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St Dominic's Sixth Form College
St Dominic's Sixth Form College is a selective Roman Catholic sixth form college on Harrow on the Hill, England founded in 1878, originally founded as a boarding school. The college was opened and initiated by Cardinal Hume. The college was awarded ’Sixth Form college of the year’ from The Times newspaper in 2017. Grounds There are five main buildings on the school grounds: the Aquinas building, the Catherine building, the Hume building, the Siena Building (Sports Hall) and the Chapel. Each of the buildings was named after a notable figure in Christian theology; Thomas Aquinas, Basil Hume and St Catherine of Siena. The Aquinas building contains the Open Access Computer suite, the Science department and the Music department. The Catherine building was the original school building and was completely remodelled to form the library, the Mathematics department, the Languages department, the IT department and the English department as well as the canteen and the Careers Office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Form College
A sixth form college is an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A Levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or school-level qualifications such as General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations. In Singapore and India, this is known as a junior college. The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the phrase 'sixth form college' as the English name for a lycée (Highschool). In England and the Caribbean, education is currently compulsory until the end of Year 13, the school year in which the pupil turns 18.Previously in England, education was compulsory only until Year 11 before August 2013 and until year 12 between August 2013 and 2015.Education and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilys Laye
Dilys Laye (born Dilys Lay; 11 March 1934 – 13 February 2009) was an English actress and screenwriter, best known for her comedy roles. Early life Laye was born in Muswell Hill, London, the daughter of Edward Lay and his wife Margaret (''née'' Hewitt). Her father left the family when she was aged eight to work as a musician in South Africa and never came back. During World War II Laye and her brother were evacuated to Devon, where they were unhappy and endured physical abuse. Laye returned home to a new stepfather and a mother who was keen to transfer her thwarted ambitions to her daughter. After education at St Dominic's Sixth Form College, Middlesex and training at the Aida Foster School, Laye made her stage debut aged 14 as a boy in a play called ''The Burning Bush'' at the New Lindsey Theatre and her film debut a year later as a younger version of Jean Kent in '' Trottie True''. Career From 1950, Laye appeared in numerous West End revues, including ''And So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadcasters, and is based in 12 countries across 60 production labels, with local production offices in the UK, US, Belgium, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Israel, France, Spain and Scandinavia. About ITV Studios not only makes programs primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as the BBC and Channel 4. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'channel three' licensees which occurred from 1994 to 2004, and for a number of years thereafter following the creation of ITV plc. The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia (based at ITV Granada, and co-owned with BBC Studios and Post Production), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hat Trick Productions
Hat Trick Productions is an independent British production company that produces television and radio programmes, mainly specialising in comedy, based in London. History Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville, and Denise O'Donoghue. Its first commission was ''Chelmsford 123'', a situation comedy for Channel 4. Two years later, Geoffrey Perkins became company director, and helped to produce shows such as ''Father Ted'', ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'', and '' Have I Got News for You''. Perkins left the organisation in 1995, to become head of comedy for BBC Television. Hat Trick International struck a first look deal with Cardiff Productions and has a joint venture with British television writer Jed Mercurio called HTM Television, with this production company responsible for dramas such as ''Bloodlands'' with James Nesbitt and the forthcoming ''DI Ray'' with Parminder Nagra. Current programmes Hat Trick * ''Bloodlands'' (BBC One 2021–present) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Mulville
James Thomas Mulville (born 5 January 1955) is an English comedian, comedy writer, producer and television presenter. He is best known for co-founding (in 1986) the British independent television production company Hat Trick Productions with Denise O'Donoghue and Rory McGrath (who left in 1992). In 2003, Mulville and O'Donoghue, as co-founders of Hat Trick, were listed in ''The Observer'' as two of the 50 funniest people in Britain. Early career Brought up in Walton, Liverpool, Mulville attended Alsop High School, a local comprehensive. He began his career as an actor and writer for the Cambridge Footlights, whilst reading French and Classics at Jesus College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, Mulville met Rory McGrath with whom he both performed and wrote. He became president of Cambridge Footlights in 1977 and after graduating, went on to work for BBC Radio comedy for four years, producing shows such as ''Injury Time'' (1980–1982) and '' Radio Active'', before moving to television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise O'Donoghue
