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Debbie Gates
Debbie Gates is a UK television writer and producer. She specialised in children's stories told on location by actors taking the parts of various characters without costumes, make-up or props. She is best known for writing and producing '' Tales From Fat Tulip's Garden'', broadcast by ITV in May and June, 1985. This series won prizes at the Chicago International Festival of Children's Films and the Children's Program at the San Francisco International Film Festival. It was followed by the sequel ''Fat Tulip Too'' (thirteen episodes shown during the summer of 1987) and then a Christmas special on 25 December 1987. The ''Fat Tulip'' stories were told and co-written by Tony Robinson and included characters such as Thin Tim, Fred the Baddy, Gilbert Harding Sheep, Bunting Tadpole, Anwar and Amita Rabbit, Tracey Bee, a cockle called Jim Morrison, and the Terrible Stinkers - Peter, Paul and Mary. Spin-off books were also published in 1985: ''Meet a Dog Called Dorian'' and ''Never Eat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Producer
A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon acceptance they focus on business matters, such as budgets and contracts. Other producers are more involved with the day-to-day workings, participating in activities such as screenwriting, set design, casting, and directing. There are a variety of different producers on a television show. A traditional producer is one who manages a show's budget and maintains a schedule, but this is no longer the case in modern television. Types of television producers Different types of producers in the industry today include (in order of seniority): Showrunner : The showrunner is the "chief executive" in charge of everything related to the production of the show. It is the highest-ranking individual who is responsible for the production and daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Keaton
Ben Keaton (born 1956) is an Irish actor who appeared in ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as Jeff Brannigan, and in BBC's '' Casualty'', playing the part of Spencer between 1999 and 2002. He also appeared as Father Austin Purcell in " Think Fast, Father Ted", an episode of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'', and had a small part in the British film '' East is East'' as a priest. Keaton is also a well-established theatre actor, and has appeared at The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in ''Animal Crackers'', ''American Buffalo'', ''Harvey'', ''Cyrano de Bergerac'',Bourne, Dianne"Old pals play for laughs" ''Manchester Evening News'', 15 February 2007. Retrieved on 3 June 2013. and playing the role of David Bliss in Noël Coward's ''Hay Fever''. Keaton also works as a comedian, and has won the Perrier Comedy Award at the 1986 Edinburgh Festival, two Manchester Evening News Best Actor Awards and a Laurence Olivier Nomination. He is a regular guest member with the Comedy Store Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Zoo
London Zoo, also known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. In 1831 or 1832, the animals of the Tower of London menagerie were transferred to the zoo's collection. It was opened to the public in 1847. Today, it houses a collection of 673 species of animals, with 19,289 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Park Zoo. It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826), and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between the City of Westminster and the borough of Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lang
Chris Lang (born 1961) is a British screenwriter, producer and actor. Lang has written for many British television series but is best known as the writer, creator and executive producer of ''Unforgotten''. Career Actor He trained at RADA, graduating in 1983, after winning the Royal Academy award for 'A Series of Outstanding Performances in the Vanbrugh Theatre'. As an actor he worked on such British television series as ''Shadow of the Noose'', ''Drop the Dead Donkey'', ''Outside Edge'', ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' and ''All Along the Watchtower''. In his youth, he formed a comedy revue called ''The Jockeys of Norfolk'' with Andy Taylor and Hugh Grant, but stopped acting in the mid nineties in order to fully concentrate on his writing career. Screenwriter Lang began his screenwriting career on ''The Bill'', for which he wrote many episodes, and for which he won a Writer's Guild award. He went on to write episodes for shows including '' Casualty'', ''Soldier Soldier'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Taylor (actor)
Andrew or Andy Taylor may refer to: Sport * Andrew Taylor (footballer, born 1986), English footballer * Andy Taylor (footballer, born 1986), English footballer * Andy Taylor (footballer, born 1988), English footballer * Andrew Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1965), VFL/AFL player * Andrew Taylor (baseball) (born 1986), baseball player * Andrew Taylor (cricketer) (1838–1901), English cricketer * Andrew Taylor (water polo) (born 1963), Australian former water polo player * Andrew Taylor (sailor) (born 1963), New Zealand sailor * Andrew Taylor (cyclist) (born 1985), Australian track cyclist Arts and literature * Andrew Eldritch (born 1959), born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, singer of The Sisters of Mercy * Andy Taylor (guitarist) (born 1961), former guitarist for Duran Duran * Andy Taylor (music entrepreneur), manager of Iron Maiden and founder of Sanctuary Records * Andrew Taylor (author) (born 1951), British crime novelist * Andrew Taylor (poet) (born 1940), Australian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris England
Chris England (born 20 January 1961) is an English writer and actor. He is best known for the comedy play '' An Evening with Gary Lineker'', which he wrote with Arthur Smith, and the book ''Balham to Bollywood''. Early life Chris England was educated at Valley Comprehensive School, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he was a member of the Footlights, and toured the UK and Australia with them. He has 3 sons: Peter, John and Michael. John is probably his favourite. Career After graduating, England formed Bad Lib Theatre Company with fellow ex-Footlights Morwenna Banks, Robert Harley, Neil Mullarkey, Paul Simpkin and David Tyler, co-writing, performing and directing a number of comedy plays and shows. These included ''Feeling The Benefit'', ''Get Your Coat, Dear, We’re Leaving...'', ''The Preventers'' and ''The Return of the New Preventers''. The latter two shows subsequently formed part of the BBC radio series ''Fab TV'', and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morwenna Banks
Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show '' Absolutely'', and wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film ''The Announcement''. She voices Mummy Pig, Madame Gazelle and Dr Hamster in the children's series ''Peppa Pig''. Early life Banks attended Truro High School for Girls and Robinson College, Cambridge and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights from 1981 to 1983. She also acted with the Marlowe Society, such as in a brief comic cameo as the Widow in Ben Jonson's '' The Alchemist'', alongside Tilda Swinton. Career One of Banks' early major television roles was as part of the team on the comedy sketch show '' Absolutely'', broadcast on Channel 4 between 1989 and 1993. Her other television appearances include the BBC series ''The Thick of It'', ''Red Dwarf'', ''Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul'' and the Steve Coogan comedy '' Saxondale'', in which she played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV (TV network), ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic. Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century in such forms as pamphlets, yellowbacks, dime novels, and airport novels. Modern paperbacks can be differentiated from one another by size. In the United States, there are "mass-market paperbacks" and larger, more durable "trade paperbacks". In the United Kingdom, there are A-format, B-format, and the largest C-format sizes. Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Lower-quality paper, glued (rather than stapled or sewn) bindings, and the lack of a hard cover may contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperback can be the preferred medium when a book is not expected t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
