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Lilies (TV Series)
''Lilies'' is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920. Three girls on the edge of womanhood, a world on the brink of change." Despite high ratings of 4.5–5 million viewers and being ''The Sunday Times'' Pick of the Week for eight weeks in a row, ''Lilies'' was not recommissioned for a second series. Outline ''Lilies'' details the lives of Iris, May and Ruby Moss, three Catholic sisters living with their widowed father and brother in a terraced house in Liverpool in the early 1920s. The story is set in the years immediately after the First World War and, as such, the after effects of that conflict are apparent. The story depicts a life lived on a knife-edge of poverty, tempered by various kinds of love. All three girls must make their own way in the world. In the course of the series, each sister tastes passion for the first time, and their lives, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolton Picture House
Woolton Picture House (also known as Woolton Cinema) is a privately owned cinema in the Woolton area of Liverpool, England. It is the only remaining single-screen cinema in the city, and is popular with cinema enthusiasts because of its old-fashioned atmosphere. The music of Mantovani plays before the main programme and in the traditional halfway interval, during which ice cream can be bought from usherettes. It was purchased in 1992 by David Wood, the grandson of Liverpool cinema pioneer John Frederick Wood. Wood died on 12 June 2006 leading to the cinema's closure on 3 September. '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' was the last film to be shown. In 2007, a group of entrepreneurs purchased the cinema and re-opened it on 29 March 2007 with a screening of '' The Queen''. The 2020 coronavirus pandemic led to the closure of the establishment, but a crowd-funding effort on Go Fund Me has raised £20,000, and has since became a landmark for people in Liverpool and citizen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsets
A corset /ˈkɔːrsɪt/ is a support garment worn to constrict the torso into the desired shape and posture. They are traditionally constructed out of fabric with boning made of whalebone or steel, a stiff panel in the front called a busk which holds the torso rigidly upright, and some form of lacing which allows the garment to be tightened. Corsets, also known as stays, were an essential undergarment in European women's fashion from the 17th century to the early 20th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries they had a conical, straight-sided shape. This eventually evolved into the more curvaceous 19th century form. By the beginning of the 20th century, shifting gender roles and the onsets of World War I and II (and the associated material shortages) led the corset to be largely discarded by mainstream fashion. Since the corset fell out of use, the fashion industry has extended the term "corset" to refer to garments which mimic the look of traditional corsets. These modern desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confectioner
Confectionery is the art of making confections, or sweet foods. Confections are items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates, although exact definitions are difficult. In general, however, confections are divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories: baker's confections and sugar confections. Baker's confectionery, also called flour confections, includes principally sweet pastries, cakes, and similar baked goods. Baker's confectionery excludes everyday breads, and thus is a subset of products produced by a baker. Sugar confectionery includes candies (also called ''sweets'', short for ''sweetmeats'', in many English-speaking countries), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar. In some cases, chocolate confections (confections made of chocolate) are treated as a separate category, as are sugar-free versions of sugar confections. The words ''candy'' (Canada and US), ''sweets'' (UK, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ash (actor)
William Ash (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He is known for roles in the television dramas ''Soldier Soldier'' (Series 3–4), '' Where the Heart Is'' (1997–1998), '' Clocking Off'' (2001–2002), '' Waterloo Road'' (2009–2011), '' The Tunnel'' (2016–2017) and ''Emmerdale'' (2022–present). His film appearances include '' Mad About Mambo'' (2000) and '' Hush'' (2008). Career Born in Chadderton, Oldham, Ash's first TV appearance was as Spike in ''Coronation Street'' aged 10. He then had a regular role as Nicky in ''Making Out'' (1989–1991), followed by a regular role in the ITV series '' Where the Heart Is''. He has since appeared in '' Mad About Mambo'', '' Clocking Off'', ''Children's Ward'', '' Lilies'', '' Born to Run'', '' Burn It'', ''All the King's Men'', '' ShakespeaRe-Told (A Midsummer Night's Dream)'', ''Doctor Who'', the miniseries ''Conviction'', '' Hush'', '' Waterloo Road'' and '' Shameless''. In 2006, he portrayed the Manchester United football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Ferris
Pamela Ferris (born 11 May 1948) is a British actress. She has starred in numerous British television series, including Connie (TV series), ''Connie'' (1985), ''The Darling Buds of May (TV series), The Darling Buds of May'' (1991–1993), ''Where the Heart Is (British TV series), Where the Heart Is'' (1997–2000), ''Rosemary & Thyme'' (2003–2006), and ''Call the Midwife'' (2012–2016). For her role as Peggy Snow in ''Where the Heart Is,'' Ferris was nominated three times for Most Popular Actress at the National Television Awards. Ferris is best known to younger audiences for her role as Miss Trunchbull, Miss Agatha Trunchbull in the film ''Matilda (1996 film), Matilda'' (1996). Ferris also portrayed Marge Dursley in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004), Miriam in ''Children of Men'' (2006), Mrs. Bevan in ''Nativity!'' (2009) and ''Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger'' (2012), voiced Mrs. Bennett / Aunty Betty in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Hennessy
