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Alan Cooper (The Inbetweeners)
This is a list of characters from the British sitcom ''The Inbetweeners'', which ran for three series from 2008 to 2010 on E4. The Inbetweeners Movie, A 2011 film was also released, followed by The Inbetweeners 2, a sequel in 2014. Cast Main characters Will McKenzie William "Will" McKenzie is the central character and narrator of the show. In the pilot episode, Will starts his first day in his new school, Rudge Park Comprehensive, with a briefcase, leading to him being nicknamed "Briefcase Wanker" and other vulgar variations. For his portrayal as Will, Bird has won the 2008 British Comedy Award for "Best Male Newcomer" and the 2009 British Comedy Award for "Best Actor". He was also nominated for "Best Comedy Performance" at the 2008 Royal Television Society Awards, and "Best Male Performance" in a Comedy Programme at the 2009 BAFTA Awards. Will is shown to have previously been educated in Independent school, private school and is extremely out of place in the rougher comprehe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inbetweeners
''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager William McKenzie ( Simon Bird) and his friends Simon Cooper ( Joe Thomas), Neil Sutherland ( Blake Harrison) and Jay Cartwright ( James Buckley) at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The programme involves situations of school life, uncaring school staff, friendship, male bonding, lad culture and adolescent sexuality. Despite receiving an initially lukewarm reception, it has been described as a classic and amongst the most successful British sitcoms of the 21st century. The programme was nominated for Best Situation Comedy at BAFTA twice, in 2009 and 2010. At the British Academy Television Awards 2010, it won the Audience Award, the only category voted for by the public. In the 2011 British Comedy Awards, the programme also won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Davies
Gregory Daniel Davies ( ; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Mr Gilbert in ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008–2010), Ken Thompson in ''Cuckoo'' (2012–2019), Dan Davies in '' Man Down'' (2013–2017) and Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in '' The Cleaner'' (from 2021). Since 2015, he has hosted the comedy panel game show '' Taskmaster'' and he has also appeared on '' Mock the Week'', '' Fast and Loose'', '' Live at the Apollo'' and '' Would I Lie to You?'' For his performance in ''Cuckoo'', Davies was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2013. Early life Davies was born in St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, on 14 May 1968. His Welsh parents, Bob and Pauline, lived in England at the time, but his father drove his mother across the border to make sure he was born in Wales. He grew up in Wem, Shropshire, which he regards as his home. His father's origins lie in Porthmadog. In a 2017 edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual award ceremonies, BAFTA has an international programme of learning events and initiatives offering access to talent through workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures, and mentoring schemes in the United Kingdom and the United States. BAFTA's annual film awards ceremony, the British Academy Film Awards, has been held since 1949, while its annual television awards ceremony, the British Academy Television Awards, has been held since 1955. Their third ceremony, the British Academy Games Awards, was first presented in 2004. Origins BAFTA started out as the British Film Academy, founded in 1947 by a group of directors: David Lean, Alexander Korda, Roger Manvell, Laurence Olivier, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Michael Balcon, Carol Ree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen regional and national centres in the UK, as well as a branch in the Republic of Ireland. History The group was formed as the Television Society on 7 September 1927, a time when television was still in its experimental stage. Regular high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) broadcasts did not even begin for another nine years until the BBC began its transmissions from Alexandra Palace in 1936. In addition to serving as a forum for scientists and engineers, the society published regular newsletters charting the development of the new medium. These documents now form important historical records of the early history of television broadcasting. The society was granted its Royal title in 1966. The Prince of Wales became patron of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comedy Award
The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The British Comedy Awards (1990–2014) The awards were shown live on ITV in December from 1990 to 2006, after which the broadcast of the British Comedy Awards 2007 was suspended by ITV due to allegations of irregularities and deception in the awarding of the 2005 People's Choice Award and then ongoing related investigations about the 2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal resulting in Ofcom's subsequently fining ITV a record £5.675 million for its misuse of premium-rate telephone lines. After Michael Parkinson presented the inaugural ceremony at the London Palladium in December 1990, the majority of subsequent shows were presented by Jonathan Ross, staged at London Studios, and produced by Michael Hurll Television (MHTV), whose parent company is Unique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Character
