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Kerry Godliman
Kerry Anna Godliman (born 17 November 1973) is an English actress and comedian. She has appeared in TV roles in ''Derek (TV series), Derek'', ''Bad Move'', and ''After Life (TV series), After Life''. Early life Godliman was born born 17 November 1973 in Perivale, West London, and trained at Rose Bruford College in South London. Career Television In the first decade of the 2000s, Godliman appeared in a variety of television productions, including ''Spoons (TV series), Spoons'', ''Law of the Playground'', ''Rush Hour (UK TV series), Rush Hour'', ''Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow'', and ''Home Time''. She played Hannah in Ricky Gervais's Channel 4 sitcom ''Derek (TV series), Derek'', Belinda Dawes in ''Our Girl'', and Liz Carter in ''Carters Get Rich''. In 2017, Godliman landed the role of Nicky in the ITV (TV network), ITV sitcom ''Bad Move'' and in 2018, she played Peggy Aytean in the Channel 4 computer game series ''Rob Beckett's Playing for Time''. The same year, she won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perivale
Perivale () is a mainly residential suburban town of Greater London, west of Charing Cross. It is the smallest of the seven towns which make up the London Borough of Ealing. Perivale is predominately residential, with a library, community centre, a number of parks and open spaces, as well as a large industrial estate. Landmarks include the grade II* listed Art Deco Hoover Building, as well as St Mary's Perivale, St Mary's Church (c. 12th century), Horsenden Hill park and Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve run by the Selborne Society. Perivale forms part of the UB6 postcode area, along with Greenford. Toponymy The name of Perivale was first used in 1508, where it was spelt "Pyryvale". The word seems to be a compound of perie (pear tree) and vale, a wide valley. Until then, Perivale was often called "Little Greenford" or "Greenford Parva", to distinguish it from its larger neighbour Greenford, Great Greenford. History Origins and early history Source: Historically, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph and Courier''. ''The Telegraph'' is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858. In 2013, ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'', which started in 1961, were merged, although the latter retains its own editor. It is politically conservative and supports the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. It was moderately Liberalism, liberal politically before the late 1870s.Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalismp 159 ''The Telegraph'' has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II by rookie reporter Clare Hollingworth, desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just A Minute
''Just a Minute'' is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game. For more than 50 years, with a few exceptions, it was hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Following Parsons' death in 2020, Sue Perkins became the permanent host, starting with the 87th series. ''Just a Minute'' was first transmitted on Radio 4 on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, "without hesitation, repetition or deviation". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011, comedy writer David Quantick ascribed ''Just a Minutes success to its "insanely basic" format, stating, "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all." Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trigger Point (TV Series)
''Trigger Point'' is a British crime thriller television series starring Vicky McClure as a police bomb disposal expert in London. It was created and written by Daniel Brierley, and first broadcast on 23 January 2022 on ITV. In June 2022, it was announced that NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming platform had acquired the series for the US starting on 8 July 2022. On 27 February 2022, it was announced that a second series had been commissioned, and it began broadcasting on 28 January 2024. A third series was commissioned on 11 October 2024. Plot Lana Washington is an ex-military bomb disposal operative (known as an 'Expo') and Afghan War veteran who heads a Metropolitan Police bomb squad, using her skills to counter terrorist threats involving explosives. Cast Main * Vicky McClure as EXPO Lana Washington * Mark Stanley as DI/DCI Thom Youngblood (Series 1–2) * Adrian Lester as EXPO Joel "Nut" Nutkins (Series 1) * Nabil Elouahabi as EXPO Hassan "Hass" Rahim * Kris Hitchen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitstable Pearl
''Whitstable Pearl'' is a British crime drama television series broadcast and produced by Acorn TV, based on the ''Whitstable Pearl'' novels by Julie Wassmer. It stars Kerry Godliman as Pearl Nolan, who, as well as being a private detective, runs a restaurant. Three series of ''Whitstable Pearl'' have been broadcast to date. Synopsis Pearl Nolan, single mother of a grown son, and an ex-police officer, is a private detective who, together with her mum, runs the Whitstable Pearl, a seafood restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. When a friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Pearl finds herself in conflict with the gruff new cop in town, DCI Mike McGuire. Cast and characters Main * Kerry Godliman as Pearl Nolan, a single mum who runs the Whitstable Pearl * Howard Charles as DCI Mike McGuire, a dour police detective who moves to Whitstable from London * Frances Barber as Dolly Nolan, Pearl's widowed mother and co-manager of the Whitstable Pearl Recurring * Sophia Del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Material
