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Clarissa (TV Series)
''Clarissa'' is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on BBC2 in three episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. Based on the 1748 novel '' Clarissa'' by Samuel Richardson, it follows a virtuous young woman who is oppressed by her ambitious family and a rake who becomes obsessed with her. It was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Serial.http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=television%20drama&f integer_year%3A1992 Plot The virtuous Clarissa (Wickham) inherits a fortune from her grandfather but gives it into the control of her jealous family. Clarissa is the image of a youthful, virtuous young woman. Lovelace (Bean) arrives to seduce Clarissa's sister Arabella (Baxter) and the two go out for a walk. Clarissa is also in the gardens and comes across the two in embrace. Lovelace catches sight of Clarissa and is immediately enchanted by her, which Arabella notices and becomes ...
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Television In The United Kingdom
Television broadcaster, Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the Mechanical television#Television demonstrations, first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view and Pay television, subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky Electronic program guide, EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there are basically 485 TV channels, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 for consumers as well as On demand ...
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Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress. Her accolades include two Scottish BAFTAs, a VFCC Award and an Olivier Award, as well as BAFTA, BIFA, London Critics' Circle, Chlotrudis, Gotham, and Canadian Screen Award nominations. Henderson's film roles include Gail in '' Trainspotting'' (1996) and its 2017 sequel, Jude in the '' Bridget Jones'' films (2001–2025), and Moaning Myrtle in ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002) and ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005). Her other notable credits include '' Rob Roy'' (1995), '' Wonderland'' (1999), ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), '' 24 Hour Party People'' (2002), ''Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself'' (2002), ''Intermission'' (2003), '' American Cousins'' (2003), '' Frozen'' (2005), ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006), '' Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'' (2008), '' Life During Wartime'' (2009), '' Meek's Cutoff'' (2010), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), '' Filth'' (2013), ''Okja'' (2017), '' Never Steady, Never S ...
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1990s British Drama Television Series
Year 199 (Roman numerals, CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new Roman legion, legions, Legio I Parthica, I Parthica and Legio III Parthica, III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung of Geumgwan Gaya, Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya confederacy, Gaya (traditional date). By ...
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1991 British Television Series Endings
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS in its place. In July 1991, India abandoned its policies of dirigism, license raj and autarky and began extensive Economic liberalisation in India, liberalisation to its economy. This increased Economy of India, GDP but also increased income inequality in India, income inequality over the next two decades. A United Nations, UN-authorized coalition of the Gulf War, coalition force from 34 nations fought against Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq, which had Invasion of Kuwait, invaded and Kuwait Governorate, annexed Kuwait in the previous year, 1990. The conflict would be called the Gulf War and would mark the beginning of a since-constant American military presence in the Middle East. The clash between Republic of Serbia (1990–2006), Serbia and t ...
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1991 British Television Series Debuts
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union collapsed, leaving fifteen sovereign republics and the CIS in its place. In July 1991, India abandoned its policies of dirigism, license raj and autarky and began extensive liberalisation to its economy. This increased GDP but also increased income inequality over the next two decades. A UN-authorized coalition force from 34 nations fought against Iraq, which had invaded and annexed Kuwait in the previous year, 1990. The conflict would be called the Gulf War and would mark the beginning of a since-constant American military presence in the Middle East. The clash between Serbia and the other Yugoslav republics would lead into the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, which ran through the rest of the decade. In the context of the apartheid, the year after the liberation of political prisoner Nelson Mandela, the Parliament of South Africa repeals the Population Registration Ac ...
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BBC Television Dramas
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting. The BBC was established under a royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts or to use the BBC's streaming service, iPlayer. The fee is set by the British government, agreed by Parliament, and is used to fund the BBC's radio, ...
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Gerry Scott
Gerry Scott Foulds (born Geraldine Mary Boldy; 4 November 1944 – 25 April 2007) was an English production designer. Biography Born Geraldine Mary Boldy in Bradford, West Yorkshire, she graduated with qualifications in art from Bradford College (England), Bradford College and City of Sunderland College, Sunderland College in the late 1960s. She then joined the design department of the BBC, after initially being rejected "because she was a painter and couldn't draw plans"; she learned how to do plans over a six-month period before reapplying for the job. At the BBC, Scott worked on such productions as ''Sykes (TV series), Sykes'', ''Porridge (1974 TV series), Porridge'', ''Ripping Yarns'' and ''Blake's 7'' from 1972 to 1980. Her work on the 1991 miniseries ''Clarissa (TV series), Clarissa'' saw her find her calling as a designer on historical dramas, and her subsequent work included ''Middlemarch (1994 TV serial), Middlemarch'' (1994), ''Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series), Pr ...
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British Academy Television Craft Award For Best Production Design
The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Production Design is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. According to the BAFTA website, for a programme to be eligible to this category it "should contain a significant amount of original design." The category was gone through some name changes: * From 1955 to 1965, an individual award named ''Best Designer'' was presented. * From 1966 to 2000 it was presented as ''Best Design''. * Since 2001 it has been presented as ''Best Production Design''. Winners and nominees 1950s Best Designer 1960s Best Designer Best Design 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Best Design Best Production Design 2010s 2020s See also * Primetime Emmy Award for O ...
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British Academy Television Craft Award For Best Costume Design
The BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Costume Design is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. It was first awarded in 1978. According to the BAFTA website, for a programme to be eligible to this category, it "should contain a significant amount of original design." Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes * Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes * Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes References External links * {{BAFTA Craft Awards Costume Design Costume design is the process of selecting or creating clothing for a performers. A costume may be des ...
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Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with fact, history, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, fiction refers to written narratives in prose often specifically novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition and theory Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly expressed, so the audience expects a work of fiction to deviate to a greater or lesser degree from the real world, rather than presenting for instance only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood as not adhering to the real world, the theme ...
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Robert Bierman
Robert Bierman is an English film and television director. He began his career directing commercials and short films before making the transition to directing feature films and television dramas. Bierman was originally scheduled to direct '' The Fly'' (1986), but due to personal tragedy was unable to commit to the project. In 1989 he directed '' Vampire's Kiss''. He has directed episodes of '' Waking the Dead'', ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'', ''The Bill'' and ''Holby City''. He has three children from his first marriage and three daughters from his second marriage to Saskia Wickham. Filmography as director * ''The Dumb Waiter'' (1979) * ''The Rocking Horse Winner'' (1983) * ''Apology'' (1986) * '' Vampire's Kiss'' (1989) * ''The Moonstone'' (1996) * ''Keep the Aspidistra Flying ''Keep the Aspidistra Flying'', first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy wors ...
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Kevin Loader
Kevin Loader is a British film and television producer. Since 1996, he and co-owner Roger Michell have run a London-based production company, Free Range Films, through which the pair have made several feature films directed by Michell, including '' The Mother'', ''Enduring Love'', ''Venus'', ''Hyde Park on Hudson'', and ''Le Week-end''. Their most recent film is an adaptation by Michell of Daphne Du Maurier's ''My Cousin Rachel''. The company is also developing and producing film and television projects with other directors. Loader was awarded the Bafta for Best Television Serial in 2015 for ''The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies''. Early life and education Loader was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read English. He then pursued post-graduate studies at The University of Connecticut, where he also taught. Career Loader returned to London and joined BBC Television as a trainee in 1982, and over the next seven years worked on a ser ...
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