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Clyde Tavernier
Clyde Tavernier is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Steven Woodcock. Introduced on 5 July 1990, Clyde featured in prominent storylines including an inter-racial relationship with Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) and being framed for the murder of publican Eddie Royle ( Michael Melia). The character was written out in 1993 and was given a happy ending, leaving on 22 July 1993. Creation and development In the latter part of 1989, Michael Ferguson became the new executive producer of ''EastEnders'', taking over from Mike Gibbon. Ferguson had previously been a producer on ITV's ''The Bill'' – a hard-hitting, gritty and successful police drama, which seemed to be challenging ''EastEnders'' in providing a realistic vision of modern life in London. Due to his success on ''The Bill'', Peter Cregeen, the Head of Series at the BBC, poached Ferguson to become the executive producer of ''EastEnders''. Following a relatively unsuccessful inclinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Woodcock
Steven Woodcock (born 23 February 1964) is an English actor, best known for his role as Clyde Tavernier in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', a role that he played from July 1990 to July 1993. Other television credits include ''Grange Hill'' (1983–1984), '' The Lenny Henry Show'' (1985), ''Casualty'' (1987), '' London's Burning'', '' Rockliffe's Babies'' and ''Only Fools and Horses''. Steven started as a writer and one of his plays, ''Jah-Jah Reached The Top'', was performed at London's Royal Court Theatre. A serious musician, he has composed over 500 songs and plays the guitar and bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ... professionally. Steven was also once a keen boxer, a skill he used when his EastEnders character took up the sport on-screen in 1991. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV (TV channel), STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been Legal name, legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was, for decades, a network of separate companies that provided regional television services and also shared programmes among themselves to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs ITV1, the ITV1 cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Altman (actor)
John Clarkson Stewart (born 2 March 1952), known as John Altman, is an English actor and singer. He was among the original cast members of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', playing Nick Cotton, appearing in the first episode in February 1985 and remaining on the show as a recurring character. His character was killed off in the 30th anniversary episode of the show which aired in February 2015. Altman has also appeared in several films, television series and stage productions. In 2010, he became the new frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids following the death of former frontman Gary Holton in 1985. Early life Altman was born in Reading, Berkshire, elder son of Cecil Clarkson Stewart (1921–1995), a first-class clerk at the Bank of England, and Tina Florence (1920–2016), daughter of actor Johnnie Schofield. He and his younger brother William were raised in Herne Bay, Kent. Career Altman made his acting debut in the 1979 film '' The First Great Train Robbery'' where he pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Cotton
Nick Cotton is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' played by John Altman (actor), John Altman on a semi-regular basis from the soap's debut episode on 19 February 1985. Altman has stated that his initial exit was due to producer Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith demanding he was written out after he opposed a decision to make his character gay.John Altman, AKA Eastender's Nasty Nick: It's almost like the Taliban. You can't say what you like. , GB News, Sep 13, 2021 After Smith's departure, the character made numerous brief or more protracted stints until his onscreen death in February 2015, which was written to coincide with the 30th anniversary of ''EastEnders''. Nick's primary function was as an antagonist, a drug-user ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Hollingworth
Corinne Ann Hollingworth (born 25 May 1952) is a British television producer and executive, best known for her contributions to British soap operas, including BBC's ''EastEnders'' and five's ''Family Affairs''. Hollingworth has gained a reputation for winning huge drama audiences by concentrating on human interest storylines.BBC's queen of soaps poached by Channel 5 , The Independent. URL last accessed on 2007-05-06. Early life She attended the Sherwood Hall School for Girls in Mansfield, a grammar-technical school (now the Samworth Church Academy< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Gayle
Michelle Patricia Gayle (born 2 February 1971) is a British singer, songwriter, actress and writer. Gayle had success as a Contemporary R&B, soul and R&B singer in the 1990s, having achieved seven top 40 single (music), singles in the UK Singles Chart. These include "Sweetness (Michelle Gayle song), Sweetness" and "Do You Know (Michelle Gayle song), Do You Know". She released two top 40 albums through RCA Records but they parted company in 1997, and although Gayle has recorded other albums, they have not been released. As an actress, Gayle is known for her work on television, in particular playing Hattie Tavernier in BBC's ''EastEnders'' from 1990 to 1993. She has also had various roles in film and theatre, such as playing Belle (Disney), Belle in the West End theatre, West End musical ''Beauty and the Beast (theatrical production), Beauty and the Beast'' in 1999. She has taken part in several celebrity-based reality television shows, and, in June 2007, she became a panellist fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garey Bridges
