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Accidental Farmer
''Accidental Farmer'' is a television comedy drama by broadcast on BBC1 on 21 December 2010, written by Daisy Coulam. It is about a London-based advertising executive who moves to a farm in Yorkshire after buying it with her boyfriend's credit card as revenge for cheating on her; and the rigours and problems she encounters on the farm, particularly from being unfamiliar with the rural setting. It is a comedy drama starring Ashley Jensen as the main character, Erin Taylor. Cast *Ashley Jensen as Erin Taylor * Michael Hodgson as Clive *Jean Heywood as Olive *Sylvestra Le Touzel as Judith *Shaun Dooley as Matt *Raza Jaffrey as Mike *Sally Phillips as Kat *Robert Pugh as Dr Willis *Lynda Baron Lilian Ridgway (24 March 1939 – 5 March 2022), known professionally as Lynda Baron, was an English actress and singer. She is known for having played Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the BBC sitcom ''Open All Hours'' (1976–1985) and its sequel, ''S ... as Mrs Hobbs Ratings The pilot pulled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Coulam
Daisy Coulam is a British television producer and screenwriter known for creating of the long-running murder mystery series ''Grantchester'' for ITV in 2014. Biography Coulam is from Ryde on the Isle of Wight, and attended Ryde High school. Coulam's early work in television included storylining ''Family Affairs'' and script editing ''The Bill''. Following her work on ''The Bill'', she was awarded a place on the BBC Writer's Academy, a programme designed to train new writers, and got to write on ''Doctors'', ''EastEnders'', ''Casualty'' and its spinoff, ''Holby City''. She'd move into primetime, writing ''Death in Paradise'' and ''Humans''. ''Grantchester'' was based on '' The Grantchester Mysteries'', collections of short stories written by James Runcie. The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, ''Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death'', and was broadcast in 2014. It was a huge success and was recommissioned for several further series. She also cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Jensen
Ashley Jensen (born 11 August 1969) is a Scottish actress and narrator. She is best known for her roles as Maggie Jacobs in '' Extras'' (2005–2007, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award), Christina McKinney in ''Ugly Betty'' (2006–2010), Agatha Raisin in '' Agatha Raisin'' (2014–present), and DI Ruth Calder in ''Shetland'' (2023–present). Career Jensen trained in Drama at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University. Her first significant television role was as Clare Donnelly, daughter of Glasgow criminal Jo-Jo Donnelly (played by Billy Connolly) in the 1993 BBC drama '' Down Among the Big Boys''. In 1994, she played eccentric secretary Rosie McConnichy in the final series of BBC comedy '' May to December'', as a replacement for the character of secretary Hilary ( Rebecca Lacey), and Heather in '' Roughnecks'', a BBC television series about workers on a North Sea oil platform. Jensen had a small role in a '' Dangerfield'' episode "Contact" as the mother of a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hodgson
Michael Hodgson (born 5 November 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the Australian NRL. Hodgson primarily played as a forward and previously played for the Parramatta Eels and the Canberra Raiders. Early life While attending St. Francis Xavier College, Hodgson played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1997. Playing career Hodgson made his first grade debut for Parramatta in round 21 1998 against South Sydney. In 2000, Hodgson joined Canberra. In 2003, Canberra enjoyed one of their best seasons on the field since winning the premiership in 1994 finishing 4th on the table with Hodgson making 18 appearances. Canberra then went on to lose both their finals games including a 17-16 loss against New Zealand. 2006 would be Hodgson's last season with Canberra as he had signed to play with the NRL's new franchise the Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Heywood
Jean Heywood (born Jean Murray; 15 July 1921 – 14 September 2019) was a British actress. Career Heywood appeared in many roles, mainly in television but also in films such as ''Billy Elliot''. Her TV work included roles in '' When the Boat Comes In'', '' Our Day Out'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', '' Boys from the Blackstuff'', '' Family Affairs'', ''The Bill'' and '' Casualty''. In 2005, she starred alongside Richard Briers and Kevin Whately in a drama called ''Dad'' on BBC One as part of Comic Relief's Elder Abuse campaign. In 2010 Heywood made a guest appearance in the ITV series '' Married Single Other''. Personal life Heywood was born in Blyth, Northumberland, in July 1921. At age six, she moved with her parents, Jack and Elsie, to New Zealand. Her mother died less than six months later, and the family returned to the UK. Heywood died in September 2019 at the age of 98. Her husband, Roland, had predeceased her (in 1996). They had two children together, and Heywo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Sylvestra Le Touzel (born 20 October 1958) is an English actress. Known for her character work in television, radio, film and theatre, she began her career as a child actor before moving into adult roles. She is married to actor Owen Teale, with whom she has two children. Career Television work (1968–present) Le Touzel began her career at the age of ten, playing a child who bedevils the Second Doctor in the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Mind Robber''. She later starred on the BBC's "Look and Read", appearing as Helen in their 1971 serial ''The Boy from Space''. An early adult role was her portrayal of Fanny Price in the BBC dramatisation of Jane Austen's ''Mansfield Park'' (1983). In 1985, Le Touzel co-starred with Bryan Pringle in a television advertisement for Heineken. A parody of the "Rain in Spain" scene from ''My Fair Lady'', it saw Pringle's character teaching a posh woman (Le Touzel) how to speak cockney by repeating: "The wa'er in Major'a don' taste like wot id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Dooley
