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Indian Summers
''Indian Summers'' is a British drama television series that began airing on Channel 4 on 15 February 2015. The show details the events of summers spent at Simla (the summer capital of British India), in the foothills of the Himalayas, by a group of the British governing and trading community at the time of the British Raj. The first series is set in 1932. It was broadcast in several countries subsequently. The show was renewed for a second and final series on 1 March 2015. The second and final series is set in 1935 and began airing on 13 March 2016. Although initially planned by producers for five series, on 25 April 2016 it was announced that the show would not be renewed for a third series due to poor ratings and strong competition in its timeslot. Cast * Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Ralph Whelan * Nikesh Patel as Aafrin Dalal * Julie Walters as Cynthia Coffin * Patrick Malahide as Lord Willingdon * Jemima West as Alice Whelan * Roshan Seth as Darius Dalal * Lillete Dube ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Henry Alexander Lloyd-Hughes is an English actor. He is known for his roles in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005), '' Unrelated'' (2007), ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008–2010), '' Miliband of Brothers'' (2010), '' Weekender'' (2011), '' Anna Karenina'' (2012), ''Parade's End'' (2012), and '' Indian Summers'' (2015). As of 2018 he voices Flynn Fairwind in '' World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth''. In 2021, he appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the Netflix series, '' The Irregulars''. Personal life Henry Alexander Lloyd-Hughes was born in London, the son of actress Lucy Appleby ('' A Stitch in Time'') and Timothy Lloyd-Hughes, who worked for Deutsche Bank. He has two younger brothers, record executive Theo Lloyd-Hughes and actor Ben Lloyd-Hughes. Both Henry and Ben acted in '' Miliband of Brothers''. Fred Macpherson, lead singer of the band Spector, and formerly of Les Incompétents and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, is his cousin. Hughes and his family are all supporters of west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Warden
Richard George Warden (born 29 September 1971) is an English actor. Warden was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, he studied at Dr Challoner's Grammar School and received a B.A. honours in history at Churchill College, Cambridge, 1994. He married actress Lucy Barker on 1 May 2004. He is probably best known for his appearances in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' as 1st Lt. Harry Welsh, the BBC docudrama ''Dunkirk'' as Major Phillip Newman RAMC, the HBO/BBC Two historical drama, ''Rome'', as Quintus Valerius Pompey and Channel 4's period drama '' Indian Summers'' as Ronnie Keane. He also appeared in ''Evol'' (2006) (with his wife) and in the film adaptation of '' Bravo Two Zero''. He performed in the BBC serial production, '' Apparitions'', as the character Michael, who is possessed by a demon. He played Mike Taylor, a police inspector, in the crime drama '' Happy Valley''. He also appears in The Chemical Brothers' 1999 music video " Hey Boy Hey Girl" and New Order's 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Rose Revah
Amber Rose Revah (born 24 June 1986) is a British actress and writer. She is known for playing the role of Dinah Madani in Marvel's '' The Punisher'' opposite Jon Bernthal and Ben Barnes for which she received a nomination for 'Outstanding Actress in a Drama'. She is also known for her portrayal of Dr. Grace Hogart in the Amazon Prime Video sci-fi series '' The Peripheral'' and as Mary Magdalene in the box office hit ''Son of God''. Amber Rose played Leena in two seasons of the Channel 4 and PBS colonial period drama '' Indian Summers'' with Julie Walters, and appeared in '' From Paris With Love'' opposite John Travolta. Amber Rose Revah was born in London to a mother of European Jewish background, while her biological father is of Kenyan Indian heritage. She has credited her European grandmother for getting her interested in acting at an early age by introducing her to theatre as a child. She studied Contemporary Performance at Brunel University Brunel University of Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Grant (actress Born 1983)
Olivia Grant (born 20 September 1983) is an English actress. Her first film role was in '' Stardust'' (2007), in which she was cast within a couple weeks of graduating from Oxford University. She is perhaps best known for portraying Lady Adelaide Midwinter in BBC's '' Lark Rise to Candleford'', Grace Darling in BBC3's '' Personal Affairs'', Hermione Roddice in ''Women in Love'', Henrietta Armistead in ''Garrow's Law'', Ava Knox in the HBO/Cinemax co-production '' Strike Back'' and Madeleine Mathers in ''Indian Summers'' for PBS and Channel 4. Early life and career Grant was born on 20 September 1983 in southwest London, to Irene Whilton, a costume designer, and Kenneth Grant, a district judge. She was trained in classical ballet and was awarded a place as a Junior Associate of the Royal Ballet School at the age of 10 and she performed with The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden Opera House and the Birmingham Royal Ballet at Sadler's Wells. Grant then obtained a place at St Paul's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Parkinson
Craig Parkinson (born 11 March 1976) is an English actor and podcaster. He has played Shaun in the E4 series '' Misfits'', twins Jimmy and Johnny Kray in the ITV series ''Whitechapel'', and DI Matthew "Dot" Cottan in ''Line of Duty''. He has also acted in several independent films, including '' Control'', '' Soulboy'', '' The Unloved'' and ''Four Lions''. Early life Parkinson was born on 11 March 1976 in Blackpool, Lancashire. He began acting at an early age in school plays. He studied at Blackpool and The Fylde College before moving to London aged 17 to attend the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Acting career Parkinson's early roles were small parts in long-running British television series such as ''Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series), Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''The Bill'', and ''Holby City''. He made his film debut in '' Control'' (2007), a biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in which he played the role of Tony Wilson. He starred in the 2008 independent film ''The Taxidermi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Glascott
