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Canterbury Tales (TV Series)
''Canterbury Tales'' is a series of six single dramas that originally aired on BBC One in 2003. Each story is an adaptation of one of Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century ''Canterbury Tales''. While the stories have been transferred to a modern 21st-century setting, they are still set along the traditional Pilgrims' route to Canterbury. Repeats of the series in the UK have aired on channels including ITV3. Production The anthology series was conceived by executive producers Laura Mackie and Franc Roddam in 2001, and produced by Kate Bartlett, while a number of writers and directors were chosen specifically to work on individual episodes. Bartlett said of the productions that: I wanted to be as faithful to the stories and spirit of the Tales as possible and we have tried to achieve that. ... They had to appeal to those more familiar with Chaucer but also work in their own right as single films, to an audience unfamiliar with Chaucer, and this was important to all of us. The product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Walters
Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. Walters has been nominated for two Academy Awards across acting categories—once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2014. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017 for services to drama. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in '' Educating Rita'' (1983), a part she originated in the West End production of the stage play upon which the film was based. She has appeared in many other films, including '' Personal Services'' (1987), ''Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987), '' Buster'' (1988), '' Stepping Out'' (1991), '' Sister My Sister'' (1994), '' Girls' Night'' (1998), '' Titanic Town'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus (previously known as G+). ITV3 is the sixth-largest UK television channel by audience share and the largest after the five main Terrestrial television, terrestrial services, the position which was previously held by its sister station ITV2. The channel is primarily devoted to repeats of ITV dramas, and including sequential reruns of ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', ''Coronation Street, Classic Coronation Street'', ''Emmerdale, Classic Emmerdale'', ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat'', ''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'' and ''A Touch of Frost'', amongst others, as well as formerly showing repeats of ''Kojak'', ''Numbers (TV series), Numb3rs'', ''Columbo'', ''Cagney & Lacey'' and ''The Bill'', but occasionally shows popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy De Emmony
Andy De Emmony (born ; sometimes spelled ''DeEmmony'') is a British television and film director. Career De Emmony has worked primarily in comedy, including '' Red Dwarf VI'', ''Father Ted'', ''Spitting Image''. He has directed two features: the comedy sequel '' West is West'' and the comedy horror '' Love Bite''. He has won one BAFTA ( British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series), ''Father Ted'', 1999) and has picked up nominations for his work on ''Spitting Image'', ''Cutting It'', ''The Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' () is a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. The book presents the tales, which are mostly written in verse, as part of a fictional storytelling contest held ...'' and '' Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!''. References External links * 1960s births Living people BAFTA winners (people) English television directors English television producers En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work in numerous stage, television and film productions, he has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, and also has had nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with '' The Illuminatus!'' in 1977. He gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's ''Pravda'' in 1985, Harold Pinter's '' Betrayal'' in 1991, Tom Stoppard's '' Arcadia'' in 1993, and Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his role in '' Blue/Orange'' in 2001. He acted on Broadway in the David Hare plays '' The Vertical Hour'' (2006) and ''Skylight'' (2015), earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for the latter. Nighy's early film r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Nicholls (actor)
Gerard Paul Greenhalgh (born 12 April 1979), known professionally as Paul Nicholls, is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Joe Wicks (EastEnders), Joe Wicks in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', DS Sam Casey in the ITV1, ITV drama ''Law & Order: UK'', and Steve Bell (Ackley Bridge), Steve Bell in the Channel 4 drama ''Ackley Bridge.'' Career Nicholls made his television debut in 1990 at the age of 10, in ''Children's Ward''. In 1994, he appeared in the BBC children's drama ''Earthfasts (TV series), Earthfasts'' and ''The Biz (TV series), The Biz'', a teenage performing arts drama filmed at Hampton Court. In 1996, he appeared in an episode of ''Out of the Blue (1995 TV series), Out of the Blue''. Later that year, Nicholls began portraying the role of Joe Wicks (EastEnders), Joe Wicks in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', a role which he played until 1997, and a cameo appearance in 2024. Nicholls appeared in several teenage stage roles, notably as Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wife Of Bath's Tale
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" () is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. It provides insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and was probably of interest to Chaucer, himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her Prologue twice as long as her Tale. He also goes so far as to describe two sets of clothing for her, in his General Prologue. She calls herself both Alyson and Alys in the prologue, but to confuse matters, these are also the names of her 'gossip' (a close friend or gossip), whom she mentions several times, as well as many female characters throughout ''The Canterbury Tales''. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the "Prologue of the Wife of Bath's Tale" during the fourteenth century, at a time when the social structure was rapidly evolving, during the reign of Richard II; it was not until the late 1380s to mid-1390s, when Richard's subjects started to take notice of the way in which he was leaning toward bad counsel, ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BARB
