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Harrys Game
''Harry's Game'' is a British television drama mini-series made by Yorkshire Television for ITV in 1982, closely based on the 1975 novel ''Harry's Game'' by Gerald Seymour, a journalist. Apart from brief scenes, it is set in and around Belfast during the Troubles. Its lead actors were Ray Lonnen, Derek Thompson and Benjamin Whitrow. The series was well-received, and added to the channel's reputation for producing quality TV drama. The drama is noted for its closing music, " Theme from ''Harry's Game''", by the Irish musical group Clannad. The music was used in trailers and later commercially released, reaching the top five of Irish and British singles charts, bringing the band its first major international exposure. The drama, filmed in West Yorkshire, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been released under five other names in other countries. Synopsis The British government cabinet minister Henry Danby is killed by an IRA gunman, Billy Downes, in front of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clannad (musical Group)
Clannad () were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings , and (Moya) (in English, Brennan) and their twin uncles Noel and (Duggan). They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history. Beginning as an acoustic folk group mainly performing rearranged traditional Irish songs in Irish, they expanded their sound with original songs in English, vocal harmonies, electronic keyboards, and elements of rock, Celtic, new age, smooth jazz, and Gregorian chant. Initially known as ('Family from Dore'), they shortened their name to Clannad in 1973. By 1979 they had released three albums and toured Europe and the US. From 1980 to 1982 they operated as a six-piece with their sister and niece ( Enya). In 1982, they gained international attention with their single " Theme from ''Harry's Game''". They experimented with new age and pop-influenced sounds in the 1980s and 1990s and their music came to be defined as almost purely Celtic, maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lawson
Quintin Charles Devenish Lawson (born 17 September 1959) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is best known for playing Jim McDonald (Coronation Street), Jim McDonald on the long running ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Early life and education Charlie Lawson was born in September 1959 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the son of Quintin Lawson, a businessman from County Tyrone, and his wife, Muriel (''née'' Glennie), from County Fermanagh. 'Mr. Quintin Lawson' (''The Impartial Reporter'', 4 February 2010). https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/13852178.mr-quintin-lawson/ Quintin was from Ardnafin in Strabane, West Tyrone, and was himself the son of Quintin Young Lawson, Order of the British Empire, MBE, a prominent businessman in Strabane. ''News Letter, The Belfast News Letter'', Monday, 29 March 1954. The younger Quintin, Charlie's father, had served as a pilot with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in British rule in Burma, Burma during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Robson
Linda Patricia Mary Robson Dunford (' Robson; born 13 March 1958) is an English actress and television presenter. She is best known for playing Tracey Stubbs in the sitcom '' Birds of a Feather'' (1989–1998, 2014–2020), and her appearances as a weekly panellist on the ITV series '' Loose Women'' (2012–2018, 2020–present). As a founder student of Anna Scher's Theatre School, Robson had a significant number of appearances on screen as a child actor. In 2020, Robson took an extended hiatus from Loose Women after suffering with a serious bout of "OCD", she returned to the show as a guest in 2020 then a full-time panellist the following week. Early life Linda Patricia Mary Robson was born on 13 March 1958 in Islington, North London to an English father and an Irish mother. She has two sisters. She was educated at Ecclesbourne Primary School, where Anna Scher started her Theatre School in 1968 with Robson and Pauline Quirke being amongst the founding students. Later she a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Rohr
Harold Anthony Rohr (21 May 1939 – 29 October 2023) was an Irish actor. Career Rohr played Grandad in '' The Lakes'' and Solomon Featherstone in ''Middlemarch''. He also appeared in ''The Bill'', ''The Long Good Friday'', '' McVicar'', '' Softly, Softly'', ''Crown Court'', '' The Sweeney'', ''Casualty'', ''Lovejoy'', '' I Hired a Contract Killer'', '' Cracker'', '' The Vet'', ''Father Ted'', '' Waking the Dead'', '' Hustle'' and ''Inspector George Gently'' (in the memorable role of "China"). He played the railway station master in the 2010 film ''Leap Year''. He also played the IRA Brigade Commander in Yorkshire TV's '' Harry's Game.'' He later played Anthony, the estranged father of the title character, Derek, in the series of the same name written and directed by Ricky Gervais. Personal life and death Rohr had a daughter, Louise, with actress Pauline Collins Pauline Collins (born 3 September 1940) is a British actress who first came to prominence portraying Sarah Mof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bleasdale
