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Brian Vernel
Brian Vernel is a Scottish actor best known for his film role as Bala-Tik in '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), as Odda the Younger in the TV series ''The Last Kingdom'' (2015), and Billy Wallace in British gangster series '' Gangs of London'' (2020-2025). Early life A native of Glasgow, Vernel attended St Mungo's Academy in Gallowgate before training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) after a one-year general arts foundation course at Glasgow University. Career He played the role of Bala-Tik in the 2015 film ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. Vernel's character spoke in a Glaswegian accent. Vernel played the main role of Billy Wallace, junkie brother of London drug cartel boss Sean Wallace, played by Joe Cole, and working alongside Michelle Fairley, who played his mother, in '' Gangs of London'', between 2020-2022. Filmography Movies Television , - ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes , - , 2011 , , '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama () is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and film in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools. Founded in 1847, it has become the busiest performing arts venue in Scotland with over 500 public performances each year. The current principal is American pianist and composer Jeffrey Sharkey. The patron is King Charles III. History The Royal Conservatoire has occupied its current purpose-built building on Renfrew Street in Glasgow since 1988. Its roots lie in several organisations. Officially founded in 1847 by Moses Provan as part of the Glasgow Athenaeum, from an earlier Educational Association grouping, music and arts were provided alongside courses in commercial skills, literature, languages, sciences and mathematics. Courses were open and affordable, including day classes for ladies, and the Athenaeum had a reading room, news room, libr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Us Prey (film)
''Let Us Prey'' is a 2014 horror film directed by Brian O'Malley and written by Fiona Watson and David Cairns. Plot A mysterious man arrives in a small town in Scotland where PC Rachel Heggie awakens from a nightmare about being abused as a child before heading out on patrol. Whilst on patrol, Heggie witnesses Francis "Caesar" Sargison's car strike the mystery man. He disappears, and Heggie arrests Caesar. At the police station, she is greeted by Sgt Jim Macready, who charges Caesar with reckless driving. Heggie radios PCs Jennifer Mundie and Jack Warnock to find the victim before taking Caesar to the cells, where he joins his teacher, Mr. Ralph Beswick, arrested for beating his wife. Mundie and Warnock, having found the man that Caesar hit, bring him to the station, mute, covered in scratches and carrying only a notebook with lists of names. Heggie phones Dr. Duncan Hume to examine him; however, upon examination Hume experiences a flashback and attempts to kill his patient for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shardlake (TV Series)
''Shardlake'' is a four-part television series on Disney+ based on the ''Shardlake'' series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom set in the reign of Henry VIII in the 16th century. The series is adapted by Stephen Butchard and directed by Justin Chadwick and produced by The Forge. Arthur Hughes stars as the eponymous Matthew Shardlake, alongside Sean Bean as Thomas Cromwell. C. J. Sansom died on 27 April 2024, just four days before the series premiere. In January 2025, the series was cancelled after one season. Synopsis During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, the hunchback barrister Master Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in the remote town of Scarnsea. Cast and characters * Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake ** Toby Eden as young Shardlake * Anthony Boyle as John "Jack" Barak * Sean Bean as Thomas Cromwell * Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice Fewterer * Joe Barber as Novice Simon Whelplay * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slow Horses
''Slow Horses'' is a British spy thriller television series based on the '' Slough House'' series of novels by Mick Herron, created by Will Smith. It follows an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned, under the supervision of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). It also stars Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Okenedo, Jonathan Pryce, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, and Christopher Chung. The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022 to highly positive reviews. The first four series have been based on the novels ''Slow Horses'', ''Dead Lions'', ''Real Tigers'', and ''Spook Street'' respectively. It has been renewed for fifth and sixth series based on the novels ''London Rules'', ''Joe Country'', and ''Slough House''. The fifth series is slated to premiere on 24 September 2025. Premise Slough House is an administrative purgatory for MI5 service rejects who have seriously failed a task but not badly enough to get sacked. Those consigned there are known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collateral (TV Series)
''Collateral'' is a four-part British television drama serial produced by Banijay UK Productions, The Forge for the BBC, created and written by David Hare (playwright), David Hare, and directed by S.J. Clarkson. The series was Hare's first original series for television, despite having written for the BBC since 1973. Piers Wenger, the BBC's head of drama, described the series as "a contemporary and thought-provoking state-of-the-nation thriller that pushes the boundaries of what audiences expect." The series, described by Hare as "a police procedural without any of that police attitudinising", stars Carey Mulligan as Detective Inspector, DI Kip Glaspie, assigned to investigate the shooting of a pizza delivery rider in inner-city southwest London. The ensuing story explores a complex web of characters who are all somehow connected with the story, which addresses attitudes to immigration with the maltreatment of refugees and immigrants by both uncaring people-traffickers and indiff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tunnel (TV Series)
