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Jay Taylor (actor)
Jay Taylor (born 16 October 1983) is an English actor. He is best known for the role of Marcus in the 2008 British Thriller film ''Donkey Punch (2008 film), Donkey Punch''. Early life and education Taylor was born in Bromley, the son of a BBC TV producer. His brother is a 1st assistant director and fashion / photo journalism photographer. He was educated at the Ravens Wood School for Boys in Bromley. He then went on to train at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 2006. Taylor lives in London. Career Taylor´s acting career began in 2007 when he appeared as Jonathan Fox in the BBC TV series, ''Holby City'' and then portrayed Evan Davies in the TV film, ''Daphne''. In the same year he was cast as drug dealer Chris Wrightman in the English crime film, ''Rise of the Footsoldier'', based on the life of former Inter City Firm football hooligan turned underworld gang member, Carlton Leach. In 2008, Taylor co-starred alongside Jaime Winstone, Julian Morris (actor), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, chartered in 1158. Its location on a coaching route and the opening of a railway station in 1858 were key to its development and the shift from an agrarian village to an urban town. As part of the growth of London's conurbation in the 20th century, Bromley Town significantly increased in population and was Municipal Borough of Bromley, incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903 and became part of the London Borough of Bromley in 1965. Bromley today forms a major retail and commercial centre. It is identified in the London Plan as one of the 13 metropolitan centres of Greater London. History Bromley is first recorded in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 862 as ''Bromleag'' and means 'woodland clearing where Cytisus scoparius, broom grows'. It shares th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fixer (2008 TV Series)
''The Fixer'' is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos (production company), Kudos for ITV (TV network), ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of John Mercer, an ex-British Special Forces soldier, arrested by police for killing his aunt and uncle following his discovery of their abuse of his sister, Jess Mercer. John Mercer is released early from prison to serve in a covert state security squad as a government-backed assassin responsible for eliminating criminals and renegade police officers that the law cannot apprehend. Main cast *Andrew Buchan as John Mercer *Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas *Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain *Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie *Elisa Terren as Manuela *Liz White (actress), Liz White as Jess Mercer (Series One only) *Elliot Cowan as Matthew Symmonds (Series Two only) Filming locations In Episode 1 of series 1, the production team visited Kent briefly in 2007 to shoot scenes at Botany Bay, Kent, Botany Bay in Thanet Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Suspect 1973
''Prime Suspect 1973'' (also known as ''Prime Suspect: Tennison'') is a British television detective drama series starring Stefanie Martini as the young Jane Tennison. It is a prequel to the long-running ''Prime Suspect'' series that had starred Helen Mirren. The series debuted on ITV in the UK on 2 March 2017, comprising six episodes. On 21 June 2017, it was confirmed there would be no second series. Synopsis Set in Hackney, the series depicts 22-year-old Jane Tennison ( Stefanie Martini) as she begins her career as a woman police constable (WPC) in 1973 with the Metropolitan Police Service. At a time when women were beginning to be gradually integrated into the police force, Tennison has to deal with sexism, as well as difficulties in her home life, as her family disapprove of her career choice. Under the guidance of DI Len Bradfield ( Sam Reid), the naive and inexperienced Tennison assists in investigating the murder of a young runaway, Julie-Ann Collins. Meanwhile, cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silk (TV Series)
''Silk'' is a British television drama series produced by the BBC which was broadcast over three series on BBC One between 22 February 2011 and 31 March 2014. Created by Peter Moffat, the series follows the daily goings on of Shoe Lane Chambers and its members in their personal and professional lives. Origin The series' writer, Peter Moffat, also wrote the series ''Criminal Justice'' and '' North Square'', as well as an episode of '' Kavanagh QC''. Before the series started, Moffat said in an interview, "I wanted ''Silk'' to be full of politics and intrigue. From my experience at the Bar, I felt life in chambers had all of those components, with big stories and lots of courtroom drama—but I wanted to make it as much about barristers and their life in chambers as about the trials". ''Silk'' was commissioned by Jay Hunt, then-Controller of BBC One, and Ben Stephenson, BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning, and started filming in July 2010. It is based on Moffat's experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British Mystery fiction, mystery television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series created by Caroline Graham (writer), Caroline Graham. It has been broadcast on the ITV (TV network), ITV network since its premiere on 23 March 1997. The series focuses on various murder cases that take place within small country villages across the fictional English county of Midsomer, and the efforts of the senior police detective and his partner within the fictional Midsomer Constabulary to solve the crime by determining who the culprit is and the motive for their actions. It differs from other detective dramas in featuring a mixture of lighthearted whimsy and dark humour, as well as a notable soundtrack with a title theme that includes a theremin. The programme has featured two lead stars: from its premiere in 1997, John Nettles as Chief Inspector#United Kingdom, Detective Chief Inspecto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizon (British TV Series)
''Horizon'' is an ongoing and long-running British documentary film, documentary television series on BBC Two that covers science and philosophy. History The programme was first broadcast on 2 May 1964 with "The World of Buckminster Fuller", which explored the theories and structures of inventor Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller and included the ''Horizon'' mission statement: "The aim of ''Horizon'' is to provide a platform from which some of the world's greatest scientists and philosophers can communicate their curiosity, observations and reflections, and infuse into our common knowledge their changing views of the universe". ''Horizon'' continues to be broadcast on BBC Two, and in 2009 added a series of films based on the rich ''Horizon'' archive, called ''Horizon Guides'', on BBC Four. In December 2016, it was announced that ''Horizon'' would no longer be made exclusively by the BBC's in-house production division, BBC Studios, and the BBC invited independent produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casualty (TV Series)
