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Crime Story (UK TV Series)
''Crime Story'' is a British true crime drama anthology television series, first broadcast on 18 September 1992 on ITV. Two series were produced between 1992 and 1995, containing a total of fifteen episodes. Each episode depicts the events leading up to and encompassing a notable true crime, including cases such as the Erwin Van Haarlem mystery and the Teacup Poisoner murders. The series is notable for including the first television script written by BAFTA-award-winning writer Jeff Pope. Neither series has been released on DVD. In 2024, the show began airing on Talking Pictures TV Talking Pictures TV (TPTV) is a British free-to-air vintage film and nostalgia television channel. It was launched on 26 May 2015 on Sky. Later it also became available on Freeview, Freesat and Virgin Media. It is on air 24 hours a day and fe .... Episodes Note: The 15 episodes are numbered differently on IMDB.com (below) vs. Britbox streaming channel Series 1 (1992) Series 2 (1993–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime
True crime is a genre of non-fiction work in which an author examines a crime, including detailing the actions of people associated with and affected by the crime, and investigating the perpetrator's Motive (law), motives. True crime works often deal with Violent crime, violent crimes such as Murder, murders and Serial killer, serial killers, including high-profile cases (such as killing of JonBenét Ramsey, JonBenét Ramsey, O. J. Simpson murder case, O. J. Simpson, and Pamela Smart), and more obscure or unsolved cases that the author wishes to bring wider attention to. A true crime work may use either a Journalism, journalistic style with a focus on known facts, or a speculative style with a larger focus on the author's personal conclusions regarding a crime. True crime has taken the form of various Media (communication), media, including literature such as magazines and books, television series and documentaries (which may sometimes feature Dramatization, dramatized scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Watling
Jack Stanley Watling (13 January 1923 – 22 May 2001) was an English actor. Life and career Watling was born 13 January 1923 in Chingford, Essex, England. The son of a travelling scrap metal dealer, Watling trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts as a child; and made his stage debut in '' Where the Rainbow Ends'' at the Holborn Empire in 1936. He made his first film appearances (all uncredited) in ''Sixty Glorious Years'', '' Housemaster'' (both 1938) and '' Goodbye, Mr Chips'' (1939).Anthony HaywarObituary: Jack Watling ''The Independent'', 24 May 2001. In 1941, Watling played Bill Hopkins in ''Once a Crook'' in his West End debut. He starred as Flight Lieutenant Teddy Graham in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's ''Flare Path''. Watling had a long career in low-key British films, originally in easy-going boyish roles. His early appearances were in '' Cottage to Let'' (1941). '' We Dive at Dawn'' (1943), '' The Demi-Paradise'' (1943) opposite Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Caunter
Anthony Patrick Caunter (born 22 September 1937) is a retired English actor best known for his roles as Jack Shepherd in the Yorkshire Television sitcom '' Queenie's Castle'' (1970–72), DCI Jim Logan in the first three seasons of ''Juliet Bravo'' (1980–1982), and his portrayal of the kindly car dealer Roy Evans in ''EastEnders'' (1994–2003). Early life The second son of Annie Mary and Roy Hobert Caunter, Caunter attended Worthing and Westcliff High Schools. Caunter has an older brother, Roger. Career Caunter's numerous television credits include ''Crown Court'', ''Z-Cars'', '' The Avengers'', ''Casualty'', '' London's Burning'', ''Home to Roost'', '' Queenie's Castle'', '' The Saint'', ''Special Branch'', ''The Champions'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Catweazle'', '' The Main Chance'', '' The Professionals'', '' The Sweeney'', '' Minder'', '' Pennies From Heaven'', '' Westbeach'', '' Howards' Way'', ''Lovejoy'', '' May to December'', '' Boon'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Juliet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Tierney
Malcolm Tierney (25 February 1938 – 19 February 2014) was an English actor who appeared in many stage, film and television roles. Early life Tierney's father, Ernest, was a boilermaker and trained draughtsman, from Warrington, who worked at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. His mother, Agnes, née Kennedy, worked in the cotton mills. Tierney attended St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Failsworth and studied design at the Manchester School of Art (now part of Manchester Metropolitan University). While working as a textile designer and printmaker, he became involved in amateur dramatics at the Bolton Little Theatre, Little Theatre, in Bolton, which had been set up by John Wardle, father of the drama critic Irving Wardle, whose wife, Norma, became a mentor to Tierney. As a result, he began a scholarship with the Rose Bruford College, Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama, in Sidcup, Kent, in 1958 and landed his first acting job in 1962. Career Tierney's roles included the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicken Ashworth
Dicken Ashworth (born 18 July 1946) is an English actor. Career Ashworth's film credits include '' King of the Wind'', '' Force 10 from Navarone'', '' Tess'', '' Krull'' and '' Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''. On television, Ashworth played Alan Partridge in '' Brookside'' from 1983 to 1984, Jeff Horton in ''Coronation Street'' from 1992 to 2000 and Duke Woods in ''Emmerdale'' from 2007 to 2008. Other television credits include ''Grange Hill'', ''Juliet Bravo'', '' Minder'', ''Blake's 7'', '' The Chinese Detective'', ''Doctor Who'', '' C.A.T.S. Eyes'', ''The Bill'', '' Boon'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' Dangerfield'', ''Keeping Up Appearances'', '' The Thin Blue Line'', '' Heartbeat'' and '' Where the Heart Is''. Ashworth appears in the video to the Pretenders The Pretenders are a British rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Devereaux
