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Jo Martin
Joanna Lisa Martin (born 29 April 1969) is a British actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC series '' The Crouches'' (2003–2005) as Natalie Crouch, '' Back to Life'' (2019–2021) as Janice, ''Holby City'' (2019–2022) as Max McGerry, and ''Doctor Who'' (2020–2022, 2025) as the Fugitive Doctor, and ''Dreaming Whilst Black'' (2023) as Grace. Early life Martin was born in Newham, London to a Jamaican mother who died on 25 December 2015 and a Jamaican father. Her parents arrived in the area in the 1950s. She attended Portway Primary School and Plashet All Girls Secondary School. Career ''Doctor Who'' Martin first appeared in the series 12 episode " Fugitive of the Judoon", playing Ruth Clayton, a tourist guide who is later revealed to be an unplaced incarnation of the Doctor known as the Fugitive Doctor. Martin's Doctor received positive reviews from critics. She reprised her role in the series finale, " The Timeless Children", in the third chapte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Newham
The London Borough of Newham () is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the same act. The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. Situated in the Inner London part of East London, Newham has a population of 387,576, which is the fourth highest of the London boroughs and also makes it the 25th most populous district in England. The local authority is Newham London Borough Council. It is east of the City of London, north of the River Thames (the Woolwich Ferry and Woolwich foot tunnel providing the only crossings to the south), bounded by the River Lea to its west and the North Circular Road to its east. Newham was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium, and also cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Of The Doctor
"The Power of the Doctor" is the third and final story of Doctor Who specials (2022), three special episodes that follow the Doctor Who series 13, thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. The episode was written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 23 October 2022. The special was commissioned to air during the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC's centenary celebrations. Jodie Whittaker makes her final regular appearance as the Thirteenth Doctor, thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor. Mandip Gill and John Bishop, who portray the Doctor's Companion (Doctor Who), companions, Yasmin Khan and Dan Lewis, also depart. Janet Fielding and Sophie Aldred respectively star as Tegan Jovanka and Ace (Doctor Who), Ace, former companions of the Doctor. It is the final episode in Chibnall's era as showrunner with a new cast, crew, and production company leading future episodes. In the episode, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Been So Long (film)
''Been So Long'' is a 2018 musical film directed by Tinge Krishnan based on the musical of the same name, with a screenplay written by Ché Walker. It is based on a musical premiered at the Young Vic on July 11, 2009, which was itself based on the 1998 play of the same name. The film was released on 26 October 2018 by Netflix. Premise Simone, a single mother, meets and falls in love with a handsome stranger named Raymond while out for a rare night on the town with her friends. The film poses several questions including whether or not Simone can allow someone get close to her, and if Raymond, who is on parole from prison, deserves her trust. There are storylines about Simone's disabled daughter, her daughter's estranged father, and Simone's relationship with her best friend. In the background, Raymond is being stalked by a wild knife wielding young man. The film is set in Camden Town, London. Scenes were filmed in Camden Market, Regent's Canal, and Primrose Hill. Cast *Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Streets
''100 Streets'' is a British drama film directed by Jim O'Hanlon and starring Idris Elba. It made its debut in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2016, before being released in American cinemas and on video-on-demand on 13 January 2017 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Premise The film consists of three separate stories that occur contemporaneously within a one-square mile area in London. In each story, the main character must deal with the consequences of his previous actions, as each man struggles to overcome obstacles in the path to a better life. One of the characters is Max, a former rugby captain for Team England and celebrity who struggles to keep his marriage together with his estranged wife, Emily. The film also follows a small time drug dealer named Kingsley, who through a chance encounter with an aging actor Terence, finds inspiration to escape his life of petty crime and his disapproving mother. Lastly, George is a gentle cab driver looking for the chance to adopt a child and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalet Girl
''Chalet Girl'' is a 2011 romantic comedy sports film directed by Phil Traill. The film stars Felicity Jones and Ed Westwick in the lead roles and also features Ken Duken, Tamsin Egerton, Sophia Bush, Bill Bailey, Brooke Shields, and Bill Nighy. Written by Tom Williams, the film was produced by Pippa Cross, Harriet Rees, Dietmar Guentsche, and Wolfgang Behr. ''Chalet Girl'' was filmed on location in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria, and in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. While critical reaction to the film was mixed, Jones' performance was praised. The film grossed US$5.5 million worldwide against an £8million (US$million) budget. Plot Nineteen-year-old Kim Mathews ( Felicity Jones), is introduced by a television presenter ( Miquita Oliver) as a former skateboarding champion whose mother was killed in a car accident. Kim gives up skateboarding and begins working in a fast-food burger bar to pay household bills to help her father (Bill Bailey). When she and her father need ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Playground (2010 Film)
