontinued in 2012. Prior to the dedicated channels' launch, there were CBBC strands on other cable and satellite stations. First, on Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel), Nickelodeon as CBBC on Nickelodeon between 1996 and 1999, and on BBC Choice with exclusive programmes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Dog Television
Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''Psychologie de la couleur – effets et symboliques'', pp. 105–26. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites such as good and evil, the Dark Ages versus the Age of Enlightenment, and night versus day. Since the Middle Ages, black has been the symbolic color of solemnity and authority, and for this reason it is still commonly worn by judges and magistrates. Black was one of the first colors used by artists in Neolithic cave paintings. It was used in ancient Egypt and Greece as the color of the underworld. In the Roman Empire, it became the color of mourning, and over the centuries it was frequently associated with death, evil, witches, and magic. In the 14th century, it was worn by royalty, clergy, judges, and government off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