Garey Bridges (born 11 August 1969 in London, England) is a British actor, best known for playing the role of Lloyd Tavernier in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Career He originally trained to be a dancer and performed with Wayne Sleep in ''The Hot Show Shoe''. However, he was told at fourteen that he was too short and this prompted him to change his profession to acting. His first notable role came in 1988, when he appeared in an episode of ITV's ''Dramarama'' entitled ''Bogeymen''. The following year he appeared in the BBC medical television series, Casualty (1989) and the children's drama ''Press Gang'' (1989), playing Terry. In 1990 Bridges secured the role of Lloyd Tavernier in the popular soap opera ''EastEnders''. The introduction of the Tavernier family heralded the first time that an entire family had joined the programme all at once. Their introduction was also a well-intentioned attempt to portray a wider range of black characters than had previously been achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence
Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence is a British former actress, most famous for playing the role of Etta Tavernier in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She no longer acts and as of 2008 works in criminal law. Career She trained to be a dancer at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in New York City, when she moved there with her Jamaican born parents. However, she felt she was not good enough to excel in this profession, so in 1981 she switched to stage acting and later to film and television. Her first notable role was in the 1989 film Strapless, where she played a nurse. However, her role in ''EastEnders'' has been her most notable. She played the school teacher Etta Tavernier from 1990 to 1992, returning briefly in 1994. The introduction of the Tavernier family heralded the first time that an entire family had joined the programme all at once. Their introduction was also a well-intentioned attempt to portray a wider range of black characters than had previously been achieved on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Golding
Celestine and Etta Tavernier are fictional characters from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Leroy Golding and Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence respectively. Both appear primarily in the serial as a married couple between 1990 and 1992. Celestine makes a further guest appearance in 1993, while Etta makes a guest appearance in 1994, both visiting remaining members of the Tavernier family. Celestine is portrayed as a strict disciplinarian and a devout Christian who expects everyone in his family to show similar dedication to the church and abide by his rules. His unwavering demand for respect often alienates his children and almost causes the breakdown of his marriage. Also religious, Etta is portrayed as a career woman; her most prominent storylines concern marital problems and crises of faith. Creation and development In the latter part of 1989 ''EastEnders'' acquired a new executive producer, Michael Ferguson, whom took over from Mike Gibbon. Ferguson had previously been a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestine And Etta Tavernier
Celestine and Etta Tavernier are fictional characters from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Leroy Golding and Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence respectively. Both appear primarily in the serial as a married couple between 1990 and 1992. Celestine makes a further guest appearance in 1993, while Etta makes a guest appearance in 1994, both visiting remaining members of the Tavernier family. Celestine is portrayed as a strict disciplinarian and a devout Christian who expects everyone in his family to show similar dedication to the church and abide by his rules. His unwavering demand for respect often alienates his children and almost causes the breakdown of his marriage. Also religious, Etta is portrayed as a career woman; her most prominent storylines concern marital problems and crises of faith. Creation and development In the latter part of 1989 ''EastEnders'' acquired a new executive producer, Michael Ferguson, whom took over from Mike Gibbon. Ferguson had previously been a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Eytle
Thomas Daniel Hicks Eytle (16 July 1926 – 19 June 2007)Wilmer, Val"Tommy Eytle" (obituary) ''The Guardian'', 27 July 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2017. was a Guyanese calypso musician and actor. Although born in Guyana, Eytle's career was based in the United Kingdom, where he lived after emigrating in 1951. Eytle's career began in the 1950s. He initially found success playing African and Caribbean music with his calypso band. He continued to perform musically until the mid-1990s. He had many roles on television, radio, film and stage, but he was most famous for playing the role of Jules Tavernier in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1990 to 1997. ''The Scotsman'', 9 July 2007. Early life Eytle was born in |
Colin Brake
Colin Brake (born 1962) is an English television writer and script editor best known for his work for the BBC on programmes such as '' Bugs'' and ''EastEnders,'' or '' Greenborne''. He has also written spin-offs from the BBC series ''Doctor Who''. He lives and works in Leicester. Work Brake began working on ''EastEnders'' in 1985 as a writer and script editor, being partly responsible for the introduction of the soap's first Asian characters Saeed and Naima Jeffery. From there, he went on to work as "script executive" on the popular Saturday night action adventure programme ''Bugs'', before moving to Channel 5 in 1997 to be "script associate" on their evening soap ''Family Affairs''. In the early 2000s, Brake wrote episodes of the daytime soaps ''Doctors'' and the revival of '' Crossroads''. Away from television, Brake had his first ''Doctor Who'' related writing published as part of Virgin Publishing's '' Decalog'' short story collection in 1996. He then had his first nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
