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Jim McManus (British Actor)
Jim McManus (19 May 1940 – 11 April 2023) was a British actor who starred in various television, stage and film roles, including '' Tipping the Velvet'', '' Lawless Heart'' and ''Only Fools and Horses''. In the 1970s he appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Invisible Enemy''. He also starred in the popular television drama '' Heartbeat'' and twice in critically acclaimed drama '' Minder''. He also voice acted in the 1997 TV series '' The Treacle People'' and the 2007 animated film '' Quest for a Heart''. McManus briefly played Aberforth Dumbledore (credited as "Barman") in the fifth Harry Potter film, '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' in 2007. He also had roles in '' Silver Dream Racer'' (1980), '' Just Ask for Diamond'' (1988), '' Buddy's Song'' (1991) and '' Easy Virtue'' (2008), and featured in the 2014 film ''Pride'', directed by Matthew Warchus Matthew Warchus (born 24 October 1966) is an English theatre director, playwright, and filmmaker. He h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol
Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. The county is in the West of England combined authority area, which includes the Greater Bristol area (List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom) and nearby places such as Bath, Somerset, Bath. Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers River Frome, Bristol, Frome and Avon. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historic counties of England, historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus (born 24 October 1966) is an English theatre director, playwright, and filmmaker. He has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015. Early life and education Warchus grew up in Selby, North Yorkshire where he attended Selby High School. He majored in music at Bristol University and studied in the school's department of drama. Career Early theatre career Warchus has directed for the National Youth Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, National Theatre, Opera North, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Welsh National Opera, English National Opera in the West End theatre, West End and on Broadway theatre, Broadway. He won the Globe's Most Promising Newcomer Award for ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in the West End, the Evening Standard Best Director award, and Olivier Award nominations for ''Henry V (play), Henry V'' and ''Volpone''. Productions include ''Sejanus his Fall'' (Edinburgh), ''"Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softly, Softly (TV Series)
''Softly, Softly'' is a British television police procedural series produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from January 1966. It was created as a spin-off from the series ''Z-Cars'', which ended its fifth series run in December 1965. The series took its title from the proverb "Softly, softly, catchee monkey", the motto of Lancashire Constabulary Training School. Newsletter 853, Saturday 12 October 2013 Series outline ''Softly, Softly'' centred on the work of regional Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, police crime squads, plainclothes Criminal Investigation Department, CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England. It was designed as a vehicle for Detective Chief Inspector Charles Barlow and Detective Inspector John Watt (played by Stratford Johns and Frank W ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frankie Howerd Show
''The Frankie Howerd Show'' is a Canadian comedy television series which aired on CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, p ... in 1976. Howerd was an established British comic who was placed in a Canadian setting for this series. Premise Originally titled ''Oooh, Canada'', Frankie Howerd starred as a Briton living in Toronto who attempted to find work in Canada. He lived in a decrepit Toronto rooming house operated by landlady Mrs. Otterby (Ruth Springford) and her son (Gary Files). Other regular characters were Wally Wheeler ( Jack Duffy), a fugitive from alimony, and Denise (Peggy Mahon), a dancer and model who was often the butt of Howerd's lewd jokes. Scheduling This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 26 February to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossroads (British TV Series)
''Crossroads'' (later known as ''Crossroads Motel'' and ''Crossroads King's Oak'') is a British television soap opera that ran on ITV (TV network), ITV over two periods – the original 1964 to 1988 run, followed by a short revival from 2001 to 2003. Set in a fictional motel (hotel in the revival) in the Midlands, ''Crossroads'' became a byword for low production values, particularly in the 1970s and early 1980s. Despite this, the series regularly attracted huge audiences during this time, with viewership numbers reaching as high as 15 million viewers. It was created by Hazel Adair (screenwriter), Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, and produced by Associated TeleVision, ATV (until the end of 1981) and then by ATV's successor, Central Independent Television until 1988 when it was axed. The series was revived by Carlton Television in 2001, but due to low ratings it was cancelled again in 2003. Storylines 1964–1988 The original premise of ''Crossroads'' was based on the everyday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sykes And A
