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Emma (1996 TV Film)
''Emma'' is a television film based on the 1815 novel of the same name by Jane Austen, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and dramatised by Andrew Davies, the same year as Miramax's film adaptation of '' Emma'' starring Gwyneth Paltrow was released. This production stars Kate Beckinsale as the title character, and also features Samantha Morton as Harriet Smith and Mark Strong as Mr. Knightley. Davies had recently made the successful 1995 television serial ''Pride and Prejudice'' for the BBC when he proposed to adapt ''Emma'' for the corporation. The BBC, however, had already made such an agreement with another screenwriter, leading Davies to approach ITV. ''Emma'' received generally positive reviews from critics, many of whom believed it to be superior to the 1996 Miramax film. Most focused on Beckinsale's performance as a positive highlight. It aired on ITV on 24 November 1996 and garnered an estimated 12 million viewers. It was broadcast on the American channel A&E on 16 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diarmuid Lawrence
Diarmuid Seton Lawrence (15 October 1947 – 20 September 2019) was an English television director. Born in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, Lawrence began his career in 1978 as a production assistant on the BBC television drama '' Pennies from Heaven''. Two years later he made his directorial debut with ''Play for Today''. Lawrence's credits include '' The Witches and the Grinnygog'', '' Mapp & Lucia'', '' Quirke'', ''Grange Hill'', '' Anglo Saxon Attitudes'', ''Minder'', '' The Hanging Gale'', ''Casualty'', ''Silent Witness'', ''Little Dorrit'', ''Messiah'', and ''Desperate Romantics''. In 1990, his direction of ''Beyond the Pale'' won him the Golden Gate Award for Best Television Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival. He was the recipient in 1993 of the British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Drama Serial for ''Anglo Saxon Attitudes''. In 2017 he received an International Emmy Kids Award for the best Kids TV Movie/Mini-Series for ''Peter and Wendy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Hepton
Francis Bernard Heptonstall (19 October 1925 – 27 July 2018) better known by the stage name Bernard Hepton, was an English actor and theatre director. He is known for his stage work and television roles in teleplays and series. He also appeared briefly on radio and in film. Early life and education Hepton was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, Bernard senior, was an electrician, while his mother Hilda (née Berrington) was from a mill-working family. Brought up as a Catholic, he attended St Bede's Grammar School. His short-sight meant he was unable to serve in the British Army during the Second World War. He trained as an aircraft engineer and draughtsman while undertaking firewatching duties. Theatre Hepton trained at the Bradford Civic Playhouse under director Esme Church. He had extensive stage experience as an actor in repertory, especially in Scarborough and York. In 1952, he joined Birmingham Rep under Barry Jackson, later himself becoming th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Welch
Sandra Elizabeth "Sandy" Welch (born 6 December 1953 in Chester, Cheshire) is a British television writer and screenwriter. Career As a screenwriter, Welch has developed many serials for the BBC, including ''The Magnificent 7'', adaptations of Charles Dickens' novel ''Our Mutual Friend'' and Elizabeth Gaskell's '' North and South'', and most recently the well-received 2006 interpretation of Charlotte Brontë's ''Jane Eyre''. In 2009 Welch adapted '' Emma'' by Jane Austen and ''The Turn of the Screw'' for the BBC. Welch won a BAFTA in 1999 for "Best Drama Serial" ''Our Mutual Friend'', the award was shared with Catherine Wearing and Julian Farino. She was also nominated for the Edgar Award for "Best Television Feature or Miniseries" ''A Dark Adapted Eye'' in 1996 and nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special" ''Jane Eyre'' in 2007. Personal life Welch is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. Welch marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Firth
Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Colin Firth, several accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine's Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world. Identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack (actors), Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, he had leading roles in ''A Month in the Country (film), A Month in the Country'' (1987), ''Tumbledown'' (1988) and ''Valmont (film), Valmont'' (1989). His portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series), 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice'' led to widespread attention and roles in more prominent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Anne Ehle (; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress. She received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC miniseries ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1995). Ehle started her career acting on stage with the Edinburgh Festival, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the National Theatre. She earned a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in Tom Stoppard's '' The Real Thing''. She reunited with Stoppard acting in his play ''The Coast of Utopia'' (2007), earning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She appeared on Broadway in the J.T. Rogers play ''Oslo'', earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress. Ehle is also known for her film performances, including ''The King's Speech'' (2010), '' Contagion'' (2011), ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), '' A Little Chaos'' (2014), '' Fifty Shades of Grey'' (2015), '' Little Men'' (2016), '' Fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair Petrie
Alistair Petrie (born 30 September 1970) is a British actor. He has starred in '' The Bank Job'' (2008), ''Cloud Atlas'' (2012), '' Rush'' (2013) and '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (2016). Petrie has also starred in the Channel 4 television series ''Utopia'', the BBC One television series '' The Night Manager, Sherlock,'' and ''Undercover'', and as Mr. Groff in the Netflix original comedy-drama series ''Sex Education''. Early life Petrie was born 30 September 1970 in Catterick, North Yorkshire. He was brought up in the Middle East, mainland Europe and East Africa. His father was an RAF fighter pilot. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He went to Bradfield College in Berkshire. Career Theatre Petrie spent his early career in theatre around the country before joining the RSC where productions included Shakespeare's ''Troilus and Cressida'' and Henrik Ibsen's ''Brand'' opposite Ralph Fiennes. In 2005, he joined the National Theatre, where he sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dido Miles