Jennifer Hennessy (born Jennifer Hayes in 1970) is an English actress. She has made numerous television appearances, including as Mrs. Brazendale in the BBC TV series ''Lilies''. Hennessy trained for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1992. She has since appeared in a number of theatrical roles, as well as on television, including the character of Jude in ''The Office''; Julie, the man-hating shop-assistant, in the "Fockin Mokky Bokka" episode of ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps''; and, in 2007, as Valerie Brannigan (the wife of Ardal O'Hanlon's character, Thomas Kincade Brannigan) in "Gridlock", an episode of ''Doctor Who'', playing a vet in the BBC3 comedy "Pulling" (2008) and in the BBC mini-series '' South Riding'' in 2011. As a child, Hennessy was a member of the St Winifred's School Choir which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1980 with the song "There's No One Quite Like Grandma". She also starred in BBC One dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Moyer
Stephen John Moyer (né Emery; born 11 October 1969) is an English actor and film director. He is best known for portraying the vampire Bill Compton in the HBO television series '' True Blood''. This was followed by the television film ''Lord of Misrule'', filmed in Fowey, Cornwall, which also featured Richard Wilson, Emily Mortimer and Prunella Scales. In 1997, Moyer made his big-screen debut landing the lead role in the film adaptation of the long-running comic strip '' Prince Valiant'' by Hal Foster, working alongside Ron Perlman and Katherine Heigl. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Reed Strucker, the lead role in Fox series '' The Gifted''. Early life and career Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex and attended St Martin's, a comprehensive school in Hutton, Essex. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He became Brentwood Theatre's first patron in October 2007, especially supporting their "Reaching Out, Building On" campaign to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Taylor
Georgia Taylor (born Claire Marie Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress. Her TV roles include Toyah Battersby in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (1997–2003, 2016–present), Ruth Winters in the BBC One medical drama series ''Casualty'' (2007–2011), and Kate Barker in the ITV crime series '' Law & Order: UK'' (2013–2014). Early life Taylor was born Claire Marie Jackson, on 26 February 1980 in Wigan, Greater Manchester. She attended the Willpower Youth Theatre in Wigan as a teenager. Career In 1997, Taylor began playing Toyah Battersby in ''Coronation Street''. In 2001, she won the Best Dramatic Performance British Soap Award for playing Toyah. She quit the show in 2003 and has since appeared in episodes of '' Where the Heart Is'', '' New Street Law'', '' Lilies'', '' Red Cap'', the BBC's ''The Afternoon Play'' series and ''Life on Mars''. In September 2016 it was announced that Taylor would return to ''Coronation Street'' as Toyah Battersby. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scot Williams
Scot Williams (born 29 November 1972), is an English actor, writer, and producer for stage, film and television. Early life Williams is a native of Liverpool, Merseyside and grew up around Penny Lane, a street made famous by the Beatles song. He explained in 2014 that he wore trench coats and motorcycle boots as a young unknown actor, and would go to meet like-minded people, with a similar taste in fashion, at the Everyman theatre in Liverpool. Williams worked as an usher at the Everyman venue, selling ice creams for £8 per shift, but he states that his real payment was the ability to also see the theatrical performances. It was this early exposure to acting that served as a foremost inspiration for Williams's acting aspirations. Career As an actor, Williams made his film debut in the 1994 Iain Softley film ''Backbeat'', in which he played the role of the Beatles' original drummer Pete Best. Subsequently, he later discovered that he was a distant relative of the late Alun Owen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Rigby
Daniel Rigby (born 6 December 1982) is an English actor and comedian. He received a BAFTA TV Award for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 BBC television film '' Eric and Ernie''. Early life Rigby was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester. He attended Cheadle Hulme School and, after studying performing arts at Stockport College, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is the cousin of Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden. Career Rigby has worked as a stand-up comedian, having appeared at the Latitude Festival, won the 2007 '' Laughing Horse New Act of the Year'', and been a nominee for winner of the 2007 So You Think You're Funny competition. In 2007, he moved to television roles with the BBC period drama '' Lilies''. In 2011, Rigby won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance as the late comedian Eric Morecambe in '' Eric and Ernie'', beating both Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch for their roles as the Doctor and Sherloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