Devil's Playground may refer to: Films * ''The Devil's Playground'' (1917 film), an American drama film directed by Harry McRae Webster * ''The Devil's Playground'' (1928 film), an Australian silent drama * ''Devil's Playground'' (1937 film), an American drama * ''The Devil's Playground'' (1946 film), a drama starring William Boyd as Hop-Along Cassidy * ''The Devil's Playground'' (1976 film), an Australian semi-autobiography by Fred Schepisi * ''Devil's Playground'' (2002 film), a documentary about the Amish period called Rumspringa * ''Devil's Playground'' (2010 film), a British horror film Music * ''Devil's Playground'' (album), a 2005 album by Billy Idol * ''Da Devil's Playground: Underground Solo'', a 1999 album by Koopsta Knicca * "Devil's Plaything", a song from the 1990 album '' Danzig II: Lucifuge'' by Danzig * "Devil's Playground", a song on the 2002 album '' Unfold the Future'' by The Flower Kings Other uses * ''Devil's Playground'' (TV series), a 2014 TV series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadmeat (film)
''Deadmeat'' is a 2007 British urban crime drama thriller film written, directed, produced by, and starring Q, aka Kwabena Manso. The film is about a man who has just been released from prison and sets out to exact violent revenge against the gang who murdered his brother. Plot Clarkie has just been released from prison and is staying in Notting Hill with his elder brother Bones, an Internet painting artist and entrepreneur, and his brother's girlfriend, Melanie, the lawyer who defended Clarkie. Froggy, a friend of the two brothers and Bone's best friend, tells Clarkie that Melanie and Bones set him up to go to prison. Froggy regularly visited Clarkie in prison but Bones did not visit him once. Clarkie is having an affair with Melanie, which Bones finds about after he proposes to Melanie. Whilst news is reported about an American serial killer, Bones is found dead in his flat, having apparently hung himself, the death is subsequently attached to "The Cyber Vigilante", whose v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman Begins
''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne (Dark Knight trilogy), Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman in supporting roles. The film reboot (fiction), reboots the Batman in film, ''Batman'' film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul (Neeson) and the Scarecrow (DC Comics), Scarecrow (Murphy) from plunging Gotham City into chaos. After Batman & Robin (film), ''Batman & Robin'' (1997) was panned by critics and underperformed at the box office, Warner Bros. Pictures cancelled future ''Batman'' films, including Joel Schumacher's planned Batman in film#Batman Unchained, ''Batman Unchained''. Between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
''The Jolly Boys' Last Stand'' is a 2000 British satirical drama film written and directed by Chris Payne, and starring Andy Serkis and Milo Twomey with British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Noam Baron Cohen ( ; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor and performance artist. Known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haf ... in a minor role. Plot When Spider (played by Serkis), the President of a young men's drinking club becomes engaged, his oldest friend and best man, Des, (Twomey) decides to film the run up to the wedding as a gift to the betrothed – secretly hoping the on‐screen carnage will de‐rail the marriage. References External links * 2000 films 2000 comedy-drama films British comedy-drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s British films English-language comedy-drama films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence
''The Murder of Stephen Lawrence'' is a British television true crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Greengrass, that first broadcast on ITV on 18 February 1999. It won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama. The film, based on the murder committed on 22 April 1993, follows Stephen's parents' Doreen and Neville's quest for justice as a gang of racist teenagers are tried for their son's murder. Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Hugh Quarshie star as Doreen and Neville, with Leon Black playing Stephen, and Ashley Walters, Millicent Gezi, Joseph Kpobie and Brian Bovell also amongst the main cast. Production The film was first conceived in 1997, with then head of drama at ITV, Nick Elliott, commissioning the project before a script had even been written. Producer Mark Readhead said a key part of the film was to "concentrate on the personal, rather than police, procedures", in order to create a "true story". The film was notable for being actress Jean-Baptiste's first Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Queen And Country
''For Queen and Country'' is a 1988 crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Bruce Payne, Amanda Redman, Sean Chapman and Graham McTavish. Filmed in Panavision, Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner-city London; Reuben fights in the Falklands War, and upon returning home he finds that society both ignores and challenges him while trying to adjust to normal life. At the time of its release ''For Queen and Country'' received mixed reviews and was a box office flop. In recent years the film has been reevaluated as a serious critique of Thatcherism and its socioeconomic effects on the UK in the 1980s. Plot Reuben James, a Black British man born in Saint Lucia and raised in the United Kingdom, joins the army paratrooper regiment. In 1979, he is attacked by IRA militants while leaving a pub in Northern Ireland, and is saved by fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a Decentralization, decentralized political and social movement that aims to highlight racism, discrimination and Racial inequality in the United States, racial inequality experienced by black people, and to promote anti-racism. Its primary concerns are police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people. The movement began in response to the killings of Killing of Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin, Killing of Michael Brown, Michael Brown, Killing of Eric Garner, Eric Garner, and Killing of Rekia Boyd, Rekia Boyd, among others. BLM and its related organizations typically advocate for various policy changes related to black liberation and Criminal justice reform in the United States, criminal justice reform. While there are specific organizations that label themselves "Black Lives Matter", such as the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the overall movement is a decentralized network with no formal hierarchy. , there are ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
