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Ackley Bridge Series 2
The second series of the British television drama series ''Ackley Bridge'' began broadcasting on 5 June 2018 June 2018 on Channel 4, and ended on 21 August 2018. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional multi-cultural academy school Ackley Bridge College, in the fictitious Yorkshire mill town of Ackley Bridge. It consists of twelve sixty-minute episodes. Production and casting Production and filming on the series began in January 2018 in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Filming also occurred in Bradford, West Yorkshire. In January 2018, the show's production company, The Forge, put out an open casting call for teenagers and adults to act as extras in the series. Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh was cast as Steve Bell's ( Paul Nicholls) ex-girlfriend, Claire Butterworth, who is the mother to their child, Zac. Walsh said she enjoyed working with Jo Joyner and Nicholls, calling her role "fun" and the show "fantastic ..with a brilliant cast." Walsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded entirely by its commercial activities, including Television advertisement, advertising. It began its transmission in 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC1 and BBC2, and a single commercial broadcasting network, ITV (TV network), ITV. 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 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 ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Jane Scott ( Walsh; born 20 November 1981) is an English singer, dancer, television presenter and actress. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality series ''Popstars: The Rivals'' on ITV (TV network), ITV. The series announced that Walsh had won a place as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud. The group achieved large success, having twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK, six studio albums have all been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK, and accumulating a total of five Brit Awards, BRIT Award nominations. In 2009, Girls Aloud won "Best Single" with their song "The Promise (Girls Aloud song), The Promise". During the group's hiatus, Walsh embarked on acting and presenting. In July 2010, she became a presenter on the music talkshow, ''Suck My Pop'' and presented coverage for the BAFTA Awards. In 2011, she appeared in ''Horrid Henry: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manual Of Style/Television
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Manual may refer to: Instructions * User guide * Owner's manual * Instruction manual (gaming) * Online help *Procedures manual *Handbook Other uses * Manual (music), a keyboard, as for an organ * Manual (band) * Manual transmission * Manual, a bicycle technique similar to a wheelie, but without the use of pedal torque * Manual, balancing on two wheels in freestyle skateboarding tricks * '' The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way)'' is a 1988 book by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty See also * Instruction (other) * Tutorial In education, a tutorial is a method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture, a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dementia
Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform activities of daily living, everyday activities. This typically involves problems with memory, thinking, behavior, and motor control. Aside from memory impairment and a thought disorder, disruption in thought patterns, the most common symptoms of dementia include emotional problems, difficulties with language, and decreased motivation. The symptoms may be described as occurring in a continuum (measurement), continuum over several stages. Dementia is a life-limiting condition, having a significant effect on the individual, their caregivers, and their social relationships in general. A diagnosis of dementia requires the observation of a change from a person's usual mental functioning and a greater cognitive decline than might be caused by the normal aging process. Several diseases and injuries to the brain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Robbins
Edward Michael Robbins (born 11 August 1955) is an English comedian, actor, broadcaster, radio DJ, television presenter and radio personality. Career He has performed as a warm-up artist for numerous pre-recorded comedy shows that have been filmed before live studio audiences including Granada Television's '' Wood and Walters'' and '' Birds of a Feather'', provided the voiceover in series 10 of ''Catchphrase'' from 1994 to 1995 and returned in Roy Walker's penultimate series (series 12) in 1997-98, and the BBC's '' Little Britain''. He also starred in Peter Kay's ''Phoenix Nights'' (2001–02) for both series as Den Perry, the main "villain", and also the Governor in '' The Slammer''. His most recent roles were in ''Benidorm'' in 2012 as Victor St. James as well as '' Hank Zipzer'' in episode 8 playing Bob Bing The Sausage King and Diddy TV playing Larry Weinsteinberger/Bingbongberger. In 2004 he played Don Dibley in series 13 episode 11 of Heartbeat. Mountains and Molehills. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Blakley
Linda E. Blakley (née Stevens; born 1 July 1947) is an English actress, known for her roles as Pam Coker in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and as Georgia Sharma in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Career In 2004, Blakley appeared in the film ''The Football Factory (film), The Football Factory'' as the mother to Tamara (Sophie Linfield) and the stage productions of ''Effi's Burning'' and ''All My Sons'' as Effi and Kate respectively. The following year, she played Pam in ''Shaking Dreamland'' and Maureen Groves in ''Derailed (2005 film), Derailed''. In 2006 and 2007, Blakley made guest appearances in the ITV (TV channel), ITV drama ''Vital Signs (TV series), Vital Signs'' and the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'' as Irene and Susan Staplehurst respectively. She also appeared in stage productions of ''Hay Fever (play), Hay Fever'' and ''You Never Can Tell (play), You Never Can Tell'' as Clara and Mrs. Clandon in 2006 and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Turner
