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Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine (born 1961) is an English comedy actress and writer. She was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for co-writing the BBC sitcom '' Getting On'' (2009–12), and was also nominated for a British Comedy Award for her portrayal of Dr Pippa Moore in the series. Career Born in London, Pepperdine co-wrote and starred in the multi-award-winning BBC Four sitcom '' Getting On'' with Jo Brand and Joanna Scanlan. Shared with Brand and Scanlan, she was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for Best Writing, and won two Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards, a Royal Television Society award and a British Comedy Award for her contributions to the show. For radio, she and Melanie Hudson formed the comedy duo Hudson and Pepperdine; the pair wrote and starred in BBC Radio 4's ''The Hudson and Pepperdine Show'' from 2000 onwards. Pepperdine hosts a podcast with Julia Davis, entitled ''Dear Joan and Jericha.'' Pepperdine's parents both worked in the NHS in south-west London (partl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East 15 Acting School
East 15 Acting School (East 15) is a British drama school in Loughton, Essex.Its degrees are awarded by the University of Essex, with which it merged on 1 September 2000. As of 2020, Essex University, where East 15 is located, has been ranked No. 1 UK university for studying drama and dance in the Guardian's University Guide. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools. History East 15 Acting School was founded in 1961 by Margaret Bury. ."East 15 Acting School: BA (Hons) Acting Course (3 year)"'' Retrieved 26 May 2008 Notable alumni Notable graduates from East 15 include: * Maisie Adam * Damon Albarn (did not graduate) * Arsher Ali * Patricia Allison * Peter Armitage * Annette Badland * Marcus Bentley * Linnea Berthelsen * Sian Breckin * David L. Boushey * Marji Campi * Ian Champion * Nathan Clarke * Peter Cleall * Susannah Corbett * Stephen Daldry * April De Angelis * Janine Duvitski * Alan Ford * Paul Garnault * Alex Giannini * Chris Haywood * Elizabeth H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up The Women
''Up the Women'' is a BBC television sitcom created, written by and starring Jessica Hynes. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 30 May 2013. The sitcom is about a group of women in 1910 who form a Women's Suffrage movement. Hynes originally planned to write a comedy film about a suffragette plot to assassinate H. H. Asquith, but after realising the plot had turned quite dark, she decided to write a sitcom instead. Christine Gernon directed the three-part series, which became the last sitcom to be filmed before a live audience at BBC Television Centre and the first to be commissioned for BBC Four. A second series was commissioned in June 2013 and aired on BBC Two from 21 January 2015. ''Up the Women'' was not renewed for a third series. Premise The sitcom is set in 1910 and focuses on the women of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle and their level of commitment to the women's suffrage movement. Having seen the Women's suffrage movement in London, Margaret (Jessica Hynes) retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together (2015 TV Series)
''Together'' is a six-episode 2015 television sitcom created and written by Jonny Sweet for BBC Three and set in London. It is about two twentysomethings during the early stages of a relationship. The show only has one series. Cast * Jonny Sweet as Tom * Cara Theobold as Ellen * Alex Macqueen as Ashley * Vicki Pepperdine as Lesley * Katy Wix Katy Victoria J Wix (born 28 February 1980) is a Welsh actress, writer, author and artist. She is best known for her television roles as Carole in ''Stath Lets Flats,'' Mary in ''Ghosts'' and Jules in '' Big Boys''. She has also appeared as a s ... as Maeve * Sarah Daykin as Hermione Episodes References External links * * 2015 British television series debuts 2015 British television series endings 2010s British romantic comedy television series 2010s British sitcoms BBC romance television shows BBC television sitcoms English-language television shows Television shows set in London {{UK-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, current affairs, and drama series. The television channel closed down in 2016 and was replaced by an online-only BBC Three streaming channel. After six years of being online, BBC Three returned to linear television on 1 February 2022. It broadcasts every day from 19:00 to around 04:00, timesharing with CBBC (which starts at 07:00). BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel, its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leveraging technology as well as new talent. Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output originated from the United Kingdom. Notable exceptions were ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad'' (both of them originating in the United States). It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King Charles III. Anne is 16th in the line of succession to the British throne and has been Princess Royal since 1987. Born at Clarence House, Anne was educated at Benenden School and began undertaking royal duties upon reaching adulthood. She became a respected equestrian, winning one gold medal in 1971 and two silver medals in 1975 at the European Eventing Championships. In 1976, she became the first member of the British royal family to compete in the Olympic Games. In 1988, the Princess Royal became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Princess Royal performs official duties and engagements on behalf of her brother the King. She holds patronage in over 300 organisations, including WISE, Riders for Health, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Windsors
''The Windsors'' is a British sitcom and parody of the British royal family, the House of Windsor. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 in April 2016 and stars Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Richard Goulding, Tom Durant-Pritchard, Kathryn Drysdale, Morgana Robinson, Ellie White, and Celeste Dring. Written by the co-creators of ''Star Stories'', Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie, ''The Windsors'' is a satirical portrayal of the British royal family. Synopsis ''The Windsors'' tells the story of the British royal family but re-imagined as a soap opera. Although the stories are completely fictional, they are inspired by real events. Cast Main * Harry Enfield as Prince Charles, the oldest son of and heir apparent to Elizabeth II, who is impatiently waiting for his mother to die so he can finally be King of the United Kingdom. He is portrayed as self-absorbed, naive, overconfident in his abilities, and prone to believe in comically absurd theories, havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast there by the Welsh fourth channel S4C. In 2010, Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In White (2018 TV Series)
''The Woman in White'' is a five-part BBC television adaptation of the 1860 sensation novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins. The series began airing on BBC One on 22 April 2018, and stars Jessie Buckley, Ben Hardy, Olivia Vinall, Dougray Scott and Charles Dance. Plot summary Cast and characters * Jessie Buckley as Marian Halcombe * Ben Hardy as Walter Hartright * Olivia Vinall as Laura Fairlie/Anne Catherick * Dougray Scott as Sir Percival Glyde * Riccardo Scamarcio as Count Fosco * Charles Dance as Frederick Fairlie * Art Malik as Erasmus Nash * Joanna Scanlan as Mrs Vesey * Vicki Pepperdine as Mrs Michelson * Kerry Fox as Mrs Catherick * Nicholas Jones as Mr Gilmore * Ivan Kaye as Professor Pesca * Sonya Cassidy as Madam Fosco * Cathy Belton as Mrs Hartright * Tony Flynn as Mr Merriman, Percival Glyde's solicitor Episodes Production Filming for the series began in February 2017 in Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camping (2016 TV Series)
''Camping'' is a six episode television series broadcast on Sky Atlantic between 12 April and 26 April 2016. An American version based on the show was aired in 2018 on HBO, written by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner. Plot A group of old friends go on a camping holiday in Devon to celebrate a landmark birthday. However, tensions and emotions quickly start to rise. Cast *Oaklee Pendergast as Archie *Shaun Aylward as Davey *David Bamber as Noel * Steve Pemberton as Robin *Vicki Pepperdine as Fiona *Elizabeth Berrington as Kerry *Jonathan Cake as Adam *Julia Davis as Fay * Rufus Jones as Tom *Rhianna Merralls as Lisa * Daniel Barker as Darren *Nick Mohammed Nicholas George Mohammed (born 4 October 1980) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his character Mr. Swallow, which he has portrayed across both stage and television for over a decade. Outside of the United Kingdom, M ... as Dr. Tolley * Stephen Evans as Antiques Shop Owner *Grace Hogg-Robinson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group Limited broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is primarily dedicated to imported programmes from the United States, and holds the domestic rights to HBO and until the end of 2021 Showtime dramas, but also broadcasts many original British produced Sky dramas. It is exclusively available on the Sky satellite TV platform (including Sky Go) and Sky's Now TV platform. Sky Deutschland broadcasts a German-language version of the channel in Germany and Austria, while Sky Italia broadcasts an Italian-language version of the channel in Italy. Their programming is also dominated by HBO and Showtime series, usually dubbed in the domestic language. The Italian channel also premieres Sky Originals produced in the country, like ''The Young Pope'' and '' Gomorrah''. Background Sky Atlantic launched on 1 February 2011 on Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Separated channels with the same nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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