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Kirk Barker
Kirk Barker (born 26 April 1983) is an English actor. Beginning his career in stage productions of pantomime, Shakespeare, and musical theatre, he moved on to television work and finally to leading roles in feature films. Life Barker grew up in the Calder Valley, attending Stubbings Infant School and Riverside Junior School in Hebden Bridge and then Calder High School, where he took an interest in acting. After leaving school, he was a windsurfing instructor in the summer months and worked in ski chalets in the winter. In his twenties he renewed an interest in acting and musical theatre, beginning to appear in professional stage productions. In 2008 he was Dandini in ''Cinderella'', in 2009 he played Macduff in a Julian Chenery touring production of ''Macbeth'', and in 2010 was Elrond in a tour of ''The Hobbit'' directed by Roy Marsden. In 2011 he sang in a travelling production of '' Footloose'' by Karen Bruce. In 2012 he had his first screen roles, before spending the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Barker (writer)
Paul Barker (24 August 1935 – 20 July 2019) was an English journalist and writer. Barker was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He grew up in Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge. He was educated at local schools in the Calder Valley and won an Exhibition (scholarship) to Brasenose College, Oxford, to read French. Before taking up his place at Oxford, he did national service and was commissioned as an officer in the Intelligence Corps, and while in the Army studied Russian language at Cambridge University in the Joint Services School for Linguists with Dennis Potter in the next hut and Potter's producer Kenith Trodd in the same hut as Barker. After taking his Oxford degree, he then went on to the École Normale Supérieure in Paris for a year as ''lecteur''. He joined the London staff of '' The Times'' in 1959, but early in 1964 left to join the recently founded '' New Society'' as a staff writer. He went on to '' The Economist'', but returned to ''New Society'' almos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Bruce
Karen Bruce (born 25 March 1963) is a choreographer and director who has worked in theatre and television. Bruce's work includes direction and choreography of ''The Last Tango'', ''Dance 'til Dawn'', ''Midnight Tango'' and ''Love Me Tender''. She choreographed ''The Bodyguard'' (UK, Germany, USA), ''Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', ''BBC Tumble'', ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (five seasons beginning in 2011) and on the second series of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' for the BBC. Bruce won an Olivier Award for her choreography of ''Pacific Overtures'' at the Donmar Warehouse and Best Choreographer at Premios del Teatro Musical for her work on ''Saturday Night Fever''. She choreographed the Take That musical. She directed and choreographed the UK productions of ''Footloose The Musical'' and '' Fame'' on tour and on the West End. Theatre credits ''Strictly Come Dancing'' – The Professionals (UK tour); ''Footloose The Musical'' (West End/ UK tour/ South Africa); ''Saturday Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Film Actors
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1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazism, Nazi war crime, war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for 1983 Australian federal election, elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry IX (TV Series)
''Henry IX'' is a 2017 British comedy series created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, that aired on the television channel Gold. Synopsis Henry IX ( Charles Edwards), King of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, is having a mid-life crisis, unhappy with his life and wanting to do more. Cast * Charles Edwards as Henry IX, King of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. * Sally Phillips as Queen Katerina, Henry's wife. * Annette Crosbie as Queen Mother Charlotte * Pippa Haywood as Prime Minister Gwen Oxlade. * Kara Tointon as Serena, the Palace florist. * Gina Bellman as Lady Leonora, Queen Katarina's lady-in-waiting. Other cast members include Colin Salmon, Don Warrington and Robert Portal. References External links * * 2017 British television series debuts 2017 British television series endings English-language television shows 2010s British sitcoms Gold (British TV channel) original programming Monarchy in fiction Television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', and premiered on 12 January 1999; the show ran until 29 March 2022. It follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital, the same hospital as ''Casualty'', in the fictional city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots with both ''Casualty'' (which include dedicated episodes broadcast as '' Casualty@Holby City'') and the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off '' HolbyBlue''. It began with eleven main characters in its first series, all of whom subsequently left the show. New main characters were then periodically written in and out, with a core of around fifteen main actors employed at any given time. In casting the first series, Young sought actors who were already well known in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors (2000 TV Series)
''Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff of both an NHS doctor's surgery and a university campus surgery, as well as the lives of their families and friends. Initially, only 41 episodes of the programme were ordered, but due to the positive reception, the BBC ordered it as a continuing soap opera. ''Doctors'' was filmed at the Pebble Mill Studios until 2004; production then relocated to the BBC Drama Village. Episodes are filmed three months prior to transmission. The soap is typically broadcast on weekdays at 1:45 pm on BBC One and takes three annual transmission breaks across the year; at Easter, during the summer and at Christmas. Since its inception, ''Doctors'' has consistently won the share of viewers in its daytime time slot, and as of 2022, it averages at 1.6 million live viewers in its daytime broadcast. The prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Prince For Christmas
''A Prince for Christmas'' is a 2015 American made-for-television Christmas romantic drama film produced and directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring Viva Bianca, Kirk Barker and Aaron O'Connell. The film was originally called ''Small Town Prince'' and premiered on Starz network on November 29, 2015. Storyline The king and queen of the European kingdom of Balemont (Maxwell Caulfield and Kelly Le Brock) arrange a marriage for their son and heir, Prince Duncan ( Kirk Barker) fixing the wedding for Christmas Day, however, Duncan is dismayed and a week before the unhappy day he runs away incognito to the small town of Aurora in the United States, changing his name to David. Arriving there in the snow, he goes for a meal in a diner and literally bumps into Emma ( Viva Bianca) a single woman who owns and operates the business, who has just broken up with her intended, Todd (Aaron O'Connell), Emma is also responsible for looking after her teenage sister, Alice, as their parents have both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Bianca
Viva Bianca (born Viva Skubiszewski; 17 November 1983, ; ) is an Australian actress best known for her role as Ilithyia on the Starz network series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance''. Bianca graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where she received a best actress award. She is the daughter of Cezary Skubiszewski, a Polish Australian composer for film, television and orchestra. Bianca cites Cate Blanchett and Heath Ledger as Australian actors who have influenced her. Career Bianca has appeared in many Australian TV Series such as '' Eugenie Sandler P.I.'', ''Marshall Law'', '' All Saints'' and '' The Strip''. She has also appeared in the Australian films ''Accidents Happen'' and '' Bad Bush''. Bianca starred as Ilithyia, the daughter of senator Albinius and wife of Glaber, in the Starz originals series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance''. She starred opposite Kirk Barker in ''A Prince for Christmas ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur And Merlin
''Arthur and Merlin'' is a 2015 independent British feature film directed by Marco van Belle and written by Kat Wood and Marco van Belle. The film, which stars Kirk Barker, Stefan Butler, Nigel Cooke and David Sterne, is based on the original Celtic tales of Arthur and Merlin. Plot In Medieval Britain, a time of magic and legend, a powerful druid (Nigel Cooke) is bent on destroying the Celtic people. Arthur (Kirk Barker) a banished warrior, and Merlin (Stefan Butler) a hermit wizard, embark on a heroic quest to stop the druid and save their people, before the Celts are lost forever and become a myth themselves. Cast * Kirk Barker as Arthur/Arthfael * Stefan Butler as Merlin/Myrrdin * Nigel Cooke as Aberthol * Charlotte Brimble as Olwen * Adrian Bouchet as Lucan * David Sterne as King Vortigern * Nick Asbury as Orin * Andrew Grose as Brian * Garth Maunders as Faelan * Joseph Attenborough as Eogan * Jack Rigby as Anyon * Alison Harris as Branwen * Jack Maw as young Myrrdin * Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