''Ackley Bridge'' is a British television drama series that follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional multi-cultural academy school Ackley Bridge College. Series one features the debuts of friends Missy Booth (Poppy Lee Friar) and Nasreen Paracha (Amy-Leigh Hickman), headteacher Mandy Carter (Jo Joyner) and her husband Steve Bell ( Paul Nicholls), school cook Kaneez Paracha (Sunetra Sarker), English teacher Emma Keane ( Liz White) and her daughter Chloe Voyle ( Fern Deacon), school sponsor Sadiq Nawaz (Adil Ray) and his children Alya (Maariah Hussain) and Riz (Nohail Mohammed), brothers Jordan (Samuel Bottomley) and Cory Wilson (Sam Retford), school receptionist Lorraine Bird (Lorraine Cheshire), science teacher Lila Shariff (Anneika Rose), head of pastoral care Samir Qureshi (Arsher Ali), PE teacher Will Simpson (Tom Varey), Missy's mother Simone (Samantha Power) and grandmother Julie 'Nana' Booth ( Rita May) and students Hayley Booth (Cody Ryan), Razi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqbal Paracha
''Ackley Bridge'' is a British television drama series that follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional multi-cultural academy school Ackley Bridge College. Series one features the debuts of friends Missy Booth (Poppy Lee Friar) and Nasreen Paracha (Amy-Leigh Hickman), headteacher Mandy Carter (Jo Joyner) and her husband Steve Bell ( Paul Nicholls), school cook Kaneez Paracha (Sunetra Sarker), English teacher Emma Keane ( Liz White) and her daughter Chloe Voyle ( Fern Deacon), school sponsor Sadiq Nawaz (Adil Ray) and his children Alya (Maariah Hussain) and Riz (Nohail Mohammed), brothers Jordan (Samuel Bottomley) and Cory Wilson (Sam Retford), school receptionist Lorraine Bird (Lorraine Cheshire), science teacher Lila Shariff (Anneika Rose), head of pastoral care Samir Qureshi (Arsher Ali), PE teacher Will Simpson (Tom Varey), Missy's mother Simone (Samantha Power) and grandmother Julie 'Nana' Booth ( Rita May) and students Hayley Booth (Cody Ryan), Raz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. The location was itself based on Salford, the hometown of the show's first screenwriter and creator, Tony Warren. Originally broadcast twice weekly, ''Coronation Street'' increased its runtime in later years, currently airing three 60-minute episodes per week. Warren developed the concept for the series, which was initially rejected by Granada's founder Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, Sidney Bernstein. Producer Harry Elton convinced Bernstein to commission 13 pilot episodes. The show has since become a significant part of British culture and underpinned the success of its producing Granada franchise. Currently produced by ITV Studios, the successor to Granada, the seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Battersby
Janice Battersby (also Lee) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Played by Vicky Entwistle, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 6 January 1997. On 2 August 2010, it was announced that Entwistle had quit her role as Janice after 14 years on the show and would depart in 2011. She made her final appearance on 25 March 2011 after she leaves Weatherfield with her new boyfriend Trevor Dean (Steve Jackson) to go to London. As of 2016, she was mentioned as living in Liverpool. Creation Background The mid-1990s were a time of big change behind-the-scenes at ''Coronation Street''. The long-running serial was being regularly beaten in the ratings by rival soap ''EastEnders''. A new producer, Brian Park, was brought in to revitalise the soap in 1997. Dubbed "the axeman", Park was responsible for culling 8 long-running and established characters, as well as giving the go-ahead for more controversial and sensationali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky Entwistle
Victoria Entwistle (born 15 September 1968) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Janice Battersby in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Early life Entwistle grew up in Accrington; her father owned a newsagent's in Clayton-le-Moors.Vicky Entwistle biography Corrie.net (6 January 1997). Retrieved on 26 August 2011. She attended Rhyddings High School in Oswaldtwistle, and at the age of sixteen, she commuted to to study drama, whilst working nights at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Joyner
Joanne Mary Joyner (born 24 May 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Mandy Carter in the Channel 4 school drama '' Ackley Bridge''. From 2018, she has starred as Luella Shakespeare in the BBC crime drama series '' Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators''. Early life Joyner was born in Harlow, Essex to Anne (née McCormick) and Peter Joyner. She has one older brother, Daniel. In 1999, she graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff with a BA in Acting. Career After a stint of guest roles in shows such as '' Always and Everyone'', '' The Cops'', '' Heartbeat'' and '' Clocking Off'', Joyner came to prominence after playing Beth Nicholls in Channel 4 comedy drama ''No Angels'' between 2004 and 2006. She later appeared in four episodes of '' North & South'' as Fanny Thornton and in two episodes of ''Doctor Who'' as Lynda Moss. In June 2006, Joyner began appearing as Tanya B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