''The Tunnel'' () is a British–French crime drama television series adapted from the 2011 Danish–Swedish crime series ''The Bridge (2011 TV series), The Bridge'' (''Bron''/''Broen''). The series began broadcasting on 16 October 2013 on Sky Atlantic in the UK, and on 11 November 2013 on Canal+ (French TV channel), Canal+ in France. The series stars Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy as British and French police detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann. The plot follows the two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper half of a French politician and the lower half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel at the midpoint between France and the UK. The killer is nicknamed the "Truth Terrorist" and is on a moral crusade to highlight many social problems, terrorising both countries in the process. As the series progresses, the killer's true intention is revealed. The Anglo–French adaptation of ''The Bridge'' was announced as a joint proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eaters Of Light
"The Eaters of Light" is the tenth episode of the tenth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Rona Munro and broadcast on 17 June 2017 on BBC One. Munro previously wrote ''Survival'', the final serial of the original run of ''Doctor Who'', making her the only writer to date to have worked on the classic and revived eras of the show. The episode received generally positive reviews from television critics. The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) takes Bill (Pearl Mackie) and Nardole (Matt Lucas) to second-century Scotland to settle their different theories about what happened to the ninth legion of the Roman army that vanished. When they arrive, however, they find an alien menace from another dimension that may be the reason behind the vanishing, presenting a far greater threat than any army. Synopsis The Twelfth Doctor and Bill, disagreeing about the fate of the Ninth Legion of the Imperial Roman army, travel in the TARDIS along with Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling Spacecraft, spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating List of Doctor Who villains, foes. The Doctor usually travels with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. Beginning with William Hartnell, List of actors who have played the Doctor, fourteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; the most recent being Ncuti Gatwa, who portrayed the Fifteenth Doctor from 2023 to 2025. The transition between actors is written into the plot of the series with the Regeneration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing (British TV Series)
''The Missing'' is a British anthology drama written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams. It was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 28 October 2014, and in the United States on Starz on 15 November 2014. The first eight-part series, about the search for a missing boy in France, was directed by Tom Shankland. It stars Tchéky Karyo as Julien Baptiste, the French detective who leads the case, with James Nesbitt and Frances O'Connor as the boy's parents. The second eight-part series, about a missing girl in Germany, was directed by Ben Chanan. It was broadcast in the UK, on BBC One, from 12 October 2016 and in the United States, on Starz, on 12 February 2017. Tchéky Karyo returns as Julien Baptiste, with David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes as the girl's parents. Both series received positive reviews, with critics praising the cast, especially Tchéky Karyo's performance, and the storytelling. In February 2019, a spin-off series titled '' Baptiste'' was broadcast on BBC One, aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Casual Vacancy (miniseries)
''The Casual Vacancy'' is a 2015 British miniseries based on the 2012 The Casual Vacancy, novel of the same title by J. K. Rowling. Directed by Jonny Campbell and written by Sarah Phelps, the series premiered on 15 February 2015 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and on 29 April 2015 on HBO in the United States. Cast *Rory Kinnear as Barry Fairbrother *Emily Bevan as Mary Fairbrother *Michael Gambon as Howard Mollison *Julia McKenzie as Shirley Mollison *Rufus Jones (actor), Rufus Jones as Miles Mollison *Keeley Hawes as Samantha Mollison *Hetty Baynes as Maureen Lowe *Abigail Lawrie as Krystal Weedon *Keeley Forsyth as Terri Weedon *Simon McBurney as Colin 'Cubby' Wall *Monica Dolan as Tess Wall *Brian Vernel as Stuart 'Fats' Wall *Richard Glover as Simon Price *Marie Critchley as Ruth Price *Joe Hurst as Andrew 'Arf' Price *Michele Austin as Kay Bawden *Lolita Chakrabarti as Parminder Jawanda *Silas Carson as Vikram Jawanda *Ria Choony as Sukhvinder Jawanda *Simona Brown as Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grantchester (TV Series)
''Grantchester'' is a British ITV detective drama set in the 1950s in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. Its first series was broadcast in 2014. The series originally featured Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers ( James Norton); subsequent series have featured vicar William Davenport ( Tom Brittney) and vicar Alphy Kotteram (Rishi Nair). Each of them develops a sideline in sleuthing with the help of Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, played by Robson Green. The series is 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''. A second series aired in March and April 2016, and a third series began its run on 23 April 2017. A fourth series was announced on 12 April 2018, and it was confirmed that this would be the last to feature James Norton in the lead. Tom Brittney as the Reverend Will Davenport took over the lead fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prey (British TV Series)
Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predation behavior varies significantly depending on the organism. Many predators, especially carnivores, have evolved distinct hunting strategies. Pursuit predation involves the active search for and pursuit of prey, whilst ambush predators instead wait for prey to present an opportunity for capture, and often use stealth or aggressive mimicry. Other predators are opportunistic or omnivorous and only practice predation occasionally. Most obligate carnivores are specialized for hunting. They may have acute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
