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Truckers (2013 TV Series)
''Truckers'' is a British drama television series first broadcast on BBC One on 10 October 2013. The series is about Britain through the lives of truck drivers working in Nottingham, and was written by William Ivory. Cast *Stephen Tompkinson as Malachi Davies *Sian Breckin as Wendy Newman *John Dagleish as Martin Banks * Jenn Murray as Michelle Truss * Harry Treadaway as Glen Davies * Ashley Walters as Steven "Steve" Warley *Ray Ashcroft as Bob *Charlotte Atkinson as Andrea *Trevor Atkinson Action Vehicle Driver *Terry Connor Action Vehicle Driver *Miffy Smith Artic and Trailer Driver *Andrew Howells Artic and trailer Driver *Martin Meden Action Vehicle Driver *Cliff Bradley Action Vehicle Driver *All Vehicle Modifications carried out by Wayne Ridel @ Anglo American Filming. Production The series was announced on 11 January 2012 by Ben Stephenson, controller of drama commissioning at the BBC at the Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. The drama was commissioned with Danny Cohen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word '' play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One HD
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Fitzmaurice
Neil Simon Fitzmaurice (born 20 August 1969) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as Jeff, the love rival of protagonist Mark Corrigan, in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Peep Show''. He has written for a number of other shows, including ''Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights'' (in which he also starred) and ''Benidorm''. Career Writing Fitzmaurice's writing projects include ''That Peter Kay Thing'', for which he received a British Comedy Award, and the critically acclaimed '' Phoenix Nights'', in which he also appeared as "Ray-Von". He has also written two feature films: ''Going Off Big Time'', in 1999, which was nominated for four BIFA awards and is part of Film Four's Best of British, and more recently ''Charlie Noades R.I.P''. Acting As an actor, Fitzmaurice has appeared in ''Going off Big Time'' (which he also wrote), played Jeff in the Channel 4 comedy series ''Peep Show'', and starred in the prison drama series '' Buried''. He appeared on the first episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooky Quesnel
Joanna Gabrielle "Pooky" Quesnel (born 30 April 1966) is an English actress, screenwriter and singer. Early life Quesnel was born and raised in Eccles, Lancashire, along with her five siblings. Her father was born in Trinidad. She read English at Oxford University before spending a year at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. In the 1980s, she performed in Humphrey Carpenter's Vile Bodies band at the Ritz Hotel, and performed in a tribute concert to him following his death in 2005. In 2003, she began screenwriting, producing scripts for '' Doctors'' and ''Family Affairs'', appearing in the latter as Diane Short. Career She played Dr. Monica Broome in the first series of ''Cardiac Arrest'' and DC Grace Harris in the first two series of '' Thief Takers''. She had a recurring role in the third series of ''Cold Feet'' as Emma Keaton and returned to medical dramas in 2006, playing Dr. Christine Whelan in '' The Golden Hour''. In 2007, she starred as Nita in the BBC One series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Levey
Elliot Levey (born 6 December 1973) is an Olivier award winning actor. Career Olivier award winner for the role of Herr Shultz in Cabaret.known for his work in British Theatre, he has performed at the Donmar Warehouse, Almeida and National Theatres. His work has included the 2004 revival of the National Theatre production of ''His Dark Materials'', the 2013 Donmar Warehouse production of ''Coriolanus'' playing the tribune Brutus alongside Mark Gatiss and Tom Hiddleston and the premieres of the musical '' Take Flight'' (2007, Menier Theatre) and the Bennett play '' The Habit of Art'' (2010, National Theatre), along with Robespierre in '' Danton's Death'' alongside Toby Stephens (2010, National Theatre) and Don John in a 2011 production of ''Much Ado About Nothing'' alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate. In 2014 he played an American journalist in ''Ripper Street''. In 2019 he played Judge Jeffreys in the ghost story '' Martin's Close'' for the BBC. Private life Levey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian McLoughlin
Marian McLoughlin is a British actress, known for her role as Marina Bonnaire in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. She also played the role of Brenda Jacks in the BBC series ''Home Time'' in 2009 and Julia in ''Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me'' in 2011. In 2021, she appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Sue Morgan. Career After training to be a French teacher, she graduated from Newman College, and later took a postgraduate diploma in Drama at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre work includes: ''Henry V'', ''After the Fall'' and ''Bartholomew Fair'' at the Royal National Theatre, ''Edmund'' at the Royal Court, and numerous rep companies. TV work includes: series regular in ''French Fields'', ''Doctors'', ''Home Time'', ''Born to Run'', ''Thin Ice'', ''Castles''; period drama ''Nicholas Nickleby''; plus roles in ''The Impressions Show'', '' EastEnders'' and ''The Bill'', and many other productions. In 1997, she starred in the BBC drama ''Born to Run''. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunmi Mosaku