A protagonist () is the main Character (arts), character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the Plot (narrative), plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a story contains a subplot, or is a narrative made up of several stories, then each subplot may have its own protagonist. The protagonist is the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the antagonist. The antagonist provides obstacles and complications and creates conflicts that test the protagonist, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist's character, and having the protagonist develop as a result. A particularly noble, virtuous, or accomplished protagonist is commonly called a ''hero,'' though the terms are not synonyms. Etymology The term ''protagonist'' comes , combined of (, 'first') and (, 'actor, competitor'), which stems from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly McKenzie
This is a list of characters from the British sitcom ''The Inbetweeners'', which ran for three series from 2008 to 2010 on E4. A 2011 film was also released, followed by a sequel in 2014. Cast Main characters Will McKenzie William "Will" McKenzie is the central character and narrator of the show. In the pilot episode, Will starts his first day in his new school, Rudge Park Comprehensive, with a briefcase, leading to him being nicknamed "Briefcase Wanker" and other vulgar variations. For his portrayal as Will, Bird has won the 2008 British Comedy Award for "Best Male Newcomer" and the 2009 British Comedy Award for "Best Actor". He was also nominated for "Best Comedy Performance" at the 2008 Royal Television Society Awards, and "Best Male Performance" in a Comedy Programme at the 2009 BAFTA Awards. Will is shown to have previously been educated in private school and is extremely out of place in the rougher comprehensive school environment. He is shown to be easily jealous, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Morris
Iain Kevan Morris (born 6 August 1973) is an English writer. He is best known for creating ''The Inbetweeners'' with his writing partner Damon Beesley and co-hosting a show on London radio station XFM with stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr. He featured in the "Iron" and "Music" episodes of cult spoof TV show ''Look Around You'', as well as on Jimmy Carr's second live DVD, as a panellist on a feature named ''Comedy Idol''. Other writing credits include two episodes of HBO's ''Flight of the Conchords (TV series), Flight of the Conchords'': Season One's "The Actor (Flight of the Conchords), The Actor" and Season Two's "Unnatural Love". Morris also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Taika Waititi for the 2023 sports comedy ''Next Goal Wins (2023 film), Next Goal Wins'' and co-scripted the association football, football comedy series ''The First Team (TV series), The First Team'' for the BBC in 2020. Personal life Morris was educated at Hampton School and studied theology at the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Beesley
Damon Beesley (born 28 November 1971) is an English writer and television producer, best known for his work on British comedy ''The Inbetweeners'' and New Zealand comedy ''Flight of the Conchords''. He often works alongside his writing partner Iain Morris. In 2017, a six-part comedy series, ''White Gold'', aired on BBC Two in the UK which Beesley had directed, created and written. Filmography *'' The Pilot Show'' (2004) (producer) *''Flight of the Conchords'' (2007–2009) (writer) *''The Inbetweeners'' (2008–2010) (producer; writer; creator) *''The Inbetweeners Movie'' (2011) (writer) *'' The Inbetweeners 2'' (2014) (director; writer) *''Siblings'' (2014) (executive producer) *''White Gold'' (2017–2019) (director; writer; creator) * '' The First Team'' (2020) (director; writer; creator) Awards *2008 – Writers Guild of America Award Nomination, Comedy Series (''Flight of the Conchords'') *2008 – Writers Guild of America Award Nomination, New Series (''Flight of the Conch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Day (The Inbetweeners)
''The Inbetweeners'' is a BAFTA Award-winning British sitcom created by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, set in a fictional secondary school, and broadcast on E4. The series follows the lives of four suburban sixth form student friends—protagonist Will McKenzie (Simon Bird), his best friend Simon Cooper ( Joe Thomas), and their friends Jay Cartwright ( James Buckley) and Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison). The series is narrated by Will, who is the programme's central character. The first series consists of six episodes, starting with the first episode "First Day", which was shown on E4 on 1 May 2008, and ran until 29 May 2008. The second series began on 2 April 2009 with "The Field Trip" and ran for six episodes, also on E4. The third series began on 13 September 2010 with "The Fashion Show" and ended on 18 October 2010 with "The Camping Trip". Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2008) Series 2 (2009) Series 3 (2010) See also * ''The Inbetweeners Movie'' * ''The Inb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Tointon
Hannah Tointon (born 28 December 1987) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Katy Fox in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' and Tara Brown in sitcom ''The Inbetweeners''. Early life Tointon was born to parents Ken and Carol. She and her actress sister Kara (born 1983) were brought up in Leigh-on-Sea and attended St Michael's School, Leigh, and St Hilda's School in Westcliff-on-Sea. Career Tointon's first appearance on television was in the CBBC hit sitcom '' Kerching!'', where she played Tamsin, the love interest of the main character Taj Lewis. Her next role was in the series ''Star 2003'' where she played the character Billie. Following this, she played Celina Johnson in the British police drama series ''The Bill''. She also portrayed Casey in the horror film '' The Children''. In 2006, she appeared in the television series '' Murder City'', where she played Bethany Williams in the episode "Just Seventeen". She also appeared in '' Dream Team'' as Savann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