Eleanor Amy Dido Deloince, known professionally as Dido Miles, is an English actress. She is known for her role as Emma Reid on the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', for which she won two awards for at the RTS Midlands Awards. From 2001 to 2002, she starred in the CBBC children's series '' Oscar Charlie''. Life and career Miles was born Eleanor Amy Dido Deloince. She wanted to use the stage name Dido Deloince, but her mother, a fellow actress, believed that it sounded like the name of a sex worker. She instead opted to use her mother's maiden name, Miles, following her mother's death when she was a teenager. Her father, a former actor, was a teacher. Whilst growing up, her actor grandfather, Bernard Miles, founded the Mermaid Theatre. Her grandmother, Josephine Wilson, was also an actress. She spent a lot of time at the Mermaid Theatre as a child. Miles attended comprehensive school in North London, where she dropped out aged 15. Her first job was as an usherette. Aged 19, Miles au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Henry (actor)
Guy Henry (born 17 October 1960) is an English actor whose roles include Henrik Hanssen in ''Holby City'', Pius Thicknesse in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', Cassius in ''Rome'' and Grand Moff Tarkin in '' Rogue One''. Early life and career Henry was born on 17 October 1960 in London. He attended Homefield School and then Brockenhurst College in Hampshire where he took A levels. He trained at RADA (1979–81). In 1982, he took the title role in ITV's ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' series, playing Holmes as a teenager (though Henry was by then nearly 22). In February 2015, Henry was announced as a public supporter of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Stage work Highcliffe Charity Players Henry first appeared on stage as a footman in amateur dramatic society Highcliffe Charity Players' production of Cinderella at age 11. He is now the president of HCP and continues to support their productions. RSC work Henry's main wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunella Scales
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales (''née'' Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English retired actress. She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy ''Fawlty Towers'' and Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's '' A Question of Attribution'' ('' Screen One'', BBC 1991), for which she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award. She was also twice nominated at the Laurence Olivier Awards, in 1980 for ''Make and Break'' and in 1990 for ''Single Spies''. Additionally, she appeared in the documentary series '' Great Canal Journeys'' (2014–2021), travelling on narrowboats with her husband and fellow actor Timothy West. Early life Scales was born in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, the daughter of John Richardson Illingworth, a cotton salesman who served as a lieutenant with the Wiltshire Regiment in the First World War, and with the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in the Second World War, and Catherine, née Scales, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Robinson (actress)
Lucy Jane Robinson (born 1966) is a British actress working mostly in television. Her television roles include Louisa Hurst in ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1995), Robyn Duff in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth series of ''Cold Feet'', Mayoress Christabel Wickham in the second series of '' The Thin Blue Line'' and Pam Draper in '' Suburban Shootout''. She has also played Frau Clovis, secretary to the Duke of Manhattan, in the ''Doctor Who'' episode " New Earth" and Mrs. Elton in the 1996 TV adaptation of ''Emma''. She also appeared in a single episode of ''The IT Crowd'' as a prospective employer to Jen. She had a role as Harriet Burgess in ''EastEnders'', and appeared in a single episode of BBC TV children's series '' Powers''. In 2006 she played the part of Louise Mallory in 'Expiation', the final episode of the first series of ''Lewis''. She has also appeared in ITV drama ''William and Mary'' as Mrs Rick, alongside Martin Clunes and Julie Graham. She has more re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Rowan
Dominic Rowan (born 17 June 1971) is an English television, film and theatre actor. He played CPS prosecutor Jacob Thorne in the ITV crime drama '' Law & Order: UK'' and Tom Mitford in the Channel 4 drama series ''North Square''. Rowan has also had an extensive stage career. Career Rowan trained at Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre Rowan's work in theatre includes: ''A Dream Play'', ''Iphigeneia at Aulis'', ''Mourning Becomes Electra'', '' Three Sisters'', ''The Talking Cure'' and ''Private Lives'' at the National Theatre, London; ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and ''Talk of the City'' for the RSC; '' A Voyage Round My Father'' and ''Lobby Hero'' at the Donmar Warehouse, London; '' Playhouse Creatures'' at the Old Vic, London; ''Way to Heaven'' and ''Forty Winks'' at the Royal Court Theatre, London; ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' at The Oxford Playhouse; ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'' at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; ''The Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Coulthard
Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in ''Emmerdale'' and restaurant manager James Schofield in '' Hotel Babylon''. Career Coulthard's television appearances include several costume dramas. He played Frank Churchill in the 1996 television adaptation of Jane Austen's novel '' Emma'', Mr Glascock in the 2004 adaptation of '' He Knew He Was Right'', and Miles Edgerton in '' Mr. Selfridge''. In 2005, he appeared in the first series of '' Extras''. He also appeared in the second series of ''Love Soup'', and played Matt Strong in the TV series ''Casualty'' during 2010. Coulthard's film roles include ''The English Patient'', '' The Best Man'', and ''The Muppet Christmas Carol'' (in which he played a young Ebenezer Scrooge). He also voiced one of the main characters in the BBC Radio 4 Extra sitcom '' The Brothers''. Coulthard has acted in many stage productions, especially Shakespeare plays, including w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