Shaun Dooley is an English actor, narrator and voice-over artist. Early life and career Dooley attended Barnsley Youth Theatre in 1989 before going on to study at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester between 1992 and 1995. Dooley's first acting role was as Shaun in ''Groove on a Stanley Knife'' in 1997. He later played Ritchie Fitzgerald in ''Coronation Street'' from 1997 until 1998. He appeared occasionally in ''EastEnders'' as Tom Stuart between 2001 and 2004. He appeared in Series 1 of '' The Street''. He had a role in '' P.O.W.''. Dooley played Peter Harper in BBC drama series ''The Street''. He also featured in the 2007 television docudrama '' Diana: Last Days of a Princess''. Dooley portrayed Kieran in the British horror film ''Salvage''. He portrayed police inspector Dick Alderman in all three parts of the ''Red Riding'' trilogy and in 2017 appeared as Reverend Michaelmas Winter in the Sky 1 drama '' Jamestown''. Among his many voiceover roles, Dooley narrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and Flagship (broadcasting), flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. The channel was launched on 2 November 1936 under the name BBC Television Service, which was the world's first Television in the United Kingdom, 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, BBC Two, 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 List of BBC television channels and radio stations, other domestic television stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the city of York. The south-west of Yorkshire is densely populated, and includes the cities of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Wakefield. The north and east of the county are more sparsely populated, however the north-east includes the southern part of the Teesside conurbation, and the port city of Kingston upon Hull is located in the south-east. York is located near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has a Yorkshire Coast, coastline to the North Sea to the east. The North York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains the Vale of Mowbray in the north and the Vale of York in the south. The west contains part of the Pennines, which form the Yorkshire Dales in the north-west. The county was historically borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raza Jaffrey
Raza Jaffrey (born May 28 1975) is a British actor who is known for his roles as Zafar Younis in the BBC One spy drama series '' Spooks'' (2004–2007) and Neal Hudson in the CBS medical drama '' Code Black'' (2015). He also had a recurring role as Aasar Khan in season 4 of the Showtime series ''Homeland'' (2014). More recently, he appeared in the NBC series '' The Enemy Within'' (2019) and the Starz series '' The Serpent Queen'' (2022–2024). Early life and education Jaffrey's father, Hyder Jaffrey, was born in Agra, India, and later moved to Pakistan after Partition. Hyder Jaffrey emigrated to the UK in 1948 to train in the merchant navy and later became a captain. Hyder met Joan Bradshaw, an Irish Catholic Liverpudlian, in the early 1950s and they lived in Karachi, Pakistan, for a decade. The couple married in 1962 and had four children, of whom Raza was the youngest. Jaffrey grew up in London and was educated at Dulwich College between 1986 and 1991, alongside actors Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Phillips
Sally Elizabeth Phillips (born 10 May 1970) is an English actress, comedian, and television presenter. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show '' Smack the Pony''. She is also known for her roles in '' Jam & Jerusalem'' as Natasha "Tash" Vine, '' Miranda'' as Tilly, '' I'm Alan Partridge'' as Sophie, ''Parents'' as Jenny Pope, '' Set the Thames on Fire'' as Colette in 2015, '' Zapped'' as Slasher Morgan, and her guest appearances as the fictional Prime Minister of Finland Minna Häkkinen in the US TV series '' Veep''. Phillips also co-starred in '' Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' as Mrs Bennet and in the role of Shazzer in all four films of the ''Bridget Jones'' franchise. From 2004 to 2019, Phillips played the title role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy show '' Clare in the Community''. In 2018 she was curator for series 12 of '' The Museum of Curiosity'' on BBC Radio 4. Early life and education Sally Elizabeth Phillips was born on 10 May 1970 in Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh (born 3 November 1948) is a Welsh actor, known for his many television appearances, including the role of Craster in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. Life and career Pugh was born in Tyntetown, Mountain Ash and attended Ynysboeth school down the road and grew up with his grandmother in Tynte, near Pontypridd. He decided to become an actor after watching '' From Russia with Love'' at a cinema in Treforest with a cousin. A few years later he took night courses at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in North London, before being accepted at Rose Bruford College, where he graduated in 1976. He appeared in the 1979 production of Danger UXB as Sapper Powell, a young Royal Engineer in a Bomb Disposal Company during the Second World War. He later appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama '' Longford'' and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary '' Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial''. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Baron
Lilian Ridgway (24 March 1939 – 5 March 2022), known professionally as Lynda Baron, was an English actress and singer. She is known for having played Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the BBC sitcom ''Open All Hours'' (1976–1985) and its sequel, ''Still Open All Hours'' (2013–2016), Auntie Mabel in the award-winning children's series '' Come Outside'' (1993–1997), and the part of Linda Clarke in ''EastEnders'' in 2006 and from 2008 to 2009, with a brief return in 2016. Early life Lilian Ridgway was born on 24 March 1939 in Urmston, Lancashire. Her father, Cyril, was a painter and decorator. By the age of five, she was attending local ballet classes, and soon began appearing on stage. She attended Flixton Girls School in Urmston and then trained as a dancer at the Royal Academy of Dance. Early in her career, she appeared in repertory theatre and several West End venues. Career Television Baron's early television roles included small parts in '' Crossroads'' (1978), '' Up Pomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
