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Tanya Byron
Tanya Byron ( Sichel; born 6 April 1967) is a British psychologist, writer, and media personality, best known for her work as a child therapist on television shows ''Little Angels'' and '' The House of Tiny Tearaways''. She also co-created the BBC Two sitcom '' The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle'' with Jennifer Saunders, and still contributes articles to various newspapers. In 2008, she became Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Edge Hill University and was the first Chancellor of the same institution. Early life Byron's father was the film and television director John Sichel, founder of ARTTS International in Yorkshire. Her mother was a nursing sister and a model. When Byron was 15 years old, her German-born paternal grandmother was murdered by being battered to death by a woman who abused illicit drugs. Her grandmother knew the woman, who was in pursuit of money. Byron was perplexed by this cruelty. To try to understand how anyone could do such a terrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edge Hill University
Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. The university, which originally opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, was the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male students in 1959. In 2005, Edge Hill was granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers by the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Council and became Edge Hill University on 18 May 2006. The university has three faculties: Arts and Sciences, Education, and Health and Social Care; these teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. History Edge Hill College opened on 24 January 1885 on Durning Road, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Edge Hill, Liverpool, by a group of seven Liverpool businessmen and philanthropists. It was named after the district in which it was sited, and was the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England. By 1892, Edge Hill was one of only two colleges in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nursing Sister
Nursing management consists of the performance of the leadership functions of governance and decision-making within organizations employing nurses. It includes processes common to all management like planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. It is common for registered nurses to seek additional education to earn a Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice to prepare for leadership roles within nursing. Management positions increasingly require candidates to hold an advanced degree in nursing. Roles Head of the nursing staff The chief nurse, in other words the person in charge of nursing in a hospital and the head of the nursing staff, is called ''nursing officer'' in UK English, and ''head nurse'' or ''director of nursing'' in US English, and ''matron'' or ''nursing superintendent'' in Indian English. The chief nurse is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The chief nurse is the senior n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendon
Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient Manorialism, manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Greater London since 1965. Hendon falls almost entirely within the NW4 postcode, while the West Hendon part falls in NW9. Colindale to the northwest was once considered part of Hendon but is today separated by the M1 motorway. The district is most famous for the London Aerodrome which later became the RAF Hendon; from 1972 the site of the RAF station was gradually handed over to housing development and to the Royal Air Force Museum London, RAF Museum. The railways reached Hendon in 1868 with Hendon railway station, Hendon station on the Midland Main Line, followed by the London Underground further east under the name Hendon Central tube station, Hendon Central in 1923. Brent Street emerged as its commercial centre by the 1890s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet () is a suburban London boroughs, London borough in north London, England. Forming part of Outer London, the borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It is the second largest London borough by population, with 389,344 inhabitants as of 2021, also making it the 17th largest List of English districts by population, district in England. The borough covers an area of , the fourth highest of the 32 London boroughs, and has a population density of 45.8 people per hectare, which ranks it 25th. Barnet borders the Hertfordshire district of Hertsmere to the north and five other London boroughs: London Borough of Camden, Camden and London Borough of Haringey, Haringey to the southeast, London Borough of Enfield, Enfield to the east, as well as London Borough of Harrow, Harrow and London Borough of Brent, Brent to the west of the ancient Watling Street (now the A5 road). The borough's major urban settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Michael Byron
