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Helen Griffin
Helen Griffin (1958 – 29 June 2018) was a British actress, playwright and screenwriter from Swansea, Wales. She appeared regularly in theatre and television and wrote and starred in the 2005 film ''Little White Lies''. She also appeared in the 2006 ''Doctor Who'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". Griffin studied at nursing college with comedian Jo Brand and worked as a psychiatric nurse until 1986, when she became an actress. She lived in Swansea. Acting Griffin appeared in many plays, television programmes and films both in Wales and throughout the United Kingdom. On television, she acted in the cult comedy ''Satellite City'', '' Wycliffe'', '' Life Force'', ''Holby City'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Gavin & Stacey'', ''Coronation Street'', and '' Getting On''. Griffin's film work includes ''Twin Town'', '' Solomon a Gaenor'', ''Human Traffic'', '' The Machine'', and ''Under Milk Wood''. In 2003, Griffin performed a one-woman show, ''Caitlin'', based on the lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea
Swansea ( ; ) is a coastal City status in the United Kingdom, city and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second-largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (). The city is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, twenty-eighth largest in the United Kingdom. Located along Swansea Bay in south-west Wales, with the principal area covering the Gower Peninsula, it is part of the Swansea Bay (region), Swansea Bay region and part of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Glamorgan and the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr. The principal area is the second most List of Welsh principal areas by population, populous local authority area in Wales, with an estimated population of in . Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea urban area, with a population of 300,352 in 2011. It is also part of the Swansea Bay City Region. During the 19th-century industrial heyday, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Machine (2013 Film)
''The Machine'' is a 2013 British science fiction thriller film directed and written by Caradog W. James. It stars Caity Lotz and Toby Stephens as computer scientists who create an artificial intelligence for the British military. Plot In the future, United Kingdom is on the brink of war with China over the Taiwan issue. The British military needs soldiers with fluency in Chinese who are also ruthless killers. At an underground military base, scientists employed by Britain's Ministry of Defence produce a cybernetic implant that allows brain-damaged soldiers to regain lost functions. Their AI researcher Vincent McCarthy sets up a cognitive test for soldier Paul Dawson, a recipient of the cybernetic implant to rehabilitate his left hemispherectomy. Upset with Dawson's inability to remember anything about his past and his apparent lack of empathy, McCarthy doesn't pay attention to Dawson's repeated request to see his mother. Dawson turns violent, kills McCarthy's assistant and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamorgan
Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the South Wales, south of Wales. Originally an early medieval petty kingdom of varying boundaries known in Welsh as Kingdom of Morgannwg, Morgannwg (or Glywysing), which was then invaded and taken over by the Anglo-Normans, Normans as the Lordship of Glamorgan. The area that became known as Glamorgan was both a rural, pastoral area, and a conflict point between the Normans, Norman lords and the Welsh princes. It was defined by a large concentration of castles. After falling under English rule in the 16th century, Glamorgan became a more stable county, and exploited its natural resources to become an important part of the Industrial Revolution. Glamorgan was the most populous and industrialised county in Wales, and was once called the "crucible of the Industrial Revolution", as it contain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Festival
__NOTOC__ This is a list of Arts festival, arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which runs alongside it. The latter is the largest event of its kind in the world. The term ''Edinburgh Festival'' is commonly used, but there is no single festival; the various festivals are put on by separate, unrelated organisations. However they are widely regarded as part of the same event, particularly the various festivals that take place simultaneously in August each year. The term ''Edinburgh Festival'' is often used to refer more specifically to the Fringe, being the largest of the festivals; or sometimes to the International Festival, being the original "official" arts festival. Within the industry, people refer to all the festivals collectively as the ''Edinburgh Festivals'' (plural). The festivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Sporting Life
''This Sporting Life'' is a 1963 British kitchen sink realism, kitchen sink drama (film and television), drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. Based on the This Sporting Life (novel), 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award, it recounts the story of a rugby league footballer in Wakefield, a mining city in Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts (actress), Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell, and Alan Badel. It was Harris's first starring role, and won him the Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For her work in the film, Roberts won her second BAFTA Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Roberts (actress)