Oluwunmi Mosaku (born 1986) is a Nigerian-born British actress. She is known for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries ''Moses Jones'' (2009) and Holly Lawson in the ITV series ''Vera'' (2011–2012). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Gloria Taylor in the TV film '' Damilola, Our Loved Boy'' (2016). In 2019, she starred in the fifth series of ''Luther''. In 2020, she starred as Ruby Baptiste in HBO's ''Lovecraft Country'', and starting in 2021, starred as Hunter B-15 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series ''Loki''. She was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Actress and won the BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film for her role as Rial in the film '' His House'' (2020). Early life Mosaku was born in Nigeria, and subsequently emigrated to Manchester, England, when she was one year old. She attended Trinity Church of England High School and Xaverian Sixth Form College. She also san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Morgan (actress)
Wendy Morgan (born 1958) is an English actress. She won the award of "Best Newcomer — Actress" at the Evening Standard British Film Awards in 1980. Theatre appearances Morgan appeared at the National Theatre as Tamar in Peter Shaffer's ''Yonadab'' and in the title role in ''Martine'' by Jean-Jacques Bernard, for which she received Olivier and Evening Standard Award nominations. Other NT productions featuring Morgan have included ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', ''Bacchai'', ''Carrington'', '' You Can't Take It With You'', '' As I Lay Dying'', ''The Pied Piper'', ''Coriolanus'', and ''Animal Farm''. Other work in theatre includes: ''The Invisible Woman''/''Like Mother'', '' Marilyn and Ella'', ''Pack Up Your Troubles'', ''The Winslow Boy'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''A Christmas Carol'', '' My Mother Said I Never Should'', ''Road to Nirvana'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband'', ''Oh, What a Lovely War!'', ''Othello'', ''As You Like It'', ''Stars in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Bent
Stephen Bent is an English actor who has appeared regularly on British television since 1970 in varied roles, including on 5 soaps, ''Crossroads'', '' Coronation Street'', ''EastEnders'', ''Hollyoaks'' and ''Emmerdale''. In 1989, he played the role of Jackson in the television production Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery. He has also acted in theatre. He appeared initially as a well-known face on British TV for his role as Gerry Hurst in the ATV tea-time soap opera Crossroads. Then as a recurring character in ''Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a d ...'' as Don Trent. In 2013 he appeared as Micky Saunders in '' Truckers''. Filmography References External links *Stephen Bent at Diamond Management [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Parkinson
Sacha Louise Parkinson (born 11 March 1992) is an English actress, known for her role as Sian Powers on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Early life Sacha Louise Parkinson was born on 11 March 1992 in Salford, Greater Manchester, the only child of English business manager, Leigh Farrow and Scottish housing officer, Cliff Parkinson. She was educated at Walkden High School. Personal life On 22 February 2018, Parkinson said that she has Endometriosis. The condition led to Parkinson having an operation in April 2017 to remove endometrial cysts from her ovaries along with other endometriosis tissue from surrounding areas. Career In one of her earliest roles, Parkinson was cast in '' Always and Everyone''. This was followed by the 2003 Channel 4 adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's '' The Illustrated Mum''. She later made guest appearances in ''The Royal'', '' The Street'' and ''The Bill'' before joining CBBC's ''Grange Hill'' in 2007, in which Parkinson played schoolgirl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie O'Neill
Margaret "Maggie" O'Neill (born 15 November 1962) is an English actress. She is known for her television roles in ''Peak Practice'' (2000–2002), '' Shameless'' (2004–2007) and ''EastEnders'' (2008). In 1986 she appeared in the music video for Simply Red's single "Holding Back The Years". In 1988, she appeared in the film ''Gorillas in the Mist''. Biography The youngest of six Catholic brothers and sisters born to head-teacher parents, O'Neill grew up in the English Midlands, Midlands, where she was educated at a convent school, and, after being inspired by a sixth-form drama teacher, "fell" into acting. After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she starred in the video for Simply Red's "Holding Back the Years" in 1986, before making her professional stage debut in ''Moving Pictures'', by Stephen Lowe (playwright), Stephen Lowe, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in 1985. After making her professional screen debut in the British production ''Mona Lisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Cohen (television Executive)
Daniel Nicholas Cohen (born 15 January 1974) is a British television executive who currently serves as President of Access Entertainment which invests in film, television and digital companies and content. He was previously the Director of BBC Television from 2013 to 2015."Danny Cohen named as new BBC director of television" BBC News, 23 April 2013 Before that, he was the Controller of for three years, the BBC's principal television channel in the United Kingdom and the youngest person to be appointed as controller of the channel. During his time at the BBC, he commissioned programmes such as [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
