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Fallen (British TV Series)
''Fallen'' is a two-part British television crime drama, written by Steve Griffiths and directed by Omar Madha, first broadcast on ITV on 26 April 2004. The drama stars Jonathan Cake as Jason Shepherd, a police detective who wakes up in hospital in an amnesiac state after being subjected to a near fatal electrocution by members of a gang suspected to be involved in nuclear terrorism. Simone Lahbib stars as Shepherd's superior, DCI Kate Gunning, with Kerrie Taylor, Gary Love, David Gant and William Beck also among the principal cast members credited. The series was also broadcast in Sweden, in Germany under the title ''Böser Cop, guter Cop'' (English: ''Good Cop, Bad Cop'') and in France under the title ''À découvert'' (English: ''Discovered''). The series was filmed in and around London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 British Television Series Debuts
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Nice
Phillip Nice (born 6 April 1954) is a British actor who has been active in television and films since 1984. He was born in Vange, Essex. Nice has appeared in a number of television series, including ''Who Dares Wins'', ''South of the Border'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''Mr. Bean'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', ''The Bill'', ''EastEnders'', ''Heartbeat'', ''The Inbetweeners'' (as a driving instructor), ''Coming of Age'', ''Moving Wallpaper'', ''Love Soup'', '' Torchwood: Miracle Day'', ''My Family'', ''Hebburn'' and ''Citizen Khan'' (as the friendly neighbour Keith). He also appeared in Morrisons adverts in 2011. Nice has appeared in the films ''Ident'', '' Danny the Champion of the World'', ''Magicians'' and '' A Kind of Hush''. In December, 1985, Nice, along with temporary comedy partner Arthur Smith, made a short series of parody documentaries for Channel 4, ''Arthur and Phil Go Off''. In 2014, Nice played an astronaut killed by giant spiders in "Kill the Moon", the seventh episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Standing
Richard Standing is a British actor. Standing has appeared on the TV series ''Holby City'', ''Coronation Street'', and ''The Grand''. He played the part of Danny Hargreaves in Coronation Street from 1999–2001. He also was in ''Doctors''. Standing was born in Ackworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, he attended Hemsworth High School before studying at Hull University and has performed extensively with the theatre company Northern Broadsides Northern Broadsides is a theatre company formed in 1992 and based at Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded by Barrie Rutter, who was its artistic director until resigning in 2018, followed by Conrad Nelson who was .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English male television actors Male actors from West Yorkshire Alumni of the University of Hull {{UK-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ward (actor)
Bill Ward (born 5 May 1967) is an English actor. He is known for his soap opera roles as Charlie Stubbs in ''Coronation Street'' and James Barton in ''Emmerdale''. Early life Ward was educated at Oundle School and Bristol University where he obtained a degree in Modern British History, and worked as an advertising executive before beginning his professional acting career in the 1980s. Career Ward acted widely in theatre and television, joining the cast of ''Coronation Street'' in 2003, portraying local builder Charlie Stubbs, until 2007 when his character was killed by Tracy Barlow after a domestic abuse storyline. He made his second appearance in a major soap opera role as James Barton in ''Emmerdale'' beginning in 2013. However, Ward announced in August 2016 that he was quitting the soap, and his character was killed off in October 2016. Outside of acting, Ward is noted as a photographer. Ward also had a role in 2003 in BBC TV's ''EastEnders'', in which he played the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Stockbridge
Sara Stockbridge (born Sarah Jane Stockbridge; 14 November 1965) is an English model, actress and author. In the second half of the 1980s, she was the muse of fashion designer Vivenne Westwood. Early life Stockbridge was born in Woking, Surrey, England. Her father was a civil engineer. Sara and her brother spent their early childhood with their family living in Trinidad, Bahrain and Peru. They returned to Woking in the late 1970s. Career Modelling Stockbridge moved to London at age 18 and was taken on by Models 1. A couple of years later, she modelled for Vivienne Westwood. The first fashion show she worked at as model was Mini Crini, Spring/Summer 1985. After her first fashion show, Westwood asked her to front a music project called Choice. She appeared on the cover of '' i-D'' and ''Blitz'' magazines. Sara modelled as Tank Girl for a series of promotional photos by photographer Paul Spencer. Her aim was to be cast as Tank Girl in the movie of the same name. Althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wu