''Adult Material'' is a four-part British drama television series concerning a woman's life working in the adult film industry. The show starred Hayley Squires and was created by an all female team. The series first aired on Channel 4 on 5 October 2020. Synopsis The series follows Hayley Burrows, ostensibly an ordinary hardworking mum-of-three who has been working as Jolene Dollar in the adult entertainment industry for many years. Her life is dramatically changed by an incident between Amy, a new girl in the industry, and an American hardcore actor, Tom Pain. Jolene meets MP Stella Maitland on a talk show, just before Stella is exposed for downloading porn on her work computer. With her home life falling apart and facing health issues, Jolene decides to quit the industry and gets a job in a coffee bar. While facing a defamation trial for speaking out about Amy's treatment, Jolene, now supported by the disgraced Stella, goes to extreme lengths to save her family from finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mock The Week
''Mock the Week'' is a topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. Presenter Dara Ó Briain and panellist Hugh Dennis appeared in every episode, with a variety of other stand-up comedians being regular, frequent, occasional or one-off guest panellists during the show's history. The format of the programme saw six comedians divided into two teams and performing on a faux game show, in which the quiz aspect of answering questions relating to major and regional news items, all taken from the week before each episode's filming, is sidelined to focus on satirical, topical discussions on news items, stand-up routines, and the use of improvisational comedy. Every series also included a compilation episode featuring notable scenes, out-takes and additional footage cut out after filming, with repeats of episodes being frequently shown on the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhod Gilbert
Rhodri Paul Gilbert (born 18 October 1968) is a Welsh comedian and television and radio presenter who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008 he was nominated for the main comedy award (as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards were then branded). Gilbert appears on television and radio panel shows, has performed stand-up on the Royal Variety Performance, and hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales. In September 2014, Gilbert started presenting the BBC Two panel show ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ending a run of five series without a permanent host. Early life Gilbert was born in Carmarthen, Wales on 18 October 1968, as one of three siblings to two teacher parents, his father came from Ebbw Vale and his mother from Abertillery. He attended Maridunum Comprehensive School and went on to study languages at Exeter University. For the first three weeks, his extreme shyness meant that Gilbert could not eat with other students in the dining hall or even make fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Wang
Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Vòng Hîn-kùi''; born 22 January 1990) is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, '' Daphne Sounds Expensive''. He currently hosts the comedy podcast ‘BudPod’ with fellow comedian and Footlights alumnus Pierre Novellie. Early life Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father of Hakka descent.Wang P (2019Phil Wang: Wangsplaining BBC Studios. A few weeks after his birth, his family returned to the city of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia where his parents had first met in 1982. Wang was raised in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and educated in Malay, Mandarin, and English. He later studied at Jerudong International School in Brunei before moving to Bath in the UK at 16. Wang attended Kingswood School and then completed a four-year engineering degree at King's College, Cambridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Knappett
Jessica Amy Knappett (born 9 April 1984) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom '' Drifters'', and appeared as Lisa in ''The Inbetweeners Movie''. She was also one of the writers on the BBC1 sitcom '' Avoidance'', in which she co-stars. Early life Jessica Amy Knappett was born in Bingley, West Yorkshire. She attended Woodhouse Grove School in nearby Apperley Bridge before studying Drama and English at the University of Manchester. She was a co-founder of Lady Garden, a sketch comedy group formed in Manchester in 2005. The group performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, 2009, and 2010. They also toured throughout England, performing at comedy festivals in Sheffield, Manchester, and Brighton in 2008. They were Hackney New Act & Laughing Horse finalists in 2009. Career Knappett was the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom '' Drifters'', in which she played Meg. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Acaster
James William Acaster (; born 9 January 1985) is an English comedian, presenter, podcaster and actor. As well as the stand-up specials ''James Acaster: Repertoire, Repertoire'' and ''Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999'', he is known for co-hosting the food podcast ''Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Off Menu'' and the panel show ''Hypothetical (TV series), Hypothetical''. Acaster makes use of fictional characters within his stand-up comedy, which is characterised by frequent callback jokes, offbeat observational comedy and overarching stories. He has won five Chortle Awards, a Just for Laughs Award and International Comedy Festival Awards at Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, Melbourne and New Zealand International Comedy Festival, New Zealand. After playing the drums for local bands in Kettering, Acaster began pursuing stand-up comedy as a career in 2008. He was a support act for Josie Long in 2010. Acaster drew acclaim for his shows at the Edinburgh Festival F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