Edward Sidney Devereaux (27 August 192517 December 2003), better known professionally as Ed Devereaux, was an Australian actor, director, and scriptwriter who lived in the United Kingdom for many years. He was best known for playing the part of Matt Hammond the head ranger in the Australian television series ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo''. He was also involved in the series behind the scenes, Devereaux writing the script and directing the episode ''The Veteran'' (1969), for which he received much critical acclaim. Devereaux based the story of the episode "Double Trouble" on an idea conceived by his children, wrote the screenplay of "Summer Storm" and the script for "The Mine". He also played the part of Joe in the Australian 1966 film ''They’re a Weird Mob''. The film was a local success. Biography Devereaux had been a boy soprano, teenage soldier in the New Guinea campaign during the Second World War, cabbie, storeman and truck driver before moving to the UK in 1950. Devereaux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulvinder Ghir
Kulvinder Ghir is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as one of the cast members in the sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me'' (1998–2015). He is also known for playing Aslam in the Yorkshire-based film '' Rita, Sue and Bob Too!'' (1987), and Poly Verisof in ''Foundation''. Early life Ghir was born in Nairobi, Kenya to Indian Punjabi parents of Sikh heritage. Ghir grew up in the Chapeltown suburb of Leeds, England. Ghir first began performing on stage at 13, going on to play comedy clubs between 15 and 17, thereafter enrolling in a London drama school. Career Ghir made his first television appearance as a teenager in 1981 on the Yorkshire Television programme ''The Extraordinary People Show''. At the time, he was looking at going into animation, and was one of three teenagers chosen to question Gerry Anderson about his techniques, and for general advice. His next TV appearance was in 1985, in the recurring role of Davy Malik in the BBC drama '' Howards' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmi Harkishin
James "Jimmi" Harkishin (born 19 March 1959) is an actor best known for his role as shopkeeper Dev Alahan in ''Coronation Street'', which he has played continuously since 10 November 1999. He also played Ranjit in the film '' Bhaji on the Beach'' (1993) and Iyaaz Ali Khan in '' East is East'' (1999). Harkishin played Gary Lobo in the ''Jonathan Creek'' episode "Danse Macabre". Harkishin was born in Paris, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ... to an Indian father (Deepak) and Italian mother (Soni). He has three children, Holli Harkishin, Rajan Harkishin and India Rose Harkishin with partner Susan Beaton. He began acting in 1986 under the stage name James Harkishin, and played the regular characters of Jose Cuervo for 18 episodes between 1990–93 in the childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Reid
Anne Reid (born 28 May 1935) is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (1961–1971); Jean in the sitcom '' dinnerladies'' (1998–2000); and her role as Celia Dawson in '' Last Tango in Halifax'' (2012–2020) for which she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. A further nomination in the same category followed for playing Ann Moore-Martin in ''The Sixth Commandment'' (2023). For her performance in the film '' The Mother'' (2003), Reid won the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Other notable film roles include the voice of Wendolene Ramsbottom in '' Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave'' (1995) and as Leslie Tiller in ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007). Early life Reid was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, the daughter of Colin Norman Reid (1896–1970) and Annie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel McKay
Muriel Freda McKay (4 February 1914 – ) was an Australian woman who was kidnapped on 29 December 1969 in the United Kingdom and presumed murdered in the first few days of 1970. She was married to Alick McKay, an executive at News Limited and deputy to media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. McKay was kidnapped after being mistaken for Murdoch's then-wife, Anna Maria Murdoch. Two Indo-Trinidadian brothers, Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein, were convicted of her murder and kidnapping in September 1970. The case was one of the earliest examples in the United Kingdom of a trial and conviction secured for a murder without a body. Disappearance Muriel McKay and her husband Alick were both born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. After moving to London in 1958 for her husband's job as a newspaper executive for Rupert Murdoch's News Limited, they lived in St Mary's House on Arthur Road in Wimbledon. Their three adult children, Jennifer, Diane and Ian, also lived in the United Kingdom. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor McGuire
Victor McGuire (born 17 March 1964) is an English actor best known for playing Jack Boswell in series 1–3 and 5–7 of Carla Lane's ''Bread'', Ron Wheatcroft in every series of '' Goodnight Sweetheart'' and its 2016 one-off episode, and Sean Hughes's neighbour Tony in '' Sean's Show'' ("the kind of guy you can ask to build you a shed"). Life and career McGuire appeared as Gary, one of the pair of thieves in Guy Ritchie's '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'', and as Deputy Chief Constable Nadin in Mike Leigh's '' Peterloo''. He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Casualty'' and '' 2point4 Children''. He played the character of Amos Hart in the West End musical ''Chicago'' and was Lazar Wolf in the West End production of ''Fiddler on the Roof'' at the Savoy Theatre. He later reprised the role of Amos Hart in the theatrical production of ''Chicago'', in the Cambridge Theatre, London. In 2012 he appeared in two episodes of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