''Sykes and a...'' is a black-and-white British sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques that aired on BBC1 from 1960 to 1965. It was written by Eric Sykes, Johnny Speight, John Antrobus and Spike Milligan. ''Sykes and a...'' was the first television series to feature both Sykes and Jacques, who later starred in '' Sykes and a Big, Big Show'' and ''Sykes'', the latter of which featured the same characters and reused some of the same scripts. Cast *Eric Sykes - Himself * Hattie Jacques - Hattie Sykes *Deryck Guyler - PC Wilfred "Corky" Turnbull *Richard Wattis - Charles Brown ''(series 1 to 3)'' Plot Eric is an accident-prone childlike man who lives with his twin sister Hattie in a terraced house, 24 Sebastopol Terrace, in East Acton. Both are unmarried. Their busybody neighbour Charles Brown often interferes, until he emigrates to Australia. The local policeman, who makes occasional appearances, is Corky Turnbull. Episodes Out of the 59 episodes, 32 have been lost, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Playhouse
''Comedy Playhouse'' is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 128 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including '' Steptoe and Son'', '' Meet the Wife'', '' Till Death Us Do Part'', ''All Gas and Gaiters'', '' Up Pompeii!'', '' Not in Front of the Children'', '' Me Mammy'', '' That's Your Funeral'', '' The Liver Birds'', ''Are You Being Served?'' and particularly ''Last of the Summer Wine'', which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010. In all, 27 sitcoms started from a pilot in the ''Comedy Playhouse'' strand. In March 2014, it was announced that ''Comedy Playhouse'' would make a return that year with three new episodes. Two further series each comprising three episodes were broadcast in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Background The series began in 1961 at the prompting of Tom Sloan, Head of BBC Light Entertainment at the time. Galton and Simpson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneath Still Waters
''Beneath Still Waters'' () is a 2005 horror film directed by Brian Yuzna. It stars Michael McKell, Raquel Meroño and Charlotte Salt. It is based on a novel by Matthew Costello. Plot Studying under a disciple of Aleister Crowley, the leader of an upper class group invokes a supernatural force that slowly devours the village of Marienbad and its inhabitants, threatening to spread beyond its geographical limits. The mayor from the town nearby commissions the building of a dam which would flood the valley in 1965 and therefore submerge the village forever sealing the evil force under water after the leader and his followers were incapacitated to be kept from escaping. However, fate ensured the leader's freedom as he remained in the depths when the waters covered Marienbad. Now in 2005, 40 years later an array of disappearances and deaths in mysterious circumstances are threatening the town next to the reservoir that now covers Marienbad. Cast * Michael McKell as Dan Quarry * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder By Decree
''Murder by Decree'' is a 1979 mystery thriller film directed by Bob Clark. It features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who are embroiled in the investigation surrounding the real-life 1888 Whitechapel murders committed by "Jack the Ripper". Christopher Plummer plays Holmes and James Mason plays Watson. Though it features a similar premise, it is somewhat different in tone and result to '' A Study in Terror''. It is loosely based on ''The Ripper File'' by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd. The film's premise of the plot behind the murders is influenced by the book '' Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'' (1976), by Stephen Knight, who theorised that the killings were part of a Masonic plot. The original script contained the names of the historical suspects, Sir William Gull and John Netley. In the actual film, they are represented by fictional analogues: Thomas Spivy (Gull) and William Slade (Netley). This plot device was la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweeney 2
''Sweeney 2'' is a 1978 British action crime drama film directed by Tom Clegg and starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. It was a sequel to the 1977 film '' Sweeney!.'' Both films are an extension of the British ITV television series '' The Sweeney'' (1975–1978). Some of the action in the film is transferred from the usual London setting to Malta. The series and films depict a fictionalised version of the Flying Squad. The term ''The Sweeney'' is derived from Cockney rhyming slang, originating in the expression ''Sweeney Todd: Flying Squad'', and is a real term used by the London underworld to refer to the squad, whose brief was to investigate armed robbery within the Metropolitan Police District (MPD), an area roughly corresponding to Greater London. The film centres on the investigations of the fictional Detective Inspector Jack Regan and his partner Detective Sergeant George Carter. Plot A group of particularly violent armed robbers, who are committing bank and payrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The Werewolf
''Legend of the Werewolf'' is a 1975 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith, Roy Castle and David Rintoul in his film debut. It is an uncredited adaptation of the Guy Endore novel '' The Werewolf of Paris'', which screenwriter Anthony Hinds had previously adapted as ''The Curse of the Werewolf'' (1961). The film was produced by Tyburn Film Productions, a company founded by the director's son Kevin Francis. It was released in the United Kingdom by Fox-Rank in April 1975. Plot At midnight on Christmas Eve in the mid-19th century, somewhere in Russia, two fugitives fleeing persecution stop by the roadside for the woman to have her baby. The mother dies, and the father is slaughtered by wolves. However, the wolves protect the baby instead of killing it, and the baby grows into a wild boy. Years later, a trio of circus performers find the boy out in the woods, and use him as an attraction called the "Wolf Boy". H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