Fiona Glascott (born 22 November 1982) is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing the young Minerva McGonagall in the ''Fantastic Beasts'' franchise, which is a spin-off prequel of the ''Harry Potter'' film series. Early life Glascott was born in Waterford, Ireland and grew up in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. Career Theater On stage in London she has appeared in ''Mahler's Conversion'' (Aldwych Theatre, West End), '' Hitchcock Blonde'' (Royal Court and Lyric Theatre, West End), in the original production of ''Whipping It Up'' at the Bush Theatre, and as Margery Pinchwife in ''The Country Wife'' (Haymarket, West End). Her theatre credits in Dublin include: ''A Life'' (Abbey Theatre/National Tour), ''The Spirit of Annie Ross'' at the Gate Theatre, and as Nina in ''The Seagull'' at the Corn Exchange. Television Her television credits include '' Ballykissangel'', '' Fair City'', ''The Bill'', '' Bachelors Walk'', '' Foyle's War'' and '' Clone''. In 2010, she was a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aysha Kala
Aysha Kala is an English actress and theatre maker. On television, she is known for her roles in the Channel 4 series '' Shameless'' (2011) and '' Indian Summers'' (2015–2016), and the BBC One crime drama '' Virdee'' (2025). She was named a 2015 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. Early life and education Aysha Kala grew up in Snaresbrook in east London, England. Her father is Gujarati Muslim. Kala attended Chigwell School. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2013. Career Kala made her television debut in 2011 when she joined the cast of '' Shameless'' on Channel 4 for its eighth series as Sita Desai. She then made her professional stage debut in 2012 with roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in Stratford-upon-Avon, for which she received an Ian Charleson Award nomination, and ''Khadija is 18'' at the Finborough Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Off West End Award. Upon graduating from drama school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillete Dubey
Lillete Dubey (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian actress and theatre director. She has worked in Indian and international theatre, television and films in Hindi and English languages. Dubey began her career with Barry John in Delhi and was the founding member of his group – Theatre Action Group in 1973. In 1991 she set up her own theatre company – The Primetime Theatre Company. Dubey is best known for her film performances '' Zubeidaa, Monsoon Wedding'' (Winner Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival), '' Chalte Chalte, Baghban, Kal Ho Naa Ho, My Brother…Nikhil'', ''Delhi in a Day, Bow Barracks Forever'' (Best Actress Filma Madrid International Film Festival), ''3 Days to Go'' (Best Actress Simon Sabela Awards, KZN South Africa), ''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (BAFTA- Best Ensemble Cast) and ''The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'', and ''Sonata''. In theatre, she is known for her work like, '30 Days in September', 'Adhe Adhure' (Best Actress Mahindra Excellenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshan Seth
Roshan Seth (born 2 April 1942) is a British-Indian actor, writer and theatre director who has worked in the United Kingdom, United States and India. He began his acting career in the early 1960s in the UK, but left acting the following decade and moved to India to work as a journalist. In the 1980s, he rose to prominence for his comeback performance as Jawaharlal Nehru in Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning film ''Gandhi'', which brought him a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and reignited his interest in acting. He has since appeared in numerous British and American feature films and television programmes, with roles ranging from Chattar Lal in ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'', Amit Rao in '' A Passage to India'', Papa Hussein in '' My Beautiful Laundrette'', patriarch Jay in '' Mississippi Masala'' and Dhalsim in '' Street Fighter: The Movie''. He won the Genie Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the Canadian film '' Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemima West
Jemima West (born 11 August 1987) is a French-English actress. She is bilingual and mostly grew up in Paris. She is best known for playing Isabelle Lightwood in the film adaptation of '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'' and Alice Whelan in the British drama series ''Indian Summers''. She also appeared in the second season of '' The Borgias'' as Vittoria. Early life West's parents are English. Her father is an accountant and her mother is a business interpreter. When she was five years old, her parents moved to Paris. She attended the Sorbonne and graduated in the history of art while taking acting classes in the evening. She can speak both French and English. She has described herself as completely English and has said that she has an easier time working in her mother tongue; she says Paris is her home. Career West made her acting début at the age of 12 when she appeared in the 1999 film ''Joan Of Arc'', directed by Luc Besson. She later on starred in the short film ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess Of Willingdon
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), styled as the Earl of Willingdon between 1931 and 1936, was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Freeman-Thomas was born in England and educated at Eton College and then the University of Cambridge before serving for 15 years in the Sussex Artillery. He then entered the diplomatic and political fields, acting as aide-de-camp to his father-in-law when the latter was Governor of Victoria and, in 1900, was elected to the British House of Commons. He thereafter occupied a variety of government posts, including secretary to the British prime minister and, after being raised to the peerage as Lord Willingdon, as Lord-in-waiting to King George V. From 1913, Willingdon held gubernatorial and viceregal offices throughout the British Empire, starting with the governorship of Bombay and then the gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
