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2006 British Academy Television Craft Awards ...
The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2006 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 19 May 2006 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Jon Culshaw for the second year in a row. Winners and nominees Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface. Special awards * Eileen Diss Interactive Innovation * BBC Open Earth Archive See also * 2006 British Academy Television Awards References External linksBritish Academy Craft Awards official website {{DEFAULTSORT:British Academy Television Craft Awards 2006 2006 television awards 2006 in British television 2006 in London May 2006 events in the United Kingdom 2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dorchester
The Dorchester is a five-star luxury hotel on Park Lane and Deanery Street in 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 dow ..., to the east of Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park. It is one of the world's most prestigious and expensive hotels. The Dorchester opened on 18 April 1931, and it still retains its 1930s furnishings and ambiance despite being modernised. Throughout its history, the hotel has been closely associated with the rich and famous. During the 1930s, it became known as a haunt of numerous writers and artists such as poet Cecil Day-Lewis, novelist Somerset Maugham, and the painter Sir Alfred Munnings. It has held prestigious literary gatherings, such as the "Foyles Literary Luncheons", an event the hotel still hosts today. During the Second World War, the str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Davies (writer)
Andrew Wynford Davies (; born 20 September 1936) is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for ''House of Cards'' and ''A Very Peculiar Practice'', and his adaptations of '' Vanity Fair'', ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Middlemarch'', ''Bleak House'' and '' War & Peace''. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002. Education and early career Davies was born in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales. He attended Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff and then University College, London, where he received a BA in English in 1957. He took a teaching position at St. Clement Danes Grammar School in London, where he was on the teaching staff from 1958–61. He held a similar post at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School in Hackney, London from 1961–63. Following that, he was a lecturer in English at Coventry College of Education (which later merged with the University of Warwick to become the Faculty of Educational Studies and later the Warwick Institute of Education), and then at the Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmetic Surgery Live
''Cosmetic Surgery Live'', "''All New Cosmetic Surgery Live''", is a UK TV show broadcast on Five. It is presented by Vanessa Feltz, cosmetic surgeon Dr. Jan Adams and Danniella Westbrook, and features both live and prerecorded footage of plastic surgery and body modification. Reception The show was condemned by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. See also * London Welbeck Hospital The London Welbeck Hospital is a private hospital at 27 Welbeck Street, London. History The hospital was established in the early 20th century as a maternity hospital. Famous people born in the hospital included Sarah, Duchess of York in Octobe ... - hospital featured in the show References External links * Channel 5 (British TV channel) reality television shows Cosmetic surgery in the United Kingdom 2004 British television series debuts 2000s British reality television series Television series by Endemol Television series about plastic surgery {{UK-real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Start Your Own Country
''How To Start Your Own Country'' is a British six-part documentary comedy series aired between August and September 2005. The show was presented by British comedian Danny Wallace and followed his quest to start his own country in his flat in Bow, London. The micronation he created was eventually named “Kingdom of Lovely”. The series was released on DVD in the UK on 18 June 2007. Episodes “Birth of a Nation” Danny investigates territory for his new country, starting by visiting Sealand. He also meets Erwin Strauss and Dennis Hope, a man who claims to own the Moon. He "invades" Eel Pie Island but leaves after the police are called. He makes friends with a General of the British Army. He eventually decides upon the area of his flat as the territory and makes a declaration of independence, which he gives to Tony Blair. “Citizens Required” With the help of an advertising agency, Wallace chooses a design for the flag of his country. He records a national anthem, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Hooper
Nicholas Hooper is a British film and television composer and guitarist. He has scored the award-winning BBC productions '' Land of the Tiger'' and ''Andes to Amazon'', as well as the TV movies ''The Girl in the Café'' and ''My Family and Other Animals'' among others. Hooper won a BAFTA Award and an Ivor Novello Award for Original Score in 2004 for '' The Young Visiters'' and a BAFTA for Best Original Television Music in 2007 for '' Prime Suspect: The Final Act''. His highest-profile scores were for ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' and ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', for which he reunited with old friend director David Yates, with whom he had worked before on '' The Tichborne Claimant'', '' The Way We Live Now'', '' State of Play'', ''The Young Visiters'' and ''The Girl in the Café''. These were Hooper's most notable works on blockbuster films. For ''Half-Blood Prince'', he was nominated for a Grammy. However, he chose not to return for the final two i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl In The Café
''The Girl in the Café'' is a British made-for-television drama film directed by David Yates, written by Richard Curtis and produced by Hilary Bevan Jones. The film is produced by the independent production company Tightrope Pictures and was originally screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2005. It was also shown in the United States on cable television station Home Box Office on the same day. Bill Nighy portrays the character of Lawrence, with Kelly Macdonald portraying Gina. Nighy and Macdonald had previously starred together in the 2003 BBC serial '' State of Play'', which was also directed by Yates and produced by Bevan-Jones. ''The Girl in the Cafés casting director is Fiona Weir who, at the time, was also the casting director for the ''Harry Potter'' films, the last four of which Yates directed. The film received seven nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where it won Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Writing for a Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanova (2005 TV Serial)