Ian Bleasdale (born 1950, in Upholland, Lancashire) is an English actor and television presenter. He divides his time between Haworth in West Yorkshire and Bristol. He started off life as a teacher before deciding that he wanted to become an actor, something which he would later joke forced his mother to take to her sickbed. He has appeared in various programmes, including '' The Beiderbecke Affair'', '' Harry's Game'', '' Brookside'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' The Brittas Empire'', ''Andy Capp'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Soldier Soldier'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'' and as a photographer on ''Coronation Street''. However, Bleasdale is best known for his role as paramedic Josh Griffiths on the BBC television drama, ''Casualty''. He was the second longest serving character in the show's 20-year history, bettered only by Derek Thompson's character Charlie Fairhead. Josh first appeared in episode 1 of series 4 (1989) and started as a speaking extra. His role has gone from streng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Caffrey
Sean Caffrey (15 April 1940 – 25 April 2013) was an actor from Northern Ireland.''The Stage'' described him as "part of a generation of actors that came out of Northern Ireland in the 1960s to find prominence on British television," and the ''Belfast Telegraph'' called him "a largely unsung professional, who was always in demand." He is perhaps best remembered for his performances on television in such series as ''No Hiding Place'', ''Coronation Street'', '' Z-Cars'', '' Sutherland's Law'', '' Oil Strike North'', '' Survivors'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial '' Horror of Fang Rock''), '' The Professionals'', '' Minder'', '' Bergerac'', '' Children of the North'' and '' Edge of Darkness''. His film career included leading roles in '' I Was Happy Here'' (1966) and Lindsay Shonteff's ''Run with the Wind'' (1966). There were also roles of varying size in the Hammer films '' The Viking Queen'' (1967) and ''When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth'' (1970), '' The Human Factor'' (1979), '' Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Chater
Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson (23 March 1921 – 16 October 2021) was an English film, television and stage actor. He appeared in the crime drama series '' Callan'', '' Foyle's War'' and ''Midsomer Murders''. Early life Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire on 23 March 1921 and lived in Iden, East Sussex and London. His father, Lawrence Chater Robinson, was a composer of music for dance bands and his mother Peggy was an actress. It was seeing her perform at London St Martin's Theatre when he was 11 that made him want to follow her onto the stage. Chater was educated at Marlborough College. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1940. He served as a captain in India and Burma, where he wrote and performed in revues for the troops during time off. He served in the British Army until 1946. Career Following his military service, he focused on his career in the entertainment industry. He became an assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Day (actor)
Nicholas Patrick Day (born 16 October 1947) is an English actor, who is currently the narrator on the Netflix series ''Myths & Monsters'' and also starred as Anthony Fox in ITV soap Emmerdale. Life Day was educated at Alleyn's School, a private day school in the South London suburb of Dulwich, before studying at the University of Bristol acting with their drama department. Day was a supply teacher at Plumstead Manor School for Girls' for a brief time during the early 1980s, where he taught drama. Acting He is perhaps best known for playing Detective Sergeant Michael Morley in ''Minder'' from 1991 to 1993. He also played Deputy Assistant Commissioner Donald Bevan in Series One of the BBC drama ''New Tricks''. He portrayed Jack The Ripper, in series six (episode five) of '' Goodnight Sweetheart'' in 1999, and played another police officer, DCS John Meredith, in a single episode of Foyle's War in 2008. In 2009 he appeared in ''Margaret'' and '' The Take'', and as Martin Crisp i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambush
An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait in a concealed position. The concealed position itself or the concealed person(s) may also be called an "". Ambushes as a basic military tactics, fighting tactic of soldiers or of criminals have been used consistently throughout history, from ancient warfare, ancient to modern warfare. The term "ambush" is also used in Ambush predators, animal behavior studies, Journalism_genres#Ambush_journalism, journalism, and Ambush marketing, marketing to describe methods of approach and strategy. In the 20th century, a military ambush might involve thousands of soldiers on a large scale, such as at a choke point like a mountain pass. Conversely, it could involve a small irregulars , irregular band or insurgent group attacking a Regular army, regular armed-force patrol. Theoretically, a single well-armed, and concealed soldier could ambush other troops in a surprise attack. In recent centuries, a military ambush can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falls Road, Belfast
The Falls Road () is the main road through West Belfast, Northern Ireland, running from Divis Street in Belfast City Centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs. The name has been synonymous for at least a century and a half with the Catholic community in the city. The road is usually referred to as ''the'' Falls Road, rather than as Falls Road. It is known in Irish as the ''Bóthar na bhFál'' and as the ''Faas Raa'' in Ulster-Scots. Location The Falls Road forms the first three miles of the A501 which starts in Belfast city centre and runs southwest through the city forking just after the Falls Park into the B102 which continues for a short distance to Andersonstown. The A501 continues as the Glen Road. The area is composed largely of residential housing, with more public sector housing in the lower sections of the road. There are many small shops lining the road as well as schools, churches, hospitals and leisure facilities. Employment in the area was originally dominated by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