Denise O'Donoghue, OBE (born 13 April 1955, in Wembley) is a British television production company executive. Early life She attended the Catholic St Dominic's Convent Grammar School in north-west London (became St Dominic's Sixth Form College in 1979). She graduated in 1979 with a BA in Politics from University of York. Career With Rory McGrath and Jimmy Mulville, she co-founded the independent British TV production company Hat Trick Productions in 1986. As a television producer, O'Donoghue has worked on shows such as the original British version of ''Whose Line is it Anyway?'', and '' Have I Got News for You''. McGrath left the company in 1992. In 2003, O'Donoghue and Mulville, as the remaining co-founders of Hat Trick, were listed in ''The Observer'' as two of the 50 funniest people in Britain. Personal life O'Donoghue married Mulville in 1987. They divorced in the mid-1990s but continued to work together. In 2006, she married Michael Holland, an oil shipping businessman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Burley
Kay Burley (born Kay McGurrin; 17 December 1960) is a British broadcaster and writer. She is a presenter on Sky News and hosts '' Kay Burley'', the breakfast slot on the channel. She also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television, and TV-am. Early life Burley was brought up in Beech Hill, Wigan, Lancashire, the daughter of parents who worked in a cardboard-making factory. She attended Whitley High School (closed 1990). She began her reporting-career at age 17, working for the '' Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle''. Broadcasting career Burley worked for BBC local radio and Tyne Tees Television, before joining TV-am in 1985 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. From 1987, she presented TV-am's first hour, filling in for Caroline Righton and covering for Anne Diamond during their maternity leave. Burley was recruited by Andrew Neil, and joined Sky Television, launching the Sky One Entertainment Channel in November 1988 with her own documentary, ''The Satellite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV News Calendar
ITV News ''Calendar'' is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV Yorkshire. Overview The news service transmits to Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, northwestern Norfolk and parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire areas of England. It is produced and broadcast from ITV Yorkshire's Leeds studios with district reporters and camera crews based at newsrooms in Hull, Lincoln and Sheffield. History 1968 to January 2007 ''Calendar'' first aired on the launch day of Yorkshire Television – Monday 29 July 1968. Since its launch, the programme has been produced at ITV Yorkshire's main studios in Kirkstall Road, Leeds. ''Calendar''s first presenter was Jonathan Aitken. In later years, it was hosted by Richard Whiteley (until 1995, alongside his duties on ''Countdown'', earning him the nickname "Twice Nightly Whiteley"), Austin Mitchell (until he became a Labour Member of Parliament in 1977), Marylyn Webb, Christa Ackroyd and Mike Morris. Upon gaining the Belmont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Yorkshire
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network. Until 1974, this was primarily the historic county of Yorkshire and parts of neighbouring counties served by the Emley Moor transmitter. Following a reorganisation in 1974 the transmission area was extended to include Lincolnshire, northwestern Norfolk and parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, served by the Belmont transmitter. Two consortia applied for the franchise, ''Telefusion Yorkshire Ltd'' and ''Yorkshire Independent Television'', the former having large financial backing (supported by the Blackpool-based ''Telefusion'' television rental chain) and the latter having the better plans but fewer resources. On 1 January 2007, the company transferred its programme production business to ITV Studios Limited. As a consequence, Yorkshire Television Limited ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaynor Barnes
Gaynor Louise Barnes (born 27 September 1961) is a British presenter and journalist who was employed by ITV Yorkshire. Barnes is a patron of Yorkshire Air Ambulance and The Prince of Wales Hospice in Pontefract. Early life She was born in Uxbridge in Middlesex. From 1973 to 1978, she went to St Dominic's Independent Grammar School for Girls (St Dominic's Sixth Form College since 1979) in Harrow on the Hill. From 1978 to 1980, she went to the independent Heathfield School in Harrow. Career BBC From 1980 to 1991 she worked for the BBC in London as a research assistant in news and current affairs. During this time she worked on BBC Question Time. After training as a journalist, Gaynor worked on local radio stations and on Breakfast Time, Newsnight, and Panorama. ITV She became a presenter for Calendar on 24 June 1991. Barnes co-presented the South edition of Calendar from January 2007, however she was redeployed as a newsreader in February 2009, following the merger of n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conn Iggulden
Connor Iggulden (; born ) is a British author who writes historical fiction, most notably the ''Emperor'' series and ''Conqueror'' series. He also co-authored '' The Dangerous Book for Boys'' along with his brother Hal Iggulden. In 2007, Iggulden became the first person to top the UK fiction and non-fiction charts at the same time. Background Born in 1971 to an English father (who was an RAF pilot during the Second World War, ) and Irish mother (whose grandfather was a seanchaí). He went to Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary in Ruislip, Middlesex, then attended St Martins School in Northwood, before moving on to Merchant Taylors' School. He then went to St Dominic's Sixth Form College, before he studied English at the University of London, and went on to teach the subject for seven years, becoming head of the English department at Haydon School, where one of his students was Fearne Cotton. He eventually left teaching to write his first novel, ''The Gates of Rome''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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