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Jason Watkins (actor)
Jason Peter Watkins (born 28 October 1962) is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama ''The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies'', for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick (Being Human), William Herrick in ''Being Human (British TV series), Being Human'', Gavin Strong in ''Trollied'', Simon Harwood in ''W1A (TV series), W1A,'' Gordon Shakespeare in the film series ''Nativity (film series), Nativity'', British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Season 3 of ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'' and Detective Sergeant Dodds in ''McDonald & Dodds''. Early life Watkins was born in 1962, in Windsor Road, Albrighton, east Shropshire, Albrighton, Shropshire, where he lived until the age of seven, when his parents moved to Wolverhampton. His father Alan was a metallurgist at Marston in Wolverhampton and his mother a teacher at Albrighton's primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albrighton, East Shropshire
Albrighton is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, northwest of Wolverhampton and northeast of Bridgnorth. The village has a Albrighton railway station, railway station on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line, and is near to RAF Cosford and the M54 motorway. It is the most easterly settlement in Shropshire. Immediately to the north is the hamlet and parish of Donington, Shropshire, Donington, which is separated from Albrighton by Humphreston Brook. History Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Albricston(e)'' or the home/farm of Albric/Aethelbeorht, it received its charter granting Borough status in 1303, which was renewed in 1662 for rather unusual reasons. The charter declared that "because Albrighton (then) adjoined Staffordshire on the east, south and west sides, felons and other malefactors fled Staffordshire to escape prosecution because there was no resident justice of the peace in that part of Shropshire" and on account of its remoteness from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