Rachel Roberts (20 September 192726 November 1980) was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both '' Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' (1960) and '' This Sporting Life'' (1963). For each, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for ''This Sporting Life''. Her other notable film appearances included '' Murder on the Orient Express'' (1974), '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975) and '' Yanks'' (1979). Roberts' theatre credits included the original production of the musical '' Maggie May'' in 1964. She was nominated for the 1974 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the plays, ''Chemin de Fer'' and '' The Visit'', and won a Drama Desk Award in 1976 for ''Habeas Corpus''. Early life and career Roberts was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. After a Baptist upbringing (against which she rebelled), followed by stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Forward (UK TV Series)
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Going may refer to: *Go (verb) ** ''Going- to'' future, a construction in English grammar *Going (horse racing), the condition of a horse racing track surface. *Going (surname) *"Going!", a song by KAT-TUN *Way of going, a reference to the quality of movement in a horse gait *Going am Wilden Kaiser, an Austrian municipality *Going (motorcycle taxi), an alternative term for "Okada", a form of motorcycle taxi in Nigeria *Gogoing, Gao Di-Ping (born April 4, 1997), Chinese retired League of Legends profession player See also *Going concern *Go (other) *Gowing *Gowin Gowin is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Emmet Gowin (born 1941), photographer *Jarosław Gowin (born 1961), politician *Toby Gowin (born 1975), footballer Given name: *Gowin Knight (1713–1772), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panini Comics
Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, which also produces collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy. The company publishes comic books in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as manga in several non-English-speaking countries through the Planet Manga publishing division. In the United Kingdom, Panini Comics prints its Collectors' Edition (CE) line, which consists of reprints of American Marvel Comics. These are usually 76 pages long (with occasional 100-page specials). Each comic is published every 28 days, with the exception of ''Astonishing Spider-Man'' which has been published fortnightly since volume 2. Since 2013, Panini Comics has been publishing digest size Comics anthology, comics magazines featuring Disney comics, Disney characters. History Italy and international Panini Comics started as an evolution of Marvel Italia, an Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Read-through
The read-through, table-read, or table work is a stage of film, television, radio, and theatre production when an organized reading of the screenplay or script is conducted around a table by the actors with speaking parts. In addition to the cast members with speaking parts, the read-through is usually attended by the principal financiers or studio executives, producers, heads of department, writers, and directors. It is generally attended only by people involved in the production. It is usually the first time that everyone involved in the production gathers together, and it is traditional for all people to introduce themselves by both name and job. The director may then open proceedings by making a short speech outlining their aspirations for the project. An additional professional actor not otherwise involved in the production may be hired to read the non-dialogue parts of the script such as scene headings and action. These parts of the script are usually edited down se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Tyler
Rose Tyler is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. She was created by series producer Russell T Davies and portrayed by Billie Piper. With the revival of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005, Rose was introduced as a new travelling companion of the series protagonist, the Doctor, in his ninth and tenth incarnations. The companion character was key in the first series to introduce new viewers to the mythos of ''Doctor Who'', which had not aired regularly since 1989. Rose became the viewers' eyes into the new world of the series from the companion's perspective. Piper received top billing alongside Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant for the duration of her time as a regular cast member. The character was a series regular for all of Series 1 (2005) and 2 (2006). Piper later reprised the role in a supporting capacity in Series 4 (2008) and the New Year's special " The End of Time" (2010). Piper further played a sentient weapon called t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Piper
Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer who is best known for her portrayal as Rose Tyler in ''Doctor Who'' (2005–2006, 2008, 2010). She initially gained recognition as a singer after releasing her debut single "Because We Want To" at the age of 15, which made her the youngest female singer to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one. Her follow-up single "Girlfriend (Billie song), Girlfriend" also entered at number one. In 1998, Piper released her debut studio album, ''Honey to the B,'' which was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Her second studio album, Walk of Life (album), ''Walk of Life'', was released in 2000 and spawned her third number-one single, "Day & Night (Billie Piper song), Day & Night". In 2003, Piper announced that she had ended her music career to focus on acting. Piper appeared in the BBC One sci-fi series ''Doctor Who'' as Rose Tyler, companion to Doctor (Doctor Who) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAFTA Cymru
BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA in Wales) is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.About BAFTA Cymru British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2017-03-28. The British Academy Cymru Awards were established in 1991, with the first annual awards ceremony held on 30 November 1991. The annual ceremony takes place in to recognise achievement in production, performance and craft categories in Welsh-made film
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