Tom Wu (born 15 May 1972) is a Hong Kong-born British actor. He is a martial artist whose films include '' Shanghai Knights'' (2003), '' Out for a Kill'' (2003), '' Belly of the Beast'' (2003), ''Revolver'' (2005), ''Batman Begins'' (2005) and the Bollywood film '' Ra.One'' (2011). On television, he is known for his roles in the CBBC series '' Spirit Warriors'' (2010), the Netflix series ''Marco Polo'' (2014–2016) and the ITV crime drama ''Strangers'' (2018). Early life Wu was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Chinatown, London. At the age of ten, Wu began practising various martial arts such as Hung Gar, karate and Wing Chun and later took up acrobatics. In 1988, he competed for Britain at China's International wu-shu (martial arts) tournament, winning two bronze medals and a gold medal. Career Wu is one of the founding members of the British theatre company Yellow Earth Theatre, which was established in 1995. Wu is known for playing numerous Chinese Triad gang member or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Townsend
Stanley Townsend is an Irish actor. Personal life Townsend was born and brought up in Dublin. After attending Wesley College, Dublin, he studied mathematics and civil engineering at Trinity College. While there he joined the Dublin University Players, the college's Amateur Dramatic Society. He later co-founded co-operative theatre company Rough Magic with writer/director Declan Hughes and theatre director Lynne Parker, performing in numerous productions including'' The Country Wife'', ''Nightshade'', and'' Sexual Perversity in Chicago''. He subsequently went on to perform in several productions at The Gate and The Abbey Theatres in Dublin. In London, he has worked with such directors as Sam Mendes in ''The Plough and the Stars'', Richard Eyre in ''Guys and Dolls'' and Rufus Norris in ''Under the Blue Sky''. Theatre appearances at the Royal Court include ''The Alice Trilogy'' directed by Ian Rickson and ''Shining City'' directed by Conor McPherson, for which he won an Irish Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Powell (actor)
Gary Powell (born 10 September 1963) is a British actor. He is possibly best known for playing the character Laurie Bates in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Career Laurie made his first screen appearance in September 1989 as a love interest for Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), but the character was one of many to be written out of the serial early in 1990, following the introduction of executive producer, Michael Ferguson. Powell's other television work has included roles in: '' Between The Lines'' (1992); ''Inspector Morse'' (1987; 1995); ''Thief Takers'' (1996); ''Kavanagh QC'' (1997); ''Beech is Back'' (2001); ''A Touch Of Frost'' (2003); ''Judge John Deed'' (2005); ''Holby City'' (2005); '' The Golden Hour'' (2005); ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (2005); '' Five Days'' (2006) and ''Doctor Who'' episode " 42", playing Dev Ashton (2007). He made several other appearances in ''The Bill'' in 2005, 2006 and made a larger appearance as Darren Cuttler in ''The Bill''s series Gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Hicks
Greg Hicks (born 27 May 1953) is an English actor. He completed theatrical training at Rose Bruford College and joined The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1976. He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in the category "Best Actor of 2003" for his performance in ''Coriolanus'' at the Old Vic and was awarded the 2003 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards (Drama) for Best Shakespearian Performance in the same role. Hicks has practised the Brazilian hybrid of martial arts and dance capoeira, as well as the Japanese dance-theatre form butoh. He has said that he started to explore the physicality associated with these disciplines in a masked production of ''Oresteia'' (1981), directed by his mentor at the National Theatre, Peter Hall. In 2016, he toured with Flute Theatre as Claudius in a production of ''Hamlet, who's there?'' written for interactive audiences. Selected stage performances * Royal Shakespeare Company: ** ''Julius Caesar'' (2001) as Brutus ** ''Merry Wiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Sarker
Rebecca Sarker (born 1975) is an English actress. After portraying the role of Nita Desai in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 1999 to 2000, she made various appearances in television series including '' Rosemary and Thyme, Doctors'', ''Holby City'', '' The Golden Hour'' and ''EastEnders''. In 2018, she began appearing in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as Manpreet Sharma. Early life Sarker is from Halifax, West Yorkshire. Her parents met while working at a hospital in Nottingham; her father, Khaleque, is a British Bangladeshi GP, and her mother, Elizabeth, is an English children's nurse. Her older brother is a dentist. Sarker attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School. She pursued a degree in Modern Languages at Leeds University and spent a year teaching English in Spain, where she took up flamenco dancing. She later trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Career Sarker made her acting debut in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' as Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