Bruce Michael Byron (born 13 March 1959) is an English actor best known for his role as DC Terry Perkins in ''The Bill''. He originally followed a career in music, before started acting at 20. Biography Byron moved to Australia drilling for oil and gas in the Cooper Basin, then came back to England but could not get a place at drama school. Eventually, he was accepted for ARTTS International in Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire. Films he has appeared in include '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'', ''From Hell'' and, most notably, ''The Mummy Returns'' where he played Red Willits. He also appeared in ''Heartbeat'' in 1998 and as Robbie Jackson's father Gary Bolton in ''EastEnders'' in 2001. He married Dr Tanya Byron (presenter of BBC's ''Little Angels'' and ''The House of Tiny Tearaways ''The House of Tiny Tearaways'' is a British reality television series hosted by Claudia Winkleman with child therapist Tanya Byron that was produced by Outline Productions. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyboard'' series), broadcast on 16 August 1983. ITV were so impressed with the drama that a full series was commissioned. The title originates from "Old Bill", a List of police-related slang terms, slang term for the police and show creator Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. ''The Bill'' focuses on the lives and work of one shift of police officers of all ranks, and the storylines deal with situations faced by uniformed officers working on the beat, as well as Covert operation#Plainclothes law enforcement, plainclothes detectives. Producers initially wanted to replicate the "day in the life" feature of ''Woodentop'', and made sure a police officer was featured in every single scene. The series later adopted a much more serialised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian and writer. She is known for writing and starring on the BBC sketch comedy series '' French and Saunders'' (1987–2007) with her best friend and comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for starring in the BBC comedy anthology series '' Murder Most Horrid'' (1991–1999) and the BBC sitcom '' The Vicar of Dibley'' (1994–2007). French has been nominated for seven British Academy Television Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009. Early life French was born on 11 October 1957 in Holyhead, Wales, to English parents Felicity Roma (née O'Brien; 1934 – 2012) and Denys Vernon French (5 August 1932 – 11 September 1977), who married in their home town of Plymouth in 1953. French has an older brother, Gary. Her father served in the Royal Air Force, stationed at RAF Valley and later RAF Leconfield, where Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother went to tea at French's home when French was three years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French And Saunders
''French and Saunders'' is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comedy duo and namesake Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that originally broadcast on BBC2 from 1987 to 1993, and later on BBC One until 2017. It is also the name by which the performers are known when they appear elsewhere as a double act. The show was given one of the highest budgets in BBC history to create detailed spoofs and satires of popular culture, movies, celebrities, and art. French and Saunders continued to film holiday specials for the BBC, and both have been individually successful starring in other shows. In a 2005 poll to find ''The Comedian's Comedian'', the duo were voted among the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Their last special, ''French and Saunders Christmas Celebrity Special'', aired on 27 December 2005 on BBC One. In 2006, both French and Saunders announced their sketch show was dead and that they had moved on to more age-approp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) which was created separately and is often referred to locally as "the NHS". The original three systems were established in 1948 (NHS Wales/GIG Cymru was founded in 1969) as part of major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, provided without charge for residents of the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care. In England, NHS patients have to pay prescription charges; some, such as those aged over 60, or those on certain state benefits, are exempt. Taken together, the four services in 2015–16 employed around 1.6 million people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Diaries
''Video Diaries'' is a BBC television programme produced by the Community Programme Unit. The series of programmes was created in 1990 by producer Jeremy Gibson. The programme's production team offered members of the public basic video training and ongoing support. The diarist was then left to gather their material with a camcorder. They would then have further support in editing and post-production Post-production, also known simply as post, is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording indivi .... BBC television documentaries 1990s British documentary television series Social anthropology 1990 British television series debuts 1996 British television series endings British English-language television shows {{UK-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University College Hospital
University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in the Fitzrovia area of the London Borough of Camden, England. The hospital, which was founded as the North London Hospital in 1834, is closely associated with University College London (UCL), whose main campus is situated next door. The hospital is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is on the south side of Euston Road and its tower faces Euston Square tube station on the east side. Warren Street tube station lies immediately west and the major Euston station, Euston terminus station is beyond 200 metres east, just beyond Euston Square Gardens. History In 1826, the London University began emphasising the importance of having medical schools attached to hospitals. Before the hospital opened, only Oxford University, Oxford and Cambridge University, Cambridge universities offered medical degrees, and as a consequence relatively few doctors actually had degrees. The hospit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