''Casualty'' (stylised as ''CASUAL+Y'' since 1997) is a British medical drama series broadcast on BBC One. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it first aired in the United Kingdom on 6 September 1986. The show was originally produced by Geraint Morris and has been a staple of British television ever since. ''Casualty'' is recognised as the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world. Initially, ''Casualty'' aired during the autumn for its first six series, before increasing to 24 episodes annually by 1992. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the episode count expanded further, and by 2004, the series was running 48 episodes a year, with breaks around Christmas and major events like sporting competitions and the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2020, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television led to a temporary autumn break, but the series resumed its year-round schedule in the following two years. From 2023, ''Casualty'' introduced a regular autumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne (2007 Film)
''Daphne'' is a 2007 British biographical drama film written by Amy Jenkins and directed by Clare Beavan. The film is based on the authorised biography, ''Daphne du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned Storyteller'' by Margaret Forster. It stars Geraldine Somerville, Elizabeth McGovern and Janet McTeer. It premiered on BBC Two on 12 May 2007. It was filmed on location in London, Devon and Cornwall, where du Maurier spent much of her life and most of her works are set. Plot The story begins in 1945, as Daphne is being sued by an author with the claim that she has plagiarised parts of her novel ''Rebecca''. So she boards a ship and while travelling to New York for an appearance at the trial, she meets Ellen Doubleday, who is incredibly glamorous and elegant, and Daphne is instantly smitten. A close friendship develops between the two women, and once Ellen realises that Daphne has feelings for her, she informs Daphne, that while she believes everyone has the right to love wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Has A New Name
HAS or Has may refer to: Organizations * Hawaii Audubon Society, bird conservation organization in Hawaii * Hellenic Actuarial Society, association of actuaries in Greece * Hubbard Association of Scientologists International, corporation founded in 1954 by L. Ron Hubbard * Hungarian Academy of Sciences, learned society of Hungary * People's Voice Party, or HAS PARTİ, a Turkish political party People * Wojciech Has (1925–2000), Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer * Has Catley (1915 – 1975), Rugby union hooker from New Zealand Places * Has District, a district in Kukës County, Albania * Has (municipality), a municipality in Kukës County, Albania * Has, a town in Bhutan * Has (region), a region in Albania and Kosovo * Has, Novi Travnik, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina Transportation * Ha'il Regional Airport, the IATA code for the airport in Saudi Arabia * Hageland Aviation Services, a regional airline in Anchorage, Alaska * Hardened aircraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Fantastic Fear Of Everything
''A Fantastic Fear of Everything'' is a 2012 British horror comedy film starring Simon Pegg, written and directed by Crispian Mills with Chris Hopewell as co-director. It is based on the novella ''Paranoia in the Launderette'' by Bruce Robinson, writer and director of ''Withnail and I''. It has been described as a low-budget "semicomedy" about a children's author-turned-crime-novelist who has become obsessed with murder and murdering. It was released on 8 June 2012 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and received a limited U.S. theatrical release on 7 February 2014. The BBFC classified the film a 15 certificate in the UK, while the MPAA rated the film R in America. Principal photography began on 6 July 2011. Filmed at Shepperton Studios, the film was the first to be backed by Pinewood Studios' initiative to support low-budget British films. It was released by Universal Pictures in the UK and Indomina Releasing in the US. Plot Jack B. Nife is a children's author whose happy marria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blooded (film)
''Blooded'' is a 2011 British independent horror/thriller film written by James Walker, produced by Magma Pictures and Ptarmigan ACP and directed by Edward Boase, his first feature. The film premiered at the Bradford International Film Festival on 18 March 2011. The plot involves an animal rights action group calling themselves the "Real Animal League", which kidnaps five young deer hunters and then hunts them. It is filmed in a mockumentary style. As part of the promotion, distributor Revolver Entertainment created a website, realanimalleague.com, for the fictional Real Animal League (RAL), which mentions the film. An email statement to the real animal rights group, Animal Liberation Front (ALF), supposedly from the RAL claiming that the film misrepresented them, was reprinted on the ALF website. The ''Evening Standard'' reported that the film "caused outrage after graphic scenes showing activists attacking five deer-stalkers were posted on the internet, in a viral publicity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirens (2011 TV Series)
''Sirens'' is a British comedy-drama about an ambulance service team, broadcast on Channel 4. It was first screened on 27 June 2011. The series is based on the book ''Blood, Sweat & Tea'' by Tom Reynolds (EMT), Brian Kellett. The series is filmed predominantly in Leeds with some filmed in the surrounding areas. Locations featured including Headingley, Kirkstall, Adel, Leeds, Adel, Hyde Park, Leeds, Hyde Park, Cookridge, Chapel Allerton and the main city centre including shopping areas of Briggate and Headrow. On 17 October 2011, Rhys Thomas and Channel 4 confirmed that there would not be a second series. In November 2013, USA Network revealed it was airing an Sirens (2014 TV series), American version of the show, which ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015 before being canceled. Main cast * Rhys Thomas (comedian), Rhys Thomas as Stuart Bayldon, a talented Emergency Medical Technician. He has intimacy issues that Maxine believes stem from his estranged father. * Richard Madden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