Barb or the BARBs or ''variation'' may refer to: People * Barb (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Barb, a term used by fans of Nicki Minaj to refer to themselves * The Barbs, a band Places * Barb, Ontario, Canada * DeKalb, Illinois, USA; nicknamed ''Barb City'' Animals * Barb (feather), the branches issuing from the rachis of feathers * Barb (fish), common name for a range of freshwater fish * Barb horse, a breed from North Africa * Barb (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon * Australian Kelpie or barb, a breed of dog * The Barb (1863–1888), Australian Thoroughbred racehorse Implements * Barding or barb, a type of armor for horses * A backward-facing point on a fish hook or similar implement, rendering extraction from the victim's flesh more difficult * A type of pipe fitting called Piping_and_plumbing_fittings#Barb, barb, used to connect hosing (the ridges face backward, making insertion easy and removal difficult) * Barb, a sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bowker
Peter Bowker (born 5 January 1959) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the television serials ''Blackpool (TV series), Blackpool'' (2004), a musical drama about a shady casino owner in the Northern England, north of England; ''Occupation (TV series), Occupation'' (2009), which follows three military servicemen adjusting to civilian life after List of wars involving Iraq, a tour of duty in Iraq; ''Capital (British TV series), Capital'' (2015), an Emmy Awards, Emmy award-winning drama about Real-estate bubble, real-estate bubbles in South London; and ''The A Word'' (2016), an adaptation of Keren Margalit's Israel, Israeli drama ''Yellow Peppers'' about a family raising an autism, autistic child. In 2007, he adapted ''Blackpool'' for CBS as ''Viva Laughlin''. Biography Born and raised in Hazel Grove, Stockport, England. Bowker was educated at Marple Hall School and read Philosophy and English at the University of Leeds. He taught for twelve years in a Leed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McKay (director)
John McKay (born 1965) is a Scottish film and television director. His initial career was as a playwright, before he began his film career by directing the short films ''Doom and Gloom'' (1996) and ''Wet and Dry'' (1997). Career McKay's short films brought him some notable early acclaim: ''Wet and Dry'' was nominated in the "Best Short Fiction" category at the Molodist International Film Festival in Kyiv in 1997, ''Doom and Gloom'' won a "Special Mention" in the "Youth on Youth Award" category at the 1998 Locarno International Film Festival, and the "Best European Short Film" prize at the 1999 Brussels International Film Festival. After working on the television series '' Psychos'' for Kudos and Channel 4 in 1999, he directed his first full-length feature film, ''Crush'', starring Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor, and Kenny Doughty for which he also wrote the screenplay. Released in 2001, the film was originally to have been titled ''The Sad Fuckers Club'', bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miller's Tale
"The Miller's Tale" () is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales'' (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller Robin toquite (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways) "The Knight's Tale". The Miller's Prologue is the first "quite" that occurs in the tales. Prologue The general prologue to ''The Canterbury Tales'' describes the Miller, Robin, as a stout and evil churl fond of wrestling. In the Miller's Prologue, the pilgrims have just heard and enjoyed "The Knight's Tale", a classical story of courtly love, and the Host asks the Monk to "quite" with a tale of his own. Before the Monk can respond, however, the drunken Miller insists on going next. The Host tries to persuade the Miller to let some "bettre" man tell the next tale, but acquiesces when the Miller threatens to leave the company. The Miller claims that his tale is "noble", but reminds the other pilgrims that he is quite drunk and cannot be held accountable for what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Rochester and seat (''cathedra'') of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The cathedral, built in the Norman style is a Grade I listed building. History Anglo-Saxon establishment The Rochester diocese was founded by Justus, one of the missionaries who accompanied Augustine of Canterbury to convert the pagan southern English to Christianity in the early 7th century. As the first Bishop of Rochester, Justus was given permission by King Æthelberht of Kent to establish a church dedicated to Andrew the Apostle (like the monastery at Rome where Augustine and Justus had set out for England) on the site of the present cathedral, which was made the seat of a bishopric. The cathedral was to be served by a college of secular prie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Castle
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England. The 12th-century keep or stone tower, which is the castle's most prominent feature, is one of the best preserved of its time in England or France. Situated on the River Medway and Watling Street, Rochester was a strategically important royal castle. During the late medieval period, it helped protect England's south-east coast from invasion. The first castle at Rochester was founded in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest. It was given to Bishop Odo, probably by his half-brother William the Conqueror. During the Rebellion of 1088 over the succession to the English throne, Odo supported Robert Curthose, the Conqueror's eldest son, against William Rufus. It was during this conflict that the castle first saw military action; the city and castle were besieged after Odo made Rochester a headquarters for the rebellion. After the garrison capitulated, this first castle was abandoned. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