''Casanova'' is a 2005 British television comedy drama serial, written by television scriptwriter Russell T Davies and directed by Sheree Folkson. Produced by Red Production Company for BBC Wales in association with Granada Television, the 3-episode series was first screened on digital television station BBC Three from 13 March, with a repeat on mainstream analogue network BBC One commencing 4 April. Synopsis Telling the story of the life of 18th century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova, based on his own twelve-volume memoirs, the one-hour episodes star Peter O'Toole as the older Casanova looking back on his life and David Tennant as the younger version. Rose Byrne, Rupert Penry-Jones, Matt Lucas, Shaun Parkes, Nina Sosanya and Laura Fraser are also featured. Cast * David Tennant as Giacomo Casanova ** John Sandilands as 5-year-old Giacomo Casanova ** Zachary Fox as 11-year-old Giacomo Casanova * Peter O'Toole as Old Giacomo Casanova * Tom Burke as 20-year-old Giac Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth I (2005 TV Series)
''Elizabeth I'' is a two-part 2005 British-American historical drama television serial directed by Tom Hooper, written by Nigel Williams, and starring Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I of England. The drama covers approximately the last 24 years of her nearly 45-year reign. Part 1 focuses on the final years of her relationship with the Earl of Leicester, played by Jeremy Irons. Part 2 focuses on her subsequent relationship with the Earl of Essex, played by Hugh Dancy. The series originally was broadcast in the United Kingdom in two two-hour segments on Channel 4. It later aired on HBO in the United States, CBC and TMN in Canada, ATV in Hong Kong, ABC in Australia, and TVNZ Television One in New Zealand. The series went on to win Emmy, Peabody, and Golden Globe Awards. Plot Part 1 In 1579, Elizabeth I refuses to marry. Her chief advisor, Lord Burghley, and her spymaster, Francis Walsingham, plan to have her wed the Duke of Anjou in order to cement an English-French alliance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman
''High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman'' is a British television comedy show broadcast on BBC Three and featuring character comedian Marc Wootton who plays an effete and slightly vicious medium/psychic. It is narrated by Patrick Stewart, with animated sequences by Rex Crowle produced by onedotzero. The character of Shirley Ghostman is sometimes considered to be a parody of the act of controversial psychic, Derek Acorah and contains actual satirical references to the television show 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry in Shirley's opening speech to the audience. The show was very successful on BBC Three and was set to move to BBC Two in the summer of 2005. Programme's demise The BBC shelved the series after Wootton (as Ghostman) appeared on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' on BBC1. During the show, which also featured Nicole Kidman and David Schwimmer as guests, he made a number of jokes referencing 'Jews, cancer patients and Hitler'. The resulting controversy resulted in the BBC bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elusive Peace
"Elusive" was the first single for British singer-songwriter Scott Matthews and was released on 18 September 2006. The single received much airplay from BBC Radio DJs Jo Whiley, Dermot O'Leary and Zane Lowe between 7 and 10 August. Lowe also played "Elusive" once each night as his chosen Single of the Week. Matthews also visited the station to perform "Elusive" and other songs from the album in May and August 2006. In May 2007, he won the Ivor Novello Award for " Best Song Musically and Lyrically" which saw "Elusive" beat strong competition from the likes of the Arctic Monkeys. The track was used in 2008 by UK television company Channel 4 for the advertising campaign surrounding the final season of ''The Sopranos'', which aired exclusively on their digital channel E4. "Elusive" was covered by Lianne La Havas on her 2012 debut LP ''Is Your Love Big Enough? ''Is Your Love Big Enough?'' is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas. It was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Start Your Own Country
''How To Start Your Own Country'' is a British six-part documentary comedy series aired between August and September 2005. The show was presented by British comedian Danny Wallace and followed his quest to start his own country in his flat in Bow, London. The micronation he created was eventually named “Kingdom of Lovely”. The series was released on DVD in the UK on 18 June 2007. Episodes “Birth of a Nation” Danny investigates territory for his new country, starting by visiting Sealand. He also meets Erwin Strauss and Dennis Hope, a man who claims to own the Moon. He "invades" Eel Pie Island but leaves after the police are called. He makes friends with a General of the British Army. He eventually decides upon the area of his flat as the territory and makes a declaration of independence, which he gives to Tony Blair. “Citizens Required” With the help of an advertising agency, Wallace chooses a design for the flag of his country. He records a national anthem, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extras (TV Series)
''Extras'' is a British sitcom about extras working in television, film, and theatre. The series was co-produced by the BBC and HBO and was written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom starred in it. ''Extras'' follows the lives of Andy Millman (Gervais), his platonic friend Maggie Jacobs ( Ashley Jensen) and Andy's substandard agent and part-time retail employee Darren Lamb (Merchant) as Millman muddles through life as an anonymous "background performer" who eventually finds success as a B-list sitcom star. ''Extras'' has two series of six episodes each as well as a Christmas Special. The first episode aired in the UK on 21 July 2005 on BBC Two and on 25 September 2005 on HBO in the US. The second series premiered in the UK on BBC Two on 14 September 2006 and began airing in the US on HBO and in Australia on ABC on 14 February 2007. The Christmas Special aired on 27 December 2007 on BBC One and on 16 December 2007 on HBO. Both series are availa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
